New Delhi, May 10 -- Jyotika marked her acting debut with 'Doli Saja Ke Rakhna', a Hindi film co-starring Akshaye Khanna. It opened to an underwhelming response at the box office and soon, Jyotika forayed into south cinema. She had been absent from Bollywood for more than 25 years until she made her comeback with 'Shaitaan'. And now, Jyotika exclusively tells News18 Showsha that she didn't have any filmmaker reaching out to her from Bollywood in all these years.

Talking about what she believes could be the reason behind the same, she says, "I didn't receive an offer from Hindi films even once. I drifted into south films 27 years ago and have only worked in south films ever since. My first Hindi film didn't run well in theatres. It's all ve...