Amrapalli falls prey to pranks

The youngest bahu of the serial 'Teen Bahuraniyaan' Amrapalli Gupta has been a victim of pranks played by the cast and crew since the very first day.

"When I got ready for the shot for the first day, everybody told me that since it was the first day and I was a new-comer, I had to touch the feet of the director, producer, cameraman and all the senior crew members for blessings and give them 'guru-dakshina' too", recalls Amrapalli. Though it did sound fishy but she agreed since it was told to her seriously.

"Believe it or not I went to the cameraman, touched his feet and even handed him the 'guru-dakshina' when all the crew members stated laughing" laughed this cat-eyed actress. It was only then when she realized that it was a prank.

Not just this, recently Amrapalli was nearly on the verge of tears because of a prank. She had kept her mobile in her bag while shooting when it slipped off and someone from the unit picked it up. "It was only after hours that I realized that my cell phone was missing. I asked everyone one but yet could not find it. It was only when I was in tears that I was given the cell phone back," informs Amrapalli. They had even asked for a thousand rupees on return of the phone.

Poor girl! She must have thought that ragging days are over in college. But it has got worse here.

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Short circuited

The set of Zee's Teen Bahuraniyan was charred, thanks to a havan sequence that resulted in a short circuit 


   
Ranjib Mazumder


A still from Teen Bahuraniyan

There can't be smoke with fire. And where there's a wedding, there has to be a fire. Call a serial Teen Bahuraniyan, and you'll have a wedding set too many to handle. This is precisely what went through the minds of Zee executives as a grand wedding sequence turned into a blazing nightmare for the channel. The unit of this newly-launched soap Teen Bahuraniyan was shooting a majestic wedding scene when the set caught fire thanks to a short circuit. Adding fuel to the fire, literally, was the havan. Half of the precious set was gutted and the producers suffered a loss tallying up to a good few lakhs.

Since daughters-in-laws (all three of them) are the main premise of the story, the wedding sequence was supposed to be lavishly shot. "We took a long period to design the set elaborately with flowers, silky decorations, lighting and a whole lot of things. When the shooting was halfway through, one side of the set suddenly caught fire. The elaborate lighting only worsened the situation. Half of the set was gutted in no time," says producer Hemal Thakkar. When the shooting was on, 20 artistes and 120 junior artistes were inside. With fire breaking out, everyone freaked and there was pandemonium. Thankfully, the unit members kept their cool and everyone was evacuated safely. Shooting came to a halt and was delayed for almost a day.

Interestingly, the producer has a different take on the accident. "When people were fixing the lights, there were several instances of flickering - but we ignored it. I guess, God sent us the signal and warned us to be more careful next time and take precautions," he said.