Rain Rain go away...come again another day! |
by Meenakshi Shankar Jul 29, 2008, Mumbai Ahhh...there's nothing like the hot piping 'chai' and samosas, curled up in your sofa reading the latest thriller and watching the rain wreck havoc on a perfectly normal Mumbai life. Blissful state of existence for some, but for others who need to move on and meet deadlines, it is a nightmare come true. drives very rashly and almost runs over a small kid playing on the road. But just in time another truck pulls in and blocks the path of the errant truck driver saving the kid's life. The rouge driver blames the child and raises his hand to beat the child, but is stopped by a hand that holds him back and we reveal that the driver of the other truck is Manas (Shaleen). It was a dramatic sequence and was supposed to be the freeze of the Monday episode.
The unit was supposed to shoot this on Saturday morning at Filmcity. The unit was waiting on location from 7 a.m. in the morning hoping that the rain will stop and they will shoot. Finally they packed up at 2 p.m. without taking any shots. Sunday proved to be the same old story wherein the insistent rains forced them to stay under cover and praying that the rain will stop and they would be able to shoot. But our rain gods are not listening to prayers anymore. So the unit decided to take matters onto their own hands and shoot a rain sequence. A risky proposition for the light men, but equipping them effectively, the unit shot a daring macho Shaleen deliver few of the famed filmy punches in the rain and the effect actually turned out to be far better than what was anticipated. When we saw the canned episode, we couldn't, but agree that Shaleen did look like a dashing hero given the situation. In Shaleen's case, it turned out to be a win win situation. Going back to our cuppa 'chai' and enjoying the famed fury of the Mumbai rains, we sure hope that our directors and EP's see some reason to enjoy the rains like we do... http://www.tellywatch.com/Telly_Features/Star_Plus_daily_soaps/July-29-2008/Star_Plus__daily_soaps__rain_2.html |
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