Work punctuated with fun and laughter - Bipasha Basu loved it all when she shot for Apaharan
The first day of the shoot - Bipasha Basu gets frantic calls from the crew of Apharan as she is ten minutes late for the shoot. She rushes to the set and greets Ajay Devgan and Prakish Jha, only to hear a live band playing behind her.
And throughout the day, the band follows her everywhere and her reactions are being captured on camera. This is one of the off-screen experiences the actress had on the sets of Prakash Jha's Apharan. The man behind the band prank? Devgan. Excerpts ...
Entertainment Plus: How was it doing serious cinema?
Bipasha Basu: It is my first experience. And it was a big change professionally. But the shoot was not serious at all. We were one big family.
And Ajay was always playing pranks. When John [Abraham] got misti [a type of sweetmeat] from Mumbai, the crew wouldn't have it as hey had already been treated to bhang pedas [a sweet] by Ajay! And this is just one experience. And the band incident on my first day of shoot was just the unexpected!
Why did you decide to take on the role of Megha in Apaharan?
Apaharan is a socially relevant film, that ?s gripping and hard-hitting. I play a medical student Megha, Ajay Devgan's conscience. And my look is serious in the film. I wear salwar khameez or jeans with a kurta. And the reason I did the film was simply due to the relevance of the film.
How was it working with National Award winners Ajay Devgan and Nana Patekar?
Ajay kept us in splits. He kept cooking up stories and telling tales that did not exist just to enjoy our reactions. Nana and I never had a scene together. When I met him for the first time off-screen, we ate green grams together.
