The First Action Sequence- Goregaon west.

An action sequence is always an exciting event. It is one of the ideal instances of "the art of film making"....wherein the tricks and gimmicks of the technicians come into play.

Someone hits...someone is hurt...glass breaks...blood flows... furniture is scattered... but in fact nothing of that sort happens!...Provided of course all the necessary precautions are taken!

On our appointed day, all the precautions were taken. Mr. Moses and Kaushal were our action masters. The sequence had been worked out with them. The actors- Sanjay Narvekar and Girish Salvi- had been briefed about the sequence and we were ready.

However this was the same location wherein we were running behind schedule due to property supply delays on the first day and subsequent add ons that followed. At such times like many other, there is only one person who can be looked upon to save the day- The Director.

For, if he remains adamant and refuses to change the shot, there is nothing that anyone can do except relent and compensate the damage else where.

However Uttung did have the broader perspective on most things and likewise he decided on a one shot sequence. The camera would be hand held and will follow the artist in a marked area.

This helps save time on lighting up again and again as the actors will be moving in a certain area which is marked to them by the cameraman. However the flip side is that they need to get it right at first go since the stock/ film being exposed is wasted, if multiple re-takes of such a long sequence take place!!

Thus, the rehearsals began. A lot many times in this film I've valued the importance of good artists- Sanjay Narvekar, Bharat Jadhav, Girish Salvi, Satish Pulekar...etc have all delivered as they are known to and that's helped a lot in fighting time.

Once the rehearsals were done with, we did a camera rehearsal, after which we rolled. The sequence was canned as expected and was Okayed!

A little trivia that i cant help but mention here was my anxiousness about something that had nothing to do with the film!! ...

Now, the character that Girish Salvi portrays is a very pompous character and hence i thought it would be nice if he carried not one but two cell phones in his hand.

At the moment when i thought about this we were shooting in Worli and the closest phone i had was my own. I gave it to him!!

Now on a new day, at a new place Girishji very promptly asked for my phone while the lighting was taking place!! Although i had remembered about the phone i was in two minds because of the violent nature of the sequence and hence i whispered to Girishji that he should slip the phone into his pocket before going for Sanjay Narvekar's throat!! he very sweetly agreed with my point of view.

Although he did precisely that; in one of the takes the phone landed straight on the floor and got kicked and trampled!!!!!! The effects of which I'm enduring up till now.

As such if anyone does call me remember to cut the call from your end after our conversation is over for my call disconnect button hasn't worked since then!! :)