Article The telly world has a new entrant
who loves to eat chocolates - it is
not a kid or a woman, but an
elephant.
A baby elephant, which is one of
the main characters of Zee TV's
new show "Bandhan ... Saari Umar
Humein Sang Rehna Hai", not only
loves to gorge on chocolates on
the set, but also has his favourite
brand.
"People will be surprised to learn
that Ganesh (elephant) is
extremely fond of chocolates and
his favourite is Perk, so it is stored
in bulk on our sets," said actor
Aditya Redij, who essays the role
of a forest ranger in the show.
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Shooting with an animal has loads
of lighter moments and
recounting one such experience,
Aditya said: "Once Ganesh and I
were required for a sequence, but
he would not stay in one place.
So, the trainer told me to offer
him a banana, I did that and the
shot was successful.
"For the next shot, I gave him yet
another banana and the shoot
went well. Then, for the third shot,
I hid the bananas. Ganesh walked
over and gave me a nice little rap
on the side with his trunk, almost
like he were giving me a 'tapli' ...
this caught all of us completely
off-guard and the entire unit burst
out laughing."