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The hunter and the haunted

The director of Banoo Main Teri Dulhann is haunted by a scary murder scene he shot for the show

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Sapana Patil Poojary

Sharad aka Sagar's murder sequence which is traumatising the director

Ismail Umar Khan, the director of Banoo Main Teri Dulhann is traumatised by an imaginary man, who he believes is out to murder him. His troubles began after he shot a haunted murder scene for the serial. It so happened that the unit of … Dulhann recently shot a sequence where the protagonist Sagar (played by Sharad Malhotra) was being chased by mercenaries, hired to murder him. The scene was shot in the thick jungles of Jogeshwari. Ismail has been seeing things ever since he shot the sequence. He recalls, "I have shot several scenes like this before; but this scene has shaken me to a great extent. I am not being able to get over it. The scene sees Sagar's sister Sindura (Kamya Punjabi) planting her men to get Sagar murdered. Sagar's medicines were replaced by poison and how Sagar falls off a cliff after getting hurt.

Director Ismail Umar Khan

There were a lot of gory blotches of blood on his body. The idea was to make Sharad look traumatised. To make things worse, we shot the whole sequence in the deep jungles of SRPF (State Reserve Police Force) grounds of Jogeshwari amidst snakes and crawly creepers."

Sharad says, "Everything about that place was wrong. Firstly, it was a proper jungle and we were not familiar with the location. This scene was scary and we were uncomfortable shooting in the surroundings. Besides, we were shooting in the night. I am not surprised if Ismail is upset after shooting the sequence."