Originally posted by: hantel
Till mid 2000s BW movies used to take at least 2 years to be made. 3 or 4 if delayed. And those days actresses ofter used to go for 3 month long vacations in North America/Australi...So, it's not implausible to hide ones baby bump for 3-4 months. It is similar to American TV actresses having babies during their long running shows without showing baby bump on the show.
Your timings are off slightly. Movies from circa 1990-1997 would take 2-3 years. By 1999/2000 the majority of films had a 1-year turnaround from principal photography to release.
Another thing: during that time period, song videos used to be shot right at the END. In fact when most films started shooting, the soundtrack album wasn't even complete if even started at all. Part of the reason for this was that, like you said, most films would be delayed so the producers waited until the shooting was complete, to then add the songs (to keep up to date with latest trends in music).
Which reinforces my calculation that Sushmita shot "Dilbar" / "Chunari" etc most likely in April-June 1999. Which would make her 4-6 months pregnant. And clearly we can see through the video footage that this was absolutely not the case.
Bollywood music videos are shot over 2 LONG days. The call-time is super duper early and it's always a late finish. Had she been pregnant, at least 1 of the 250+ people on set would have recognised it. No such thing happened. I've astonished myself the need to even spell this out, it's the crappiest rumour I've heard in years.
Edited by Rekha_ji - 6 years ago
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