Jhumkas That Refuse To Fall
Abigail Jain and Vandana Joshi
Abigail Jain (enacting the role of Sumati in 'Nihar Almond Hair Oil Dil Se Diya Vachan') had to accompany the team of Nihar Almond Hair Oil Dil Se Diya Vachan to buy Jhumkas for the show and while trying out the chosen pair; it just would not stay on her ears for a split second. The cast, crew as well as the shop attendants laughed their guts out watching the repeated jhumka falling fiasco. Finally the chosen pair was bought and the shoot began.
Well the twist in the tale is that the scene required the jhumkas to actually fall off from Vandana Joshi's ears, who plays the role of Nandini, and without revealing the storyline all I can say is that its an important part of the story where Cupid strikes and the lead protagonists Nandini & Prem (played by Gaurav Khanna) meet for the first time. But as the adage goes, "Things don't go wrong, they just happen". The Jhumkas that just wouldn't stay on the ears during trial refused to fall off Vandana's ears...no amount of jerks, prods or vigorous tilts made the earrings kiss the ground.
The director was in splits and Nandini was at her wits end as she had no idea how to execute the scene. To add on to her woes, when the jhumkas did fall, the cameraman did not have his camera on thinking that its one of those rehearsals. Well after much hullabaloo, the jhumkas finally did fall, much to everybody's relief and the scene was canned!
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