Manish and Asif in basketball brawl

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Manish and Asif in basketball brawl

Not interested: Manish Raisinghania (centre) in
Jab Love Hua

Tony and Deeya Singh's daily Jab Love Hua (Zee) is facing problems. Two of its actors —Manish Raisinghania and Asif Basra — are at loggerheads. And director Jeetu Arora (who has shot several Balaji shows) is on his way out.

Manish (Arjun) and Asif (Mirza) clashed at the Film City set last week. Required to play basketball for a scene, the two actors got into a physical scuffle. Arora had to intervene to separate them. "Good that Arora could manage to pull them away from each other, nahin to pata nahin kya ho jata," says a source.

'Authentic' game

While Asif denied the fight, Manish told HiTLIST, "We were playing the game aggressively, lending authenticity to the character. We just got a bit carried away."

Arora was forthcoming. "Manish and Asif got into a terrible fight that day. I saved the situation before it became uglier," he admitted.
Revealed the director, "Manish and Asif have seldom gotten along. There has always been an undercurrent of tension on the set, when the two shoot together."

What happened that day? "The scene required both actors to come close to each other, with aggressive expressions on their faces. Just prior to that, Asif started explaining to Manish how he should enact that scene, and Manish didn't like that. He came and had a word with me.

I knew something undesirable was going to happen. They both pushed each other, and immediately, tempers rose. I called out 'cut!' and ran towards them."

Rural wisdom? Asif Basra (third from left)in Jab Love Hua

Improvising Asif

Arora complains that Asif had problems with him, too. "He used to improvise too much. At times, that was not required. I used to tell him that he should improvise in the rehearsals itself, so that the final take is not new to me.

However, he rarely listened. Recently, he improvised in a particular scene, and covered the entire screen. This time, when I told him, he threw a tantrum, saying I shouldn't teach him how to act. I told him to pack off. He calmed down later."

Arora says he doesn't enjoy working with the Singhs. "Lately, I shot a scene, which the Singhs told me had not been shot well. My grouse was that I had been given very limited time to complete that scene. After some time, they stopped calling me. I am going to meet them in a day or two, and take my balance payment. I don't want to do Jab Love Hua any more."

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