Gomzi rescued by a rickshaw-wala!
Ranjib Mazumder
Sumeet Sachdev aka Gomzi of Kyunkii... had an unusual experience while shooting for Balaji's new soap Karam Apna Apna in Kolkata. The actor was touring Kolkata after finishing his shooting schedules.
He visited the Victoria Memorial and the Indian Museum. However, while he was at the museum, the heavy downpour outside had led to water-logging on the roads. "When I tried to come out, the water was at least knee-deep. The torrential rains continued and I was stranded for a couple of hours. I checked out the alternative exit doors of the museum, but all the streets were water-logged," he says.
Sumeet then decided to wait at one of the gates and started shouting for help to the taxi drivers. "The roads were flooded with water at Park Street, and I was shouting from quite a distance. I guess that's why nobody could hear me. I wished for an angel to come to my rescue," he says.
Finally, a lone rickshaw-puller heard his screams. "He was the only man to hear my voice and despite the knee-deep water, he came to help me. I never thought I would board a hand-pulled rickshaw one day as I think it's inhuman. But, then I had no alternative and took the ride," says Sumeet.
The actor was surprised that the richshaw-puller was rather proud and happy about his profession. "During the drive, I interviewed him and shot a video of him on my cell phone. His name was Mohammad Anis. He was 37 years old and has been in the profession for 15 years," he adds.
At the end of the ride, Sumeet paid Anis ten times the remuneration and the latter was more than happy for it. Did the rickshaw-puller recognise the actor? "No. Maybe he had no access to TV," says Sumeet.
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