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Shah Rukh Khan was fed up of giving excessive retakes for Chak De India at director Shimit Amin's request. One day he even stormed off the sets in anger

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Harshita Kohli

Shah Rukh Khan in Chak De India

Shah Rukh Khan walked off from the sets of Chak De India recently, irritated with director Shimit Amit's endless requests for retakes.

"Shimit's tendency to shoot the same scene over and over, and over and over again, even when everyone present there could see that a take was fine, really got on SRK's nerves," says our source on the sets.

"I remember a scene that we were shooting at the Sahar Airport. The scene had SRK picking up a suitcase and loading it on a bus - so every time we had to re-shoot, Shah Rukh would offload the bags himself because he didn't want anyone to wait on him," the source said, adding that the tension was noticeably building up as more and more retakes were ordered.

"Shimit made those guys do that scene again and again. As a result, Shah Rukh got very irritated and at one point after doing one scene he just walked out and went home. SRK just stormed off!" says our source, adding that Shimit was generally seen by the crew as someone difficult to get along with.

Reportedly, Shimit's habit of ordering retakes unnecessarily irked SRK a lot. "Shah Rukh said he was 'waiting for the shoot to get over, and that he didn't want any more of this.' He said it in India, in Australia… on more than one occasion he made it quite clear that that he couldn't wait to get the film over and done with," says the source.

He adds that SRK eventually did not wait till the end. "The final scenes were being canned in Delhi and Shah Rukh didn't wait for the film to be wrapped up. He just finished his own shot and left. He said goodbye to all of us nicely. But he also told us, 'I'm so glad I'm finally done with it and there is no more Chak De - thank God for that!' and he left."

While SRK made his irritation visible, Shimit would be obsequious. "Shimit would basically be grovelling at his feet 'Sir… we want one more shot!' he would say," says the source.

Things only got worse after that. When SRK took the cast and crew to attend a special premiere of Don, Shimit slept through it. "SRK took us to a theatre in Sydney and neither the director of photography nor Shimit could stay up. In fact, Shimit was physically holding his eyes open during the show," the source says. "SRK felt bad but he didn't say anything."

At the same time, on location the constant retakes and long yet unnecessary hours were taking their toll on the crew and their weariness was showing. "After we finished the shooting in Delhi, Shimit told us all, 'Thank you. My movie will hopefully be a success. And I'm sorry for shooting the same scenes again and again. But this is the first sports movie in India and I want it to be the best and most remembered one,'" said the source, adding, "That's all he said."

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