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TV's rain dilemma: Shoot or scoot?
Rains shut Mumbai down over the weekend, but Tellywood, with its 18-hour discipline, never sleeps. So we scouted around to see whether people managed to shoot when the city was under water, or scoot back home.
Sham, Executive producer of Banoo Main Teri Dulhan says, "We cancel our shoots when it rains very heavily because the actors can't report. Even if we send our cars to pick them up, it gets stuck in the jams. So for a daily soap even that one day creates a problem. If we have an outdoor shoot, we then make creative changes and change it to an indoor scene." Abhishek who is the executive producer of Kasauti Zindage Ki agrees, "Along with artist problems there are technical problems as well. Either we try and take the shoot indoors or we shoot in the rain.
Gautami Kapoor (Tulsi in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi)
I live in town and our studios are in Goregaon so traveling can be a killer with the flooding on the road. In fact my area gets flooded knee deep with the slightest amount of rain but we have to go otherwise there would be telecast issues. Unless it's a real emergency I cannot take an off. So far I have not taken a single holiday due to the rains. So if I am not working due to the rains, I just sit at home and watch TV and spend time with my daughter. I carry a spare set of clothes and ask my driver too carry one as well in the monsoon. I am a bad swimmer but if it comes to that I hope I can manage!
Hiten Tejwani (Karan in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi)
We leave early when it comes down or we ask the production house to send the car as it really becomes tough to travel. It was only two years back that I was stuck in a bad jam after my shoot. I work in a daily soap so if the shoot is cancelled then we work a double shift the next day or something.
Shweta Kawatra (Nivedita in Kumkum)
Usually I go out. Can't do much about it now, but we try and pack up early. If it's a real bad day we cancel the shoot and work out some other schedule. This was the first bad downpour, so I guess we'll all be geared up. I am sure everyone is used the jams now.
Archana Puran Singh
If it's raining really heavily, there is no option but to cancel the shoot because you might reach the studio, but how are you going to come back? It's better to shoot a few extra hours than wasting the entire day in just trying to reach the studio. I live on Madh Island and my bungalow is sea facing so I have put special monsoon shutters and acrylic sheets so that the water does not come in. And of course lots and lots of umbrellas, mops and buckets. My children take a ferry and so if that service is stopped I have to specially give them a car as well!
Ram Kapoor (Mr. Walia in Kasamh Se)
I have been delayed very badly a lot of times. On Saturday I was stuck in a jam for two and half hours, when I had to go for a press conference to announce my entry in Kyunki. Though I managed to get there, I was really late. I try and leave the shoot early, but frankly speaking you cannot do much about it.
Priyanka Bassi (Naina Singh in Left Right Left)
I got stuck in the rains for more than 3 hours and half my car was in water, and eventually I had to turn back! I usually try and leave early so that I don't encounter any traffic on my way. Luckily most of the scenes in the serial are outdoors and require rains so if it's not raining we call for water tankers. In that way rains are bliss whereas my serial is concerned!
Riya Sen
Honestly I love the rains and the floods. The thought of getting stuck in the rain has some thrill in it. I haven't been stranded while I've been in Mumbai but when I was in school I remember coming back in the floods a lot. I would bunk school all the time but on the days it would rain I would only go so that I could play in the water. As for precautions I always have my extra clothes, shoes and make up in my car no matter what the season! Also the rain always gives me an excuse to stock up and buy more things. As I travel a lot the only bad thing that happens is my flights are delayed for hours and then I am stranded for a long time
Rains shut Mumbai down over the weekend, but Tellywood, with its 18-hour discipline, never sleeps. So we scouted around to see whether people managed to shoot when the city was under water, or scoot back home.
Sham, Executive producer of Banoo Main Teri Dulhan says, "We cancel our shoots when it rains very heavily because the actors can't report. Even if we send our cars to pick them up, it gets stuck in the jams. So for a daily soap even that one day creates a problem. If we have an outdoor shoot, we then make creative changes and change it to an indoor scene." Abhishek who is the executive producer of Kasauti Zindage Ki agrees, "Along with artist problems there are technical problems as well. Either we try and take the shoot indoors or we shoot in the rain.
Gautami Kapoor (Tulsi in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi)
I live in town and our studios are in Goregaon so traveling can be a killer with the flooding on the road. In fact my area gets flooded knee deep with the slightest amount of rain but we have to go otherwise there would be telecast issues. Unless it's a real emergency I cannot take an off. So far I have not taken a single holiday due to the rains. So if I am not working due to the rains, I just sit at home and watch TV and spend time with my daughter. I carry a spare set of clothes and ask my driver too carry one as well in the monsoon. I am a bad swimmer but if it comes to that I hope I can manage!
Hiten Tejwani (Karan in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi)
We leave early when it comes down or we ask the production house to send the car as it really becomes tough to travel. It was only two years back that I was stuck in a bad jam after my shoot. I work in a daily soap so if the shoot is cancelled then we work a double shift the next day or something.
Shweta Kawatra (Nivedita in Kumkum)
Usually I go out. Can't do much about it now, but we try and pack up early. If it's a real bad day we cancel the shoot and work out some other schedule. This was the first bad downpour, so I guess we'll all be geared up. I am sure everyone is used the jams now.
Archana Puran Singh
If it's raining really heavily, there is no option but to cancel the shoot because you might reach the studio, but how are you going to come back? It's better to shoot a few extra hours than wasting the entire day in just trying to reach the studio. I live on Madh Island and my bungalow is sea facing so I have put special monsoon shutters and acrylic sheets so that the water does not come in. And of course lots and lots of umbrellas, mops and buckets. My children take a ferry and so if that service is stopped I have to specially give them a car as well!
Ram Kapoor (Mr. Walia in Kasamh Se)
I have been delayed very badly a lot of times. On Saturday I was stuck in a jam for two and half hours, when I had to go for a press conference to announce my entry in Kyunki. Though I managed to get there, I was really late. I try and leave the shoot early, but frankly speaking you cannot do much about it.
Priyanka Bassi (Naina Singh in Left Right Left)
I got stuck in the rains for more than 3 hours and half my car was in water, and eventually I had to turn back! I usually try and leave early so that I don't encounter any traffic on my way. Luckily most of the scenes in the serial are outdoors and require rains so if it's not raining we call for water tankers. In that way rains are bliss whereas my serial is concerned!
Riya Sen
Honestly I love the rains and the floods. The thought of getting stuck in the rain has some thrill in it. I haven't been stranded while I've been in Mumbai but when I was in school I remember coming back in the floods a lot. I would bunk school all the time but on the days it would rain I would only go so that I could play in the water. As for precautions I always have my extra clothes, shoes and make up in my car no matter what the season! Also the rain always gives me an excuse to stock up and buy more things. As I travel a lot the only bad thing that happens is my flights are delayed for hours and then I am stranded for a long time
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