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Mugdha Chaphekar got a chance to overcome her aquaphobia (fear of water) while shooting for a sequence in her show Satrangi Sasural.
Mugdha, who developed the fear of water seven years ago, would always stay away from pools. Even during this sequence, she was given the option of shooting with a body double, but she decided to take the plunge.
"When I was doing Prithviraj Chauhan seven years ago, there was this scene where my character was supposed to drown and my co-star was supposed to save me. We were shooting in Baroda at 4am and I was in heavy jewellery and lehenga. My lehenga got stuck in something and I almost drowned. My production people thought it was just acting and they were very happy that I gave such a perfect shot. It was only after my co-star saved me that everyone realized that the reel situation had turned real," she recalled, adding, "After that, I was really scared of entering a pool and even when we would go on holidays, I would just stand at the bank and not enter water. But when I was told about this scene, I decided to go for it and since my co-star (Ravish Desai) knows how to swim, I was assured that nothing would go wrong. I was scared initially, but after the shoot started I felt comfortable and was in water for six hours! Now, I am even planning to join swimming classes."
Mugdha, who developed the fear of water seven years ago, would always stay away from pools. Even during this sequence, she was given the option of shooting with a body double, but she decided to take the plunge.
"When I was doing Prithviraj Chauhan seven years ago, there was this scene where my character was supposed to drown and my co-star was supposed to save me. We were shooting in Baroda at 4am and I was in heavy jewellery and lehenga. My lehenga got stuck in something and I almost drowned. My production people thought it was just acting and they were very happy that I gave such a perfect shot. It was only after my co-star saved me that everyone realized that the reel situation had turned real," she recalled, adding, "After that, I was really scared of entering a pool and even when we would go on holidays, I would just stand at the bank and not enter water. But when I was told about this scene, I decided to go for it and since my co-star (Ravish Desai) knows how to swim, I was assured that nothing would go wrong. I was scared initially, but after the shoot started I felt comfortable and was in water for six hours! Now, I am even planning to join swimming classes."
Saloni Bhatia,TNN | Jul 17, 2015, 12.00 AM IST | TV on the sets
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