Rain Rain go away...come again another day!

by Meenakshi Shankar

Jul 29, 2008, Mumbai

Ahhh...there's nothing like the hot piping 'chai' and samosas, curled up in your sofa reading the latest thriller and watching the rain wreck havoc on a perfectly normal Mumbai life. Blissful state of existence for some, but for others who need to move on and meet deadlines, it is a nightmare come true.

The Mumbai rains have been merciless...

And if we were to say that they have created havoc on the deadlines of the saga of the soaps, it would be very mild. On a windy Tuesday afternoon, we caught up with the popular channel, STAR PLUS who faced the fury of the rain gods, but nonetheless, had a smile and a cuppa tea to offer us before bemoaning the mayhem and confusion that was staring at their face, thanks to the famed Mumbai rains!

Hamari Devrani, a popular TRP generator had their crew stranded in the jungle of Borivali National Park because of the prevailing weather condition….Apparently the crew is shooting the upcoming jungle sequence in which Bhakti and Mohan get lost.

Panic hits the Amul Star Voice Of India- Mega Music league and just incase you are wondering if panic is the second name for the media guys, think twice because seemingly the rains have flooded their Veera Desai edit studio. And the weekend episode is still somewhere midway between the shoot location. Just thinking about it has us reaching out to the paper bags to breathe in and out...in and out...in and out...in and out...

Our very popular, Sapna Babul Ka, Bidaai too faced the fury of mother nature. Thanks to the quick thinking of the cast and crew, they managed to salvage the costumes and jewellery of most of the star cast before the sets witnessed floods like none before witnessed in Mumbai. As an inside source in a jocular tone says, "We are here, wearing all the jewelery under our poncho and drinking chai and watching the rains. Because, the shoot is not happening."

Grihasti was another serial which faced the fury of Mother Nature. Seemingly, there was a fresh entry Manas Ahuja (played by Shaleen Bhanot).

Imagine a typical filmy sequence - his entry involved a fight sequence on the road. The sequence was that a driver of Amrit transport company (which is run by the lead girls Sohni and Rano) has been paid by someone to cause an accident and malign the name of their company