Housefull tribute to filmmakers of 70s, 80s: Sajid

Sajid Khan said directors like Manmohan Desai, Prakash Mehra, Feroz Khan, Hrishikesh Mukherji and many others made some of the most entertaining films and 'Housefull' is my humble homage to them.

'Housefull' starring Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta, Ritiesh Deshmukh, Arjun Rampal, Jiah Khan, Randhir Kapoor and Boman Irani is set to hit the big screen on April 30 (2010).

Speaking about his experiences while shooting for the film, Sajid said shooting in Italy was a torture to Akshay Kumar since he couldn't enjoy the gourmet food.

A scene required the cast to emerge from the water with Greek god toned bodies and hence they were all on rigorous workout and diet schedules. "While myself, Farah Khan and Sajid Nadiadwala would gorge on the local delicacies the cast couldn't help but watch with envy".

Akshay Kumar came to my hotel room on the pretense of rehearsing dialogues and ordered food through room service and also told me to keep mum and not tell on him to his trainer
Jennifer.

On asking him why he was cheating on his diet he funnily replied "I'm only Human".

Similarly, during the film's London schedule, Sajid recalled that his elevator got stuck for almost 30 minutes. "I used that time to make calls to co-ordinate the shoot," he said.

He recalled that when he came out of the elevator, he was still on his phone unperturbed by the incident.

Sajid said singer Shabbir Kumar makes a comeback in Bollywood after nearly a decade in his movie. He has worked for the first time with Shankar-Ehsaan Roy.

He said the 'Housefull' album composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy has a feel of the music from the 1980's and Shabbir Kumar made for an ideal singer for one particular number.