Who let the dogs out?

Who let the dogs out?

Simple Kaul
tells BT about the two hairy dogs who gave her sleepless nights

RESHMA KULKARNI

'Who Let the Dogs Out?' may well be Simple Kaul's latest favourite number, what with a harrowing experience that she recently had while shooting for Aisa Des Hai Mera in which she has recently entered. Simple lets us on what happened:
"I was shooting for Aisa Des Hai Mera in this quaint bungalow. Everything was going on hunky-dory; I was in love with the place; the unit was so co-operative. But somehow, after shooting for the first day, I started getting an uneasy feeling. I started feeling breathless by the end of the day. Now, I am not asthmatic or anything, nor have I ever had any breathing problem, so I did not pay much attention to it, thinking it must be something minor.
But the next day, the same thing repeated itself — the same breathless, nauseous feeling came back and then I really panicked and decided to find out what was bothering my system.
To my horror, I realised that the bungalow where we were shooting had two huge hairy dogs and their hair was irritating my system to an extent of making me breathless. Man, it was a very scary experience! But I was scared not only because the dogs made me breathless but because I am as it is, petrified of animals — especially dogs!
So, from the moment I realised there were dogs on the campus, I pleaded with my make-up man to escort me from the vanity-van to the location during every shot. I know that sounds really funny now, but us waqt meri jaan chali jaa rahi thi!" recalls Simple, on whose behest the production house shifted base during the next scene by making some minor changes in the script. "That was so thoughtful of them; I'm so thankful to them for all that they did for me" says Simple.