Saat Phere, producer ka suffer
Saloni lost five kilos after an illness. No problem, except that her weight loss cost the producers of Saat Phere Rs 4 lakh!
5 kgs @ Rs 4 lakh: Rajshri Thakur
Life hasn't been too good to Rajshri Thakur (Saloni in Saat Phere) of late. First, her illness kept her away from work and now it is her wedding in February which is keeping her on her toes. As a result of all the running around, Rajshri has lost about five kilos. Her colleagues insist that she looks anorexic these days. "Rajshri has always been skinny, over and above which she has lost weight. We always talk about how little she eats," says a co-star.
Interestingly, her weight loss has created a huge problem on the sets of Saat Phere. The production team had to run around to redo a lot of things to adjust to a thinner Rajshri. Firstly, they had to arrange for a new body double for the actress, one who is much thinner too. Organising a body double at a moment's notice is difficult. They also had to re-make her expensive costumes. "We had to desperately look for a body double as Rajshri has only been doing close-ups for almost a month. The rest of the episodes are being managed with the body double. The audition for a new body double itself cost us a fortune. After that we had to work on the double's hair, body language, etc, which cost a lot too," informs a production team member.
In all the production house claims to have spent a whopping Rs 4 lakh, to accommodate all the changes. "Every actor has a body double who are chosen after auditions. We had to change Rajshri's body double as she looks really thin now," says Abdul Karim, executive producer of Saat Phere.
When Rajshri resumed work, the loss of weight showed on screen and this put the production house in a quandary. "These things put the schedule of Saat Phere off track. We had to re-do her clothes that required a lot of running around," says Abdul Karim.
When contacted, Rajshri said, "I was advised bed rest after I came back from the hospital (the actress suffered from dengue recently). Normally people put on weight after convalescing from an illness, but it didn't happen in my case. I lost a lot of weight, instead."
* The audition for a new body double itself cost us a fortune. After that we had to work on the double's hair, body language, etc, which cost a lot too — A production team member
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