Posted:
Sapana Patil Poojary
Thursday, June 07, 2007 09:16 IST
Music composers Vishal and Shekhar stormed out of the sets of 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Challenge 2007' (Zee) recently while shooting this week's episode. Apparently, all the mentors, judges and unit members had arrived at the stipulated time except for Himesh Reshammiya. This upset the duo so much they walked out of the studio.
Rajeev Arora, writer and director of the show says, "Himesh was busy with the promos of his film, 'Aap Ka Suroor'. He kept telling us that he was on his way, but he was over three hours late for the shoot. Vishal and Shekhar were so upset that they left the sets. I had a tough time trying to convince them to come back. Vishal absolutely refused to come back. He said, 'Just as I respect other people's time, I expect people to value my time too.'"
He continues, "That day was a tough one because we had to shoot three episodes back-to-back. I told Vishal that it was my wife's birthday and yet I was shooting. I told him that I too needed to go home early. He still refused to budge. Then I told him that if he came back on the sets, it would be a birthday gift for my wife. He couldn't refuse that. Though he was angry with me for emotionally blackmailing him, he agreed to come back."
But the worst part was that despite coming late, Himesh didn't sound apologetic. Allegedly he remarked, "If you sign a star, you have to bear this." Rajeev confirms this: "Yes, Himesh wasn't apologetic and behaved as if nothing happened."
When contacted Vishal refused to say anything and just maintained a 'no comments' stance. Himesh could not be contacted.
p_sapana@dnaindia.net
Thursday, June 07, 2007 09:16 IST
Music composers Vishal and Shekhar stormed out of the sets of 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Challenge 2007' (Zee) recently while shooting this week's episode. Apparently, all the mentors, judges and unit members had arrived at the stipulated time except for Himesh Reshammiya. This upset the duo so much they walked out of the studio.
Rajeev Arora, writer and director of the show says, "Himesh was busy with the promos of his film, 'Aap Ka Suroor'. He kept telling us that he was on his way, but he was over three hours late for the shoot. Vishal and Shekhar were so upset that they left the sets. I had a tough time trying to convince them to come back. Vishal absolutely refused to come back. He said, 'Just as I respect other people's time, I expect people to value my time too.'"
He continues, "That day was a tough one because we had to shoot three episodes back-to-back. I told Vishal that it was my wife's birthday and yet I was shooting. I told him that I too needed to go home early. He still refused to budge. Then I told him that if he came back on the sets, it would be a birthday gift for my wife. He couldn't refuse that. Though he was angry with me for emotionally blackmailing him, he agreed to come back."
But the worst part was that despite coming late, Himesh didn't sound apologetic. Allegedly he remarked, "If you sign a star, you have to bear this." Rajeev confirms this: "Yes, Himesh wasn't apologetic and behaved as if nothing happened."
When contacted Vishal refused to say anything and just maintained a 'no comments' stance. Himesh could not be contacted.
p_sapana@dnaindia.net
