Manish Raisinghania sets record by staying awake for six nights and seven days at a stretch
Aditi Jayakar Kane
With television actors collapsing every other day due to physical and mental exertion, Manish Singhania emerges as the new Superman. Manish, who is currently acting in Kahiin to Hoga and Tumhari Disha simultaneously has been working for seven days continuously, without a wink of sleep! Manish says, "Yeah, I shot for 12 hours on the sets of Kahiin To Hoga and then for another 12 hours in the night for Tumhari Disha. I shot continuously for 7 days then had about 6 hours of sleep. It is really a crazy schedule that I am following at the moment. I don't sleep between shots. But once I do, I don't get up easily."
But what about his health? "Earlier my eyes used to pain and I got tired, but now I'm used to it," he says. "I have a good diet and drink plenty of water. I think that is the secret of my health. The only problem that troubles me is the dark circles which have developed due to lack of sleep. Now, I have to wear make up to hide my dark circles, something I don't need otherwise!" Manish thanks his engineering days for this tremendous working capacity. "I was always a last minute student and invariably stayed awake for long hours before the exams," he says. Manish is practically living in his car as of now. "I have everything I need, put in my dickey. It's my new home. I have my perfume, my shoes, my clothes, my laptop, even my cricket bat! And I go to my vanity van to take my bath." And his hard work has not gone unnoticed. He says that the Balaji schedulers who are otherwise very reluctant to change the schedules have shifted their entire schedules for the night, so that he can take time out for Tumhari Disha. "It is so kind of them. Imagine all the actors, including women and children coming in the might just because I can't shoot during the day. I am honoured. Didn't he have any trouble convincing the actors to shoot at night? "Though some of actors were reluctant to cooperate, I have convinced them," adds Manish.
Till when are these crazy schedules going to continue? "It's getting a bit easier now since Tumhari Disha is going off air but I've been shooting for catalogs and ads, so it's still hectic. But I have no issues. I love Ekta's style of working round the clock and I enjoy my work to the hilt," he says.
So is he on his way to create a world record? "There are several people in Balaji who have broken my record already," he laughs. And his advice for the actors who faint or fall ill on the sets? "Go to sleep," he says earnestly.
Source Mumbai mirror august 22, 2006
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