Mumbai city woke up to monsoon’s arrivals with rain lashing and gusto winds on Friday morning. And shoot on a location like Madh Island only meant more rains and more fun.Shamita Shetty was shooting for a promotional video with Zain Khanfor for the film, Hari Puttar-A Comedy of Terrors. Second day of shoot started early at 9 am at a bungalow situated right at the edge of sea shore. With winds blowing at their full volume, the noise levels were deafening.
To counter that, the promotional song ‘Tutari Baje’ was played in full volume. Shamita, dressed in a hot red dress, was all set to fire the imagination of a ten year old boy. The wind was playing havoc with her hair and her hair dresser was going mad keeping her tresses in place. We asked her why she chose to do a promotional video which is first in her career. She says, “Yes, I have never shot for a promotional video where I am not acting in the film. There were two reasons, one that the film’s concept and the song is exceptionally good and second that the head of the production, Munish Purii is a dear friend of mine. When he approached me for the song and discussed the details, the way they wanted to shoot it, I was really impressed and readily agreed”.
Shamita and her gang of friends were seen troubling, pinching and throwing pillows at Zain Khan. After several takes of pinching and getting pushed around, Zian was getting impatient. Every time the director called out for more animation, Zian was seen exclaiming ‘Hey, ours is not an animation film!’.
After some nine takes, the shot was okayed. Zain took a sigh of relief. We asked Zain, how was it shooting for the promotional video for the film, he says,” My character in the film Hari Puttar- A Comedy of Terrors is of a guy who is fond of Shamita. In the video, it is shown that she walks into my life, my home and what happens after that.” The shoot continued till late evening.
