What’s got AB Jr saying that he ‘needs help’?
Looks like Abhishek Bachchan is finally realising the effort that goes into shooting for a tough taskmaster like Mani Ratnam. The actor has been shooting for the southern director’s ‘Ravana’, co-starring wife Aishwarya Rai, and it’s been a really difficult time for him. So difficult in fact that he jokes that he needs to check into a mental institution now.
Abhishek posted on his Twitter account today, “Finally completed the dub for RAAVAN. Relieved. The toughest film of my career. Now on my way to check into a mental institution! Need help!”
The shooting for ‘Ravana’ took place in very challenging locations and involved a lot of tough situations. Think mountains, jungles and rains! And the movie was shot in two versions – Hindi and Tamil. So it meant doing all the scenes twice. Aishwarya even fell ill with a fever during the shoot. And while shooting in the jungles of Kerala, the entire cast and crew had a scary experience when an elephant ran amok and killed a 51-year-old mahout. The actors, including Abhishek and Ash, had to take shelter in a guest house and survived on bread and eggs.
We’re curious about how the film has shaped up, but we certainly don’t want Abhishek to end up in a mental institution because of it.
