| | | Amitabh Bachchan with the Resham Dankh cast, including Sumeet Raghavan, Rajiv Mehta, Dimple Shah and child actors Tanya and Ulka | With the Big B around, it's natural for everything else to come to a standstill.
And that's what happened with the cast and crew of Star One's Resham Dankh, when the shooting of the show had to be stopped on Thursday. The reason? Big B was shooting in the vicinity (Filmistan Studios) for Ravi Chopra's Babul.
Big surprise
As word of his presence spread, the Resham Dankh set was also abuzz with talks of Bachchan's presence.
All that the cast and crew had uppermost on their minds that day was an opportunity to meet the legend. This resulted in the stars and the crew trooping in on Babul's sets for an unscheduled meeting with Bachchan.
"It was a matter of honour for the cast. And it came as a big surprise to them. Initially, they knew that shooting for Babul was in progress. But they didn't know that it was Mr Bachchan who was shooting there," says producer Jamnadas 'JD' Majethia of Hats Off Production.
Picture perfect
The cast had an opportunity to meet Bachchan, who even enquired about the show. He was particularly interested when he realised that it was a Star TV show, thanks to his old association with the channel and Kaun Banega Crorepati. They even posed for photographs with him.
Resham Dankh, set in a business family, is based on a Gujarati novel penned by Aatish Kapadia along with Mahesh Yagnik.
The cast includes Moulli Ganguly, Raahil Azam, Apara Mehta, Sumeet Raghavan, Sulbha Deshpande, Dimple Shah and Rajiv Mehta among others. It replaces Siddharth Basu's show Heartbeat from 9.30 pm today.
And unlike most of JD and Aatish shows (which include Baa Bahoo aur Baby, Instant Khichdi, Kudkudiya House No 43 and Sarabhai vs Sarabhai that are Gujarati-centric), Resham Dankh has a contemporary family of industrialists as the main protagonists. | |
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