Bobby Deol was at the receiving end of nature's fury while
shooting for Sameer Karnik's film Nanhe Jaisalmer. The unit
was shooting in the desert area when they were caught in a
sandstorm.
“It was a very crucial scene – when Bobby meets Nanhe in the
film. It was near the Dahisar Lake in Jaisalmer,” says
Karnik. “It took us three nights to set up the lighting. The
entire lake was lit up and we had three generators for the
scene.”
While the entire unit reached by 6:30 pm, Bobby was lounging
by the poolside waiting to be called by the director as and
when required. “At 6:40 pm we could see a twister headed
towards Dahisar Lake. The locals assured us that it was
headed in another direction. But we continued to be worried
about the approaching twister,” says Karnik. “Bobby called
me from his hotel, because he had spotted the twister too.
He was worried but rushed to the location. We were all set
to roll, when the twister took a turn and, in a nanosecond,
had landed on our sets.”
In a matter of minutes the sandstorm wrecked havoc. “All the
bamboos and the Chinese lanterns which we had put up, began
flying in different directions. Bobby and my assistants
chased these lanterns, but they were torn to shreds.
Light-bulbs were bursting all around us. Bobby's face was
covered with sand, and we all swallowed a fair amount oo.
Sand entered his eyes and clothes and the umbrella he was
sitting under, was history within seconds,” says Karnik.
“Later, while having dinner after the sandstorm, Bobby told
me, 'Sameer I can still taste sand in my mouth!'” says
Karnik. Incidentally, even on the second day, they were hit
by a storm. “It just came from nowhere. Bobby was taken
aback. He has never experienced such hazards during shooting
before. We had to extend two days of our shoot on account of
this calamity. Bobby was sporting enough to agree and we
completed the film in one schedule,” he says.
