Shabana shares the difficulties of shoot for song “Chalo, Bulaawa Aaya Hai, Maata Ne Bulaaya Hai”at Vaishno Devi
Shabana shares the difficulties of shoot for song “Chalo, Bulaawa Aaya Hai, Maata Ne Bulaaya Hai”at Vaishno Devi
In an interview, Shabana Azmi recalled shooting for the 1983 film Avtaar. The actress shared the difficulties of shooting for the song ‘Chalo Bulawaa Aaya Hai’ at Vaishno Devi.
The 1983 Mohan Kumar directorial major successful film Avtaar was regarded as Rajesh Khanna’s comeback film.
It was after almost a decade of occasional successes that the actor gave a massive hit and followed it up with Souten and Agar Tum Na Hote. These films reestablished him as a superstar after he went through a slump in the late 1970s.
Avtaar featured Rajesh Khanna and Shabana Azmi in the main lead.
In the film a particular song penned by lyricist Anand Bakshi became instant hit and continues to resonate with people, especially when travelling to Vaishno Devi shrine. The song is “Chalo, Bulaawa Aaya Hai, Maata Ne Bulaaya Hai”.
Recently, in a conversation Shabana Azmi recalled shooting the song at Vaishno Devi shrine and said, “Shooting for ‘Chalo Bulaawa Aaya Hai’ for Avtaar was filled with hardships. In those days, there were no helicopter services,and the cast and crew had to trek to reach the temple. There were no toilets on the way. It was an extremely difficult situation.”
She added, Rajesh Khanna, a superstar, had to stand in queue with Dalda dabbas. It was also extremely cold at that time. We used to sleep on floors in dharamshalas. We had mattresses with about 12 layers of blankets. We used six layers of blanket to cover ourselves, and we were still cold. At that point in time, Rajesh Khanna couldn’t be like ‘I am a superstar’. We all did it in the spirit.”
Shabana, who has done about seven films with Rajesh Khanna shared a special bond with the actor. In the same interview, she recalled a funny incident. She said, “Rajesh and she were pretty good friends. This one time, they were addressing media for something. He came in, and we saw he had tied bandage around his ankle and was limping. One journalist in the crowd noticed it and questioned him, ‘What happened to his leg?’ He quickly replied, ‘he was doing a horse riding scene yesterday and fell off the horse.’ She was quiet surprised and being curious asked asked him, ‘But, she was with him the whole time, when did he shoot a horse-riding scene?’”
He kicked her leg under the table and signalled her to keep quiet. Later, he said, he ripped and fell. Why do you have to tell the truth always? Obviously, he was not going to tell the journalists that, he tripped in his lungi.Let me have my moment. What’s your problem?’ She laughed so much.”
News Edit KV Raman
