The weather gods are liable to be as capricious and moody as Greta Garbo. This, Kangana Ranaut discovered when she returned from Manali .... empty-handed.
"We had gone there to shoot songs for Samir Karnik's Roshan. We chose an untouched location far away in the hills. How were we to know that we'd have to return without shooting the songs?!"
Being a girl from Himachal, Kangana was ecstatic at the locations chosen. "But our joy was soon gone when it began to rain. Bobby Deol and I were stuck in a tent in the middle of nowhere for almost a week.
We'd rush out as soon as the rain stopped. But as soon the camera was set up and we got into position we'd have to rush back into the tent. I must've lost at least four kgs just running back and forth to beat the rains. "
Eventually the Roshan unit had to comply with the meteorological moodiness. "The director turned the song into a rain-oriented number. But guess what happened? The torrential rains then decided to turn into a drizzle. The rushes looked like scratches on the camera lenses. "
Now the songs in Manali have been shifted. "And we'll be shooting in Mauritius next month. Let's hope the rain gods will be kinder there," Kangana has her fingers crossed.