<span class=normal>Anil Kapoor- The Producer<br><br><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>“Anil Kapoor is very encouraging. He has been very generous with his compliments for my performance. He used to come on the sets during our schedule in Mumbai and I used to love it whenever he was on sets. He has this energy that he brings along and its something that’s quite unbelievable for someone of his age. I remember there was this one shot in which I had to trip and fall and hurt myself. I was doing it with some reservations as I already had got two bruises. However, Anil Kapoor was very encouraging. He told me, “I’ll show you how to do it. You just go for the fall. Lagega to lagne do…just do it.†In fact he actually enacted the scene, tripping and falling and rolling over much to everyone’s surprise on the sets.†<br><br><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Rajshree Ojha - The Director<br><br><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>“Rajshree Ojha is also making her debut with this film. She has earlier directed a film with Soha called Chaurahein which is yet to release so technically, Aisha happens to be her debut film. Rajshree has studied filmmaking abroad and even directed a short film which has won the Student Academy award. Aisha is completely her baby. I remember she used to behave like a school teacher with me and was very apprehensive if I would be able to pull it off. For almost a month before shoot I was strictly asked to speak only in Hindi and wear Indian clothes. She knew that I had to get the character of Shefali- the small town girl bang on to have the desired impact. She even put me through workshops, diction classes and asked me to lose some more weight to look the part. While it was quite challenging then and I felt like I was a school girl given a lot of homework, now when I look back, I feel it’s all been worth it.†<br><br><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Most challenging scene<br><br><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>“There was this scene which we shot in Rishikesh in which I had to drown in the water. The water was freezing cold and I had to fall head down in to the water. Water used to come rushing into my nose and ears and the director would keep calling ‘Cut’ and again I had to go through the whole process. Besides for the next shot I had to dry up immediately to maintain the continuity of the scene, so here I was running up and down getting wet and then drying up. It was quite an experience.†</span>