<span class=normal>The making of Tum Mile<BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>There are two different time lines happening in Tum Mile. So we are doing a flashback story in a different screenplay format which will be running parallel. We keep cutting to a happy colourful past and the grim present. Thats something new. Weve slowly gradually built up the flood. First it looks bad, and then it gets worse and worst. We shot half the film in Cape Town and the other half in Mumbai. We had created a huge factory like premise with four feet tall swimming pool. We constructed a water proof set. It was twelve hours of being in the water for thirty days straight. And whatever you do, the water gets dirty. The bunch of things which can go wrong while playing with water cannot be described. Like my back is gone. Youre walking with three times the pressure through four feet of water and once you come out, youve got neck to toe problems. Same with the actors. We had to clear the water and show the same street clean and then fill the same street with water and show the mayhem. Thats tough. Without water, I can stretch at fifteen to twenty shots a day but when youre in water, you can hardly take about five to ten shots. We had sprinklers which would sprinkle water but where to place them was a task. We had to be very precise and for that we did story boarding. We got miniatures built too and a complete set up. We played with that and then went on the sets. For the Bhatts, this was a never before done experience. What was interesting is the fact that we had laminated scripts and story boards because of the water. It was so damn perfect. Tum Mile is ambitious for any production house. But only someone like the Bhatts couldve pulled it off. Even the love story in the film is new. The graph is new and the songs are new. Tum Mile does not work on a financial module of Vishesh Films. They like to make films on a certain budget but this film crosses all norms. </span>