Behind The Scenes of Maximum

This is the very famous scene from the smash hit track ‘Aa Ante Amalapuram’. All of us knew that we were not shooting for a scene but an item number. Right from the word ‘Go’, Read More">the shoot of this song was energetic to say the least. All of us were on our toes. And whenRead More

This is the very famous scene from the smash hit track 'Aa Ante Amalapuram'. All of us knew that we were not shooting for a scene but an item number. Right from the word 'Go', the shoot of this song was energetic to say the least. All of us were on our toes. And when we say the final product today on the silver screen, we do have a large grin on our faces, as we know the amount of hard work that has gone into it.

Last week saw the release of Maximum, Read More">in which Sonu Sood’s performance in the high octane cop drama has already started earning him bouquets galore! Satish Sundaresan of Bollywood Hungama takes a sneak peak through the lens of the film’s director Kabeer Kaushik to give you a first hand account of what happened ‘Behind TheRead More

Last week saw the release of Maximum, in which Sonu Sood's performance in the high octane cop drama has already started earning him bouquets galore! Satish Sundaresan of Bollywood Hungama takes a sneak peak through the lens of the film's director Kabeer Kaushik to give you a first hand account of what happened 'Behind The Scenes' while shooting for the film. Over to Kabeer…

It was a Sunday and the locals were running at a low frequency. The shot required Sonu Sood and his police entourage to come towards the camera with the train passing full-throttle in the background. The 400 mm tele-lens was complicating our life sizably with the sun playing hide and seek! Amidst all this mayhem, Sonu insisted on Rajinikanth-style of twirling the gun in air. My only worry was that what if he is not able to control it!' To this, Sonu replied, "Sir, no tension! I have been practicing since childhood. And by now, I have mastered the art of doing it". We went in for four retakes, and every time without fail, he got it back in his hand, a la Rajinikanth Sir.

In this scene, Naseeruddin Shah maintained that inimitable trademark drawl of his. Even as we were shooting for this scene, I told him, “The swagger and the gun will suffice believe you me”. The shot got Okayed in one take. The swagger worked. And so did the gun.

In this scene, Naseeruddin Shah maintained that inimitable trademark drawl of his. Even as we were shooting for this scene, I told him, "The swagger and the gun will suffice believe you me". The shot got Okayed in one take. The swagger worked. And so did the gun.

When we were to shoot the bike scene, Naseeruddin Shah retorted, “You never mentioned the bike ride in our discussions”. And that’s when I thought to myself that, “Well…it was meant to be a surprise!” he then asked me, “Where’s the camera going to be?” I, Read More">pointing out at the precariously positioned Jimmy Jib onRead More

When we were to shoot the bike scene, Naseeruddin Shah retorted, "You never mentioned the bike ride in our discussions". And that's when I thought to myself that, "Well…it was meant to be a surprise!" he then asked me, "Where's the camera going to be?" I, pointing out at the precariously positioned Jimmy Jib on an extended contraption that was attached to the truck, said "Sir... here". He simply glanced at it once and said that, "If it's going to be on that, I'm not riding." That's when the paraphernalia came off the rigs in a few minutes and we shot him the good old desi style. As they say, 'The man…The machine…here, let me add... and the Marine Drive traffic!'

This was an intense scene that was to be picturised on Sonu. And Irani Café was proving to be a hostile location. Since the scene had a lot of sub-textual information, Read More">it had to be combined with complicated camera maneuvers. Almost a zillion fans thronged in that area and started asking Sonu to take hisRead More

This was an intense scene that was to be picturised on Sonu. And Irani Café was proving to be a hostile location. Since the scene had a lot of sub-textual information, it had to be combined with complicated camera maneuvers. Almost a zillion fans thronged in that area and started asking Sonu to take his shirt off.