Jalsa, Mumbai June 24/25, 2021 Thu/Fri 1:16 AM
Birthday - EF - Donna Lisch .. Ef Akhilesh Goswami .. Friday, June 25 .. and the wishes of all the Ef for your birthday and the wish to be safe and protected .. love from the Ef family .. ❤️
.. the game last night took long .. ending at 2.30 am and then the routine of getting in the slumber took another few and then up at 6 to leave for work .. the sleep was determined and untouched by laments or the structures it normally builds to break the rhythm .. but it did not and the work went on as scheduled ..
.. it is said .. perhaps by the Mahatma himself that even a 15 min strong undisturbed deep sleep is enough to replenish the body of all that it requires to function at maximum .. often that has been practised .. during the early years when the work was in timings that today seem ridiculous ..
2 films .. 2 different films , 2 different characters , 2 different locations and 2 different timings : first shift 7am - 2 pm … and the second from 2 pm - 10 pm .. which in simple terms means up at 5 , to leave by 5.30, to reach by 6 to be ready in make up and hair costume, for the first shot of the day at 7 am .. and likewise for the next .. and the next and the next .. and at times in different locations out of the city ..
… so the climax of Deewar .. the run after being chased by brother and shot in the back .. was to be done at night .. the permissions and the location at Ballard Estate, the pictures I shared during shoot of MAYDAY, were given only at late night .. after 10 pm .. so work from 10 pm the whole night .. finish by about 5 am .. rush straight to the airport, catch a flight to Bangalore, drive for an hour to Ramgarh the SHOLAY location and shoot for the day there .. and by evening rushing again to the airport, on a flight to Mumbai and shoot the night climax for DEEWAR .. catching sleep on the flight .. on like this for days until the work is over ..
.. and the same routine for the Stage Shows overseas .. during the late 80′s .. on a Concert Tour of 12 major cities - in the USA, Canada and T&T - Trinidad & Tobago .. in the middle suddenly learning of Babuji unwell - had a fall and needed immediate surgery and hospitalisation .. his age a major factor ..
the Concerts were over the week end .. Saturday and Sunday .. so ..
.. night show finishes by past midnight .. a flight to wherever I was to NYC .. morning Concorde to London .. arrive evening, connect immediately to Mumbai overnight flight .. attend to Babuji till the Friday night .. then on a plane to London on Fri-Sat .. arriving Saturday morning, catching immediately Concorde to NYC .. and flight to the city of the stage show in the US .. arriving by evening there just in time for the show to start and .. BOOM .. on with the show ..
.. and week end over .. back to the routine of Mumbai and Babuji ..
.. not a single flight missed and more importantly not a single Concert Show timing missed .. on stage at the sound of the bell ..
SO .. having suitably impressed you all .. its back to today now and here we are ..
.. out at 7 to be on set by 8 .. get into make up and costume ..
.. script and scene firmly in hand .. a quick word with the Director Vikas .. and
.. and ready to roll .. ( a few standard pictures .. obviously cannot disclose the rest ..) ..
.. no lunch break .. and back to the regular Nike jacket .. and drive to Janak and gym .. lunch pack in drive back , in the car ..
.. gym .. and physio with doc .. the aches and pains of age attended to .. and home .. to shower and limited food and the Ef ..
.. such a boring Blog ain’t it ..
oh yes .. the sparse dinner over the Euro catch ups and the writing into the morn of the 25th .. at .. what the heck is the time .. err , yaa .. 2 am .. !
