Dilli 6 – Updates

March 21, 2008 at 10:01 am (A R Rahman) (A R Rahman, dilli 6, dilli6 cast and crew, dilli6 updates)

The cast of Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra’s Dilli 6 had a tough time shooting in Sambhar, Rajasthan braving temperatures of -5 degree Celsius.

Reveals Kamlesh Pandey, writer of the film, “I had stayed over there for almost a week and it was great fun to be the part of the team. But I remember it was winter and right from Abhishek Bachchan to Prem Chopra everyone was working whole night in chilling temperatures. The funniest part was Abhishek shivering and asking me, ‘why is your script so good?’ Rishi Kapoor, who never works beyond 9.30 pm, was also shooting the whole night. I was really amazed with their dedication towards their roles.”

Interestingly, Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman and Rishi Kapoor, who starred together in the 1976 classic Kabhi Kabhie, will be seen in Dilli 6.

About it the writer says, “Rishi Kapoor plays the surrogate father of Abhishek Bachchan and a family friend of Amitabh Bachchan and Waheeda Rehman.”

Elaborating on the film, he adds, “The story of Dilli 6 is not the typical hero-heroine one. It is about every character who was a part of Old Delhi. Mr.Mehra has chosen perfect actors for the respective roles.”

Pandey has visited the sets only once but is all praise for the art director. “I was amazed to see the sets erected by Samir Chanda. He has studied everything minutely – from the signboards to streets of Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi has been replicated beautifully,” .