It was deceptively sunny in Jordan’s Wadi Rum desert, even with the temperature dropping to -1 degree Celsius back in January when portions of the song ‘Wallah Habibi’ from ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ were being shot.
But dozens of scantily clad dancers surrounding Bollywood stars Alaya F, Manushi Chhillar, Akshay Kumar, and Tiger Shroff were spotted shimmying to the Arabic beats, seemingly oblivious to the biting cold.
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But dozens of scantily clad dancers surrounding Bollywood stars Alaya F, Manushi Chhillar, Akshay Kumar, and Tiger Shroff were spotted shimmying to the Arabic beats, seemingly oblivious to the biting cold.
Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/on-the-sets-of-a-bollywood-song-shoot-in-jordan-alaya-f-from-the-eid-release-bade-miyan-chote-miyan-spills-all-1.101969544
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00:00Shooting is actually not easy but it's great fun and so rewarding when you get to see like I saw the trailer today and
00:09I saw today as well and I was just I was just in awe you know to be a part of a project like
00:13this to be a part of something that's so grand.
00:17Good afternoon this is Manjusha Radhakrishnan from Gulf News. It was a long commute from Dubai to
00:22Mumbai for the trailer launch of Bade Miya Chote Miya and I have to actually give her a big shout
00:28out. I saw her in Jordan wearing very skimpy clothes I must say in very cold conditions but
00:34while shooting I had such immense respect for you for braving the cold but being in skimpy clothes
00:39so songs are not that easy to film is it in Bollywood?
00:43No songs are not easy, shooting is actually not easy but it's great fun and so rewarding when you
00:50get to see like I saw the trailer today and I saw today as well and I was just I was just in awe
00:56you know to be a part of a project like this to be a part of something that's so grand yeah
01:00shooting in extreme weathers we shot in either extreme heat or extreme cold it's just exciting
01:05I feel like it adds more character to the shoot in some way I feel like it makes it more memorable.
01:09I think this is your career's biggest epic action movie if I can call it is that different from
01:13like the debut that you made which is so sweet.
01:16Extremely different I actually feel like I had to learn so much that I perhaps didn't know how to do
01:23earlier it's a whole different world not only being on a hyper commercial film but also being
01:30on an action film even I realized how difficult it was to be a part of an action film I wanted
01:36to do action throughout and my character doesn't get to do action Pam doesn't get to do action.
01:40I know, I know she's the data.
01:41Pam is the brain.
01:42She's the brain.
01:42She's the brain so she's the IT specialist incredibly smart and her weapon is her brain
01:50and her iPad that she carries along everywhere so while all the boys and Manushi are carrying the
01:53guns I'm holding my iPad and running.
01:56So you're the nerd, you're the resident nerd.
01:57But she's a cool nerd she's a she's a bold, outspoken, confident, vibrant girl so she's a
02:03nerd but she's a very, very cool nerd okay it's a character I've really enjoyed playing I have a
02:08lot of scenes with Tiger so you know there are bits where he's doing his action and he's running
02:12and I'm sort of like running behind him with him and just in running in those climate conditions
02:19where either it was so hot and then cars are burning and blowing up so there's big smoke
02:24coming your way I was winded and destroyed just from running and I was like I can't believe and
02:30he makes it look so easy, Tiger makes it look so easy when he does it because he's so effortless
02:34and so well trained and he's extremely well trained I feel like he sets a different benchmark
02:39for what it is to be an action hero but yeah it's tough work.
02:43How important are reviews is this whole debate about it like it should be done on a Monday so
02:48that you know think people have time to process it and so much work goes in yeah do you believe
02:52that? I love reviews I have no problem with reviews I really enjoy reviews I read all the
02:57reviews that come out yeah yeah I'm one of those full readers like even below you know the
03:02trailers and below all the posts I'll look at everyone's comments I love it it's good to know.
03:06Do you think somewhere you're doing things differently why is it that you get a lot more
03:09love than hate? I don't know why I get more love but I'm grateful for it I do think that I have
03:17been very lucky right from my first film yes I feel like a lot of love poured in I'm glad that
03:22people have liked the work that I've done and I'm even happy that they get to see me do
03:27something that's so completely different than all the things I've done before right in a film
03:31like Bade Miya, Chhote Miya. How do you go about choosing these roles do they come to you? I guess
03:34the process for each film is different there are lots of films that I've tested for and pursued
03:39there are films that have come to me directly and been offered Bade Miya, Chhote Miya was one of
03:44those films that I went and I really pursued I heard that the casting had opened up for Bade
03:49Miya, Chhote Miya and I was like this we need this I was like this is what we need we have to jump
03:53on to it because of course Akshay sir, Tiger, Ali sir you know it's just so massive scale of it
04:00huge scale full commercial like this is what we need to be doing so pestered Ali sir and he agreed
04:07to meet with me met Ali sir and I said I'm going to be very upfront I really want to do this film
04:13so you tell me what I need to prove, what I need to do to make you believe that I can do this
04:20and he was like okay well just do a really good audition then and they were auditioning other
04:25people as well at that time and I prepped a lot for it went and gave my audition and touch wood
04:31I think Ali sir really liked it because that day itself they called us up and said okay she's got
04:35the part I'll always pursue something if I really want it and I do feel like you have to just be
04:39out there you have to always put yourself out there you have to always be willing to face
04:43rejection you have to because you're that's the only way to grow and it's scary sometimes you
04:50don't want to put yourself out there because you feel like you might be rejected a lot of the time
04:53you will yes that's okay so I'm still learning to deal with that do you ever have a bad day in
04:58the gym we all want to know in fact some of the comments were there does this girl not take a
05:03rest day this is the funny part about social media and this is the thing that I keep trying to
05:07tell people anyone that comes and tells me this I think for the last one month I have done my nice
05:13videos and I've done my classes but there have also been days where I've slept till 2 p.m and
05:19not worked out and I've eaten whatever I wanted did Akshay and Tiger Shaw one of the most disciplined
05:25actors in the industry get influenced by you they are the actual disciplined people see here's the
05:31thing discipline is when you do something sustainably constantly as a day in day out
05:38me I'm temperamental with it I swear and people think I'm like but I have absolutely no reason to
05:43lie I'm more than happy for everyone to believe that I am this fitness enthusiast 24 7 but I'm
05:47not see I enjoy it because I like keeping myself occupied which is why I'll end up doing all these
05:53many different classes I like challenging myself it's more a hobby than a lifestyle do you think
05:59this will also be a movie where women have strong 100% I mean if you see Alisa's filmography also
06:05in all his films women are never just there to look pretty and smile the women are really fierce
06:10you know they all have things to do they all have a lot of agency they're all strong physically and
06:18mentally and just you know the way they talk so I think being a part of having this be my first
06:23proper mass commercial film is even more special because I actually have so much to do so does
06:29Manushi's character Misha also is doing a lot of action is you know beating up the it's all
06:36heroic it's wonderful we had a great time shooting in the middle east really we love
06:40shooting in Jordan and we love shooting in Abu Dhabi and it was just wonderful