ARYA BABBAR SMOKES 14 PACKETS OF BEEDIS FOR SHOOT

Doctor had to be called on sets. Arya Babbar, who does not smoke in real life, took ill after overwhelming 14 packets of beedis over two days while shooting for Madhur Bhandarkar’s “Jail”.

For the climax of the film, Arya was mandatory to smoke beedis. At first Arya was quite anxious about the idea as he had never ever smoked a cigarette leave aside beedi.

But he had to give in to Madhur’s demand who asked him to practice smoking at least a day prior to the shoot.

Arya started with smoking cigarettes first and then moved on to beedi. For two days, he incessantly smoked beedis and by the end of the shoot he had consumed 14 packets.

The entire exercise made him sick and a doctor was called on the sets who advised Arya complete bed rest. The actor landed up with severe bronchial cough.

Arya, who is Raj Babbar’s son, has now totally sworn off smoking.

RELEASE OF ‘JAIL’ DELAYED

Bhandarkar not capable to clash with Gowariker.

It’s well known that Madhur Bhandarkar and Ashutosh Gowariker’s friendship soured after Ashu spoke ill about Priyanka Chopra winning the best actress award for Madhur’s “Fashion” at this year’s IIFA awards, which annoyed Bhandarkar no end.

In a rage, Madhur determined to get even by conflicting with Ashu at the box-office, announcing September 25 as the release date for his film “Jail”, which is also the date for the release of Gowariker’s next film, “What’s Your Rashee?”.

This no hesitation distress Ashu, as he wants as wide a contact for his film as possible.

However, now, it’s once again Bhandarkar who’s furious.

The Association of Motion Pictures & TV Programme Producers (AMPTPP) has called Madhur and UTV, co-producers of “Jail”, telling them to push back the release of their film to October 23 as David Dhawan’s “Do Knot Disturb” is also releasing on September 25.

Madhur had made full plans to release the film on September 25 so this one month delay has upset him a great deal.