Amitabh recounts prosthetics ordeal
Actor talks about how his lower back hurt during the shoot of ‘Gulabo Sitabo’
Amitabh Bachchan has opened up on his experience of wearing heavy prosthetics while shooting for Shoojit Sircar’s Gulabo Sitabo in Lucknow during the peak of summer.
The veteran actor shared a few stills from the sets of the film on his blog. He wrote: “In one of the pictures you see the dress I wear has openings form the back .. that is the directors input .. knowing we would be working in Lucknow at the peak of Summer .. the UP summer .. into at times 50 degrees Centigrade, he felt that I would be requiring frequent clothing changes due to the perspiration .. and changing the top with the prosthetics and hair would make if difficult for the actor if the buttons were in front .. but with the opening at the back it could be conveniently slipped off without going over the head .. it could been slipped of if in front too .. but then the front would look awkward .. so ..”
Talking about how the shoot would start early to avoid the searing Uttar Pradesh summer afternoons, he mentioned: “The start of the shoot was always kept very early in order to not get into the sun .. the early start is a nightmare for the prosthetic make up guy .. shot to be taken at sun rise by 6.30am , means in the make up van at 3.30am !!”
Big B further revealed what difficulties he experienced while shooting in prosthetic make-up in such scorching heat, and how his lower back hurt due to the walking posture of his character, an old man named Mirza.