Aishwarya and Abhishek are shooting in the deep jungle of Kochi for Mani Ratnam’s Ravana. Shooting in a situation where poisonous snakes and leeches move around is a tough job indeed. On the first day of the shoot, Ash was bitten by a leech; she came to know about the bite only when she started bleeding. Apart from leeches, snakes also infested the jungles. “There were seven to eight foot long snakes that would be present on the sets. Mani had got a local snake catcher who would protect the crew from any poisonous reptiles,” says a source.
The cast and the crew are having a tough time shooting in the jungle. Everyday they need to cover extra miles on foot through kuccha rasta to reach the shooting spot. They were put up in a hotel which is two hours from the shooting location. An open thatch was built in the jungle where a major scene between Ash and Abhi was shot.
Sources from the sets reveal, “The shoot of the film would start before dawn, sometimes at 3 am. The jungles we shot in were so dense that sunlight would rarely break through even during the day. Artificial lighting was used even during daytime.”
Everyone is having a rough time shooting for Ravana. Everyday they need to fight against leaches, snakes and other dangerous creatures to reach the shooting spot.
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o my god such a buitiifaul picture god bless them