Naseeruddin Shah doesn’t mind the climb

While shooting for A Wednesday, Neeraj Pandey was looking for a under construction building where the ‘terrorist’, Naseeruddin Shah, would operate from. According to the script of A Wednesday, this terrace was supposed to be Naseeruddin Shah’s ‘workstation’. Naseeruddin Shah plays a terrorist in the film and he would be seen calling up the Mumbai police commissioner (played by Anupam Kher) with bomb threats. After scanning the terraces of at least 50 under-construction buildings, Neeraj Pandey fixed his eyes on this one as it had a very clear view of the city’s skyline. But when Neeraj Pandey landed in this building to shoot they realised that they would have to climb all 25 floors to reach on top as no elevators were installed, so much so even the steps were not concreted.

Neeraj arranged for a trolley for him which would have helped him go up and down whenever required. But Naseer proved every one wrong by turning down Neeraj’s offer. He decided to walk his way up to 25 floors everyday.

Confirms Neeraj Pandey, “Naseer always surprises us, when we were thinking that we should look into his comfort he surprised us by climbing the stairs everyday.”