Sapana Patil Poojary

Recently, actor Amrapali Gupta, who plays Bindi in ‘Teen Bahuraaniyaan’ (Zee), became a source of amusement on the sets when she was fooled by director Swapna Waghmare Joshi. Apparently, on the first day of the shooting, Swapna told Amrapali that if she wanted to look good on screen, she would have to touch the cameraman’s feet and seek his blessings before giving the first shot. An unsuspecting Amrapali did as suggested much to the enjoyment of all.

Amrapali recalls, “It was very embarrassing. I believed Swapnaji and did exactly as she asked me to. The cameraman looked puzzled when I bent down to touch his feet. I also offered him Rs 200 as dakshina! That’s when everyone burst out laughing and revealed to me that it was a prank. Obviously, I went red in the face.”

She adds, “I shouldn’t have believed Swapnaji. She has done that to me earlier too.” Amrapali relates, “Once we were shooting for a pilot of another serial, when she told me that I was supposed to draw rangoli patterns on the floor and not look up. I was doing as instructed when I heard people laugh. I looked up to see that it was a prank and that it was pack-up time.”

Swapna on her part feels that such harmless mischief helps in maintaining a light-hearted atmosphere on the sets.