Aisha Ahmed talks about shooting ‘Minus One: New Chapter’ at Chandni Chowk in Delhi: “I’ve been in Bombay for so long I’ve forgotten how good food tastes”
Actress Aisha Ahmed, who is gearing up for her new streaming series ‘Minus One: New Chapter’, recently recalled her experience shooting for the series in the middle of Delhi at Chandni Chowk.
The actress admitted that she absolutely loved the lip-smacking street food during the shoot, but one thing she vividly remembered was how people around thought that Akshay Kumar is coming for the shoot as Khiladi Kumar has already made a film has included Chandni Chowk in the title.
For a short shot of the Minus One team in the national capital, sharing his experience in Delhi, Aisha Ahmed said: “Shooting in Delhi was beautiful, of course great food came in for every meal because I’ve been in Bombay for so long I’ve forgotten what good food tastes like this was also my first time shooting on a live location I’ve shot in Amritsar before but that was a guerrilla shoot but here it was a good set up and we were bang in the middle of old Delhi”.
She went on to say: “That was really fun, people just stood and watched, they kept watching and I don’t think anyone could go anywhere, they didn’t care who it was, what actors were there, I’m sure they would not have recognized. We couldn’t hear ourselves, people were constantly rooting and cheering. One thing I’ll never forget is that we could hear people walking around saying, “Akshay Kumar aa raha hai” and Ayush and I looked at each other and thought – ‘Bro? Akshay Kumar?’ We didn’t know that. Being in such a sweet old town It was just a beautiful feeling”
The show explores how two people try to define their identities and eventually learn to let go of the labels and be who they are meant to be.
Aisha’s co-actor in the series Ayush Mehra said, “Shooting in Chandni Chowk was like shooting with 500 people around you, we needed bouncers, security and people watching us. That day it felt like I was actually shooting. It was a beautiful experience because a lot of people looked at you, and they came in the middle of the shot and said ‘Hello’. They just knew there was shooting, so they showed up. It was a very fun, memorable and good day for shooting.”
Produced by Writeous Studios and created by Sidhantha Mathur and Shubham Yogi, ‘Minus One: New Chapter’ will be released on February 14th on Lionsgate Play.
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