For
a
sequence
in
Paa,
Abhishek
needed
to
carry
his
father
piggyback
and
trot
across
a
vast
field.
An
exercise
in
role
reversal
that
had
everyone
on
the
sets
petrified
and
apprehensive.
After
all,
it
is
one
thing
to
play
your
real
life
father's
father.
But
to
carry
him
on
your
back
and
run
in
paternal
passion
is
quite
another.
To
director
Balki's
surprise
and
relief,
Abhishek
simply
breezed
through
the
difficult
scene.
"Abhishek
did
it
in
one
take.
He
carried
his
father
effortlessly
across
the
vast
field.
We
shot
the
sequence
near
Cambridge
in
England
at
a
place
called
Bury
St
Edmunds."
The
place
was
chosen
not
just
for
its
green
acres
which
facilitated
Abhishek's
run
with
his
father
on
his
back,
but
also
to
avoid
large
crowds
of
gawking
Indians.
On
asked
how
he
felt
to
be
carried
by
his
own
son,
the
Big
B
quipped,
"Carrying
me
piggyback
was
Abhishek's
job.
Jaya
and
I
merely
produced
a
strong
boy!
No,
the
most
tedious
part
of
playing
the
12-year
old
boy
in
Paa
was
the
makeup.
I
had
to
sit
still
for
4-5
hours
every
morning
without
moving,
eating
or
even
drinking
water.
For
a
sunrise
shot
I
had
to
be
up
from
11
pm
the
previous
night
doing
the
makeup
to
be
able
to
shoot
on
time
the
next
morning."
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