Vipul
Shah's
schedules
for
Action
Replayy
seem
to
be
going
awry
for
no
fault
of
anybody's.
First
it
was
his
principal
actors'
choc-a-block
schedules
that
delayed
the
film.
Now
when
the
film
had
just
two
more
songs
to
be
filmed,
Vipul
is
again
left
high
and
dry.
And
it's
not
his
to
question
why.
Because
this
time
it's
the
weather
gods
who
are
to
blame.
The
song
was
to
be
shot
in
Manali.
"And
who
would
have
thought
there
would
be
snow
in
Manali
in
February?
It
has
never
happened
before!" marvels
Vipul.
"We
had
planned
the
whole
song
schedule
for
a
time
when
we
were
sure
there
would
be
no
inclement
weather.
When
we
got
to
know
there
was
heavy
snowfall
we
were
stunned.
There
was
no
way
we
could
shoot,"
says
Vipul
who
now
needs
to
find
alternative
dates
for
the
Manali
song.
Easier
said
than
done,
considering
how
busy
Aishwarya
Bachchan
and
Akshay
Kumar
are.
Rather
than
delaying
the
release
of
the
film
further,
Vipul
may
drop
the
song
completely.
"We
shot
one
1970s-style
romantic
number
a
solo
with
Shreya
Ghoshal.
Now
we
wanted
to
shoot
a
song
about
a
couple
romancing
in
winter
like
Rajesh
Khanna
and
Mumtaz
in
the
song
'Karvaten
Badalte
Rahen' in
Aap
Ki
Kasam
in
Manali."
Pritam
Chakraborty's
brief
was
to
create
a
raga-based
melody,
a
la
the
1970s.
Some
portions
of
the
track
were
even
recorded
with
a
live
orchestra
as
the
composers
of
the
1970s
used
to
do.
But
will
this
labour
of
melodious
love
ever
get
shot
now?
Story first published: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 17:04 [IST]