Mallika
Sherawat
recently
completed
a
schedule
of
Jennifer
Lynch's
Hisss
in
the
jungles
and
backwaters
of
Kerala.
It
was
almost
as
if
she
was
holding
on
for
the
schedule
to
end.
On
her
return
to
Mumbai,
the
actress
collapsed.
Says
Vikram
Singh,
Mallika's
brother
and
co-producer
(along
with
Govind
Menon
and
Ratan
Jain)
of
Hisss,
"Mallika
has
been
suffering
from
extreme
exhaustion
and
very
high
fever
ever
since
she
returned
from
Thekkady,
where
we
were
shooting.
She's
resting
at
home
but
is
still
very
weak.
She
had
high
fever
on
the
sets
but
she
chose
to
shoot
through
it.
We
had
doctors
and
medical
aid
on
the
sets
around
the
clock."
Though
Mallika
had
doctors
on
the
sets,
she
refused
to
take
too
much
medication.
Vikram
adds,
"Though
there
were
doctors
on
standby
Mallika
doesn't
believe
in
medication.
She's
a
naturalist
and
believes
getting
cured
the
natural
way
or
through
yoga,
so
severe
exhaustion
hit
her
once
the
shoot
got
over."
The
actress
is
suffering
from
exhaustion
and
high
fever
because
of
the
rigorous
schedule.
"She
was
shooting
every
day
from
5
am
till
late
evening
for
the
last
15
days.
And
it
would
rain
heavily
every
day.
Also
the
jungle
was
infested
with
insects
and
leeches
which
crept
inside
her
snake
suit
and
would
make
it
difficult
for
her
to
remove.
The
leeches,
especially,
were
all
over
her
body
as
she
had
to
lie
down
on
the
ground," confirms
her
brother.
But
before
she
took
ill,
Vikram,
Jennifer
and
the
unit
of
Hisss
had
a
Diwali
celebration
in
the
jungle.
Vikram
says,
"We
called
a
pandit
who
only
chants
Sanskrit
hymns
to
do
a
puja.
We
had
idols
of
Lakshmi
and
Ganesh.
It
was
very
nice
and
a
different
way
of
celebrating."
Story first published: Friday, April 26, 2024, 3:37 [IST]