The
shooting
of
Priyadarshan's
train-top
thriller
Tezz
is
far
from
over,
thanks
to
the
slow
progress
of
the
45-day
shooting
schedule
in
Britain.
Everyone
who
has
returned
from
the
shooting
of
Tezz
in
the
UK
is
depleted
and
recovering
from
bouts
of
fever
and
incapacitation.
Reason?
Harsh
winter
conditions
in
the
UK
proved
exceedingly
difficult
for
the
cast
and
crew
who
are
still
smarting
under
the
blow
to
their
numbed
lungs.
To
top
it
all,
Ajay
Devgn,
Anil
Kapoor,
Zayed
Khan,
Sameera
Reddy
and
Mohanlal
were
all
shooting
on
a
speeding
train
causing
the
near-frozen
Indian
cast
and
crew
to
get
further
challenged
by
the
severe
weather
conditions.
While
producer
Ratan
Jain
dismisses
all
the
panic
attacks
that
the
Indian
crew
went
through
in
England
as
"just
routine
hiccups" the
director
Priyadarshan
is
more
forthright.
Says
Priyan,
"This
has
been
by
far
the
most
difficult
film
I've
ever
shot.
I've
done
action
films
before.
But
not
a
thriller.
The
whole
film
is
set
on
a
speeding
train.
We
shot
in
Birmingham.
Thanks
to
visa
delays
we
got
to
the
UK
when
winter
conditions
had
set
in.
It
was
terrible."
Apparently,
the
temperature
was
so
low
that
even
the
video
monitor
couldn't
be
kept
out
in
the
open.
Says
Priyan,
"I've
never
experienced
such
extreme
cold.
Thankfully
I
had
a
video
monitor
with
a
remote
control.
I'd
huddle
into
a
room
nearest
to
the
shooting
spot.
But
I
felt
sorry
for
my
Indian
cast
and
crew.
Fortunately,
there
weren't
that
many
Indians
in
the
team.
Most
of
the
crew
was
British
and
they
seemed
just
fine
with
the
cold."
The
Indians
fell
ill
one
by
one
thereby
slackening
the
speed
of
Tezz.
Now
there
is
one
more
schedule
in
March
in
Birmingham.
Pledges
Priyan,
"We're
not
going
back
until
the
cold
wave
is
over.
The
film
involves
a
lot
of
action
sequences.
Mohanlal,
who
is
known
for
his
stunts
in
the
South,
also
performs
some
very
complicated
action
sequences
for
the
first
time
in
a
Hindi
film."
Story first published: Monday, November 29, 2010, 17:29 [IST]