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Many
actors have had weird and scary experiences
while shooting on outdoor locales, late
into the night but Rushali Arora who is
on a killing spree as a possessed woman,
will appear in 4 episodes for Lucky, has
a totally different tale to tell.
She plays a simple, village girl who is
possessed by an evil spirit, out to kill
Lucky in the serial of the same name, for
which she is required to wear a crumpled,
wet dress, long hair and sport white ghostly
eyes. Elaborating on the white eyes, Rushali
explains, "I have to use white opaque
contact lens that renders me totally blind.
To remain with it for beyond half-an-hour
is an ordeal and so I remove the lens if
there is a break between the shots."
Rushali has acted in horror and thriller
serials like Aahat earlier, where she has
portrayed the character of vampire and ghost.
"But then the get-up demanded sharp
canine teeth and weird costumes," says
the frazzled actor, further adding, "now
I have not only to use opaque lens, the
location is also somewhere in the woods,
shot at night and my role demands me to
live in a well. It's so scary."
There is water everywhere and she has to
rise from the well with water around her.
It's the director and the unit hands who
guide her which way to look and how many
steps to take in which direction. "Now
I know what it is to be visibly challenged
and I empathise with their lot," says
a harrowed Rushali.
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By GITA HARI |
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on 15 March 2007 3:30 pm
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