Salman's drive to perfection!

Author : After Hours Correspondent

On missing his flight to Jodhpur, the actor flew to Delhi and drove

down to Khimsar arriving before time for the first schedule of

'Marigold'

It wasn't quite easy for director Willard Carroll to shoot his dream

film 'Marigold' in India. During the pre-production days of 'Marigold', the

film's production unit would often scare him saying Salman Khan would

not come to the shoot for the first schedule as they were shooting in

Khimsar - the same village near Jodhpur where he had allegedly killed a

black buck.

Although, Salman had promised Willard that he would be there,

Willard got nervous. His worries only increased when he heard that Salman

had missed his flight to Jodhpur and that there were no flights for next two

days. Willard recalls, "I was caught in a dilemma I didn't know how to

handle. What was worst was that Salman's personal cell was not reachable.

I was nervous because we were to start shooing the very next morning.

Mentally I decided to start shoot with Ali Larter."

However, it turned out that Salman had indeed missed his flight and yet

managed to reach Khimsar before time. Salman says, "I had genuinely

missed the flight because of traffic. But I didn't want to miss the first day

of shoot either." So, when he realised that there were no flights available

that day for Jodhpur, he flew to Delhi and drove down to Jodhpur to reach

Khimsar at 7 in the morning ready for his make-up.

Willard adds, "Everyone in the unit was stunned to see Salman at 7

when the call time was 10. Salman was naturally tired. I requested him to

rest and suggested that we start shooting the next day. But he kept his

promise and shot. Everything went on smoothly and the unit completed the

schedule one day before time despite there being tensions about the

location."
"Salman and I shared a wonderful camaraderie from day one. He has been

frank with me. If he didn't want to do something he would upfront about it

and honest," Willard adds about Salman.

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