Two films about making movies are being screened in the city this evening. one tracks Himmesh as he shoots in Germany, the other looks at how grocery shop owners in ladakh have turned filmmakers

Gabriele Ammermann

German filmmaker Gabriele Ammermann had seen film shoots in Mumbai before she shot The Making of Aap Kaa Surroor. "I knew that the Indian way of making feature films is quite different from the German approach. It's more spontaneous and flexible, and so are prices and work shifts," she says cheekily in an email interview to Mid Day. So, when singer-actor Himesh Reshammiya visited her home country with a desi squad of 80 to shoot his baby Aap Kaa Surroor, Gabriele wanted to be there. "Never before had an Indian film of this size been shot there. I expected culture shock, and I wasn't disappointed! What I had not expected was the mutual respect for each other's work and culture. I captured the friendships that grew between the actors, technicians, drivers, dancers and spot boys of both nationalities," she recalls.


The documentary follows the shoot for a whole month. Shot with only a handheld MiniDV camera, it shows everyday life on set. The desi crew suffers in Germany's cold winter. Locals get their first taste of chai.

"Gabriele has made a highly enjoyable, affectionate film which manages to portray the ridiculous working methods of Bollywood, milking them for humour without becoming offensive or superior," says Paromita Vohra who is curating the screening at Alliance Franu00e7aise for the documentary filmmakers' collective, Vikalp.u00a0

Singer-actor Himmesh Reshammiya (centre) with his crew during the making of Aap Ka Surroor in Germany Read Next Story Play it like Sholay's Jai› Trending Stories Latest Photos Latest Videos Latest Web Stories ADVERTISEMENT Mid-Day Fast ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT