MF Husain’s son makes his accident-prone directorial debut

Spicezee Bureau

Chandigarh, April 08: This debut qualified as the most accident-prone of all times! MF Husain’s son Owais has stepped into Bollywood, and has landed (figuratively) on a banana peel. From day one, his movie sets have been full of people getting hurt one way or other.The shoot in Chandigarh was a tale of woe for the entire crew. The lead star Anurag Sinha started the accident-list by falling off a horse and injuring his back. Then co-star and female lead Sonal Chauhan went too near to the arclights while shooting and got burnt. The day after, director Owais bruised his back badly. The next victim was Owais, again. This time he hurt his hand. When his wrist was blown up like a balloon, the doctor diagnosed hairline fractures. Owais lamented, “I didn’t know I broke my wrist until it got swollen like a dolphin out of the water. I was painting on the bricks walls of ruins in a broken-down home in Chandigarh when a wall caved in and I slipped to the ground. I continued working. But after a point the pain got to be too much. So I asked someone from the unit to take me to a doctor. He informed me there were several hairline fractures on my hand.” Owais now moves around calling the shots with his right hand out of order and all wired from inside. “For a painter the worst fear is to realize his hand has been injured. My first thought after I hurt my hand was will be I be able to paint? Now a few days after the accident I can move my fingers. So I guess in a couple of weeks my hand will be okay,” he said. Owais declared, “I could make a film on what we’ve gone through during the making of my film in Chandigarh!”