Suits & Sayings: Hot Shot

This indie-favourite actor from a famous film family recently brought an ad shoot in Mumbai to a standstill. With cameras ready to roll, the star stormed out of his vanity van, loudly complaining about a faulty AC. The surprise wasn’t the outburst so much as the attire: shorts and a banian instead of costume. As he paced around fuming in the heat, the crew could do little but wait. Eventually, both the temperature and tempers cooled, and the shoot resumed. Some stars apparently need climate control before they can face the camera.

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