Actors John Abraham and Genelia D'souza wed each other in Vipul Shah's film Force. The wedding ceremony was conducted by a real life priest at Malshej Ghat.
The actors were in a wedding sequence and were stopped from completing the saat pheras at the last minute.
Sources say the ceremony conducted was so authentic that had they completed the last round they would have actually been man and wife!
A source said, “We were shooting in Malshej Ghat and there was this old temple where we had got a local maharaj for the wedding sequence.
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"Unfortunately the pandit has never witnessed a wedding and did not understand the concept of ‘cut' and ‘action' while shooting. It was a multi-camera set-up and so we needed to have minimum shots.
"However whenever Nishikant Kamath would say cut, the pandit would not stop. Finally after the sixth phera someone from the unit realized that the mantras were real and if not stopped John and Genelia would be actually married. So, they were stopped before the final round.”
When contacted Vipul Shah said, “Actually it was a funny thing. The local pandit could not understand the dynamics of the shoot and insisted on completing the pheras. After the sixth phera, everyone burst out laughing as they realized that they would actually be married. John and Genelia then realized this too and burst out laughing.
"However the maharaj kept insisting that they complete the pheras and it was difficult to explain to him that we cannot do this.
"We also did not want to hurt his sentiments and did not want to be disrespectful towards him. The good part was that the scene came out beautifully as John and Genelia were laughing and smiling, all thanks to the pandit.”
