The Making of Sharpe's Peril |
| Last Update: 19 Oct 2008 |
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Filming the scenes duly completed in and around Orchha, we all departed back to Khajuraho. I was due to go into yet another hotel, but by invitation amended my accommodation to a hotel in the centre of Khajuraho in which was inhabited by my Indian colleagues from Armoury and SPFX and owned by a man I had come to know personally from my previous time there so I could 'indulge in India' and Chand - our transport manager who never seemed to sleep - 'arranged things' for me to travel to and fro with them from then on. Our 'Return to Khajuraho' was celebrated by a party at the Production Office hotel hosted by the hotel manager - and especially marked by the arrival of our 'Russian' stuntmen (without whom no Sharpe episode would be complete). It evidently led to 'wee small hours' proceedings that will not be wholly unknown to film-people but I cannot divulge them here as I left the party early to walk the kilometre back to Khajuraho and only heard the tales second-hand the following day when I returned from 'hunting' in the local bazaar. |
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Things settled down to 'normal' - early-morning departures before dawn after a cup of pre-paid tea at the street-stall, a brief run-down on the day's requirements, a quick breakfast, load the truck, pick up my heavy sleetah and my bundook and off to walk to the set (where possible) and 'stand-by' for filming. The noon-time heat was now averaging 42 degrees in the shade - not that there was much of that - and steadily rising. |
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