other than the primary cast there are 68 actors in the film and 90 per cent of the scenes have been shot outdoors in mandawa rajasthan where the temperature was 36 to 47 degrees i had great support from the crew and the producers i come with 10 years experience in the industry but have never come across such a supportive crewnawazuddin siddiqui and tamannaah bhatia in the filmwhy did you choose to shoot the film in mandawa and not budhanabudhana is our hometown and had we shot there someone or the other would come to meet nawaz every day it was relatively easier to manage the crowd in mandawa also the film required a certain setting in terms of houses and the way of life which still exists in mandawa budhana has changed a lot most buildings are modern now so that didnt suit the smalltown narrativewe hear that you even arranged homecooked food for the entire crew as they fancied the taste of your ghar ka khaanaunko mere mummy ke haath ka khaana pasand aaya tha isliye i got a cook from budhana to mandawa who served them those dishes in return they also made me feel at home the production had provided with the best of equipment which makes life easy for a debutant director i had the best chemistry with senior dop director of photography mohana krishna and producer rajesh bhatia who always supported and encouraged me a special mention to costume designer shadab malik too who has done a splendid job as a director what is the genre that attracts you the mosti want to only make commercial cinema which caters to the family audiencenawazuddin siddiquibole chudiyan is my first hardcore love story interestingly a few sequences in this film have been inspired by my life shamas had command over the story as he knew about those incidents also since shamas is aware of our culture he managed to weave it into the film beautifully it was fun working on this movie as i had many of my theatre friends on the settamannaah bhatiathe shoot of this film was a new experience for me we improvised a lot on the set which pushed my horizons as an actor though its shamas sirs first film he was very clear and confident about what he wanted nawaz is a very giving actor at the same time as a costar he keeps you on your toes because you never know what to expect from him in a scene acting with him has been a big learning experiencerajesh bhatia woodpecker moviesas producers we are extremely happy with shamas bhai he has a fantastic vision and knows his craft well he comes with a lot of experience and we are willing to work with him on his next project too