On Sunday (July 29), while shootig for a song sequence for Anurag Kashyap’s No Smoking, Bipasha Basu slipped and twisted her ankle. However, the actress continued to shoot for the act.

Says producer Kumar Mangat, “Bipasha slipped on a rain-soaked cloth outside her van and twisted her ankle badly. She was in great pain so we requested her to take a two-hour break, after which we resumed shooting.”

True professional

Mangat says that in spite of boyfriend John Abraham’s requests (he stars in the film), Bips refused to cancel the shoot.

“She said postponing the shoot would lead to losses. So she took painkillers and shot till 11pm. Any other actress would have packed up and gone home.”

That’s not all. On Monday, they shot from 9am to 2am and Bipasha was there.

“Her sister gave birth to a girl so she came in at 12pm. Even then she did not take leave. Bipasha is one of the most professional actresses I have come across,” says Mangat, all praise for the actress.

Mangat adds that Ganesh Acharya is choreographing the item number with John and Bipasha. “He won an award for the first time in 14 years for the Beedi jalai le number, so the Omkara and Beedi team including Bipasha, Vishal Bhardwaj (co-producer), his wife Rekha (who has sung the number), Ganesh and myself are coming together again for this special nuber in No Smoking.”