Tales from a recce – Sam sand dunes
We drive down to Jaisalmer and discover enroute that communal clashes have erupted thanks to 23 cows being slaughtered. While this incited Hindu Muslim rioting the whole incident was supposedly sparked off by ‘the saffron brigade’, as ratified by the a majority of the people we met, that came in from outside to spew fire into a village that had different communities co-existing without fear. We had no choice but to stay put at our hotel. And then as Alambhai - the legend, our production person, suggested we took a chance and headed towards Sam before sundown. What a memorable trip it was to be.
We reach Sam and quickly get to our job. A camel-ride through the sand-dunes with gypsies playing music in the background. We met with a couple of army-men stationed there. Another thing we couldn’t have missed were the interesting slogans put up all around. We sure hoped to go back to Jaisalmer and Sam to shoot. It was not to be. The client and budgets willed otherwise. It is on my agenda for another trip. It sure was a very short trip which was followed by a brief stopover for some traditional Rajasthani music. Although it seemed like a very short package tour it sure was memorable trip thanks to Rahimbhai and his camels, interestingly named Shah Rukh Khan, Hritik Roshan, Abhishek and Michael Jackson. No! There was no Michelle Pfeiffer. I will leave it at that J. And as the sun went down every random click even from this amateur cameraman would be a picture postcard. How many people can say after a recce trip ‘What a riot?’.
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