This woman in the fabulous Leopard Print Sari is Ayesha Jaleel, who plays Hamid's mother in "The Family Picture." Ayesh has a long career here in Hyderbad films, often playing a mother.
In this film Ayesha is the rich and proud mother of Hamid, who is trying to marry off her niece, but complications ensue...
Ayesha was a delight to work with and she was Derth's favorite actress on the set!
Ayesha was one of the first actors to dub her performance after she finished shooting. We had to quickly get it done because she was on her way out of town. (Much more on that below!) Actors here dub their entire performance after they shoot because it's impossible to shoot sync sound in India. It was amazing to watch a pro like Ayesha do her thing in the dubbing room.
Uma and Deepti work with the sound recordest as Ayesha dubs.
Ayesha recreates her fine performance in the dubbing room.
The reason we had to quickly finish with Ayesha was because she was about to embark on a spiritual pilgrimage called Hajj. Check out this picture...
Each one of of those white and black specs are people!
Hajj is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world, an obligation that must be carried out by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so, at least once in their lifetime. It is the demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God. An estimated two million pilgrims participate in this annual pilgrimage...that's right...as we speak Ayesha is with 2 Million people on her Hajj.
Because of the large numbers of people there are many Incidents of pilgrims being trampled in the crush, and ramps collapsing under the weight of the many visitors, causing hundreds of deaths. So Ayesha asked us to pray for her as she makes her pilgrimage...
Over the course of two weeks Ayesha will be walking the path of her former spiritual leaders, a grueling 8-9 day event with different customs performed each day. It's a fascinating journey that you can read more about HERE
We wish you all joy and a safe journey Ayesha!
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