By Joginder Tuteja, February 1, 2010 – 11:34 IST

Remember the last scene of 3 Idiots? The one where Chatur extends a piece of paper to an unsuspecting Rancho and asks him to sign a ‘Declaration of Defeat’? As baffled and amused that he could possibly be in that particular situation, Rancho didn’t have a moment of hesitation in doing so because in his heart he truly believed that ‘aal was well’.

Now that was in reel life. Let’s rewind a bit now and go back to the summer of 2009. This is when a similar drama, though of a completely opposite kind, took place in real life on the first day of the shooting of Sajid Khan directed House Full. Confident about the journey that he was about to embark on and positive about its final outcome, Sajid wrote a personalised letter to each and every actor. What it stated was something plain and simple but carried its weight in gold. It said – ‘Welcome to the first day’s shoot of your career’s biggest hit’!

Now that’s quite a statement given the fact that the film boasts of a superstar like Akshay Kumar who has some of the most massive blockbusters behind him. Deepika Padukone began with none less than Om Shanti Om while others like Riteish Deshmukh, Arjun Rampal and Lara Dutta do boast of some good money spinners behind them. Moreover, producer Sajid Nadiadwala too has been around for more than 25 years and over this long period of time has accumulated several successful films in his kitty. And let’s not forget that a major part of this team More >