Rush hour

Anu Malik, composerI don’t believe in spending too much time sleeping—all I need is three hours of sleep. I’m usually awake b...

Samir Soni, actor
I was shooting for China Gate really late, and knew that there was a big boxing match on TV at four in the morning. It made no sense to go to sleep. So I went home, heated some pizza, grabbed a cola and stayed up to watch the fight. It was that historic fight in which Tyson bit off Holyfield’s ear. Leftover grub and boxers on edge—it was the best night ever.

Anu Malik, composer
I don’t believe in spending too much time sleeping—all I need is three hours of sleep. I’m usually awake between midnight and 4 am. I believe that’s God’s time. You won’t believe me, but the opening line of Main Hoon Na’s title track came to me during this time.

Bipasha Basu, actor
I had many night sequences in Raaz. We were shooting in Ooty and I was supposed to look horrified. Vikram (Bhatt) came up with the idea of suddenly ringing a scary-sounding hand bell one night. It was a 3 am shot and of course, I had no inkling of about his plan. He got the expression he wanted, and till date, I get nightmares about that sound.

Ekta Kapoor, creative head, Balaji Telefilms
My best brainwaves have always been at three in the morning. I got the idea for the first Kyunki… transition and also made the decision to cast Shweta Kawaatra as Pallavi at this time.

Upen Patel, model
This is the weirdest 3 am memory that I have. Eight months ago, I was driving to Madh Island in Mumbai for a Vikram Phadnis fashion show. It was pitch dark and there was no signal on my cellphone.

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I had pulled over to the side of the road to fill water in my radiator, when I felt something brush past me. But when I turned around there was nothing there, so I got into the car and started driving.

SuddenIy I saw an old man seated in the back of my car and freaked out. I slammed on the brakes, and asked him to get out. But he went, “Nahin nahin, bahut der taxi ke liye wait kiya (No, no, I’ve been waiting for a taxi for a really long while)”. I just couldn’t handle it.

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