During the start of the second schedule for Aseem Samanta directed film Don Muthuswami, Mithun Chakraborty had fallen sick with viral flu. Naturally he could not make it to the sets for 2 days.
Says Aseem Samanta, "Since the dates of Hrishita Bhatt and Rohit Roy were committed for another film, no way could we extend the shooting. We thought that we will have to work out an additional schedule and arrange for everybody's dates again. This was going to delay the film by a minimum one month."
But to the surprise of everybody, Mithun Chakraborty managed to come on location on the 3rd day. Although he still had fever, but he refused to cow down to fever. In any case, he is known for his professionalism. Still, to everybody's pleasant surprise, he shot the 3rd day's sequence and then he extended the shoot to finish off his portions for day one and day two also.
"He had to shoot for almost 14 hours in the one day and he was still very weak, but he completed the schedule. The performance delivered was, as usual outstanding," gushes the director. Naturally this film is ready for release in record seven months time with 3rd week of May looking like the most probable timeline.