ANUSHKA IN THE MOOD…
… with Vodka!

Anushka Sharma had reason to be jittery for a particular scene in Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola…

She was apparently worried about how she would pull off the act of a female tippler, since she has no idea how one behaves under the influence of alcohol! Plus, she had to shoot the scene with veteran actor Pankaj Kapur, which made her even more nervous. “Anushka was fretting since Pankaj is such a seasoned actor… So someone suggested she have a glass or two just to know what it felt like,” says a source. But apparently, while rehearsing, she ended up downing half a bottle of Vodka! “She got so high that she promptly went off to sleep! She woke up only the next day around late afternoon, just when the scene was scheduled to be shot. But since Anushka had a bad hangover, the shoot had to be postponed to the next afternoon,” adds the source.

The much embarrassed Anushka apologized profusely to director Vishal Bhardwaj for her boo boo! But he waived this aside sine he was so impressed by her dedication. Ironically, the next day the scene was shot in one take, with nobody getting drunk to get into character