When President Pratibha Patil cooperated for Nikhil Dwivedi's Tamanchey

It was a rather lucky day for Nikhil Dwivedi recently, when not only did his shoot get saved from being cancelled in the nick of the time, that too in Delhi, it also got support from none other than both the President’s Office and the Delhi Police. Nikhil and the crew of his film Tamanchey were in the Indian capital to shoot an elaborate pre-climax scene with the lead pair Nikhil and leading lady Richa Chaddha at the sensitive Chandni Chowk. With the production having already secured all the necessary permissions to shoot from the concerned authorities, the unit was all set to begin the shoot the following morning. But late at in the evening they were informed that the schedule would have to be cancelled because the President was planning a visit in the area to go to a temple next day. That meant a waste of time for everyone and also wasting about a week since the crew had permissions to shoot only on Sundays. So Nikhil swung into action along with producer Suryaveer Singh and sent frantic emails to the Commissioner of Police and even to the President’s Office explaining what troubles cancelling the shoot would mean. Having given up all hope, the unit got a surprise late in the night when the permission was granted by the Commissioner of Police. The fact is, Nikhil and Suryaveer’s letter reached the President’s office after which it ordered the Commissioner of Police to let the crew shoot with a minimal crew of 15 members.