Braving the bright sun and dry weather, Bipasha Basu and Zayed Khan are on the run in Pondicherry. They are running on the streets, by the seaside and everywhere possible. And making them run is their good friend and filmmaker Rohan Sippy.

“It’s fun to see them run all around. Usually we are running around, now it’s nice to see the actors running when you say so,” filmmaker, Rohan Sippy says.


When asked who is a better runner, Bipasha was quick to answer. “I don’t know. But I would like to believe it’s me,” she said.

Zayed Khan agreed, “Bipasha is a better runner.”

Bipasha and Zayed are the new brand ambassadors for the apparel brand Pantaloons. And the reason they were running around was for their new TV commercial.

The actors, who are working together for the first time, say the brand goes well with their personality.

“I am a kind of an actor who is known for the kind of clothes I wear both on and off screen so the brand association is correct in the sense because they make a lot of trendy clothes,” Bipasha said.

“It’s not that I would jump onto the bandwagon which completely doesn’t reflect of what I do,” Zayed said.

Though it was Rohan Sippy’s first trip to Pondicherry, both Zayed and Bipasha have old an association with the city.

“I shot here for Jism for a long time. On this particular trip I insisted that I stay in the same hotel, same room. Because I have really amazing memories of Jism,” Bipasha said.

While Bipasha looked a little upset without beau John Abraham around, Zayed had wife Mallika to share all the nostalgia with.

“I used to study in Kodai International School. So, we used to visit Pondicherry, Auroville often on our field trip. I have lots of friends from these places. I am coming here after ten years. It feels nostalgic,” Zayed said.