Bollywood Shooting

For ages, since the inception of Hindi celluloid, striking locations have served to the success of the movies. Films like Pakeezah, Sholay, Bombay, Swades, Lagaan and so on have been smash hits because of their use of crème de la crème shooting locus. Surprisingly for some strange reasons the places, those exotic locales do not get the attention and accolades as it deserves.

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The ongoing attacks on Indian students studying in Australia have received a strong reaction from the Indian film fraternity.

Conforming the development Ficci Entertainment Committee chairman and Yash Raj Films Studios founder Yash Chopra said, “We should not go to Australia for shooting because of the anti-Indian activities there.”

In the past, Yash Raj Films has shot more than three movies extensively in the country. Chak De, Salaam Namaste and Bachnaa Ae Hasseno are some of the movies shot in Australia by the production house.

Filmmakers have also come out in support of Indian students and have vowed not to shoot their films in Australia. Heyy Babyy, Singh Is King, Victory, Ta Ra Rum Pam, Dostana and Main aur Mrs Khanna (yet to release) are some of the recent movies shot in Australia.

The Federation of Western India Cine Employees, which has a membership of 45,000, has also agreed to boycott Australia till the racist attacks on Indian students continue.

Shooting in foreign locations has been part of the growing globalisation of Bollywood. Realising this, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) had been inviting delegations from several countries to its annual meet — Ficci-Frames.

In 2007, a group of 11 Australian companies and institutes showcased the country’s cutting-edge technology in film and entertainment at ‘Ficci-Frames 2007’.

Bollywood film ‘Kismat Konnection’, a romantic comedy featuring actor Shahid Kapoor who is riding high on the success of Jab We Met is being extensively shot in Mumbai.

The film directed by Bollywood Director Aziz Mirza revolves around a multi faceted guy named Raj Malhotra (Shahid Kapoor) who is extremely good at everything he does. But unfortunately, his luck always fails him at the most crucial moments of his life.

The film has been produced by Kumar S Taurani.

Apart from Shahid Kapoor, the film stars Bollywood actors Vidya Balan, Juhi Chawla and Om Puri.

Vidya and Shahid are very good actors. It just worked. They were far ahead than what I had conceived. I am so proud of the way they have performed, said Aziz Mirza, Bollywood Director.

Vidya Balan who plays the lead role in the movie described her experience of working in the film an extremely enriching.

It is a lovely love story and I think that is a reason enough for people to watch this film. While working for this film, I always felt very positive. Whenever I think about this movie, there is a smile on my face. I hope people feel the same way when they watch this film, said Vidya Balan, Bollywood Actor.

Actor Shahid Kapoor hopes that the film does as well as his previous venture Jab We Met.

I think after Jab We Met, Kismat is the next film on release which is a romantic comedy. I think it is very good. I think because both the films are in a similar space, I am hoping the positivity of Jab We Met will rub on to this film. It has turned out pretty well, said Shahid Kapoor, Bollywood Actor.

Actress Aishwarya Rai is nowadays in Jaipur, shooting for filmmaker J P Dutta's movie Umrao Jaan.

The busiest actress of Bollywood has finally begun shooting for Dutta's movie in which she plays the courtesan and poetess, Umrao Jaan.

The movie is being shot at Jaipur's famous City Palace. The other schedules would be shot at various locations in Rajasthan, the desert state that has always fascinated J. P. Dutta .

Actresses Shabana Azmi and Himani Shivpuri are also with Ash, shooting for the film. Abhishek Bachchan and Sunil Shetty , two of Dutta's favourites, would join the shoot in the coming days.

Ash and the other actors are staying at the Hotel Le Meridien, on the outskirts of the city. Security around the hotel has been pretty tight and media persons are kept out of bounds.

Dutta's Umrao Jaan is the remake of Muzaffar Ali's old classic of the same title, starring Rekha .

Meanwhile, Aishwarya has reportedly opted out of filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi's next movie Saamna because of lack of dates.

After Umrao Jaan, the actress will shoot for Sanjay Gadhavi's 'Dhoom 2'.