Yash
Raj
Film's
Gunday
team
is
getting
set
to
shoot
some
of
its
action
sequences
in
a
coal
mine
set.
The
set
is
currently
being
recreated
for
the
next
schedule.
The
set
is
the
first
of
its
kind.
The
story
of
this
upcoming
film
revolves
around
two
thieves
who
get
involved
in
the
coal
mafia.
The
director
of
the
film
Ali
Abbas
Zafar,
Production
Designer
Rajat
Poddar
and
Director
of
Photography
Aseem
Mishra
have
done
an
extensive
research
on
coal
mines
to
recreation
of
the
set
possible.
Thorough
study
was
done
in
many
coal
fields
of
India,
from
Singhrauli
mines
in
UP
&
MP
to
Raniganj
belt
in
West
Bengal
to
get
the
details
right
for
this
set.
The
last
time
a
coal
mine
set
was
seen
in
a
Yash
Raj
Film
was
in
Yash
Chopra's
Kaala
Patthar
in
1979.
Kaala
Patthar
had
a
Hollywood
team
to
be
on
board
and
supervise
the
technicality
of
the
shooting
on
location.
The
discussions
between
late
Yash
Chopra
and
the
director
Ali
Zafar
in
August
2012
proved
were
invaluable
for
Gunday.
Late
Yash
Chopra
had
shared
all
his
experiences
of
shooting
the
coal
mine
sequences
of
Kala
Patthar
with
Ali.
This
later
became
the
instruction
manual
for
the
set
construction
for
Gunday.
The
team
thinks
of
this
as
a
small
ode
to
the
legendary
Yash
Chopra
in
their
own
cinematic
way.
The
film
starring
Ranveer
Singh,
Arjun
Kapoor,
Irrfan
Khan
and
Priyanka
Chopra
is
set
to
release
on
February
14,
Valentine's
day
2014.
The
set
is
expected
to
see
high-octane
action.