Bollywood continues shooting in London
Tuesday,
August
22,
2006
Mumbai
(UNI):
Despite
the
terror
alert
in
UK
after
the
Heathrow
airport
attack
plan
was
foiled,
Bollywood
seems
to
be
putting
all
odds
behind
with
filmmaker
Vipul
Shah
shooting
his
Namaste
London
there
on
a
massive
scale.
Shah's
30
crore
venture
Namaste
London,
which
trade
sources
claim
is
a
contemporary
remake
of
the
classic
Purab
Aur
Paschim,
is
being
shot
with
a
big
crew
of
as
many
as
100
people
in
central
London.
The
other
films
on
the
floors
there
are
-
Yash
Raj's
Jhoom
Barabar
Jhoom
and
Nikhil
Advani's
multi-starrer
Salaam-e-Ishq.
Industry
sources,
however,
said
it
is
a
sheer
coincidence
that
three
mega
scale
productions
are
shooting
in
London
at
the
same
time,
even
when
each
movement
there
is
being
combed
rigorously
and
the
air
traffic
is
in
a
mess.
Vipul Shah said from London that his crew is facing difficulties in sending people to and from India. ''The main problem that we are facing is airport transfers and visas. Actually, the problem began after Mumbai blasts following which there was some strictness shown in giving visas, but after Heathrow alert things have worsened,'' he said. After the arrests of people of South Asian origin in connection with the terror plan, there is a tense atmosphere. A lot of ground transportation involved in shooting is usually undertaken by people of Pakistani origin, he mentioned. ''We are shooting at various locations in the heart of London because 75 per cent of Namaste London crew are English locals. But, permission procedures are certainly being more stringently observed,'' he added. Meanwhile, sources also said shooting with completely Asian crews is being monitored closely and even subjected to some questionings.
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