Awarapan shot in Pakistan
By:
Taran
Adarsh,
IndiaFM
Tuesday,
May
08,
2007
There're
many
instances
of
Pakistani
films
getting
the
post-production
work
done
in
Mumbai-based
studios
and
even
hiring
technicians
from
India
for
their
films.
But
Bollywood
film-makers
have
rarely
shot
their
films
in
Pakistan.
Years
ago,
Raj
Kapoor's
dream
project
Henna,
directed
by
Randhir
Kapoor
and
starring
Pakistani
actress
Zeba
Bakhtiar,
was
shot
in
Pakistan.
Now, yet another Hindi film has been filmed in Pakistan. The film in question is Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt's Awarapan, directed by Mohit Suri. Although the film has been shot in Hong Kong, Macau, Jaipur-Jodhpur-Jaisalmer [in India], a substantial portion of the film has also been shot in Pakistan.
"Yes, we filmed the climax of Awarapan in Pakistan," Mukesh Bhatt confirms. Was procuring the permissions difficult? "It wasn't. The story shifts to Pakistan in the concluding reels and we wanted to be as authentic as possible." Will Awarapan inspire Bollywood film-makers to shoot their films in Pakistan, is to be seen.
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