Ranbir Kapoor spending snowy Christmas with Priyanka
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oi-Staff
For
the
first
time
in
the
history
of
Indian
cinema,
New
York,
including
the
completely
forbidden
Rockfeller
Center's
Christmas
tree,
will
be
shot
during
Christmas
time
by
director
Siddharth
Anand
for
Anjaana
Anjaani.
Elaborate
plans
have
been
made
and
producer
Sajid
Nadiadwala
has
got
all
the
necessary
permission
to
shoot
in
the
forbidden
areas
of
New
York
where
cameras
are
not
allowed
during
the
festive
season.
Informs
Anand,
"Shooting
in
downtown
New
York
during
Christmas
time
is
completely
prohibited.
We
won't
only
be
shooting
in
and
around
New
York
at
Christmas
time
but
we'll
also
be
shooting
the
Christmas
Tree
at
Rockefeller
Centre
which
is
the
tallest
Christmas
tree
in
the
world.
The
tree
there
is
70
feet
tall.
That's
equivalent
to
two,
three
stories
of
a
building."
Any
kind
of
film
shooting
around
the
Rockefeller
Christmas
tree
is
strictly
forbidden.
Apparently,
producer
Nadiadwala
got
his
friend
Sylvester
Stallone
(who
worked
in
Nadidawala's
Kambhakkht
Ishq)
to
pull
some
strings
for
the
rare
permission.
Says
director
Siddharth
Anand,
"I
don't
know
how
Sajid
did
it.
But
he
managed
the
near-impossible.
Priyanka,
Ranbir
and
I
are
very
excited
about
it."
Siddharth
Anand
is
hoping
for
snow
in
New
York.
Without
it,
the
whole
carefully-planned
concept
of
the
lead
pair
Ranbir
and
Priyanka
bringing
in
Christmas
in
New
York
would
fall
flat.
Says
Siddharth,
"Yeah
we're
praying
for
a
white
Christmas
in
New
York."
Ranbir
who
shot
in
artificial
snow
for
Saawariya
and
also
assisted
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
on
Black
which
again
had
artificial
snow
is
excited
about
the
White
Christmas
in
NY.
"My
wife
Mamta
is
styling
Ranbir.
He'll
be
dressed
the
way
New
Yorkers
from
West
Village
are.
Very
trendily
in
jackets,
scarves,
coats
and
woollens.
We'll
show
Ranbir
and
Priyanka
cruising
the
brightly
lit-up
streets
of
NY
during
Christmas.
You'll
see
them
shopping
on
camera.
And
that
would
be
real
Christmas
shopping."