Salman
Khan"s
Veer
is
his
most
ambitious
film
till
date
and
the
star
is
leaving
no
stone
unturned
to
make
it
a
success.
Not
many
are
aware
that
the
story
of
the
film
is
written
by
Salman
himself.
After
the
first
look
of
the
film
has
been
out,
there
have
been
great
positive
reactions
from
all
quarters
but
at
the
same
time
there
have
been
some
negative
comments
as
well.
Few
people
are
saying
that
it"s
a
cliche-ridden
film.
Now
coming
to
his
film"s
defense,
Salman
has
given
an
elaborate
reply.
“Veer,
I
think
is
the
largest
scale
film
ever
made
in
the
country
and
to
pull
it
off
was
no
mean
feat.
One
thing
I
can
say
is
there
is
nothing
cliche
about
this
film!
We
began
filming
in
August
2008
but
prior
to
that,
to
make
a
film
of
this
scale,
a
lot
of
prep
and
research
had
to
be
done.
A
very
detailed
research
of
over
8
months
on
the
period,
language,
behavior,
culture
etc
has
been
done
by
Krishna
Raghav
to
understand
the
accents,
traditions,
valor,
attitude,
history,
music,
architecture
of
that
era," Salman
writes
in
his
latest
blog.
Salman
further
says,
“The
film
has
been
extensively
shot
across
Rajasthan
(Rajasthan
has
its
own
ways
of
calling
me
back,
it"s
a
karmic
connection!)
-
Bikaner,
Jaipur,
Sambhar,
Dulla
and
Jodhpur
and
all
over
England.
The
second
schedule
lasted
60
days,
where
the
film
was
shot
extensively
across
Rajasthan
at
prominent
Locations
like
Mehrangarh
fort
(Jodhpur)
and
Ajmer
fort
(Jaipur).
While
talking
about
sets,
I
have
to
add
the
art
director
Sanjay
Dhabade
has
done
an
excellent
job.
“Sanjay
and
his
team
had
a
crucial
job
since
the
film
boasted
of
extravagant
sets
covering
over
400m
at
times
and
approximately
500
members
of
the
art
department
worked
at
a
time
to
erect
various
sets
taking
from
15–40
days
to
construct.
The
action
sequences
involve
100s
of
fighters,
1,000
plus
horses,
100s
of
elephant
and
camels,
including
huge
sequences
such
as,
a
train
robbery
and
a
full
fledged
war
on
the
battlefield
with
a
combat
between
troops
of
warriors."