In
what
is
a
first
for
Indian
cinema,
on
Tuesday
Shahid
Kapoor
flew
a
Tornado
battle
aircraft
at
the
Royal
Air-force
airbase
in
Leuchars
near
Edinburgh
as
part
of
the
shooting
for
his
father"s
Mausam.
In
the
film
Shahid
plays
an
Air-force
officer.
It
was
felt
by
his
father,
the
director,
Pankaj
Kapoor
that
shooting
at
the
restricted
airbase
area
on
a
real
Tornado
plane
would
considerably
enhance
the
authenticity
of
the
aerial
shots
showing
the
hero
flying
as
an
Air-force
officer.
According
to
a
source,
Shahid
had
been
training
to
fly
a
plane
secretly
in
India.
Apparently
Shahid
actually
flew
the
Tornado
in
Edinburgh,
though
no
one
is
talking
about
it
on
record.
The
whole
stint
was
done
within
the
period
of
a
half
a
day
on
Tuesday.
It
was
handled
with
utmost
caution
and
discretion.
Permission
to
shoot
at
the
strictly-prohibited
airbase
was
obtained
after
much
persuasion
and
pulling
of
strings.
Says
a
source
from
the
unit,
“At
first,
we
somehow
managed
permission
to
shoot
in
the
airbase.
Then
we
became
ambitious
and
wanted
Shahid
to
actually
fly
the
Tornado
a
bit.
That
was
tougher
than
we
thought".
The
day-long
shoot
at
the
Edinburgh
airbase
will
now
be
incorporated
into
the
sequences
that
would
be
shot
later
in
August
at
an
Air-force
base
near
Hyderabad.
That
won"t
be
the
only
bit
of
cinematic
license
indulged
by
Mausam.
Sonam
Kapoor,
who
plays
a
Kashmiri
girl,
will
shoot
all
her
sequences
in
Jammu
instead
of
Kashmir.
Says
a
source
from
the
unit,
“Shahid"s
Jab
We
Met
was
a
Bharat
Darshan.
Imtiaz
Ali
shot
all
over
India
from
Chandigarh
to
Ladakh.
Mausam
is
a
Duniya
Darshan.
Apart
from
Scotland
the
film
will
be
shot
in
Punjab,
Jammu,
and
Madhya
Pradesh".