Alia-Ranbir Shot Each Other's Scenes For Short Film Family, And Suggested To Go Pan-India
Reports is Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt living together had already surfaced a while about but the short film Family has somewhat confirmed the reports
The
short
film
Family,
starring
leading
actors
from
the
Indian
Film
Industry,
was
released
in
an
effort
to
raise
awareness
about
the
importance
of
social
distancing
during
the
Coronavirus
outbreak.
All
the
actors
in
the
4-minute
long
film
stayed
at
home
and
shot
their
own
videos
which
was
then
directed
by
Prasoon
Pandey.
During
interaction
with
media,
he
revealed
some
BTS
anecdotes
and
said
it
was
Alia
and
Ranbir
who
suggested
to
go
pan-India
with
the
film.
Speaking
to
news
agency
PTI,
director
Prasoon
Pandey
revealed
Alia
and
Ranbir
shot
each
other's
videos.
Reports
had
already
surfaced
about
the
same,
which
the
short
film
has
somewhat
confirmed.
He
also
said
that
they
came
up
with
the
idea
that
cast
shouldn't
be
restricted
to
just
B-town.
"Ranbir
and
Alia
went
behind
the
camera
for
each
other...I
talked
to
Ranbir
and
Alia,
who
gave
me
another
idea:
Why
stop
at
only
Mumbai
film
industry?
Why
not
make
it
pan-India?
So
everyone
started
contributing
to
the
idea,
it
became
even
bigger."
Talking
about
the
other
actors
and
their
cameramen,
Pandey
added,
"Amit
ji's
portions
were
shot
by
Abhishek.
Nick
Jonas
shot
Priyanka's
segment,
Rajinikanth
ji's
was
shot
by
his
daughter
Soundarya.
Everyone
was
so
gracious.
They
didn't
come
into
the
frame,
but
they
were
simply
helping.
They
were
so
selfless,
People
were
not
just
becoming
a
part
as
actors,
they
were
becoming
part
of
a
project."
(sic)
The
director
said
he
created
a
sample
and
sent
it
to
actors.
When
everyone
was
on
board
he
sent
them
simple
templates
on
April
2
and
asked
them
if
they
could
begin
filming
the
next
day,
"and
they
didn't
bat
an
eyelid.
They
started
shooting
on
April
3.
Their
families
were
shooting
them
as
they
were
inside
the
house.
I
had
made
the
template
so
simple,
that
even
a
10-year-old
kid
could
shoot
it.
So
their
own
families
started
shooting
and
that's
when
I
thought
this
film
can
be
called
Family," he
added.
Prasoon
Pandey's
short
film,
Family
was
a
huge
hit
on
social
media,
it
was
also
appreciated
by
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi.
Family
was
headlined
by
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Rajinikanth,
Mohanlal,
Mammootty
and
Chiranjeevi,
alongside,
Ranbir
Kapoor,
Alia
Bhatt,
Priyanka
Chopra,
Diljit
Dosanjh,
Sonali
Kulkarni,
Shiv
Rajkumar
and
Prosenjit
Chatterjee.