Shooting for Bhardwaj's Haider' begins in Kashmir | ||
Over 20 local artistes to act in movie' | ||
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Actors Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor took part in the shooting today They along with Tabu had arrived here yesterday. Talking to Kashmir Times, Khawar Jamsheed, the line producer, said the film unit has a 30 day long shooting schedule in Kashmir right now. The film will be shot again later for 40 days in the Valley and 98 percent of the movie is to be shot here. According to him, a number of local artistes will be seen in supporting roles in the movie. The film will be shot at Gulmarg, Pahalgam and several other remote areas of the Valley. The film, which is an adaptation of Shakespeare's play Hamlet, is being directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. Sources said that on November 17 the film crew will shoot in Pahalgam A fairly large crowd had gathered near the shooting location as Shahid and Shraddha shot a few sequences for the movie inside the lake. Bhardwaj has assured chief minister Omar Abdullah that 'Haider' is about the people of Kashmir. The director, referring to meeting with Omar, said he told the chief minister that "every character is Kashmiri in my film. It is the story of the people of Kashmir--both in period and present". Bhardwaj has successfully adapted Shakespeare's plays, Macbeth and Othello in the form of his films like Maqbool' and Omkara'. Haider' is expected to hit the screen next year. |
^He'll probably be in and out then.
As Bhardwaj's crew arrived at Dal Lake Saturday and hundreds of security personnel threw a cordon around the site, scores of shopkeepers and Dal dwellers alleged that their movement was restricted and they were kept jailed' inside their homes.
SRINAGAR " Security personnel guarding the crew of Bollywood director Vishal Bhardwaj who is camping in Indian administered Kashmir for shooting his latest movie Haider' allegedly forced the locals living near the site of shooting in Dal Lake to remain indoors.
As Bhardwaj's crew arrived at Dal Lake Saturday and hundreds of security personnel threw a cordon around the site, scores of shopkeepers and Dal dwellers alleged that their movement was restricted and they were kept jailed' inside their homes till the crew finished their shooting.
Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor appeared in the interiors of Dal Lake and the crew was seen camping near Meena Bazar, Aabikarpora in Dal Lake.
"The police didn't allow us to open shops. They told us to wait for the departure of the crew. First we were told that the shooting would be over after an hour but we were made to wait for the whole day," one of the owners of a showroom, Muhammad Amin, told Srinagar based CNS news agency.
Shopkeepers and locals Saturday staged a protest against the highhandedness of forces. They alleged that people were made to suffer whenever the shooting of any Bollywood movie took place, "We did not earn even a penny for the whole day. They treated us like hostage. What would we feed our families now," a shopkeeper said.
"We are not against Bollywood but the way they take shelter of security personnel and even did not allow people to have a look while they shot the scenes is surprising and painful. We are not terrorists that our movement is being restricted anytime and anywhere," an elderly person told CNS.
Video-journalists also alleged that security personnel guarding the film crew did not permit them to shoot, "They checked my video tape thoroughly before allowing me to go," a video-journalist who didn't wish to be named fearing reprisal from forces said.
Renowned filmmaker Vishal Bharadwaj has teamed up with the actor Shahid Kapoor for his latest directorial venture Haider' who is a story based in Kashmir. Kashmiri writer Basharat Peer has also contributed to the script of the movie which is scheduled to be released next year.
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