John Abraham & Mouni Roy Awed Gujarat Crowds During Romeo Akbar Walter Shoot

Now that Romeo Akbar Walter has released, it is a known fact that the film’s plot has a major part of the narrative in Pakistan. Since the film couldn’t be shot in Pakistan for obvious reasons, filmmaker Robby Grewal chose the cities of Gujarat to fill in for the country.

“We wanted to step away from the usual locations that are chosen in North of India and then presented as Pakistan. We opted for these cities in Gujarat that had been unexplored. These are the places that are predominantly Muslim. These turned out to be fantastic locations as there are hardly any malls or multiplexes. It worked for us since the film is set in 1971 and the old world look of these locations allowed a perfect milieu and ambience for us. As a result, the basic texture of the film turned out to be very authentic,” says Robbie.

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All of this also meant that for the Gujarati crowd out there which hadn’t really been exposed to Bollywood stars, John Abraham and Mouni Roy seemed like God sent.

“They had seen them on the big screen and television, and now to see them in flesh and blood was something unimaginable for them,” smiles Robby, “Leave aside the stars, they hadn’t even seen any kind of film shooting before.”

As a result, the production team had to be on their toes whenever John or Mouni stepped out in real locations.