Mithun Chakraborty & Anupam Kher’s The Kashmir Files Shoot Halted Again, This Time Nature Is The Reason
Advertisement
Recently, actor Mithun Chakraborty was ill due to food poisoning and the shoot of Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files was halted. A week after that, the director was under the weather after battling a severe sprain in his leg.
Now ‘The Kashmir Files’ shoot is once again facing delays and the reason for the same is heavy snowfall in Kashmir and the closure of airports.
Speaking about this, Vivek Agnihotri said, “We were scheduled to go from Uttarakhand to Srinagar. We took off from Dehradun airport and reached Delhi, but as there was heavy snowfall in Kashmir, the airport was locked. Due to massive bookings in Jammu and Kashmir, it took hours to handle the security and logistical issues to shoot the movie.”
The Kashmir Files‘ director Vivek Agnihotri continued, “As at the Delhi airport we got stranded for more than ten hours, we ultimately decided to return to Mumbai and wait until the snowfall halts. When we came back to Mumbai, in those ten hours we did a lot of hard work of production planning at the airport since all the head of the departments and everyone was there.”
He added, “It was a real pleasure to see the star cast Darshan Kumar, Pallavi Joshi and others coming together. This film is made up of a lot of hardships, sacrifices and immense struggle and thus, I believe it is the blessing of Goddess Saraswati that despite several odds and problems, it is finally reaching the end of its schedule.”
Vivek Agnihotri further adds “It really amazed me that the airport staff both at Dehradun and Delhi airports went out of their way to make us comfortable. At Delhi airport they relinquished the entire excess baggage which was of lacs of rupees, saying that this is complimentary from our side for what you have suffered.”
Adding further, the director said, “Even they arranged a special bus for us to travel between the terminals and airports not just once, but thrice because the flight was getting postponed. I realized we make a film like The Kashmir Files for a social cause and every citizen wants this film to be made. At times, lot of our hardships are taken care by the citizens and that is exactly what happened with us at the airport.”
Featuring Punit Issar in a pivotal role, The Kashmir Files is scheduled to release in 2021.
