After the Dubai shooting schedule of King was cancelled due to the ongoing war, the same fate has befallen Akshay Kumar’s film Welcome to the Jungle. Director Ahmed Khan, along with his cast, was supposed to fly to Dubai for a song sequence, but now it will be done in Mumbai. As per a source, elaborate sets will be set up in Madh Island and Goregaon’s studios. The track includes the entire primary cast, consisting of Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Jackie Shroff, Disha Patani, Paresh Rawal, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Jacqueliene Fernandez, and Shreyas Talpade, among others.
The source told Mid-Day, “Elaborate sets will be put up in Madh Island, Golden Tobacco Studio, and Film City in Goregaon. Created by production designer Sailesh Mhadik, the sets will depict nightclubs, casinos, and private jets. Ahmed and producer Firoz A Nadiadwallah essentially imagined it as a glamorous song that shows how the rich live the good life. That’s why Dubai would have been the perfect location. The unit waited for a month for things to settle down there, but when they didn’t, they shifted the location.”
The director also confirmed the location shift and told the publication, “We will now shoot the song in Mumbai. It’s a glamorous song with the entire cast.” Meanwhile, there was a last-minute location change for Shah Rukh Khan’s film King as well. The team was scheduled to shoot a desert action sequence featuring Anil Kapoor and Suhana Khan in Dubai, but the scene will now be reimagined in Mumbai.
A source close to the production said, “The team had procured the necessary permissions to shoot in the emirate. It was supposed to be a week-long schedule from April 9. But given the dynamic situation in the region, the makers decided not to take any risk with the cast and crew’s safety.”
King will be released on December 24 this year, while Welcome to the Jungle’s release date is expected to be in June.
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