By Hindustan Times
Bollywood will hot up the Capital within the coming months because it gets all the way down to filming business within the city. Sonam Kapoor, who have been rehearsing with the Asmita theatre group in Delhi for her role in Raanjhana, is now up for the shoot. Filmmaker Atul Agnihotri may also shoot his film in Delhi next
month. “Yes, I'M planning to shoot the film in Delhi but I can’t speak about it yet,” he says. The film is rumoured to star Salman Khan. In September, actors Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor will arrive within the Capital to shoot Yash Raj’s Aurangzeb. Next month, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri could be within the city to shoot his film Freedom, which has an ensemble cast.
“The film chronicles post liberalisation ambitions of kids. I'LL BE shooting trans-Yamuna and in west Delhi for 3 months,” he says. Ranbir Kapoor may be here in November to shoot Abhinav Kashyap’s Besharam. While the filmmaker says “nothing was locked yet”, sources say the makers have zeroed in on locations around the city. End of the year will see Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma within the city to shhot Rajkumar Hirani’s Peekay. Pooja Bhatt, too, plans to shoot Jism 3 in Delhi. “I wish to show Delhi winter within the film,” she says. “Besides these, three more filmmakers are in talks to shoot in Delhi,” says line producer Ravi Sarin.
Filmmakers say that Delhi authorities are very co-operative, and the approaching single window system will make seeking permissions within the city even easier. “In Mumbai, there are different unions for every area, however the single permit process for shooting across Delhi is more sorted,” says filmmaker Imtiaz Ali who shot Rockstar in Delhi last year. Filmmaker Amit Chandrra who shot the Vivek Oberoi and Mallika Sherawat starrer Kismet, Love, Paisa, Dilli here says, “We had a super experience here because the authorities were very co-operative.” Delhi police, too, say that the method will only get simpler: “The district DCP is authorised to offer a permit within 24hrs in the event that they aren't violating terms and conditions,” says a senior police official.
