Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone kick-off final major schedule of ‘Fighter’
Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone kick-off final major schedule of ‘Fighter’
Director Siddharth Anand has kicked-off a 15-days schedule with Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor on an expansive set against the backdrops of Indian Air Force bases and offices.built for the stint on from Sunday at the sprawling Yash Raj Studios. This schedule comes after the climax shot on exterior sequences at the Tezpur Air Force Station in Assam, and the Indian Force Academy in Dundigal near Hyderabad last month.
One may perhaps assume that would Siddharth would be taking it easy after having wrapped up the climax of Fighter in a month-long schedule in April. But frankly speaking its not. He is a workaholic and never believes in any rest. For him ‘work is worship’. scenes set against the backdrops of Indian Air Force bases and offices.
This schedule entails largely interior shots and talkie portions. Keeping in mind DoP Satchith Paulose’s vision, production designer Rajat Poddarr and his team have built an expansive set.
Meanwhile, sources reveal that Over the next fortnight, the lead actors and Karan Singh Grover will shoot their portions separately.
After this stint, it will be time for Hrithik and Deepika to strap on their dancing shoes, as the team will shoot two songs. The source adds, Siddharth has allotted about five days for the numbers, following which there will be a short five-day schedule in Mumbai. In October, Siddharth plans to can some more sequences in the interiors of a fighter plane. These scenes will be VFX-heavy.
The post-production will happen simultaneously.” After Pathaan, the filmmaker is keen to up the ante with Fighter. He is working at a breakneck speed, intending to wrap up the shoot by November, well in time for its January 2024 release.
Fighter, which rolled in Assam last November, before travelling to Kashmir, Hyderabad and then Mumbai, traces the journey of Hrithik Roshan’s character Shamsher Pathania aka Patty as he strives to emerge as the country’s best fighter pilot.
News input KV Raman
