Actor Raj Kumar recalls ‘Guns & Gulaabs’ were shot in Uttarakhand

Actor Raj Kumar recalls ‘Guns & Gulaabs’ were shot in Uttarakhand

Notably, Raj and Krishna DK, the creators of the upcoming streaming show ‘Guns and Gulaabs’, share that the show was shot in Uttarakhand, and in and around the state’s capital city Dehradun.

The original idea was to shoot the show in Raj’s hometown in Andhra Pradesh, much like their earlier production, the horror-comedy ‘Stree’.

However, the creators made a choice to set the show in north India as they got the texture and the tone suitable for the show in Uttarakhand.

According to Krishna D.K. of Raj & DK, they spent the maximum time looking for the ideal location for this show and it took them almost three months to lock the final location since they moved around a number of locations across the country

‘Guns & Gulaabs’, featuring Rajkummar Rao, Gulshan Devaiah and Dulquer Salmaan, is a black comedy show, set in the 1990s and revolves around the drug mafias who take up siniste and unintentionally humorous way to get their share of pie.

The reason for being very specific was the story is set in the 1990s so the creators wanted a small town that has that vibe and the texture of a 1990 small town and in a globalised world where cities and towns across the world look similar, it was very tough to crack.

Raj chipped in that the challenge was to find “geographical windows”.

Continuing he said they had to find windows to shoot the geographical windows to avoid certain things in the frames like the dish antennas because they were not around in the 1990s. It’s only in 2000 that dish antennas made their way into India.

They also were tempted to shoot in the location next to his hometown and Andhra Pradesh since their original thought was from there.

‘Guns & Gulaabs’ streams on Netflix from August 18.

News Edit K.V.Raman