The Austrian capital city is set to welcome a 73-member crew of filmmaker Karan Johar's upcoming production Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, hoping to emerge as the next big draw for Bollywood shoots.
"It looks like Dharma Productions is visiting us from Oct 14-25 with a 73-member crew. They're in contact with our Embassy in New Delhi for visa formalities," an official of the Vienna Tourist Board, which is also facilitating the logistics, said.
"The've already been to shooting locales with the Vienna Film Commission - it's a complimentary service offered by the city to support national and global film and TV productions interested in shooting movies, documentaries, commercials and student films," the official added.
Officials said Dharma Productions, Johar's production house, also has plans to shoot in Tirol, a state in Western Austria with Innsbruck as capital.
Asked if the tourism team knows about "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", an official said, "I think it is a triangular love-break-up story."
The film is currently being shot in London.
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