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Depending on where you stand, you can call it smart production skills or you can call it being a cheapskate, but either way, full points for this production house's ingenuity!
This film had been announced with much fanfare quite some time ago and though the PR machine ensures that mentions of the project keep occasionally popping up, not much activity seems to have actually taken place to get the cameras rolling. And that's not really surprising to trade insiders, as the grapevine has been buzzing with the production house's cash flow woes.
Part of the problem is that the film requires extensive research by the leading man, and since that is possible only aboard, the producer needs to sign some travel and accommodation cheques before the ball can get rolling. That being so, people-in-the-know were pleasantly surprised when they heard that the leading man was soon going to finally embark on the preparatory tour. The obvious question: where was the money coming from?
And then some smart Jagga Jasoos types put two-and-two together- since the star was going to attend an event in the same country, they promptly scheduled the research then to avoid paying the airfare which was anyway being picked up by the event organizers!
Well, let's just hope that the song sequences shoots aren't going to be planned to coincide with the actor's personal vacations!
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