Published 11:42 IST, May 29th 2020
Ajay Devgn's 'Maidaan' football set dismantled amid COVID-19 lockdown
Ajay Devgn's 'Maidaan' football set has been dismantled by the makers amid the COVID-19 lockdown owing to its high maintenance cost. Read on.
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Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn will be a part of an upcoming sports drama film, Maidaan. Ravidrenath Sharma-directorial will also feature Priyamani in le role. Even before concluding filming of Ajay Devgn’s Maidaan, makers have dismantled unused sets, as per reports.
Ajay Devgn's 'Maidaan' sets dismantled
makers of Maidaan h constructed an ermous football ground for shooting of film. As per reports, 16 acres’ ground was situated in city of Mumbai. However, due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Ajay Devgn’s Maidaan film set h been left unused as government anunced a nationwide lockdown. Similarly, this has also prevented or films from completing and forced makers to keep m on hold. So, re is surety when will Maidaan resumes its shooting, which h led makers to arrive at a major decision of dismantling sets.
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Reportedly, makers of Maidaan planned to dismantle sets because of numerous factors. One of m is that cost of maintaining sets h been quite high. According to reports, maintaining a film set could cost around ₹5 crores to ₹10 crores, which depends upon size of set. second big reason for taking this decision was onset of monsoon in Mumbai. city of Mumbai experiences heavy downpour between June and August or September. So, due to Mumbai’s monsoon, it would have been difficult to man Maidaan’s sets.
makers also have an option to take film to an international location and shoot remaining part. However, according to reports, a production source revealed it might be harder for producers to fly entire cast out of city and wrap shooting. As per reports, an insider explained that Maidaan is a sports movie with various actors and a large team. So, y could t take 500 people abro for filming purposes. Moreover, makers have planned to erect sets again around September and October before beginning Maidaan’s filming around vember. ditionally, reports reveal that re are around 30 days of shooting left for movie.
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About Ajay Devgn's Maidaan
Maidaan features Ajay Devgn and Priyamani in pivotal roles. Helmed by Amit Ravindrenath Sharma, biographical sports drama flick is set in golden era of Indian football i.e. 1952- 1962. It will feature Devgn as Syed Abdul Rahim.
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11:41 IST, May 29th 2020