Published 14:03 IST, October 21st 2020
Ali Abbas Zafar plans to shoot Katrina Kaif starrer superhero film across four countries
Ali Abbas Zafar who is currently scouting for locations in Dubai for his next superhero film starring Katrina Kaif, will be shot across three to four countries.
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After impressing fans with his last production hit film Khaali Peeli, director Ali Abbas Zafar is busy doing his work around yet-untitled upcoming superhero film with actress Katrina Kaif. director, who is currently scouting for locations in Dubai, has envisioned actioner as a larger-than-life story that traverses several countries to put his vision across to people.
Ali Abbas Zafar to helm next superhero film in four countries
While talking to Mid-Day over phone from emirate, director spoke about film being shot in four countries. Ek Tha Tiger filmmaker said that team has locked locations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Soon, he will to Poland and Georgia for recce. director furr mentioned that makers plan to shoot film across three to four countries. Touted to be one of Bollywood’s first female superheroes, writer-director believed that story will be rooted in an Indian setting. Elucidating on it, he wrote that team will shoot a chunk of film in India as y need to show mountaius terrain for certain portions. For that, director has zeroed in on Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Delhi as locations.
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With ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Ali Abbas Zafar admits that scouting for new places has become a tedious task in new rmal as every location demands a COVID-19 test. Hence, according to him, it has become more time-consuming and heavy on budget. Earlier, director shared a picture from his prep time on social media where he described life on or side of coronavirus. In picture, filmmaker can be seen walking on recce venue with a helicopter in his background. While spilling beans about storyline of film, actor told that he intends to make a superhero universe that will begin with Katrina’s film. His third superhero movie will have Indian mythology as backdrop and fourth one comes from Indian Army. This is going to be fifth film of director with actress. earlier once being Tiger Zinda Hai, Ek Tha Tiger, Bharat and he also produced Katrina’s film Mere Bror Ki Dulhan which also starred Imraan Khan and Ali Zafar.
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(Im credit: Ali Abbas Zafar/ Instagram)
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14:04 IST, October 21st 2020