Disinfection tunnel, 20-people crew, doctor on-set: Akshay Kumar shoots amid lockdown

Akshay Kumar became first actor to shoot amid Coronavirus pandemic lockdown for Department of drinking water and sanitation, with director R. Balki. Speaking exclusively with Republic TV, Anil Naidu, Producer, confirmed that ad was shot on May 25th at Kamalistan Studio.

Explaining position on set, Anil Naidu told Republic TV, "Akshay came in dressed. He drove himself. His makeup was done at home. re were 20 people in total. We had a disinfectant tunnel, everyone wore a mask, re was a doctor on set to check temperatures, re was eugh social distancing between people, everything was being sanitised every w and n."

Naidu said that moment letter from Ministry came, y got in touch with Police department and we were asked questions — how many people, precautions to be taken, etc. What is future of shoots amid Coronavirus crisis and Naidu immediately says, "We will have to train every department to work in se conditions and this is future and will have to work towards it. limited crew is future."

"re was thing more than what was required. We were very precise about what was needed for shoot. Even entour was bare minimum, and t to be seen hanging around on set at all," Naidu concluded.

What's next for Akshay Kumar?

 Housefull actor will be seen in Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi which was scheduled to release on March 24. Akshay Kumar will also be seen in a special appearance in Aanand L Rai's upcoming film Atrangi Re which features Sara Ali Khan and Dhanush in lead roles. He will also feature in Raghava Lawrence directed horror comedy film Laxmmi Bomb along with Kiara Advani which is expected to release on OTT platform soon.