Less projects will go on floors post lockdown, says Jackky Bhagnani

Actor-producer Jackky Bhagnani forbodes that in post-coronavirus film industry, it might take more time for movies to be greenlit. Talking both from perspective of a producer and actor, Jackky said re will be some changes that will happen once countrywide lockdown is lifted.

"As an actor, I see that re will be a lesser number of projects that will go on floors. Most investors and producers will take ir time to green-light projects. As a producer, re might be some pragmatic decisions to be taken on which projects to do first and how to minimise costs without affecting scale or demands of script," he told PTI.

Jackky's production banner, Pooja Entertatinment's two films -- Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan-starrer "Coolie 1" and Akshay Kumar's "Bell Bottom" -- were affected by coronavirus pandemic.

When asked about plans for "Coolie 1", which was expected to release countrywide on May 1, Jackky said, "I think it's insensitive to think of a release date right w. Let us overcome this crisis and we will anunce it in happier times. decision taken as of w."

film, directed by David Dhawan, is a remake of 1995 film of same name. Akshay's "Bell-Bottom" is an espion thriller, to be directed by Ranjit M Tewari. film was scheduled to go on floors by mid this year with a release date in January 2021.

"We already have a plan. But we will have to wait for lockdown to be completely over and for government to give a go ahead to be in a position to give more details," Jackky said.

He added that just like every or sector of ecomy, film industry also finds itself on pause. "It is difficult to gauge impact in numbers right w. But it has definitely hit release dates, film shoots and future planning for every member of industry," actor-producer said.

Jackky furr said that as a producer, he will be undertaking precautionary measures on sets of his upcoming projects. " first key words are safety and precaution. one important lesson from this pandemic is human life and health are top priority. All upcoming shoots will have highest and stringent measures of sanitisation and hygiene as per government guidelines," he said.

"We are also mulling closed sets and studios for shooting so as to minimise touch points and allow only a certain number of people on set," he added.