Akshay Kumar reveals how 'BellBottom' was filmed in Scotland amid COVID-19 pandemic

Akshay Kumar recently wrapped up filming his upcoming spy movie, BellBottom. It was first major project to resume shooting amid coronavirus pandemic. w actor shared his experience of working in new environment with safety protocols in action.

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How Akshay Kumar shot BellBottom in Scotland amid COVID-19 pandemic

In a recent interview with Deline, Akshay Kumar opened up about guidelines that were followed while filming BellBottom. He said that being Bollywood’s first film to shoot at an international location after nationwide lockdown, y wanted to be sure about safety of everyone. Hence an “extensive and meticulous” safety measures plan was laid out by production house, Pooja Entertainment, hoping to accomplish a smooth and safe shoot.

actor mentioned that besides medical-gre masks and face shields, production house also me it mandatory for cast and crew to wear wristwatches that constantly monitored ir oxygen levels, blood pressure, stress levels, body temperature and plus via a centralised dashboard. He stated that everyone from team was instructed to live within premises in bubbles, to minimise interaction with outside world. He asserted that chefs were also appointed for team to avoid ordering outside food.

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Akshay Kumar said that re was an on-set doctor who was looking into vitals of all crew members on a daily basis. He mentioned that entire team would take a mandatory COVID-19 test every 15 days. actor ted that re was a sanitisation tunnel installed for team to be used before starting day’s work and at end of each day, set was “rigorously” disinfected.

Speaking about BellBottom shooting schedule and how it got affected due to coronavirus, Boss star asserted that ir original plan was to shoot in United Kingdom, but Scotland got finalized as it matched all of ir requirements in terms of locations, aestic that y were looking for and a more controlled environment to work in during pandemic. He mentioned that Scottish government and authorities were a “big help” for m, guiding and supporting m on each step, ensuring a smooth sailing of schedule. actor stated that planning a film’s production by itself is a “Herculean” task, and ding safety and security of a 225-member crew was an even bigger task. Praising production team, he ted that y did a stellar job.

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Directed by Ranjit M Tewari, BellBottom also stars Vaani Kapoor, Lara Dutt and Huma Qureshi in key roles. story is written by Aseem Arrora and Parveez Shaikh. It is bankrolled by Jackky Bhagnani’s Pooja Entertainment and Emmy Entertainment. BellBottom is scheduled to release in atres on April 2, 2021.