The cast and crew of Bollywood film Bharat has completed their shoot in Abu Dhabi, after an intensive 15 days of filming which included 10 Indian actors and spanned across three locations and twofour54s backlot. The production shot in the Liwa desert and purpose-built sets that replicated an oilfield in the 1970s were situated at […]
The cast and crew of Bollywood film Bharat has completed their shoot in Abu Dhabi, after an intensive 15 days of filming which included 10 Indian actors and spanned across three locations and twofour54s backlot.
The production shot in the Liwa desert and purpose-built sets that replicated an oilfield in the 1970s were situated at Al Wathba and Al Ain. The production also made use of twofour54s backlot at Kizad, where they created an Arabian marketplace.
The international crew of more than 200 included twofour54 professionals who provided full production services, covering key areas such as location assistance, permits and equipment as well as catering, accommodation, travel and transportation. The crew for the shoot consisted of talent from India, Syria, Germany, Yemen and the UAE.
A locally-sourced cast of 10 talents from Germany, France, Ireland, Russia, Iran and Pakistan also feature in the scenes shot in Abu Dhabi, while twofour54 partner company Media Mania helped source the 1,400 extras needed for the production.
H.E. Maryam Eid AlMheiri, CEO of Media Zone Authority Abu Dhabi and twofour54, who visited the production at Al Wathba, said: Abu Dhabi is home to extraordinary filmmaking talent, as well as world-class facilities, locations and services that are drawing the best in the business to our shores, and Im delighted that Salman Khan and his team have enjoyed another smooth and seamless shoot here.
Salman Khan added: There are close cultural ties between India and Abu Dhabi, which is one of the reasons I love coming here having spent more time in Abu Dhabi than in India over the last year, it certainly feels like a second home for me. It has been an exciting, thrilling and enjoyable experience to shoot Bharat here. We have formed a strong partnership with twofour54 and the Abu Dhabi Film Commission and the highly impressive filmmaking talent in Abu Dhabi ensures we are producing movies that film fans love.
Due to release in cinemas during Eid Al Fitr 2019, Bharat is an official adaptation of the 2014 Korean film, Ode to My Father, which depicted modern Korean history from the 1950s to the present day through the life of an ordinary man.
The movie is being produced by Reel Life Production Pvt, which is owned by Salman Khans sister, Alvira Khan Agnihotri, and brother-in-law, Atul Agnihotri. The cast also includes veteran star Jackie Shroff, Sunil Grover and dancer, model and actress Nora Fatehi.
Bharat is the seventh major Indian movie to be shot in Abu Dhabi, and the third this year alone. Race 3 was shot earlier in the year as well as, Saaho, which features Prabhas, which also filmed in the Emirate. Other major productions in Abu Dhabi this year include Paramount Pictures Mission: Impossible Fallout, which saw Hollywood legend Tom Cruise leap from 20,000ft in the Emirates sky for the HALO parachute jump.
