Producer Vinod Bachchan and Director Anand Kumar’s film ZILLA GHAZIABAD, after completing 80 days schedule in Wahi, now completed one week shooting schedule in Delhi & Ghaziabad at various locations.

Along with Dutt, the cast of the movie includes leading actors like Arshad Warsi,Vivek Oberoi, Paresh Rawal, Minissha Lamba, Geeta Basra, Charmi Kaur, Ravi Kishan, Ashutosh Rana, Divya Dutta, Zarina Wahav and Sunil Grover. The movie is a hard hitting action thriller based on the political and underworld scenario of GHAZIABAD and is being directed by Anand Kumar.

The crew comprises of cameraman Ahambaram, writer Vinay Sharma, action director Kanal Kanan, choreographer Ganesh Acharya, editor Bunty Nagi, production designer Bhola Malviya, art director Pradeep Singh, EP Vishal Singh, song Bhuta Singh and line producer M.J. Ramnan.

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Too much action can be really bad for health. Especially for the one who is busy creating the fight sequences. Famous action director Kanal Kannan, famous for the south Indian Ghajini, while working on Vinod Bachchan’s Zilla Ghaziabad, fainted on the sets. Kannan was admitted to Hinduja Hospital on Sunday.

A source told Mumbai Mirror, “The stress and anxiety on the sets took a toll on Kannan’s health. The film has extremely demanding action sequences.”

Explaining what happened on the sets, the source continued, “On Sunday, he was shooting at United Mills in Dadar when he complained of chest pain. After some time, he simply fainted. Everybody on the set was really worried. An ambulance was called. Later, he was taken to Hinduja hospital. He was discharged in some time.”

When contacted, director Vinod Bachchan said, “Kannan was stressed and that’s why this happened. We took him to Hinduja. A few tests were carried out. He is fine now.”

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The team of Zilla Ghaziabad, which was being filmed in Delhi earlier this week, had to literally bribe the Qutub Minar authorities to shoot inside the monument area on Tuesday. Actor Arshad Warsi, who was filming a romantic song with actor Minissha Lamba, tweeted, “Finished the song shoot. The
Qutub Minar authorities made it as difficult for us as they could. Literally paid bribe for every shot.”

The film’s producer, Vinod Bachchan, says, “Paison ke bina to kaam karne hi nahi dete. The officer who was supposed to sign our papers, went out of station, because of which we wasted two days. Shooting was supposed to start on Saturday, but could commence only on Monday.” He says that even during the shoot, the officers kept interrupting, asking them “not to do something or the other”.

Actor Minissha Lamba adds, “It is sad that things are made so difficult for us in our own country whereas countries abroad welcome Bollywood units, giving them blanket permission to shoot anywhere, extending every facility and co-operation.”

However, BR Mani, ASI spokesperson, says the crew is at fault as they were party to the transaction. “Why did they pay bribe in the first place? If they have paid, they have done a very wrong thing. They should have complained.” Bachchan retorts, “There are a lot of problems anyway … the actors’ dates and a crew of 300 that we brought … we didn’t think of filing a complaint and don’t want to file one now, as the shooting is over.”

Shooting trauma at Qutub Minar

The team of Zilla Ghaziabad, which has been shooting in the Capital since a week, encountered trouble with the Qutub Minar authorities while shooting at the monument on Tuesday. Actor Arshad Warsi, who was shooting a romantic song with actor Minissha Lamba tweeted saying, “Finished the song shoot. The Qutub Minar authorities made it as difficult for us as they could. Literally paid bribe for every shot….” Producer Vinod Bachchan says, “Paison ke bina to kaam karne hi nahi dete. The officer who was supposed to sign our papers went out of station, because of which we wasted two days. Shooting was supposed to start on Saturday, but could commence only on Monday. Even during the shoot, the officers kept interrupting ,asking us not to do something or the other. It is the worst department,” he says.

Source – HT