SHOOT AT HOME IS THE NEW FAD

Leading bollywood stars are engaging themselves in shooting short movies and music videos amid lockdown

MUMBAI: The COVID-19

lockdown has forced closure of film studios as well as outdoor shooting, but that has not stopped an enthusiastic bunch of filmmakers from making films. Shooting at home amid

lockdown is the latest trend in B-town!

The format could be anything - short or feature-length film, a limited series, or a music video - but the key to filmmaking has to be the fact that everything is done within a single house, from pre-production to post-production.

It’s not just budding or struggling filmmakers who are at it. When Salman Khan shot an entire music video with Jacqueline Fernandez at his Panvel farmhouse, the signal was loud and clear. In the time of social distancing, Bollywood loves the idea, too.

The song, titled ‘Tere bina’, was shot over four days, and it is his ‘cheapest production’ till date, revealed Salman. The actor shared that he has learnt a lot while shooting during the

lockdown.

Actor Vatsal Sheth turned director with a short film, which he has entirely shot at home during the ongoing lockdown. The film, ‘Kahaa Toh Tha’, running over six minutes, stars the actor with his wife Ishita Dutta, and explores love in the times of quarantine.

“I called a friend, he wrote this story for us, then we sat down on storyboarding, shot division and everything came together. That’s how this film came to

life,” said Vatsal.

The cast and crew of the ‘Instagram’-based web-series ‘Firsts’ shot their second season amid the COVID-19 lockdown. Conceptualised, written, and executed by the cast and crew from their respective homes, ‘Firsts’ season 2 narrates the love story of a couple who meet on a dating platform.

Pranay Manchanda, who has acted in and directed the show also featuring his wife, actor Kriti Vij shared: “The most fascinating part of the lockdown-shoot was the DIY aspect of it. Our tripod was a bunch of old books with a cassette case on top, some of our locations in the house were different corners of the same room, and our elaborate on-location crew was each other.”

Amid the lockdown, actorcomedian Maniesh Paul is playing the host of a new reality show called ‘Kya Bolti Public’, an interactive game show on the ‘Flipkart Video’ app, being shot at his home.

Meanwhile, Amitabh

Bachchan has started shooting for the upcoming season of the popular quiz show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ ‘(KBC’) amid the COVID-19 lockdown, although not from his home.

Madhuri Dixit, who is all set to be back as a judge on reality TV with the new season of ‘Dance Deewane’ has also shot the season’s first promo from her home.

Salman Khan’s new song titled ‘Tere bina’ was shot over four days at his Panvel farmhouse