‘Pathaan’ BTS video: Shah Rukh Khan-John Abraham shoot action scenes, reveal how ‘impossible’ was done

‘Pathaan’, which marks Shah Rukh Khan’s return to the big screen after a span of 4 years, is one of the biggest Bollywood films to have been produced. The film has an impressive ensemble cast comprising SRK along with Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia and Ashutosh Rana and stunning action choreography.

In a new BTS video, director Siddharth Anand, SRK and John talk about the stunts in the film. The director revealed that filming in and around the main boulevard of Dubai was an ‘impossible’ achievement, something no other film had done. ‘One is on top of a moving train, one is mid-air with planes, one is around the boulevard of Burj Khalifa (where John pulls down the helicopters), which no Hollywood film has been able to do. The shoot was just impossible, but the Dubai police and authorities made it happen for us. My friends who live around the area said they got circulars saying at this and this time you will not be able to access the boulevard. They were amazed when I said it was for my film,’ he said.

He specifically talked of the sequence when Pathaan and Jim set eyes on each other for the first time. It was all shot in Dubai boulevard.

Speaking about the sequence, John admitted when he first came to know of the team’s idea, he too thought it ‘impossible.’

Meanwhile, King Khan, who is the brand ambassador of Dubai, said when the government came to know they were shooting his film, they were quick to give permission. He said, ‘Dubai has been very very kind to me, me and everyone who goes from Indian cinema. The production team called up the authorities and said, ‘we are shooting a scene with Shah Rukh,’ and they said, ‘no, no, please go ahead, he is our brand ambassador. Please take this permission, finish it up fast but we will allow you to shoot it.'’

Casey O’Neill, ‘Pathaan’s action director, has previously worked with Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise on projects like ‘Jack Reacher, the ‘Mission Impossible’ series and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.

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