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Welcome To The Jungle Update: Akshay Kumars Film Shoot Halted Not Over Financial Dues, But Due To THIS Reason
New Delhi: Akshay Kumar's Welcome to the Jungle has been creating buzz on social media amid reports that the shoot of the multi-starrer comedy was halted due to financial issues. Earlier, it was claimed that non-payment of dues to actors had led to a production standstill. The film shoot was halted last month. Now, a fresh updates have emerged regarding the shoot of the film, which marks the third installment of the popular Welcome franchise. Why Akshay Kumar's Film Shoot Is Halted? Akshay kumar-led The Welcome to the Jungle film shoot has been halted due to different reasons. A source close to the film confirmed to Indian Express SCREEN that the shoot of the third installment of the popular Welcome franchise, has been halted due to a location you read it right, squashing the rumours about unexpected financial hurdles. The film supposed to have its next schedule in Kashmir. A source close to the film's production has now shared, '70% of the shoot of Welcome to the Jungle is already done. The remaining 30% was to be scheduled in Kashmir, but because of the unfortunate Pahalgam attack, the plan got pushed.' Welcome to the Jungle Shoot Updates In an fresh updates, Sharing the insights about the shoot for Akshay Kumar starrer the source further added, 'The entire schedule was locked, which included helicopters, over 250 horses with horsemen, and 1200 junior artists. But, everything is on track, all 34 actors are excited and set to commence the last marathon schedule. This schedule will begin post-rains at a different location.' About Welcome to the Jungle Welcome to the Jungle, directed by Ahmed Khan, features an ensemble cast of 34 actors led by Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Anil Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Raveena Tandon, and Disha Patani, Lara Dutta and Rajpal Yadav among others. The film is being produced by Firoz Nadiadwala. The film was officially announced in 2023. Welcome to the Jungle was scheduled to be released on Christmas 2025, but Later the release got postponed.
Mint
27-05-2025
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Bunty aur Babli turns 20: Vaibhavi Merchant recalls ‘Kajra Re' shoot with Abhishek, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai
As Shaad Ali's 2005 blockbuster Bunty Aur Babli marked its 20th year on Tuesday, May 27, choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant recalled the shoot for the iconic item song 'Kajra Re' featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, and Abhishek Bachchan. Kajra Re is a masterpiece, featuring Gulzar's lyrics and Shankar-Ehsan-Loy's composition, beautifully pieced together in Alisha Chinai's voice. In an interview with the Indian Express SCREEN, Vaibhavi shared Kajra Re was thought to be a 'slow-burn,' a fusion of when 'qawwali-meets-mujra'. However, she said, Aditya Chopra thought the song was 'very rooted' and had the perfect ingredients for a mass song. 'He had the vision to predict it would be a chartbuster,' she said. The choreographer then recalled Aditya saying, 'This is going to be a song revered for a long time. It's going to be extremely popular and going to go down in history.' Vaibhavi Merchant said Kajra Re was the first song of the father-son duo, Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, together. It was also a comeback for Aishwarya Rai, who was on a sabbatical before it. Vaibhavi shared that on set, Amitabh Bachchan is not a father. 'There are no personal equations coming in the way. He's a thorough professional. He'd remain in character.' However, she said Abhishek has a different temperament on set. 'He's all about fun and pranks.' While Aishwarya came back with a different energy. 'You had three different characters working together in the song.' 'So, all the fun and masti in the song comes from Abhishek, the ada comes from Aish, and of course, the swag, style, and let-me-show-you-how-it's-done business comes from Big B,' she told SCREEN. Vaibhavi Merchant shared with SCREEN that she never had imagined that the wedding of Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan would be an outcome of this song. 'Nobody thought of it then. I never imagined this as the outcome of that moment. They were all thorough professionals,' she said. However, she said it isn't the first time the actors on her set have turned to lovers. 'This is my story with a lot of actors, who start out as friends and turn into lovers on my set. I'm happy these divine interventions do happen, and I get to be a part of them,' Vaibhavi shared, joking that she could even write a book on this.
