“Danny Boyle can shoot at the CST why can’t I?” Ramu says refuting rumours that he have been denied permission to shoot on actual location where the ghastly 2008 bomb attacks happened in Mumbai. “Who says I won’t be shooting at the actual locations?” says Ramu defiantly.
Department forgotten, Ram Gopal Varma is prepared to shoot his real-time real-places 26/11 drama from early next month.
Contrary to reports permission to shoot on the key points in South Mumbai where the terror attacks happened have already been obtained by the enterprising director, and that incorporates the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST).
Some reports had suggested that Ramu have been denied permission to shoot on the busy centrally- located railway station where, on that fateful November night in 2008, a number of extremists had gunned down innocent commuters randomly.
Says Ramu, “We are certainly shooting on real locations, including the CST. I don’t know where stories of me being denied permission to shoot on the station came from. The reality is, I'M shooting on the CST. ”
Ramu might be recreating all of the carnage on actual location.
Says the director, “Of course there'll be restrictions since we’re talking a couple of very busy public place. We can’t just go and shoot and inconvenience the folk. We’ll take delivery of a time to shoot, similar to we’ve to a time schedule for shooting on the airport. ”
Point out that the CST is a sensitive area where a gruesome terror attack occurred and Ramu retorts, “Danny Boyle shot a complete song and dance at the same station for Slumdog Millionaire. I just wish to follow the rule. ”
Says Ramu, “It’s too early to speak about all my locations. All I WILL BE ABLE TO say, and also you are free to read between the lines, is that we won’t fudge any of the locations or recreate any of the attack points in a studio. ”
