Mumbai, January 27: VEER has released and though the film has seen mixed audience reaction ever since its release, it has been unanimously acknowledged by all that it carries the kind of grandeur which is rarely evidenced in Hindi films. The wide canvas feel of VEER has come for much appreciation and director Anil Sharma doesn’t deny the fact that making VEER was a painstaking exercise which involved hundreds of crew members, long schedules and ton loads of permissions.
“We haven’t spent 100 crores on the making of the film but the look given to it is certainly the kind that you can expect from a 100 crore extravaganza”, says Sharma in a proud tone, “We shot for 130-135 days which is reasonable considering the grandeur of the film. As you can see now in the film, we had to also recreate the London of 1900s. There is also a scene in the film where I had to shoot in front of Buckingham Palace. It’s not a joke because you have to stop traffic and for that you need to have permission. We waited as long as 6 months to get that permission.”
Given the fact that Bollywood too has its own in-house special effects facilities available, wouldn’t that have sufficed?
—Agencies