The second wave ofCovid has put a break on almost all activities including the shooting of highbudget movies. The makers are finding new ways to shoot. But, for some films,no method is working. For instance, Ranveer Singh and Jacqueline Fernandez starrerfilm "Circus". Though the film has completed the shoot of almost all the scenes, only one day of shootis stuck for the past 18 days.
Sources attached tothe film said, "The entire team was to go to Ooty for the shoot on April12. Ranveer Singh's romantic scenes with Jacqueline and Pooja Hegde were to beshot in a double role. All these scenes had more than 50 juniors in thebackground. Artists had to be hired. A team of more than 100 crew members wouldgo to handle the entire unit, but the Ooty administration did not allowshooting in such a large number. The makers set Ooty location in the MehboobStudios. Started shooting, but due to the covid protocol, that work has alsobeen stuck.
Further the sourceadds, "The title of the film is definitely 'circus', but it is not beingshot with real animals in closed cages. The film will have more than 80 percent VFX work. Have shot the scenes by putting them on. Now they will bebrought to life with the help of VFX. As was done in 'Total Dhamaal'. For thefilm, Ranveer has shot some stunt scenes with flying vehicles too which havebeen shot inside”. To be noted that 'Circus' will be Rohit Shetty's first film,which has been shot mostly inside the studios.