The lockdown may have played havoc with the schedule of their next, but rajkummar rao and kriti sanon are seeking comfort in the small progress they have made. For months, the team had been on the hunt for a suitable title for the comedy that also features paresh rawal and Dimple Kapadia. Now, the makers have finally christened it Second Innings. "The title fits our story seamlessly," says director abhishek jain about his maiden hindi venture.
The production house has previously tackled diverse social issues with their offerings Bala (2019), Luka Chuppi (2019) and the recent Angrezi Medium. Second Innings explores the idea of adopting parents through Rao and Sanon's characters, who feel a vacuum in their lives and decide to bring an older couple home to complete the family. We were supposed to begin shooting in delhi in march, but now everything has been pushed due to the pandemic," says Jain, indicating that the schedules will have to reworked when normalcy returns.
The makers of kangana Ranaut's thalaivi are resigned to the fact that the film, like many other bollywood offerings, will be delayed. However, they have a more pressing problem on their hands two elaborate sets that were built in hyderabad and chennai have been standing unused over the past six weeks, leading to losses. If the lockdown extends to june, the makers fear the sets may be destroyed in the rains. The shoot of the biopic on J jayalalithaa, the late chief minister of tamil Nadu, was running like clockwork until March. With a 45-day shooting stint slated to kick off on march 10, the AL Vijay-led team had constructed a set of the parliament house at the ramakrishna Cine Studios in Hyderabad. After the shoot would be wrapped up by the third week of april, their next pit-stop was Chennai.
