Director-actor Tigmanshu Dhulia is gearing up for the release of his upcoming directorial venture Bullett Raja, which has been shot extensively in Uttar Pradesh and Kolkata.
Reportedly, Dhulia loves shooting at historical places, but never got an opportunity to make such a place a part of his story. However, he fulfilled his wishes with Bullett Raja, as he worked around a sequence with symbolic references to the freedom struggle in India.
A major sequence of the film has been shot at Kakori, the same place where freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad led a major train robbery during the British rule in India. Tigmanshu always wanted to shoot at Kakori and he made the most of it with his film Bullett Raja.
A source close to the team says, “Kakori train bypass is a beautiful location to shoot as it is not densely populated. We did extensive recce to make a note of the train arriving pattern. The crew used to be informed 15 minutes in advance, to avoid any kind of damage or causality. The safety measures taken to shoot this part were abundant to avoid any kind of mishaps. This place is not much known in the film industry.
''Bullett Raja got itself associated with history by shooting at Kakori crossing. I have always been a student of history and really enjoy shooting at places with great historical value,” says an elated Dhulia.
Bullett Raja stars Saif Ali Khan, Sonakshi Sinha and Jimmy Sheirgill in the lead roles and is slated to release on November 29, 2013.
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