First-time Indian director, Nitin Kakkar, said he wished he had a chance to shoot, Filmistaan in Pakistan too,.
Lack of resources and complications related to filming in Pakistan kept Kakkar away from shooting his National Award winning film which uses Bollywood to bind India and Pakistan.
The movie, which released in India on June 6, has been lauded critically and commercially. Kakkar said there was always an effort to collaborate with Pakistan in “some way” on the film.
“We shot the whole film in 20 days. We didn’t have anybody from Pakistan while shooting the film but (Pakistani singer) Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan has sung for the film. We are glad we worked with him because in some way we wanted to collaborate with Pakistan,” Kakkar said.
Kakkar said that had matters been in his hands, he would’ve taken his crew and shot the movie across the border.
“We would love to visit Pakistan; but that’s the reason for making the film. It’s very difficult to visit Pakistan. I would have loved to shoot the film in Pakistan but you know how times are. It’s not easy for a small film like ours. We couldn’t afford to get stuck even for two days. We did our shooting in Bikaner (Rajasthan) and researched in Mumbai,” said Kakkar.
