Taking a gander at some of Bollywood's coldest film areas
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Still a few months before his aggressive venture hits the screens however Devgn's incessant reports on taping in troublesome conditions has provoked the interest of his fans significantly more. The activity legend battled hypothermia to shoot on the highest point of Bulgaria's Balkan mountains at a temperature as low as less 19 degrees.
Here are some different events when Bollywood shot in compelling chilly.
1. Sanam Re (2016)
Director
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Divya Khosla Kumar
Cast
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Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Urvashi Rautela
Shooting Location
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Mumbai, Chandigarh , Shimla, Kalpa and Ladakh, Canada, India
It snows non-stop in Divya Khosla Kumar's eminently forgettable mush, Sanam Re. While the image of Yami Gautam and Pulkit Samrat cozying up in white fluff may seem post-card perfect it left its heroine reeling under the weather. Here's one amusing thing that happened on the sets, says Yami. "When I said 'hi' to Pulkit the first time, I was under four layers of blankets, only my hand came out."
2. Dilwale (2015)
Director
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Rohit Shetty
Cast
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Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon
Shooting Location
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Iceland, Bulgaria, Abu Dhabi, Cape Town, Goa, Mauritius, India
Not too long ago, Devgn's better half Kajol shot in Iceland alongside Shah Rukh Khan for the Gerua number in Rohit Shetty's much-hyped film, Dilwale. Freezing temperatures are a given when you're in a country called Iceland. Here's what the Fan star had to say about it to us, "Kajol is my friend and I don't need to praise her like this, but it takes guts to go there and shoot what she shot in that cold place. We've shot in a lot of cold places, Kajol and I. We're champions of the cold. But the cold there was too much."
3. Highway (2014)
Director
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Imtiaz Ali
Cast
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Randeep Hooda, Alia Bhatt
Shooting Location
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Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, India
In Imtiaz Ali's grim road trip, one sees ample glimpses of incredible, untouched Northern India. Alia Bhatt recalls the hardships they faced while filming scenes in Kaza, Himachal Pradesh. "It snowing heavily, there was no electricity, no hot water and none of the hotels were open."
4. Haider (2014)
Director
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Vishal Bhardwaj
Cast
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Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor
Shooting Location
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Kashmir, India
Vishal Bhardwaj's critically acclaimed adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet is predominantly shot in Kashmir during snow season. Shooting the striking Bismil song in such conditions was especially challenging for its titular hero Shahid Kapoor. "The temperature was -15 and -17 degrees Celsius. While dancing, after every two steps, everybody had to sit down. The air is so thin and we were not used to dancing in that kind of weather. We were all wearing five layers of clothing and it was difficult to move with that weight," he remembers.
5. Jab We Met (2007)
Director
:
Imtiaz Ali
Cast
:
Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor
Shooting Location
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Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, India
Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan had the time of their lives taking off to various locations from Ratlam to Bhatinda in the frothy Jab We Met. The duo's enthusiasm stays intact while zooming through the subzero climate of the frosty and fatally dangerous Rohtang Pass.
6. Fanaa (2006)
Director
:
Kunal Kohli
Cast
:
Aamir Khan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor
Shooting Location
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Delhi, Poland, India
Although the script of Fanaa is based in Kashmir, the political climate of the troubled region forced the makers to film in Poland owing to similar snow-packed scenery. It wasn't a walk in the park shooting in such white sleet for two of Bollywood's most dedicated actors.
7. Lucky: No Time For Love (2005)
Director
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Radhika Rao, Vinay Sapru
Cast
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Salman Khan, Sneha Ullal, Mithun Chakraborty
Shooting Location
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Russia, India
Despite his dislike for winters, Salman Khan puts on his tough guy front to brace the infamous Russian cold in snow-covered St Petersburg for Lucky: No Time For Love. The love story paired him opposite a 22-years younger Sneha Ullal who plays a schoolgirl in the movie.
8. Lakshya (2004)
Director
:
Farhan Akhtar
Cast
:
Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta
Shooting Location
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Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Mumbai, India
From aimless slacker to focused armyman, Hrithik Roshan comes of age in true cinematic style in Farhan Akhtar's Lakshya. Part of his wartime accomplishment is filmed at Ladakh's high altitudes and testing terrains, which was harder than it looks. As it director reveals, "Everybody at some point must have felt ill. At one point, I was completely dehydrated and had to be hospitalized. I am sure the altitude affected everyone."
9. The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003)
Director
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Anil Sharma
Cast
:
Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra
Shooting Location
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Canada, Switzerland, USA, India
Director Anil Sharma's fetish for snow-based action is well documented in the trippy Tahalka. In The Hero, he tries to keep it classy for his stunts-filled climax in Switzerland's Jungfraujoch, at minus 16 degrees weather, some 3,454 meters above sea level with a snowmobile riding Sunny Deol to the rescue. Off screen, the Ghayal star admits, "Every five minutes, we had to be transported to rooms with heaters. We just froze - it was that cold."
10. Pukar (2000)
Director
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Rajkumar Santoshi
Cast
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Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Namrata Shirodkar
Shooting Location
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USA, Ooty, Kerala, India
One of the biggest highlights of Rajkumar Santoshi's Pukar is a song sequence picturised on its leads against the majestic glaciers of Alaska -- the first Hindi film to do so. While Anil Kapoor is sufficiently bundled up in woolen-wear, Madhuri Dixit braves the chills in an icy blue chiffon sari lip-syncing to Kismat Se Hum.
