It’s now Katrina Kaif’s turn to head out of India to shoot for Ali Abbas Zafar’s Super Soldier one of India’s most expensive films. The untitled project features Katrina as superhero, a la Gal Gadot. India’s wonderwoman would be shooting the various action sequences in Abu Dhabi.
Interestingly the film’s producer and director Ali Abbas Zafar is currently in Dubai with a crew of 20 preparing for the shooting which begins in January 2021. Zafar who has worked earlier with Kaif in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan and Bharat, says the Middle East is suffused with potential and possibilities to shoot films. “I’ve found the locations that I needed in Abu Dhabi. This will be my chance to shoot India’s first female super-hero film in locations never seen before in an Indian film.”
As for being stationed in Dubai, Zafar says it’s a matter of convenience. “My crew and I are able to plan and function without any disturbance. “We shifted base for preparation. Because the film has an international crew. While the shooting is in Abu Dhabi we are working on our pre-production from here in Dubai.It is a team of around twenty of us working here in Dubai,” says Ali Abbas Zafar.
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