Welcome to the Jungle, a comedy featuring Akshay Kumar in one of the leading roles, has been hindered by monsoon rains in Mumbai as it was being filmed. The heavy rainfall had caused significant damage to one huge set which was built at the Golden Tobacco Studios located in Vile Parle earlier this week.
According to Mid-day, production designer Shailesh Mahadik made an elaborate set that was designed as a quaint Kashmiri town and originally scheduled for a major shooting from August 4th onwards. The massive set that spread across more than ten acres was so big that it reportedly required golf carts for actors to travel from their trailers.
Consequently, only part of the set was used for future scenes after filming had concluded on one area. This section had subsequently been reconstructed at the end of July. However, just when they were about to begin their planned shoot, Mumbai’s harsh monsoons reemerged doing severe damage upon the structure.
Mahadik’s team readily undertook this task right after rains stopped. It is their third effort on constructing the same set again wherein the current one is even bigger than before. The new location will feature a central house that will be in focus during next filming event.
“Actors are available today and we are managing their dates accordingly,” said director Ahmed Khan adding that Firoz bhai [Nadiadwallah] is still in construction mode and we can restart work any time now because it has changed completely.” Contrarily, newer design makes it wider.”
Nevertheless, an expanded version of this newly delayed set appears more promising. With filming expected to resume on August 9th, Welcome To The Jungle cast including Suniel Shetty Raveena Tandon Jacqueline Fernandez Disha Patani and Kumar himself should return soon.
The film has Akshay Kumar as the main actor. With Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, Daler Mehndi, Mika Singh, Rahul Dev, Mukesh Tiwari, Sharib Hashmi Inaamulhaq, Zakir Hussain, Yashpal Sharma, and Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Jacqueline Fernandez, Disha Patani and Vrihi Kodvara this is a great cast.
The release date for this movie is supposed to be on 20th December 2024 and it will come out in theaters.
