The Hollywood auteur was on a recce in the city and is likely to film around the Gateway of India and Colaba market
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; May 30, 2019)

After directing the 2017 Academy Award-winning war drama Dunkirk, which depicted the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour in the north of France, Christopher Nolan’s next, Tenet, has already sparked off much excitement among the Indian audience with the announcement that Dimple Kapadia will be playing a significant role in the spy thriller. Mirror has learnt that the auteur was on a recce in Mumbai in February and then again in April and will return back to the Maximum City towards mid September to shoot some portions of the film.

“Nolan was in Mumbai last year for an event hosted by Film Heritage Foundation’s Shivendra Singh Dungarpur on the need to promote the use, restoration and preservation of films. During his four-day stay he decided to shoot here, and in September will mostly be filming in South Bombay, around the Gateway of India, the Taj Mahal hotel and the Colaba Market. For the recce, he was accompanied by production designer Nathan Crowley and cinematographer, Hoyte Van Hoytema among other team members with Shivendra helping them scout for locations too,” informed a source.

The film features Hollywood A-listers like Michael Caine, John David Washington, Kenneth Branagh, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Clemence Poesy, along with our very own Bobby. “Dimple plays a 60-plus lady who has a crucial role in the narrative. Her readings were done at a Sobo hotel,” the source adds.

The Mumbai schedule will stretch up to seven-eight days during which a major chase sequence with be filmed. Some of the Hollywood actors are expected to fly down.

The film has been described as an “action epic” revolving around the international world of espionage. It went on the floors recently in the US and will be shot across seven countries, including Estonia, Italy and London.

The film will open in July 2020. The filmmaker seems to have a soft spot for July with four of his last five films releasing during the month, including The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Dunkirk (2017).