Rachana Dubey (BOMBAY TIMES; June 19, 2020)

With Unlock 1.0 in progress, the film industry is gearing up to get back to work, but in the ‘new normal’ way, of course. Given that social distancing will have to be followed strictly, there will be many changes in the way films are shot, especially when it comes to stunt sequences, dance numbers and intimate scenes. BT caught up with writer-director Milap Milan Zaveri, who plans to start shooting for his vigilante action drama, Satyameva Jayate 2, by August.

When asked how he plans to shoot the high-octane action sequences in the John Abraham-starrer, he said, “Our VFX team has been a part of the planning process from the word go. VFX, blended with different techniques, will come handy while creating backgrounds and crowd. We will chart things out in such a way that only a prescribed number of people are present on our sets each day. We’re also talking to our action choreographers to understand how we can curate those scenes. June and July will be dedicated to streamlining all this.”

While shoots had come to a halt during the Coronavirus lockdown, Milap and John were working on the project from their respective homes. “We were in touch over phone and video calls. During the lockdown, I revisited some of the punchlines in the film. John loved the new dialogues and all the improvisations that we made to the screenplay, and we also discussed the action scenes,” shared the filmmaker, who finally met his lead actor on Tuesday.

Excited about starting the project, Milap said, “We are confident that with due permissions in place, we will be able to work keeping the standard operating procedures in mind. Currently, we are working on procuring permission for our shoots, and are also busy with other pre-production work.”