Filmmaker Anees Bazmee is frustrated and saddened by the current situation that everyone is in. “If a third lockdown comes in, jo pehle takleef hui thi, usse zyaada ab hogi. Everyone’s lives will be turned upside down,” rues the 59-year-old, whose film Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 has been impacted by the repeated Coronavirus lockdowns.

The Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani-starrer is slated for release in this year.

Bazmee says that the current situation and uncertainty leads to more tension in an already stressful profession like filmmaking, apart from the increased cost of production.

“Making people stand around, giving them masks, getting them vaccinated, then providing them with sanitisers, making sure everyone is at a safe distance from each other... Humara bahut kharcha hua hai,” laments Bazmee, while refusing to talk further about what’s happening to his film.

He then goes on to add how theatres shutting down in a key market like Delhi and the imposition of night curfews in various states are impacting the business. “As it is, the occupancy (in cinema halls) was 50%, and Delhi mein theatre band ho gaye. Hum log bahut tension mein hain,” the filmmaker ends.