Bhuj: The Pride of India (2021)

Interesting facts

Bhuj: The Pride of India is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language war film directed by Abhishek Dudhaiya. Set during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, it follows Indian Air Force Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik — then in-charge of the Bhuj Air Force Base who, with the help of 300 local women of Madhapar Village, reconstructed the damaged landing strip in 72 hours. The film features Ajay Devgn as Karnik, alongside Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha, Nora Fatehi, Sharad Kelkar, Ammy Virk and Ihana Dhillon.

Production

Bhuj: The Pride of India was announced on 19 March 2019, with Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Parineeti Chopra, Sonakshi Sinha, Rana Daggubati (who later walked out of the film) and Ammy Virk in leading roles. Aside his acting commitments, Devgn also handled the production duties, with Bhushan Kumar of T-Series, Panorama Studios and Select Media Holdings LLP, and worked as an action director for two of the film's scenes.

In May 2019, the film makers intended to begin principal photography during the end of October 2019, with a 20-day schedule in Gujarat, but filming eventually began on 25 June 2019, with Sanjay Dutt joining the sets. Devgn joined the sets on late-July, to shoot for the introductory, climax sequences of the film, and a song shoot in Mandvi. Filming took place in Bhopal, Kutch (Kachchh), Indore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata.

When the film was 90% complete, production was put on hold in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdown in India, and got further delayed again owing to the new shooting guidelines. Post a gap of 8 months, Devgn restarted filming in Hyderabad on 22 November 2020 and wrapped up in March 2021. The final schedule of the film took place during July 2021, and was wrapped up within six days.

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