We are well aware of the fact that Post-COVID-19 world is not going to be easy. Maintaining distance, wearing masks will be our new normal. In that light, if we think about our entertainment industry, the scripts will need alteration.
Wedding scenes, action scenes, intimate scenes, need to be scrapped from the scripts in order to follow the guidelines and curb the disease. But isn’t that unbelievable? It’s even hard to imagine, shows without any of those scenes! Well, we are not saying this, Producer JD Majethia, who is popularly known as ‘Himanshu’ from the telly series ‘Khichdi’ has spoken about these changes in interaction with ETimes.
In an Interview with Etimes, JD conveyed his worries over how TV shows, movies or web-series will be shot in future. He said to the portal, “First we wrote scripts and arranged things, but now scripts will be written keeping the situation in mind. There will be no wedding, festival, crowd sequences, large action sequences. We can’t shoot these situations. We can’t shoot hug, kiss, intimate scenes. Our life is not going to be that easy. We have asked for SOP (Standard Operating Practices) from everyone and it will be followed by everyone. From producers to a junior artist, everyone has to file it. We have filed broadcasters and (IFTPC ) to the Government authorities.”
Apart from this, he also said that as IFTPC has taken permission from Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to resume shooting, pending shoots will go on floors and the work will resume by Mid-June or so. Etimes has further quoted him as saying, “We have spoken to Government and first the sets will be visited by them and they will check if they are away from the civilisation. So, what locations to be allowed in Maharashtra in Mumbai will be checked. It is going to take time, everything will be checked, then if necessary, people will be quarantined, it is a long a process…”
Recently, Akshay Kumar began the shoot of an ad campaign of the government on the awareness of wearing mask and individual’s responsibility in Post-COVID world. This advertisement is directed by R.Balki.
