Director Nikkhil Advani on making movies after COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic has thrown a spanner in our functioning as a society and the film industry is no exception. But the road ahead seems one of hope with production houses resuming work on many upcoming films, including Akshay Kumar's Bell Bottom.Among the first to begin work after the pandemic, the film's crew will be flying to UK in August for the shoot. "It is advantageous that we will be shooting in the UK because here, we are still trying to get things under control. When we got into lockdown, we were all set to begin shooting in Delhi, and the plan was to fly to UK in August. To maintain that schedule is an achievement, and full credit should go to Vasu ji, Jackky and their team," said director-producer Nikkhil Advani, one of the producers for the film, to senior journalist Kaveree Bamzai, in a chat arranged as part of Time Pass, a series of webinars organised by The New Indian Express group."It is a huge gesture on the part of someone like Akshay, who was ready to shoot even in such a juncture. The advantage with Bell Bottom is, since the story in set the 70-80s, the chosen locations are isolated.