Adi creates Chandigarh in Mumbai

Aditya Chopra is recreating the Punjab outdoors in Film City to save time shooting for his directorial comeback

For his new movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Aditya Chopra will recreate Chandigarh in Film City, Goregaon, where he will shoot the exterior portions of his movie. Earlier, in Mohabbatein, Adi had passed London off as Nainital.

Says a source, “The story of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is based in Chandigarh. Adi has been busy supervising the mega set erected at Film City’s Devdas Maidan. They are doing it all — from the sarson-ke-khet to the outside of the actress’s Anushka Sharma) house.

The interiors, however, will be shot at a set, which has been erected at Yash Raj Studios. Both these sets will be done in the next 10 days or so and Adi will begin shooting for the film.”

The source further adds, “The shooting will kickstart without Shah Rukh though. The actor will only come in the last week of the month-long schedule, which Aditya has planned.

After this shooting stint, the unit leaves for an overseas location with SRK.” The movie is due to release on December 12.