New Delhi:Cocktail 2 starring and was filmed in a few parts of Sicily and Delhi. Filming overseas went comparatively much more smoothly than filming in Delhi because of the deteriorating air quality at the time of the shoot.
Sumit Tyagi, a line producer associated with the film, shared an incident about the actors’ concerns over rising Delhi pollution levels during an appearance on The Shivam Podcast.
According to Tyagi, the production team informed that Shahid Kapoor refused to leave his vanity van until and unless air purifiers were available at the shooting locations. That particular scene was shot at Cyber City in Gurugram, making the request difficult to complete as the location was completely open.
Shahid Kapoor denied shooting in Delhi
Remembering the incident, Sumit Tyagi said, “This was for Shahid, so we can’t call them useless. Because Shahid had said that I won’t get out of the van. He would just take off the mask before the shot; otherwise, he had a mask on the entire time.” Tyagi further mentioned that he questioned him over the practicality of his request, saying, “We were shooting in Cyber City. How can an air purifier help there? It is all open.”
The crew members revealed that they tried their best to fulfil his request and five to six air purifiers were arranged, even though they were made entirely for indoor use. He clarified later that Shahid’s request was justified and that Delhi did have very poor AQI at that time, but admitted that air purifiers still would do very little to help as they were designed for indoor use.
“So you don’t get hurt that your demands have not been met and production has tried its best,” Tyagi explained while describing the team’s efforts.
During this conversation, Tyagi described Shahid Kapoor as “temperamental” and “manmauji” (free-spirited), and that the actor doesn’t mix business and private life to that extent and focuses primarily on his work.
When Kiara Advani shared on-set incident
Shahid’s on-set habits have made headlines before as well and this is not the first time. During the shooting of Kabir Singh, his co-star Kiara Advani went on Koffee with Karan and revealed that filming was once delayed for hours because Shahid couldn’t decide the footwear for a particular scene.