Roy Kapur Films and and Emmay Entertainment’s Sony LIV series “Rocket Boys,” based on the lives of leading Indian scientists, is paused in Pune, which is also in Maharashtra, another major project that has had to halt. Though Netflix declined to comment, Variety understands that shoots are paused in the cities of Mumbai, Delhi and Lucknow. Meanwhile, shoots are affected in large parts of the country. “As a fraternity, we are doing it on a principled level, and secondly, to get keep the business going,” says Roy Kapur. Vaccines in India cost INR600 ($8) per shot and will affect considerably a production’s bottom line. “The producing fraternity, whether it’s film or television, is quite resourceful and adaptive when it comes to finding ways to make things work,” said Roy Kapur.įrom May 1, every adult 18 and above in India is eligible to get vaccinated and the PGI is working towards getting all crew members shots, depending on availability of vaccines. That is exactly what the industry did after the first Bollywood lockdown was lifted in 2020. “If the restrictions are lifted, then I definitely see people getting back to certain types of shoots – the more contained ones that don’t involve large crowd sequences, fights or dances, if it’s in a more controlled atmosphere with rigorous testing and all the protocols in place,” Siddharth Roy Kapur, president of the Producers Guild of India (PGI) told Variety. The restrictions are currently due to be lifted on May 1, unless the pandemic takes a turn for the worse.
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