Shah Rukh shoots for My Name Is Khan in a flooded trench

A seven-day schedule of My Name Is Khan kicked off at Film City in Mumbai last week. Shah Rukh Khan shot amidst three feet deep water, some of it even being rain water, in a trench for a flood sequence. Screen (June 19-25) was the first to report that the actor will be shooting a flood sequence for the film with a 135 x 240 metres wide and three-feet deep trench being dug at a ground in Film City.

Cameras were also placed underwater to capture scenes in and around a church submerged in the water. While the unit had planned artificial rain to depict heavy rains and subsequent floods, the natural rain during the week only helped them further, according to a source from the unit. The source added that work on set construction was running slow and the schedule was unlikely to take-off this month.

However, with Dharma Productions not wanting to delay the shoot, work on the set was hastened with the shoot taking-off on September 1. Post Shah Rukh’s sequences, Jimmy Sheirgill, who plays his brother in the film, was scheduled to shoot his portions during the one-week schedule.

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