With the release of Sooryavanshi last Diwali, Rohit Shetty proved that the pandemic couldn’t deter him any longer. The filmmaker’s relentless shooting of the final schedule of Cirkus could be deemed, in a way, a sequel to his won’t-stop-at-anything act. Despite the daily Covid cases in the city hovering around the 15,000-mark, Shetty gave finishing touches to Ranveer Singh’s comedy over the past fortnight.
A source reveals that in light of the recent situation, the director imposed new safety norms on the Film City set, thus ensuring that the cast and crew were not in harm’s way. “Once the cases started rising, there was a preliminary discussion about calling off the shoot. But Rohit, after consulting his team, decided to put stricter protocols in place. While daily testing and masks were a regular feature from the start, the unit decided to film the remaining portions in a biobubble. Ranveer, who had finished his portions in the last stint, was not part of this leg,” says the source. On Thursday, Shetty called it a wrap on Cirkus without reporting a single case on the set. The film, also starring Varun Sharma, Jacqueline Fernandez and Pooja Hegde, is based on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors.
