Director Kaashvie Nair’s debut, a cross-border love story featuring Arjun Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh in lead, was 14 days away from completion when the coronavirus-triggered pandemic brought production to a halt. Now, Mirror has learnt that the yet-untitled film produced by Bhushan Kumar, Nikkhil Advani and John Abraham, is all set to resume shooting at Film City Studios from Monday. Confirming this Nikkhil says, “Kaashvie, John, Bhushanji and my team have worked hard to make sure that all actors are safe and comfortable. We’ve taken them through all the safety protocols certified by the state government through the Film’s Producers Guild. It will be a 10-day shoot with the entire cast. After this, we will be left with a four-day schedule, which will happen after the rains, around Septemberend. We had initially planned to film from March 21 to the beginning of April, but the lockdown hit that plan for a six.”

Neena Gupta and Kanwaljit Singh will also be a part of this schedule. Kanwaljit was among the many senior actors who had raised objections against the government’s resolution prohibiting actors above the age of 65 from shooting for films, TV shows and commercials. The resolution was challenged in and quashed by the Bombay High Court. This is among the first films that will be shot with veteran actors.

“It’s encouraging to see actors and the crew all prepped up and keen to get back to work. The safety protocols will be followed strictly on the set, and we are hoping everything goes as planned,” says Bhushan. Nikkhil shares that Kanwaljit himself wanted to be on the set while Neena flew down from Dehradun for the shoot and has isolated herself at home. John, who has a cameo in the film and will also be at the studio, says, “We’ve all come together with the intent to bring forth fresh talent and curated scripts to the screen. We have waited to ensure the unit is adequately secured given the situation and we’re looking forward to resuming the shoot.”

Bhushan believes that completing the upcoming schedule successfully will give confidence to his other production partners to kick-off pending shoots. His other productions include Mumbai Saga and Bhool Bhulaiya 2, the shoots of which were interrupted, and Satyameva Jayate 2 which was to roll in April.