Did Hrithik Roshan refuse to shoot in UP for Vikram Vedha? Makers clear the air

New Delhi: The Reliance Entertainment on Monday issued a clarification regarding the shooting locations of Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan starrer ‘Vikram Vedha’, saying that the movie has been extensively shot in India.

Reliance Entertainment took to their social media handle and said, "We have been noticing a lot of misleading and totally unsubstantiated reporting on Vikram Vedha shooting locations. We clearly want to state that Vikram Vedha has been shot extensively in India, including Lucknow.

“A portion of the film was shot in United Arab Emirates in October-November of 2021 since it was the only location providing the infrastructure for a bio-bubble that accommodated crew of such scale, also allowing building of sets in a studio during the preceding months of the shoot.

"We chose to do that out of health and protocol concerns. Any attempt to twist these set of facts are clearly mischievous and untruthful,” the statement read.

"Also we would like to emphatically state that at Reliance Entertainment while we welcome suggestions from creative talent, the production and budgetary decisions are a centralised prerogative", the statement further added.

‘Vikram Vedha’ based on the Indian folktale, ‘Vikram aur Betal’, is said to be an edge-of-the-seat action crime thriller which tells the story of a tough police officer who sets out to track down and hunt a menacing gangster. The film is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated movies as it marks the return of two superstars collaborating in a high-octane action film after two decades.

'Vikram Vedha' is presented by Gulshan Kumar, T-Series Films and Reliance Entertainment in association with Friday Filmworks and YNOT Studios.

The film is directed by Pushkar & Gayatri and produced by S Sashikanth and produced by Bhushan Kumar. Besides Hrithik and Saif, it also stars Radhika Apte, Rohit Saraf, Yogita Bihani, Sharib Hashmi and Satyadeep Mishra.

'Vikram Vedha' commenced filming in October 2021, and after various schedules the film’s principal photography has been successfully completed.

Post-production works are now in full swing and the film is set for a worldwide theatrical release on September 30. (UNI)