On the sets of Aamir Khan's Dangal in Ludhiana

Aamir Khan is busy shooting for his upcoming film Dangal in Ludhiana. 

    Poster of Dangal

Aamir Khan is every bit the perfectionist people know him to be. Battling the sweltering June heat, somewhere in the deepest bowels of Punjab, the superstar is shooting for his upcoming film Dangal. There are buffalo roaming around the sets with more ease than humans. After all, the tight security can do zilch when it comes to reining in the animals.

 

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When we get to the sets of Dangal, some hour-and-a-half from Ludhiana, the sun is overhead and Aamir and his crew are nowhere in sight. A bus-and-Innova-ride later, we reach the sets.

An akhara (wrestling pit) stares at us, with several langot-clad pehelwans flexing their muscles in full glory. There are buffalo and cows tethered to their posts and extremely burly bouncers at the akhara-gates. Director Nitesh Tiwari and his technicians scrutinise the area well before Aamir is asked to come.

When the director screams 'Rolling,' two wrestlers wrestle their hearts out in the sand-filled akhara. Soon, Aamir walks in, a blue striped shirt and trousers and a gamchha to keep the heat at bay.

After one shot, a brief hiatus follows. Aamir comes back, dressed in a brown striped shirt and trousers now. He speaks to the people around, most of whom are visibly in awe of the PK star.

A short wrestling sequence follows, till the director yells, 'Cut!'

Some people, meanwhile, have scaled walls and climbed trees to get a better view of the star. After all, it's not every day that they see an Aamir Khan filming a big-budget film in a near-godforsaken part of the country.