A member of the film crew says: “For many years, filmmakers have been making copies of monuments. For Salman Khan’s protagonist Bharat, a copy of Red Fort was created. However, as the process of licensing filming at cultural heritage sites becomes easier, set designers do not need to make copies of cultural heritage sites.
A member of the production says, “This month, there is a lot of filming in Delhi, and although it is hot, for outdoor filming, the monuments are also part of the program.”
Another line producer, Javed, who has starred in a number of online series, says, “Apart from movies, even for online series, heritage sites are quite popular. For online series, the whole focus is usually on making the scenes look more authentic, and this is also an important reason why filming at monuments has increased in the last two years. When we had to shoot The Great Indian Murder, we went back to Town Hall which is a cultural heritage site. After all, it’s not just for online series, even for streaming platform movies, real sites are preferred.
Last year, when Vishal Bhardwaj was filming for Khufiya in Delhi, he returned to Humayun Tomb with Tabu.
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