R Madhavan reveals why he was called `Rainman` on Dhurandhar set

Bollywood star R. Madhavan, who was seen playing the role of IB director Ajay Sanyal in Dhurandhar, shared an interesting behind-the-scenes moment from the sets of the blockbuster, revealing how nature quietly rewrote the plan for the film’s opening shot. 

Madhavan revealed that director Aditya had originally envisioned a bright, sunlit day with clear blue skies, a visual contrast meant to mirror the beauty and the beast within the aircraft featured in the scene.

Madhavan took to Instagram, where he shared a video of the opening scene. In the clip, the actor is heard saying, “Oh, the beautiful Leh and Ladakh. It was supposed to be a sunny day, but as luck would have it, I bring in the rains wherever I go, apparently.”

 

 

 

 

 

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“And we`re shooting the scene without the sun and in the rain. Hopefully, it will augur as good luck for the film. What a beautiful place, my God!”

He added a text overlay, which read: “Dhurandhar. Aditya had always imagined this to be a bright sunny day with blue skies to show the contrast between the beauty and the beast inside the plane. As luck could have it, I brought in the rain....because I was referred to as the RAINMAN on the set.”

“Every time I came onto the set...there was torrential rain. But-this grey Skies and look worked out perfectly for us as the first shot...... sometimes it`s best to go with what is handed to you, because a bigger design is in place.”

Dhurandhar also stars Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, and Arjun Rampal. Serving as the first instalment of a two-part film series, it centres on a high-stakes covert counter-terrorism operation.

The film follows an undercover Indian intelligence agent who infiltrates Karachi`s criminal syndicates and political power structures in Pakistan in an effort to dismantle a terror network targeting India.

The film`s storyline draws loose inspiration from multiple real-life geopolitical events and conflicts in South Asia, including the 1999 IC-814 hijacking, the 2001 Indian Parliament attack, the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and developments linked to Pakistan`s Operation Lyari.

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