Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, along with the cast and crew of his upcoming film ‘Dangal’, celebrated Makar Sankranti and Lohri on the film’s sets in Ludhiana. Aamir Khan, dressed in white kurta pyjama, was seen flying kites with the locals. (Source: Facebook)
Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, along with the cast and crew of his upcoming film ‘Dangal’, celebrated Makar Sankranti and Lohri on the film’s sets in Ludhiana. Aamir Khan, dressed in white kurta pyjama, was seen flying kites with the locals.
Aamir Khan has been stationed in Punjab for many months for the shoot of Dangal.
Speaking to Indian Express, Nitesh Tiwari, director of the film said, “We enjoyed lots of sweets brought in by local boys on our sets and flew kites. The shooting continued but we did not forget to experience the Punjabi festival. The atmosphere was great.” (Also read: Aamir Khan to be replaced by Big B as Incredible India brand ambassador)
A biopic on Haryana-based wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat, the movie is currently in the second phase of its shooting in Ludhiana at village Gujjarwal. The Punjabi village has been given a Haryanvi makeover for the film.
In past one week, shooting has also been done in Ludhiana city areas like Janta Nagar, Officers’ Colony, Guru Nanak Stadium, Mall Road etc.
Divya Goyal is a Principal Correspondent with The Indian Express, based in Punjab.
Her interest lies in exploring both news and feature stories, with an effort to reflect human interest at the heart of each piece. She writes on gender issues, education, politics, Sikh diaspora, heritage, the Partition among other subjects. She has also extensively covered issues of minority communities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She also explores the legacy of India's partition and distinct stories from both West and East Punjab.
She is a gold medalist from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, the most revered government institute for media studies in India, from where she pursued English Journalism (Print). Her research work on “Role of micro-blogging platform Twitter in content generation in newspapers” had won accolades at IIMC.
She had started her career in print journalism with Hindustan Times before switching to The Indian Express in 2012.
Her investigative report in 2019 on gender disparity while treating women drug addicts in Punjab won her the Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity in 2020. She won another Laadli for her ground report on the struggle of two girls who ride a boat to reach their school in the border village of Punjab.
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