Shoot at Sight

Gun-toting Pakistani police and US Marines staked out at the Punjab Engineering College,Chandigarh (PEC) on Tuesday. We’re talking about the ongoing shooting of Zero Dark Thirty,by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. All academic and administrative activities came to a halt as PECians grabbed their notes and laptop bags and made way to catch a glimpse of the Hollywood crew on campus. For Bigelow and team including Take One Productions and city’s Darshan Aulakh Productions,the day on the sets started at 5.30am,with the cast and crew sitting in for make-up and costume,setting up cameras,and converting the auditorium into an American Embassy in Islamabad. An energetic Bigelow moved about her work swiftly while co-producer and writer Mark Boal took time to chat with curious students hovering around the sets. Hollywood actress Jessica Chastain (last seen in The Help ),who “loves being in India”,too practised her lines and moves,as she walked up and down with a ‘marine’ in her Army fatigues. The film has on board Fares Fares,the Hollywood actor of Swedish origin known for his role as Vargas in Safe House. The shoot will continue for a couple of days at PEC.

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