Aamir Khan reaches Ludhiana; ‘Dangal’ shoot set to begin

All set to begin the shoot for his upcoming flick 'Dangal' in villages of Ludhiana, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan reached the city on Sunday (September 13).

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Welcomed with Punjabi beats of dhol and bhangra organized by the hotel, Aamir Khan was seen sporting a casual look in a blue kurta and pyjamas.

All set to begin the shoot for his upcoming flick ‘Dangal’ in villages of Ludhiana, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan reached the city on Sunday.

Checking in at a high end hotel in the city on Sunday around noon, Aamir Khan was all smiles as he greeted the guests and even allowed them to click some selfies.

Welcomed with Punjabi beats of dhol and bhangra organized by the hotel, Aamir Khan was seen sporting a casual look in a blue kurta and pyjamas.

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He was also holding the book ‘Aarushi: Anatomy of a Murder’ in his hands authored by Avirook Sen on the controversial Aarushi murder mystery- as he stepped out of his black Mercedes.

” Aarushi” – Journalist Avirook Sen’s book in hand as Aamir Khan reaches for the shoot of his film ” Dangal” in Ludhiana.Express Photo by GUrmeet Singh

“Since the stay in Ludhiana and shoot schedule is a long one, the car has been brought along from Mumbai,” a source told Indian Express.

Sources from the production team confirmed that Aamir Khan will be spending close to two months in Ludhiana. The shooting of Dangal has been planned in villages of Kila Raipur, Gujjarwal and Narangwal.

Aamir Khan reaches for the shoot of his film ” Dangal” in Ludhiana. (Source: Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

The villages have been given a complete Haryanvi transformation for Dangal, which is based on the life of wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat who belongs to Haryana.

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The local carpenters, artists and labourers have been employed on the sets as the art designing team of the film reached Ludhiana in June itself and started the work on sets and look of the film.

The shoot, sources said, is all set to begin on Tuesday and before that Aamir is expected to do a recce of the sets in the villages on Monday.

Divya Goyal

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. ... Read More

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