WATCH - Shah Rukh Khan arrives in Kashmir to shoot 'Dunki', gets a warm welcome
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 (11:13 IST)
Srinagar: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan arrived in the tourist resort of Sonamarg in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district to shoot for his forthcoming film 'Dunki'.
Khan’s pictures and videos receiving a warm welcome in Kashmir surfaced on social media.
Officials said the film crew had already been camping in Sonamarg where the Bollywood king will shoot a sequence for a song being choreographed by Ganesh Acharya.
The officials at the Sonamarg Development Authority said the arrival of Bollywood stars like Shahrukh Khan will bring economic benefits to the region.
"It will also put Kashmir on the global map of tourism," the SDA officials said.
The film director Rajkumar Hirani and his production team had visited the resort last week and had finalized the arrangements for the shooting of a song for the movie which also stars Taapsee Pannu in the lead, sources said.
The shooting of the song is being picturerized at the famous Thajwas glacier in the backdrop of snow clad mountains of Sonmarg.
Extraordinary security arrangements have been made for the arrival of Shah Rukh Khan in Sonamarg.
The local people said that the interest of filmmakers in the tourist places of the valley will not only boost the tourism sector, but the local people are also expected to get employment.
As the situation returns to normal in Kashmir, Bollywood and Tollywood actors are busy shooting at tourist spots.
The fan fame of the bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has manifold not only in the world but in Kashmir valley also following the success of his recent film Pathaan. (UNI)
