‘Jagga Jasoos’ to be re-shot in Morocco?

BizAsia reported a while back that director Anurag Basu was re-thinking some portions of the ‘Jagga Jasoos’ story and quite possibly re-writing chunks. Now it’s emerged that he and Ranbir Kapoor may well head back to Morocco to re-shoot some scenes which they’re apparently unhappy with.

“Earlier it was decided that the Moroccan schedule will be cancelled to cut costs and they had built a set in the city to make it look like the country. But when the final results were seen, Basu and Kapoor were of the opinion that it doesn�۪t really look like the real thing, and they need to actually shoot in Morocco for the right effect,” said a source to Mid-Day.

UTV, who are producing the film, are reportedly unhappy about how much this re-shoot will affect the film’s budget. It is also being said that Katrina Kaif will be missing out on the Cannes Film Festival this year because of this. The source added, “Its true that we will be going to Morocco for the shoot, but there are no creative differences between anyone. We all are on the same page and trying to come out with something interesting and good, but it seems that people are just trying to spread negative things about the project which is sad”.

The film is expected to release by August but one wonders whether there will now be a further delay.

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