COVID-19 had shut the entertainment industry down with theatres being closed and no shoots being allowed. With no shoots happening for the last two months, actors and film crew have been anxiously waiting for the government to give them clarity on when their shoots can resume. Now, FWICE General Secretary Ashok Dubey has revealed that after Akshay Kumar's ad shoot with R Balki that took place yesterday, Alia Bhatt's film Gangubai Kathiawadi could be the first film to begun shooting amid lockdown. 

With new protocols being laid down, filmmakers will be eager to wrap films post the lockdown. Ashok revealed, “Sanjay Leela Bhansali was already shooting in Filmcity and his set is still there. So the possibility is that his movie will be the first to resume shoot with the necessary precautions, once the permission is granted by CM. Boney Kapoor ji’s film was being shot in Madh Island, his sets have been covered and he may begin shoot once the lockdown ends. A lot of filmmakers have kept their sets intact, waiting to start shoot post lockdown.”

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Producers Guild of India have also drafted new protocols for the film and TV industry, which will be followed once they receive a go-ahead from Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. FWICE have also added a few pointers to the same, the secretary shared, “Corona is not going to end do soon and going by the past few months the way shoot has stopped, we have kept the necessary precautions in mind and written a letter to the CM urging to start the shoot. We were permitted to shoot in green and orange zone but Mumbai is red zone so it cannot be possible for a while. Daily wage workers want to start work. The guidelines shared by the Producers Guild are good, we just want to add a few corrections for the safety of the workers, technicians. We have sent our SOP and we will plan accordingly.”