Ayushmann Khurrana On Why 'Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui' Is A Special Film

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December 23, 2020 at 7:24 PM IST
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Ayushmann Khurrana On Why 'Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui' Is A Special Film
Ayushmann Khurrana and Vaani Kapoor starrer Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui has wrapped up the filming. The entire movie was shot in Chandigarh in a start to finish 48-days of schedule and becomes the first movie to complete the shooting during the covid-19 pandemic.



Now, Ayushmann Khurrana expressed pride as his film wrapped up the filming. The 36-year-old actor, on Wednesday, took to Instagram to share pictures from the shoot wrap celebrations that he had with the entire cast and crew of the film.





Along with pictures, the actor also penned a short note on how he feels proud that his film is the first Indian film to finish its entire shoot while battling Covid.





"Today, I feel immensely proud that our film is the first one in India to finish shooting an entire film while battling the coronavirus", he wrote in the caption.





Khurrana further credited the swift wrap of the shoot to his director Abhishek Kapoor and producer Pragya Kapoor.





"I have to credit my director and producer Abhishek Kapoor and Pragya Kapoor for manning the resources so diligently and so effectively. It feels amazing that we managed this feat in my hometown Chandigarh - couldn’t be prouder!!! Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui is a very special film for me and I can’t wait to share it with the world in cinemas next year!", Ayushmann added.





Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui is a romantic-comedy movie whic is directed by Abhishek Kapoor and bankrolled by Bhushan Kumar of T-Series in association with Pragya Kapoor.





Apart from Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, the National Awardee has now signed a new movie with Junglee Pictures with whom he previously worked on Bareilly Ki Barfi [2017] and Badhaai Ho [2018]. The movie titled 'Doctor G' is a campus comedy-drama which will be helmed by debutante Anubhuti Kashyap.





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