Batti Gul Meter Chalu release date postponed!

Shraddha Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor and Yami Gautam. Picture Courtesy: Instagram

Batti Gul Meter Chalu starring Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Yami Gautam, which was earlier slated for a September 14th release, has now been postponed. The film will now hit the theatres on September 21, 2018. Batti Gul Meter Chalu's team recently wrapped up its shoot in Mumbai. Apart from this city, major parts of the film were shot in Tehri, Uttarakhand. While the picturesque landscape of Tehri serves as the ideal backdrop for a love song picturised on Shahid and Shraddha, the makers dug a little deeper into the village for the depiction of abject poverty, which was required for a crucial scene in the film.

Speaking about it, a production hand had earlier told mid-day, "The shoot could have been conducted in Mumbai, but Shree [Narayan Singh, director] wanted to ensure the scene looked authentic. The unit will need to travel for a couple of hours daily to reach the spot, but Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor are willing to do so."

As many as 20 locations were scouted during the recce. However, it was the absence of electric poles for a vast stretch of land that seemed to have made this location suitable for the sequence. "It's a sparsely populated area, which will help them capture the lush landscape," had added the source.

Batti Gul Meter Chalu is a social drama based on the struggles of a common man against the power distribution companies over exorbitant electricity bills. Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Shree Narayan Singh, Nitin Chandrachud, Kusum Arora and Nishant Pitti, the film will be released on September 21.

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