Updated On: 07 October, 2020 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Upala KBR
Planning to resume shoot in Balaghat forest by the month-end, makers of Vidya Balan-fronted Sherni rope in a special agency to monitor safety norms on set.

Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan had her brush with shooting in the post-COVID world as she filmed a brand commercial in August (Vidya in work mode, August 31). Now, the actor is set to step up the game as she readies for her first film shoot post the pandemic. With the team of Sherni slated to kick off a 35-day schedule in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, by the last week of October, the makers have roped in an agency to monitor the safety measures adopted on set.
A source close to the production unit reveals that while the cast and crew will fly down to Nagpur to head to the final destination, road transportation has been arranged for certain unit hands who will be required to carry equipment. "A team of five to six members, who will serve as COVID-19 watchdogs, will be present on set every day to ensure that the crew is following all safety norms. Besides the government's guidelines, the health experts will lay down additional COVID risk-management protocol. These experts are part of a professional agency that has monitored several ad shoots over the past few months. Even as they aim to achieve a zero-incident shoot, the makers have created isolation centres for asymptomatic people, on the recommendation of the experts," says the source.