Film to portray people's plight during VIP movements

The hassles and challenges faced by ordinary people during VIP vehicular movements in the streets, and fight of a man against such restrictions is the subject of a new film set in the national capital.
Tentatively called "Project R", the political drama puts a spotlight on the "hardships" that people undergo on account of being stranded on the roads so that beacon-carrying vehicles can have an "easy passage".
"It is a common practice in our country to be sidelined so that big-ticket, batti-wali gaadis (beacon-carrying vehicles) ferrying politicians or some VIPs can easily pass through. What the government doesn't realise is that many people in medical emergency situations are caught in that melee end up being ill-fated," its Line Producer Amit Sharma told PTI.

"The film's plot revolves around one such case, where a man challenges this 'VIP system' in a court, after his ill son dies, as a result of being stranded in the streets," he said.
Starring Raima Sen, Deepak Dobriyal and Parvin Dabas in lead roles, the 130-minute film has been shot on a "shoestring budget" in a duration of a little over one month.
"The shooting of the film was done in a period of 35 days with just two breaks. We are now on the editing table and expecting to release it by this year," Sharma said.

The film, which has been largely shot in Delhi with some scenes being filmed in Gurgaon, possibly for the first time would also 'showcase' on screen the nearly 150-year-old Town Hall in Chandni Chowk.

"The heritage Town Hall doubles up as a Supreme Court in the film, with both the inside and outside of the premises extensively shot. Besides, we did some scenes in Chhatarpur farm houses and the Gurgaon sessions court. We did the traffic -stranded scene in Vasant Kunj area," he added.
The male protagonist is essayed by Dobriyal, who fights a legal battle in the wake of his son's death. Sen plays a city-based lawyer while Dabas dons the avatar of a VIP politician.