Balakrishna's 100th film makers gearing up for battle scenes in Morocco

The makers are leaving nothing to chance for Balakrishna’s 100th film Gautamiputra Satakarni. Directed by Krish, the film’s shooting will start in a few days in Morocco, with a war scene. And the arrangements are elaborate to say the least.

For this war episode, they spent nearly Rs 8 crore. Producer Rajiv Reddy and art director Bhupathi are already camping in Morocco and a source says that they are going to hire nearly 800 local junior artistes for the war scene.

“Most people have Indian looks in the region so it’s not a big problem,” says the source. The war scene will be shot for nearly two weeks. Nearly 4 tonne of material — weapons, war outfits etc. — has already been shipped to Morocco from Hyderabad. The makers gave contract to two factories in Hyderabad to supply the outfits for the warriors.

Morocco is a preferred filming destination for filmmakers worldwide for shooting war scenes of period films. Many Hollywood, Bollywood, Kollywood and other language war scenes have been shot here.

The source also added that they have already made a gym for Balakrishna. When contacted, producer Rajiv Reddy said, “I am already in Morocco for the arrangements.”