Akshay Kumar is a busy man and yesterday he met with the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, at the Trident in Mumbai.
News reports assumed that the meeting was bout the hi-tech film city that is being built in Noida. However, as per Peeping Moon, not a word was mentioned about the film city.
Chatting for 90 minutes, Akshay Kumar was the initiator of the meeting where the two spoke about the fact that Akshay wanted to bounce his forthcoming film ‘Ram Setu‘ with the UP Chief Minister and get permission to shoot in Ayodhya. Yogi was reportedly delighted with the proposal and extended all cooperation to Akshay to shoot in Ayodhya.
‘Ram Setu‘ was announced last month on Diwali with an Instagram post. Akshay added, “Let us endeavour to keep alive the ideals of Ram in the consciousness of all Bharitayas by building a bridge (setu) that will connect generations to come.” The poster, which has Lord Ram with a bow and arrow in the background, asks, “Myth or Reality?”
The film will be directed by Abhishek Sharma and is to be produced by Vikram Malhotra’s Abundantia Entertainment and Akshay’s Cape of Good Films. It is now clear that the film will be based on Lord Ram and since Ayodhya is His birthplace. Akshay expressing his desire on wanting to shoot there and hence sought Yogi’s permission and cooperation.