Recently, there were reports doing the rounds that Hrithik Roshan refused to shoot in Uttar Pradesh and the makers had to hunt a locale in Dubai for the same. The film in question is 'Vikram Vedha', also starring Saif Ali Khan and Radhika Apte. The makers have now issued a clarification. 

Reliance Entertainment has mentioned, "We have been noticing a lot of misleading and totally unsubstantiated reporting on Vikram Vedha shooting locations. We clearly want to clearly state that Vikram Vedha has been shot extensively in India, including Lucknow. A portion of the film was shot in United Arab Emirates in October-November of 2021 since it was the only location providing the infrastructure for a bio-bubble that accomodated crew of such scale, also allowing building of sets in a studio during the preceding months of the shoot. We chose to do that out of health and protocol concerns. Any attempt to twist these set of facts are clearly mischievous and untruthful."