Foreign shores for desi con artists

Mohar Basu mohar. basu@ mid- day. com After filming a major portion of Bunty Aur Babli 2 in the city over two months, Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji have headed to Abu Dhabi to shoot the climax of the con caper. For a film that hinges on its leads outwitting those around and pulling off cons, debutant director Varun Sharma has imagined an elaborate con sequence that requires the UAE capital as the backdrop.

Bunty Aur Babli ( 2005) was a heartland fare with Mukerji and Abhishek Bachchanu2019s characters shown as smalltown con artistes. But Sharma says it was necessary to give a u201c slicku201d touch to the sequel.