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Images: Osama bin Laden in Chandigarh?

Mar 2, 2012   (4 images)

No Osama is not back from the dead. 2009 Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow, is in India shooting her new film which is based around the life of Osama bin Laden. The film is being shot in Chandigarh. Now we didn't know that Osama has a Chandigarh connection, but we're sure Bigelow has her reasons for shooting in the city. The film's crew has been shooting in prominent markets and at the Punjab Engineering College with shop boards in Urdu, auto-rickshaws with Lahore number plates, burqa-clad women and men in shalwar-kameez, chappals and skullcaps. Here are images from the shoot. Mouse over for captions.

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Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow (R) stands on the set during shooting for her upcoming film about Osama Bin Laden in Chandigarh. PTI

 

Bigelow and her cast are in India shooting at various locations over the next few weeks. The film's crew has been shooting in prominent markets and at the Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh with shop boards in Urdu, auto-rickshaws with Lahore number plates, burqa-clad women and men in shalwar-kameez, chappals and skullcaps.AP

 

Director Kathryn Bigelow, centre, stands on the set during shooting for her upcoming film about Osama bin Laden in Chandigarh. AP

 

With US-Pakistan relations strained, Bigelow could not shoot in Pakistan where the infamous Abbottabad building was razed over the weekend. AP