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Pakistan has been revisited the way it was in 1971 by director Amrith Sagar who has done extensive research for the film ‘1971’. But it wasn’t an easy task to create Pakistan in Manali and replicate the Pakistani prisons the way it was and the makers of the film swear by it. Updating more about it director Amrith Sagar says, "We didn't want to shoot in Pakistan, so we have to recreate all sets here. Not just jails, costumes, helicopters, and bikes all are integral to the film. We constructed our set in Manali, 14,000 feel above sea level. We even had to construct our own road to get there. The Internet was almost like my art director. We had a consultant, Bikramjeet who is an ex-army man. He managed to get hold of an ID that belonged to a Pakistani officer of that time, and we used it as a reference point for IDs in the film. We had some trouble duplicating convicts' uniforms. They used to wear light blue salwar-kurtas. We even used bikes from that time too. My great-grandfather is from Pakistan, and my grandfather Ramanand Sagar migrated to India from Lahore during the partition. We still have a house in Kashmir. I went through a lot of old albums to see how people dressed up at that time. The pictures were very helpful." The film is all set to hit the theatres this Friday, so get ready to watch some action that’s as realistic as the true story of POWs of 1971.
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