Bheram Pada, Naupada, Dharavi, Kasai Khana in Chor Bazaar... The National hotel and Gulistan building shown in the film actually exist. The main character in the film, apart from Rajeev, was Mumbai.

Raj Kumar finalised all the locations. I spent three weeks in those areas, trying to understand the areas and take photographs from all angles.

How did you shoot in those small bylanes?

When we went to these places, we realised that not much light penetrates inside the lanes. And since the lanes were very small, our equipment could not enter inside. My wildlife cinematography came in handy, and we would shoot in natural light.

We made the crew wait at a distance, and only a few of us would go to the area with the camera. We would hide in a van and shoot. If the van could not go to some of the places, I would carry the camera on my shoulders and shoot.

Since the film's budget is small, Rajeev and all of us had to do the scene in one take.

In the picture: Local goons try to rob Aamir's red suitcase, containing money.

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