"We stayed in a safety bubble and followed all strict protocols", says Jimmy Sheirgill on Collar Bomb shooting amid COVID lockdown

Collar Bomb was shot across different locations in Nainital, Chail, and Shimla and included crowd scenes, extensive interaction between cast members, and action sequences.  

New Delhi: The much-awaited thriller by Yoodlee Films, Collar Bomb premiered on July 9, 2021, on Disney+ Hotstar VIP and Disney+ Hotstar Premium. It stars Jimmy Shergill, Asha Negi, Rajshri Deshpande, Sparsh Shrivastav among others. The makers pulled off the complex shoot of 'Collar Bomb' during the pandemic.  Siddharth Anand Kumar, Vice-President, Films and Events, Saregama, says, “ We did a lot of groundwork to ensure everyone's safety. We employed trained 'COVID officers' on the sets to monitor safety protocols with the help of masks, PPE kits, temperature checks, daily screenings, face shields, and sanitisation tunnels.”   About the logistical complications of location hunting during a pandemic, he says, "Scouting for locations and obtaining permissions to shoot was an uphill task because of strict travel restrictions,. Since the film is set in a school, it was tough to find one that fitted the script specifications. And even harder to convince school authorities to allow us to shoot.  We ended up sending them a blueprint of all the safety protocols we were planning to implement. We also promised the presence of a skeletal crew. And still, it wasn't easy to convince parents to let us shoot with their kids for obvious reasons."