Humshakals crew gets special access to MI6 building for film’s shoot

The upcoming comedy flick by Sajid Khan, Humshakals, is destined to take Bollywood to new heights, it seems. The film with an ensemble cast, which stars Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Kapoor in triple roles, is scheduled to be an entertainer at its best. It has been heard that the team has received special permission to shoot in the MI6 building for the film.

MI6 building, which is located in the south western part of central London on the bank of the River Thames, is an iconic site and no permission has been given ever to any filmmaker to shoot over there. But Sajid Khan’s high profile contacts seem to have made it possible. Most of the film will be shot in abroad locales and Sajid promised that some exquisite never-before-seen locations will be seen in the film.

According to a source, "The MI6 building is an iconic building and hence because of the security reasons they do not let anyone enter the building. Being very fascinated towards the building, Sajid was keen to shoot in this building for one of the sequences. Hence using his special resources and contacts he arranged the shoot for 1 day into the building!”Reports have also revealed that on the day of the shoot the elevator of the building was under maintenance. Hence the entire crew had to climb up to the 14^thfloor by stairs. The source added some fun saying, "It was funny to see Esha, Bipasha and Tamanna climb up the 14 floors with their heels in the hand.” Humshakals, a production venture by Fox Star Studios, is due to release in June 2014.