Place Nationale becomes the object of attention of all who pass by this Friday, 16 December. And for good reason! The big stars of Indian cinema have come to take over the shooting location of their next film: Waltair Veerayya. Under a stormy sky, a large bright projector facing the technical team editing the sequence live (a practice often practiced in Indian films), two celebrities, Chiranjeevi Sarja and Shruti Hassan, recorded the second choreographed song from a long tape alongside dancers.

Chiranjeevi is a huge star in this country. He is the former Minister of Culture and Tourism, and he is one of the greatest actors in Tollywood cinema with 154 films to his credit”, Cheri, the film’s producer.

Because this is a question of Tollywood and non-Bollywood cinema, where the difference is based on language issues. “We are from Hyderabad in the Telangana region of southeast India and our film is made in Telugu, not in Marathi like in Mumbai”, explained the producer.

Montauban among selected places in France

If Place Nationale is chosen by Indian blockbusters, it is because of the beauty and charm of the place. “We were looking for a beautiful place in France to shoot our two music videos. But we wanted to get out of a big place like Paris, where everyone goes to shoot. When we saw this place in the pictures, we felt it was really beautiful”, confirmed Ceri . But before arriving in the pinkest of pink cities, the 85-member team crossed France to film first on Mont Saint-Michel, then at the resort of Les Gets in the Alps over four days.

After Montauban, direct Auch in the Gers for the final scene before returning to India, where two clips will be added to the film’s shot at Waltair, a popular spot in India for fishing and which references the plot. “Veryya’s hero is a fisherman whose family was murdered by gangsters. He will meet a spy trying to find them, just like him. From there a love story is born, hence a clip”, says the producer, who is expecting 2 million audience for this film, which is scheduled for release on January 13, and after February 23 on Netflix.