The picturesque Dudhsagar waterfall, situated on the Goa-Karnataka border, is one of the few locations in India selected for a train sequence to be shot for the new James Bond movie.Sources stated that recce of the spot, located amidst thick jungles, has already been done and the railway ministry has given its approval. The South-Western Railway operates train services from near the waterfall.
However, some issues related to shooting are yet to be sorted out.
"Height is an issue. For the sequence, they require a particular height, which is not there near this spot. But they have still listed this place," a source stated.
Even though the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG), a nodal agency which gives permission for film shooting in Goa, is yet to receive an application for the shooting, sources said that the next Bond movie would be shot over 40 days from
January
to March.
"As and when we receive the application, we will consider it," ESG Chief Executive Officer Manoj Srivastava said, adding
that they are yet to receive the shooting schedule.
According to sources, a few places in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad have also been short-listed, where the
train sequence could be shot.
The Indian Railway Ministry has already given its approval for the shooting of the sequence, although it has asked the
filmmakers not to show people traveling on train roof tops.
The 23rd Bond film, which is yet to be named, will be directed by Sam Mendes and released on November 9, 2012.
