IT could not get more dramatic — amid Rafales getting set for dogfights and S-400 missile systems yearning to prove themselves during Operation Sindoor, a ‘family drama’ was taking place somewhere far away from the LoC.

A night shoot of filmmaker Anusha Rizvi’s (of ‘Peepli Live’ fame) latest movie, ‘The Great Shamsuddin Family’, which will drop on JioHotstar on December 12, was unfolding during the cross-border conflict, resulting in so much uncertainty on the set that the production team was not even sure if they would be able to finish.

“Honestly, one had to take decisions about shots or lighting that were more to do with the situation facing the film crew rather than creative impulses,” Rizvi smiles, remembering the blackouts.

The film, that is rooted within an urban Muslim family in

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