Sardaar’s dairy extends kudos to Brahma Kadali

Most of Sardaar Gabbar Singh was shot in the Rattanpur village set erected by Brahma Kadali.  In the latest SGS Dairy entry, Brahma Kadali is given a thumbs up.

"After a series of turns in the muddled lanes of Jubilee Hills, there is a dead-ended, muddied road which lead you to old, deserted 'Bhoot Bungalow' with barren land where Pawan Kalyan's Sardaar Gabbar Singh is predominantly shot in a specially erected set – Rattanpur town. The set features an elaborate railway track, an overhead water tank, market including Govindram hair saloon, Dhaba, Kirana shop, Scrap shop, Post office, Library, a group of houses and what not!? Art director Brahma Kadali is the creator of this Rattanpur set.

"Nearly 350 truckloads of soil was dumped on to the site initially to level the ground. At least 300 to 500 people worked day and night for 45 days to erect the set of Rattanpur which is considered as one of the fastest built sets. Though the art direction team was given a time of 70 days, the team managed to make it in just 45 days.

"The platform is built properly to position the goods bogey. With slightly western touch, the set is built keeping the Indian nativity intact.  The Rattanpur set costed approximately Rs 5 Crore.  SGS is shot in Rattanpur set in around 40 working days.

"Not a single tree or a branch is cut to erect the massive set of Rattanpur. The existing trees and plants have been retained without causing any damage and these trees have become part of Rattanpur's landscape," shares art director Brahma Kadali who earlier worked for Gabbar Singh as well. Around 350-odd trucks of soil is dumped into the land to level the surface. Despite this, the makers of SGS ensured trees are unaffected."