Police Story 3 was made in 12 hours

The shooting for the film in progress

Bullets, chases, loads of action and heavy-duty dialogues, replete with an item number...this movie had it all. But what made the difference was the duration in which all this was accomplished .

On Monday morning, a team of five directors, six cameramen, 30 artistes gathered at the Palace Grounds, in the city, in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records. Their mission? To beat the existing record of a Tamil film which was made in 11 days, two hours and 45 minutes and shot in 32 hours. "So we decided to shoot our film within 12 hours — from 6 am to 6 pm, so that we could release the first copy in 11 days and release the film soon after" says Shankar, one of the five directors who worked on the film.

Titled Police Story 3, the film stars Sudeep and Thriller Manju in lead roles, besides 30 other artistes. Thriller Manju has directed Police Story, Part 1 and 2 in the past, but this film is not related to the first two, assures the team.

"It was Thriller Manju who came up with the idea of making a film in 12 hours and setting a record. When he approached us with the concept, it sounded adventurous and we liked it. To make a movie that takes 45 days in normal circumstances with all the elements of a potboiler in under 12 hours is no mean task," says Anand P Raju, another director who called the shots for the film. The team along with producer Shivanand Madhav Shetty had written to the Guinness authorities earlier and have now received an acknowledgement asking them to go ahead with the task.

But five directors and six cameramen for one film? Wasn't there a clash of opinions? "Thriller Manju had already narrated the story to us and all of us had discussed the sequences. Sudeep plays a pivotal role in the film. We were all given our bits to work on and timings were allotted. Each director was given an exclusive cinematographer and a stuntman," explains Anand P Raju.

Meanwhile, we ask the team about an earlier movie, Sugreeva that was made in 18 hours. "I don't think they created a record because that film had over 12 directors and numerous technicians," observes Shankar.

Victory Vasu tells us that he directed an item song that was wrapped up in just three hours. "We used blocks like silent play and montages to shoot this song," he says. "And to add humour to the story there's Sadhu Kokila, who has also composed the background score for the film." Shankar adds,"We shot the film in six different locations in and around Palace Grounds. We are confident that the film will be an inspiration to the youth, especially the ones who want to join the police force."


The five directors
Shankar
Anand P Raju
Sadhu Kokila
JJ Krishna
Victory Vasu

The six cameramen
JJ Krishna
Krishna Kumar
MR Seenu
Gauri Venkatesh
Jai Anand
Janardhan

Courtesy: TOI