we had an 18day shoot in chandni chowk for sunday and the first time amitabh bachchan ever shot there was for shoebite delhis line producers the guys who provide the complete infrastructural support for shooting have shot most of the big flicks to have hit the screens in the past few years then there was devd which was shot in paharganj that was unusual too says sarin and delhi in particular is a very beautiful place to shoot in the scrapped project on indian summer for instance was to be shot almost entirely in delhi says sahni now i do around 1819 films a year says sarin rents per day for lal qila humayuns tomb are around 5000 per day pragati maidan about 30000 per day foreign filmmakers can get the same kind of crew and infrastructure they get anywhere in europe for a much cheaper cost here they have also acquired editing room which means foreign directors dont have to wait to go back home to see how the shots are shaping up why added to that the line producers who do most of the foreign films shot in india are also based in delhi the metro is becoming increasingly difficult to shoot in because theyve almost stopped giving permission even though producers are ready to pay the rent of 150000 per hour because four other films were being shot in delhi at the same time when break ke baadwas being shot in delhi earlier this year the production team had to bring some of the equipment from mumbai bollywood balle balleravi sarin whose company handles most of the bollywood film shootings in delhi says business has more than doubled in the past 56 years cp comes third on the popularity list with 3 idiots fanaa aisha and the forthcoming rockstar which stars ranbir kapoor being shot there dtc buses can be hired for about 800010000 per day ahista ahista chandni chowk to china delhi6 band baaja baaraat no one killed jessica were shot there only highend expensive cameras are hard to procure in delhi which is why thats these are brought from mumbai hurrahpravesh so whats the most difficult location theyve ever had to shoot in based out of delhi sahni handles the transport security equipment local casting permissions and locations wed never done a film shoot there before as its nearly impossible as those places are so crowded rajouri garden and mayapuri delhis locations are cheap which makes it a hit says sarin the line producers are called to mumbai for a script briefing after which locations are then finalised by the films team and the line producers then take care of everything from equipment casting of junior artistes security transport and spot boys hamara dil aapke paas hai the lagan song from tere naam no one killed jessica chak de india fanaa rdb and 3 idiots are some of the films that have been shot there he says sahnis company has handled about 40