SRK Kajol to shoot one take song in Dilwale, but it’s not Bollywood’s first
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However, director Rohit Shetty is not the first Indian director to have thought of shooting a song in a single go. In the past, there have been songs or sequences where the director didn’t call for a cut and shot it in one go.
Surely, this takes a lot of planning, rehearsal, and retakes, but what comes out in the final cut is spellbinding, and completely worth it.
Here is a list of the songs and sequences that were shot in a single take.
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2. Chale Jaise Hawaein (Main Hoon Na, 2004)
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3. I Wanna Make Love To You (Aitraaz, 2004)
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5. Ek Villain (2014)
The movie starring Sidharth Malhotra,
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6. Gallan Goodiyaan (Dil Dhadakne Do, 2015)
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This song from 2015's comedy-drama had a lot of actors, including Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Rahul Bose, Ridhuma Sud, Zarina Wahab, Vikrant Massey, Parmeet Sethi, Divya Seth, and Manoj Pahwa dancing with hundreds of background songs. Out of all the songs listed, this one has the most fast-paced beats, and is also the longest one-take song (04:38 minutes). Directed by Zoya Akhtar, this song was sung by Yashita Sharma, Manish Kumar Tipu, Farhan Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan, and Sukhwinder Singh, with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's music and Bosco-Ceaser's choreography. Thanks to our reader Jahangir Hussain for pointing out that we had missed this song. [Source]
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