How 'Rock On 2' pays tribute to North-east India

Farhan Akhtar is currently filming the long-awaited sequel to Rock On!!. Farhan,  director Shujaat Saudagar and the rest of the team, recently shot a long spell  in Shillong.

This was meant to be a tribute to a long-neglected Indian state and its persecuted people.

Says Farhan, “Every other day we read about some student from the North East being roughed up, bullied, or worse. I wanted to shoot in that part of our country for long. We all need to make the isolated parts of the country more assimilated.And I am so glad we shot in Shillong.” And Farhan says they are all spellbound.

“I’ve shot in many foreign and Indian locations as an actor and a director. But the untouched natural beauty of Shillong left us all hankering for more. Normally, after a schedule in an outdoor location, some crew members are unhappy to leave, others are happy to get home. But this is my first shooting schedule where all of us were  equally unhappy to leave Shillong.”

Now, Farhan is planning a holiday with his family in Shillong. “Not only me, everyone in the Rock On 2 unit is planning to go back,” says Farhan.