Wink girl Priya Prakash Varrier's Love Hackers director Mayank Srivastava opens up on shooting in Russia amid pandemic

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New Delhi: Actress and wink sensation Priya Prakash Varrier starrer Love Hackers has been directed by Mayank Prakash Srivastava. The crime-thriller which deals with cybercrime recently completed one month of shoot schedule in Russia. 

Priya is going to play the role of a victim who falls prey to cybercriminals. The film will also focus on her journey of how she comes out of the situation.

Director Mayank Srivastava shares about the challenges of shooting in Russia amid the pandemic and reveals the difficulties when most of the team members tested positive. 

He states, "It was a real challenge to shoot in Russia during the pandemic, 90% of our crew fell victim to COVID before they can travel to Russia, so we had limited crew to shoot the movie. It was very much difficult to cope up with the weather fluctuations, the whole schedule was thrown out of gear with the tough weather, and the maximum shoot was done between 3 Degree Celsius to -2 Degree Celsius and language was also a barrier."

He continued, "Myself, one of my actresses and 2 crew members tested positive in Moscow. We were detained at the medical centre and doctors checked our ECG, Oxygen level, Temperature and called an ambulance to take us to the hospital. They checked almost all parameters and then we were quarantined with proper medical treatment."

On talking about his working experience in Russia he said, "It was an amazing experience to shoot in Russia, people are very friendly with Indians, many Russians, asked us, “Are you Indian”, when we said yes, they use to say “We Love India”. Russians love “Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja”, Amitabh Bachchan, Raj Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty."