Phantom (2015 film)

Phantom is a 2015 Indian action thriller film directed by Kabir Khan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and Siddharth Roy Kapur, and starring Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif in leading roles. The screenplay of the film has been written in coordination with author Hussain Zaidis book Mumbai Avengers on the aftermath of 2611 Mumbai attacks. The film was released worldwide onAugust 2015.

Kabir Khan and author S. Hussain Zaidi had come together to collaborate on Kabirs then untitled film, based on the scenario post2611 Mumbai attacks with Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif signed in leading roles. The screenplay of the film is an adaptation and is cowritten in conjunction with Hussains then unreleased book. The film earlier had a working title as Daniyal Khan, before being titled Phantom. Saif Ali Khan and Kaif have reportedly learnt Kurdish and Arabic for their roles. The plot of the Phantom weaves a fictional story to kill the perpetrators of 2008 Mumbai attacks Sajid Mir, David Coleman Headley, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi named as Sabahuddin Umvi and Hafiz Saeed named as Hariz Saeed. The film also depicts incidents similar to the Assassination of Mahmoud AlMabhouh and Boston Marathon bombing. Kashmiri Sufi singer Qazi Touqeer featured in the Afghan Jalebi song.Filming began on October 2013 in Beirut, Lebanon. Aroundof the film was shot in Lebanon in areas including downtown Beirut, the populous area of Khandaq alGhameeq, and the mountainous areas of Kfardebian, with the latter two representing Syria. The shoot of the film required a recreation of a Syrian refugee camp, which involved almost 400 locals to act as rebel militias. The sets of the film were so realistic that many people in the area believed actual militia groups had set up camp, and the Lebanese army began circling planes over the set. However the confusion was cleared after the first day. Due to the countrys recent political turmoil, security was provided to the crew. In January 2014, action sequences were shot in Kashmir near Pahalgam hill station and in a ski resort in Gulmarg for five days. The scenes involved a blast sequence in the peak of winter, when the entire valley was covered in a 10foot blanket of snow. In March 2014, filming continued in a small town in Malerkotla, Punjab where the area was recreated to

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