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Bollywood Movie Commando 3

Our first Bollywood movie: drone filming of car chases and stunt action sequences around Bradford, West Yorkshire

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LocationBradford city centre, West Yorkshire
StarringVidyut Jammwal
DirectorAditya Datt
AircraftDJI Inspire 2, X7 Super 35, ProRes D-Log
Location: Bradford

Filmed in and around Bradford

Commando 3 was filmed in and around Bradford and included many complicated stunt scenes.

1stOur first Bollywood movie
3Crew: pilot, camera operator, focus puller
S35X7 Super 35mm camera
2019Released in cinemas

Our drone filming team included a Drone Pilot, dedicated camera operator and remote focus puller.

Aerial filming required special permission from the Bradford Film office who managed to close the whole of the city centre for several drone filming sequences.

The drone filming on this occasion was filmed using the DJI Inspire 2 with the X7 super 35mm camera shooting ProRes in D-Log.

Car chases

Car chases through the streets of Bradford

We filmed the car chases around Bradford, West Yorkshire, with the city centre closed to traffic so the stunt drivers and the drone had the streets to themselves.

Car chasesStunt driversBradford city centreRoad closuresBradford Film OfficeWest YorkshireLow-level tracking

Commando 3 was our first Bollywood movie, and it arrived on our own doorstep. Bradford is a short drive from our base in West Yorkshire, and for this shoot its Victorian streets became the backdrop for a full-scale action film.

The car chases were the heart of our work. Stunt drivers threw the cars through the city centre at speed while the drone tracked them from above and alongside, low between the stone buildings and then climbing to show the whole chase unfolding through the streets.

None of it is possible without the roads. The Bradford Film Office arranged the closures, clearing the city centre so the stunt team could drive flat out and we could fly directly over streets that would normally be full of traffic and people.

With a three-person drone crew, the pilot could concentrate on flying the line of the chase, the camera operator on framing the cars, and the focus puller on keeping fast-moving vehicles sharp on a Super 35 cinema camera.

Bradford on screen
City centreClosed for filmingwith the Bradford Film OfficeSeveral of our drone sequences needed the whole of the city centre closed. The Film Office managed the permissions and the closures that made the chase scenes possible.
Victorian merchants’ quarterLittle Germanya Commando 3 locationLittle Germany, the district of grand stone warehouses built by Bradford’s wool merchants, is listed on the Bradford City of Film map as a Commando 3 location. Its narrow, steep streets could have been built for a car chase.
Since 2009UNESCO City of Filmthe first in the worldBradford became the world’s first UNESCO City of Film in 2009. Its Film Office supports film and television production across the district, from British drama to Bollywood action.
Stunt action

Car stunts, machine guns, smoke and martial arts

We also filmed the stunt action scene around a Bradford hotel, one of the biggest set pieces we have been part of.

Stunt action sequenceCar stuntsMartial artsSmoke effectsProp weaponsBradford hotelDJI Inspire 2

The second part of our shoot was a stunt action scene staged around a Bradford hotel. It had everything: crazy car stunts, fake machine guns, smoke drifting across the set and martial arts fight sequences, all happening at once.

For a drone crew that means working as one part of a very large machine. The stunt team, the special effects crew and the camera department all have their own timings, and the drone has to hit its mark on every take without getting in anyone’s way.

We flew wide to show the scale of the action around the hotel, then came in lower and closer for the cars and the fights, with the smoke giving the pictures real depth and atmosphere.

Every flight was briefed with the stunt co-ordinators first. Where the cars would go, where the performers would be and where the effects would fire were all agreed before the drone left the ground.

The film

Commando 3: a Bollywood action film made in Yorkshire

The third film in the Commando series, starring Vidyut Jammwal and directed by Aditya Datt.

BollywoodVidyut JammwalAditya DattReliance EntertainmentSunshine PicturesBradfordYorkYorkshire

Commando 3 is the third film in the Commando series, following Commando in 2013 and Commando 2 in 2017. It was produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah with Reliance Entertainment, Sunshine Pictures and Motion Picture Capital, and released in cinemas on 29 November 2019.

Vidyut Jammwal returns as commando Karanveer Singh Dogra, sent undercover to England to stop a planned terrorist attack on India. Jammwal is a trained martial artist who is known for performing his own stunts, which is why the fight scenes in the series look the way they do.

The story is set in London, but a large part of the film was shot in Yorkshire, in Bradford and in York, with filming starting in September 2018.

The action earned the film’s stunt team a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Action, and Commando 3 became the highest-grossing film in the series.

The cast
Karanveer Singh DograVidyut JammwalThe commando of the title, and the star of all three films.
Bhavana ReddyAdah SharmaSenior Inspector with the Anti-Terrorism Squad.
Mallika SoodAngira DharThe British intelligence agent working alongside them.
Buraq AnsariGulshan DevaiahThe villain of the film.
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Action scenes from Commando 3

Official clips from Reliance Entertainment.

Commando 3 Vidyuts Solid Action, official clipPlay filmVidyut’s Solid Action
Commando 3 Commando In Action, official clipPlay filmCommando In Action
Commando 3 The Commando Attack, official clipPlay filmThe Commando Attack

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