BOOM March Issue 16 | Page 15

REPORT I ‘Yalghaar’ director blames re-shoots for delay in film’s release n the documentary chronicling the film-making process of Francis Ford Coppola’s epic war film, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, the troubled production phase behind the director’s masterpiece is discussed in great detail. From bad weather wrecking expensive sets to lead actors either suffering near-fatal heart attacks or showing up out of shape for their characters – the yearlong principal photography for Apocalypse Now was nothing short of an annus horribilis for the film’s crew. Although not in the same category as that of the cult classic, Hassan Waqas Rana’s Yalghaar seems to have endured a similar fate so far. Initially slated to release in December 2015, the film has been delayed time and again for a plethora و