Welcome Back – the first Bollywood film to have shot at the Emirates Palace.

Welcome Back – the first Bollywood film to have shot at the Emirates Palace.

Firoz A Nadiadwala’s Welcome Back which is scheduled to release in January recently shot at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. While several have approached the royal family to shoot at the location,Welcome Back is the first Bollywood film to get the permission to shoot in the palace,not to mention, the second film in the world after Fast and Furious 7 to have shot at the Emirates Palace.

Sources confirm that the dome area of the palace owned by the Abu Dhabi royal family will be shown as Naseeruddin Shah’s living room in the film. Confirming the news said producer Firoz A Nadiadwala , “After Fast and Furious 7, Welcome Back is the first film to have been shot at the splendid Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.”

Produced by Firoz A Nadiadwala,Welcome Back directed by Anees Bazmee is scheduled to release January 2015. The film stars John Abraham,Shruti Haasan,Nana Patekar,Anil Kapoor ,Paresh Rawal,Naseeruddin Shah,Dimple Kapadia,Shiney Ahuja and Ankita Srivastava.