Mumbai Fixers - Delhi

05/04/2024

Day 2 and 3

First time filming in a hospital at Rohtak, Haryana and got to know the grassroot level functioning of government facilities. There is a wide gap between the government policies and its implementation and it’s only by proper awareness that this gap will be reduced.

03/04/2024

Day #1 of filming of a medical health science based documentary in the streets of Old Delhi. The lanes of Jama Masjid and Matia Mahal streets gave flavour to the story as Delhi's actual charm is in these lanes that date back to the 17th century.

This is just day one and it's just starting. More updates coming soon. Next stop : Haryana !!!

02/10/2023

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18/08/2019

Indian Letters being filmed in Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Fatehpur Sikri. Various locations capturing the beauty of this journey. Shooting the skyline of the Mughal cities sprinkled with a dance sequence, it was a great time filming there. Special thanks to Firoze Khan, our man who handled the shoot really well.

16/09/2017

Film Fixer Delhi debuts with its first project. BTS pictures of a recent project shot in different lanes of Old Delhi. Excited to see the final result !!

04/08/2017

HAUZ KHAS

The Khilji Dynasty, part of the Delhi Sultanate, between the years 1290 to 1320, covered the entire north and northwestern belt of India, a major region of Pakistan (except Baluchistan), western Bangladesh, major areas of Nepal, parts of Afghanistan and traces of Tajikistan and Tibet (in China). The successors, Tughlaqs, ruled a major part of India (leaving the eastern and northeastern areas except Bengal), Pakistan and Bangladesh and traces of Nepal between 1320 to 1413.

The Turkic origin Khilji dynasty had its capital at Siri (the fourth city of medieval Delhi) and during his reign between 1296 and 1316, the ruler Alauddin Khilji built the Hauz Khas which he originally named as Hauz-i-Alai. The name 'Hauz Khas' literally translates to 'royal water tank' and it measured 123.6 acres in area, 600 meters wide and water depth of 4 meters.

Later, after the Khiljis, when the Tughlaqs came to power, the ruler Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309 - 1388) expanded the nearby areas by constructing a mosque, six domed pavilions (built in 1354), and a Madrasa (Islamic centre of learning) and an Islamic cemetery (established in 1352). The village surrounding the Madrasa was known as Tarabad. The complex also has a tomb of Firuz Shah Tughlaq which was restored by the successor Sikandar Lodi (Sultan of Delhi between 1489 to 1517) in 1507.

The Hauz Khas village surrounding the tank and the complex has had once witnessed a glorious centre of academic learning which attracted scholars and academia from around the globe, positioning Delhi as the centre of Islamic heritage in the world (after the Siege of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258).

Between 1334 and 1342, the Moroccan traveller and scholar Ibn Batutah (1304 - 1369) reported about the Hauz Khas and described the region as surrounded by at least 40 domes (which he actually referred to the houses which existed before the construction of the Madrasa). In 1398, when the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370 - 1507) attacked Delhi, he set up his camp at Hauz Khas as he was highly impressed by the Madrasa and the environs. It is reported that once the neighbouring village of Tarabad had its own market - specialising in musical instruments and supplies which were the largest in the world.

With the establishment of Firuzabad by Firuz Shah Tughlaq in 1354, which would be Delhi's seventh city and expansion it towards the north of Hauz Khas, in the successive centuries, the region turned out to be in ruins. The Mughal rulers although have had established many tombs in this area. Restoration happened in the 1980s with the development of shopping joints, restaurants, cultural shops and market areas. The 'deer park', originally created in 1295 is now accessible to the general public. Hauz Khas village is now an alleyway to an upmarket and sophisticated elite class of Delhi which attracts tourists as well.

Presently, the Hauz Khas neighbourhood lies in the New Delhi district of Delhi, neighbouring regions such as Shahpur Jat, Green Park, Katwaria Sarai, Sector 2 RK Puram, Ber Sarai, Kalu Sarai, Arjun Nagar and Humayunpur. The Hauz Khas metro station is the nearest railway network connecting the region.

Some of the Bollywood films such as Rockstar (2011), Wazir (2016), Tamasha (2015) etc. have had some of its scenes shot at the Hauz Khas complex.

Attached here are some of the pictures of the Hauz Khas complex.

06/06/2017

FIROZ SHAH KOTLA

What today are the ruins of a medieval capital city overshadowed by the adjacent cricket stadium, was once a magnum Islamic architecture constructed under the supervision of Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309 - 1388), the ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty, a part of the Delhi Sultanate (1206 - 1526). This magnum structure was the capital fortress of Firuz Shah Tughlaq which was named as Kushk-i-Firoz Shahi or simply Firozabad, one of the several established cities of old Delhi. The commission of the fortress began in the year 1354 when the capital was shifted from Tughlaqabad to a little north.

Although in ruins, the fortress once composed of various architectural establishments such as Diwan-i-Khas, the Royal Palace, the Jami Masjid, a baoli, Hawa Mahal, a garden and an Ashokan pillar of Mauryan times dating 3rd century BC which is also known as Ashok Lat. The fortress didn't had the the typical Islamic ornamentation in its architecture but its grandeur and magna attracted invaders especially Timur or Tamerlane (1336 - 1405, the founder of the Timurid Empire in Iran) so much so that he replicated the architecture to build a similar mosque named as Bibi Khanum in Samarkand in the year 1404. The first connection of India-Uzbekistan culture starts from this point, the second most important event would be the birth of Babur in 1493, who would be the founder of the Mughal Empire in India.

The fortress ruins have haunting stories of the two existing djinns to whom travellers pay homage by offering coins and praying for the fulfilment of their wishes. It is said that the two spirits present in the ruins either grant a blessing or a curse which is the basis of all haunting stories from this place. Nevertheless, the place is as fascinating as its stories and one must wonder as why such a gigantic space is less travelled by people.

The ruins are overshadowed by the Firoz Shah Kotla cricket ground adjacent to it which was established in 1883 and is the second largest cricket stadium in India after the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. Cricket lovers would attach themselves with a special nostalgia as this ground is known to have witnessed important milestones in Indian cricket history.

The ruins of Firoz Shah Kotla are situated in Vikram Nagar area of New Delhi and the nearest metro station to reach it is the ITO (Income Tax Office) Metro Station. A perfect spot for the lovers of storytellers offering a classy cinematic beauty to capture on lens.