Hyderabad: Actor Akshay Kumar has been admitted to a Mumbai hospital as a precautionary measure a day after he tested COVID-19 positive. Before testing positive for novel coronavirus, Akshay was busy shooting for his upcoming film Ram Setu. According to the latest reports, apart from Kumar, as many as 45 crew members working on the film have tested positive for COVID-19.
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The journey of making one of the most special films for me begins today. #RamSetu shooting begins! Playing an archaeologist in the film. Would love to hear your thoughts on the look? It always matters to me🙏🏻 @Asli_Jacqueline@Nushrratt@Abundantia_Ent@LycaProductions pic.twitter.com/beI6p0hO0I
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) March 30, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">The journey of making one of the most special films for me begins today. #RamSetu shooting begins! Playing an archaeologist in the film. Would love to hear your thoughts on the look? It always matters to me🙏🏻 @Asli_Jacqueline@Nushrratt@Abundantia_Ent@LycaProductions pic.twitter.com/beI6p0hO0I
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) March 30, 2021The journey of making one of the most special films for me begins today. #RamSetu shooting begins! Playing an archaeologist in the film. Would love to hear your thoughts on the look? It always matters to me🙏🏻 @Asli_Jacqueline@Nushrratt@Abundantia_Ent@LycaProductions pic.twitter.com/beI6p0hO0I
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) March 30, 2021
Akshay was tested positive for the virus five days after starting the shoot of his action-adventure drama Ram Setu. Apart from Kumar, as many as 45 crew members working on the film have tested positive for COVID-19. According to reports, a crew of nearly 100 was set to begin filming in Madh Island from April 5 but when the mandatory COVID-19 tests were done, 40 junior artists tested positive.
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The crew members have been quarantined after testing positive. Out of those, 40 were junior artistes while the rest were Akshay's make-up team, their assistants. The shooting for Ram Setu has been halted indefinitely.
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what a prestigious start to this epic journey of #RamSetu right from the land of Ayodhya 🙏@akshaykumar @Asli_Jacqueline @Nushrratt @Abundantia_Ent@LycaProductions @vikramix @ShikhaaSharma03#AbhishekSharma #DrChandraprakashDwivedi#CapeOfGoodFilms pic.twitter.com/Z167QKJLZ3
— amazon prime video IN (@PrimeVideoIN) March 19, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">what a prestigious start to this epic journey of #RamSetu right from the land of Ayodhya 🙏@akshaykumar @Asli_Jacqueline @Nushrratt @Abundantia_Ent@LycaProductions @vikramix @ShikhaaSharma03#AbhishekSharma #DrChandraprakashDwivedi#CapeOfGoodFilms pic.twitter.com/Z167QKJLZ3
— amazon prime video IN (@PrimeVideoIN) March 19, 2021what a prestigious start to this epic journey of #RamSetu right from the land of Ayodhya 🙏@akshaykumar @Asli_Jacqueline @Nushrratt @Abundantia_Ent@LycaProductions @vikramix @ShikhaaSharma03#AbhishekSharma #DrChandraprakashDwivedi#CapeOfGoodFilms pic.twitter.com/Z167QKJLZ3
— amazon prime video IN (@PrimeVideoIN) March 19, 2021
After his diagnosis, Kumar had urged all those who came in contact with him to also get themselves tested. "I would sincerely request all those that have come in contact with me get themselves tested and take care. Back in action soon! he wrote on Sunday.
On a related note, 18 unit members of Madhuri Dixit-judged reality show Dance Deewane had tested positive for COVID-19 on March 30.
