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బాలీవుడ్ కండల వీరుడు సల్మాన్ఖాన్ నటించిన 'దబాంగ్' సిరీస్ సూపర్ హిట్ అయింది. అందులో 'చుల్బుల్ పాండే' పాత్రకు అభిమానులు ఫిదా అయిపోయారు. అతడి కెరీర్లోనే ఓ మంచి పాత్రగా ముద్రపడింది. ఇంత పేరు తెచ్చిన ఈ సినిమా కోసం మొదట సల్మాన్ను అనుకోలేదట.

Published : Jul 24, 2019, 3:27 PM IST

Updated : Jul 24, 2019, 6:13 PM IST

బాలీవుడ్లో సల్మాన్ఖాన్ హీరోగా వచ్చిన 'దబాంగ్' అన్ని వర్గాల వారిని విపరీతంగా ఆకట్టుకుంది. రెండు భాగాలు బాక్సాఫీస్ వద్ద కాసుల వర్షం కురిపించాయి. ఇందులోని సల్మాన్ పాత్ర 'చుల్బుల్ పాండే' ఓ మరపురానిదిగా ప్రేక్షకులకు గుర్తుండిపోతుంది. ప్రస్తుతం మూడో భాగంలో నటిస్తూ బిజీగా ఉన్నాడు సల్మాన్. ఇలాంటి సమయంలో అతడి సోదరుడు అర్భాజ్ ఖాన్ ఓ ఆశ్చర్యకర విషయాన్ని బయటపెట్టాడు. దర్శకుడు అభినవ్ ఈ పాత్ర కోసం మొదటి ఎంపిక సల్మాన్ కాదని, నటులు ఇర్ఫాన్ ఖాన్, రణ్దీప్ హుడాలను అనుకున్నామని వెల్లడించాడు.

ఇర్ఫాన్, అర్భాజ్, రణ్దీప్

" చుల్బుల్ పాండే పాత్ర కోసం రణ్దీప్, ఇర్ఫాన్లను అనుకున్నాడు దర్శకుడు అభినవ్. అయితే వారిద్దరినీ ఎంపిక చేయలేదు. నేను ఆ చిత్రాన్ని నిర్మిస్తానని ముందుకొచ్చినపుడు సల్మాన్ ప్రస్తావన తీసుకొచ్చాడు. చుల్బుల్ పాండే పాత్రలో భాయ్ నటిస్తే ఎలా ఉంటుందని అడిగాడు. చివరికి అన్ని అనుకున్నట్లే జరిగాయి " .
- అర్భాజ్ఖాన్, బాలీవుడ్ నిర్మాత

2010లో విడుదలైన 'దబాంగ్' తొలి భాగం విపరీతమైన ఆదరణ పొందింది. 2012లో సీక్వెల్ తీశారు. మూడో భాగం ప్రస్తుతం షూటింగ్ దశలో ఉంది. ప్రభుదేవా దర్శకుడు. పుణెలోని పల్టన్లో 10 రోజుల షెడ్యూల్ జరుపుకుంటోంది. సోనాక్షి సిన్హా మరోసారి భాయ్కు జోడీగా నటిస్తోంది. అర్భాజ్, కిచ్చా సుదీప్, మహీ గిల్, మహేశ్ మంజ్రేకర్ కూతురు సైయీ కీలకపాత్రలు పోషిస్తున్నారు. ఇప్పటికే 60 శాతం షూటింగ్ పూర్తిచేసుకోగా... 2019 క్రిస్మస్ కానుకగా విడుదల చేసేందుకు సన్నాహాలు చేస్తున్నారు.

సల్మాన్, సోనాక్షి జోడీ

ఇర్ఫాన్, అర్భాజ్, రణ్దీప్

" చుల్బుల్ పాండే పాత్ర కోసం రణ్దీప్, ఇర్ఫాన్లను అనుకున్నాడు దర్శకుడు అభినవ్. అయితే వారిద్దరినీ ఎంపిక చేయలేదు. నేను ఆ చిత్రాన్ని నిర్మిస్తానని ముందుకొచ్చినపుడు సల్మాన్ ప్రస్తావన తీసుకొచ్చాడు. చుల్బుల్ పాండే పాత్రలో భాయ్ నటిస్తే ఎలా ఉంటుందని అడిగాడు. చివరికి అన్ని అనుకున్నట్లే జరిగాయి " .
- అర్భాజ్ఖాన్, బాలీవుడ్ నిర్మాత

సల్మాన్, సోనాక్షి జోడీ

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: PART MUST CREDIT KATHEMBO FAMILY
SHOTLIST:
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Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo – 14 July 2019
1. Health workers lower the body of Ebola victim Mussa Kathembo into a grave
2. Various of 14-year-old Ismael Kasereka, Mussa's nephew, at burial site
3. Workers burying the caskets of Mussa and his wife, Asiya
4. A friend of Mussa and Asiya watching the burial
5. Various of a boy filming the burial
6. Health workers getting disinfected
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7. STILL of Mussa
8. STILL of Asiya
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Beni, DRC – 16 July 2019
9. Various of a health worker holding Lahya Kathembo, the 2-month-old daughter of Mussa and Asiya
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Beni, DRC – 13 July 2019
10. Aerial shot of Ebola treatment centre in Beni
11. Health worker walks around Ebola treatment centre
12. Various of Ebola patient inside isolation tent
13. Various health workers at treatment centre
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Beni, DRC – 15 July 2019
14. Various of Josue Paluku Kalume, community mobilizer, walking the streets of Beni
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Beni, DRC – 14 July 2019
15. Kalume sitting down for an interview
16. SOUNDBITE (French) Josue Paluku Kalume, community mobilizer:
"For the couple, we spent two weeks negotiating to go to the CTE (Ebola treatment centre) quickly, but the husband (Mussa) wanted witch doctors (traditional healers). He let some into his home."
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Beni, DRC – 15 July 2019
17. Kalume walking into Mussa and Asiya's compound
18. Woman in compound
19. Kalume in compound
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Beni, DRC – 14 July 2019
20. SOUNDBITE (French) Josue Paluku Kalume, community mobilizer
"But when we tried a little to communicate to him, to show him the advantage of going to the CTE early enough, with his symptoms, but he refused."
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Beni, DRC – 13 July 2019
21. Child crying as she gets an Ebola vaccination
22. Health workers calls out the names for vaccinations
23. Woman registers for vaccination
24. Various health workers write down the names for vaccine registration
25. Various people waiting to get vaccinated
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Beni, DRC – 14 July 2019
26. SOUNDBITE (French) Josue Paluku Kalume, community mobilizer:
"They (people) interpret the vaccines in their own way and they believe that after you get vaccinated, it will be difficult to give birth, that the vaccine is going to kill them, that the vaccine was designed to exterminate that community. So as communicators, we are here to convince them and talk about the benefit of this vaccine."
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Beni, DRC – 13 July 2019
27. Beatrice Ubapemecho getting vaccinated in Mussa and Asiya's compound
28. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Beatrice Ubapemecho, resident:
"You have here, there is a door in this fence. We are neighbours with this family (Mussa and Asiya)."
29. Various of health worker taking photograph of a child who's just been vaccinated
30. Photographs of people who have been vaccinated
31. Various of people who have just received vaccination
32. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Beatrice Ubapemecho, resident:
"I'm not afraid, my heart told me to come here and get the vaccine because at my age, I'm like a child because all the diseases can defeat me, like Ebola. That's why I need the vaccine."
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Beni, DRC – 16 July 2019
33. Various of coordinator of Ebola response team in Beni, Dr. Gaston Tshapenda, at his desk
34. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Gaston Tshapenda, Coordinator of Ebola response team in Beni:
"The movement of people is very high between different areas here and between also the province with other countries around. These are some factors that can explain why this outbreak is so long."
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Beni, DRC – 14 July 2019
35. Various of women outside their homes
34. Various Josue Paluku Kalume speaking to women who had initially refused the vaccine
35. Kalume speaking to the women UPSOUND (Swahili): Kalume: "Why did you refuse the vaccine?"
Woman: "I refused the vaccine because of the rumours. People say weird things about this vaccination."
Kalume: "You mean that they're saying that you can't give birth after the vaccine?"
Woman: "Yes, a few times but they're also saying we will die after vaccination. But when we had the patient Ebola in our neighbourhood, we had to accept the vaccine."
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Beni, DRC – 16 July 2019
36. Motorcyclist passing by a graveyard
37. Various graves of people who have died of Ebola
38. Various of United Nations (U.N.) forces patrolling a small town outside Beni
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Beni, DRC – 12 July 2019
37. Various of people driving and walking on the main road of Beni
STORYLINE:
Mussa and Asiya Kethembo were buried on a Sunday after they died of Ebola in the town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
At first the couple refused to seek treatment and an experimental Ebola vaccine after showing symptoms of the disease.
Instead they turned to traditional healers.
When they eventually were transferred to an Ebola treatment centre, it was too late and they died soon after.
The couple have left behind two children, including their 2-month-old baby named Lahya.
Unlike her parents, Lahya has tested negative for Ebola.
Deep distrust - along with political instability and violence - has undermined efforts by public health authorities to trace and vaccinate those who may have come into contact with infected people.
Health experts agree the experimental Ebola vaccine, which has a 97.5% effectiveness rate, has saved multitudes in eastern Congo.
After nearly a year some 171,000 doses of the vaccine were handed out.
Health workers have been using what is known as a ring vaccination strategy: The vaccine is first given to those who were in close contact with a sick person.
Then a second 'ring' is created by giving the vaccine to those who were contact with people in the first 'ring.'
Because vaccinations teams haven't been able to reach everyone, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Congolese Health Ministry have switched tactics.
They are now offering the vaccine to anyone who wants it.
The new strategy involves setting up "pop-up" sites in the neighbourhoods most affected, such as Mussa and Asiya's neighbourhood.
However, fears and rumours have stopped some from accepting vaccination, including those who falsely believe the vaccine causes people to contract Ebola.
But in addition to fighting the disease, health workers like Josue Paluku Kalume work hard to combat such rumours that are keeping people from being treated.
"They interpret the vaccines in their own way and they believe that after you get vaccinated, it will be difficult to give birth, that the vaccine is going to kill them, that the vaccine was designed to exterminate that community," Kamule told The Associated Press.

He says Mussa and Asiya Kathembo refused treatment because they believed the rumours that were spread about ebola.
A combination of the distrust and the high movement of people between the regions in DRC, the epidemic shows few signs of waning.
So far the virus has killed more than 1,700 people, while the World Health Organization recommended last week that the outbreak be declared a global health emergency.
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