Pathaan becomes first film to shoot a scene at Burj Khalifa Boulevard

Shah Rukh Khan starrer Pathaan is the first ever film to shoot at Burj Khalifa Boulevard, India Today reported.

Yash Raj Films shared a sneak peek into the behind-the-scene of action sequences of SRK and John Abraham, which was shoot in Dubai. Siddharth Anand, film director of the film revealed that the action scene was shot at the iconic location for which the Dubai police helped team Pathaan.

Anand stated: "The toughest action to execute in Pathaan - one is on top of a moving train, one is mid-air with planes, one is in Dubai which takes place in the boulevard around the Burj Khalifa which no Hollywood film has been able to do this. To shoot this sequence in Dubai, it just looked impossible. But the Dubai police and the authorities made it happen for us!"

"My friends, who live at the Boulevard, came and told me that they got circulars saying on this day between this time, you will not be able to access the boulevard so please plan your days. And they were amazed that - oh my god... that's for my film!"

Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, and John Abraham starrer film Pathaan was released in cinemas on January 25, and emerged as a blockbuster film at the box office