When Skyfall didn't keep Indian Railways in curry
Former Union Minister for Railways, Dinesh Trivedi, has revealed that he rejected Sam Mendes's proposal to shoot Skyfall's train fight in India, over fears that it would've shown the country in poor light.
Trivedi remarked:
"I put three conditions: they will not show that passengers in India travel on roofs of trains, there will be no compromise with safety during the shoot, and that James Bond would sign up as a brand ambassador for Indian Railways.
As per the third condition, which was only added in jest, James Bond would be required to say that Indian Railways is stronger than James Bond".
Bond producers agreed to the second and third conditions but wouldn't budge on the first. Trivedi also claimed that the Bond top dogs said to him:
"There will be a scene where James Bond is going to fight on the roof of a train. Otherwise, why would we come to India?"
The scene was eventually shot in Turkey.
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