The first two quarters of the year saw many Indians, including Malayalam star Prithviraj Sukumaran and Bollywood actress Mouni Roy, getting stuck abroad due to the pandemic. Now with places gradually opening up across the globe, shoots of Indian films and shows in foreign locales have started again, but with precautions.

One of the first big budget films to venture abroad for filming was the Akshay Kumar-starrer "Bell Bottom". The crew had flown to the UK for a long schedule and returned home only recently.