Anjaana Anjaani
Filming
### Filming

[thumb\|250px\|left\|alt\=A photograph of Golden Gate Bridge\|The film's opening suicide attempt scene features the 2 characters at the [Golden Gate Bridge](/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge "Golden Gate Bridge").](/wiki/File:Golden_gate2.jpg "Golden gate2.jpg")
[Principal photography](/wiki/Principal_photography "Principal photography") began in [New York City](/wiki/New_York_City "New York City") in late December 2009\. The setting of the film required filming in winter during the festive season of Christmas leading up to New Year's Eve. [Ravi K. Chandran](/wiki/Ravi_K._Chandran "Ravi K. Chandran") handled the cinematography, while [Sharmishta Roy](/wiki/Sharmishta_Roy "Sharmishta Roy") handled the film's production design. Filming was done in various locations in New York City, [Las Vegas](/wiki/Las_Vegas "Las Vegas") and [San Francisco](/wiki/San_Francisco "San Francisco"). Anand wanted to capture the distinct flavor of each city.

Anand selected the cities to augment the characters' backgrounds. San Francisco was chosen to depict Chopra's character, Kiara, as he thought it was "the right backdrop to highlight her life and character". He chose New York City for Kapoor's character, Akash.  Anand described "Blush", the car driven by Chopra's character, as the film's third lead character as it is featured extensively. After going through several car options, he chose a vintage red 1963 [Ford Falcon Sprint](/wiki/Ford_Falcon_%28North_America%29 "Ford Falcon (North America)"), which was later purchased especially for the film as Anand thought the car should represent all of Kiara's attributes. This allowed the art director to modify the car's interior with a lot of detailing to suit Kiara's character.

The ice\-skating scenes were filmed at [Wollman Rink](/wiki/Wollman_Rink "Wollman Rink") in [Central Park](/wiki/Central_Park "Central Park"), requiring the rink to close to the public for three consecutive days. Some scenes with the leads were also shot at Cafe Lalo, the same restaurant where *[When Harry Met Sally...](/wiki/When_Harry_Met_Sally... "When Harry Met Sally...")* (1989\) was shot. The film was also shot at the [Rockfeller Center](/wiki/Rockfeller_Center "Rockfeller Center"). The producers had earlier scouted for a public bridge in India that they could use for four days, but due to the [2008 Mumbai attacks](/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks "2008 Mumbai attacks") obtaining permission from the local government was difficult. The search ended in [Kuala Lumpur](/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur "Kuala Lumpur"), where a scene of Kiara and Akash attempting suicide was shot. The opening suicide attempt sequence was filmed at the [Golden Gate Bridge](/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge "Golden Gate Bridge"). Several scenes were shot in Las Vegas, Nevada. Additional filming was done in [Malaysia](/wiki/Malaysia "Malaysia") and [Thailand](/wiki/Thailand "Thailand").

[Ahmed Khan](/wiki/Ahmed_Khan_%28choreographer%29 "Ahmed Khan (choreographer)") handled the song choreography of the film. In June 2010, it was announced that a new song would be shot for the film. Shooting ended in July 2010 after filming for the club track was completed. In September 2010, a promotional video for the remix ballad version of "Tujhe Bhula Diya" was shot in [Film City](/wiki/Film_City%2C_Mumbai "Film City, Mumbai"), [Mumbai](/wiki/Mumbai "Mumbai").


Why were winter scenes required for the film?