which has a chapter that is not very noble". He made the film a visual "spectacle", considering the difficulty in bringing audiences to theatres. Khan said his character was someone "who cannot be trusted at all – [so it's the] very opposite of Dangal ... He's a very slippery character. He has no scruples at all – for money he can sell his mother out. He's like that." Kaif said that she does not have much action to do in the film, compared to her previous action roles, in particular Tiger Zinda Hai (2017). Bachchan wore iron armour for playing his character, the second time he did so after his 1988 film Shahenshah. In addition, he also wore a pagri, grew long hair and learned sword-fighting. Most of Bachchan's action sequences were situated in rainy settings. Principal photography Thugs of Hindostans estimated production budget is , making it the most expensive Bollywood film. It was initially planned to be produced on a budget of , but the budget was overrun while filming. Filming commenced on 5 June 2017 in Malta. Two ships were constructed in Malta for the purpose of filming; shooting was heavily guarded to prevent leaks from sets. The ships were built by over 1000 people working together and weighed 200,000 kg each. By 28 June 2017, Bachchan finished filming his first schedule in Malta. In middle July, Khan took a break from filming and went on a vacation to Italy. Chopra, who was not impressed with the film's action sequences filmed in Malta, had them filmed again in Yash Raj Films' studio. It was reported that busy with filming for Thugs of Hindostan, Khan would be unable to promote his film Secret Superstar (2017) properly. However, in October 2017, Khan took a break from filming to promote his film. In August 2017, Bachchan fractured his rib cage while shooting, but had to continue filming since the schedule was tight. The film's dance sequence, which featured Bachchan, among others, and choreographed by Prabhu Deva was filmed in October 2017. When filming was not taking place, the cast, along with the crew, wore face masks to avoid contracting the common cold. In September 2017, photographers of the Filmfare magazine captured Khan while filming, and leaked his look. An upset Khan increased security surveillance on film sets. The same month, Bachchan's look was also leaked online. Khan stated that "this