Abhishek Bachchan plays the title character in the film. Priyanka Chopra plays Abhishek Bachchan’s bodyguard while Kay Kay Menon plays a negative role. Menon’s role was first offered to Shiney Ahuja who opted out because of date problems. Jaya Bachchan is also starring in the film. Parts of the film were shot in Prague, Czech Republic, Kuchman, Bikaner, Maharashtra, India and Namibia, Africa. Abhishek Bachchan and Kay Kay Menon filmed some action packed climax portions for the film at Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan. The action packed scenes consisted of sword fighting and horseback riding. [2] Abhishek Bachchan spent many hours with veteran fight director Shyam Kaushal mastering the art of sword fighting. The climax has a brilliantly choreographed fight sequence between Abhishek Bachchan and Kay Kay Menon. Priyanka Chopra too has performed some daredevil stunts and action sequences for the film. [3] Shyam Kaushal was not the only fight director for Drona. Drona also had award-winning action coordinator Tom Delmar, who has worked on Guy Ritchie’s Snatch, and London based sword master Richard Ryan, who trained Brad Pitt and Eric Bana for Troy. Sword-based martial arts like Kalaripayat and Chhau will be featured in the film along with the Sikh martial arts Gatka. [4] Eros-controlled EyeQube Studios is roping in 250 visual effects artists including animators, designers, matte painters and developers, for its upcoming projects. The post-production and VFX studio where Charles Darby has a small stake, has bagged Bollywood projects that include Aladin starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Riteish Deshmukh, and Drona with Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra. [5] The music for Drona has been done by debutant music duo Dhruv-Ashu. Also Austrian band Bauchklang has been roped in for one of the tracks on the soundtrack.6 The film is now releasing on 2nd of October, 2008. That’s the final release date.