In the Indian film industry, the muhurat shot or muhurtam shot is the first shot (or take) of a film marking the commencement of the principal photography. It is preceded by a pooja (religious rites).[1][2] Muhurtam is a word from the Rig Veda and means moment. Contemporarily it means "auspicious moment"[3]
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