This story is from April 30, 2008

Trouble as they shoot at site

Director Aditya Dutt tells TOI what went wrong while shooting on location for 'Chai Garam'.
Trouble as they shoot at site
doweshowbellyad=0; Govinda (TOI Photo) More picsThe film went on the floors last Thursday. And the very next day there was pandemonium at a mall in Mumbai, where the film���s lead pair Govinda and Celina Jaitley were shooting.
A man named Aman Ghajaria started abusing the actors for no apparent reason. He claimed to be one of the shopkeepers in the mall, but director Aditya Dutt says, ���I later found out that he was only related to one of the shopkeepers.���
The shoot, which was taking place at the lobby of the mall, was interrupted when Aman attempted to attack Govinda.
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Says Aditya, ���This kurta-clad man came and tried to grab Govinda because he was standing in the front. That���s when Govinda���s security Chandrakant Mukkan pushed him back before the police arrested him.���
The cast and the crew were left stunned by the incident and Aditya was upset by the abuse Aman spewed. He says, ���I was worried because there were women at the location. Celina was shooting. We saw five other men coming towards us.��� The men accused them of shooting without permission. ���I told them the production team had permission from the mall authorities,��� says Aditya.
Reports suggest that because of the shoot, shopkeepers and shoppers were not allowed entry. But Aditya says that���s not true. ���We let everyone in; we just requested them to not look into the camera,��� he explains. Wasn���t he apprehensive of the stars getting mobbed? ���We can���t create sets for a mall shot, so it had to be on location. Films with mall scenes are shot that way,��� he remarks.
Not a dream beginning, this! But Aditya says it could have been worse. ���I was lucky that the incident occurred after we had wrapped up the day���s shoot. My work could���ve been affected otherwise,��� he says.
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