Trouble
gives chase Sivaji in the form of mismanagement
of the shoots. Earlier shoots were disrupted
in the locality of Pachayappa’s College
for lack of proper approval from the local
police. Did you think the production crew
has learnt a lesson or two in obtaining
approvals for the ensuing shoots? It seems
not. The shoots were suspended once again
yesterday when forest officials came in
demand of approval.
Sivaji crew is camped in the outskirts
of Chennai and Kanchipuram and the
shoots are being carried out in Thiruporur
and Alandur. While scenes of Rajini’s
encounter with the villains were being
canned in the sets erected by the
roadside, forest officials came demanding
the approval since the area belonged
to the forest department. However,
the production unit presented the
approval obtained in this regard from
the Highways Department claiming that
the area belonged to Highways Department.
The officials departed the place,
only to return with the Kanchipuram
District Forest Officer Leema Doshi
later to arrest Sakthi and Venkat
of the production unit for conducting
shoots without prior approval and
felling trees in the forest area.
Shankar,
Rajini, and K.V. Anand were startled after
this incident and the shoots were to be
cancelled following this. Though the shoots
were not wrapped up, it is unsure as to
when the shoots will resume since it was
earlier planned to conduct the shoots for
two days.
Eventually Sakthi and Venkat were
released later after the requisite
fine of Rs. 50,000 was paid. But was
the lesson learnt atleast after this?
Cancellation of Rajini’s shoots
is definitely a big deal and a setback
for the progress of the movie. Will
the production management pay heed
to all the approvals before they grant
a go ahead for conducting the shoots?
Two lessons in a row, another one
may prove pricey.
In a lighter vein…
Alandur – where the shoots were
conducted – sprung to bustling
life with the visit of the superstar
and bigwigs of the industry.
The
small scale industries functioning in the
industrial area of Alandur declared a local
holiday to facilitate the fans to witness
the shoots of Sivaji.
Whilst on the subject, recently when the
shoots were held in and around Pune –
where Rajini danced with the Tamil folk
artistes – the superstar demonstrated
his fondness for the folk artistes by conferring
a cash price of Rs. 5,000 upon all the 63
of them. Superstar to superhuman?
