Bollywood director Soham Shah of ‘Kaal’ fame, who is currently shooting for ALTBalaji’s new web series, was beaten up by hooligans and their equipment was also damaged. The said incident happened when the final sequences were being shot today near Ghodbunder Road, Thane (June 19). The shoot was halted by a few goons in the afternoon and they were beaten up and the equipment was also damaged.
Soham Shah, in an interview with CineBlitz narrated the incident and said, “We were shooting for a web-series for ALTBalaji in Thane since a few days. Today was the last day and since morning, the shoot was going very well. Suddenly, around 4.30 – 5 pm, four people barged in. This was near Ghodbunder Road. It was a private property and we had taken all the proper permissions. I have all the receipts and everything. The permission was sorted from the police, the location manager as well as the private property. Our paper work was perfect, but these four people barged in and they started attacking us.”
The director further added, “They threw the whole unit out and started breaking vanity vans and camera filters. They created a ruckus! The goons beat people up with iron rods and wooden bamboos. They wanted us to get out of the premise and were abusing us continuously. Within 60 seconds, they drove us all out. One person hit me from behind with a wooden plank, I injured my shoulder. My DoP also got 10 stitches.”
Actress Mahie Gill was also quite agitated and was looking quite upset. She also got a little bit emotional.
Soham further went on to add, “The police also came and they told us to leave all our equipment there itself. They told us to come to the court and pay Rs 15 lakh. The police was on their side for no rhyme or reason. In fact, they even took money from our production team. They took a few people to the police station and beat them up too! The police is part of this hooliganism.”
Check out the video of the team narrating the whole incident:
Hopefully, the police investigate the incident and culprits are booked and punished as per the law.
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