Ajay Devgan in Delhi, Midday
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by Vickey Lalwani in Midday
Delhi junta mistakes Ajay Devgan for real-life cop and beats co-actor Ashish Mohan thinking he’s a thief
Recently, while shooting for Rohit Shetty’s Sunday in Delhi, one of the film’s actors was beaten up by the public courtesy co-star Ajay Devgan.The actor, who plays a police officer in the film, was chasing Ashish Mohan (also an assistant director on the film) down Chandani Chowk on a motorbike for a scene when the Delhi junta mistook him for a real-life thief. As a result, Mohan was beaten up black and blue! Bachao!A unit source informs, “The public literally pounced on Ashish when they saw he was being chased by a cop on a bike. Initially, Ashish thought somebody was playing a prank on him and screamed for help but the public was in no mood to listen. Rohit Shetty finally had to intervene and control the situation. Later, Ajay checked up on Ashish to see if he was alright.” The source explains that the public was unable to identify the actors and that’s why it went out of hand. “Ajay was wearing a helmet and a police uniform, so the public mistook the scene for an actual chor-police chase.First, two men got off an autorickshaw and caught Ashish by the collar. Seeing this, some roadside romeos too joined in to beat Ashish.”Hidden camsDirector Rohit Shetty confirms the incident and says he was shooting the scene with hidden cameras. “It’s very difficult to shoo
t in Chandani Chowk. At any given instant, there are over 1 lakh people present, so we decided to shoot with hidden cameras from a certain distance. I wanted the actors involved in the scene to go all out in the chase and normal cameras would’ve alerted the public to what was going on,” he says.Freeze frameWhen Ajay saw the public reaction, he froze in his tracks. But a few seconds later he burst out laughing. “My assistants and I ran to save Ashish and explained to the public that we were shooting a film.They did not believe us since they couldn’t see any cameras around but we managed to convince them,” Shetty adds.A crewmember adds that the public in Delhi is extremely unpredictable. “We had to protect Ajay and hence made him wear a helmet. As for other actors, they shot most of their scenes indoors. There’s another scene where Ajay wasn’t required to ride a bike, but still he came to the venue wearing a helmet. We had to shoot adjacent to the Jama Masjid and it’s a very crowded area, so we instructed Ajay to ride the bike all the way from the hotel to the Jama Masjid,” says the source.Sunday is produced by Ajay’s secretary-turned-director Kumar Mangat. The film, scheduled to release in November, stars Ajay Devgan, Ayesha Takia, Irrfan Khan and Arshad Warsi.
Courtesy: Midday
by Vickey Lalwani in Midday
Delhi junta mistakes Ajay Devgan for real-life cop and beats co-actor Ashish Mohan thinking he’s a thief
Recently, while shooting for Rohit Shetty’s Sunday in Delhi, one of the film’s actors was beaten up by the public courtesy co-star Ajay Devgan.The actor, who plays a police officer in the film, was chasing Ashish Mohan (also an assistant director on the film) down Chandani Chowk on a motorbike for a scene when the Delhi junta mistook him for a real-life thief. As a result, Mohan was beaten up black and blue! Bachao!A unit source informs, “The public literally pounced on Ashish when they saw he was being chased by a cop on a bike. Initially, Ashish thought somebody was playing a prank on him and screamed for help but the public was in no mood to listen. Rohit Shetty finally had to intervene and control the situation. Later, Ajay checked up on Ashish to see if he was alright.” The source explains that the public was unable to identify the actors and that’s why it went out of hand. “Ajay was wearing a helmet and a police uniform, so the public mistook the scene for an actual chor-police chase.First, two men got off an autorickshaw and caught Ashish by the collar. Seeing this, some roadside romeos too joined in to beat Ashish.”Hidden camsDirector Rohit Shetty confirms the incident and says he was shooting the scene with hidden cameras. “It’s very difficult to shoo
t in Chandani Chowk. At any given instant, there are over 1 lakh people present, so we decided to shoot with hidden cameras from a certain distance. I wanted the actors involved in the scene to go all out in the chase and normal cameras would’ve alerted the public to what was going on,” he says.Freeze frameWhen Ajay saw the public reaction, he froze in his tracks. But a few seconds later he burst out laughing. “My assistants and I ran to save Ashish and explained to the public that we were shooting a film.They did not believe us since they couldn’t see any cameras around but we managed to convince them,” Shetty adds.A crewmember adds that the public in Delhi is extremely unpredictable. “We had to protect Ajay and hence made him wear a helmet. As for other actors, they shot most of their scenes indoors. There’s another scene where Ajay wasn’t required to ride a bike, but still he came to the venue wearing a helmet. We had to shoot adjacent to the Jama Masjid and it’s a very crowded area, so we instructed Ajay to ride the bike all the way from the hotel to the Jama Masjid,” says the source.Sunday is produced by Ajay’s secretary-turned-director Kumar Mangat. The film, scheduled to release in November, stars Ajay Devgan, Ayesha Takia, Irrfan Khan and Arshad Warsi.Courtesy: Midday
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