Political activists threaten to disrupt SRK's ad shoot at Mehboob Studio

Cine unions don't seem to be taking Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria's warning too seriously as they recently disrupted the shooting of Shah Rukh Khan's new ad at Mehboob Studio.

According to a report published in Mid-Day, the politically-backed unions threatened to stall the ad shoot for roping in foreign artists instead of Indians.

A source was quoted as telling the daily, "Shah Rukh was shooting for a commercial last Saturday night when a group of 50-60 political activists landed at the doorstep and threatened to stop the shoot. They objected to the producer roping in foreign artistes without permission and demanded to see their documents. The studio bouncers and members of the production team prevented them from entering the set."

The daily further added that the producer was asked to pay a fine of Rs.3-4 lakh for employing foreigners. And, when they refused to oblige, the activists started to argue and threaten to stop the shooting of the ad film. It was then the police was informed.

However, the line producer for the ad shoot, Arpan Fernandes clarified that the shoot was disrupted for a few minutes, but resumed soon after the cops reached the spot.

"The goons fled when the cops reached the studio. We had proper permission and work permit to rope in foreign artistes. Bandra police inspector Vilas Sutar was very supportive. I don't have any issues with any political party, but the racket needs to be stopped," he added.