Angelina shoot at Mumbai school marred by chaos

Mumbai, Nov 16 (UNI) Police had to intervene in the chaos at a South Mumbai school where the media and private security guards of Hollywood star Angelina Jolie were involved in a verbal duel.

DCP Zone 1 Brajesh Singh, who visited to the school along with a team of Azad Maidan police officials, told UNI that there was an altercation between the security guards of the actor and the locals.

''The media had gathered in large numbers and there was really a lot of problem,'' he said, and added that he had not received any formal complaint at his office from parents against the managment for allowing shooting of a film during school hours.

He said he had visited the school premises to sort out the problems between the security guards and the local people present at the school and ensure safe passage of the crew out of the school.

''The issue has been resolved and the actor along with the crew has left after completing the shooting,''he added.

A press release issued by the producers of 'A Mighty Heart' starring Jolie maintained they had the ''full permission and co-operation'' of the school to film on the premises.

''Unfortunately, our arrival was impeded by the mediapersons waiting at the gates of the school. When the gates opened to allow parents in to collect their children, the paparrazi rushed in the school causing confusion,'' it added.

Angelina had come to the school opposite to the CST station in South Mumbai for the shooting of the film.

The shot was about a Pakistan police squad and the actress who plays Mariane Pearl, wife of journalist Daniel Pearl who was abducted and killed by terrorists in Karachi in 2002, going inside the building.

When the shooting was in progress, the school hours were over and all the children came out and school buses started entering the premises.

At that time, a media photographer, known to the school staff, tried to enter from the main gate and he was stopped by Jolie's private security guards. This resulted in a verbal duel between the photographers who were trailing Jolie's convoy from her hotel to the school. The school staff allowed the photographer to get inside and along with him, all other media personnel and photographers rushed in the school premises.

Incensed by what was going on, parents who had come to fetch their wards from school lodged a police complaint against the management for allowing a film shooting to take place during school hours, causing problems to their children.

Following the complaint, Azad Maidan police personnel arrived at the school to sort out the matter.

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