MUMBAI MIRROR (March 23, 2017)

Shooting of Rajinikanth’s mega budget film 2.0 in Chennai was disrupted on Wednesday when two photo journalists were allegedly assaulted by the crew for questioning the blocking of a road.

Though the agitated scribes initially lodged a police complaint against the concerned crew members, they withdrew it following the film’s director Shankar issued an apology. “This incident happened without my knowledge, I feel very sorry for that, I will see that it won’t happen again,” he said.

The journalists, Raghunathan and Sri Barath, alleged they were beaten up when they questioned the blocking of a key intersection in downtown Triplicane by several vehicles of the film crew.

“When we asked if it was proper to inconvenience public by blocking roads especially during (morning) peak hour, two crew members used foul language against us and we were beaten up,” Raghunathan, photographer of an English daily, was quoted as saying.

He added that though permission was given for shooting for the film during the evening hours, the crew violated it to suit their convenience.