Shahid-Kareena: Crowd pullers - article

Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapoor recently had to face a scare while shooting for Imtiaz Ali's untitled film produced by Ashta Vinayak Films.

The location shoot at a public place in Shimla was stopped due to the milling crowds. The actors had to be bundled away from the spot as things were getting out of control till the cops arrived.

Shooting stars

A spokesperson for Ashta Vinayak confirms the incident. "Suddenly, there was a sea of people.

They just would not let the actors shoot. We had to quickly get Kareena and Shahid away as things were getting out of hand. The shoot had to be stopped for that day."

Adds a source close to Shahid, "The incident happened at the Shimla railway station which was initially secluded and quiet but in an hour's time, as word spread that a shoot was to happen there, people started pouring in.

Shahid and Kareena had to be escorted to the waiting rooms and locked within. The cops arrived and dispersed the crowd and they resumed shooting only to be stopped as a crowd gathered again.

They then shot portions in the nearby mountains to avoid the milling crowd."

Once again

According to the source, this was not an isolated incident. "It happened wherever they went. It could also be that such areas don't chance upon big stars everyday so they go berserk when they spot one.

In Patiala, too, there was an exterior shot outside a haveli that had to be cancelled as the crowds spilled into the cordoned off area."

Ali's film is slated to release by this year-end. He has earlier directed the Ayesha-Abhay starrer Socha Na Tha.