Amitabh, Sehwag pause shoot as mark of respect
Mumbai, Feb. 17: The shooting of megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s next project and a commercial, featuring cricketers Virendra Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina, was voluntarily stopped for two hours on Sunday due to a protest against the Pulwama terror attack.
In the wake of a terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Kashmir that claimed the lives of at least 40 soldiers, 24 film associations, including Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) and Indian Film & Television Directors’ Association (IFTDA), staged a protest at Filmcity in Goregaon.
Sehwag, Singh, Raina and VVS Laxman, among others, were shooting for a commercial in Filmcity but they joined the protest to show their solidarity.
“Whatever we say or do will perhaps be less for the soldiers and their family. We can only thank them and should do whatever can to help them. We are pained but are hopeful for a better time for all of us in the future,” Mr Sehwag said.
Mr Harbhajan said he hopes the sacrifice of the martyred soldiers does not go in vain.
The protest saw participation from major film bodies and the associations.
Casting director-filmmaker Mukesh Chabra, actor Nia Sharma, Isha Kopikar were also present at the protest to show their solidarity.
According to sources, Mr Bachchan was shooting for “Brahmastra” at the venue but could not come outside for the protest as he was in his get up for the film.