Source: *whatsaroundyou.blogspot.com/2006/11/jolie-bodyguards-arrested-in-mumbai.html
New Delhi: Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie’s India visit will certainly remain an affair to remember. Though for all the wrong reasons.
Since the actress’s arrival in India to shoot for A Mighty Heart, her bodyguards have been constantly running into trouble with people wherever Jolie’s entourage goes.
Early on Friday morning, Mumbai Police arrested three of Jolie’s guards from Hotel Taj Colaba after they created a ruckus in a Mumbai school on Thursday, reportedly abusing and assaulting parents and students of a south Mumbai Islamic School.
Trouble began when the bodyguards accompanying Jolie - while she was shooting for A Mighty Heart - threatened the schoolkids and hurled abuses at their parents.
The film's shooting apparently obstructed day-to-day activities at the educational institution Anjuman-e-Islam.
“They had rifles in their hands while shooting. The children were scared. When we asked them to stop shooting, they hit the men and even pushed the women around,” said a parent.
Parents also demanded an apology from Jolie herself and an FIR was registered against the guards late on Thursday night.
“Our kids are stuck inside. When we stopped them from shooting they abused us saying, ‘Who are you bloody Indians?’ While all that was happening, the policemen were just standing around and listening,” reported another parent.
School authorities said they had all the necessary permissions for the film shoot and played down the incident.
In spite of a huge media contingent which landed at a five-star hotel in South Mumbai after learning of the press conference, only selected mediapersons were allowed to enter the venue.
Hotel officials said the producers of the film, for which the actress is in India, wanted only a section of the media to be present at the press conference here.
When majority of the media contingent was not allowed to enter the venue, they protested with the hotel authorities but to no avail.
In the film, Jolie plays the role of Mariane Pearl, the wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, on whose life the movie is based.
The actress has been in Mumbai for the past week, shooting at various locations in the city, including a crowded suburban train, one of the city's busiest markets at Mohammed Ali Road, the McDonald's outlet at Colaba in south Mumbai and later at the Famous Studios at Tardeo in Central Mumbai for a recording.
The actress, who flew into the city last week after over a month of shooting in Pune, is expected to stay in Mumbai, where Daniel lived for some years, for another week.
New Delhi: Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie’s India visit will certainly remain an affair to remember. Though for all the wrong reasons.
Since the actress’s arrival in India to shoot for A Mighty Heart, her bodyguards have been constantly running into trouble with people wherever Jolie’s entourage goes.
Early on Friday morning, Mumbai Police arrested three of Jolie’s guards from Hotel Taj Colaba after they created a ruckus in a Mumbai school on Thursday, reportedly abusing and assaulting parents and students of a south Mumbai Islamic School.
Trouble began when the bodyguards accompanying Jolie - while she was shooting for A Mighty Heart - threatened the schoolkids and hurled abuses at their parents.
The film's shooting apparently obstructed day-to-day activities at the educational institution Anjuman-e-Islam.
“They had rifles in their hands while shooting. The children were scared. When we asked them to stop shooting, they hit the men and even pushed the women around,” said a parent.
Parents also demanded an apology from Jolie herself and an FIR was registered against the guards late on Thursday night.
“Our kids are stuck inside. When we stopped them from shooting they abused us saying, ‘Who are you bloody Indians?’ While all that was happening, the policemen were just standing around and listening,” reported another parent.
School authorities said they had all the necessary permissions for the film shoot and played down the incident.
In spite of a huge media contingent which landed at a five-star hotel in South Mumbai after learning of the press conference, only selected mediapersons were allowed to enter the venue.
Hotel officials said the producers of the film, for which the actress is in India, wanted only a section of the media to be present at the press conference here.
When majority of the media contingent was not allowed to enter the venue, they protested with the hotel authorities but to no avail.
In the film, Jolie plays the role of Mariane Pearl, the wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, on whose life the movie is based.
The actress has been in Mumbai for the past week, shooting at various locations in the city, including a crowded suburban train, one of the city's busiest markets at Mohammed Ali Road, the McDonald's outlet at Colaba in south Mumbai and later at the Famous Studios at Tardeo in Central Mumbai for a recording.
The actress, who flew into the city last week after over a month of shooting in Pune, is expected to stay in Mumbai, where Daniel lived for some years, for another week.
