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Angelina Jolie’s bodyguards abuse Mumbai parents
At the Anjuman-e-Islam school in Mumbai, shooting of ANgelina's film leads to accusations of racism and manhandling.
BY CORRESPONDENT
November 17, 2006
Star struck. That was what a Mumbai school experienced on Thursday. Parents of school kids were involved in a ruckus with Hollywood star Angelina Jolie’s bodyguards on the school premises.
Trouble started when Angelina arrived at the Anjuman-e- Islam school by around noon. The problem was that the film the Hollywood was shooting for was scheduled exactly at the time when students were leaving for home. Though the parents of he kids were amused to see Angelina on the school premises, it gradually gave way to chaos galore.
Owing to the fact that Angelina Jolie was present, the school premises were restricted to the parents. This gave way to confusion as they could not find their children.
Adding to the trouble, Angelina's bodyguards began abusing many of the parents assembled there, including women. Matters went sour when the guards passed racist comments like ‘bloody Indian’ and the like.
Besides, as the shoot was supposed to film Pak cops for The Mighty Heart, the film which was being shot there, the children were shocked to see people dressed as Pakistani policemen in the school. Pak cops wielding guns gave raise to fear and tears among the little kids.
Enraged by all these drama, the parents are hurling posing tough question on the school management. The school authorities did not even inform us about the shoot, the alleged. Further, the bodyguards did not show any mercy towards women, and pushed them too. How could the management give permission to shoot when the children were in school? Questions the management would really find difficult to answer.
Meanwhile in an apparent bid save its skin , Dallington TV House, which is producing the film, went ahead and issued a statement that the paparazzi rushed in when the school gates were open, and created chaos and confusion.
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