Hrithik Roshan’s “Kites” Shooting Gets Delayed

Hrithik Roshan-Kangana Ranaut starrer Kites was stalled mid-way yesterday. The lead actors were shooting for a song sequence when suddenly a few policemen and a local NGO raided the film’s sets as they didn’t want 30 foreigners to be part of the song. The 30 dancers were asked to immediately leave the sets. As a result, the shooting of Kites came to a halt for almost three hours. This happened at Filmistan Studios, Goregaon West at 1 pm.

An industry insider said, “Rakesh Roshan (producer) and Anurag Basu (director) were taken aback when the film’s sets were raided. It was a surprise security check. The raid revealed that 30 foreigners who were dancing in the background did not have a proper work permit. Those dancers were not allowed to continue shooting after the raid.” Did the shooting start again? “Yes, the shooting started but not before 3.30 pm. It took about three hours for Rakesh Roshan’s production team to arrange for substitute dancers. This time, they got Indian dancers for the song. Only the foreigners who were dancing close to Hrithik had their work permit papers in place because of which they were not in trouble,” said our source.  Source