EXCLUSIVE: Actress Mahie Gill Shares Gory Details About The Horrendous Attack On The Alt Balaji Shoot, Cops Supported The Goons

Director Sohum Shah whose earlier project was Kaal, was busy shooting for an ALT Balaji web series near the highway in Thane (Ghodbunder Road), Maharashtra, this morning. Until something absolutely horrendous and unexpected happened!

Well, it happened so, the shoot for the series was on since early morning and then suddenly, there were some goons who barged on to the set with weapons in their hands and they started mercilessly beating everyone.

Actress Mahie Gill who was a part of the shoot was privy to the incident. We got in touch with Mahie to get to know the intricate details of everything that transpired. Mahie, who was visibly distraught, feels we are just not safe in the country we live in. Quipped she, “It was seven in the morning, we were shooting in Ghodbunder Road, Thane, Maharashtra and all of a sudden this gang of four men come barging on to the set with weapons in their hands and they start beating everyone up. The set-workers and the DOP were beaten up badly and were bleeding profusely, our director Mr. Sohum Shah was beaten up so bad that he almost fainted, when our director of photography went to save him, he was hit on his head and he had to get stitches.

People came to hit me with those long rods in their hands but then there was someone who said, “Arrey Isko Nahi Maarna Hai” (She is not to be beaten up). I don’t know who said that but then my people took me to my car. It was almost like watching some slaughter movie.

Gill didn’t know what the reason was and why were the cast and crew being beaten up. She said, “We don’t even want to know the reason if anything of this sort happens, you could stop the shoot but how could they just start hitting?

The actress further revealed, the police didn’t pay any heed to the goings on at all and they were with the goons, “The cops were there and instead of stopping the goons they were encouraging them to beat everyone up even more! When I took my DOP to the hospital, my staff was attacked, and that’s when my hairdresser approached the cops who said, “Maaro Maaro Koi Baat Nahi”, (just keep beating them, don’t worry!) When they started breaking the set property, the producers had to pay money to the cops so that they would stop them from doing it. This is the country we are living in.”

They didn’t feel the need to file a police complaint because they were there yet no actions were being taken against them. “We initially thought of filing a police complaint but, the cops were with the goons. And even if we file, what will happen, there will be a court case! What’s the use? She further said that we are all planning to take the matter to the Chief Minister. We are not safe! Anyone could have died!

We at Desimartini feel that it is high time security measures in the country are increased and the law and order are put to good use.

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