Fans halt Ajith and Vishnu's Bangalore schedule
We received more details about uncontrollable fans during Ajith's recent shoot in Bangalore for his upcoming Vishnuvardhan movie. It was shocking to see the die-hard Bangalore fans taking extreme risks to get face-to-face with Ajith. This has concerned Ajith so much to the point that the shooting got called-off prematurely.
The crowd control issues started when the word leaked about the shooting locations, whereabouts of Ajith's hotel and the route he was taking to go from/to his hotel. Here are a few incidents that happened in Bangalore as recounted by an eye-witness who works in the unit,
- Hundreds of people started lining up outside the hotel entrance in the morning and in the evenings. This resulted in Ajith's car unable to enter the hotel and more than 100 members of Karnataka police force were brought in to disperse the crowd.
- At one of the locations, a number of fans climbed over an expensive imported car to watch the shooting. The production team had to pay the owner around Rs. 15 Lakhs to fix the car damages.
- On the way back from shooting every day, there would be a number of bikes riding in parallel to Ajith's car. This had resulted in some accidents. In one such events, a bike rider abruptly stopped in front of Ajith's car and prostrated. Some of the fans rode in the opposite traffic to get a glimpse of the star.
- Another eye-witness claimed that a group of fans did milk abhishekam on Ajith's car emptying loads of milk packets and then washed the car despite repeated requests from Ajith NOT to do such things.
Ajith Upset about the Risks taken by Fans
Ajith was upset that his fans were placing their lives at risk to get face-to-face with him and causing inconvenience to general public. The situation was only getting more difficult as the crowd started pouring in more and more on subsequent days. When things got out of Ajith's control, he advised Vishnu and his team to pack-up and leave Bangalore.
One of the personal guards claimed that the commotion witnessed recently during the Bangalore shoot was unprecedented and not even seen for Rajni during his peak.