It's
turning
out
to
be
more
bad
than
good
for
Emraan
Hashmi
starrer
Crook:
It's
Good
To
Be
Bad.
On
Wednesday,
the
cast
and
crew
of
the
film
were
forced
to
return
from
Australia
to
India
two
days
before
end
of
schedule.
Reason?
Australian
City
Council
denied
the
film
any
further
permission
to
shoot
and
despite
repeated
requests,
didn't
budge
from
their
stand.
While
this
definitely
meant
loss
of
productive
days
for
the
team
of
Crook,
it
also
left
a
bad
taste
in
the
mouth
for
everyone
involved.
Says
a
senior
unit
member
who
accompanied
Emraan,
Mohit
(Suri)
and
others
on
their
way
back
home,
"It
was
very
disheartening
for
all
of
us
to
come
back
without
completing
the
shoot
of
Crook.
The
idea
was
to
wrap
it
up
all
and
then
come
back
to
India
mainly
for
post
production
and
other
patch
work,
if
required.
However,
we
were
stopped
from
shooting
which
threw
a
spanner
in
our
plans."
While
the
reason
behind
the
denial
of
permission
is
not
yet
known,
the
fact
remains
that
Crook
is
seeing
its
fair
share
of
trouble
and
controversies
right
through
its
making.
Since
it
is
a
known
fact
that
the
film
touches
upon
the
topical
issue
of
racial
discrimination
against
India
in
Australia,
one
can
expect
some
heated
debates
around
the
time
when
Crook
would
be
ready
for
release.
Also,
even
as
the
crew
members
were
aspiring
to
complete
the
shoot
in
record
time,
an
unfortunate
accident
on
the
sets
a
few
days
back
resulted
in
broken
camera
equipment
and
a
close
shave
for
Emraan.
When
contacted,
Emraan
Hashmi
too
sounded
disappointed
with
the
turn
of
events.
"Yes,
I
am
back
in
town.
We
were
thrilled
about
finishing
the
shoot
of
Crook
in
Australia
itself
but
it
is
so
unfortunate
that
we
couldn't
do
that",
he
says.
Adds
the
unit
member,
"Well,
our
worry
now
is
around
completing
the
pending
portions
of
the
film
now.
It
has
been
a
straight
loss
of
two
days
of
shooting.
Though
procuring
dates
from
all
involved
may
not
be
that
tough,
we
may
have
to
change
certain
sequences
in
the
film.
Reason
being
that
there
is
no
intention
of
going
back
to
Australia
which
means
that
the
scenes,
which
were
originally
written
for
that
part
of
the
world,
may
have
to
go
through
some
changes.
Now
we
would
have
to
hunt
for
some
indoor
locations
within
Mumbai
to
finish
the
shoot."
A
Bhatt
production,
Crook
marks
the
debut
of
Neha
Sharma
and
also
stars
Arjan
Bajwa.
With
music
by
Pritam,
the
film
is
aiming
for
a
release
in
September/October
timeframe.
Story first published: Friday, June 4, 2010, 17:12 [IST]