Asian
filmmakers
find
it
increasingly
tough
to
get
shooting
permission
in
England.
The
Brits
go
into
convulsive
fits
when
they
hear
about
a
brown-skinned
community
coming
to
their
country
to
make
a
film
on
terrorism
or
terror
attacks.
Rensil
D'Silva
had
to
shift
the
schedule
the
of
his
film
Kurbaan,
which
was
on
Islamic
extremism,
from
London
to
Philadelphia.
Similarly,
the
makers
of
Tezz
have
also
gotten
their
project
into
a
budge
because
it's
a
film
about
a
terror
attack
on
board
a
speeding
train
between
London
and
Glasgow.
Having
been
denied
work
permits
for
a
part
of
their
crew
the
team
now
claims
the
film
is
not
about
terrorism
at
all!
Priyadarshan
grappled
and
solved
the
huge
problem
of
getting
work
permits
for
14
of
his
crew
members
in
Tezz,
the
film
about
terrorists
holding
a
speeding
train
between
London
and
Glasgow
to
ransom.
Apparently,
the
work
permits
were
denied
because
of
the
terror
theme.
Skirting
the
terrorist
issue
Priyadarshan
says,
"But
Tezz
is
not
about
terrorism!
The
man
who
holds
the
speeding
train
to
ransom
does
not
represent
any
ideology
or
religion.
He
is
his
own
person."
Denying
that
the
film
is
a
remake
of
the
famous
terrorist
adventures
The
Bullet
Train
and
The
Taking
Of
Pelham
123,
Priyadarshan
says,
"Let
people
speculate
on
the
source
for
my
film.
It
is
being
said
that
my
Aakrosh
is
ripped
off
from
Alan
Pakula's
Mississippi
Burning.
Aakrosh
does
have
two
investigative
officers
coming
to
a
small
conservative
place
to
investigate
a
hushed-up
killing,
just
like
Mississippi
Burning.
That's
it.
Likewise
Tezz
is
about
a
train
held-up
just
like
the
films
you
mentioned.
But
I'd
say
the
only
film
Tezz
resembles
is
Jan
de
Bont's
Speed."
Priyadarshan's
Tezz
is
now
moving
on
the
right
track.
The
film
starts
shooting
on
October
10.
Almost
the
entire
shooting
with
the
cast
featuring
Ajay
Devgn,
Anil
Kapoor,
Boman
Irani,
Kangna
Ranaut
and
Sameera
Reddy
would
be
over
in
a
40
day
schedule.
Priyadarshan
admits
the
work
permits
to
be
professionally
functional
in
the
UK
were
denied
to
the
crew.
"Most
of
us
got
the
work
permit.
But
fourteen
of
the
crew
members
did
not
get
their
permits.
We
could
not
start
shooting
without
them.
That
apart
we've
all
the
relevant
permission
to
shoot
in
London.
We
shoot
from
October
10
to
November
20.
And
then
we're
done." Adds
producer
Ratan
Jain,
"The
delay
in
the
work
permits
was
caused
by
a
procedural
problem.
Now
it's
all
sorted
out
and
all
the
work
permits
have
been
allotted."
Story first published: Monday, October 4, 2010, 10:44 [IST]