On
Sunday
morning
two
days
after
his
office
in
suburban
Mumbai
was
visited
by
goons
allegedly
attached
to
the
alleged
gangster
Ejaz
Lakdawala,
producer
Sajid
Nadiadwala,
no
stranger
to
attacks,
is
calmly
ensconced
in
his
home.
“It"s
not
so
much
me
but
the
ladies
in
my
family,
my
mother,
wife
and
my
daughter
who
are
pareshaan.
I
keep
assuring
them
I
am
fine.
Nothing
will
happen.
I"ve
full
faith
in
the
Maharashtra
police.
Last
time
in
January
when
there
was
a
crime
situation
at
my
home
the
cops
had
acted
swiftly
and
the
culprits
were
nabbed.
This
time
too
they"ve
leapt
into
action.
I
feel
I"m
in
safe
hands."
On
Friday
morning
the
goons
barged
into
the
compound
of
Nadiadwala"s
office
and
left
number
allegedly
linked
to
Lakdawala.
“I
guess
it
was
about
money.
Luckily
it
was
too
early
in
the
morning
for
me
to
be
in
the
office.
They
asked
me
to
call
up
on
the
numbers.
I
immediately
called
the
cops," says
Sajid
trying
to
keep
his
tone
normal.
The
one
most
alarming
thought
in
Nadiadwala
and
other
film
producers" minds
is
that
this
could
signal
the
return
of
underworld
threats
to
Bollywood.
Remarks
Sajid
cautiously,
“I
do
have
a
big
release
coming
up
(Housefull).
Earlier
these
calls
used
to
come
whenever
one
of
us
producers
had
a
big
release.
I
could
take
this
to
mean
that
my
film
is
being
perceived
as
big…It"s
my
sense
of
humour
that
has
always
kept
me
going
through
every
crisis.
But
jokes
apart,
I
do
hope
this
is
a
one-off
threat
and
not
the
renewal
of
a
very
frustrating
and
frightening
trend."
At
the
moment
Sajid
is
confined
to
his
home
amidst
heavy
security
bandobast.
Says
the
producer,
“My
security
both
at
home
and
in
the
office
has
been
beefed
up
considerably.
I
don"t
feel
unsafe.
But
yes,
such
an
incident
does
weigh
on
your
mind
and
hampers
your
work.
I
was
busy
with
the
mixing
of
Housefull
when
this
happened.
I
can
pretend
everything
is
normal.
But
it
has
affected
me."