Attack On 2.O Sets: Shankar Apologises To Journalists
Shankar, the hitmaker recently met the journalists who were attacked on the sets of his upcoming movie 2.O, and apologised to them...
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By Mayur Javali
We
all
know
that
the
most
happening
Tamil
movie
of
2017
is
busy
in
its
final
leg
of
shooting
schedule
and
the
crew
is
determined
to
wrap
it
up
as
soon
as
possible.
So
far,
there
has
been
no
technical
glitch,
delay
in
the
schedule
or
any
sorts
of
jittery
scenarios
experienced
by
the
cast
and
crew
of
2.0.
The
costliest
Indian
movie
is
the
talk
of
the
town
for
more
than
a
reason.
First,
it
was
the
high
profile
first
look
launch
function
which
was
held
in
Mumbai
at
a
mammoth
scale
andthen
it
was
the
whopping
satellite
rights
business
which
helped
the
movie
enter
into
the
100
Cr
club
even
before
the
movie's
release.
The
satellite
rights
were
sold
to
Zee
Network
(Tamil,
Telugu
&
Hindi)
to
a
gigantic
figure
of
110Cr
thus
by
overtaking
the
previous
best
of
75Cr
set
by
Aamir
Khan's
Dangal.
Now,
2.O
is
once
again
in
news
but
for
a
different
reason.
A
verbal
spat
broke
out
between
a
journalist
and
the
cinema
crew
which
later
turned
out
to
a
physical
abuse
by
the
latter
on
the
journalist.
This
provoked
the
journalist
to
lodge
a
complaint
as
he
claims
that
his
plea
for
information
from
the
team
of
2.O
was
very
sensible
and
the
response
from
the
team
was
totally
uncalled
for.
The
journalist
told
in
the
press
meet
that
a
certain
members
of
2.O
were
asked
by
him
whether
they
possessed
valid
permission
to
shoot
in
the
area
where
the
team
was
canning
some
sequences
as
the
victimized
journalist
assumed
it
to
cause
inconvenience
to
the
general
public.
This
outraged
the
crew
members,
viz.
Alex,
Pappu
&
Sundar
Rajan
(Production
Manager)
who
were
said
to
have
manhandled
the
correspondent.
Enraged
by
this
behaviour,
the
journalist
was
not
only
instigated
to
lodge
a
formal
complaint,
but
also
held
a
press
conference
which
forced
the
director
of
the
film,
S.
Shankar
to
attend
the
press
conference
and
offer
an
apology.
Though
the
journalist
seemed
agitated
on
the
happening,
he
was
seen
interacting
with
the
ace
director
with
all
due
respect
and
seemed
ready
to
sort
issues
amicably.
The
Enthiran
director
was
seen
calm,
composed
and
opted
a
cordial
route
by
offering
profuse
apology.
He
also
affirmed
that
the
said
untoward
incident
would
not
repeat
in
the
future
and
the
director
himself
would
shoulder
responsibility
for
the
discipline
and
decorum
of
his
team
members.
Though
the
unfortunate
incident
should
never
have
happened,
we
appreciate
Shankar
for
his
matured
approach
towards
the
situation
and
the
Journalist’s
ripened
response
and
respect
to
the
maverick
director
to
set
a
cordial
tone
and
relationship
between
the
filmdom
and
journalists.