Big B's shoot stalled by unruly mob

A burgeoning crowd forced Amitabh Bachchan to abandon Anurag Kashyap's television show's shoot at Chembur

With an unruly crowd gathering on a Chembur street to gawk at Amitabh Bachchan, the actor's shoot on Friday night had to be cancelled. A disappointed Amitabh Bachchan tweeted on Friday, `The night shoot had to be abandoned without a single shot; too much of a crowd could not work. It was the streets. Despite an entire posse of security men and the police force, it became impossible to shoot a scene on the street (sic).`

The actor was shooting for Anurag Kashyap's TV series; the shoot was slated to take place near Ashish Cinema in Chembur. A source close to the unit said, `The police just couldn't manage the crowd. Around 3,000 people had gathered to get a glimpse of Amitabh Bachchan. There was no way we could've shot at the location; we had to cancel the shoot.`

When contacted, Senior Police Inspector Dilip Yadav of RCF police station said, `Lots of people had gathered and as the location does not have an enclosure, it wasn't easy to contain the crowds.`

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