Crew members of director S Shankar’s film 2.0, starring Rajinikanth, allegedly attacked two photojournalists who questioned why the film unit had blocked a road in the Chennai neighborhood of Thiruvallikeni or Triplicane. They also reportedly asked if the unit had permission to shoot during the day.

Rajinikanth was not present on the sets at the time. A complaint has been filed against the film’s production manager, a bouncer, and director S Shankar’s nephew. The Chennai police said that they are looking into the matter and will file a First Information Report or FIR.

Most of 2.0, a sequel to the 2010 sci-fi blockbuster Enthiran, has already been filmed and is currently is post-production. Director Shankar revealed earlier this month that a song and some ‘patchwork’ shots were pending. 2.0 also stars Akshay Kumar, who has filmed his scenes, and actress Amy Jackson.

AR Rahman provides the soundtrack of 2.0 and the cast also includes actors Adil Hussain and Sudhanshu Pandey. The first look of the film was revealed last year and went instantly and massively viral. 2.0 will release on October 18 in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi.

That’s right! Journalists Ban Ram Gopal Varma.

Director Ram Gopal Varma had conducted a special workshop on using ‘FlowCam’ yesterday. ‘FlowCam’ is a new camera that RGV used to shoot his upcoming Tollywood movie, “Ice Cream”.

On careful observation, you must have noticed that none of the newspapers or media houses reported about the event. That’ because Journalists have banned Ram Gopal Varma.

The reason for the same is Ram Gopal Varma’s arrogant answers at a previous media interaction had angered the journalists who had thereby decided to ban the director and not publish any stories about him.

When quizzed if the film was ‘Ice Cream or Eye Scream’, Ramu took a jibe at one journalist saying that he always thought media was full of dumb folks but they are now sounding like illiterates.

When another journalist asked RGV about the probable fate of his film, he replied back with wicked and bitter replies. This, reportedly, upsetted the journalists who have now strongly decided to abandon his stories and not publish them.

A source close to the director said, “As long as the journalists ask him such questions, he will give the same answers. Media people should behave themselves.”

Well, we are aware of Ram Gopal Varma’s arrogance so we’re not really surprised on this piece of news.

Given that “Ice Cream” is releasing soon, we fill RGV should not take such risks by making the media angry.

More updates to follow..

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