By Jilawatan

Seems like stars of “Raavana” are not holding up for Mani Ratnam’s project once again as the shooting of Aishwarya Rai-Abhishek Bachchan starrer flick “Raavana”, which was scheduled to start near Malshej Ghat from August 27, is in dilemma after the forest officials filed cases against fourteen unit members.

As per the sources, “The officials have filed cases against these people under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 and the Indian Forest Act, 1927 for putting up sets for the film without legal permission. They have also impounded one JCB and a tractor involved in the construction work and spunk a fine.”

Now, the director Mani Rathnam will only be permitted to shoot on the site when he gets proper permission from the authorities and pays the fines obligated on the unit members.
Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan and others were expected to shoot here for almost fourteen days, but now everything has turned into uncertainty.

Mani Rathnam was pretty impressed with the beauty of Malsej ghat area and had decided to shoot some portions of his upcoming project here.
The place looks ideal for showing ancient surroundings as needed in Mani Rathnam’s Raavana, which is said to be a modern take on the great epic.

From the very beginning, the shooting of Abhishek-Aishwarya starrer mega -budget flick Raavana has been in trouble and this has caused delay in the completion of the flick. Earlier, it was Mani Rathnam who was hit by sour health and had to be hospitalized due to some heart trouble that resulted in the delay of the huge project.