Ravan Film Caravans Seized

Abhishek Bachchan via last.fm

Two caravans used in the shooting of Mani Ratnam's multilingual movie 'Ravan', starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, in Ooty have been seized for having forged vehicle documents. The two caravans had the same registration number.

The vehicles were seized in Ooty, some 550 km southwest of here, have been valued at Rs.12 million. Both Abhishek and Aishwarya are said to have used the vehicles during the shooting.

Hence, the shooting of 'Ravan' has been shifted to another hill station, Hogenekkal (some 300 km southwest of here). The racket may be much bigger since all top stars use high-priced caravans.

Police teams have left for Mumbai and elsewhere in Tamil Nadu to look for other similar vehicles.

'Ravan' is being made in Hindi and Tamil. It also stars Tamil actors Vikram and Karthik. Since shooting began last year, minor problems have dogged the venture, including Ratnam being laid down with a mild heart problem, and cinematographer Manikandan handing over the work to
another celebrated cameraman Santosh Sivan.