B-Town filmmakers clamping down on use of mobile phones on sets

If sources are to be believed mobile phones have been banned on the sets of Siddharth Raj Anandrsquos film Bang Bang that stars Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif This has been done in a bid to avoid photographs from leaking out some pictures from the film had leaked out earlier In fact recently when the cast was shooting in Mumbai some images were doing the rounds as this was an outdoor shoot in the cityKatrina Kaif and Hrithik Roshan in a still from the film Bang BangNow the director has asked the production house to provide extra security on the sets of the film in UAE ldquoAround 30 extra security men have been deployed on the sets they are also ensuring that the cast and crew donrsquot use mobile phones Anyone entering the set has to first deposit the cell phone or camera and he she can collect it on the way outrdquo says a sourceThe source adds ldquoThe director is shooting some crucial action sequences in the UAE and a lot of it will be shown in the trailer So in order to avoid pictures from leaking out he has taken precautionary measuresrdquoAnand and Fox Studios the filmrsquos producers were unavailable for commentInterestingly this is not the first time that a filmmaker has acted on his paranoia in such a manner Several filmmakers have had similar concerns and they have tackled their problems in the same fashion hitlist takes a look at a few such instancesHappy New Year currently being filmedFilmmaker Farah KhanThe lowdown Farah Khan made it mandatory for her crew to not use mobile phones on the sets of the filmFrom left Farah Khan Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone on the sets of Happy New Year0It is said that she took this step after realising that some pictures from the sets of the film had made it to the internetRam Leela 2013Filmmaker Sanjay Leela BhansaliThe lowdown Sanjay Leela Bhansali is known to be a taskmaster and he has reiterated this time and againRanveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in Ram LeelaAfter images from the sets of his film Ram Leela were leaked online the furious filmmaker forbade his cast and crew from using mobile phones on the film sets The entire unit including lead actors Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh were asked to not use their mobiles while shootingOnce Upon A Time in Mumbaai Dobaara 2013 Filmmakers Milan Luthria The lowdown The makers of the sequel to Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai apparently employed a security agency in Oman to prevent the leaking out of the first look of cast members Akshay Kumar Imran Khan and Sonakshi SinhaSonakshi Sinha and Imran Khan in Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai DobaaraDirector Milan Luthria had then said ldquoWe spent a lot of time and effort to come up with these distinct looks for all our actors I am getting a bit paranoid about protecting the exclusivityrdquoAgneepath 2012Filmmaker Siddharth MalhotraThe lowdown Here Karan Johar tried hard to keep every characterrsquos role under wraps but he couldnrsquot succeed in doing soHrithik Roshanrsquos lsquoVijay Dinanath Chauhanrsquo look was revealed much before he wanted it out and after that the producer had no choice but to ban the use of cameras and cell phones on the setsThe Dirty Picture 2011Filmmaker Milan LuthriaThe lowdown Ekta had banned the use of cell phone on the sets of the film right from the first dayNaseeruddin Shah and Vidya Balan in The Dirty PictureShe had said ldquoWe keep hearing about incidents where looks are revealed to the public much before time and I donrsquot want that for my film I want to unveil every look in a proper way and at the right timerdquoJab Tak Hai Jaan 2012Filmmaker Yash ChopraThe lowdown Yash Raj Films had reportedly banned the use of mobile phones on the set of this film that starred Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina KaifAnushka Sharma and Shah Rukh Khan in Jab Tak Hai JaanThe production company decided to take this measure after images and video content from the filmrsquos shoot got leaked during the filmrsquos UK schedule in March 2012 With inputs from Shikha Shetty