Movie on a mountaineer
View(s):‘Shivaay’, another action thriller from Bollywood, released coinciding the Diwali festival is now being screened at theatres in Colombo and suburbs.
Produced and directed by Ajay Devgan, the film stars Sayyeshaa Saigal, grand daughter of Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu and Erika Kaar and Devgan himself.
According to Indian media within days of release of Shivaay’s poster, the film got into legal problem as a complaint got filed against actor Ajay Devgan. The protest was in connection with the poster of ‘Shivaay’ which allegedly hurt Hindu community’s sentiments. The complainant said the poster of the movie showed Devgan climbing Lord Shiva’s figure with shoes on, which hurts the sentiments of the people having faith in Lord Shiva and Hinduism.
The film revolves around a Himalayan mountaineer who is an innocent and yet is capable of transforming into a mean destroyer when he needs to protect his family.
Started in November 2014 major part of the shooting of the film was done in Mussoorie, Bulgaria and Hyderabad.
‘Shivaay’ is a CEL release.
