Slapping incident on the sets of Pathan: Here's the other side of the story

"Nobody got physical on the sets and there certainly was no slapping. It is utterly incorrect," informed a source, talking about the alleged slapping incident on the sets of Pathan

On Wednesday, there was news that a dramatic fight recently ensued on the set of Siddharth Anand’s Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathan. It was reported that the filmmaker slapped his AD and the latter too got into a violent altercation. However, rubbishing the report, a trade source informs us saying, "Nobody got physical on the sets and there certainly was no slapping. It is utterly incorrect."

Turns out a lightman got injured during the shoot, and while he was being attended to, a junior artiste was seen recording a video. Anand requested him not to, but he didn’t listen. When the director asked him to hand over his mobile phone, the junior artiste became aggressive and had to be escorted out by the Yash Raj studio security. 

“The report that director Siddharth Anand and an assistant director got into a fight is absolutely baseless and untrue. Sid and his team share a bond beyond years and they all look up to him as their big brother. The truth of the matter is that a lightman was slightly injured while doing his job and he was being tended to. Thankfully, it wasn’t serious. But a junior artist was taking a video of the incident with an ulterior motive to circulate it. Siddharth Anand first instructed the said person to not to do the same as it was highly insensitive. However, he was slyly trying to do the same again. That’s when the director, as the leader of the team, sternly asked him to hand over his mobile phone and exit the set. Sid was upset that someone can be so insensitive. The junior artist, however, tried to become aggressive and the security immediately escorted him out of the sets. That’s the plain truth. Nobody got physical on the sets and there CERTAINLY was no slapping. It is utterly incorrect," said the trade source.

Pathan is billed as an action-thriller, being produced by Yash Raj Films. The film also features Deepika Padukone and John Abraham.

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