Shooting of Mani Ratnam's magnum opus 'Ravana' had to be stopped after the film's crew violated an agreement with the Kerala Forest Department.
The Malayatoor Forest is a well known location for eco-tourism, and is a two-hour drive from Kochi. "They were given sanction to shoot for 20 days in a two month period and we found a violation by the film crew and ordered the shooting to be stopped," said Krishnadev Prasad Sahu of the forest division on the fifth day of the shoot.
The reason for the cancellation was said to be the temporary huts that the crew had constructed in the area.
"As per the rules they cannot erect any structure, these three huts had been constructed by them and that led to the cancellation of the permission," Sahu added.
The reason for constructing the huts according to film's crew was to keep the equipment safe from rain.
The film stars—Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai—who were to arrive in Kochi next week as the schedule was in place before Bachchan senior took ill. Sahu added that permission was unlikely to be granted again to resume the shooting of the bilingual film.
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