ollywood stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, shooting at Pune for the film based on the life of slain Journalist Daniel Pearl A Mighty Heart, have been provided with 'Y' category security.
The security was stepped up after terror outfit Al-Qaeda issued a threat on their lives, Intelligence Bureau sources have said.
After assessing the inputs on threat perception from various intelligence agencies, India has provided the desired security to the international stars.
The Maharashtra Police was also informed about the threat perception as the film is based on Pearl, who was assassinated by the Al-Qaeda militants in Pakistan after being abducted on January 23, 2002 while working on a story on Islamic militancy.
The stars were on a private visit, otherwise the security could have been further tightened, said the source.
British security experts were flown to Pune earlier this week, after being alerted by Pakistan because of the bad publicity the film would give to Al-Qaeda in the world.
A bungalow in Aundh, a Pune suburb, was chosen for the shoot because the area resembles Karachi, Pakistan, where Pearl and his wife Mariane spent some time. The Pakistani government did not give permission to the film unit to shoot the film in Karachi.
Image : Hollywood actors Brad Pitt (right) and Angelina Jolie (centre) with their son Maddox in an Indian auto rickshaw as they take a tour of Pune.
Photographs: AFP/Getty Images
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