The shooting of actress Vidya Balan’s film "Sherni" was going on in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. She stayed in Gondia, Maharashtra and used to come to Balaghat every day.
Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister Vijay Shah invited Vidhya Balan for a dinner but the refusal from her made a difficult situation. The very next day the DFO stopped the car of the shooting unit. However, when the matter reached the top, everything went well. Vidya Balan came to Balaghat in connection with the shooting of the film Sherni.
The shooting of Vidya Balan’s film Sherni was going on in Balaghat. Approval for this was taken from October 20 to November 21. Meanwhile, Shah expressed his desire to meet Vidya Balan. On November 8, the time was fixed from 11 am to 12 am. After this, the forest minister was to go to Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra at four in the evening. While there he was supposed to stay the night, but he stayed in the rest house of Bharveli mine.
At five in the evening, he came to meet Vidya and after meeting, expressed his desire for dinner. As Vidya Balan stayed in Gondia, Maharashtra, she refused dinner. As a result, the next day, when the people associated with the film reached there as usual, South DFO GK Barkade stopped the production unit’s vehicles. Suddenly the information of this approach of the forest department reached the top officers, then the DFO was immediately instructed. Then the shooting started.
In this regard, Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF) Narendra Kumar Sanodia told that he himself was with the minister at the time of the meeting. The CCF said they are not aware of the dinner offer. The other day, the DFO had stopped some vehicles. On this, Principal Secretary called the phone and told the DFO that the film shooting in the state is rare. If you stop such works, the state will be infamous. After this the shooting started.