Mumbai: Mumbai Police have issued a precautionary advisory asking Hindi film stars to avoid large public gatherings and crowded places that put them in close contact with the public. The instruction follows the 18 October shooting involving Tiger Shroff and a widening round of security worries around leading actors.
What prompted the advisory
On 18 October, three men on a motorcycle opened fire in Mumbai’s Juhu area while Tiger Shroff was leaving a football ground. The actor escaped unharmed; his driver was injured. Reports said the accused had also staked out Ranbir Kapoor’s home in Bandra, along with buildings where Aamir Khan and Ranveer Singh lived during a month in the city.
The police advisory does not point to a specific new plot. It is framed as a precaution, but it formalises what private security teams have been quietly doing for weeks.
A visible change at Jalsa
Amitabh Bachchan stepped out of his Juhu residence on 1 November to keep a decades-old Sunday tradition of greeting fans. This time, the wheeled pedestal he usually stands on was replaced by bulletproof glass. His Jalsa home has reportedly received 2 bomb threats in 2 weeks.
That image matters beyond the security detail. Bachchan’s Sunday appearance is one of Hindi cinema’s last direct, predictable fan rituals. Keeping it behind bulletproof glass preserves the ritual while conceding that even a choreographed crowd is now treated as a risk.
The longer backdrop
Hindi cinema has a long history of extortion demands, threats and shootings linked to organised crime. Each flare-up has usually produced the same response: more private guards, round-the-clock teams and, for some stars, police protection. The current advisory extends that logic from an individual star’s compound to any place where a crowd gathers.
The mention of Kapoor, Khan and Singh is notable because it suggests the accused were not focused on one target. A month of reported surveillance across Bandra and other parts of the city implies a shift from individual extortion to mapping the industry’s most visible stars. That is precisely what makes a general advisory, rather than a single protective detail, the natural police response.
For film producers and event teams, the operational question has changed. A mall visit, a music launch or a Ganpati pandal appearance is no longer simply a promotion with crowd control; it is a security decision about whether proximity to the public can be justified at all.
- 18 October: Tiger Shroff’s driver was injured in a Juhu shooting.
- The accused reportedly surveyed homes linked to Ranbir Kapoor, Aamir Khan and Ranveer Singh.
- 1 November: Amitabh Bachchan greeted fans behind bulletproof glass.
- 2 bomb threats were reported at Bachchan’s Jalsa home in 2 weeks.
What teams can do now
The advisory gives concrete cover for saying no to uncontrolled appearances. Security teams can use it to downgrade riskier promotional slots, insist on advance police coordination, and add hard barriers even to familiar events. For fan-facing moments, the instruction is not necessarily to end them but to add an extra layer: bulletproof glass, controlled entry and a faster exit.
The advisory does not order stars to cancel all public engagements. It asks them to reduce uncontrolled exposure. For an industry that has built stardom on the crowd’s gaze, that is a quiet but significant shift.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter India
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