Gautham Menon’s crew lands safely in Istanbul

On Sunday morning, Gautham Menon took to Twitter with an SOS call. The director, who will be shooting Dhruva Natchathriram in Istanbul, had posted, “My film crew, stuck at

Turkey

border. On the road. More than 24 hours now. Officials not letting us in with equipment inspite of legit papers. crew traveling from Georgia to

Istanbul

by road. Carrying camera and costumes. Stuck now! At the border. Unable to meet officials demands. Turkey, We are looking forward to film in your beautiful country. If anybody that matters is reading this, please HELP. Worried for my crew. (sic)”

A source says, “Gautham will be shooting a portion of the film with Vikram in Istanbul. While Vikram left the country on Saturday, Gautham had also reached Turkey before. However, a part of the film’s crew got stranded with the equipment and costumes while travelling from Georgia by road. That’s when the director posted his plight on social media.”

We hear that by afternoon, the issue was resolved. An official note sent by the team read, “While traveling from Georgia to Turkey, the crew with the equipment faced a small hiccup due to a document oversight they weren’t aware of. But Turkey’s national carrier stepped in and immediately agreed to fly the crew in.” The team is expected to shoot in Istanbul till the end of this month.