Angelina Jolie is no stranger to media frenzy.

But while filming A Mighty Heart in Mumbai last fall, the actress says things got out of hand.She blames the paparazzi for creating mayhem at a school where she was shooting scenes for the movie.Her bodyguards - who said they were trying to stave off photographers - were accused of physically blocking parents from picking up their children.

The gates of the school had been locked during filming, and a fracas took place when they were opened.

“It was not the film production that caused chaos,” Jolie, 31, tells Entertainment Weekly magazine. “We were only guilty of bringing the paparazzi.” A Mighty Heart, directed by Michael Winterbottom, is based on a memoir by Mariane Pearl, widow of Daniel Pearl, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal who was abducted and murdered in Pakistan in 2002 while researching a story on Islamic militancy. Jolie plays Mariane Pearl and Dan Futterman plays Daniel Pearl. The film, scheduled for release in June by Viacom’s Paramount Vantage, will be shown at the annual Cannes Film Festival in the south of France next month. “The story unfolds like a mystery,” Jolie says. “You’ve got people collecting clues and trying to solve what happened. But it’s also very real and personal. We didn’t want it to be too melodramatic or too polished. We didn’t want it to be a typical movie.” Winterbottom’s shooting style is a little like the taping of a reality show. He uses handheld cameras, encourages as much improvization as the storyline allows, and follows his actors wherever they go. “It could get intense. Michael and I would have disagreements over where he could follow me,” Jolie says. “I just needed to know that if things got too heavy, there’d be a place for me to cry by myself.” Jolie won an Oscar for 1999’s Girl, Interrupted.

Plot for Dhoni

The Jharkhand State Housing Board (JSHB) has out-of-turn allotted “an extra” 4500 square feet area to the Team Indian wicketkeeper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The State Government had earlier allotted 5000 square feet area to the star cricketer. The allotment has been made in utter disregard to several widows, physically handicapped.

Army men and thousands of people, who had deposited the earnest money with the State Housing Board (SHB) and awaiting allotment of a dream plot for the past 37 years.

21 airfields

With an eye on tapping tourism and also to improve air connectivity for VIPs within the state, the state government has decided to develop 21 airfields under its jurisdiction. Prior to bifurcation, there were 34 airfields under the state government’s domain, though no navigational or meteorological support is available.
 
Fares rising

The Delhi cabinet will notify an increase in the fares of autorickshaws, taxis and buses in the first week of May after it goes through the recommendations of the Fare Fixation Committee it had constituted last year. The committee, having finalised its report, will present it to the Delhi government on May 1.