International Herald Tribune Report on Indian film actor's involvement in Chinkara filming

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Report: Indian forest officials to probe Aamir Khan over unauthorized

filming of deer

**The Associated Press

 

Published: October 30, 2006

*NEW DELHI* Forestry officials in western India want to question

Bollywood leading man Aamir Khan, who they allege filmed an endangered deer

without first seeking official permission, a news report said Monday.

Wildlife and forest officials in Gujarat state are investigating whether any

laws were broken when the actor filmed scenes there for the movie " Lagaan, "

or " Land Tax, " in 2000, the Press Trust of India reported.

Gujarat's forest minister, Mangu Patel, told PTI that state officials have

asked Khan, who also produced the movie, to appear for questioning on Nov.

6.

The actor was not immediately available for comment, and it was not clear if

he planned to go to Gujarat for questioning.

A rare chinkara deer appeared in a short scene in the movie about poor

Indian villagers reversing a repressive land tax by beating their British

colonial rulers at a game of cricket. The animal was not harmed, but

officials say the film's producers did not have permission to film the

animal.

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*NEW DELHI* Forestry officials in western India want to question Bollywood

leading man Aamir Khan, who they allege filmed an endangered deer without

first seeking official permission, a news report said Monday.

Wildlife and forest officials in Gujarat state are investigating whether any

laws were broken when the actor filmed scenes there for the movie " Lagaan, "

or " Land Tax, " in 2000, the Press Trust of India reported.

Gujarat's forest minister, Mangu Patel, told PTI that state officials have

asked Khan, who also produced the movie, to appear for questioning on Nov.

6.

The actor was not immediately available for comment, and it was not clear if

he planned to go to Gujarat for questioning.

A rare chinkara deer appeared in a short scene in the movie about poor

Indian villagers reversing a repressive land tax by beating their British

colonial rulers at a game of cricket. The animal was not harmed, but

officials say the film's producers did not have permission to film the

animal.

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