Mumbai: In custody for the alleged rape of his housemaid, Shiney Ahuja’s career might have gone down like a sinking ship but the infamous actor still has some loyal supporters in filmdom. Unwilling to give up on the actor, director Vinod Pande seems to have gone against the current as he refused to act on the popular advice that suggested an editing of Shiney’s cameo from his ready to release flick ‘Chaloo’.So while all other filmmakers are keeping a safe distance from Shiney, Pande has refused to chop Shiney’s role.
A daily quoted a source as saying, "As soon as Shiney was arrested, there was a big question mark over the fate of many of his movies as most of them were complete and ready for release. ‘Chaloo’ movie was also one of the projects. Shiney was playing a special cameo in the film. Vinod is quite a close friend and mentor right from their Sins days. When he was jailed and his trial started, Vinod was requested by many people associated with the film to rethink about how his role in the film."
While some suggested a partial edit of Shiney’s role, others demanded a complete omission. But being an old pal of the actor, Vinod reacted very strongly and was angry that something like this about his friend was being suggested.
Vinod confirmed the news, saying, "I find that people sentence a person before the law does and character assassination takes place even when one is still not declared guilty. The law will take its own course. Meanwhile, I can`t do injustice to the effort that he has put in the movie. I`m not chopping his role," he says. "I realise that his name is invoking negative reactions and feelings from people but that does not mean that if I have him, I`m risking my film."
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