The unit of "Bhram", starring Dino Morea and Sheetal Menon, were in for a rude shock during shooting on the beach here when some local goons attacked them and demanded money.

A romantic scene between Dino and Sheetal was being shot Tuesday evening at Gorai Beach in Mumbai and the necessary legal permission had been taken. Three policemen from the local police station were deputed there for security.

However, three local goons appeared on the scene, totally drunk, and disrupted the shoot. They behaved aggressively with the unit members, jammed the camera equipment and did considerable damage to the sets.

They threatened the unit members and demanded money for allowing the shoot. When a unit member tried to reason with them, they assaulted the director's assistant.

The policemen reportedly kept standing as mute spectators. In fact, they told the unit to pay the money, saying the goons were "very influential".

The unit members filed a complaint with the Borivali Police Station, claiming that the Gorai Police Station personnel were hand in glove with the local mafia.

Director Pawan Kaul said: "This is simply a mockery of the system where people who are supposed to protect you are hand in gloves with the mafia. Even though all the legal permission was taken, the cops actually asked us to pay up to resume the shoot. It is a very sad state of affairs."