Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt leave Pune after film shoot

Hollywood actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who were here since October 5 for the shooting of a part of the film A Mighty Heart, on Saturday checked out of the five-star hotel where they were putting up since their arrival.Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and their three children checked out from Le Meridien Hotel on Saturday morning after completion of the shooting in Pune, sources said.

However, the city police, airport authorities and the hotel management had no idea about where the star couple and their children had gone."We have no idea where they have gone after their check out," a senior staff of Le Meridien said.

According to sources, after the shoot here, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were to leave for Mumbai to resume shooting there."They were to go to Mumbai. In fact, we have had a flight plan ready for them for today as a stand by. More than this, we have no idea," a senior airport official said.

The visit by the Hollywood couple (Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Populary called as Branglina) to the city created lot of media hype and also led to skirmishes between the photographers and the couple's private security personnel.A Mighty Heart is based on a book of the same name by Marianne, wife of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl.Pearl was abducted and later killed by militants in Pakistan in 2002. The film is largely based on the life of the murdered journalist and is being co-produced by Brad Pitt's company.

Angelina Jolie plays the role of a pregnant Marianne in the film while Dan Futterman is doing the role of Pearl in the movie directed by Michael Winterbottom.Parts of the film were shot in Pune due to their similarity with parts of Karachi, the city from where Pearl was abducted.Due to the controversial subject of the film, the Pakistani Government had refused permission for shooting in that country.

Subsequently, the film unit hired a couple of bungalows in 'Sindh Colony' and the shooting begun on October 9. During their stay, the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visited an adoption centre and did some shopping in the city, besides touring Goa and Rajasthan.

Source dnaindia.com