Prithviraj and Dulquer Salmaan are renowned actors in the Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi film industry. While Prithviraj was last seen in late director Sachy’s ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’ opposite Biju Menon and Dulquer was last seen in ‘Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal’ opposite Ritu Verma. Prithviraj was shooting at Wadi Rum desert in Jordan for ‘Aadujeevitham’, when the world went into lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus. However, given that the crew was at an isolated location, the local government allowed them to continue with their shooting with all the safety precautions in place. Near the end of March, the crew as asked to suspend the shoot until further notice. All cast and crew members of ‘Aadujeevitham’, including Prithviraj, returned to India on May 22. The film’s team was flown to Kochi via Delhi from Amman by a repatriation flight, which was part of India’s ‘Vande Bharat’ effort to bring back its citizens stranded abroad.
Now, the (MVD) Motor Vehicles Department of Kerala has ordered a probe after a video of luxury cars owned by Prithviraj and Dulquer Salmaan, were seen racing along the Kottayam- Kochi highway, was shared on social media, according to a leading newspaper. The video, recorded and uploaded by two youngsters, who apparently chased the actors on their bike, has now gone viral. In the video, two men on a bike could be seen chasing three cars, a black Lamborghini, a silver Porsche followed by a red Porsche cruising along the Kottayam- Kochi road. The MVD joint transport commissioner Rajeev Puthalath said that a probe has been launched to ascertain the authenticity of the video and determine whether the actors were involved in rash driving.
“ We’ve launched a probe to find whether the actors were involved in rash driving. An instruction has been given to the MVD’s Automated Enforcement Wing (AEW) to verify the speed-detecting cameras installed along the Kottayam-Kochi route. We can’t jump into a conclusion to claim that the actors have violated the road-safety rules. If the cameras can find the violations, notice will be served on the RC (registration certificate) owner,”
