LUCKNOW, March 4 -- A Mumbai-based film producer, Prem Rai, was allegedly made to pay Rs.14 lakh by a group of local men while shooting a film in the Bakshi Ka Talab (BKT) area of Lucknow on Sunday.

According to the complaint filed by Rai, a resident of Andheri West, Mumbai, the group forcefully took money and issued death threats, warning him against continuing the shoot.

Based on his complaint, the BKT police registered an FIR on Monday against seven named individuals and 15-20 unidentified persons under sections 190 (unlawful assembly), 191(2) (rioting), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 351(3) (death threat), and 352 (intentional insult) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Rai stated in the FIR that the incident took place on Ma...