Brad Pitt shoots for ad film in Jaipur

Jaipur: Hollywood star Brad Pitt, with his companion Angelina Jolie, participated in a film shoot at a historic fort in Jaipur on Friday.

Earlier reports had suggested that Pitt and Jolie, who arrived on Wednesday, were in the city in connection with the shooting of the film A Mighty Heart, based on the abduction and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan.

But persons who helped organise the visit said Pitt went to a palace in the city to shoot a commercial for a Japanese product.

The couple stayed at Oberoi Rajvilas Hotel, where the entry of mediapersons was restricted. According to a travel agent who arranged transport for the stars and their crew, Jolie preferred to stay in the hotel on Thursday while Pitt shot for the ad film. Pitt also met members of Jaipur's royal family after winding up the shooting.

According to sources, Jolie accompanied Pitt when he went to Bichoon fort, about 50 km from Jaipur, to shoot for the commercial. The sources said one of the courtyards of the nearly 200-year-old fort was used as a market for the shoot.

While returning from Thursday's shooting schedule, Pitt was impressed with decorations in the markets of Jaipur, especially in the walled quarter, the travel agent said. The couple was scheduled to leave here late in the evening by a chartered flight, police sources said.

Pitt and Jolie arrived in India recently to shoot for A Mighty Heart in Pune after the movie crew decided not to film in Pakistan for security reasons.