KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 — The making of the movie Kabaali took a new twist after a police report was lodged yesterday following claims of a “hijacking”.

Malik Streams Sdn Bhd managing director Abdul Malik Dasthigeer said he was baffled car rental company Hyper Luxury Car.com had accused them of “forcing” a 25-year-old stretch limousine driver to take international superstar Rajinikanth to Malacca.

Malik Streams is the production servicing company for the movie which is being shot at several locations in Malaysia.

The car rental firm had on Tuesday lodged a police report at the Brickfields district police headquarters on the matter.

“We did not hijack the car. We rented it for RM2,500,” he said.

“We told the driver earlier we were changing the location from Shangri-La Hotel (Kuala Lumpur) to Malacca due to security issues as we were told Rajinikanth’s fans started gathering at the hotel.”

Following the allegations published by an English daily yesterday, Abdul Malik lodged a report at the Dang Wangi police station.

“How can we hijack the limousine when we had police escorting us to Malacca? I hope this can be resolved amicably and we don’t have to resort to legal action.”

On claims of “untrained bodyguards”, Abdul Malik said: “We have stopped using the services of the security company. We are temporarily using our internal bodyguards for Rajinikanth and the production crew as we arrange for a permanent security firm to take over the task.”

On the presence of “Hello Kitty” sticker on the limousine, Abdul Malik said the vehicle was used for an event and the sticker was not removed when it was used to ferry Rajinikanth from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

“We wanted to use a sticker promoting Kabaali but the company said if the sticker spoiled the paint, we would have to pay for damages.

“So, we decided against putting any sticker on the vehicle,” Abdul Malik said.

However, a spokesman for Hyper Luxury Car.com insisted Malacca was never discussed as a destination.

“There were many people involved and the company was confused over who we were supposed to talk to. They should not tell us one destination, only to go to another,” he said.

“It is not nice for an international star to get such unwanted attention.”

D’Cinema Sdn Bhd, the company that obtained the required documentation for the production crew to enter the country, denied any involvement in the fiasco.

“We want to clear our name as we are being implicated. It has nothing to do with us,” said its owner, Ravi Maraz.

“Rajinikanth is very angry over the whole episode as it has unnecessarily tarnished his name, the image of the producer (Kalaipuli S. Thanu) and the movie.”

He said Thanu has been alerted about the matter and would release a statement “soon”.