Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, have received threats on their lives from al-Qaeda, The Financial Express reports. The couple are currently shooting the film A Mighty Heart, based on the life of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was killed at the hands of al-Qaeda militants in Pakistan in 2002.

British security experts were flown to Pune earlier this week, after being alerted by Pakistan because of the bad publicity the film would give to al-Qaeda in the world.

After assessing the inputs on threat perception from various intelligence agencies, India has provided the couple with Y category security while in Pune on a private visit, Intelligence Bureau sources said in New Delhi on Thursday.

Jolie, 31, plays the role of Mariane, the widow of Pearl, who was working on a story on Islamic militancy at the time he was kidnapped. Actor Dan Futtermann will play the role of Daniel. Pitt, 43, makes a cameo in the film.

The movie is based on an adaptation of Mariane Pearl’s book, A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl, and is being co-produced by Plan B, a production company founded by Pitt and his ex-wife, actress Jennifer Aniston, who reliquished her stake in the company after the couple divorced.