Even before ‘Drona’ could hit the screens, the Bachchan family faced a fresh round of attack, this time from Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray. It all started with a light-hearted jovial remark from Jaya Bachcan on the audio release of Abhishek Bachchan’s ambitious project ‘Drona’. “We are from Uttar Pradesh and we will speak in Hindi—Maharashtrians will forgive us,” said Jaya.
MNS leader Raj Thackeray in February 2008 had accused Jaya’s husband, superstar Amitabh Bachchan, of not doing enough for Maharashtra and favouring his home state of Uttar Pradesh. This seems to have given fresh additions to the issue and now Thackeray has announced a “ban” on films in Maharashtra which features the superstar and his family members.
“All Bachchan family movies and advertisements in Mumbai and Maharashtra are banned from today (Monday),” said Thackeray at a press conference.
“This is an affront to the Marathi Manoos (Marathi-speaking people). All parties should unite and condemn what she said,” said Thackeray.
However, the Bollywood fraternity is with the Bachchans with veteran Shyam Benegal saying it was a “childish” and “silly” remark over a “light-hearted joke”.
“This is an attempt to divide the entire industry and create borders within the nation,” actor and social worker, Nafisa Ali said.
Little did Jaya know that one joke at the launch function would cost so much for her political career as well her son’s upcoming movie ‘Drona’.
Jaya Bachchan attack from Thackeray
Actor Aamir Khan in half-man & half-woman
There is no stopping Aamir Khan. Always setting new goals for himself, always experimenting with new styles, this actor of his own kind will next be seen as the mythological half man-half woman ‘Ardhnarishwar‘ in a Tata Sky ad. This ad, the first for the company by Aamir will go on air from today.
The ad has been conceptualised by the company’s marketing team along with Rediffusion. Bollywood writer-director Neeraj Vohra has directed the ad. This 70 seconds ad will show half of Aamir as a Punjabi girl, and the other half as a boy.
‘We are proud to have Aamir working on the ad and happy with the outcome of the final product. No other actor could have done the same so effectively,’ said Vikram Mehra, chief marketing officer, Tata Sky.
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Kabeer Kaushik is missing from ‘Chamku’
One may be wondering why the director Kabeer Kaushik is missing from all the promotional events of Bobby Deol and Priyanka Chopra starrer ‘Chamku’. The reason is that the director is stuck up in London, keeping up with the disrupted shooting schedules of actor turned producer Arshad Warsi’s maiden home production.
Unfortunately, the schedule for Warsi’s film has been hit due to the appalling weather conditions in London. Since Warsi has already lost so many days and a big amount of money too due to bad weather, he obviously does not approve of his director going off to Mumbai for a few days.
On top of that Kaushik has a single entry visa implying that once he flies out of London, he will have to apply for a new visa. Keeping the tight schedule of his film in mind, Warsi is keeping his director on a short lease.
To be known here, that Arshad had been the first choice as the host of ‘Big Boss 2’, but he turned down the offer because it would have entailed flying to and fro between London and Mumbai every week and Warsi cannot afford to do that right now. So now we know that Arshad’s loss has been Shilpa’s gain.
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‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ crew at a Press conference
May be it a recovering act, after initial bad reports the crew of ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ including Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Bipasha Basu met at Yash Raj studios for a press conference and the other one is scheduled within two weeks. All the best luck to ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno.’
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Sarath Kumar’s next movie Jaggubhai in Bangkok
Sarath Kumar’s next movie Jaggubhai has started rolling in Bangkok without much fanfare and will continue shooting for the next couple of months. Sarath will be shuttling between Chennai and Bangkok to manage his movie and political engagements.
The film would portray Sarath Kumar in two get-ups. One as a young man and the other as the father of a teenage daughter. The daughter’s role will be played by Shriya Saran.
The movie will be directed by K.S Ravikumar. It can be recalled that the film Cheran Pandiyan directed by K.S Ravikumar was his first hit and also was Sarath Kumar’s first film as hero. The Sarath-Ravi Kumar pair has also given the super blockbuster Nattami. Lets hope they repeat the success story in this movie too.
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‘Kaminey’ not a good shooting experience for Shahid
Shahid Kapoor did not have a very pleasant time while shooting for Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Kaminey’ at Pune. First, it was his female fan following which created mobbing and gate-crashing for autographs making it difficult for Shahid to get to the sets from Taj where he was staying.
The second mishap took place on Thursday when Shahid fell off a bike with his co-star Priyanka Chopra. The accident took place while the duo were shooting for a scene that required Priyanka to ride a bike with Shahid on the back seat.
The two were riding the bike on a slope that was slightly muddy when the two-wheeler skidded and the two fell off. And to make matter worse, the bike fell on top of them. Now both the stars sport quite a few bruises on their body.
“By god’s grace, I am fine and so is Shahid, except for a few cuts and bruises. I think the only thing that is seriously damaged is my ego, otherwise I am alive and kicking, ” Priyanka was quoted as saying in a press statement.
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Abhishek Bachchan Starrer ‘Drona’ to be unveiled today
The first teaser of Abhishek Bachchan starrer ‘Drona’ has already created a lot of stirs. Now, Eros International is all set to unveil yet another magnificent promo of the film this Independence Day which will be shown across theatres along with ‘God Tussi Great Ho’. This teaser will unveil the look of Kay Kay Menon who plays the antagonist Riz Raizada and Priyanka Chopra who plays Sonia.
Drona, produced by Shrishti Arya (Rose Films) and Sunil Lulla (Eros International) is a fantasy adventure with loads of special effects. Directed by Goldie Behl, the film is set to release on Oct 2.
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The Rajiv Gandhi Awards Photo Gallery
The very prestigious 11th Rajiv Gandhi Awards was held amidst much glamour and glittering. The Rajiv Gandhi Awards has a fool-proof jury which is put in place six months in advance which then selects the nominees from diverse fields ranging from education to media to child prodigy to women achiever to young & global entrepreneur to entertainment & sports
This time noted social worker Anna Hazare, child actor Darsheel Safary and international Bhangra artist Malkit Singh, were among those who received the annual Rajiv Gandhi Awards. Kareena Kapoor and Salamn Khan set the stage afire with their dance performances at the show. Also present were Saif Ali Khan, Lara Dutta, Geeta Basra and Rakhi Sawant.
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The music launch of Vikram Bhatt’s ‘1920’
The music launch of Vikram Bhatt’s ‘1920’ was held in a grand way with almost everyone present at the occasion including Anjorie Alagh, Adah Sharma, Kailash Kher, Vikram Bhatt, Sameer, Pandit Jasraj, Rakhi Sawant, and Rajneesh Duggal. However, the absence of music composer for the film, Adnan Sami, was conspicuously felt.
The reason for Adnan’s absence was that he has been hospitalized due to a bad case of food poisoning which he suffered a couple of days back. Adnan really regretted missing the opportunity but is fine now and on a way to speedy recovery.
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Actress Bipasha Basu steals Ranbir Kapoor from Deepika Padukone
It all happened on the sets of a television reality show where Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu and Deepika Padukone appeared for the promotion of their upcoming ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’.
Incidentally, Deepika was to make an entry with Ranbir, but Bips did not like the idea at all and insisted that she should make an entry with the Kapoor kid. So, the promoters decided to focus on Bipasha on the TV show and arranged an entry of Ranbir and Bipasha together. Deepika, sadly, was sidelined.
Jealous as all women are, Deepika did not take it down in good spirit and kept sulking through the entire show, so much so, that she even snapped at a contestant leaving him hurt.
Well, this is what happens when you are in love!
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Actress Asin`s maid clears doubts
Asin’s maid, who was alleged to have been kept under illegal detention by the star in Mumbai, appeared before the Chennai police on Saturday and said that she was working with Asin voluntarily.
Asin was caught in this drama when her maid’s family apparently filed a case that their daughter Bula, has been “kidnapped, kept against her will at the actress residence in Mumbai, is abused and now missing”. Based on the complaint, the police had launched investigations and also decided to question Asin.
However, on Saturday Beaulah told the police that she had been working with the star since 2003 and had voluntary left for Mumbai to be with her. “I was not kidnapped or detained illegally by Asin or her associates. I was working with Asin both as a maid and makeup artiste since she made her debut in cinema five years ago. A few months ago, I voluntarily went with Asin to Mumbai, where she is shooting for a film,” Bulah told the police.
The reason, Beaulah gave for not picking calls from her mother was that her mother was troubling her for more and more money. Following this, chennai police have decided to close the case.
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Sallu Forgets Rivalry, Ivites Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar
Salman Khan, who is rumored to have a rivalry with the actor Akshay Kumar, regarding his numerous films with Katrina Kaif, has forgotten all the bitterness and invited the duo (Katrina and Akshay Kumar) on his show Dus Ka Dumm. The duo will be seen playing at the game show and promoting their next flick, “Singh Is Kingg” soon.
The saying “Alls fair in love and war” surely goes well with Sallu Bhai!!!
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Actress Asin Pairs Up Jackie Chan
Asin who appeared for the film “Dasavatharam” with Universal Hero Kamal Hassan as a pair attracts many. The beauty from God’s own Country Asin is currently busy with Hindi films. Already the actress is making a huge impact with some great hits may act in an international project too with Jackie Chan after seeing her at “Dasavatharam” audio launch.
The Sources says that it was an advertisement in which it is built with lot of stunt scenes and this would shoot at Hong Kong. For this Asin is leaving the foreign location in the middle of this month. Asin nowadays busy with Hindi films and she is the lead to act in Ko Taisa to be directed by Priyadarshan and Vipul Amrutlal for London Dreams. Already the butterflies are around her head of wondering to share screen with International actor Jackie Chan.
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Kuthu song in Pollachi for Vijay`s Villu
The Vijay- Nayanthara action entertainer Villu, directed by Prabhu Deva is making brisk progress. Last week, during the nights, action scenes were canned for the film in and arond the busy streets of Chennai.
The film has some awesome action scenes which are very crucial to the story. After completing the Chennai schedule, the unit has now left for Pollachi to shoot a song for the film.
According to sources in the industry, Prabhu Deva wants to shoot the ultimate Kuthu song for the film. Remember some of the most popular Kuthu numbers in Tamil cinema have featured our Ilayathalapathy. One of the major highlights of Vijay- Prabhu Deva’s earlier Pokkiri was the songs and its picturisation. Who can forget the chartbusting kuthu number Mambazham ma…?
Similarly in Villu, music director Devi Sri Prasad is said to have composed a mass kuthu number which will be picturised on Vijay and Nayanthara in Pollachi this week. The song, it is believed, is sure to make the fans of the star happy. Source: timesofindia.indiatimes
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Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Come Again
Their much awaited and much hyped film ‘Tashan’ crashed at the box office despite Kareena flaunting her zero size figure in the film. But this has in no way disheartened Saifeena (Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor) from venturing into projects together.
They are already working in Sriram Raghavan’s ‘Agent Vinod’ and untitled film for Rensil D’Silva. The latest addition to this list is the film they have signed for the production house Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd. Incidentally, this film is a part of the three-film deal, which Kareena had signed with Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd.
The spokesperson for Ashtavinayak confirmed the news saying, “Yes, Saif and Kareena have been signed for a film to be made under the Ashtavinayak banner. It is an action film but the director is yet to be finalized. The film will go on floors sometime next year (2009).”
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Ajith Shalini Daughter Photo Gallery
This was the first time that Ajith with his entire family spotted in a function. Anoushka was Ajith baby girl name and she was not spotted anywhere with his father and mother. In the above picture actor Ajith tighten her daughter with his safe hands on the other Shalini asking to her baby in a typical mother style.
Ajith and Shalini is lucky they got a cute little girl. Ajith fans after seeing this photo happy after the Ultimate Star Ajith brought his child to a fuction!!!
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Simbu Nayanthara both pair has patch up mood
When Simbu and Nayanthara was filming together for the film “Vallavan” they both were alleged with some love affairs but they break up due to various personal reasons. But the latest is that Nayan and Simbu is going to patch up (i.e) broken heart is to fix correctly with glue. The sources say that both were met at Star Hotel at Chennai in recent times.
This is to happen when Simbu went to meet his friend and actor Vishal at the party hall was surprised after seeing Nayanthara and Trisha there. The source also says mutually both of them was good enough to enquiry their future projects. More interestingly both of them seated next to each other which attract the pair but they doesn’t even speak a single word each other. Seems both pair has patch up mood.
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Bollywood Actress Preity Zinta ko gussa kyun aata hai?
Once upon a time Amitabh Bachchan had the total copyright over the anger matters. Later on heroes like Sunny Deol and Ajay Devgan shared few bits of the losing control.
On screen sweeties like Salman and Chichi have even created off screen hunguma either by knocking ladies’ doors or by slapping news guys. But sweet babies ire-ing and firing in the industry is quite an offbeat catch.
Though hard to believe but it’s true that it hardly takes few seconds to ignite anger in Priety. We all are aware of this tamed lioness’ angry side. Once this pretty actress gets angry then she is not the one who would back out from the fight.
Recently producer Tito Juneja’s son Sonny Juneja had to face the storm from this lady when he dared to throw comment on Priety’s acting capabilities while she was dubbing for Tito’s film Har Pal.
Priety got so bugged up with the continuous comments from Sonny that she decided to quit dubbing session and took a seat in a nearby park.
In the end director Jahnu Barua had to arrive on the sets to convince the angry actress for resuming the dubbing. Preity did so but only after Sonny was asked to leave the studio.
Whether reports of cold vibes between films cast Shiney Ahuja and Preity Zinta or Shiney’s balding problems, Har Pal has always been associated with these kinds of negative stories. But as you say in Bollywood, negative or positive, B-town personalities always welcome free publicity.
Maybe the uncontrollable anger fuming in the babe is just a part of that!
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