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Krrish 3: SC asks novelist to make claim to Rakesh Roshan to settle case

Mar 182018

Novelist Rupnarayan Sonkar had filed a police complaint in 2016 accusing Rakesh Roshan of copyright violation and claimed that some scenes of the movie were based on his novel Suardaan

Rakesh Roshan

The Supreme Court has directed a Dehradun-based novelist to give a reasonable offer to film director Rakesh Roshan for settling a case related to alleged copyright violation in the 2013 Bollywood blockbuster Krrish 3.

Novelist Rupnarayan Sonkar had filed a police complaint in 2016 accusing Roshan of copyright violation and claimed that some scenes of the movie were based on his novel Suardaan.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked Roshan as to why he does not pay the amount and finish the case against him in which charge sheet has been filed.

Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, who is appearing for Roshan, said that he has not got any offer for settlement from the novelist side.

“First let the offer be made from the other side. If it is reasonable we would certainly look into it,” Jethmalani said.

The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, listed the matter for April 9 to enable the novelist to furnish a proposal to Roshan’a counsel.

“We expect that the respondent No 3 (Sonkar) shall put forth his claim which would be reasonable so that the petitioner (Roshan) can be asked to accept the same,” the bench said.

It, however, clarified that the present order has been passed without prejudice to the points raised in the petition.

Roshan had moved the apex court against an Uttarakhand High Court order of July 20 last year which dismissed his plea seeking stay on his arrest in a case of alleged copyright violation.

The high court rejected his plea on the ground that a charge sheet had already been filed against him in the case.

Sonkar had claimed that his novel was published in 2010 and hence, the case was filed against Roshan.

In the charge sheet, Roshan has been accused of plagiarising portions of a story written by Sonkar and using it in Krrish 3.

An FIR was registered at the Dalanwala police station of Uttarakhand in 2016 on the complaint of Sonkar, who had accused Roshan of copyright violation.

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When Sanjay Dutt cried 3 years after his mother Nargis' death!

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Mar 182018

An excerpt from Yasser Usman’s Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood’s Bad Boy makes some interesting revelations

Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt had not cried when his mother Nargis died and for three long years his wounds were festering when suddenly he got tapes of his mother’s dying wish and finally burst out crying.

This is among many anecdotes about the ‘original bad boy’ of Bollywood mentioned in a new book on him.

In Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood’s Bad Boy, Yasser Usman tells Sanjay’s story – the good, the bad and, at times, the disastrously absurd, the conflicts, the mistakes, the many heartbreaking tragedies, and the overwhelming triumphs.

The book, published by Juggernaut, talks about Sanjay’s ladies, his craziest moments like doing drugs, drinking the blood of a monitor lizard and shooting inside his home one unhinged night.

Nargis died on May 3, 1981 of cancer just before the release of Sanjay’s film Rocky.

“Sanjay had not cried when his mother died. It had been three long years since Nargis had passed away but Sanjay’s wounds were still festering,” Usman writes.

Sanjay was at that at a drugs rehab centre in the US. Father Sunil Dutt sent him some tapes of Nargis talking during her final days so as to help him in his rehab.

“When Sanjay got the tapes from Sunil he had no idea what was on them. He pressed play and suddenly the room was filled with Nargis’s voice. He remembered his childhood, when his mother’s voice would reverberate through the Dutt mansion,” the book says.

His mother’s voice was weak, broken and in immense pain.

But Nargis still spoke of her dreams for her beloved son, and gave him some gentle advice.

“More than anything, Sanju¿ Keep your humility. Keep your character. Never show off. Always be humble and always respect the elders. That is the thing that is going to take you far. And that is going to give you strength in your work¿,” Nargis said.

Sanjay heard his mother’s voice and realised how much she loved him and cared about him.

“I burst out crying and I cried and cried¿ I cried continuously for four days . . . I think till then I hadn’t grieved for her when she passed away. So her voice and those tapes changed everything in my life,” the book quotes Sanjay as saying.

“He knew that he had to rebuild his life. For a moment he felt his mother had come back from the dead to save him. The incident was a turning point in Sanjay’s life. His mother’s weak yet loving voice cast light where there had been darkness. Confident that his mother was watching over him, Sanjay started to take his treatment seriously. The healing truly began,” Usman writes.

According to the author, Sanjay’s life is a story of epic proportions.

He goes to describe other titbits like almost a decade before the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, Sanjay was involved in a shooting spree in posh Pali Hill for which he was even arrested. Also he once smuggled heroin into the US and at the height of his addiction, one evening he hallucinated that his father Sunil was melting, and on another occasion that his sister Priya was a gurkha.

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Raid Movie Review

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Mar 162018

Raid does an honest job of showing all that’s wrong with modern India. Do catch this at a theatre near you

Ajay Devgn in a still from Raid

Raid
Director: Rajkumar Gupta
Actors: Ajay Devgn, Saurabh Shukla
Rating:

This film, written by Ritesh Sinha (Pink, BA Pass), gets to the point right from the first scene itself—crack of dawn: bunch of Income Tax (IT) sleuths setting out to conduct a massive raid. This early ‘locking of goal’, as it were, might disappoint those who’re into back-stories, especially since the whole movie thereafter is set in a fortress, where the raid carries on forever.

But, then, what back-ground could you possibly need for two characters who belong so intrinsically to middle India—and therefore heartland films—that they’d just be B-grade clichés, if the plot didn’t support their being on screen so strongly in the first places. And the performances didn’t match the story’s quality. They do.

This is a clash of titans, of sorts. On one end is a “zamindar-thekedar-karobari-bahubali”, basically any other Uttar Pradesh Mafia-don—as many of whom exist in the movies, as they do in real life. And yet the delectably portly Saurabh Shukla plays this part with such menacing realism, remaining dorably under-stated, that you want to pull his cheeks and slap ’em at the same time.

Opposite him is Ajay Devgn, of course, as the immeasurably ‘imaandar afsar’ (upright officer), displaying that casual swag that we’ve always known Devgn for. In fact, he operates at such a fine cusp of being a proper ‘hero material’ (Singham, Shivaay, etc), and someone who can be cast without going against ‘type’ into regular middle-class, lead characters (Gangaajal, Zakhm, etc)—or as in this case, a sandal wearing IT deputy commissioner—that it escapes popular notice sometimes, how long he’s been noiselessly straddling two paths, without calling any/much attention to himself.

The ensemble cast in this picture, right from a sweet ol’ Amma (of the house), to Amit Sial (as the shady one in the sarkari crew) equally stand out. The film however scores not so much for the story alone, as in its telling. And anybody who’s seen Aamir (2008), No One Killed Jessica (2011), would admit director Raj Kumar Gupta has a firm grip over craft— can’t be easy for an audience inside a dark hall to be thoroughly engaged by a movie that also takes place almost wholly inside another hall (or mansion). Those disinclined towards such talkie dramas might find the goings-on tad tedious, perhaps; if not slightly “boring”, if you may.

But the way the narrative plays out, consciously (or sub-consciously) sub-divided into the four stages of Chanakya’s infamous political neeti (tactic): Saam, Daam, Dand, Bhed (translations won’t do justice: being crafty, slimy, essentially), makes it all a rather riveting watch.

Which is to take away nothing from the plot itself—a true account, set in 1981, Lucknow, that apparently involved the greatest ever haul by the IT department, especially from the era of the ‘Inspector Raj’ (that we could be heading back to, by the way).

The film reveals all that’s wrong with modern India, where crores are cornered by a few (by hook or crook), while the middle class gets harangued over its meager incomes. The same rich politicos—patriarchs for places they’re from—are in fact secretly admired by locals for being champs at bending the system. They become the system. Not much has changed since. Only what the crooks look like may have. Raid does an honest job of showing it, almost as is. Hence the Raid Alert: Do catch this at a theatre near you.

Also read – Raid movie: Ajay Devgn wages war against Saurabh Shukla

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Alia Bhatt celebrates 25th birthday with Ayan Mukerji, Neetu Kapoor, see photos

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Mar 162018

Alia Bhatt is currently shooting for Brahmastra in Bulgaria. Film’s director and Alia’s close friends surprised the actress with a birthday bash

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Alia Bhatt celebrates her birthday in Bulgaria.

Alia Bhatt, who turned 25 on Thursday, celebrated her birthday on the sets of Brahmastra in Bulgaria. The actress was surprised with an intimate bash planned by her close friends and film’s director, Ayan Mukerji. Alia looked quite thrilled to see the surprise away from home in Bulgaria.

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Alia Bhatt with director Ayan Mukerji and a friend.

A video of Alia Bhatt blowing the candles in joy and cutting the cake has been doing the rounds on the Internet. Several pictures of Alia with Ayan and other friends have also surfaced online. Well, what caught our attention was the absence of her Brahmastra co-star Ranbir Kapoor from the bash.

However, Ranbir’s actress-mother, Neetu Kapoor was a core part of the party and was all smiles.

Alia Bhatt Birthday
Alia Bhatt with co-star Ranbir Kapoor’s mother Neetu Kapoor and other friends.

The senior actress even posted a picture on her social media to wish the young actor a happy birthday. She captioned the picture as, “Birthday girl in her own world #brahmastra @aliaabhatt #ranbirkapoor (sic).”

Is Ranbir’s absence from the pictures, a deliberate move to mallow down the reports of them allegedly dating each other?

Brahmastra is a trilogy produced by Karan Johar. The Ayan Mukerji directorial stars Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan and Mouni Roy. It is slated to release on August 15, 2019.

Also Read: Alia Bhatt’s Birthday Treat For Fans, Shares Two New Still Of Raazi

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Who can Mahira Khan say 'I love you' to?

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Mar 162018

Mahira Khan reveals one person her grandmother would allow to say ‘I love you’ to on screen

Mahira Khan

Mahira Khan shared the stage with Simi Garewal at the recent UK Asian Film Festival in London. The Pakistani star revealed that her grandmother is still not comfortable with the idea of her working in films.

Mahira quipped that her granny is particular about who she says, “I love you,” to on screen, “but does not mind Fawad Khan.” To which Simi replied, “She does have good taste.” Mahira also bagged an award for her contribution to films and activism. The festival, which is focussing on the role of women in films, began yesterday and runs till March 25.

An awkward video of Mahira Khan and senior actor Javed Sheikh had gone viral on Twitter and across all platforms on social media. The video is from a 2018 award function, wherein, Sheikh presented Mahira with the award and went ahead for a kiss. However, in the video, Mahira is seen leaning backward and turning her face on the other side to avoid the kiss. Mahira’s fans have been going berserk on social media by criticising Javed Sheikh’s act of trying to kiss her and the awkwardness it has created.

Also read: Mahira Khan reacts to a viral video in which she winces away from Javed Sheikh’s kiss

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Did you know Ajay Devgn assisted director Shekhar Kapur on his film Dushmani?

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Mar 152018

Ajay Devgn became a reluctant actor while his heart was and is in filmmaking

Ajay Devgn started editing films from the age of 8 and 9.

Ajay Devgn’s love and passion for filmmaking is known to all. His film U, Me Aur Hum and Shivaay brings his behind-the-camera-love on to the screens. In fact, the actor with a phenomenal knowledge of filmmaking was one of the first to introduce Bollywood with Computer Graphics. Well, the actor admits that it becomes difficult for him to resist his inner director while he is acting. In an exclusive interaction with mid-day’s Sit With Hitlist team, the Golmaal 4 actor revealed his passion for the art and some more details about the craft.

He said, “I was 8 or 9, when I started helping my father with editing movies; and action were the most difficult sequences to edit back then. By 12-13, I had started making my own films. My father had bought me a camera. I used to do a lot of special effects, create my own sets by the time I was 15. Later, he would even send me to shoot for certain portions [like in Rekha’s film Madam X, 1994].”

Assisting Shekhar Kapur happened by chance, while Ajay Devgn was enjoying his college life. He narrates the incident, “Once, while I was shooting at home on a Sunday, Shekhar Kapur dropped by, saw me take some shots — [I had] created a crane shot by taking the camera up at a certain angle, which he thought was quite innovative — and he had me over as his assistant [in Dushmani, and a few commercials]. I was also enjoying college, after which I would go and work with Shekhar.”

Ajay’s father, Veeru Devgn, who is a renowned fighter in Bollywood, always wanted his son to be an actor because his father came to the city with the dream of being an actor. However, he flourished as one of the best action masters. Ajay took his first film’s offer very casually and did it with no aim of staying in the acting industry for a long time because his heart lied in filmmaking.

“One fine evening, I came home to find [director] Sandesh Kohli sitting with dad. My father had always wanted me to be an actor, train in action. He told me that Kohliji was doing a film [Phool Aur Kaante] and he wanted me to be in it. My first reaction was, “Are you mad? I am 18, enjoying life.” I flatly refused it. This was in October, 1990. By November, I was shooting — practically pushed into it. I did my debut film with the attitude that if it works, good. I will work very hard. But if it doesn’t work, I won’t roam around with a portfolio. I’ll go back to filmmaking. But the film worked. Ever since, there hasn’t been any time to sit and think,” concluded Singham.

Read the entire interview here.

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Harsh conditions no bar for Neha Dhupia on Roadies Extreme

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Mar 152018

Neha Dhupia says her love for adventure made her come back to Roadies even if it meant facing extreme situations

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Neha Dhupia will be back on MTV’s Roadies Extreme this season as a gang leader alongside Nikhil Chinapa, Raaftar and Prince Narula. “It’s amazing. I love being on the show and I love spending so much time here. This is my third year on the ‘Roadies’ journey. And ‘Roadies Extreme’ is definitely extreme for me. Living in a tent and doing all the things that I never imagined. So yes, it has been interesting and it is an experience that even money can’t buy.

“The conditions are hard sometimes and we are out of our comfort zones, but having said that, I don’t think any of that is going to stop us,” Neha told PTI. The 37-year-old actor is not averse to any platform and feels comfortable starring in films as well as doing Roadies on TV. She also has a hit podcast to her credit. Neha says her podcast, NoFilterNeha, is not just another talk show where people come to discuss industry gossip.

“I think the idea behind it was very simple. I just wanted to have unfiltered conversations with people who are famous and celebrities who are also my friends. I feel like when two actors sit together or two people from the business sit together, they don’t just sit around and gossip or talk about films. “They sit around and have normal conversations. What we like to talk about is definitely getting to know each other better and if that could be recorded and put out for the world to listen. If it makes into a great conversation and great content, then why not,” Neha said.

The actor made her Bollywood debut opposite Ajay Devgn in “Qayamat” in 2003, and she will next star in the film “Ela”, which will be directed by Pradeep Sarkar and backed by the superstar. She will also feature in director Karan Johar’s segment of “Bombay Talkies 2”. “I finished shooting for that. It’s called ‘Love and Lust’. I play a teacher called Rekha,¿ she said. “Karan is a dear friend and a lot of work is done in good humour. I worked with Pradeep in the beginning of my career. So it has been exciting and quite wonderful,” Neha said.

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Next song from Irrfan's Blackmail titled Badla to release tomorrow

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Mar 152018

The makers of Irrfan starrer Blackmail are all set to unveil the third song from the film titled Badla

Irrfan Khan

The makers of Irrfan starrer Blackmail are all set to unveil the third song from the film titled Badla. After treating the audience with the first song ‘Happy Happy’ which showcased the helplessness of Irrfan and second song ‘Patola’ which created a wedding scenario, the third song ‘Badla’ showcases the furious side of the actor.

Announcing the song to be coming tomorrow, the makers of the film shared memes citing Badla. The makers shared, “A song that will give an outlet to your anger! Stay tuned for #Badla @irrfank @IamKirtiKulhari @divyadutta25 #ArunodaySingh @OmiOneKenobe @raogajraj @AbhinayDeo #BhushanKumar @TSeries #RDPMotionPictures”.

In a short glimpse of the song. Irrfan is seen wearing a helmet used at construction sites and holding a stick. A visibly furious Irrfan looks ready to break something.

Blackmail has received immense appreciation ever since the teaser of the film released. The teaser showed Irrfan running around the streets wearing nothing more than a pair of boxer shorts with his face covered by a bra-and-panty paper bag.

The hilarious trailer of the Irrfan-starrer further piqued the interest of the audience in which the question raised was: “What will you do if you find your wife in bed with someone else?”

The quirky trailer promises a madcap comedy starring an ensemble cast of Irrfan, Kirti Kulhari, Divya Dutta, Arunoday Singh, Omi Vaidya, Anuja Sathe, Pradhuman Singh Mall, Gajraj Rao, among many others.

Produced by T-Series’ Bhushan Kumar and RDP Motion Pictures’ Abhinay Deo, Blackmail, directed by Abhinay Deo, is slated to release on April 6, 2018.

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Radhika Apte Wants To Shed Her 'Good Girl' Image

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Mar 152018

This episode of BFFs with Vogue will see Bollywood besties Radhika Apte and Rajkummar Rao in an interrogative session with host Neha Dhupia

Radhika Apte

The upcoming episode of Neha Dhupia’s BFFs with Vogue will see Bollywood besties Rajkummar Rao and Radhika Apte making some sensational revelations on the show to host Neha Dhupia. The promo of the episode got was released on the Instagram handle of Colors Infinity channel.

When Neha Dhupia asked Radhika Apte about her perception in the industry on the upcoming episode of Colors Infinity’s BFFs with Vogue, the PadMan actress had an interesting anecdote to share. She told that people in the industry often look at her as a girl next door and traditional woman which she isn’t much happy about. She has strived to change that image by doing diverse films such as Padman, Bazaar, Bombay Talkies, Netflix in the past year. And she really hopes people’s outlook towards her changes.

Radhika Apte and Rajkummar Rao on the set of BFFs with Vogue.

The entire episode will go on air on Friday at 8 pm.

In an earlier interview with mid-day, speaking about her upcoming projects, Radhika Apte had said, “I have seven projects coming out and I have done completely different roles in all of them. In PadMan I play a village girl. In Baazaar, I play a girl, who is an extremely successful businesswoman–young, bright and independent. In Sacred Games, I play a RAW agent and in Anurag’s film (international project), I play a young teacher in a metro city. In Sriram Raghavan’s film with Ayushmann Khurrana, I play a very young, cool-vibe girl and in Ghoul (English film) I’ve played a military officer. In Bombairiya I have played a PR agent and all these characters have nothing in common with each other.”

Also Read: Radhika Apte On Being Trolled: Do You Expect Me To Wear A Saree On The Beach?

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Is this Vaani Kapoor? Befikre actress looks unrecognisable at event

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Mar 152018

Ever since her debut Shuddh Desi Romance in 2013, actress Vaani Kapoor’s looks seemed to have undergone a drastic change each time

Vaani Kapoor

Every time we spot Vaani Kapoor, we have to do a double-check if it is the Befikre (2016) actor. When snapshots from a recent Delhi event dropped into our inbox, we thought it was socialite Priya Sachdev Kapur, but a closer look revealed that it was Vaani. The actor looks unrecognisable every time we see her. Ever since her debut in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013), her looks have changed drastically. Just saying.

Also read: Vaani Kapoor slays as Bond girl at fashion show

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