New Delhi: Filmmaker Prakash Jha is upset that the permission to stage a grand show in Lucknow to promote his forthcoming film "Aarakshan" was withdrawn by the Mayawati government at the eleventh hour. He says if people have a problem with the film, they should discuss it with him head on. "I am surprised that the permissions were cancelled at the last minute. I just don't understand what kind of...
04:17 PM, Aug 04, 2011
Lucknow: The Mayawati government on Wednesday withdrew permission granted for a grand show to promote Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Aarakshan' for which the Bollywood icon and his co stars Deepika Padukone, Manoj Bajpai and Prateik Babbar were arriving to Lucknow. 'Apprehension of breach of peace' was described as the official reason for the sudden 'u' turn by the state administration, which had earlier formally granted the necessary permission for the event,...
09:17 AM, Aug 04, 2011
Mumbai: Minissha Lamba is miffed with Sagar Ballary, the director of "Bheja Fry 2" and her forthcoming "Hum Tum Aur Shabana", who has been reportedly bad-mouthing her. Shocked and hurt, Minissha feels it is Ballary's attempt to publicise his films. "I used to consider Ballary a friend. But if by maligning me he is trying to get publicity, then he's hardly a friend," she says. Minissha also feels this is...
08:42 PM, Jul 30, 2011
Mumbai: Vivek Oberoi's luck gets soured again. A metropolitan magistrate issued a non-bailable warrant against Vivek Oberoi and father Suresh Oberoi on 28th July, 2011. The warrant was issued due to a check bounce of Rs 3 crore. The case was filed against the father-son duo along with four other employees who worked at Oberoi Multimedia Ltd. The case was filed in December 2010 and since then three hearings have...
11:51 AM, Jul 29, 2011
Kolkata: Prakash Jha's "Aarakshan", about caste issues, is courting controversy for being anti-Dalit and its lead actor Amitabh Bachachan on Wednesday clarified that they have made the film to entertain and not to create controversies. "I definitely believe that the film will be somewhat educative to lot of people. This film was an education for me. I am very hopeful that some of the points we made here will be...
01:31 PM, Jul 28, 2011
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Monday issued notices to Bollywood actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan and two others in connection with the public exhibition of an objectionable song in his latest production venture "Delhi Belly", a lawyer said. While hearing a public interest litigation, seeking a ban on showing the controversial song "Bhag DK Bose", a division bench also issued notice to the censor board and Ram Sampat, the writer of...
09:11 PM, Jul 25, 2011
Bangalore: All four shows of Bollywood film "Singham" were cancelled in a theatre on Friday after pro-Kannada activists gathered in front of the hall and protested against the alleged anti-Kannada dialogues in the Tamil remake. Posters, banners and publicity material put up in front of Tribhuivan theatre here were torn by the agitators led by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike volunteers. The staff of Tribhuvan theatre said they stopped the screening of...
09:27 PM, Jul 22, 2011
Los Angeles: Singer Britney Spears refused to wash for days and picked her nose "unselfconsciously", says her former bodyguard who is suing her for harassment. Fernando Flores launched a lawsuit last year alleging the "Toxic" hitmaker repeatedly exposed herself and made unwanted sexual advances towards him when he worked for her. Now Flores claims the singer had poor personal hygiene, frequently used offensive language, failed to brush her teeth or...
09:42 AM, Jul 22, 2011
New Delhi: Actress Katrina Kaif has apologised for her comments describing Rahul Gandhi as "half Indian" but said her remarks were taken out of context. "The comments have been misconstrued. They have been taken out of context. But having said that if I have caused hurt to anyone's sentiments, I deeply apologise. It was not the intention at all," Kaif told a TV news channel. In an interview to a...
05:32 PM, Jul 20, 2011
Kolhapur: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) activists on Monday protested outside two cinema halls here exhibiting the latest Aamir Khan production Delhi Belly due to its "vulgar and objectionable" content, police said. The managements were forced to cancel the afternoon shows. Over 50 angry NCP activists, led by local corporators Anil Pharat and Prakash Gaondi, created ruckus at the Padma and Parvati cinema halls where the afternoon shows had started. They...
04:22 PM, Jul 11, 2011
New Delhi: Producer Vipul Shah is shocked at the claims of Pandit Bhagwat Guruji, who said that he got actors John Abraham and Genelia D'Souza married off while shooting for a wedding sequence in their new film Force, and says the priest is just looking for his 15 minutes of fame. "Countless number of weddings have been performed in Hindi cinema, but this is the first time that I have...
09:22 AM, Jul 11, 2011
New York: R&B star John Legend has been accused by songwriter Anthony Stokes of ripping off his demo song. In a lawsuit filed in New Jersey, Stokes stated that he gave the tape to Legend in 2004 after a concert he performed at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The 32-year-old promised to listen to the song, but never got back to Stokes, reports Tmz.com. The songwriter, however, insists that...
12:07 PM, Jul 08, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court Tuesday issued notices to megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Sony TV and the censor board on a petition challenging promos of the forthcoming season of "Kaun Banega Crorepati" show. Petitioner Mumbai businessman Mukesh Sharma contended that a series of six promos telecast as a build-up to the show "insulted and maligned" the slogan of freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose "Tum mujhe khoon do, main tumhe azadi doonga"....
10:29 AM, Jul 06, 2011
New Delhi: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has lodged a complaint against the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) for threatening him after he expressed his desire to cast Kannada actress Maria Monica Susairaj, convicted for the murder of a television executive, in his next film inspired by the same case. "Just lodged a complaint with the Versova police against the BJP Yuva Morchas threat to me on the Maria Susairaj issue,"...
03:20 PM, Jul 05, 2011
New Delhi: Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) is considering legal action against Aamir Khan's latest film, Delhi Belly, for allegedly depicting one of the company's cars in a derogatory manner. "Our legal team is looking into the matter and watching the film clips. Accordingly, we will decide our future course of action," an HMIL spokesperson said. It is understood that the company is unhappy with the way a car "seemingly...
02:40 PM, Jul 05, 2011
New Delhi: 'Bhaag DK Bose', the popular song from Aamir Khan's latest production Delhi Belly accidentally infringed copyrights of an artist duo who have a registered trademark of a similar name, but the actor has now amicably resolved the issue. Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra had claimed that the phrase 'BoseDK' was originally their idea and the title of their first exhibition at Gallery Nature Morte in 2005. Aamir, who...
06:56 PM, Jul 04, 2011
Kathmandu: Two years after Bollywood action comedy Chandni Chowk to China was banned in Nepal, now it's the turn of Amir Khan's newest release Delhi Belly to land in the latest controversy in the Himalayan republic with the government on Sunday stopping the film from being screened in Nepal. The crackdown came after Nepal's Film Censor Board complained to the authorities that the Abhinay Deo-directed film was full of obscene...
02:20 PM, Jul 04, 2011
London: American singer Aaron Carter has claimed that late pop legend Michael Jackson gave him cocaine and alcohol when he was 15. The "Crazy Little Party Girl" hit-maker, who spent a month in rehab earlier this year for "emotional and spiritual" issues, was friends with the King of Pop. Carter, the younger brother of singer Nick Carter, revealed that he became so uncomfortable with Jackson's behaviour that his mother called...
01:49 PM, Jul 01, 2011
New Delhi: The Amarnath Yatra has begun. This year is perhaps the first time in the last two decades, when it is devoid of any controversies, accidents or unrest. The Valley is also peaceful this summer. A look at the yatra's troubled past. A journey of faith which draws thousands to undertake one of the toughest pilgrimages - the Amarnath yatra, which has countered bad weather, militant attacks and several...
09:32 AM, Jun 30, 2011
Los Angeles: Lady Gaga is being sued in a $5 million class action suit for allegedly scamming a Japan relief charity. She has been accused of pocketing proceeds from the sales of "We Pray for Japan" wristbands. Michigan Law firm 1-800-LAW-FIRM claims that GaGa sold the bracelets for $5, plus $3.99 for shipping and handling, and 60 cents for taxes, but jacked up the price of the shipping costs in...
12:56 PM, Jun 27, 2011
