Kahaani wins at Fiji International Film Fest
By Bollywood Hungama News Network,
Vidya Balan's winning streak continues with Kahaani.
The film, after having won the audiences' hearts and acclaims galore,
has now been named the best film at the International Film Festival in
Fiji. The said festival, which was held in Labasa, was a two-week long
event that was partnered with Indian High Commission and organized by
Fiji National University and Film Fiji.
As per an Indian High Commission statement, the festival that had opened
with the screening of Kahaani had over 250 entries, of which
about 125 films were screened in Suva and other cities. The Indian
feature and documentary films were also a part of festival where Kahaani received the award in 'Best Film' category. While Rajkumar Hirani received 'Best Director' award for his film 3 Idiots, special Jury Best Film award went to Kumavatara.
The festival featured a diverse variety of international and local film
entries which included French, Russian, Middle Eastern films, Bollywood
blockbusters and Bengali classics. These films were screened from all
over the country from October 5 to 18.
Rishi Kapoor plays Dawood in D Day
By Bollywood Hungama News Network ,
After his wonderfully skilled performance as a gay dean in Karan Johar's Student Of The Year,
Rishi Kapoor is all set to play Dawood. The super-versatile Rishi
Kapoor stepping into Dawood's white shoes is indeed a cinematic coup. It
apparently took director Nikhil Advani who has earlier worked with
Rishi Kapoor in Patiala House a good six months to convince the temperamental Kapoor.
Rishi initially said no. Arshad Warsi was being considered for Dawood's role. But Advani had his heart set on Rishi Kapoor. And he finally got him.
After Saif Ali Khan in Agent Vinod and Salman Khan in Ek Tha Tiger, it's Arjun Rampal who plays a RAW agent in D Day. Arjun is mighty kicked by the prospect of working with Rishi Kapoor.
D Day is about RAW agents, played by Arjun Rampal and Irrfan Khan who are assigned to bring Dawood back from Pakistan by road. Since permission to shoot in Pakistan is impossible Nikhil Advani would be shooting the Pakistani scenes in the Kutch district of Gujarat.
Rishi initially said no. Arshad Warsi was being considered for Dawood's role. But Advani had his heart set on Rishi Kapoor. And he finally got him.
After Saif Ali Khan in Agent Vinod and Salman Khan in Ek Tha Tiger, it's Arjun Rampal who plays a RAW agent in D Day. Arjun is mighty kicked by the prospect of working with Rishi Kapoor.
D Day is about RAW agents, played by Arjun Rampal and Irrfan Khan who are assigned to bring Dawood back from Pakistan by road. Since permission to shoot in Pakistan is impossible Nikhil Advani would be shooting the Pakistani scenes in the Kutch district of Gujarat.
Bittu Sahgal on board for Delhi Safari
Environmentalist
activist and conservationist Bittu Saigal has hopped on board to
support Nikhil Advani's environmentally-conscious animation film Delhi Safari.
The long-delayed English-Hindi film with animals speaking in the voices
of an assortment of big stars from Hollywood including Vanessa
Williams, Jason Alexander and Jane Lynch, British doyen Cary Elwes and
American stand-up comedian Brad Garrett to dub for the animals in the
English version and Suniel Shetty, Boman Irani, Urmila Matondkar, Ayesha
Takia, Akshaye Khanna and Sweeni Khare for the Hindi version, is about a
bunch of animals heading to Delhi to complain to the prime minister
about the destruction of their habitat.
Bittu Sahgal was shown the film and he readily agreed to lend his presence in promoting and marketing an animation film that propagates environmental issues.
Says a source close to the project, "Sahgal's clout as India's most prominent environmentalist would be used to advantage to promote Delhi Safari globally as Bollywood's first eco-friendly animation film."
Nikhil Advani confirms Bittu Sahgal's participation in promoting Delhi Safari. "Yes, he is on board. He is our chief consultant."
Bittu Sahgal was shown the film and he readily agreed to lend his presence in promoting and marketing an animation film that propagates environmental issues.
Says a source close to the project, "Sahgal's clout as India's most prominent environmentalist would be used to advantage to promote Delhi Safari globally as Bollywood's first eco-friendly animation film."
Nikhil Advani confirms Bittu Sahgal's participation in promoting Delhi Safari. "Yes, he is on board. He is our chief consultant."
OTY's 'Radha' song gets KJo in legal trouble
By Bollywood Hungama News Network ,
It can't get ironical than this. While, on one hand, the Gods seemed to be favoring the BO collections of Karan Johar's Student Of the Year,
on the other an Indore court on Friday told the cops to register a case
against KJo and the singer Shreya Ghoshal for using 'objectionable'
words ('sexy') against a Hindu deity in the song 'Radha' in the film.
Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class Santosh Prasad Shukla went onto issue an order to register a case against Karan Johar, Shreya Ghoshal, Gauri Khan, Vishal-Shekhar, Udit Narayan, lyricist Anvita Dutta and Sony music for using objectionable words against a Hindu deity. In addition to that, Manish Vishnoi (Secretary - Shri Vision Social Empowerment and Welfare Association) and Nilesh Jaiswal had moved a petition before a local court seeking action against the aforesaid on Thursday.
The petitioners have now appealed to the court that the said word should be deleted from the song and also suitable action should be taken against the guilty. The court stated that the matter is cognizable and there is no need of approval under Section 196 (1) of The Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). It also instructed that a copy of the court order to be forwarded to Palasia police station to register a case.
Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class Santosh Prasad Shukla went onto issue an order to register a case against Karan Johar, Shreya Ghoshal, Gauri Khan, Vishal-Shekhar, Udit Narayan, lyricist Anvita Dutta and Sony music for using objectionable words against a Hindu deity. In addition to that, Manish Vishnoi (Secretary - Shri Vision Social Empowerment and Welfare Association) and Nilesh Jaiswal had moved a petition before a local court seeking action against the aforesaid on Thursday.
The petitioners have now appealed to the court that the said word should be deleted from the song and also suitable action should be taken against the guilty. The court stated that the matter is cognizable and there is no need of approval under Section 196 (1) of The Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). It also instructed that a copy of the court order to be forwarded to Palasia police station to register a case.
Prakash Jha gets past the Censor Board
Beleaguered by constant censorial trouble over the songs of his new film Chakravyuha,
Prakash Jha, earlier this week approached the honorable Tribunal in New
Delhi requesting them to overturn the decision taken by the Censor
Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) to ban the remix version of the
controversial 'Mehngaai' song. In a historic judgement, the Tribunal on Tuesday, overturned the CBFC's decision to ban the remix version of the 'Mehngaai'
song which apparently takes snide digs at the 'raider cop' Vasant
Dhoble by showing a group of youngsters in the fun mode being
interrupted by lawmakers.
The CBFC, in all its wisdom, decided to ban the music video apparently arguing that it was casting aspersions on individuals.
Jha fought back by taking the ban to the Tribunal and getting it revoked. Significantly, the song had been banned by both the bodies of the CBFC, the Examining Committee (EC) and the Revising Committee (RC).
By moving to an arbitrating agency outside the Censor Board, Jha has effectually thumbed his nose at the Censor Board, not just questioning its authority over the content of a film, but also sending a clear signal in the Mumbai film industry that a film's fate needn't always be clinched at the CBFC.
Jubilantly Jha said, "I approached the Tribunal after the remix of my song was rejected first by the EC and then the RC at the CBFC. I couldn't see the logic of it, since earlier the same song had been passed by the Censor Board. How can the remix version of an approved song be banned? I approached the Tribunal which heard my case on Tuesday and they kindly revoked the ban."
Prakash says he isn't feeling vindicated by the triumph.
"I am exhausted by the constant tug of war with the Censor Board. Almost every film of mine from the time I made Damul in 1985 has faced censor trouble. We need clearer policies. At the moment, there are way too many contradictions," says Jha.
The CBFC, in all its wisdom, decided to ban the music video apparently arguing that it was casting aspersions on individuals.
Jha fought back by taking the ban to the Tribunal and getting it revoked. Significantly, the song had been banned by both the bodies of the CBFC, the Examining Committee (EC) and the Revising Committee (RC).
By moving to an arbitrating agency outside the Censor Board, Jha has effectually thumbed his nose at the Censor Board, not just questioning its authority over the content of a film, but also sending a clear signal in the Mumbai film industry that a film's fate needn't always be clinched at the CBFC.
Jubilantly Jha said, "I approached the Tribunal after the remix of my song was rejected first by the EC and then the RC at the CBFC. I couldn't see the logic of it, since earlier the same song had been passed by the Censor Board. How can the remix version of an approved song be banned? I approached the Tribunal which heard my case on Tuesday and they kindly revoked the ban."
Prakash says he isn't feeling vindicated by the triumph.
"I am exhausted by the constant tug of war with the Censor Board. Almost every film of mine from the time I made Damul in 1985 has faced censor trouble. We need clearer policies. At the moment, there are way too many contradictions," says Jha.
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