Bollywood actor Shi
ney Ahuja, who was convicted of raping his maid two years ago, as per the latest reports, has been granted bail by Bombay High Court. The bail was granted to the actor on Wednesday.
However, Shiney has been granted bail on payment of surety of Rs 50,000 to the sessions court and also been asked him not to leave the country without prior permission of the court.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) It may have surprised some that a superstitious person like Ekta Kapoor chose to release her next production 'Ragini MMS' on a day that happens to be Friday the 13th! But she has her remedy ready.
'I wanted to release 'Ragini MMS' on May 12 and I first took that date from the astrologer. But when I checked the day, I saw it was a Thursday. And Friday was Friday the 13th! So ... to get over my superstition, I am releasing the film in one theatre on the 12th for luck,' Kapoor told IANS.
Conventionally Bol
lywood's role in social change has been viewed with mixed emotions. While some filmmakers have always strived to make films to instill social change, others have argued that films need to entertain rather than preach.
Though these varied points of view exist side by side, what is heartening to see is the new Bollywood activism related to social issues that has been witnessed over the last few years. Take recent examples. NO ONE KILLED JESSICA was Bollywood's activism to bring to light social injustice. There are examples galore that show how Bollywood is increasingly shedding its stardom image to identify with the common politics of everyday life.
Imran Khan has c
ompetition from child actor Darsheel Safary, in the form of being pretty actress Manjari Fadnis' favorite co-star.
Sources tell us that the duo bonded so well on the sets of Disney's ZOKKOMON, that Manjari (who was seen opposite Imran in JAANE TU YA JAANE NA) has grown quite fond of Darsheel and is telling people he is now her most favorite co-star.
While RA.ONE is in
its first leg of promotion, in parallel there is extensive work being done on the film's post production. This means that director Anubhav Sinha is neck deep into supervising finer details for the film which are being added shot-by-shot at various studios all across the globe. Meanwhile VFX department of Red Chillies (Shahrukh Khan's production house) is driving the entire show to ensure a view in totality.
"Red Chillies VFX team is the best in our country. Period", exclaims Anubhav whose earlier films like DUS and CASH have boasted of heavy duty VFX as well, "Jeff Kleiser is the best VFX supervisor that I could have got while people like Harry Hingorani and Ketan Yadav from Red Chillies are just superb. I could be convinced by a particular shot in the film but they find it difficult to convince themselves. Since they are at the helm of making the biggest Indian film ever, they know that the stakes are high, reputations are at stake and hence they are in no mood to compromise."
