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Man sleeping on footpath run over by car in Hyderabad

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A man sleeping here on footpath has been crushed to death by a car driven by an engineering student, police said.

The incident occurred in Kushaiguda area when the 19-year-old returning after a late night party along with her three friends, lost control of the car. She was allegedly in an inebriated state, according to the police.

The car crossed the road divider and hit the footpath on the other side of the road.

K. Ashok (30), who used to work as a cobbler was sleeping on the footpath. He sustained critical injuries. He was rushed to the government-run Gandhi Hospital, where he succumbed.

The incident occurred after midnight in the DAE Colony here. The four students belong to a private engineering college.

People, who gathered at the spot, alleged that the police were trying to shield the students, as the girl who was driving the Skoda car is daughter of a police officer.

Police said they have registered a case and conducting further investigations. The CCTV footage in the area was being scanned.

(IANS)

Naidu rejects impeachment motion against Chief Justice Misra

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Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday rejected the Congress-led opposition’s notice for impeachment of Chief Justice Dipak Misra.

The decision was taken before the Supreme Court began its proceedings for the day.

While reviewing the notice, Rajya Sabha officials had mentioned that making public the contents of a notice before it is admitted by the Chair, is in violation of parliamentary rules, informed sources said.

According to the provisions in the handbook for Rajya Sabha members, no advance publicity should be given to any notice to be taken up in the House till it is admitted by the Chairman.

The Chairman in the morning held detailed consultations with the legal and constitutional experts on the impeachment notice moved by the Congress and six other opposition parties.

He had cut short his visit to Hyderabad and reached Delhi on Sunday as some of the experts he wanted to consult conveyed their availability of Sunday.

Among those consulted by the Chairman, included K.K. Venugopal and and his predecessor K. Parasaran.

He also spoke to former Lok Sabha Secretary General Subhash Kashyap, former Law Secretary P.K. Malhotra and former Legislative Secretary Sanjay Singh.

Former Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha V.K. Agnihotri was also consulted.

Apart from this, Naidu also held deliberations with senior officials of the Rajya Sabha. He also spoke to former Supreme Court judge B.S. Sudarshan Reddy.

The Congress had on Sunday appealed that the Chief Justice should himself consider recusal from judicial administrative work. It said the decision should come “voluntarily” following notice for his removal.

The impeachment notice was given by Congress and six other opposition parties on Friday for the removal of Chief Justice Misra on five grounds of “misbehaviour”.

The motion was signed by 71 parliamentarians out of which seven members had retired before the motion was submitted to Naidu.

(IANS)

Kerala’s KASE to boost blue-collar job acceptability

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Many in Kerala look down upon blue-collar jobs even though thousands of Keralites do such jobs abroad and elsewhere in India. To get rid of this perception is the primary objective of state-owned Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence (KASE), said a top official.

Blue-collar jobs primarily include electricians, plumbers, carpenters, traditional craftsmen, refrigeration and air-conditioning mechanics, those involved in wall and floor tiling, bakery and restaurant services, florists and others.

Aiming to skill the young workforce of Kerala, as also elevate their skills to global standards, KASE promotes, establishes, sets up, monitors, governs and regulates institutions and academies.

Talking to IANS, KASE Director Sriram Venkitaraman, a young doctor-turned-bureaucrat, pointed out “the day the perception towards blue-collar jobs in our state changes, Kerala will have no reason to look back”.

“If one goes to the Middle East, we can see Keralites happily working at such jobs; but that’s not the case here.

“Our aim is to see that we change this perception and for that we have already started equipping all such people with additional skills. If things go as planned, all such workers will soon be making a beeline not just to Middle East but to other parts of the world as we have a huge population of the youth seeking jobs,” said Venkitaraman.

He said they have started to tap into the industrial training institutes — 91 in the government sector and 450 in the private sector — where more than 60,000 youth who have completed school education join annually.

“We had been to Singapore, which currently is the world leader in training students in these trades.

“We will soon enter into an agreement with the Singapore government which will be our knowledge partner to turn our ITIs (Industrial Training Institutes) into state-of-the-art institutes. For this, the state government has worked out a budget of Rs 800 crore, of which, in the first phase, Rs 228 crore would be allocated,” he said.

Venkitaraman, who has travelled all over the world, pointed out that in the West, blue-collars workers are respected and this attitude is what he plans to bring to India.

As part of its strategy, KASE has, in the past few months, been conducting zonal and district-level competitions aimed at identifying and training the youth to participate and win medals at the World Skills Competition that is scheduled to be held in the city of Kazan in south-western Russian in 2019.

“We ran a competition where we had just one condition — that all participants should be younger than 21. A total of 7,500 participants competed to showcase their vocational skills in 20 trades — 120 of whom have been selected for the state finals to be held at Kochi over three days from April 28.

“Of these, 40 will be selected to represent their state at the national level after which the final selection for Russia would be made,” said Venkitaraman.

He said taking part in the state-level finals are electricians, plumbers, carpenters and traditional craftsmen, and the three-day event will be a held on a “massive scale” and will also be open to the public.

“Basically, we want to showcase this event as we feel this could be one way to change the perception that prevails here,” he said.

Vikasada Haadi – Yeddyurappa Modi

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BJP winning streak to continue in Karnataka – Prakash Javadekar

Shri Prakash Javadekar takes charge as Union Minister for Human Resource Development, in New Delhi on July 07, 2016.


Union Minister for HRD, Sri Prakash Javadekar has said Bharatiya Janata Party
is all set to win State Assembly elections with absolute majority.
Addressing a Media Conference here today he said Congress lost power in 12 states and BJP won 11 of
them. The people of India were against Congress because of its corruption, divisive and sectarian politics. In
Karnataka too, BJP’s winning streak would continue as there had been anti-incumbency wave against
Congress regime.
Referring to Congress election in-charge, Sri K. C. Venugopal’s statement that the party would retain
power with 130 seats, Sri. Javadekar said the Congress would not even cross 50-seat mark. The Congress
leader were free to have daydreaming, he quipped.
He said Chief Minister, Sri Siddaramaiah himself was not sure of his victory in his home constituency and
he was trying to find a safe seat. Senior Congress leaders including Sri. Ambarish, were hesitant to contest on
party ticket.
Prime Minister, Sri Naredra Modi had proved that he was messiah of developments. Also, Sri
Yeddyurappa had a track record of development. So this time, the Union Minister said, it would
be “Vikasada Haadi – Yedyurappa Modi” slogan (Modi and Yedyurappa to take Karnataka on developmental
path).
Sri. Javadekar said the increasing number of suicides by farmers in Karnataka reflected the Congress
regime in poor light. Compared to Karnataka, the BJP ruled states reported minimum number of farmers
suicide. The BJP led NDA Government had come to the rescue of farmers by launching “Fasal Bhima”
scheme. However, the Congress regime failed to take the benefits of the scheme to farming community in
Karnataka.
The Union Minister said the law and order situation had been in its lowest web in Karnataka. The
common people were living in fear as the criminals had free run. The Congress regime had been punishing
the law-abiding officials, and even few of them resorted to an extreme step of ending their lives. Why no one
was arrested so far though many of Hindu activists were assassinated? The anti-national elements had
homely feeling whenever and wherever Congress was in power.
He said more than 70 corruption cases had been pending with Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) but there
had been attempts to hush up them. The price of a truck load of sand was Rs. 17,000 when Sri Yeddyurappa
was in power but the price had now been increased to Rs. 70,000. It showed the Congress regime was hand
in glove with Sand Mafia he charged.
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BJP to rebuild Brand Bengaluru Image – says B S Yeddyurappa

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Lokayukta to have free hand; Illegal slaughtering to be stopped
Bharatiya Janata Party chief ministerial candidate, Sri. B. S. Yeddyurappa has
vowed to rebuild Brand Bengulru Image through holistic planning and corruption free transparent
administration.

As part of BJP’s “New Bengaluru for New India” initiative here today Sri Yeddyurappa interacted with
people from different walks of life, and elicited their opinions on diverse topics like how to save lakes and
improve living condition in Bengaluru.

He said there was no dearth of fund but clean hands. Due to lack of commitment, vision and planning
and increased corruption, the present Congress regime had taken the IT city of Bengaluru backward. Once
the Bengaluru city was known as Garden City but now it had become a Garbage City.
He said the City of Bengaluru needed more attention as it contribute around 60 percent of State
revenue. Lack of infrastructures, traffic congestion, shrinking and polluting lakes, increasing population and
crimes etc had put pressure on city. It needed a holistic planning and political commitment to
development. More and more satellite towns should be developed to decongest Bengaluru. The new
government would do everything to create a congenial atmosphere for the growth of IT industry. Metro
projects would be speeded up with cooperation of Union Government.

Referring to poor law & order situation in Bengaluru he said the criminal elements had emboldened
under Congress regime. If the party was voted to power his government would restore the law and order
situation by posting upright officials in key positions.
On the increasing corruption cases Sri Yeddyurappa said the Congress government weakened the
Lokayukta and set up Anti-Corruption Bureau under the control of Chief Minister. It was done to hush up
their corruption cases he said and added within two months of assuming power the BJP regime would
restore the power of Lokayukta and would be given free hand.
The Chief Minister Sri. Siddaramaiah should explain – who gave a 70-lakh rupees wrist-watch to him
and why they gave him. However influential one might be but no one would be spared. All the cases of
corruptions would be taken to logical end, he asserted.

He said all the illegal slaughter houses would be closed. Farmers would be dissuaded from selling their
livestock by giving them financial incentives.
Entrepreneurs Sri. Suhas and Smt. Nina Das; noted writer, Sri. Sandeep Balakrishna; legal luminary,
Smt. Jyothi Bhat; bloggers, Sreeharsha Perla and Sri Raviraj and columnist, Sri. Chiru Bhat raised diverse
topics. State BJP spokesperson Smt. Malavika Avinash anchored.

Capital punishment to rapists of minors

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Central ordinance is a historic step – Prakash Javadekar
Union HRD Minister and State BJP election in-charge
Sri Prakash Javadekar has termed the Central ordinance allowing courts to award
death penalty to those convicted of raping children up to 12 years of age, as
“historic step”.
Addressing a Press conference here today he said citizens were expecting some
stringent step from the Government. The revolutionary ordinance would go long
way in preventing heinous crimes from occurring. Prime Minister Sri. Narendra
Modi deserved to be commended for initiating such a deterrent law.
He denied the Union Government was forced to initiate such a measure to save
itself from the onslaught of the Opposition over recent child rape cases in JammuKashmir
and Uttar Pradesh. Bringing new law or amending the existing ones were
natural process in the democracy. There was no political consideration behind it,
he added.
Welcoming the ordinance, the General Secretary of State BJP Mahila Morcha,
Kum. Manjula said the Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi led NDA Government had
sent a clear message that no one could go scot-free by committing crime. The
Government would not compromise on the safety of women and minors.
Kum. Manjula, who is a former Chairperson of Karnataka State Women
Commission, said the Prime Minister had shown his commitment for gender justice
by inducting 7 women in his Cabinet and assigning them important portfolios like
Defence and External Affairs. He had taken several daring decisions to bring in
reforms in administration and economy in the past. The latest step was truly
praiseworthy and she was thanking PM on behalf of women and children of the
State.
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Director General of Income Tax, Investigation, Karnataka and Goa

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While there are reports of cash shortage in some parts of the country, cash seems to be flowing in poll bound Karnataka.

  • As part of enhanced alertness in the wake of elections scheduled on the 12th of May 2018, the Investigation Wing in Karnataka Goa has stepped up its surveillance and monitoring activities.
  •  Though the election process is just beginning, the Investigation Wing of the Income Tax department has already seized cash of Rs. 4.13 Crores and Gold Jewellery of 4.52 Kgs valued at Rs. 1.32 Crores.
  •  The interesting fact in these seizures is majority of the cash is in the denomination of Rs. 2000 and Rs. 500. Out of the total cash seized cash Rs. 4.13 Crores an amount of Rs. 4.03 crores in these higher denominations. When the people are finding it difficult to withdraw the money from the banks/ATMs seizure of these high denominations is raising eyebrows. Among the cash seizures, the Bangalore city tops the list with the figure of Rs. 2.47 Crores followed by the Bellary Rs. 55 Lakhs
  •  A high level of alertness is being maintained in airports and railway stations. A person carrying Rs 16.5 Lakhs was intercepted at on one of the airports. The source of the cash could not be explained by him. Follow up action was taken in Mumbai and cash of Rs 37 Lakhs were found and seized from the Mumbai premises. Thus, a total seizure of unaccounted cash amounting to Rs 53.50 Lakhs was made in the case.
  • A contractor in one of the districts was covered on the basis of reliable information. It was found that he had made payments to another person who in turn had withdrawn cash from the amount transferred. The cash withdrawn of Rs 55 lakhs was seized and the contractor also admitted to concealment of Rs 16 crore.
  • In another case, household articles worth Rs 9.51 crore intended for distribution was found in a warehouse near Mysore. After careful investigation, it has been established that this was meant for distribution.The concerned DEO has been alerted to ensure that these items are not actually distributed during the election process
  •  In another case, cash of almost Rs 50 lakhs was seized from a private person.
  • The Income tax department has set up 24×7 control room in Bangalore to receive election related complaints from general public and other agencies of Karnataka. It has also formed Strike teams with statutory powers in all Districts to act upon any information received. The department is in to intelligence gathering at various places of public transport and its Air Intelligence Units are keeping close watch in all the airports in the state of Karnataka and also in the neighbouring state of Goa.
  •  The Investigation Wing has also gathered details of all Contract payments made in the last quarter of the completed Financial year and making a comparison with previous years for identifying the abnormal cases. It is also co-relating all the bank transactions, cash withdrawal with the intelligence in its position.

Bollywood Films Round Up

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Kalank Goes On The Floors.

A day after it got announced, Abhishek Varman directorial & Karan Johar – Sajid Nadiadwala production goes on the floors. The film has done the unimaginable; it has got Madhuri Dixit Nene & Sanjay Dutt back on screen after almost 2 and a half decade. The movie also stars Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha & Aditya Roy Kapur. Kalank is slated to release exactly a year from now on i.e. on 19th Apr, 2019.
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero Trailer Out

After releasing the 1st look posters for Bhavesh Joshi Superhero recently, Phantom Films have now dropped a full – blown teaser for Harshvardhan Kapoor starrer. Helmed by Vikramaditya Motwane, Bhavesh Joshi Superhero hits the theatres on 25th May, 2018. Though viewers never meet face-to-face with Harshvardhan in the one-and-a-half minute long video, his heroic avatar does leave an impression on your mind. While filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane is directing Bhavesh Joshi Superhero, it is being produced by Eros International, Reliance Entertainment, Vikas Bahl, Madhu Mantena & Anurag Kashyap.


Hindi Medium Crosses 200 Crores In China

It will be interesting to see whether Irrfan Khan Starrer Hindi Medium which surpassed the opening day collection of Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan in the Chinese market will leave its lifetime collection behind too or not. 2 weeks after releasing in the Chinese theatre, Irrfan Khan & Saba Qamar starrer Hindi Medium has entered the Rs 200 crores club. The film hit the Chinese screens on 4th Apr, 2018 and earned Rs 22.06 crores on the 1st day of its release. Though the film had a slow start in comparison to the Aamir Khan starrer Secret Superstar & Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan, it gained foothold in the coming weeks. And on Thurs, the film, a satirical take on the Indian education system, achieved the milestone of Rs 200 crores. It has earned a total of Rs 205.21 crores in China.

IMAX Signs 9 Screens Deal With Cinepolis & Inox.

IMAX Corp has reached agreements to bring 9 new large-screen theatres to India, expanding its reach in a market where the company is pursuing significant growth in the coming years, Chief Executive Richard Gelfond said. The new theaters will boost the total number of IMAX locations in the country to 40. And 15 have already opened and 25 are under contract, including the 9 new locations announced on Thurs. IMAX will partner with INOX Leisure Ltd on 5 of the theaters, and with Cinepolis India on the other 4, according to statements from the companies. IMAX’s 1st ever large-format screen in India opened in 2001 but the company found it tough to expand. That changed recently, Gelfond said, as the Government has become more open to facilitating commercial development, including the building of malls & Western-style multiplexes. In Feb, 2018, IMAX announced a deal to add 5 cinemas in India through a partnership with PVR Ltd, the largest theatre chain in India. 65% of IMAX’s revenue in 2017 came from outside the United States & Canada, which is the world’s biggest film market. India ranks as the world’s 4th largest box office turnstiles market, according to data from the Motion Picture Association Of Anerica.
Emraan Hashmi’s CHEAT INDIA Begins Pre-Production.

Emraan Hashmi’s birthday gift arrived a day early. The actor signed the agreement for his 1st ever recently announced home production, Cheat India, with T-Series & Ellipsis Entertainment a day prior to his birthday. Producer Atul Kasbekar took to Instagram and shared a picture of the team Cheat India. Shooting starts in Jul, 2018 and the release has been slated for 25th Jan, 2019. It will be directed by Soumik Sen.


Karan Johar To Be The 1st ever Indian Filmmaker To Have A Wax Statue At Madame Tussaud’s

Karan Johar’s wax figure will head out on tour across Asia. The wax statue will be launched later this year. Karan Johar reportedly met the creative directors from the museum in last week. He will get a wax statue at Madame Tussauds London. He will be Bollywood’s 1st ever filmmaker to get a wax figure at the museum. Additionally, his wax figure will not just be launched in 1 city but will simultaneously head out on tour across Asia to give his many fans across the world a chance to experience him being waxed,” read a statement. The wax statue will be launched later this year.


Salman Khan Began Shooting Of His Next Movie Bharat

Salman Khan began shooting of his next movie Bharat on Mon in Mumbai. Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Bharat is an official adaptation of the 2014 South Korean film Ode To My Father. Salman has been paired opposite Priyanka Chopra in the film. Director Ali Abbas Zafar shared Salman’s picture from the sets and tweeted, “And it begins “Bharat” @BeingSalmanKhan. A journey of a man & a nation together. Eid 2019.”


‘Walking With The Wind’ Bags 3 National Awards

Praveen Morchhale’s Walking With The Wind has recently bagged 3 national awards under the category of “Best Film” (Ladakhi), “Best Sound Design” (Sanal George) & “Best Re-Recording” (Justin K Jose) at the 65th National Awards. The film is set in a small Ladakhi village where life is harsh but achingly simple. Earlier, Praveen has directed Barefoot To Goa. Walking With The Wind is a charming Ladakhi tale, inspired by & and dedicated to the Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and borrows its title from a book of his poem. The film has been selected in prestigious film festivals around the world – 41 Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Oct. 2017, CAMERIMAGE (International Film Festival of The Art of Cinematography), Mumbai Film Festival, International Competition, Fribourg International Film Festival, March Switzerland 2018 & bagged a prize at Tertio Millennio Film Festival, Nov 2017, Rome (Italy).

Sunil Grover Roped In

Popular comedian & television host Sunil Grover, has been roped in to play the male lead in National Award winning filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj’s upcoming comedy drama, titled Chhuriyaan. Sunil Grover is not paired opposite the 2 lead actresses Sanya Malhotra & Radhika Madam, the makers are currently on the lookout for 2 actors to play their husbands. Acclaimed actor Vijay Raaz who was last seen working with Vishal Bhardwaj in Dedh Ishqiya (2014), will now be seen as father of the female leads in Chhuriyaan.

MAMI’s Collaboration With Carnival Cinemas Kicked Off

MAMI’s collaboration with Carnival Cinemas kicked off recently with the premiere of Beyond The Clouds at Matterden Carnival Cinemas under MAMI’s Year Round Programme. Present on the occasion were Director Majid Majidi, Actors Ishaan Khatter, Malavika Mohanan & guests RJ Malishka, Sayani Gupta, Sheetal Menon, Bejoy Nambiar, Tanuja Chandra et al. After the film, the crew celebrated Majid Majidi’s birthday as well.

Fryday To Release On 25th May 2018

Director Abhishek Dogra is all set for his next venture FryDay scheduled to release on 25th May, 2018 starring the all time favorite entertainer Govinda along with Varun Sharma. The makers of the film launched the quirky 2nd poster of the film recently. Presented by Inbox Pictures Pvt Ltd, Produced by Sajid Qureshi, Fry Day is directed by Abhishek Dogra.

Vidyut & Shruti Start Shooting For Mahesh Manjrekar’s Next Movie

Vidyut Jammwal & Shruti Haasan have already begun shooting for Mahesh Manjrekar’s next movie produced by Vijay Galani. The movie is an action drama of a gangster. The shooting of the same has commenced in Mumbai recently. Written & directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, the movie is produced by Vijay Galani & Pratik Galani under their banner Galani Entertainments.

Astro Acquires Rights For ‘Mukti Bhavan’ Aka ‘Hotel Salvation’

The multiple award winning Indian drama film Mukti Bhawan aka Hotel Salvation’ distributed by Cinestaan International Sales (CIS) has been sold in over 30 International territories including UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Germany, Middle East, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, France, Spain, South Africa, Portugal, South Korea, Italy amongst others. In a recent move, Astro has acquired rights for the film in 12 South East Asian territories including Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines & Indonesia. Written & directed by Shubhashish Bhutiani, Mukti Bhavan aka Hotel Salvation follows a son faced with his father’s untimely demand to go and die in the holy city of Varanasi & attain salvation. The film stars Adil Hussain, Lalit Behl, Geetanjali Ku!karni & Palomi Ghosh. It has won 25 international awards including the Grand Prix Enrico Fulchignoni & UNESCO Gandhi Medal during its premiere at Venice.

BHOJPURI FILMS ROUND UP

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Jung Siyasat Ke Releasing On 4th May, 2018

Hero Bhai Entertainment’s Jung Siyasat Ke will be releasing on 4th May, 2018 in UP – Delhi at many prominent cinemas. The film is being produced by Shriprakash Jaiswal, directed by Haro Bhai Team, co-produced by Prem Prakash Jaiswal, written by Nandu Saini “Nirmohi”, music by Chhote Baba, lyrics by Sachidanand “Kawach” & Munna Dubey, choreography by Santosh Sarvadarshi & Kedar Subba, action by Satish Anna, editing by Shankar Regar, cinematography by Gifty Mehra, executive produced by Vishwakarma Prasad & production management by Naresh Thakur. The film stars, Shriprakash Jaiswal, Prem Prakash Jaiswal, Deep Raj Dwivedi, Innushree, Mahi Singh, Illa Pandey, C. P. Bhatt, Vaibhav Rai, Sahil Sheikh, Rajeev Kumar, Babloo Singh, Anjani Banerjee, Santosh Shrivastava, Ram Mishra, Sunil Chaudhary, Neelam Pandey, Sunita Singh, Pratibha Mishra, Chandrakant, Vikas Pandit, Ashish Kumar, Unnu Pandey, Raju Jaiswal, Baleshwar Singh, Sanjay Pandey, Glory Mohanta & Pratibha Pandey.

Dil Dhadkela Kehu Ke Pyaar Mein Back From Locales Hunting

Producers & director of Eye Sight Entertainment & Sandhya Film Production’s Dil Dhadkela Kehu Ke Pyaar Mein has returned from locales haunting at Pakadi Vishnupuran, Maharajganj, Bindhwasini Park, Gorakhnath Mandir, Gorakhpur (UP). The film is being produced by Geeta Srivastava & Deenesh Gaud, written & directed by Santosh Pal, music by Pankaj Preetam, lyrics by S. K. Chauhan & Vikas Kumar, choreography by Pradeep Kumar & Kartik, action by Javed Shaikh, art by Kalicharan (Raju) & cinematography by Brijesh Pal & Rakesh Yadav & co-produced by Prakash Yadav. The film stars debutantes Shyam Srivastava, Kajal Bharti, Deepak Shrivastava, Deepali Ganjare, Krishna Kumar, Soni Patel, Manoj Kanojia, Vijay kumar, Jagdish Gaud & Gopal Rai. D. G. Films Entertainment presents the film.


Kahani Kashi Ki Trailer Launched On Youtube

The trailer of Subi Films Production’s Hindi venture Kahani Kashi Ki has been launched on YouTube by SRK Music recently. The film is being produced by Binita Kumar Kushwaha, directed by Rajesh Sinha, music by Nirmal Agastya, Vinod & Pritesh Pandey & singers are Indu Sonali, Mohan Rathod, Khushboo Jain, Mamta Raut, Rakesh Mishra, Satyam Prakash & Shanu Syed. The film stars Anand Dev Mishra, Koyal Banerjee, Sunil Bihari, Mithlesh Suman, Subhash Kumar, Anushka Verma, Ashok Akhouri et al.

HINDI FILM NEWS
“D.K.- An untouch Love Story” editing Nearing Completion
Editing of Om Tapeshwariye Films’ Hindi Venture “D.K.- An untouch Love Story” is nearing completion under the supervision of editor Guddu Jafri at Diamond Studio. The film is being produced by Lalan Lal Mohar Ram and directed by Devendra Kapoor from his own screenplay. It has music by Arvind R. Naik, lyrics by J.P. Mastana, dialogues by Pramod Mishra, choreography by Govind Anand, editing by Guddu Zafery and cinematography by Bapu Raut. Production Controller: Shiv Pujan. Production Manager : Amit Jaiswal. It stars Kamal Yadav, Taruna Singh, Mamta Shastri, Vipin Dubey, Azad Khan, Amit Jaiswal, Satish Sharma, Lakhan Bhardwaj, Alankar Shrivastav, Sanjay Dueby and item dancer Jyotika.

Southern Stars Round up

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Jeevitha Sends Young Girls To Have Sex

A woman named Sandhya has accused that actress Jeevitha, has threatened many women to make them fall prey to the sexual desires of her husband doctor Rajasekhar. Controversial Telugu actress Sri Reddy has recently created a ruckus by accusing that offers for sex are prevalent in Tollywood. In such a scenario a meeting was held by a TV channel, during which a social activist named Sandhya spoke. During her speech, she said that Actor & producer Jeevitha Rajasekhar has often been involved in threatening young girls and sending them to her husband doctor Rajasekhar for satisfying his sexual thirst, and this talk from Sandhya shocked everyone. It should be noted that the couple has two daughters. She added that Jeevitha has targeted girls staying in hostels and sent them to Rajasekhar for his desires. She said that girls in Ameerpet were troubled and threatened by Jeevitha to have sex with Rajasekhar. Her remark that Jeevitha never saw women as women but only as an addiction and pleasure stuff has sent shockwaves across Tollywood.

Casting Couch Debate In Telugu Film Industry Gathers Steam
Telugu’s female film artistes shared their horrific experiences of sexual exploitation, being discriminated because of their color, and getting less pay, in a press conference held recently in Hyderabad. Several Telugu character artistes, women activists, NGOs, advocates & Tollywood actress Sri Reddy participated in the press conference. A junior artiste named Shruti said, “We are denied roles because we are dark skinned and fat, by the same men and coordinators who slept with us promising us a role in their movies.” Progressive Organization of Women (POW) state president Sandhya said, “The issues raised by Sri Reddy in the past few days echoed in discussion. There are sad stories behind each women artiste in the industry. The situation has to be changed. There is an urgent need to conduct a study about casting couch in the film industry. The Government should also set up a toll free number for women to make a complaint against casting couch”. An actress Apoorva said, “We are working in film industry due to lack of employment. No hero is coming in open to support us. Film industry shall positively come in support of this fight against the casting couch”. Several women said that they are being exploited by the film actors, producers & directors.

Hollywood DOP For Allu Arjun’s Upcoming Movie
Stylish Star Allu Arjun is known for working with Bollywood technicians like cinematographers and music directors. Bollywood music composer duo Vishal-Shekhar is composing music for his upcoming film Naa Peru Surya and National Award winning Bollywood cinematographer Rajeev Ravi is handling the cinematography. Meanwhile, the Naa Peru Surya team has hired Hollywood cinematographer Joseph Labisi for “Lover Also Fighter Also” song from the same film. Joseph Labisi has handled the cinematography for pop songs & music albums in the past. He has also worked for Hollywood films. As Allu Arjun aka Bunny is known for his mercuric dance moves and stylish looks, Joseph Labisi’s cinematography will surely enhance the feel of the song for sure. The Naa Peru Surya team is confident that this song will be one of the major highlights of the film. Meanwhile, The movie is getting ready for release on 4th May, 2018.

Tollywood Beauties Caught In MMS Scandals

Whenever an MMS scandal breaks out in Bollywood, it creates a lot of furore, be it big stars like Kareena or Preity or a TV actress like Mona Singh. One would assume the conservative south would be free of such scandals but even Tollywood, over the last few years, has seen some really top names involved in such a sleazy affair. Whether these clips that go viral and bring infamy to the people concerned are true or morphed is open to debate but the fact is that even southern beauties are not immune to these controversies. Simbu and Nayanthara broke up a few years ago after the objectionable pictures of the two of them were leaked. The images showed the stars engaged in a liplock and they have resurfaced once again after reports emerged of them doing a movie together. Their intimate pics are all over the cyberspace. Naturally, it may have been quite an embarrassment to the stars but they have little or no control over it. Another actress who was caught in more than one MMS scandal is Trisha. First it was a clip that showed her (or someone like her) taking a shower while another one was a massage video allegedly taken during her modeling days. Trisha denied it was her in the videos but somehow they have come to be associated with her. Similarly another actress Jyothika (Nagma’s sister) was caught in a terribly embarrassing situation when a small MMS of her being groped in a crowd was leaked. What makes actresses particularly vulnerable is the fact that they command a huge fan following in South and any sleazy material spreads like wildfire. Fortunately, the stars have played it cool. For instance Nayanthara has remained mum about her recent on-screen reunion with Simbu (who incidentally has split with Hansika officially) and has remained tight-lipped about the pics that went viral.

Rajinikant’s New Film Has A Heavy Marathi Influence
The new Rajinikanth starrer Kaala which was to open on 27th Apr, 2018 has now once again being rescheduled. The movie Kaala has a very heavy Marathi influence. Not only does one of the characters take Rajinkanth’s original Marathi name, that is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, Nana Patekar who plays the main antagonist is Maharashtrian in the film and speaks his lines in Marathi. The very talented Anjali Patil seen giving stellar performances in recent films like Newton in Hindi and the Marathi movie named The Silence, features in a prominent role as one of the Marathi characters. Says Anjali, “My character too takes her name after Rajini Sir’s real name. I am named Puyal Charumati Gaekwad. I play a feisty young Tamil-speaking Marathi girl born and brought up in Dharavi.” What Anjali found most interesting about the film was its heavy Marathi influence. One half of the film was shot in Maharashtra (Mumbai) and the other half in Tamil Nadu. It does have a strong Marathi element in the storytelling. Apparently Rajnikanth had the final say in the casting. It was he who thought Anjali suited the role of the feisty Marathi character.

Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners Strike Called Off
Cinema owners in Tamil Nadu heaved a sigh of relief when the Kollywood strike was called off after 48 days. The stakeholders came to a positive agreement through the tripartite talks chaired by the State Government between the Tamil Film Producers’ Council (TFPC), exhibitors and digital service providers recently. And it was expected that the movies will start screening soon. When asked if Rajinikanth’s Kaala will release on 27th Apr, 2018 as announced earlier, Vishal, president of Tamil Film Producers’ Council (TFPC) and secretary of South Indian Artistes Association (SIAA), said, “Films will release based on a particular order. We will discuss with all the producers and announce it. More importantly, we have formed a release regulation committee to ensure that every week accommodates 3 releases without any trouble. Both big and small films will get a fair number of screens henceforth.” So while we haven’t heard anything about Rajinikanth’s next, reports about Avengers: Infinity War releasing in South India on 27th Apr, 2018holds true.
Kaala – Irumbu Thirai – Vishwaroopam 2 All Set To Release This Summer
After a long protest against the Digital Service Providers, the Tamil film industry has finally called off their strike and on Fri, 20thApr, 2018, the 1st Kollywood film got released in theatres after a very long time. With Prabhudeva’s Mercury having been already released across India and with Mahesh Babu’s Bharat Ane Nenu releasing last week, these two were the first ones to hit the silver screen in Tamil Nadu. But there was no clarity which films will follow suit! However, after a meeting with all the producers, a list of films that will release this Summer is as follows, starting from Apr, 2018 end to Jun, 2018 end. The line – up of Tamil films releasing this Summer includes Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam 2, Rajinikanth’s Kaala, Samantha Akkineni’s Irumbu Thirai, Jayam Ravi’s Tik Tik Tik, amongst others. With no film being released over the past few weeks, the Tamil audience is eager to see a Kollywood movie. And hence, people will flock to the theaters to see these upcoming films. PostVishwaroopam 2, Kaala, Tik Tik Tik and Irumbu Thirai will be the biggest money spinners this Summer.

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