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Bigg Boss Season 9 is one big pre-planned drama

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Colors Channel’s most popular reality show Bigg Boss has mostly depended, in every season, on its over dramatically melodramatic & pre – planned albeit allegedly scripted controversial contents and many of the earlier contestants of the Bigg Boss show have revealed their opinionated version to the varied sources comprising of the members of the 4th estate but of course on condition of anonymity.

The latest prediction doing the rounds of Tinsel Town these days is that Mandana Karimi, one of the contestant of Bigg Boss Season 9, will be a sure shot winner of Bigg Boss Season 9. And this pre – planning was evidently clear when one by one & week after week all the strong contestants were eliminated nay evicted without any rhyme or reason like Kishwar Merchant, who was at least given a consolation prize of Rs 15 lakhs – so what if that particular amount will be finally & actually deducted from the original prize booty of Rs 50 lakhs, & Priya Thakker, who was already declared as one of the 1st contestants in the Top 5 category to get a Ticket to finale and this is to name just 2 contestants and they were all eliminated under the pretext of the allegedly rigged voting melodrama.

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And to top it all the Queen of the small screen namely Balaji Head Honcho Ekta Kapoor too has jumped into the fray of the cess pool of Bigg Boss albeit not as a contestant but to blatantly, schemingly & allegedly promote her upcoming film Mastizaade’s heroine Mandana Karimi as the currently ongoing season of Bigg Boss Season 9’s winner. That apart Mastizaade also stars Tusshar Kapoor & Aftab Shivdasani and the film is releasing, a day before the Grand Finale of Bigg Boss Season 9 (23rd Jan, 2O16), and to be precise Mastizaade is releasing on 22nd Jan, 2016 and as predicted by one & all Mandana Karimi, and now please don’t ask Mandana Karimi who?, is alleged to be the ultimate winner in the rat race of this ongoing 9th season of Bigg Boss.

Any ways Mandana Karimi is all set or all set up to bag the crowning trophy of Bigg Boss Season 9. And now a few nuggets about Mandana Karimi, the latest sensational talk of or rather the toast of the town courtesy the Bigg Boss show. She is supposed to be one (inane) film old actress from Iran and now a protege nay a blue eyed girl of the Balaji Camp & Ekta Kapoor’s allegedly favorite Baby Doll. Not only this she is also the most favored & the most favorite person of Bigg Boss host Salman Khan who has left no stone unturned to blatantly albeit encouragingly promote her as a safe bet nay a winning target. And the timing to promote her through such a big platform of Colors Channel’s Bigg Boss could not have been more appropriately & perfectly timed coinciding with the release of her upcoming film Mastizaade.

Hold your breath the pre -planned Bigg Boss trophy & prize fixing, just like Cricket match fixing, drama does not end there or began there.

Since past one week the camouflaged Big Boss’ voice & Salman Khan had been giving a subtle albeit stern warning to Mandana Karimi that she may have to face a turbulent decision making week which may result in her ouster from the Bigg Boss house topped with dire consequences.

And of course their saying proved right when last Sun to be precise on 17th Jan, 2016, Ekta Kapoor’s alleged message nay an av courier boys Tusshar Kapoor & Aftab Shivdasani, both of them Madana Karimi’s co – star in Mastizaade, arrived on the Bigg Boss show on the alleged pretext to promote their film Mastizaade. Be that as it may be so after meeting Salman Khan the host they went straight into the Bigg Boss house and met Mandana Karimi in private and away from the other inmates informing her that Madame Ekta Kapoor was damn upset with her and she had also spoken to the media personnel alleging that Mandana Karimi had dishonored her contract with Balaji by not taking part in the promotional campaigns of Mastizaade. The newspaper clipping of which was already shown to Mandana Karimi by Bigg Boss just minutes ago. Then Ekta Kapoor’s av too was played on the Bigg Boss show in which Ekta Kapoor had directly addressed Mandana Karimi, “You have dishonoured the contract with Balaji by not taking part in the promotional campaigns of Mastizaade and the film is releasing next week. With my permission you had entered the Bigg Boss house just for 4 to 5 weeks but you are still here. So I order you to leave the Big Boss house immediately in fact right now or else you will have to face dire consequences. In fact my team of lawyers have already prepared a strong defamation case against you to the tune of Rs 50 crores if you do not leave the house right now.” Then Tusshar Kapoor & Aftab Shivdasani left Bigg Boss house assuring Mandana Karimi that they are always with her. After which Salman Khan appeared and told Mandana Karimi to take a proper decision and if she left the Big Boss house right then she will have to pay a heavy penalty to Bigg Boss.

And then the flip side of the most funny & the farcical part of the story is that Bigg Boss, Salman Khan, Balaji Queen Ekta Kapoor in tandem with Tusshar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani et al couldn’t maintain the nail biting suspense oriented
moments before the 2 minutes of commercial break. And as soon as the commercial break was over one more av was run in the Bigg Boss house and once again Ekta Kapoor addressed Mandana Karimi directly and averred, “Don’t worry Mandana no need to leave the Big Boss house at least not now. You are the best & the strongest contest and I am sure you will be the winner.” So much of pre – confidence does not leave any room or scope for doubts as far as the alleged conspiratorial plan of the concerned parties to get Mandana Karimi declared as the winner of Bigg Boss Season 9 is concerned. And all the while all of them were having the last laugh. And even Mademoiselle Mandana Karimi was seen shedding the copious crocodile tears and in the very next scene she was seen laughing away to glory. And very soon just within a matter of 5 days she will be seen laughing all the way to the bank once she bags the crowning trophy of Bigg Boss Season 9 as predicted earlier.

Post Script: Incidentally speaking a tarot card reader named Monica was also summonmed in the Big Boss house on 20th Jan, 2016 to have a last minute interaction with the Top 5 contestants namely Rochelle, Rao, Keith Sequeira, Hrushab Sinha, Prince Nirala & Mandana Karimi. No prizes for guessing that the tarot card reader Monica too predicted Mandana Karimi’s name as a clear winner. And on the same day Keith Sequiera was also eliminated & evicted.

A little more analytical introspection at this juncture regarding Bigg Boss Season 9 will not be out of place. No doubt that over the years the small screen Colors Channel’s reality show Bigg Boss has become quite popular mainly because of its allegedly premeditated albeit scripted & purposely staged controversial elements.
And as usual Bigg Boss Season 9 too, is not devoid of these controversial elements.

In fact Bigg Boss season 9 has almost become too hot to handle. These time the onlookers & the audiences too felt that the contestants were almost imprisoned for 105 days in nothing but a torture chamber as they had to undergo grueling task after task under extreme circumstantial conditions.

Besides there were all the ingredients intact as always packed to the brim as in a celluloid silver screen commercial potboiler. So this time around too Bigg Boss Season 9 had everything in extreme measures. To start off with as usual there were romantic couples (Kishwar Merchant with her real life beau Suyash Rai, Rochelle Rao with her real life beau Keith Sequeira & of course the studs Prince Nirala & wild card entry Hrushab Sinha, man handling oops sorry getting flirtatiously passionate & cozy with each & every female inmates of Bigg Boss house. Besides as usual there was bitching & backbiting, backstabbing, slapping & kicking (Mandana Karimi blatantly kicking Kiswar Merchant under the pretext of doing a task and for which Kishwer Merchant had created a lot of noise – to name just one instance), jealousy, anger, betrayal, screaming, freely using cuss words (Beeped off later during the day to day telecast) et al and all the fireworks used to take place in a second under a slightest provocation. So you name it they had it. Yes even kissing on each others cheeks were doing a free round. So what next Mr. Bigg Boss? Will the next season also have bedroom scenes and fully enjoyable lip – lock smooching sessions?

This time too, there was the staple diet of slightly gayish characters and this time it was dress designer Kamli aka Kanwaljeet Singh who lasted in the Bigg Boss house for a brief phase topped with past contestant Imam Siddiqui who had re – entered the Big Boss house in the last weeks to test the remaining contestants regarding their eligibility to be the winner of “Ticket To Finale”. And then of course last but not the least as usual there were promotional campaigns galore of any Tom, Dick & Harry’s films with their usual quota of show off stars which also included Sonam Kapoor (She had entered the Bigg Boss house 3 times – may be preferential treatment as she happened to be the host Salman Khan’s co – star in Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo which also gave Salman Khan lots of chances to blow his own Sultani trumpet time & again) and then there was Akshay Kumar (who even ‘Airlift’ed one of the contestant) Priya Thakker out of the Big Boss house for eviction purpose.

And how can one forget the sensous & the sexual part of Big Boss Season 9. With the bare chested boys (A chosen few male contestants) jumping into the pool with the bikini babes (A chosen few female contestants) topped with Sunny Leone, showing off her curves in a tight illfitting dress, when she had come to promote one of her own film and all the above mentioned Double Trouble was taken to set the temperatures & the TRP’s soaring high, higher & highest.

So much more has happened in this season 9 of Bigg Boss Double Trouble that even reams & reams of papier -mache would be insuffice to recount everything in one go.

As a parting shot let us remind you once again that as of now there are 4 finalists in the rat race of the Grand Finale of Bigg Boss Double Trouble, to be held on Sat 23rd Jan, 2016, namely Hrushabh Sinha, Rochelle Rao, Prince Nirala & Mandana Karimi and we have already told you who will be the ultimate winner. Period!

Court accepts plea against Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan for wearing shoes in temple

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A local court accepted a plea by Hindu Mahasabha against Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and a private TV channel for showing the actors inside a temple wearing shoes during a reality show.

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Meerut: A local court accepted a plea by Hindu Mahasabha against Bollywood superstars Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and a private TV channel for purportedly showing the actors inside a temple wearing shoes during a reality show.

The court has fixed the date for hearing on January 18.

“A scene with Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan inside a Kali temple on the sets of TV reality show ‘Bigg Boss’ was broadcast by Colors channel in December last year,” Bharat Rajput, president of Hindu Mahasabha’s Meerut unit said.

Rajput said that he had written a letter to the SSP and the District Magistrate of Meerut on December 23 and also sent an email to the channel over the issue.

He alleged that no one should enter any religious places with their shoes and airing it on TV was insensitive as it hurt people’s religious sentiment.

Rajput said, when the channel didn’t respond and the administration or the police didn’t take steps over the issue, a petition was filed at the court of CJM Sanjay Kumar Singh against the channel, the programme’s director and also Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.

(PTI)

2002 hit-and-run case: Bombay High Court acquits Salman Khan

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Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today acquitted Bollywood star Salman Khan of all charges in the 2002 hit-and-run case in which he was convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment by a sessions court.

While acquitting the 49-year-old actor in a jampacked courtroom, Justice A R Joshi said, “The appeal is allowed. The trial court’s verdict is quashed and set aside. Salman is acquitted of all charges.”

On hearing the verdict, Salman broke down.

The actor, who wore a blue-white check shirt, arrived in the court at 1.30 PM even as the police made a tight bandobast around the high court premises.

He was accompanied by his bodyguard Shera, brother-in-law Ayush, sister Alvira and his manager.

Justice Joshi, who started dictating the verdict on Monday, said the prosecution failed to establish its case against the appellant accused (Salman) on all charges.

On September 28, 2002, Salman’s car had rammed into a bakery shop in suburban Bandra. One person was killed and four others were injured in the mishap.

Lawyers, litigants and many others had gathered in and around the court to have a glimpse of Salman as he came rushing from a studio in Karjat on the outskirts of Mumbai where he was shooting.

The judge said the burden is on the prosecution to establish the guilt of the accused and this needs to be done beyond reasonable doubt.

There are various shortcomings by the prosecution like not recording evidence of necessary and important witnesses and omissions and contradictions in the evidence of injured witnesses, which definitely create a doubt about the involvement of Salman for offences for which he has been charged, the court said.

On the basis of such evidence, Salman cannot be convicted, it said.

The judge further said that the investigation was conducted in a faulty manner with many loose ends and as such benefit of this had to be given in favour of the accused.

It is the duty of the court to analyse the evidence submitted to it and to see that the offence is proved beyond reasonable doubt, Justice Joshi said.

He said he is of the considered view that the appreciation of evidence done by the trial court while convicting the appellant was not proper and legal, as per the principles of criminal jurisprudence.

Consequently it must be said that this is not a case where the prosecution has successfully established its charges, he observed, adding that the entire evidence of the prosecution was circumstantial in nature.

On the main aspects as to driving and drunkenness, the prosecution has not brought any material evidence which spells out the offence of the accused, the court said.

The trial court erred in accepting bills (of Rain Bar and Restaurant where Salman had gone before the mishap) without a panchnama, the judge said while dictating the verdict.

(Agencies)

Salman case: HC finds bodyguards testimony ‘unreliable’

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Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today doubted the evidence of Ravindra Patil, former police bodyguard of Bollywood star Salman Khan and witness in the 2002 hit-and-run case, observing that he was ‘wholly unreliable’.

Justice AR Joshi said this while dictating the verdict in the appeal filed by the actor against the five-year sentence awarded to him by a Mumbai sessions court on May 6 this year.

Patil had lodged the FIR in this case on September 28, 2002, hours after the mishap occurred. In the FIR, he did not mention whether Salman was driving the car under the influence of liquor.

However, on October 1, 2002, after the receipt of Salman’s blood test report, Patil gave a statement before a Magistrate saying that the actor had taken drinks on the ill-fated day and he had warned him not to drive rashly or else he would meet with an accident but Salman did not pay heed to his advice.

The Judge observed today that the evidence of Patil was doubtful because he had made improvements in his version later when his statement was recorded. “In view of this, he (Patil) is wholly unreliable witness”, the Judge noted while dictating his order in the court for the third consecutive day.

“Even if his statement has to be considered as partially reliable, there has to be corroboration in evidence which is not existing in this case,” said the Judge in the court jampacked with lawyers, reporters and law students.

Ravindra Patil passed away in 2007 and was not available during the trial in the sessions court. However, the prosecution had produced Patil’s statement recorded by a Magistrate earlier in which he had implicated Salman.

(IANS)

Movie Review: ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ is a perfect family entertainer. So what if it defies all logic

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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

Banner: Rajshree Productions
Producer: Ajit Kumar Barjatya, Kamal Kumar Barjatya & Raj Kumar Barjatya
Director: Sooraj R. Barjatya Cast: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher, Swara Bhaskar, Armaan Kohli, Aashika Bhatia, Deepak Dobriyal, Samaira Rao, Sanjay Mishra, S. M. Zaheer, Lata Sabharwal, Suhasini Mulay et al Music: Himesh Reshammiya

Salman Khan & Sooraj Barjatya go a long way from ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ to ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ en route ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’ & ‘Hum Aapke Hai Kaun’. In fact Sallu Miyan is back again to steal the audiences hearts with his double role as Prem & Sooraj in ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’. While Sooraj Barjatya has already created history with films like ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’, ‘Hum Aapke Hai Kaun’ & ‘Hum Saath Saath Hai’, ‘Vivaah’, ‘Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi’ Sooraj Barjatya is returning to direction after 9 years. To be frank ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ is a complete family drama with all emotions intact.

Prem Dilwale (Salman Khan) is a happy go lucky stage actor who falls in love with Princess Maithili (Sonam Kapoor) of Devgarh. He admires her charitable activities and sets off on a journey to meet her. Maithili’s fiancé Prince Vijay Singh (Salman Khan) of Pritampur is soon to be crowned as king. Being an arrogant person he faces many problems with Maithili and his family. His step sisters Rajkumari Chandrika (Swara Bhaskar) & Rajkumari Radhika (Aashika Bhatia) too are upset with him and stays in a separate house away from the palace. His step brother Prince Ajay Singh (Neil Nitin Mukesh) hates him to the core and plans an attack on him with the help of his CEO Chirag Singh (Armaan Kohli). To save the palace prestige Diwan saheb (Anupam Kher) a loyal servant of the palace gets Prem to take Prince’s place in order to save him. Prem Dilwale vows to return the happiness of this broken family overcoming all the bitterness & hatred they have for one another.

Mounted on a very lavish scale in all aspects & respects music is the strongest point of the film. The semi – tradional tunes in lieu with the songs bring the melodious feel of the 80’s & the 90’s. The cinematographer V. Manikandan has done a perfect job. Kudos to Sooraj Barjatya for doing an outstanding job of displaying his near perfect directional skills. Well Sooraj Barjatya has made a perfect family entertainer.
So what if it defies all logic.

Performance wise Salman Khan has proved once again especially after ‘Tere Naam’ & ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ that he is an uncrowned king of histrionics. Sonam Kapoor looks & appears as a sensational stunning beauty and perhaps that was all that was expected of her. Deepak Dobriyal is totally mesmerising. While Neil Nitin Mukesh, Armaan Kohli & Swara Bhaskar are apt in their respective roles.

Tail Piece: ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ is like a double whammy for Salman Khan fans just like his currently on air show namely ‘Big Boss 9 Double Trouble’ and is stricly recommended mainly for die hard Sallu Miyan fans.

Movie Review: ‘Hero’ is totally disappointing

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Banner: Salman Khan Films
Producer: Salman Khan & Subhash Ghai
Director: Nikhil Advani
Cast: Sooraj Pancholi, Athiya Shetty, Aditya Pancholi, Chetan Hansraj, Vivaan Bhatena, Sharad Kelkar, Tigmanshu Dhulia et al
Music: Amaal Mallik, Meet Bros Anjjan & Sachin – Jigar

Director Subhash Ghai, the original showman of Bollywood, has given many memorable & unforgettable classic films as a filmmaker. And one of them was the 80’s film ‘Hero’ starring Jackie Shroff & Meenakshi Sheshadri. In fact it was a picture perfect film in all aspects & respects. But this week’s ‘Hero’, starring debutantes Sooraj Pancholi (son of Aditya Pancholi) & Athiya Shetty (daughter of Suniel Shetty), a remake of the original ‘Hero’ directed by Nikhil Advani & produced by Salman Khan is one big let down in all aspects & respects.

The plotted scenario of ‘Hero’ starts off with a normal day in Mumbai, which is followed by the ‘heroic’ entry of Sooraj (Sooraj Pancholi) who is an extremely ‘large hearted’ ‘gunda’ who cannot see pains & sufferings. So, when the villainous Changezi (Chetan Hansraj) and his henchmen torture the helpless, Sooraj stages a heroic entry and beats the henchmen black & blue. Sooraj’s friends aka his ‘partners in crime’, who are dead against his large heartedness, convince him to go clubbing to celebrate. That’s when Sooraj meets the free spirited Radha (Athiya Shetty). It is in the club where Sooraj picks up a dance only in order to prove Radha that they are in no way ‘Losers’. He also lands up fighting with Radha’s ‘pile – on’ boyfriend and saves her from being dragged along with him. All of this impresses Radha very much and she almost falls in love with him instantly! On the other hand, Radha’s father (Tigmanshu Dhulia), an Inspector General of Police, is on a war path & at loggerheads against Pasha (Aditya Pancholi), who has been imprisoned for being the mastermind in the killing of a journalist. Despite repeated attempts of requests & tortures, when Pasha refuses to budge, the IG declares that he has hardcore evidence against Pasha which will nail him forever. That’s when Pasha tells his ‘protege’ Sooraj to kidnap Radha, but keep her safely. Not the one to negate his ‘Baba’s’ (as Sooraj fondly calls Pasha) words, Sooraj immediately sets into action and disguises himself as a ‘police – escort’ and kidnaps Radha and takes her to a snow clad area. As time passes by, Sooraj & Athiya fall for each other. And when Athiya comes to know about Sooraj’s background, she convinces him to reform his life using the ‘Control + Alt + Delete’ formula and ‘Enter’ into a new life.

Its very sad but true that director Nikhil Advani the great has totally butchered the film with not even one redeeming factor to lure the audiences to the cinema halls and word of mouth of publicity will drive the final nail in the box office coffin. Not only this Nikhil Advani the great has even put a dampner on the future filmic career of debutantes namely Suraj Pancholi & Athiya Shetty. In short if Subhash Ghai’s ‘Hero’ kept you hooked & mesmerised through out the film then Nikhil Advani’s ‘Hero’ leaves you cold & frustrated right from the word go. Subhash Ghai’s evergreen movie ‘Hero’ is still alive in cine goers memory but Nikhil Advani’s ever forgetful ‘Hero’ has the potential to die its natural death once you step out of the darkened auditorium.

Performance wise too there’s nothing much to be happy about as Sooraj Pancholi has an attractive screen presence topped with a great physique which girls & girlish boys would love to die for. In short Sooraj has done a great job in the action sequences. But otherwise he sleep walks through the film with one stoic expression pasted on his countenance. Athiya Shetty is one more addition to the glam gals of the tinsel town. Besides both Sooraj Pancholi & Athiya Shetty will have miles to travel in the histrionics arena to prove their worth. While the other performers act can be described in just one word like Tigmanshu Dhulia is miscast, Sharad Kelkar is decent, Aditya Pancholi is okay and last but not the least Vivan Bhatena is spell binding.

Tail Piece: Strictly recommended for die hard Salman Khan fans and even those who are a part of his fan club.

Movie Review: ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ is an emotional journey of an Indian man & a Pakistani Child

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Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Banner: Salman Khan Films & Kabir Khan Films
Producer: Salman Khan & Rockline Venkatesh
Director: Kabir Khan
Cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Harshaali Malhotra, Najeem Khan, Ali Quli Mirza, Deepti Naval, Om Puri, Sharat Saxena & Adnan Sami (Spl App)
Music: Pritam Chakraborty, Komail Shayan (KK) & Julius Packiam

Director Kabir Khan is known for his films like ‘Kabul Express’, ‘New York’ & ‘Ek Tha Tiger’. He seems to have a penchant for cross border problems which he keeps showcasing in most of his films including in his latest directorial offering ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ too. But this this time he has succeded in delivering an endearing & a heart touching film.

A 6 year old speech impaired girl Shahida (Harshaali Malhotra) accompanies her mother from Pakistan to Delhi to visit a Muslim Shrine. On her way back to Pakistan Shahida aka Munni gets separated from her mother on the Indian border. Munni then bumps into Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi (Salman Khan), who is a staunch bhakt of Hanuman. After some initial hesitation Pawan takes the oath of Hanuman to return Munni back to Pakistan to deliver her safely in the hands of her parents. So off he goes to Pakistan without even having a Passport not to forget the Visa. He encounters a lot of problems on his way to and in Pakistan too. His trouble starts right from the Wagah border and then continues till the end, during which a local news reporter Chand Pasha (Nawazzuddin Siddiqui) and his cameraman (Najim Khan) also help him a lot.

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Except for a few exaggerated hicups & glitches director Kabir Khan does succeed in winning the cine goers heart especially in the 2nd half and post interval portions which is also punctuated with the right doses of humorous punches. Especially notable are the scenes of the trio of Salman Khan, Harshaali Malhotra & Nawazzuddin Siddiqui. That apart Salman Khan deserves a standing ovation for backing such an emotionally oriented sensitive film like ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’. A fair share of credit also goes director Kabir Khan and his entire team of the cast & the crew for totally living upto his highest expectations.

Performance wise the film clearly belongs to Salman Khan and the most sensatonal discovery namely Harshaali Malhotra. Yes! Sallu miyan for a change has delivered a very emotionally charged restrained performance, if only he could have resisted those few Dishoom Dishoom scenes. And the girl child Harshaali Malhotra seems to be God gifted. She is so expressive and simply outstanding. Nawazzuddin Siddiqui as usual is brilliant to the core. Sadly enough Kareena Kapoor Khan is not up to the mark as she had nothing much to do in this emotional drama. While the rest of the cast comprising of Najim Khan, Ali Quli Mirza, Deepti Naval, Om Puri, Sharat Saxena, Adnan Sami et al just fit the bill and lend an able & adequate support.

Tail Piece: ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ initially sounds, like it is coloured with communal essence but as the film progresses it leaves you emotionally drained. Don’t miss ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, a perfect festival (Ramzan Eid) & weekend gift for one & all.

“I play a staunch Hanuman Bhakt in ‘Bajrangi Bhaijan'”: Salman Khan

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Salman Khan has always been surrounded by unwanted & uncalled for controversies galore. But braving all odds he has always emerged a winner. Forgetting all the back lashes in his career and personal life too, he now clears all issues with a pinch of salt. Present here with is an exclusive ad verbatim 1st person account of Salman Khan’s version.

“First of all I would like to wish all my fans & well – wishers a very, very happy Ramzaan Eid mubarak. And I here again with an Eid release ‘Bajrangi Bhaijan’. I lot has been written by you media guys as to why a Hindu oriented film on the eve of a Muslim festival. I would say that a film is a film which mirrors the true picture of society at large. Which can be of any community.So “kya Muslim aur kya Hindu. We are all one. So brothers I would like to say just 1 thing that please don’t try to add communal colour & feeling to ‘Bhajrangi Bhaijaan’ and I think Mr. Pahlaj Nihalani the censor chief also seconds my opinionated train of thoughts. So ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ is a gift for all my fans & well – wishers, irrespective of the caste & the creed.”

“In ‘Bhajrangi Bhaijaan’ I am enacting the role of Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi, a staunch Hanuman bhakt. The film revolves around my attempt to take a lost kid back to her home to her parents. It was fun working with the kid, they are so alert & smart you see. 1 day the little girl tells me that, “Ab toh aapke saath kaam kar rahi hoon toh main bhi superstar ban jaaoongi hai na?” Needless to say I was left speechless & dumbstruck. Kabir had a tough time selecting the right kid who could fit the bill and does not look like a precocious kid. The best thing about the kid is that when we started acting together, she told me that she wanted to be a big super star like me. I told her that even I want to be a big super star.”

“After listening to the story & the script narration by director Kabir Khan. I immediately agree to be a part of the film. To be very, very frank & honest I liked the subject of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ too much. There was a comfort level too as I had acted for Kabir Khan in ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ too. Even my dad said that he had not read a script as fine as that of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ or a film as good as this one in the last 2 decades. He also added that SKF (Salman Khan Films) will have to compete with ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ in the future as a production house.”

“People often ask me about my opinion on success & failure. And I always tell them that success has made more failures than failure. It is easy to act when you are successful. After that you tend to get overconfident & monotonous and it is unfortunately seen on the screen when you just do anything & everything. Failure makes you pull up your socks. I should know this because I have been through this game for the last 27 years ever since I made my debut with ‘Biwi Ho To Aisi’. I hope I continue to act even at the age of 70 in roles that centre around me and for another 70 years in character roles. That apart if you succumb to your failures, automatically a stage will arrive when your enthusiasm wanes. However, when a film of yours succeeds at the box office, you start giving everything to your next film because you are sorted out as an actor. If you get carried away by your success and develop an attitude, you will always be like a gas balloon and unhappy. I do not take home my character or the images but the nobleness of my characters. Kabir used to get me charged and make me emotional especially when he shot the climax of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’. The niceness of your character always stays in your real life too but you cannot use the same technique that the hero uses in a film.”

“Furthermore I would like to state that life as an actor has always been very, very tough for me. First one has to compete with all the seniors when one makes his debut as the competition is quite tough. Then comes a stage when you have to struggle along with your contemporary actors till you reach the position of you being a senior actor and still realize that it is tough to survive. How long you survive depends on your hard work & efforts, because if you are slack, the next lot is ready to take over. Neither do I jump with happiness when a film of mine is a hit, nor do I have bitterness when a film of mine flops, because I do not want to be insecure as an actor.”

“To continue further I would like to say that content works in a film all the time and not the star. I confess that we used to have a lot more content earlier than what we have now in films. Today we lack emotional quotient in films as we have stopped catering to the pan India audiences and restrict ourselves to the audiences between Andheri & Cuffe Parade. What is of primary importance today is the need to cater to the audiences which stay beyond Andheri railway station.”

“One more point that I would like to stress is that today there is this obsession to get into the 100 cr plus bracket, whether you are a producer, director or for that matter even an actor. It isn’t something that is new. It was there earlier too but at that time we were clamoring for the 100 days run of a film or silver or golden jubilee run. Unfortunately because of this craze for 100 crore plus bracket, the rates of tickets are increasing day by day and it pinches the common man.

When ‘Andaz Apna Apna’ was released 2 decades ago, no one watched the film though the ticket rates were reasonable. Today the film has reached a cult status but everyone prefers to watch it on TV, because repeat value isn’t there for films in theatres. It is sad that today people do not go to see a film if it is a romcom or a sweet film. Unless & until a film is promising and made on a grand scale, the youth is not attracted to watch a film and so most of the films do not touch the 100 crore bracket today.”

“Besides the scenario as far as business of a film is concerned has also changed today. Way back in 1989, as you know, my film ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ was released in just 18 theatres all over Mumbai. The producers Rajshri guys could afford that at that point of time as the film could sustain for a longer period but today the business of a film is restricted to just 2 to 3 weeks. If it is a star studded film with good content, it may run for 6 weeks in a theatre, not more. In fact the Delhi Government led by AAP has increased the rate of entertainment tax in Delhi from 20 to 40% all of a sudden. It is very sad. “Khud toh film dekhne nahin jaate lekin aam aadmi ko bhi tang karte hain”. These people will call us only when they need us to canvass for their votes and use us during the elections. They feel that it is a chotisi industry worth only 8000 crores. The aam aadmi is bleeding today with lesser number of cinema houses to watch films and steep entertainment taxes & costly tickets at the multiplexes. It is sad but the bitter truth that a large country like India which produces over 1200 films every year in several languages does not have adequate number of cinema houses for producers to show case their films. If 1 big star announces his film as an Eid release, then another star is not able to release his film on the same day but Inshah Allah, I think Shah Rukh Khan and I will be able to release our respective films on the same day of Eid next year because by then many cinema multiplexes would have been made.”

“Not only this I still wonder why are films not able to do good business today, I think this mainly because our
films are not able to generate business to a large extent even if they are good, only because we do not have theatres. I am working towards setting up small miniplexes which have a seating capacity of up to 250 patrons all over Maharashtra to begin with. If the experiment is a success, we may invite theatre owners all over the country for franchises.”

“People often ask me as to when will they be able to see the trinity of myself, Aamir Khan & Shah Rukh Khan together on the celluloid silver screen. In this regard I woud like to state that If at all Aamir and I or for that matter Shah Rukh Khan and I have to come together, why should we make a sequel or a remake of ‘Andaz Apna Apna’ or ‘Koyla’. We would rather act together in an altogether new film.”

“One thing that really saddens me is that why do you people have to repeatedly ask me as to why did ‘Jai Ho’ failed at the box office turnstiles. My clarification to that is although it was a superb film, it failed to make it big mainly because we did not want to hike the rates of the tickets. It did a business of just Rs 126 crores. If only we had hiked the rates of the tickets, Sohail could have earned a lot more. Even the ticket rates of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ will not be hiked, because we want the maximum number of people to watch the film.”

“In conclusion I woud like to say that now that ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ is all set for release, I will concentrate on the shooting of Rajshree Productions ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ following which I will start acting in Yashraj Films ‘Sultan’. I was also slated to be a part of Karan Johar’s ‘Shuddhi’ but now I am not acting in it. Karan has signed Varun Dhawan to do that film. Period!”

Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan together in a film?

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Mumbai: We have been waiting for this for a long long time and finally it’s coming true. Apparently, Bollywood’s three Khans – Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir will be doing a film together.

According to a report published in a newspaper, producer Sajid Nadiadwala has been successful in bringing together the ruling Khans. This is the first time that the three Khans will be seen sharing screen space together.

It is not yet clear as to who will direct the film. But, it reportedly, will go on floors only in January 2017 and release in December that year.

Sajid Nadiadwala is a very close friend of Salman Khan and with the renewed friendship of the three Khans, the movie looks like a possibility.

(Agencies)

Tragic end of Salman Khan's bodyguard who died alone

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Ravindra Patil, key witness of the 2002 hit-and-run case which involves Salman Khan, where one man was killed and four other injured.

Ravindra Patil, key witness of the 2002 hit-and-run case which involves Salman Khan, where one man was killed and four other injured.

Mumbai: Ravindra Patil was once superstar Salman Khan’s side-kick, a young police officer assigned to protect Bollywood’s heavy-weight.

But fate took a cruel turn after the actor’s infamous 2002 hit-and-run case.

Actor Salman Khan’s conviction is perhaps a posthumous vindication for Ravindra Patil, the former’s bodyguard who consistently maintained until his death that it was Khan behind the wheel that night.

The Mumbai sessions court on Wednesday convicted the actor of killing one person and injuring four others in the 2002 hit-and-run case.

Patil was a Mumbai police constable who had been assigned as Khan’s bodyguard and was sitting beside the actor when he ran over five sleeping pedestrians, one of whom succumbed to his injuries.

The landmark judgment is not just a victory for the victims, but also in a way for Patil, who many feel had been let down by the judiciary and the state.

It was Patil who lodged an FIR (first information report) against Khan, and in his statement to the earlier court which heard the case, said he had warned the actor to drive slowly since he was in an inebriated condition.

However, Khan did not heed the warning, Patil had said.

Although, Patil was the one to file the case against Khan he mysteriously went missing in 2006.

It has been reported that Patil was under tremendous pressure to change his statement.

He had gone into hiding in order to avoid Khan’s lawyers and also alleged harassment from within the police force.

But Patil did not change his statement till the last day.

Ironically, Patil was arrested in 2006 for failing to appear as a witness and sent to prison.

In November that year he was sacked from the police force.

A witness was suddenly at the receiving end of it all. Life was dealing this grand witness blows after blows while Salman Khan delivered hits after hits at the box office.

Less than a year later, in August 2007, Patil was found on the streets and admitted to hospital where he died in October.

He had been suffering from tuberculosis for two years, and his family had abandoned him.

Indian tabloid Mid-Day reported that Patil had told a friend two days before his death that he was saddened by the treatment he had been subjected to.

“I stood by my statement till the end, but my department did not stand by me. I want my job back, I want to survive. I want to meet the police commissioner once.”

As the bodyguard battled for life the actor and police department choose to look the other way.

(Agencies)

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