Meera takes back her accusations against Mahesh Bhatt
Meera, the Pakistani actress who shot to fame with the Mahesh Bhatt produced film Nazar, followed by Rajiv Babbar’s Kasak, has bounced back in the news! The actress plans to make a grand comeback in Bollywood, but not before she ruffles a few feathers in tinsel town.
At the receiving end is none other than her self-confessed mentor Mahesh Bhatt, whom she ‘blames’ for her sudden departure to Pakistan, post her debut in Bollywood. Meera said that it was not her decision to stop doing films, but says that she was asked to leave India by Maheshji. He did not like her being famous and interacting with other directors. Post that, she even alleged that Mahesh Bhatt was possessive and physically abusive, and that it was him who made her leave Bollywood and didn’t let her come back.
Mahesh Bhatt on the other hand has a different story to tell. The veteran filmmaker tweeted saying “Narcissistic Personality Disorder is the possible ‘ailment’ Meera could be suffering from. Such people have a larger than life persona!” Mukesh Bhatt too defended his brother Mahesh by saying that, when he introduced Meera in Nazar, little did he know then that they were entering into unknown territories with a mad woman. He also added that she’s a nutcase and that she tried to defame a credible man like Mahesh Bhatt. He also added that the reason Meera did all this was to promote her upcoming film in Pakistan.
However the story has now taken a new turn with Meera now saying that she was just joking and didn’t mean any harm against Mahesh Bhatt.
Surely this story seems to have more twists and turns even than a conventional Bollywood potboiler.
KJo’s next directorial venture titled Student Of The Year
Karan Johar is kick starting his next directorial outing sooner than expected. Though he had made it pretty obvious that after his heavy duty My Name Is Khan, he would be changing gears to get into a far more comfortable zone, there were still speculations around what would be bringing on floors. The closest that one expected was a rom-com on the lines of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, his debut film.
Meanwhile there were rumours that kick-started about him launching Varun Dhawan (son of David Dhawan) and Alia Bhatt (daughter of Mahesh Bhatt). However, since there wasn’t any formal announcement from the man at the hot seat, one still waited with bated breath to know about his plans.
Well, the wait is over now with Karan Johar making it all official. He is all set to direct a young tale which is titled Student of The Year. The film would launch not two but three newcomers which include Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt and also Siddharth Malhotra (who is different from the namesake director who recently made We Are Family.
Talking about the film, Karan Johar says, “Student of the Year will have everything that I love about movies. It will have songs, dances, happiness, fun and frolic all around.”
One does understand where Karan is coming from. After all not just My Name Is Khan but even his previous outing Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna was a relatively seriously film. Though there were songs and dances in the film, at the core of it the film was about adult relationships. Even earlier his Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham had a massive look and feel to it with six heavy duty superstars coming together in one frame.
However, with Student of the Year, Karan Johar could well be bringing to fore the Kuch Kuch Hota Hai era, albeit in the 21st century avtar. Also, though he has worked with Shah Rukh Khan as an actor in each of his four films so far, he has no hesitation in making Student of the Year with rank newcomers.
“See, I may be looking at getting into a holiday zone with this film, especially after My Name Is Khan, but by no means would I not be working hard on it”, says Karan in his characteristic tone, “Yes, it’s a happy song and dance film with the tone and syntax being that of a holiday outing. Still from emotional energy perspective, the entire team will go all out to make it one super cool young flick.”
The name Shah Rukh Khan would still be involved in the film as Student Of The Year would be a joint presentation by him along with Karan Johar.
Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter Alia to be launched by Karan Johar and SRK
Only last week we informed you about Karan Johar and SRK launching two newcomers namely Varun Dhawan (son of David Dhawan) and Sidharth Malhotra in their next co-production.
Now the buzz is that besides the two debutant leading men, yet another newcomer is being launched in this project. The girl in question is Alia (younger daughter of Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan) and in all probability she is the lucky one to have bagged this plum project.
The film is a love triangle with both the new boys vying for Alia’s attention.
Must say that the coming year is surely going to witness a lot of fresh talent.
Mahesh Bhatt’s son to be launched in Jism 2?
Mahesh Bhatt’s shy son Rahul Bhatt is shy no more. Lately he has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. If all had gone well, Mahesh Bhatt would’ve launched his boy in Suicide Bomber which the former Bhatt protégé Anurag Basu promised to direct as Rahul’s launch pad.
A promise that the Bhatts are still waiting for Basu to fulfil. But now, the impatient Bhatt scion seems to have lost the will to wait. His decision to go into the Bigg Boss house at this stage of his life has apparently caused Mahesh great concern.
Mahesh was planning to finally launch Sunny-boy in the sequel to Jism. But Rahul is now on a rebellious trip. He turned down his dad’s offer for a belated launch in Jism 2 instead of Suicide Bomber and chose to go into Bigg Boss which many of well-wishers of the Bhatts feel is more suicidal than the Suicide Bomber.
Now we suddenly hear Rahul making abrasive remarks like, “Mahesh Bhatt and Headley are the two monkeys on my back” and… “Shweta Tiwari is line-maroing on me (inside Bigg Boss House).And I don’t like it.”
Mahesh Bhatt stands by his son’s comment. “Rahul is being brutally honest. He has the guts to see and say things as they are.”
Mahesh admits Rahul is up for Jism 2. “But Rahul has made his choice. He has chosen Bigg Boss.”
The concerned but non-interfering father still feels Suicide Bomber would be the best launch for Rahul. “Our doors are open for Anurag Basu to come and pick up the threads from where he left off. But now Suicide Bomber will have a global perspective. Three years ago, Rahul said no to Kalyug when I offered it to him. Now he has opted for Bigg Boss instead of Jism 2. When I asked him why he said, ‘Let me stand or fall on my own feet.’ He didn’t want to put his life on hold for a film launch.’
Then Mahesh drops his bomb. “Get this straight. It is not in human power to make a bud blossom. A touch of life makes the flower bloom and spread its wings. Sometimes it’s best to let a flower go wild. Life is the best gardener.”
Hidden in the rhetoric’s is a message for Rahul’s son.
Come back from Bigg Boss. And Jism 2 is waiting
Mahesh Bhatt to make film based on slain JNU leader
Today when cinema and films no longer represent just the wild imaginative realm of thoughts and fantasies, but instead also deal with the current topics and issues plaguing the nation, we have our very own Mahesh Bhatt who recently announced yet another contemporary hard hitting film.
If the sources are to be believed then Mahesh, will be the creative consultant to a film being produced by Irfan Izhar. The film in question is based on Chandrashekhar Prasad, the student leader from Jawaharlal Nehru University, and an activist, who was shot dead in 1997 while addressing a gathering in Siwan, Bihar. Bhatt who has already begun casting for the said film, has finalised on Imran Zahid to play the character of Chandrashekhar in the film.
Producer Irfan Izhar is an NRI and an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University, who is currently based in Dubai. Bhatt who for sometime now has been vociferously talking about making meaningful cinema will now be engaged in giving much importance to real life heroes with films.
I Have Learnt My Lessons, Kangana Ranaut
Bollywood is no bed of roses, especially for Kangana Ranaut, a small town girl walking the tight rope of showbiz, balancing controversies, heartbreaks and a fledgling career in films.
The 22-year-old actress says that it has not been an easy ride but insists that she has learnt her lessons.
And to share those lessons, Kangana has decided to support a new show ‘Pratigya’ to be aired on Star Plus from December 7 which de tails the life of a small town girl grappling with situations of eve teasing and disrespect but coming out as a reformer in the end.
“In metros girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her,” Kangana said.
“I have faced a lot of eve teasing myself. I remember I could not step out my home after 6 pm in fear of getting hounded by hooligans. But now I think we should stand up to such situations and fight back,” she added.
The actress, who reportedly had an affair with actor Aditya Pancholi and complained of being physically abused by him, says she has had her share of “tortures” but has come out as a winner.
“Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men,” she said.
Kangana started her career with Mahesh Bhatt’s 2006 film ‘Gangster’ a commercial hit where her talent was instantly noticed. She was also critically lauded for playing a schizophrenic actress in Shiney Ahuja starrer ‘Woh Lamhe’, a character, loosely based on 80’s pin-up star Parveen Babi.
The actress went on star in multi-starrer hits like ‘Life In A Metro’ and ‘Fashion’ but returned with a lead in 2009 ‘Raaz – The Mystery Continues’.
However, along with her came another controversy surrounding her off-screen romance with actor Adhyayan Suman.
The loved-up photographs of the couple were splashed all over the tabloids but the rosy picture soon turned dull when Kangana and Adhyayan announced their break-up. The actress has since then been single and insists that she has no plans to get hitched in the near future.
“You know a lot of my friends are getting married but I don’t think that is what I need. I am under no such pressure that if everybody is having a boyfriend I too should have one.
Presently my career and my family are the most important in my life,” Kangana said.
She may be in no hurry to find a boyfriend soon but Kangana is quite sure what she wants or rather does not want from her partner.
“I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself,” Kangana said.
I Have Learnt My Lessons, Kangana Ranaut was first posted on December 7, 2009 at 12:36 pm.
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Katrina Kaif Bothered By Constant Media Glare
MUMBAI: She may have been Google’s most wanted Indian celebrity and one of the top Bollywood actors, Katrina Kaif, but said the constant gaze of the media in her personal life still hurt.
The 25-year-old actor said he hated the time, but has written about given up trying to fight it.
“The thing that bothers me is that the media did not even bother to listen to my version of history. I tried to explain my point several times, but falls on deaf years,” he told Reuters Kaif.
Kaif is no stranger to connections with some of the leading men of Bollywood.
She has recently been linked with actor Ranbir Kapoor, who starred in ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’ which premiered in theaters last week.
“I’d be lying if I said I did not bother to talk about this, but I’ve noticed that not much can be done about it.
I would like to write about it much, “said Kaif.
Kaif is the most unlikely success story of Bollywood.
If a stranger who spoke with a heavy British accent and imperfect Hindi diction, Kaif has risen to be one of the most sought after actresses in the industry.
“I know what people say about me, but again, preferred to ignore. All are entitled to their opinion,” she said.
Kaif will now be seen in De Priyadarshan of “Dana Dan ‘, a comedy which also stars Akshay Kumar and will be his third release this year.
Katrina Kaif Bothered By Constant Media Glare was first posted on November 11, 2009 at 2:15 pm.
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Mahesh Bhatt Unhappy With Tum Mile
MUMBAI: The director was furious when he learned that Tum Mile, formerly planned as a love story has become more than a tragedy. Bhatt did turn a bit of magic in the editing table, however, and have the defects corrected.
Mahesh cut 10 minutes of scenes of flooding. The film is based on July 2005 deluge in Mumbai. Bhatt told a newspaper, “The film did not turn out the way they had envisioned Kunal. The film is not about the disaster, but the love story. I just relaxed disaster scenes to make it more viewer friendly.”
Commenting on the edit you made Bhatt, director Kunal Deshmukh said: “I was totally against cut some parts of flood scenes, because I thought that really stood out. Bhattsaab wanted to play up the angle of love and understood your point of view when I saw the film after 10 minutes was dead. I loved the flow. “
Mahesh Bhatt Unhappy With Tum Mile was first posted on November 11, 2009 at 2:22 pm.
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