A Nadiad-Based scriptwriter has filed a case of copyright violation against Hindi film producer and director Karan Johar in a Mumbai Sessions Court, accusing him of using his script for the film Dostana released last year.
Jay Kumar Vaghela said in his petition that he had submitted the script to a Mumbai-based film company — Bioscope — on July 17, 2008, and that the company used it without giving him the credit. According to Vaghela’s counsel Dharmendra Singh, legal notices were initially sent to producer Johar, director Tarun Mansukhani and Bioscope for using some parts from his script. “But they did not respond to the notice. Therefore, we filed a case against them (last week) under the Copyright Act of 1949,” he Singh.
Vaghela said he used to submit his scripts to Bioscope for selection.
The plot revolves around two men who go to the Bhauchraj Mata festival at Nadiad, as it as a meeting point for members of the gay community. “They meet a girl, Sapna, during the dance competition, where one of the protagonists, Jay, falls in love with her. Later, she comes to know that Jay and his friend are not gay,” he said.
(Indian express)
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Monday, December 7, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Karan wants to work with Shahid, Deepika
Karan Johar is one among the young breed of filmmakers who has set a new trend in Bollywood. His movies be it those directed by him or produced by him have always been entertaining and enthralling.Karan Johar, who worked with the likes of Shahrukh Khan, is a great admirer of the entertainment medium. His recent co-production venture Kurbaan starring Saif Ali Khan and Kareena is making right noise at the box office.
But Karan has a desire. In his Twitter page, the young film personality said, ' I have been inundated with tweets to make a film with Shahid and Deepika...they both are great! and would love to work with them'.
Shahid Kapoor is the latest sensation in Bollywood thanks to hits in Jab We Met and Kaminey while Deepika is going gaga with her success.
(indiaglitz)
Karan Johar-Pritish Nandy at war!
Guess who the new Twitter frenemies are? Film-makers Karan Johar and Pritish Nandy!
They lash out against each other on a social networking site after one criticises the other's film.
Both are quite active on Twitter -- Karan a lot less than Pritish, who is a veteran by now. Earlier, Pritish ran into a bit of trouble when he spoke against Kareena Kapoor's performance and appearance in Kambhaqt Ishq.
Reacting to Pritish's comments, Kareena had then told DNA that he seemed to have too much time on his hands. Now, it's the turn of her producer Karan to back that statement.
A few days ago, Pritish posted on Twitter a review of Kurbaan from a website. The review ripped apart Karan's latest release. Not one to take this lightly, Karan tweets right back making a dig at Pritish, in his usual polite manner -- "Surprised how much time Pritish Nandy has to uplink google reader updates...must take a lesson of time management from his busy schedule."
Interestingly, not long ago, Karan had tweeted about how he has decided to follow people he doesn't like. Karan even follows Ram Gopal Varma, with whom he has always shared a love-hate relationship. He had told DNA then, "I have never hated people, but yes, I do get annoyed by some of them. I sometimes don't agree to what they tweet, but now it doesn't irritate me, it amuses me. I laugh at them."
But looks like this time Karan is not amused!
(DNA)
They lash out against each other on a social networking site after one criticises the other's film.
Both are quite active on Twitter -- Karan a lot less than Pritish, who is a veteran by now. Earlier, Pritish ran into a bit of trouble when he spoke against Kareena Kapoor's performance and appearance in Kambhaqt Ishq.
Reacting to Pritish's comments, Kareena had then told DNA that he seemed to have too much time on his hands. Now, it's the turn of her producer Karan to back that statement.
A few days ago, Pritish posted on Twitter a review of Kurbaan from a website. The review ripped apart Karan's latest release. Not one to take this lightly, Karan tweets right back making a dig at Pritish, in his usual polite manner -- "Surprised how much time Pritish Nandy has to uplink google reader updates...must take a lesson of time management from his busy schedule."
Interestingly, not long ago, Karan had tweeted about how he has decided to follow people he doesn't like. Karan even follows Ram Gopal Varma, with whom he has always shared a love-hate relationship. He had told DNA then, "I have never hated people, but yes, I do get annoyed by some of them. I sometimes don't agree to what they tweet, but now it doesn't irritate me, it amuses me. I laugh at them."
But looks like this time Karan is not amused!
(DNA)
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Kurbaan is the story of Ehsaan and Avantika, says Kareena
Before releasing the Kurbaan, the lead actress Kareena Kapoor has asserted once again that this is the movie of Ehsaan and Avantika.
She says, “As an audience, I want people to forget Saif and Kareena Kapoor and see the film for Ehsaan and Avantika.”
She says further, “Really, this is not some candy flossmini skirt love story… it is a love story, yes, but intense and complicated, and beautifully woven with terrorism to be a thriller.”
When asked about how did she feel doing a movie like Kurbaan with Saif, she says “Switching off Saif and Kareena and switching of Ehsaan and Avantika was complicated, difficult, but in the end, that is what made us select this film.”
Kareena's bare-back poster irks Shiv Sena
Another Karan Johar release is facing the music, this time from Shiv Sena. The party has objected to the bare-backed posters of Kareena
Kapoor from the film ‘Kurbaan’.
More than 100 Shiv Sainiks took to streets and tore down posters of the film in Juhu, Marol and other parts of Andheri on Friday. A month back, MNS had objected to the use of the Mumbai’s old name, Bombay, in Johar’s ‘Wake Up Sid’; he had to bend over backwards to the chauvinists and the film had to be screened with a disclaimer.
Friday’s protests were led by Sena activists Jitendra Janawale in Juhu and Subhash Kanta Sawant in Marol. Sawant said: ‘‘We objected to the posters as they showed the actress semi-nude and we found to be in very bad taste. It violates our Indian culture.’’
The Sainiks also put a sari around Kareena in some of the posters. A group of Sainiks even headed for Kareena’s residence and wanted to present a sari to her. But a police officer said: ‘‘We deployed our people near the actress’s house but nothing untoward happened.’’ Kareena was said to be out for a shooting and was not at home.
Additional commissioner of police (West) Amitabh Gupta said the Khar police station had been asked to register a case against the offencers. An industry insider said political parties were picking on soft targets to get some mileage and the MNS’s impressive showing in the recent Maharashtra assembly polls was ‘‘forcing’’ the Sena to look for rabble-rousing issues.
‘‘The film industry has always been a soft target as the government does not take action against political parties,’’ the industry insider said.
‘‘The government took a proactive decision in only one case, providing Anurag Kashyap security; but that was because they knew that the director would never apologise to MNS,’’ another Bollywood insider said. Kashyap, reacting to a question from a news channel about his film ‘DevD’ being vulgar, said RajThackeray’s words were much more vulgar than his films.
(TOI)
Kapoor from the film ‘Kurbaan’.
More than 100 Shiv Sainiks took to streets and tore down posters of the film in Juhu, Marol and other parts of Andheri on Friday. A month back, MNS had objected to the use of the Mumbai’s old name, Bombay, in Johar’s ‘Wake Up Sid’; he had to bend over backwards to the chauvinists and the film had to be screened with a disclaimer.
Friday’s protests were led by Sena activists Jitendra Janawale in Juhu and Subhash Kanta Sawant in Marol. Sawant said: ‘‘We objected to the posters as they showed the actress semi-nude and we found to be in very bad taste. It violates our Indian culture.’’
The Sainiks also put a sari around Kareena in some of the posters. A group of Sainiks even headed for Kareena’s residence and wanted to present a sari to her. But a police officer said: ‘‘We deployed our people near the actress’s house but nothing untoward happened.’’ Kareena was said to be out for a shooting and was not at home.
Additional commissioner of police (West) Amitabh Gupta said the Khar police station had been asked to register a case against the offencers. An industry insider said political parties were picking on soft targets to get some mileage and the MNS’s impressive showing in the recent Maharashtra assembly polls was ‘‘forcing’’ the Sena to look for rabble-rousing issues.
‘‘The film industry has always been a soft target as the government does not take action against political parties,’’ the industry insider said.
‘‘The government took a proactive decision in only one case, providing Anurag Kashyap security; but that was because they knew that the director would never apologise to MNS,’’ another Bollywood insider said. Kashyap, reacting to a question from a news channel about his film ‘DevD’ being vulgar, said RajThackeray’s words were much more vulgar than his films.
(TOI)
Rensil to show Kurbaan to his guru Mani Ratnam
Gone are the days when filmmakers used to take their movie’s prints to religious places a little before the release of the film. Director Rensil D’Silva has plans of showing his debut film Kurbaan, which releases next week, to his guru Mani Ratnam first.
Buzz up!Rensil wants Mani to see the film before anyone else and then bless him. The director is a fan of Mani Ratnam and has worked with him on Raavan. Once the final print of the film was ready, Rensil decided to show it to Mani.
Mani is however shooting for Raavan in Hyderabad, so, it's not sure if he will come to Mumbai or not. In case Mani can’t come to Mumbai, Rensil will take the prints to Hyderabad.
(one india)
Buzz up!Rensil wants Mani to see the film before anyone else and then bless him. The director is a fan of Mani Ratnam and has worked with him on Raavan. Once the final print of the film was ready, Rensil decided to show it to Mani.
Mani is however shooting for Raavan in Hyderabad, so, it's not sure if he will come to Mumbai or not. In case Mani can’t come to Mumbai, Rensil will take the prints to Hyderabad.
(one india)
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