Rooh - a tug of war

We had recently commented that Rooh is a free spirit and will commence shooting under the Sippy banner from 5th March 2006. It seems the film does not wish to come out of that mood of controversies. It recently had cleared the entire blur on itself that had occurred due to a tussle between Ramesh Sippy and Alisha the lead actress of the film. One controversy just got over and another crept in.

This time it is to do with the title. Filmmakers Ravi Patwa and Sanjay Khandelwal have come forward to claim the title of the film. They claim that they have registered the title in their name two years ago with the Association of Motion Pictures and TV Programme Producers. They apparently even have evidence to substantiate their claim.

The duo has been working on the film for over two years on its finances and all the pre production work is complete. Their film Rooh also was going to commence shooting from the same date as Vikram Bhatt's film. They did not make a noise about this name snatching because they had thought that Bhatt and Sippy would name their film as Fear.

But now that their film is also titled Rooh there is confusion in the industry. Let's hope for the best.