Vishal threatens the Kaminey crew

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Prithwish Ganguly / DNA
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 23:59 IST Email

Mumbai: Vishal Bharadwaj is upset about the fact that news about Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapur's so-called romance (which many dub as a publicity tactic) is hogging the limelight and keeping his film Kaminey in the news rather than its content or the hard work people have put in.


Sources close to the film said that apparently the director called up his lead stars and passed a diktat that they should be on a 'no comment' mode to the media about their relationship. He seems to have threatened that if he read news about their relationship, he would disassociate himself and not promote the film at all.

A highly placed source on condition of anonymity says, "Vishal relies on his content to promote his film. Be it be Omkara or Makdee, all his films have stood out for their content as they garnered widespread critical acclaim. With Kaminey, what has happened is that Shahid and Priyanka have become an item since they are single, and Shahid's lover boy image has garnered unnecessary gossip. Vishal is upset that the film is not being talked about and Shahid and Priyanka's link-up is driving the publicity. He wanted to pull the plug. He called up Priyanka as well as Shahid and told them to ignore questions about their affair by the media. They will now not speak about themselves at all."

And if you thought that Vishal ended it there, he didn't. He also apparently called for an emergency meeting with his entire cast and crew. "To stem the flow of information about how Shahid and Priyanka were on the sets and what they did during shooting, he called for a meeting with his entire staff and passed an order to not leak information to any media."

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Good idea, Vishal. Its about time he used his whippp, lol! The main focus should be on Kaminey and not Shahid-Priyanka.

if they talk about their relation, or growing friendship, or watever it is, during the promotions of kaminey....den vishal is right and did the right thing..

I completely understand why Vishal did what he did. It is a good idea because then the true focus gets blurred. Kaminey looks like a really interesting film. If this linkup news so dominates the press for this film, then the creativity and hard work by the cast and crew may not be fully appreciated.

yh the focus should b on the movie...not on their relationship...gr8 going Vishalji 👍🏼 ...so cant wait 4 Kaminey 😊

LOL seems like excuses for them not speaking about it

Seems vishal is one really intelligent guy..i totally agree with him...

Originally posted by: dizzyonlemonade

I completely understand why Vishal did what he did. It is a good idea because then the true focus gets blurred. Kaminey looks like a really interesting film. If this linkup news so dominates the press for this film, then the creativity and hard work by the cast and crew may not be fully appreciated.