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New Delhi: Delhi High Court has refused to stay the release of director Ram Gopal Varma's film Nishabd.
The Court said that the petitioner should have approached it earlier if it wanted to stop the screening of the Amitabh Bachchan starrer.
The Court had issued a notice to Varma's RGV Film Factory for copyright infringement regarding his soon to be released film, Nishabd.
Bengali filmmaker Jahar Kanungo had sought direction of the Court to stop the release of the film. He had claimed that he retains the copyright to the title Nishabd for 10 years since his Bengali film of the same title released in 2005.
Kanungo's film has received the best feature film award at Osian's Cinefan Festival Asian Film in July 2005, second prize at International Film Festival, Bangladesh in March 2006 and 'Coup De Coeur Guimet Award' at Vesoul International Festival of Asian Award.
The film was produced with financial aid under the scheme 'Fonds Sud Cinema' from the French government released in November 2002.
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Film: Bhootnath Director: Vivek Sharma Producer: Ravi Chopra Music: Vishal Shekhar Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan, Satish Shah, Rajpal Yadav, child artiste- Aman Siddiqui. Bhootnath is an endearing tale of friendship between a mischievous child and a troubled ghost. Banku and his family move in to their new house - the Nath villa, unaware of the fact that the house is inhabited by a ghost who is not too happy with his new housemates. But what the ghost is not prepared for is his unlikely friendship with Banku. Now Banku must uncover the reason his ghostly friend is stuck in limbo and help him to attain salvation. Bhootnath is co-produced by Studio 18 and B R Films. <> function fncontent_rate(x) { var cid=2528;var type='';var loc='http://66.29.31.3/~busines';var uid=''; loc=loc+'/generic/components/storyrating.php?file='+ type+'&&rate='+x+'&uid='+uid; window.open(loc,'r atings','width=500,height=550'); window.history.go(); } | ||
'Drona' shooting put on hold
01st Mar 2007 20.03 IST
By ApunKaChoice
The shooting of Abhishek Bachchan's forthcoming superhero film has hit a hurdle.
So much is being talked and written about Drona , which stars Abhishek Bachchan as a long haired superhero and Priyanka Chopra as his companion. The film will have Abhi performing several breath-taking stunts and actions.
One such action sequence was to be shot atop a moving train recently. But the permission to shoot in a train was cancelled by the Railway authorities after the recent bomb blasts in Samjhauta Express.
The movie's producer Shrishti Arya says the permission to shoot was already taken but the terrorist attacks have put the railway authorities on their toes and all shootings in trains have been cancelled.
The action sequence was to be shot in a desert. It is believed to be a part of the movie's climax.
While the movie's shooting has been postponed until new clearance comes from authorities, Abhishek is said to be taking some time off from work and enjoying long drives in his Bentley car. Priyanka, on the other hand, has flown to the US to be with her ailing father.
'Drona' will release in 2007 only.
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Unusually Amitabh
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Zameer (1975)
Many years before Baghban, Ravi Chopra made his directorial debut with this bold film. Amitabh plays Badal, an impostor claiming to be the once-kidnapped son of Maharaj Singh (Shammi Kapoor). He then proceeds to fall in love with the heiress Sunita (Saira Banu) -- who is, in implied effect, his sister. While his being an impostor is clear to the viewer from the beginning, thoughts of incest assault Sunita's ailing mother (Indrani Mukherjee) as the lovers begin to step gradually into the open.Also read: RGV: Critics will have me killed!
Kabhi Kabhie (1976)
This Yash Chopra film saw Amitabh play Amit Malhotra, well and truly in love with Rakhi. But familial pressures give rise to circumstances wherein she is married off to Shashi Kapoor. Bachchan vanishes in a huff, reappearing to marry Waheeda Rehman -- if only out of spite. He later realises that she was an unwed mother, before he came along. There is severe emotional friction between Amitabh, Waheeda and the two couples who interact frequently. The film explores this fragile dynamic.
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978)
The disparity between classes formed a major part of cinema, especially from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. This Prakash Mehra film cast Bachchan as Sikandar, a lowly servant boy with big dreams. He is in love with the bade ghar ki (well to do) Rakhi. Bachchan has toiled hard to help his friend Vishal (Vinod Khanna) have a good life, but when this friend turns out to marry Rakhi. He is devastated. He turns to drink, and dancing girls -- among which Zohrabai (Rekha) catches his fancy. Much melodramatic tragedy -- and a killer soundtrack -- is part of this failed-love story.Also read: Amitabh: Senility doesn't signify end of desire
Silsila (1981)
Talk about a casting coup. Yash Chopra managed to get real-life couple Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan and throw them into an infidelity story with Rekha playing third-wheel. Overshadowed by far too much gossip, this film arguably remains the jewel in Chopra's crown. Bachchan, a writer, is in love with Rekha from the get-go. Meanwhile, his best friend Shashi Kapoor, a Squadron Leader in the Air Force, is all set to marry Jaya. Tragedy strikes, Shashi dies, and a weird guilt trip leads to Bachchan marrying the widowed Jaya. He never loves her, and has a passionate, defiant affair with Rekha, who is now married to Sanjeev Kumar. Bachchan's work is extraordinary as the leading man struggles with the conflicts of love, society and infidelity as a whole.Also read: First Look: Utterly Bachchanly Shah Rukh
Bemisal (1982)
This Hrishikesh Mukherjee film pits Amitabh Bachchan with Vinod Mehra, as both play doctors and great friends -- in love with the same woman, Rakhi. Bachchan, at his absolute noblest, decides that the rich, successful Mehra would be able to give Rakhi a better life. He persuades her to marry Vinod. Later, the cunning Mehra goofs up and is about to be jailed for malpractice, but Bachchan falsely confesses and goes to jail on his -- and her -- behalf.
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