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Case filed against Akshaye, Urmila

A petition has been filed in a local court in Hisar, Karnataka, against film star Akshay Khanna and Urmila Matondkar, alleging that a song in their forthcoming Hindi film, Kudrat, featuring them was "obscene" and had words "amounting to abuse".

The petition, filed yesterday by Bharatiya Yuva Janata Morcha leader Rakesh Sethi alleges that the words used in the song, Bahan Dee Takki were used by "ruffians and Goans in north India" while abusing somebody.

It also alleged that though the censor board was yet to approve the film, its audio cassettes were available in the market and videos shown on different channels.

Jeans Indian entry for Oscars

Jeans, the Tamil blockbuster starring Aishwarya Rai and Prashant in the lead roles, has been selected as the Indian entry for the Oscar awards this year by the central committee of the Film Federation of India.

Directed by noted film-maker Shankar, Jeans was filmed in locations across the world, including China, becoming the first Indian film to be shot there.

Jeans was selected for the nomination from among seven films -- two in Telugu, three in Hindi, including Satya, and one in Bengali.

Juhi sprains an ankle

Juhi Chawla had to cut short a visit to the Maldives and leave for Bombay after she sprained her ankle while trying to board a speedboat. Juhi arrived in the Maldives on Saturday for a dance shoot along with popular Maldivian actor Rico Moosa Manik.

The accident happened when Juhi was trying to board a speedboat at Hululle island, where the airport is located. An ankle in plaster puts paid to any chance of her dancing in the near future.

She left for Thiruvananthapuram yesterday en route to Bombay after the doctors advised her to take rest for two weeks. She was shooting to the local film Ran Muiy (Prize Pearl).