'Pravina Deshpande was a living example of an iron lady who fought cancer with resilience, grace and strength.'
Cine and Television Artists' Association chairperson Raza Murad is miffed with Imagine TV for roping Veena Malik for Swayamvar.
Seeking to give a "Marathi" angle to the replacement of Shilpa Shinde with another actress on a popular show, Raj Thackeray has come to TV actress Shilpa Shinde's aid.
The actress earlier replaced Shilpa on the show Chidiya Ghar as well.
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The actor, 54, passed away early morning today after battling kidney and lung cancer.
The film fraternity got together to return their love for him with a special prayer service, where they showed the world just what his contribution to cinema was and what he meant to them.
The Delhi high court will hear on Monday a plea by leading Bollywood producers seeking to restrain Republic TV and Times Now from making or publishing allegedly "irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory remarks" against the film industry and conducting media trials against its members on various issues. The lawsuit by four Bollywood industry associations and 34 leading producers, which was filed on October 12, will come up for hearing before Justice Rajiv Shakdher.
In strong observations while hearing the plea, the high court cited the death of Princess Diana while trying to escape the media chase, and said there needs to be "some toning down" as people are "afraid of the fourth pillar of democracy" because of its powers.
The buzz is back at studio floors after two days as directors, actors and technicians turned up for shoots.
The lawsuit, by four industry associations and 34 producers, seeks the court's direction to Republic TV, its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and reporter Pradeep Bhandari, Times Now, its editor-in-chief Rahul Shivshankar and group editor Navika Kumar and unknown defendants as well as social media platforms to refrain from making or publishing allegedly irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory remarks against Bollywood.
The complainant had alleged that the actor had raped her 19 years ago.
Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who was hearing a plea by Bollywood producers seeking to restrain them from making irresponsible remarks, listed the matter before the Joint registrar for January 18 for completion of pleadings and admission/denial of documents.
The Indian Films and TV Directors' Association, along with 19 other bodies of the film and television industry from across the country will stop shooting for 15 minutes to protect the right to freedom of expression of those in the creative field.
'His main problem was the lack of work opportunities.'
'When it comes to interpretation of history, you can disagree with him, but at least allow the film to release.' 'By asking for a ban, you are creating an atmosphere where nobody will attempt films on Indian history.'
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'We have suffered grave and irreparable loss, harm and injury which could never be compensated in terms of money.'
'I stopped getting work after 2004. Between 2005 and 2018, I had no work.'
'Yes, there will be some posts that will be shared out of revenge but most of the people who have been named and shamed like M J Akbar and Alok Nath have been known to be serial offenders for years.'
'I hadn't just been raped, I was taken to my own house and had been brutalised.'
'I hear of so many people not getting their money and producers not taking their calls to pay them.'
'I defy all the controversy. For me, it is meaningless. They say the students are unhappy that I have been appointed as the head of FTII. They have not seen my work so how can they be unhappy?' Gajendra Chauhan tries to justify his appointment to head the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India.
'Amitabh Bachchan told me, "I don't appreciate other people doing my voice".'
'Earlier I'd send money back home.' 'Now I've to take from them.' 'I'm completely heartbroken, scared for what the future holds.'
'Because of the impact the movement has had, people will think twice before misbehaving because you don't know who will turn out to be another Tanushree Dutta.'
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