Bollywood film producers will begin an indefinite strike on Saturday. The strike is the result of tussle between multiplexes and producers over the revenue sharing. Both parties failed to reach at any amicable solution. Under the protest no new films will be released in popular multiplex cinemas. This strike will lead to Rs 100 to 200 crore losses to producers, distributors and exhibitors.
Filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt, who heads the United Producers Distributors Forum said the losses could mount to over Rs 500 crore if a solution is not reached at the earliest.
A gesture for the sake of fun has landed Akshay Kumar in trouble. Akshay Kumar's unbuttoning act during Lakme Fashion Week has brought wrath of social activists.
Anil Nair, a social activist has logged a complaint at the Vakola police station against the actor, his wife Twinkle Khanna and the event organizers.
Akshay Kumar said: "If I have hurt anyone's sentiments with my actions, I am sorry because I did not mean to."
The Supreme Court sought well-known film director Mahesh Bhatt's view on a government lawsuit for scrapping a Delhi High Court (DHC) verdict, which permitted scenes of cigarette smoking in movies for the sake of art on Thursday.
A bench of Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam wanted Bhatt's reaction on the central administration's lawsuit and sent him a notice for it.
The Mozart of Madras aka the musical legend A R Rahman is all set to add another feather to his cap.
Come July, the Oscar winning Indian music maestro would be awarded with an honorary doctorate by the London based Middlesex University, the latest in the many honors conferred on him in his long career.
Earlier AMU (Aligarh) and the Anna University (Chennai) too had awarded an honorary D Lit to the 43 year old music maestro.