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Zee Cine awards was held yesterday at Mauritius. The place is one of the most colorful in the world but it along with the award ceremony belonged to Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black. It seems this year of film awards in going to be swept by Black. Black was the winner all the way at Screen, Filmfare and now at Zee Cine Awards. Black won most awards in the popular categories. It won the Best Actor, best film, best actress and best actor awards in the popular category besides the many others that it won. The critic's choice awards for the best actor, actress and the film went to Iqbal. Shreyas Talpade, Shweta Prasad and Nagesh Kukunoor went back home rejoicing their effort. Abhishek won the award for the best supporting actor in Sarkar. Nana Patekar won the award for his villainous role in Apaharan, Ritesh won for his comic timing in Bluffmaster, Himesh Reshamiya for best playback male, Vaibhavi Merchant for best choreography in Kajra re, Rekah Nigam and Vidhu Vinod Chopra for their classic dialogues in Parineeta and so on. Shiney Ahuja and Vidya Blan and Konkana Sen Sharma were awarded the most promising newcomers award. The event was sponsored by LIC and organized at Swami Vivekananda International Convention Center in Mauritius. The hosts for the evening were Karan Johar, Arjun Rampal, Konkona Sen Sharma and many others. The evening saw the true glitterati and glam the true bollywood style. The evening ended with great epoch and pomp.
Black Buck Haunts The Stars
Salman Khan's stars are perennially in doldrums. After returning from an unsuccessful 'Rockstars' world tour where the last show in Wembley got cancelled at the last minute, Khan was made to feel the heat in Jodhpur yesterday. The eight year old Black Buck case came up for hearing yesterday and the Sessions Court Judge reframed charges against Salman Khan, Tabu, Neelam, Sonali Bendre and Saif Ali Khan under the Wildlife Protection Act (WLPA). All the stars were present in the court. Judicial magistrate Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit booked Salman for illegal hunting under section 51 and others under section 52 (abetment) in the black bucks poaching case. According to Mahipal Bishnoi, a high court lawyer, if proved guilty, they could get upto six years in jail. The charges were reframed after Salman's lawyer Hasti Mal Saraswat moved the sessions court against earlier charges framed by a lower court saying the 'charges had been duplicated'. It seems Salman Khan's worries are not going to lessen as a television news channel recently broke a story in the infamous American Bakery Car Accident case where a labourer lost his life under Khan's car due to negligent driving. The court had earlier stated in that case that since the four witnesses (The labourers who survived) were unavailable and that the police were unable to find them, their statements can not be considered. But the same labourers stated on Television that the police never made any attempts to search for them as they were always there. This disclosure will surely go against Salman Khan when the case comes up for hearing as the intense media scrutiny will make it impossible for the police or the judicial system to be lenient with the mega star.
Black Friday: A few stark details
In order to stick to authenticity in his forthcoming film Black Friday, director Anurag Kashyap and his team shot the important scene of the RDX bombs landing in India prior to the Mumbai blast in 1993 in the same village that the RDX actually landed ' Shikhadi. 'We shot in the same village of the coolies which was actually picked up by the police post blasts because the night when the RDX arrived, the villagers were paid Rs. 1000 but they had no idea what contained in those ships,' says Anurag Kashyap. The actors in the movie faced tremendous difficulties during the shooting of this scene due to several technical details. The actors as well as the crew were on boats in the ocean and there was a lot of motion sickness. 'We shot the entire night and all of us after delivering our dialogues would go and throw up every time due to motion sickness', says actor Pavan Malhotra who plays Tiger Memon in the film. Black Friday is based on the events leading up to and the investigation thereafter of the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts. The 1993 Bombay blasts left 257 dead and 1400 injured and brought into the spotlight the mafia-terrorist nexus prevalent today. Based on S. Hussain Zaidi's book on the same subject, the film takes one into the heart of the conspiracy behind the Bombay blasts and the massive follow-up investigation by giving detailed account of planning, execution and back-end operations of the same. Produced by Arindam Mitra and directed by Anurag Kashyap, the film features the stellar acting talents of Kay Kay Menon, Pavan Malhotra and Aditya Srivastava playing Inspector Rakesh Maria, Tiger Memon and police informer 'Badshah Khan' respectively. Black Friday, directed by Anurag Kashyap is ready for release on 9th February.
'Black Friday' should now open avenues for 'Paanch'
While Anurag Kashyap must certainly be jubilant with an all around appreciation 'Black Friday' and his direction in particular has got, he would now also be looking at the release of his debut venture 'Paanch'. Produced by Tutu Sharma, the film has been ready for more than 5 years but is stuck in the cans since then. First there were censors issue due to charges of excessive violence. Later even as the film won its battle with the censors, it is still lying unreleased. Industry insiders who have seen the film vouch for the fact that 'Paanch' is yet another stunning piece of art by Kashyap and has the kind of shock value that has made 'Black Friday' hit headlines. The film stars Kay Kay Menon in the lead along with Tejaswini Kolhapuri. Vishal Bhardwaj has given the music.
'Black & White' proves green bills to Subhash Ghai
Subhash Ghai's 'Black & White' has been declared a profitable venture for Mukta Arts & Eros International. The film that released on 7th March has turned out to be very rewarding and effective throughout. The film was made with a mere budget of 7.5 crores, which is also the lowest budget ever set by Subhash Ghai for any film. The distribution rights were sold to Eros International for 15 Crores, who have managed to cover more than 25 crores including selling the satellite and other rights of the film. Sunil Lulla, Eros International said "Subhashji is known for making meaningful cinema; through 'Black & White' he has managed to grip the nerve of common people. This low-budget film will be valued more in future as it has managed to gain critical acclaim from media as well as general Public".
'Black & White': Case adjourned
The Delhi High Court has adjourned the hearing on Subhash Ghai's 'Black & white' till 23rd May 2008. Earlier this month Khalid Alvi, brother of congress MP Rashid Alvi had filed a petition against the film stating that film's integral character 'Rajan Mathur' an Urdu professor from Zakir Hussain college played by Anil Kapoor who transforms a suicide bomber is based on him, also the character of Rajya Sabha member in the film, who supports the terrorist played by Akash Khurana resembles his brother MP Rashid Alvi. Even after such ludicrous allegation, the film is growing at the box office too on the strength of its appreciation by word of mouth. Black & White is the story of a terrorist and his journey to accomplish his only mission in life. A journey that lasts for 15 days in the heart of Old Delhi, a journey that changes his life. The film was released worldwide on 7th March 08 under the Mukta Searchlight banner.