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Veteran actor Delhi Ganesh, a popular character artiste with over 200 Tamil films to his credit, has joined the cast of ace filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s Tamil romantic drama “Kaatru Veliyidai”. “Delhi Ganesh sir has started shooting in Ooty, where the makers have started filming some initial portions. Originally, the plan was to shoot the first schedule in Kashmir; however, Ooty was been chosen instead. The team will shoot in Kashmir later on,” a source from the film’s unit told IANS. Karthi and Aditi Rao Hydari, who play the lead, are yet to join the sets. “They’re expected to join soon. Karthi is busy wrapping up dubbing work on ‘Kaashmora’, and he’s most likely to join the sets towards the end of this month,” the source added. Also starring R.J. Balaji and Shraddha Srinath, the film is jointly produced by Madras Talkies and Thenandal Films.
'Delhi Belly' gains momentum
The makers of 'Delhi Belly' produced by Aamir Khan are speeding up the casting process as the shooting will be starting by the end of August. The new director Abninay Deo who has the experience of directing 350 advertisements behind him and the other main creative brains behind the project have now the task of finalizing the actors who will enact the main three roles of 'Delhi Belly'. It stale news that Ranbir Kapoor is no longer in the project and the names of the lead actors of 'Delhi Belly' can be expected to come out in the media soon. The film attracted the media attention not only because it was announced as an Aamir Khan Production. The news that foreign director Robert Nylund was the man in charge of direction and later on Ad film maker Abhjinay Deo replacing him resulted in the film's name staying in the main filmy headlines for some days. The consideration of Ranbir Kapoor and the acclaimed actress Chitrangada Singh for the roles in the film also created more hype as Chitrangada was back into B-Town after a long break. The movie will be scrutinized for the potential of the new director as Aamir Khan himself has selected Abhinay to be the captain of the ship. Aamir Khan selected the ad man after seeing some of his advertisements and decided that he is the guy with the right attitude to be the director. The makers are almost near to deciding on the final three lead actors as the auditions and other tests have been over and three actors for each role have been selected. Now what is left is to fix up the final three actors. The action comedy although to be shot in Delhi with Indian actors will be in English and it is said as a film that targets the international audience. When it is an Aamir Khan production we can expect something fresh. Well we will hope so.
"Delhi Belly is not a sex comedy" Imran Khan
Drenched with successful ventures for scintillating performance in his debut flick 'Jaane Ya Tu Jaanena' and this week release 'Kidnap', Imran Khan is fleeting across the seventh heaven. Does Imran Khan Keeps looking out for big banners now? "Not at all" says Imran, for he merely believes it's not big banners that will shore him on the grounds of great laurels. The young lad has hardcore faith in directors and technical crews who churn out their best innovative style of works. Well, getting on to speak about his forthcoming flick 'Delhi Belly' produced by Aamir Khan, Imran is sure that it hasn't got anything to do with sex comedy and didn't reveal anything more on this project. Fine! Closest sources are sure that Aamir wouldn't be sharing the screen space with Imran as in 'Jaane ya... Tu'. Aamir's wife Kiran Rao roping in Pratiek Babbar in her forthcoming directorial doesn't seems to have affected Imran, for he says, "Getting launched under Aamir's production doesn't mean that I should be a part in his each film".
Delhi sees major traffic jam, water-logging
Delhi on Wednesday witnessed major traffic jam due to incessant rain inflicting the city for a week. Traffic jam have been reported from National Highway-24, Nizamuddin bridge, Noida crossing and Sarai Kale Khan. Massive traffic jam was also witnessed near Mother Dairy due to water-logging near Patparganj. Traffic was slow on DND flyover, Ashram, Jahangirpuri. Reports of water-logging have come from Moolchand and Rajghat too. Areas around the Delhi University’s North Campus have been flooded. Wazirpur underpass has also been flooded due to rains.
Delhi was target after ISI-aided Mumbai attack, says Headley
Pakistani-American terror suspect David Headley has told Indian investigators that he had scouted Delhi for potential strike targets, including the prime minister’s residence and key defence complexes, four months after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack in which Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had a major role to play. Headley, who has confessed his role in plotting the Mumbai attack with the Lashkar-e-Taiba and was arrested last year in the US, told a team of Indian interrogators in a Chicago prison that he was in New Delhi in March 2009, said sources familiar with the case but who spoke only on condition they were not identified. The revelations came as Britain’s Guardian Tuesday quoting secret Indian government documents reported that ISI played a major role in helping prepare the Mumbai attack. During his Delhi trip, Headley videographed 7 Race Course Road, the prime minister’s official residence, and defence complexes – Raksha Bhavan, and the National Defence College (NDC) in the heart of the capital, the sources disclosed. A four-member team of Indian investigators interrogated Headley in June this year after he entered into a plea bargain with the US government offering to be available to foreign investigators for any questioning related to terror plots he was scheming with the LeT and Al Qaeda. The 49-year-old Pakistani-born – who had dual identities as a Pakistani and an American – revealed that he found “minimal security” at the NDC that appeared a “vulnerable target”. The security cover at the prime minister’s residence appeared too tough to break and his Pakistani handlers were not interested in striking at the Raksha Bhavan, an office-cum-residential complex for the senior army officers, Headley is believed to have told the investigators. He said his Pakistani handlers were more interested in attacking the NDC – a target important for its symbolic value as it has many military personnel from different countries attending courses at any time – and had even started working on the idea with help from an unknown person in Nepal, the sources said. ISI’s support came out in a 109-page report prepared following Headley’s interrogation. He has spoken about dozens of meetings between ISI officers and senior militants from LeT. Pakistan initially denied all links to the Mumbai mayhem but later admitted that the only terrorist, Ajmal Kasab, caught in Mumbai was indeed its resident. At least 166 people were killed and over 200 injured in the November 2008 attack. Headley claimed that at least two of his missions were partly paid for by the ISI and that he regularly reported to the spy agency. A key motivation for the ISI in aiding the attack was to bolster militant groups with strong links to the Pakistani state and security establishment who were being marginalised by more extreme radical groups, the Guardian report quoted Headley as saying. “The aggression and commitment to jihad shown by several splinter groups in Afghanistan influenced many committed fighters to leave… I understand this compelled the LeT to consider a spectacular terrorist strike in India,” Headley was quoted as saying. He said the ISI hoped the Mumbai attack would slow or stop growing “integration” between groups active in Kashmir, with whom the agency had maintained a long relationship, and “Taliban-based outfits” in Pakistan and Afghanistan which were a threat to the Pakistani state, the Guardian reported. He also described a meeting with a “Colonel Kamran” from the military intelligence and a string of meetings with a “Major Iqbal” and “Major Sameer Ali”. He claimed that he was given $25,000 by his ISI handler to finance one of eight surveillance missions in India. ISI director general, Lt. General Shuja Pasha, visited a key senior LeT militant in prison after the attacks “to understand” the operation. The Guardian said this implies what many Western security agencies suspect – that the top ranks of the ISI were unaware of at least the scale of the planned strike. An ISI spokesperson told the Guardian that the accusations of the agency’s involvement in the Mumbai attack were “baseless”.
Delhi people don’t stop to watch film shooting: Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan has discovered a new side to Delhi. During her extensive shoot in the capital for No One Killed Jessica,the Bollywood star walked through crowded streets and markets, even in old Delhi, and was quite surprised to find that people did not stop to watch the shooting. Delhiwallahs are as busy as Mumbaikars, the actress said. “I always thought Delhi was a bit more relaxed than Mumbai where nobody walks aaram se (in a relaxed way). But through my walks in Delhi during the shoot of ‘No One Killed Jessica’, I realised that people don’t have time to look at you. Life is as fast-paced here as in Mumbai,” said Vidya. The 32-year-old essays the role of Sabrina Lall in the film, based on the murder case of model Jessica Lall, who was shot dead by Manu Sharma in 1999. For many scenes, Vidya had to shoot in perennially crowded areas like Connaught Place and Bhikaji Cama Place in the capital, but says she was surprised that no one waited to see the shooting, unlike earlier times. “I give complete leeway to the fact that I was dressed differently – very plain and simply. I saw a mad rush of people in CP and Bhikaji Cama, but people didn’t have time to stop and look at us. I had always heard that Mumbai is more used to stars and Delhi isn’t used to stars, but even here, no one cared! This is one new side of Delhi that I got to explore,” she added. Vidya spent a-month-and-a-half shooting in Delhi for the Rajkumar Gupta film, and says the experience was heart-warming. The film releases Friday. “I actually walked through the streets of Delhi for the film. It’s been a different and heart-warming experience because it wasn’t like just shooting in one location. I had to walk through streets wearing absolutely plain clothes and shoot with hidden cameras to look like one of the people in the crowd. “I won’t be able to specify the streets I traversed, but I know I have been through both – Puraani Dilli and New Delhi. I have really explored Delhi like I could never have done alone and I don’t think any Delhiite has explored Delhi the way I did during this shoot,” she said, sounding overwhelmed. The actress who hails from Tamil Nadu loves Delhi’s winter. “It always feels so good to be back in Delhi, especially at this time of the year. It’s so charming… we don’t have this kind of weather in Mumbai. The streets are so much calmer during these days than the rest of the year. So I really like it.”