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BollywoodWorld.com, Bollywood director Prakash Jha Wednesday lodged a police complaint stating that two New York-based filmmakers were threatening to kill him if he did not pay them Rs.2-3 crore, police said. Jha registered the first information report (FIR) with Amboli Police Station in Andheri, northwest Mumbai, against the two NRI filmmakers, Pramod Bhanti and Devendra [...]

After the ban on “Aarakshan” in Uttar Pradesh was revoked, director Prakash Jha has decided to make a film on creative freedom and the efforts to muzzle the artiste through extra-constutitional means. His experience of battling various organisations and a state government for the release of “Aarakshan”, about the issue of reservations in educatinal insititutes, [...]

Bans, protests and a long weekend may have affected the business of director Prakash Jha’s new offering “Aarakshan”, but despite all the problems, the movie about caste-based reservations in the Indian education system has managed to earn Rs.25 crore in four days. Trade analysts are hoping this will pick up in the second week. Released [...]

After exploring the dark underbelly of the political world, filmmaker Prakash Jha returns with yet another realistic film based on the sensitive issue of caste-based reservations – “Aarakshan” – releasing Friday. Directed by Jha and co-produced by Prakash Jha Productions and Firoz A. Nadiadwala, the film is a socio-political drama based on one of the [...]

They chat, tweet and share pictures, but behind the social networking of Bollywood celebrities lies a lot of business. Filmmakers and actors are taking to websites like Facebook and Twitter to take the pulse of viewers and involve them in projects. From directors Prakash Jha, Mahesh Bhatt and Shirish Kunder to even megastar Amitabh Bachchan [...]

You’ve seen Ranbir Kapoor give sterling performances in film after film. But Ranbir, the Peace-maker is a new role he adopted to bring Prakash Jha and Nana Patekar together after their very public fall-out. Apparently Ranbir, who got along like a house on fire with Nana during the shooting of Raajneeti in Bhopal didn’t quite [...]

For those who think that Katrina has severed all relations with Salman Khan and his family, there is news. Recently she arranged a show of her latest hit ‘Raajneeti’ for Salman’s dad, the renowned scriptwriter Salim Khan and the entire family…minus Salman, who maintains his clean slate vis-à-vis Katrina’s work. He has not seen a [...]

This is your one stop shop for the latest happenings in the town. The buzz. The release plans. The launches. The works. Yes, this is serious business and we will bring to you the most reliable information week after week. Have a dekko. Success of ‘Rajneeti’ means that that stocks of Ranbir Kapoor have soared [...]

You have again started signing in films after a long gap. Please describe the projects that you’ve taken on. Yes I had not signed a film for a while. There had been an accumulation of 5 films one after the other, due to the multiplex strike. All of them have released, barring one. I have [...]

BollywoodWorld.com, Katrina Kaif ‘s plans to fly down to Mumbai for a day in order to celebrate the success of Raajneeti, on June 23, from Spain, where she is shooting for Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara have been dropped. Apparently the inclement weather has made it impossible for her to be let off for [...]