Entertainment
Talks to stop RGV from making movie on Anna’s movement fail
Aug. 19 |Members of the government and the civil society have come together to convince Ram Gopal Varma to drop his plans to make a movie, apparently titled “Anna Ki Aag”, based upon Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement. A secret panel consisting of some central ministers and civil society members has already had three rounds of talks with Ramu, but sources inform that the maverick filmmaker has not relented.
Conman claiming to sell Oscars cheat Bollywood celebrities
Jun. 1 |After music composer Ismail Darbar accused fellow composer A R Rahman of bribing and “buying” his Academy Awards, a conman has been at large hoodwinking various Bollywood personalities into believing that he was an “agent” who could arrange for an Oscar at a price. According to sources, this conman has duped at least a dozen Bollywood actors, producers and musicians in the last couple of days.
Tamil actor Vijay to use time machine to remake unreleased movies
Jan. 29 |Kollywood actor Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, who is known to remake hit movies of other languages, especially Telugu, in Tamil, has decided to allocate a substantial part of his earnings to sponsor research program at IIT Madras to build a time machine. Vijay hopes to go to the future, watch all hit movies that are not yet released, come back to the present time, and remake them.
Parents sue UTV Bindass for making their son an asshole
Jan. 18 |Mr. and Mrs. Navelkar have sued national television broadcaster UTV Bindass for having turned their normal looking son into a complete asshole. 15 years old Pratyush, now a six months old asshole, is their only child, whom Navelkars had been trying to raise as a normal human being, but last week the couple realized that their son had acquired attributes that were hallmarks of unadulterated assholes.
To come on television, girl decides fast for Rahul Gandhi on Karva Chauth
Oct. 25 |Rashmi’s long-standing wish to appear on national television might come true tomorrow as she has finalized a foolproof plan to attract television cameras. The 27-year-old girl, an aspiring television actress, has decided to fast for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Karva Chauth tomorrow, and hopes that she’d make it to the headlines of all the leading news channels of India.
Naked man on Delhi runway identified as actor Kamaal Rashid Khan
Feb. 28 |The naked flight interrupter apprehended at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport turned out to be none other than Bollywood actor Kamaal Rashid Khan, also known to himself as KRK. Too inebriated to phrase a coherent reply to the questions of his interrogators, he could only say, “Ka-laudia… tum kahaan ho?” Many experts believe that this lying-naked-in-airport was a part of marketing gimmick by Kamaal to promote his film.
Controversy erupts over India’s first gay cartoon character
Jan. 27 |Leading cartoonist Karan Khan has announced the arrival of his latest creation – a frog called Gaydhak. Gaydhak has orange spots on its largely green skin, and walks upright like human beings. It leaps over only when it sees a fellow male frog that gives it a gay character, therefore making it the first gay cartoon hero of India. Gaydhak will soon be seen in one of the leading newspapers in India as a daily comic strip.
Jealous husbands oppose naming of lunar crater after SRK
Jan. 25 |Various married men, apart from Aamir Khan fans, have been hurt by the news of a crater on moon being named as “Shah Rukh Khan”. These men, under the aegis of Jealous Husbands Association (JHA), have written a letter to The International Astronomical Union to overturn the decision. JHA members fear that their wives will stop thinking about them on Karwa Chauth if the moon had SRK on its surface.
Forgotten celebrity all set to release MMS with her boyfriend
Jan. 21 |A no-more-in-news celebrity is planning to make a raunchy MMS with her boyfriend and release it on YouTube and Rapidshare simultaneously. The celebrity, an ex-model who also tried her luck in a few Bollywood flicks before tapering out of public memory, is hopeful that the MMS will bring her back in the limelight and get her new projects. The MMS will be released on 25th January.
PVRs to provide child silencers to people taking along kids to movies
Jan. 8 |In a move aimed to make movie watching experience better for thousands of cine goers, the leading multiplex cinema chain PVR Cinemas has announced providing child silencers to people taking their kids along with them to U/A rated movies. The silencers would be provided free on demand in the first couple of months, but it would be made compulsory or discontinued thereafter based upon the feedback from people.
