Bollywood’s bad boys – who’s public enemy No 1
Here’s a look at actors from Bollywood and the trouble they have got in to over the years
- Ajanta Paul
From L-R, Bollywood actors John Abraham, Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan. (AGENCIES)
The Bollywood macho men have often diluted their reel life image to real life as well. Often getting involved in scuffles with media, altercation with enthusiastic public, and also courting police cases, their heroism continued outside the screenplay.
The most recent is Saif Ali Khan getting into trouble for allegedly assaulting and NRI from South Africa. The heroes and the police have come face to face. It’s not just Saif, here’s a list of some other film stars against whom police cases have been filed.
Saif Ali Khan is escorted by the police at a police station in Mumbai February 22, 2012. (REUTERS)
Saif Ali Khan: In 1998, Khan was charged with poaching two blackbucks in Kankani during the filming of ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’ along with co-stars Salman Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam. The charges were dropped soon after Khan was acquitted. More recently Saif Ali Khan was arrested on Feb 22, 2012 for allegedly assaulting an NRI while dining with his friends. NRI Iqbal Sharma, who suffered a fractured nose, filed a police complaint and Saif was summoned by the police. Soon after surrender Saif was released on bail.
Salman Khan (C) is surrounded by police personnel on his way to the court in Jodhpur August 25, 2007. (REUTERS)
Salman Khan: On 28 September 2002, Salman Khan was arrested for rash and negligent driving. His car had run into a pavement in Mumbai; one person sleeping on the pavement died and three others were injured. Charges of culpable homicide were laid against him, but later… Continue reading
Why are Bollywood’s bad boys so boring?
New Delhi: Actor Shakti Kapoor, who built a career on the big screen as the Mr Chief Molester of Women, spent weeks as a contestant on the popular television show painstakingly convincing everyone that in real life he is just a regular guy who respects the opposite sex. The best of the voyeurs were crushed to see him pass the salt politely at the dinner table without making a single pass at the 13 women he was forced to live with as part of the show Bigg Boss, an Indian version of the American Celebrity Big Brother. When it comes to plain bad-a** behaviour, Bollywood has a lot to learn from its rich cousin in Los Angeles, California.
The incident at Mumbai’s Wasabi restaurant involving actor Saif Ali Khan was a sad reminder of how starved our nation is of its iconic bad boys who have let them down time and again through their magical ability to deflate a crisis. Incidentally, Kapoor was accused in 2005 of asking sexual favours of an undercover reporter in exchange for assuring her an entry into the film industry. But that is another matter.
I’d like to state on record that I do not condone violence in any form or law-breaking in general. But let’s face it, out proverbial bad boys in Bollywood aren’t a patch on their Hollywood counterparts. Our morbid obsession with the lives our stars live has had little fodder over the years. Okay, the occasional black buck was hunted or a drunken threat issued to a romantic rival at a high profile party, but the “Good Lord! What have I done?” period of sobriety that followed such incidents meant an extensive cover-up and redoubling contribution to charities.
Ashwini Chaudhary: Madhavan has five expressions in every scene
The Jodi Breakers director spoke of his journey in Bollywood, his love for cinema, controversies and the frustration he dealt with after Good Boy Bad Boy, produced by Subhash Ghai, earned him a bad name
In Bollywood fates change every Friday. One Friday, Ashwini Chaudhary’s Emraan Hashmi-Tushhar Kapoor-starrer Good Boy Bad Boy released, almost ending his career. But he has bounced back, this time with a talented actor, R Madhavan and one of B-town’s hottest sizzlers, Bipasha Basu for company in Jodi Breakers…
Your first three films, Laado, Dhoop and Siskiyaan were in a different zone and then you made Good Boy Bad Boy. What prompted the sudden change of sensibility?
I wanted to test new waters. As a filmmaker, you can say I was rehearsing for a bigger, more commercial and mainstream presence with the three earlier films.
After Good Boy Bad Boy you were almost written off and had to wait for a long time before Jodi Breakers began. Was it frustrating? How did you deal with it?
Of course it was frustrating. I managed to stay afloat with large dollops of native humour! Good Boy Bad Boy was a film made under ‘special circumstances’. The industry knew that it did not have my stamp on it. It was only a matter of time before I would be calling ‘action’ again, but I had to stay focused and positive and with some support from my cronies, I managed to do both!
You have managed a very unusual casting coup for Jodi Breakers. How did that happen?
Once Madhavan came on board, we knew we had to cast someone really smart and fresh with him. Bipasha had read the script, had liked it but I guess wanted her to be paired well. With Madhavan on… Continue reading
Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan likes to endorse brands `responsibly`
Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan is one of the most popular brand ambassadors and is endorsing several products, and the superstar says whatever he does, he does it with a sense of responsibility.
“When you are a brand ambassador for anything, any of the products or even a leading man for a film or a producer, I think you have a lot of responsibility. Apart from the fact that we have fun, crack jokes and have a sense of humour, whatever I do, I do it with a sense of responsibility,” the 46-year-old said here at the Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Female Male Awards.
Shah Rukh, who recently became the brand ambassador of West Bengal, says he is proud of his association with the state.
“Kolkata, West Bengal is very close to my heart, apart from the fact that we have a team there. Whenever I have gone there, even to perform…the people love you there,” said Shah Rukh who recently launched the new logo for his Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders.
“There is a high level of interest in cinema, in intelligent conversations and knowledge. It`s one of the most leading states of the country, so I am very proud to be the brand ambassador. I will take it with as much responsibility as I give to everything else I do,” he added.
Shah Rukh is currently working in Yash Chopra`s untitled film opposite Katrina Kaif and and co-producing “Student of the Year” with Karan Johar.
IANS
Source: http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/glamtalk/bollywood-badshah-shah-rukh-khan-likes-to-endorse-brands-responsibly_106238.htm
I worship movies, so I do one film a year: R. Madhavan
Talented actor R. Madhavan straddles two worlds – Hindi movies and southern cinema – with elan but despite having a good hold in both, he doesn’t believe in piling up projects in his kitty.
“I do one film a year. I don’t look at a film like a project, I worship it. It’s like going to a temple. I can’t jump from one film set to another film set,” Madhavan told IANS.
He added: “This year I have done two films – Tamil film ‘Veetai’, which by god’s grace has done very well, and now I have this one – ‘Jodi Breakers’. So it’s a very conscious decision to do one film at a time.”
Following the success of “Tanu Weds Manu”, Madhavan is back to woo his fans in the Hindi-speaking belt with the romantic comedy ” Jodi Breakers”, releasing Friday. In the film, Madhavan will be seen romancing Bipasha Basu for the first time on big screen.
Describing the film as a unique concept, he said it suits the modern-day relationship requirements and added: “It (Jodi Breaker) is required for modern-day people. We don’t do it as a hobby; it’s a job. So, people who are uncomfortable with their ‘jodi’ and who are unable to get out of it for whatever reasons, we find a way for them where we break their ‘jodi’ without much hassle.”
However, in real life Madhavan is a ‘jodi maker’ and said: “I have got six people married and all of them are happy.”
If he is impressed by the concept of the film, directed by Ashwini Choudhary, Madhavan is equally confident about his chemistry with Bipasha in “Jodi Breakers”.
“It’s very evident from the trailers that we share a phenomenal chemistry. It is very easy to get along with her. I am… Continue reading
Nira Radia and Bollywood movies
With The Iron Lady out in theaters, and conversations sparked about Margaret Thatcher and her controversial politics, it raises questions about our need as voyeurs to dissect and discuss the highs and lows of celebrities, public figures, or just about anyone whose life has managed to create a stir in society
It appears the current subject of curiosity and speculation in the Indian film industry is corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, who was in the news last year for her alleged connection in the 2G spectrum allotment scam.
Of the spate of films dedicated to Radia’s life, the more prominent of the lot stars bollywood villain Ashutosh Rana, and is ironically produced by a Lucknow based Congress Leader, Kush Bhargava. The film, “Monica-the Politics of Murder” is a brazen and blatant attempt to ride the wave of public curiosity towards Radia and her professional dealings.
Director Satchit Puranik, throwing caution and presumably libel charges to the wind is making a film titled “Radia-tion” based Niira Radia and the 2G scam, casting a relatively unknown starlet in the lead role.
In addition to Puranik, Filmmaker V Srinivasan Sundar’s film “100000000000″ (good luck getting audiences to remember that title) about four students who rob 10,000 crores from a powerful female lobbyist aims to capitalize on Radia’s professional likeness.
The question someone needs to ask the filmmakers before they embark on telling their stories is how much of the story do they really know? Filmmaking is about telling a story through the director’s perspective, but what good is it if it appears to be completely one sided.
Are they using news reports and press clippings to do their research? Are they even interested in trying to understand the person or the scandal from all sides, or is… Continue reading