BOLLYWOOD BUZZ

Tighter security for Govinda
Repeated threatening calls made at Govinda’s ‘Jal Darshan’ residence during last week have necessitated a strong posse of policemen to be stationed at his doorstep. They also affected the shootings of KB Pictures’ Pardesi Babu in Holland and Vimal Kumar’s Rajaji. Govinda returned to work on April 18 under strict security. The police is going all out to trace the calls which have plagued Govinda for almost a year now.

Amitabh releases father’s book
Amitabh Bachchan released the autobiography of his father, Dr Harvanshrai Bachchan, at a function held in New Delhi last week. The book titled In The Afternoon of Time is an English translation of the autobiography which records the entire saga of the Bachchan family and the happenings around them.

Mahesh Bhatt’s last will be on mother
The death of Mrs Shireen Bhatt, last week, wife of the veteran filmmaker Nanabhai Bhatt and mother of Mahesh, Mukesh and Robin Bhatt has led to Mahesh Bhatt’s postponing his plans for retirement as a director. He will now make a film based on the life of his mother, and call it Shireen. He has already started working on a script and will finalise other plans soon “to pay a son’s best tribute to his mother”.

Vijay Sippy dead
Producer Vijay Sippy, son of veteran producer GP Sippy and brother of Ramesh (Sholay) Sippy, was found dead in mysterious circumstances in the compound of Urvashi building in South Mumbai. The post-mortem and police investigation were on as we go to the press. Apart from producing a few films, Vijay was also an executive producer for films made under the banner.