Pahlaj Nihalani is back in
the news again after keeping a low profile for a surprisingly long spell.
His film Bhai Bhai, which has been described as a tribute to 50 years of
India’s independence, is in a spot of trouble with the censors, with
Maneka Gandhi objecting to a bull fight in the film. To add to the controversy,
Deepak Shivdasani, Producer-director of Bhai, has been crying foul because
Nihalani decided to release his Bhai Bhai on the same day (as Bhai). Earlier,
Nihalani had to replace Govinda and Chunky Pandey with two newcomers, Samrat
Mukerjee and Manek Bedi, because of persistent date hassles. It forced Nihalani
to sell the film at a discount. But gutsy as he is, Nihalani has taken all
these things in his stride and is extremely confident that his dream project
will be a winner from the word go
SHORT
TAKES
ALI'S
NOTES
Thank God, the
garden's on fire again
AB and
Charu
Sarika's
strides
It’s not
done
Raju’s gone
away
HUM AAPKE HAIN
CLONE
A hill-station in the middle of Mumbai! Yeah, but it is not the real thing.
This is art director Sharmishta Roy’s set for Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya,
complete with a cute little cottage. Apparently, the stars too were very
impressed with Roy’s craftsmanship for they descended from their heavenly
abode in unison. There was Rajesh Khanna, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Anil
Kapoor and Arbaaz Khan. A unit hand hastily informs us that only the Khan
brothers are for real. The rest are clones of the actors.
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