Who was Gandhi?
I never knew Mahatma Gandhi till I saw Ben Kingsley play Mahatma Gandhi in that great film made on the life and times of one of the greatest human beings in the millennium about to mingle with the dust of the past.

All sorted out
Sunil Shetty and Aishwarya Rai hit it off really well, we have often sighted them chattering away happily in their mother tongue Tulu on the sets. But all the camaraderie isn’t proving to be of much use for either of them. What with two of their films viz.

Qatl-E-Aam
A five-day shooting stint for Srishti Creations’ Qatl-E-Aam was held at Chennai from October 10. Director Sanjay Sharma picturised a song and some dramatic scenes on the entire starcast.

Filmdom toasts Sunil, Vinod and Raj triumph at hustings

The Mumbai film industry has been unanimous in congratulating its newly-triumphant representatives in the Lok Sabha. Among the victors this time, are Sunil Dutt, Vinod Khanna and Raj Babbar.

Ghai holds dandiya nite for charity

Actor Sunny Deol who had reportedly entered into a Rs 9 lakh agreement with the Khar Gymkhana authorities to use their ground for a nine-day dandiya raas programme, eventually backed out. However, director Subhash Ghai held his Taal Dandiya Raas Nite 99 show at the premises last week, featuring almost the entire Taal cast.

SHOREY OUSTED, SHAKTI INSTALLED

New lease of life for Producers Council

It’s been a case of rapid intrigue and wholesale drama for control of the producers’ bodies and the 60-year-old Indian Motion Picture Distributors Association. Hectic behind-the-scenes manipulations have led to a restructuring of the trade bodies.