Saturday, February 21, 2009

Salman Khan Fined 20Lakkhs For Damage




Six days after ordering Bollywood star Salman Khan to pack up filming of Veer at Amber Fort here, the Rajasthan high court on Thursday allowed him to complete shooting in four days, after paying Rs20 lakh as damages for harm caused to the protected monument.

The Rajasthan HC has allowed Salman Khan to complete shooting of Veer, after paying Rs 20 lakh as damages for harm caused to the protected monument.

The court, which had slammed state officials for 'greed' and 'madness' that had created havoc at the 16th century monument during shooting, said the compensation would include ex gratia for 15 people injured in the wall collapse at the fort during shooting on February 12.

The order was passed by a division bench of acting chief justice RC Gandhi and justice MN Bhandari.

"I am a Thief, so what?" :Mahesh Bhatt




The panel discussion at FICCI Frames had an interesting debate titled Cut Copy Paste To Indian Taste which was attended by leading Bollywood names such as Dibakar Banerjee, Rohan Sippy, Imtiaz Ali, Kabir Khan and Mahesh Bhatt.

The discussion focussed on the burning question 'do we have a dearth of creative talent in our country?' and naturally the prickly issue of plagiarism reared its ugly head more than once.

"The topic is itself not an original idea and by the end of it we will get into a wrestling match," said filmmaker Imtiaz Ali.