After 20th Century Fox filled a legal case against Ravi Chopra's film a week back over copyright infringement, claiming that Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai is a copy of English film My Cousin Vinny, now there's more trouble.
We want none of it!After 20th Century Fox filled a legal case against Ravi Chopra's film a week back over copyright infringement, claiming that Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai is a copy of English film My Cousin Vinny, now there's more trouble.
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Apparently, Big Pictures, the world rights owners of BYBH now want to relinquish the rights of the film after this controversy.
A source from the Big Pictures office says, "We want to promote and exploit films that don't give our banner a bad name.
At a recent meeting, it wasu00a0 decided to get rid of the world rights of the film and we have asked for our money back."
According to trade sources, Big Pictures paid Ravi's banner BR Films, a sum total of Rs 9.25 crore in advances.
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In related news, our local DVD clubwala says that My Cousin Vinny was being rented out like cool lemonade in this heat. Yes, the DVD is topping charts after the article HiTLIST carried a week back... Hell yeah, we rock!
Mujhe role doShahana Goswami has been signed opposite R Madhavan's Tanu Weds Manu. Nikhil Advani directs the movie co-produced by Mukesh Talreja.
A source reveals, "Neetu Chandra was very keen on doing the role and kept SMSing Madhavan (her co-star in 13B) to let her star in the movie.
This is the fourth film Mukesh Talreja and Nikhil Advani are collaborating for after Salaam-E-Ishq, Chandni Chowk To China and Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai (currently under production).
Galat baat hai, Kohli!In his column last week, Imran Khan wrote about a director who approached him and Ranbir Kapoor for the same role, at the same time.
The bushy-browed actor said it was unethical of the director, and the truth only came to light because he is friends with and in touch with Ranbir.
Ultimately, both Khan and Kapoor decided not to do the film. Unlike Imi, who was being nice/noble/naughty, by hiding the identity of the director, we can tell you the mystery director is Kunal Kohli.
Anything for the kidsFarah Khan recently shot an ad which endorses a vaccine for pneumonia for little babies. Farah says she endorsed it because it was a very good cause.
"It's to inoculate your child against pneumonia because that kills more kids than malaria, measles, TB, AIDS and diarrhea.
The vaccine is called Brevanar and the company wanted me as now being a mother of three and having used the same vaccine for my kids, they felt I am as credible and reliable as it gets.
I am more than happy to endorse anything that helps kids."
Kuch role mere layak?Recently, Abhay was spotted with director Mira Nair at the star-studded India Abroad Person of the Year award ceremony in New York.
Abhay and Mira both were present at the awards ceremony and were chatting. While Abhay has carved a niche for himself with films like Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Manorama Six Feet Under, Dev D etc.
Nair is the master storyteller. Any chance we'll see them collaborating soon, considering Deol is based mostly out of New York these days? It has crossed his mind but it won't really happen till it crosses HER mind.
All in the numbers Asin's dad aged 26 years in a few seconds when he saw his daughter's age reported as 26 in a newspaper recently.
Papa Joseph moved heaven and earth to get the number of the editor and pointed out the error and made sure they got that the Ghajini girl was 23!
Kya Papa Jo, in times when Bipasha Basu and Preity Zinta are flaunting their 30-plus status, you are stressing about three-plus!
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