Sarkar Raj of Ram Gopal Varma has been caught up in arguments right from its commencement. The story of Sarkar Raj is based on the Enron issue and the Nagre family (Amitabh's family in the film) is said to be inspired by Bal Thackeray's family. In fact Ramu had even gone on record to say that Bal Thackeray has inspired Amitabh’s character.
Now there are some reports that one of the key characters in the film is modeled after Raj Thackeray. TV actor Rajesh Shringarpure plays the character and he plays a flaming politician in the film that is against the Nagre family. It seems his mannerisms; his look and the aggressiveness have been modeled after Raj.
Rajesh Shringarpure denied that he plays a character similar to Raj. He said that his character is called Sanjay Somji and he is fiery and ambitious, he tries to get his foothold in politics. However, he is not supposed to give any more details about his character in the film. The audiences can judge if his character is close to any real life person or a fictitious one.
When probed further, he also said that when he met RGV, he never told him that his character was based on anyone. In the film, he is not related to the Nagre family, though his grandfather (played by Dilip Prabhavalkar) was Nagre's guru in politics. His character is very intense and yes, it has problems with the Nagre family.
However it is also rumored that just like Raj has problems with Uddhav, even Somji's character has differences with Abhishek's character of Shankar in the film. However, Rajesh refused to reveal more.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Sarkar Raj of Ram Gopal Varma
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Shahrukh invited WWE champion Khali for dinner

It is heard that Shahrukh Khan has invited the Great Khali who is a well-known WWE Champion for dinner at Mannat. Shahrukh’s kids Aryan and Suhana are huge fans of the wrestler. Shahrukh has even organized a private jet for Khali to fly Kolkata to join the Knight Riders for their match on May 18.
It seems Shahrukh fulfills every wish of his son Aryan and daughter Suhana. It looks like he certainly made this wish of theirs come true. Not only did he personally invite Khali for lunch at home, but also he wants to share his latest passion, Cricket and the IPL, with him. SRK has invited Khali for lunch with his family at Mannat. His kids are big fans of the wrestler.
Khali will be shooting a crucial action sequence of the film Rama - The Savior before flying off to Kolkata.
It is heard that they had agreed to part ways with Khali but given his importance in their story, they had a mutual settlement.
Sahil Khan and Tanushree Dutta also insisted on a new deal with the wrestler, keeping in mind Khali's popularity with the masses.
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Shefali Shah celebrating her success
Recently Vipul Shah threw a party at a suburban nightclub on Wednesday night to celebrate the success of his wife Shefali Shah, who received two awards for best actress. Shefali Shah’s one of the awards was a popular award while the other was at the Tokyo Film Festival. The entire Bollywood brigade was there to wish Shefali on her success.
Shefali and Vipul played the wonderful hosts and made sure all the guests received personal attention. Although, Akshay Kumar could not make it to the event, wife Twinkle Khanna attended the event by making a grand entry in a dazzling red dress. A hugely pregnant Gayatri Joshi walked in with husband Vicky Oberoi. Katrina (Nanhe Jaisalmer), who came wearing a little black dress, rushed to meet Twinkle the moment she entered. The two hugged each other like old friends. Shefali was seen holding court with her gang of girls and after a while they hit the dance floor. Actress Kiron Kher, politician Baba Siddiqui and Sharman Joshi also attended the event.
The party looked like a director’s get together with all big directors including Ashutosh Gowarikar, Madhur Bhandarkar, Kunal Kohli, Firoz Abbas Khan Sanjay Kandhori, Sourabh Shukla, Abbas-Mustan, Ashoke Pandit, Sanjay Gadhvi, Imtiaz Ali, David Dhawan, Neeraj Vora, JD Majethia and Anees Bazmee in attendance. Producers Ratan Jain, Ramesh Taurani, Manmohan Shetty, Sajid Nadiadwala and Rakesh Upadhyay were also present.
Sonu Sood was seen chatting with Jodhaa Akbar director Ashutosh, while the entire directors' gang was huddled into a corner, engaged in serious discussion
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Sunday, May 4, 2008
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and Love Story 2050 releasing on the same date
It seems Aamir Khan is not ready to make any changes in his nephew Imran Khan's debut film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na even if it is his old friend Harry Baweja who is making the request for a change.
Harry had asked Aamir to adjourn the release date of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na as it coincides with that of the release of his own son Harman's debut film Love Story 2050. The Harman - Priyanka starrer is also scheduled to release on June 4.
Baweja, who is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that Harman enters Bollywood with a bang, is quite agitated about this clash of dates. He felt it would only be unfair if the two newcomers were pitted against each other on their first film itself.
So, he thought that requesting Aamir, who is an old friend, would solve matters. Aamir however, was in no mood to make a compromise even with something as small as a release date.
Harry Baweja knows Aamir very well. He approached Aamir and told him that it would be unfair to both the newcomers if their debut films were both released on the same day. It would result in unfair comparisons between them. But Aamir simply refused to make any changes as he has been planning out all details of the film's release over the last few weeks.
Confirms a source from Aamir Khan Productions, "Aamir has made a lot of preparations with Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. He is even more engrossed in planning the film's release, as he is not shooting for Ghajini right now."
We hear that Imran's next film Kidnap, which also stars Sanjay Dutt and will be directed by Sanjay Ghadvi is releasing in August. So, Aamir couldn't possibly release both of Imran's films back to back. No wonder his friend's request had to be put on a hold.
The source says, "This is Aamir Khan Production's third film. A similar situation took place with Lagaan and Taare Zameen Par, which were both released on the same date as Gadar - Ek Prem Katha and Welcome. However, both of these films were very successful."
No wonder, Aamir is not at all worried about Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na being released on the same day as Harry's big budget Love story 2050. We can't wait to see who wins the race this time.
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Friday, May 2, 2008
Amitabh Bachchan’s desire to work!!!
As we know that recently Amitabh Bachchan suffered from an injury on the sets of Alladin. Till now he is on a heavy medication and not exactly at his healthiest best. But still the actor constantly spent around six honours generously giving interviews to the media and also promoting his upcoming movie, Bhoothnath. Bhoothnath will hit the floors on 9th of May.
Bachchan was questioned about his health and was asked that from where does he get the energy and spirit? He replied saying that it’s just the desire to work. He also said that lots of things are done for his health and energy. He said that he feels that he needs to be physically fit to be able to live up to his directors and producers demands and so there is a conscious effort from his side to keep himself healthy and presentable. According to him cinema is all about how one’s face looks and how he speaks.
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