Case against Amitabh Bachchan for his dialogue in Aarakshan

Mega star Amitabh Bachchan landed in controversy for his dialogue in the film 'Aarakshan' to be released on August 12, in which he appeared to be raising a point against reservation saying he always believed in merit, not in reservation.

A senior advocate Abhishek Chaudhary filed complaint case against Mr Bachchan and producer of the film Prakash Jha in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Ramakant Yadav.

In his complaint case, Mr Chaudhary had alleged that Mr Bachchan had uttered a dialogue in the film which intended for satirical remark about reservation policy of the government.

''I believe in merit, not in reservation'', Mr Bachchan had uttered the dialogue in the film, said Mr Chaudhary and added that such remark had hurt the sentiment of those enjoying facilities through reservation policy of the government.

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Big B shoots with Sridevi for Gauri Shinde's film English Vinglish

By now its common knowledge that yesteryears' diva Sridevi is making her big screen comeback with a film directed by Gauri Shinde (wife of director R.Balki). The film titled English Vinglish has Sridevi playing the role of a housewife, who in order to please her husband and family, enrolls for an English speaking course.

While the actress has begun shooting for the film couple of weeks ago, she was yesterday joined on the sets by none other than Amitabh Bachchan. Big B incidentally has a cameo in the film and shot with Sridevi yesterday after a gap of nearly 18 years when they last shared screen space in Khuda Gawah.

In the film, Big B plays the role of a fellow passenger who meets Sridevi on board a flight. Bachchan even tweeted about it last night, "Shooting today with the effervescent SriDevi after eternity almost for R Balki's wife's directed film 'English Vinglish'...SriDevi still the same … spontaneous and lovely ..!!"

Besides the scene with Big B, Sridevi also shot a few dance steps with ace choreographer Ganesh Hegde.

Karan Johar plans Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham sequel...

A sequel to the 2001 blockbuster starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan is in the pipeline, confirms Karan Johar

Ten years after its release the multistarrer blockbuster Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham, finally gears up for a sequel.

Though Amitabh Bachchan had been blogging about the possibility of a venture that takes the travails of the Raichand family forward, for some time now, director and producer Karan Johar confirmed to Mumbai Mirror that he would indeed like to recreate the magic of K3G, soon.

Admitting to the fact that K3G 2 is indeed in the pipeline, Karan said, "It's a workable idea. I am no longer averse to it. It would be a bold step if I make it."

Also, the fact that the six key cast members of the film - Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor are all gung-ho about the sequel makes the project a certainty.

"It's very strange. But all the six main members of the cast are as dear to me now as they were 10 years ago when I made the film. I'm sure they're as charged about the sequel as I am," said Karan, who had already revealed his plans about the sequel to the concerned members of the cast.

In fact, the seed of the idea for a sequel was planted by one of them.

"At first, when his friends suggested a sequel, KJo just laughed it off saying that it was financially impractical to attempt something so big in this day and age.

However, Big B made him realise that a sequel was not only possible but also desirable. Mr Bachchan also said that only Karan could pull it off," informed a source.

Talking about the sequel, Big B even revealed on his blog, "It would be a story on the growth of the brothers and the problems that arise because of their independent understanding and working of the business empire of the father, a split within them and so on..."

The recent success of sequels added to Karan's conviction. With the Golmaal, Dhamaal and Murder franchises doing better than most first time films this year, the idea for a multistarrer sequel gained ground.

With Dostana 2 failing to take off, a sequel to the Raichand family saga might be what Dharma Productions needs to join the trend.

Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001 was nominated across fifteen categories at the Filmfare Awards.

It won five, making this one of the 'tallest family films' by Dharma Productions. And if all goes well, we may soon be seeing the Raichands repeat their success on screen, ten years after they first made an appearance.

Heart goes out to Mumbai blast victims: Big B

New Delhi, July 14 : Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has sympathized with the families of the victims of the serial blasts that rocked Mumbai on Wednesday, terming them a "dark night" for the city and a "dark moment" for the nation.

"Another dark night in the city of Mumbai and another dark moment for the nation. Blasts in three of the most congested areas of the city; have been devastated by IEDs, improvised explosive devices, causing deaths to many and injured into hundreds..," Amitabh posted late Wednesday on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

Big B said his family's hearts go out to those affected.

"Many of our friends and well wishers have been sending in messages of concern to us. We are all safe, but our hearts go out to the families of those that have lost their lives and have been injured," he said.

"Yet again our city of Mumbai has been made the target of a brutal attack. Once again there shall be concerned voices raised by those in authority. Once again Mumbai will show its resilience and get back to work as rapidly as possible," he added. 

The 68-year-old criticized people who try to "capitalise" on such incidents. 

"Once again TV channels shall give exclusive reports from the site of the action, claiming, how they were the first to bring this tragedy to your doorstep. At the end of the day, even when you are fighting an adversary, the desire, by certain forces to capitalize on the situation does not change," he said.

Bachchan was upset with the way how everytime the city came under attack, it was soon "forgotten".

"And it does leave a very bad taste in the mouth. Once again the city shall limp back to normalcy and in a few months the incident will be forgotten. Fresh and more inventive topics shall rule the roost," he added.

The Bachchan family was in Delhi to attend a ceremony where Amitabh's daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was to be conferred with top French honour "Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters". However, after the news of the blast, that killed at least 17 people and injured 131, they chose to postpone the event.