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Bollywood Blind Item – January 2019 – 7

    UPDATE: Blind Item confirmed as media releases news regarding this BI. See Below…

    The blind item below is similar to the one before this. This time, it is from Rajeev Masand’s weekly blind item. If these two blind items are really about the same person, which we are pretty certain is true, there is a huge chance both publications just got this shocking info and decided to publish it.

    Now, Rajeev doesn’t give out that many clues except that this top star and this filmmaker are “a close friend and frequent collaborator”. This clue alone was enough to pinpoint you to the right, but then Rajeev adds on another possible clue. We are not sure that the possible clue is a real clue. He just wanted to play around with the word or randomly just mentioned it because it does apply in this case as well. Besides if the possible clue was true, then Rajeev would have mentioned that the top star is also guilty of harassment since he already wrote two BIs about it last month. Not just that, reportedly the top star had this producer pay off his victim (top star’s victim). We think that would have been mentioned as well. In this case, the top star is not a friend of the collaborator unlike the first guess. The top star has frequently collaborated with this producer because he produces this hit franchise comedy and pays the top actor a higher fee every time they do another film from this franchise. So no, it cannot be them. They are not friends, just businessmen.

    We are going with the first guess. Now, this is going to get interesting. Let’s see if this top star will speak out IF at all this case comes out in the open. Check out the blind item from Rajeev Masand.

    Bollywood Blind Item

    Bollywood Blind Item – January 2019 – 7

    Sticky Situation

    A top male star who took an important stand in the wake of MeToo allegations not long ago could be in the tricky situation of having to distance himself from a close friend and frequent collaborator if hushed whispers about this filmwaala go public and are proven true.

    It’s all that anyone in Bollywood is talking about these days.

    OSOP Guesses

    Top Male Star: Aamir Khan

    Close Friend and Frequent Collaborator: Rajkumar Hirani

    Bollywood Blind Item – January 2019 – 7

    Bollywood Blind Item – January 2019 – 7

    Director Rajkumar Hirani has been accused of sexual assault by a co-worker at his production house who has alleged that the acclaimed filmmaker abused her over a period of six months, between March and September 2018, while filming his last movie Sanju, HuffPost reported on Sunday. The allegations have been categorically denied by the filmmaker in a statement issued by his lawyer.

    According to the report, the woman wrote an email to Sanju producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, his wife and film critic, Anupama Chopra and Abhijat Joshi )screenwriter of Sanju alleging that Rajkumar Hirani had assaulted her during the post-production of the film, which released last year. “I remember forming these words on my lips – “Sir. This is wrong… Because of this power structure. You being the absolute power and me being a mere assistant, a nobody – I will never be able to express myself to you. My mind, body and heart were grossly violated that night and for the next 6 months,” the email read.

    In an interview to HuffPost, the woman said that she had “no other choice but to be polite to him” because her job was at stake. “I had no choice but to be polite to him. I was worried that if I left midway, it would be impossible to find another job in this industry if he were to speak badly about my work,” the woman said. “Because if Hirani said I wasn’t good, everybody would listen. My future would be in jeopardy,” she added.

    Denying the allegations in a statement, Rajkumar Hirani said that he was “shocked” when the allegations were brought to his notice about two months ago and without any delay he wanted to take the matter to a committe or a legal body. “I was completely shocked when these allegations were brought to my notice about two months back. I had suggested immediately that it is essential to take this matter to any committee or any legal body. The complainant has chosen to go to the media instead. I want to very strongly state that this is a false malicious and mischievous story being spread with the sole intention of destroying my reputation,” the filmmaker said in a statement.

    Meanwhile, Mr Hirani’s lawyer also told HuffPost that the allegations were “false and completely unjustified”. “At the outset, our client states that the allegations made against him are false, mischievous, scandalous, motivated and defamatory,” the statement read.

    Rajkumar Hirani, who has refused to comment on the allegations, however, shared printouts of the text messages shared between him and the complainant over the period of six months. “These communications establish that the allegations made against our client to you, that have given rise to your queries, are false and completely unjustified,” Anand Desai added in response to the allegations against the filmmaker.

    After the allegations against Rajkumar Hirani came to fore, his name has been dropped from the posters of Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga,HuffPost reported. Rajkummar Hirani was the co-producer of the film, starring Sonam Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and Juhi Chawla.

    The film industry saw its long overdue #MeToo moment after Tanushree Dutta revived her decade-old charge of sexual harassment against Nana Patekar last year. On Twitter, several prominent men from the media and other fields have also been outed as alleged predators.

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    1. One thing about Pakistani artists, they do not have any poltical clout! In fact pak gov’t do not even given them any tax breaks!, The film artists in last 5 yrs started getting the respect that should be given for their hard work! Finally ,educated girls and boys are coming into show business! So,they are not poltical, the pak artists are not invited to any of the news shows,and asked about any poltical issues! Their news and enteriment is totally divided! People ,can google,and do research! Unlike, the news media in India, the BW artists are asked their responses to all poltical hot topics! Thus, it is fair to say the pak artists like Fawad,or Mahira, will not be asked any poltical questions in Pakistan! People can just google pak news shows,or news papers,due a little research,and know this factual information. The banning of artists, or programs, is done , because artist are soft target! Can not believe that people are still putting pak artists again in this mix, of gov’t level actions, is simply mindless, Fawad, got nothing to do with it! Artists, go where ever they are invited,and leave when their job is done! Only,difference is that their films, songs, poetry,lives on forever! Not living in South Asia , helps clear the mind! There are people living still with families in both countries, pak/India, so,it is not clear, to hate!

      1. Not necessarily true. They have less clout, and also cannot afford to lose well paying jobs on this side of the border is why they don’t comment. It also doesn’t help that fanatics are very against naach-gaana as being un-islamic, so its difficult for actors/actresses to support the politics that support the fanatics.

        But doesn’t mean they don’t spout off on political issues. Have you ever seen a interview of Pakistani actor Shaan, especially his political beliefs? Have you seen any of his father’s extremely prejudiced and propagandist movies? If not, please do watch (its really bad, but quite an eye-opener) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXhJS1dWUns Ironically after making such hatred inducing movie, Kashmiri Pandits were forced out by Pakistan backed terrorists in the 80s.

        Also, remember the blind about the Pakistani actor telling a Pakistani actress not to hang out with Indian actors, while they were both employed in India (it was thought to be Fawad/Mahira)? Closer home isn’t Moammar Rana in politics?

        Truth is they are not asked political questions because they cannot afford to have an opinion that does not align with the State supported narrative.

      2. “They have less clout, and also cannot afford to lose well paying jobs on this side of the border is why they don’t comment” AS of 2016 they are banned on this side of the border so they dont need to save jobs there all of those who did make of Bollywood at one point had well established careers at home and still do btw. If you mean atif who is still singing hes has been apolitical since the start of his career in early 2000’s so no its that he trying to save his job in bw.

        “It also doesn’t help that fanatics are very against naach-gaana as being un-islamic, so its difficult for actors/actresses to support the politics that support the fanatics.” No right wing party or fanatic party has won major elections even the three main political parties are not right wing . secondly maybe look up on the recent movies all of them include naach gana. maybe stop looking at that country from the eyes of bw .

        As far as propaganda movies goes they are part ot any movie industry need i remind you of gadar, loc, border etc .Pakistani movie content has been banned for ages so dont give it that much credit of influence unless you want to say Haider a bollywood movie was also propaganda by them. Every industry makes propaganda movies hw, bw. Shan has been open with his views yet has not sided with any main political party btw. Moammar Rana is not in politics maybe look at his recent statements in news.

        The blind item you are talking about is people there did warn others female actors not to work with akshay kumar it is well known fact that he approached few actresses with film offers last being rustum but was refused by all leading ladies and its obvious after the blinds about him regarding me too why they were told to do so. as far as fawad, mahira, ali, atif and rest of them go they were friends with most of the people they worked with in bw.

        Truth is they are not asked political questions because its NOT part of their job questions The fact is most of the people there dont want/expect their artists to be political/politicians. Also because its better to be safe than suffer from putting your foot in the mouth problem but they do expect them to raise voice on social issues and call them out for problematic opinions. mahira, sanam, osama khalid butt etc are very active on raising voice on social issues.

        Also why do want to compare bollywood to their tiny industry. compare it to Hollywood an industry that produces movies and profits comparable to bollywood

      3. “AS of 2016 they are banned on this side of the border so they dont need to save jobs there all of those who did make of Bollywood at one point had well established careers at home and still do btw”

        Last year’s Pakistani hit ‘Teefa in trouble’ starring Ali Zafar was released globally by Yash Raj. Distribution accounts a lot towards how much movies make. Also, appealing to a larger audience in India leads to larger endorsement deals and bigger remuneration packages. That’s just cold, hard business facts. This is also why actresses from Bollywood take jobs in Hollywood. No amount of jingoism will change that.

        “No right wing party or fanatic party has won major elections even the three main political parties are not right wing . secondly maybe look up on the recent movies all of them include naach gana.” I am sorry, but this is really naive. Especially, as political parties are so easily toppled by the Army, when the Army has such an outsized impact on economics, politics as well as the fanatical discourse in the country. PS. Nowhere in my comment have I said Pak movies don’t have Naach Gaana-I said there is a powerful fanatical element that denounces, and actors have to play safe not to rub them the wrong way. Just look at people’s reaction to the Qandeel Baloch murder – they practically said she deserved it.

        “As far as propaganda movies goes they are part ot any movie industry” Agreed. BUT a line is drawn to not portray an entire community or faith as evil.

        “The blind item you are talking about is people there did warn others female actors not to work with akshay kumar” Nice try, but I clearly remember the blind calling the male actor as being quite a party person in India too, but his hypocrisy of not wanting the actress to party with her Indian colleagues. There are enough readers on here who can correct me if am wrong.

        “Truth is they are not asked political questions because its NOT part of their job questions”. Politics is not a job related issue. We owe it to those who fought for our freedoms to be politically aware, vocal and active. Whether or not they answer the questions is up to them, but to NEVER ask contextually right political questions of public personalities is foolish.

        “Also why do want to compare bollywood to their tiny industry.” LOL! This is such a typical ‘straw man’s argument’ – picking on something that was never even said. Nowhere in my comment have I even mentioned Bollywood. Nor have I compared the two industries. That’s entirely your doing. My response was purely to a comment that said Pakistani actors were completely apolitical. Going to the extent of saying “People can just google pak news shows,or news papers,due a little research,and know this factual information”. Well, it didn’t really stand up to scrutiny, did it? Your ‘straw man’s argument’ is just an emotionally appealing diversion from the topic.

      4. one can point you too video on woopscoop and india’s daughter where poeple say victims were asking for it or a major political party taking out rallies to protect the accuser that is a result of patriarchy that exists it this region all one needs to do is pull out research figures to prove it and yes what happened to qandeel was wrong but point is same mind exists in this entire region.

        “a line is drawn to not portray an entire community or faith as evil.” on that i agree but find me border where they are portrayed as idiots. Also Find a movie by recent movie by their educated film makers that portray entire community or faith as evil ???.

        Regarding ali zafar movie being released by yrf that is due to ali’s closeness to mr india over the years maybe look up him too he has been apolitical since the start of his career in 90’s yet he has been vocal on social issues although he is harasser. fyi b4u, yrf and others distribute their movies., zee who btw is a associated with bjp and considering their political stance and no things pk policy how can they distribute a film like load wedding??? its all business at end of the day

        To expect media people who are more about the abs and looks at airports and not well versed with the news, literature, economy history, politics, context to ans contextually right political questions of public personalities is FOOLISH. Most of them do give pr prepped answers or you have rani. They are Media people stop expecting them to be shashi tharoor’s not every person can be that or expected to be that.

        LOL need i remind you the same guy is the guy who according to raymond’s blind introduced mk to him at kjo house party , neither was he the only male actor from pk working there and fyi its from inside sources that actress refused movies by akshay so short sighted much ???

        given your reasons for apolitical for pk artists to be quiet if one may consider true and you want to “not ask contextually right political questions of public personalities is foolish” why would you not want to compare to hollywood. why not equate your people from to people from Hollywood ?? arent meryl streep, chris evans, kanye, natalie portman,ashton kutcher,cate blanchett etc a better yard stick for bollywood on stuff question on topics like me too, politics than those pk actors who are apolitical for money. why set the bar so low for bollywood

        1. … I think you should look up what a straw man’s argument is, and then read the entire thread, including your last comment again.

          PS. Not all actors are stupid, and only about abs. SRK, Amitabh B., Sidharth (the Southern, and not the Northern actor), Aditi Rao, Soha Ali, even Kangana are examples. The late actress and politician Jayalalithaa was very intelligent too.

      5. So out of 100+ main people on bw you can count the number of people who are not stupid on your fingers so not all actors should be expected to give their not so expert on politics neither should everyone be expected to answers those question it should be the choice of the individual but the should encourage people to vote, to vote for candidates based on their credibility not party, creed, cast or religion. should definitely raise voice on social maybe yes but considering rani and others maybe its best that even in those areas public should listen more to people who work in fields related to those areas and are well versed.

      1. Pinkvilla is also full of hirani.. So shameful of him.. Now his lawyers are accusing the victim. Anupama is supporting the victim. Abhijat gave vague response

      2. It’s good that the lady has been encouraged to take legal recourse and speak out but I still think an investigation is paramount and most important. We have to listen to both sides and honestly let’s not judge before the truth is out

    2. Why r some people talking here like fanatics..pls keep the conversation light…heavy handed politics in these days always lead to religion n intolerance

    3. I also see a lot of untruth being spread by some people here, Padmavat protest was by karni sena NOT BJP, it was BJP censor board who cleared the film , it was BJP who control 70% of the states allowed the film to be screen in their states.

      It would have taken just one phone call from Modi to ban Padmavat like Sonia Maino gandhi banned films like Black Friday. So don’t thrown false allegations on people just to suit your agenda.

      1. Expecting Bollywood people to have ethics, I am realising is like looking for needle in a haystack. I shouldnt even have been surprised. You all are correct. Jis taraf suraj ugega uss taraf hi jhukenge, Case closed

    4. Fact,I think you should be respectful of other people’s opinions.it is very evident how strongly you feel for modi,and perhaps it is your right to but others can have an equally strong opinion as well and are free to voice it.this is how a democracy functions,critique for one doesn’t mean support for the rival.as of now no political party is better than the other,it’s about choosing the less worse of them all.when. ODI was elected a lot of people wished to see things happen,but what’s happening is almost a sort of dictatorship and trying to silence anyone who speaks out.trying to control the RBI,CBI,courts is very evident ,only a blind supporter will not see it.and that threatens the very core of a democratic country.

      PS.i do not vote for congress,in their rule some of the biggest scams happened,I also wished modi would change things,but all I see is trying to gag democracy.

    5. Why should the young actors not support the Prime Minister of their choice? They like Modi Ji and let them support them, the Khans have been in the bed with the Fake Gandhis since decades.

      I say good on young actors on staying away from the Sikh genociding, Hindu hating, castesist, fascists fake gandhis and their Khangress party.

      Everyone who lives in India knows that Central Govt elections if you are campaigning or voting against BJP, you are voting FOR Congress, there is no two ways about it unless you live abroad and have no idea.

    6. Looking at the debate here, more evidence of why Hollywood will always trump Bollywood in terms of technical film making and storytelling. You people cry about shitty films like Dilwale, Judwaa 2 and Simba and you wonder why? While tHollywood has no problem challenging the power structures (whether they are right wing or left wing), we only know how to ass lick those in power (whether congress or bjp). This is why we will remain mediocre. Look at the films since the Bush administration- Vice, Spotlight, Charlie Wilson’s War, Hurt Locker. Look at us- Accidental pm (chalo it was entertaining at least), Uri, PM Modi type propoganda on one side and Singham, Judwaa 2 , Happy New Year type shit on other side. Sad.

      Ab yeh mat bolna ki hum hollywood se compete nahi karte cuz we are better. That would be a lie and you know it. Oscars bulaye toh hum bhaag kar jayeenge.

      1. far from oscar , look how these actors die to do a 2 minute role in a hollywood movie. AB in Great Gatsby..DP in stupid XXX , PC in Baywatch while saying that she will only do significant roles. obv they werent being a lot there. A lot of Hollywood movies are also crap but they definitely is much stronger and more professional industry compared to Mafia and cheappos run BW, a few exceptions are there and those being now accepted more give us ray of home that in 50 years it would be non-nepotistic, a great industry for employment with more sensible distribution of wealth

    7. Guys no need to fight.

      If we can try to have friendly relations with pakistanis who want to annihilate us .
      If Manmohan Singh being a SIKH …Gandhis were involved in Sikh genocide. He can be a Gandhi slave .

      I think its Okay for Ranveer and other stars to meet PM of India who was elected democratically. Not like Gaddaffi, komineni, Saudi Kings etc etc…

      You may argue Pakistani ppl are not the ISI or govnt. In the same way some suraj pal crass old man is not entire BJP or even Modi.

      If u judge entire party or one person based on someone else . We all have to judge crimes committed by ur religion people or ur country ppl as done by you.

      1. Thank you for articulating your pov so well, Kiran, I still think it was unethical and an abuse of their privilege and influence as “Young Bollywood” so close to elections (I voted Modi in 2014 btw before anypne accuses me of being from Saudi Arabia) and you think it was absolutely acceptable and that is okay and we can agree to disagree without insulting each other. I always enjoy reading your take btw.

      2. You do not understand these are the same people who yearn for Fawad Khan and other pakistanis in bollywood whereas the Same pakistani actors were celebrating the URI attacks instead of condemning them like they do for Paris attacks or Lahore attacks or london attacks.

        Do you not see how the film on URI Islamic terrorist attack and then the response surgical strikes which were a very brave but right thing for our PM Modi to do are getting criticised by this same Islamo-Liberal nexus as “Propaganda”.

        They love the films on Khlijis, Akbars and Dawood Ibrahim, his sister, brother, naukar and all the other underworld Islamic terrorists but a film on URI and surgical strikes rubs them the wrong way.

        These are the same people who support JNU Anti nationals who shout ” Bharat Tere Tukde Honge Inshallah Inshallah” as freedom of speech but Actors meeting their Prime Minister is abhorrent to them.

      3. You are sounding hyper and very emotional. My original comment was to Kiran because she summarised all your points without insulting anyone or being rude or name calling. It is just AN opinion, do you get so worked up in real life with everyone who differs from you? Last thing, you are taking too many talking points from Arnab Goswami- have you ever really met anyone from JNu?. i am not from there but know many ppl who are. Do a chai pe charcha with them. Would do you a world of good to listen to someone who does not think like you. Some of them are the most patriotic, country-serving and disciplined ppl I know who do path–breaking research on issues like poverty and income inequality because they want what’s best for society. Dont fall for BS all the time, guy.

      4. @Missreader: My comment was also for Kiran101, there is one minute time difference between our posting and the comment section is linear here. I am done talking with you as you cannot tolerate facts and have fallen for BS.

      5. @missreader

        Let try my best to say what i want to… I am a BJP supporter…I know where they did things wrong, how things got out of hand…but that aside.

        I as a pro BJP if had to meet any future congress PM …I will treat him as the leader of the country as a civilian at that point of time. Shake hands or Namaskar with him /her. Its the respect to an elected leader of the country.

        Modi is the PM . Any institution (Bollywood) has concerns will have to present their concerns to PM who here is Modi irrespective of ur political affiliation. And if ur issue is resolved you go along with ur collegues to Thank him as an entrouge of the institute u represent.

        what happened during Padmavati was wrong. But BJP had nothing personal against DP-RS. They may support other movie of them in future if it runs into something.

        BJP-Congress or any political party lets say even the most idialist one will take advantage of any kind situtaion they have. Since when is it wrong ?

        Also, Film world is not where u shud look for integrity. Not after reading so much gossip esp us folks who have seen all these blinds. Shabana Azmi, Farhan Akhtar the so called activists who never really were harmed in any way by these so called goons actually house a creepy rapist and exhibitionist family member Sajid khan . They know wat happens in govnt but wat happens in their own house and about their own creepy cousin.

        Deepika could afford not to go coz she is pally with Karnaka Congress leaders and Ranveer went to hobnob with BJP in case for future favors. An excellent strategy to be in books of both parties. haha…

        And her fans think she has spine- guts and watever bullshit when her husband is doing their bidding for them.

    8. Look at all the supporters of Khangress party here ranting here against OUR Prime Minister Modi, your fake Gandhis have committed Genocide against Sikhs in India. The loot and caste and religious wars go up whenever Congress comes into power which is 60 out of 70 years in this country.

      This Islamo-liberal Mafia think they will decide who runs this country sitting abroad, Modi will once again win this in election in 2019 and you can rant away sobbing for your Pappu Gandhi.

      1. Hello? Little bit presumptuous of you to assume I am a Congress supporter? Learn to accept critiques that differ from your own and try to be less emotional about your political point of view. Since you are the patriotism police, let me reiterate, I am a proud Indian and love my country and will to my dying day. I have also never voted for the Congress in my life. I have also learned to co exist with religions that differ from my own- in fact in my films or my friends, “what religion are you?” is never a question I have asked. It is and has always been the beauty of my country- your merit and character matters, rest is immaterial. So incredibly sh*tty of you to bring up 1984 for a half south Indian, haf Sikh like me.

        Does all of this mean I will ignore blatant use of propoganda via films to win an election? No I will not. It is BECAUSE i love my country that I will not ignore it. Karan and gang are playing dirty games for power and even if you dont agree, you better learn to engage in a rational way in stead of making assumptions about those you disagree with,

      2. @Missreader: Shame on you for not knowing what will happen in this country if Khangress wins, Do you know even know recently Khangress appointed Kamal Nath as CM of Madhya pradesh? this guy was amongst the chief planners of Sikh genocide in Delhi !!

        Ask your Sikh parent about Kamal Nath and the fake Gandhis, bhool gaye ho Sikhi aur Gurbaani tum !!

        A vote against BJP and Modi is a vote for the genocidal, castist and Dharmic religions hater that is the fake gandhi clan.

      3. Shame on you for not understanding basic English. Not voting for Modi does NOT equal voting for Congress. Secondly, dont you DARE lecture me about my Sikh heritage. I know, have witnessed and remember everything more than your seven generations ever will. But keep burning in your hate. Thirdly, stop confusing issues. Sharing movie links and posing with movie stars under false pretend agendas is propaganda and an attempt to influence elections and THAT is what we are criticising here. If you are only going to engage in hate speech and get me to “see the light” then please do not reply. I will not engage with people who cannot debate without name-calling. Last point- Khan is not a bad word. Is calling the party “Khangress” supposed to indicate something to me. Or is it a dog whistle?

      4. @Noni: Shame on you for forgetting your Sikh roots, Sikhi aur Gurbaani bhool gaye foreign jaake, Dog whistle word use kiya matlab Amreekan ya Londoner hoge.

        You do not even know what is happening in our country, Kamal Nath that nasty Sikh genocider, gandhi puppet is the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. Did you forget who all were involved in taking out addresses of Sikh population of Delhi from electrol rolls and then killed them?

        The Young stars are free to click pictures with and endorse Modi just like the Khans have been in bed with the Sikh genociding, Hindu hating, fascists fake gandhi clan.

        Kahan pay baithe ho? In India the elections for Central Govt is such that when you are voting against BJP you are voting FOR Khangress, It is basic electrol numericals samajh nahi ayega baahar baithke !!

      5. Angrezi toh aapko samajh nahi aati, chalo hindi ka hi prachalan karke aapko samjhata hoon :

        1) main hindustani hoon aur hindustan main hi baitha hoon. “dog whistle” uss prakaar ki hate speech ke liye prayog kiya jaata hai, jaise aap kar rahe ho. toh aap sab hi “khans” aur mussalmano se chidtey ho?

        2) Just because Khans “endorsed” someone (FYI Salman endorsed Modi with his kite-flying, I bet you loved the Khan “being in bed” with that particular politician na?) does not mean YOUNG Bollywood should do the same. We need politics and cinema to be separate. As someone said below, we do not need 2 wrongs to make right.

        3) Coalition politics naam ki bhi koi cheez hoti hai. This election will not be framed as Congress vs BJP. If everyone thought like you, then a little known leader called AB Vajpayee (remember him? ya phir sirf modi pe hi aake memory rukti hai?) would never have become our PM

        4) Pls do not discuss my Sikh heritage and tell me what to think. I have facts and can make my own assumptions. You are not the thought police that you will tell everyone what to think.

        1. Why should politics and cinema be separate? In some states, film stars have become successful politicians. Think MGR and Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu and NTR and Chiranjeevi in the former AP. Not to mention our uninspiring Hema Malini and Shatrughan Sinha and others from Bollywood. Apart from being active participants in politics, it would be terrible if our film makers did not engage with critical political issues instead of churning out romcoms. Actors in the West are politically engaged and support political parties in a private capacity. Why do we expect our actors to be apolitical? Basically they’re opportunists and will always play footsie with the ruling party.

      6. @Noni: LOL if you think an illiterate idiot and false flagger like you will teach English to me. Your English as well as Hindi both are atrocious. “Prachlan” means Trend, the word you should have used is “Prayog”.

        You are exposed now Janaab , aa jao Urdu pay, will teach you something in that language too, after all it is Indian language which pakistanis have adopted as national language.

        And i warn you to stop pretending to be a Sikh here, all the Sikhs are shattered that Kamal Nath is CM of MP now but your reaction was zero to it, what Khangress leader was involved in what activity during Sikh genocide is known by all the real Sikhs.

        It was my mistake that i thought i was giving advise to someone led astray from Sikhi and Gurbaani but it is of no use giving facts and advise to a false flagging pretending to be a Sikh, Nasty Behaviour !!

      7. I am not pretending you fool. Why would I?? I meant to say “prayog” as I very clearly did in y third line. You weirdo. Trying to discredit me. Are you really this paranoid? Pls put me on ignore if you think I am false flagger. I care two hoots about Pakistan but then again, you are the national police here, arent you? I know all about the genocide I LIVED THROUGH IT. But I do choose to use my brain. You are frothing at the mouth.

      8. Anyway, I apologise. I adopted a tone that was rude and condescending regarding angrezi. There was no need for that. I was annoyed that first, I was labelled an American Desi for using ‘dog whistle’ and then a Pakistani for mixing up prachalan and prayog – a word that I clearly used again and because I objected to the use of Khangress. I’ll save you the long-ass reply, you need not engage with me if you think I am Pakistani, I am not but it’s fine if that’s what you think. But this is the world we live in today- if being a Sikh I object to dog-whistle for another religious group. I am a faker. i cannot wrap my head around that. But this is my opinion and you have yours. You are free to disagree. May the best person win.

    9. All of us, wwho expect film industry people to have a spine are fools, just like those who voted BJP believing their lies….fact is our Pm is on of the most crass character on this planet. He is a goonda, criminal just like Amit Shah and Donald Trump. KJo has time and again displayed that he has no ethics, morality or guts to stand by what is right. kJo and Jitesh Pillai of Filmfare are the ones who started this CULTURE of @$$ kissing in Bollywood…and the so called stars are another matter altogether….

      1. It is you who looks like Goonda and Anti National speaking vitroil and obscenities against our Honourable PM Modi Ji. Your Khans and Baccchans and Dutts used to ASSLICK the looters and genociders of India the FAKE gandhis.

        Khangress firr dubegi, rote raho aur Zeher ugalte raho aur Dus Saal.

        1. Hehehehehehehehehe….main ro nahin Raha hoon air zeher kaun ugal Raha hai, Woh Sab ko dikh Raha hai….ironic that your username is FACT but peddling lies all over..but no surprise considering the biggest LIAR is your idol….Modi rule has simply been a 4.5 year long FALSE advertisement….

          P.S. admin, loved your tags of the spineless actors meeting the biggest one in Delhi..keep it up.

    10. As an RS fan it was quite hurtful and a shock to see his true face recently. I am not saying ppl cannot have their personal politics but the way he went about this with the PM, the leader of the party that threatened to behead his wife, is beyond sick. He has millions of fans and he knows he has the power to influence them come election season. KJO I have no expectations of integrity from, Alia will do nepopapa’s bidding (despite being the liberal firebrand Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter), RK doesnt seem too bright and he keeps a low profile anyway with no social media, Varun seems to only care about his brand-marketing..but Ranveer? He is intelligent, he knows exactly what he is doing. Slimy, slimy, slimy!

      1. Also he was so threatened by Sara- it was obvious as hell. She is articulate and was not some sweet little girl who would suck up to him like Vaani or Parineeti. It really got to him. I remember watching interviews of Shahid and Kangana during Rangoon and Shahid behaved much the same. RS of course hid it behind jokes.

    11. What is this interview with RS and Sara? I read about that in another thread here as well. Is it the one with anupama?

    12. I’m not quite surprised now by his statement or his fascination about Sanjay dupping girlfriends with fake burial spot of his mother. Someone who does that is creepy but someone who enjoys that ‘joke’…I’ve felt a wrong vibe from then.

      @admin, the latest meet with PM deserves a column. So ashamed and enraged that they’re blatantly endorsing Modi when elections around the corner.

      Ranveer deserves the crown of the hour. Suraj Pal is still a member of Bjp. Wonder he discussed that in between jappis?! Lost all respect for him. Someone said right, he now looks like an actor version of Kjo. His credibility went for a toss.

      I’ve often looked beyond things with celebs bz they’re humans. But this is basic level decency to portray as a citizen, human being and husband. Well last part is subjective since Deepika helped the damage control yesterday. Glad she didn’t like the Modi picture tho, small mercies.

      Look, I know there are Rs fans here. I wasn’t his hater, in fact he was someone I was interested in BW after long. Not a fan but I liked him. He going there bz he got gst benefit so it’s an obligation is not lost on me. But I’m sure there was no gun held to his head to hug or laugh with prime minister or give cheesy caption to that photo. He is an iintelligent adult who did this for whatever reasons, not good.

      1. I don’t think the actors had a choice since the powerful Karan Johar organised the PM meet. Refusal could also invite a tax raid!! And Ranveer hugs everyone…from a spot boy to the PM

      2. @Ananya: Why should they feel shamed of supporting their PM, stay away with you agenda and vitroil while Modi JI becomes PM once again in 2019, Pappu the fake Gandhi will again be rejected by the Indian public. Your Islamo-Liberal nexus can stay abroad or attend cocktail parties in Delhi-Bombay.

        1. @Fact, what is actually wrong with you? So far I thought you hate Deepika, Kangana, some celebs with a vigour which is fine. If you have a political opinion that’s fine too. But why are you so aggressive? Why can’t you take a different opinion as a different opinion? Are you like this in real life too or is it because of frustrations in real life you take it all out on such sites?

          Seriously there’s something wrong with you if this is your normal behaviour. I’m sorry, I’m not saying this as personal attack but this doesn’t seem normal to me.

          I don’t have politics, I’m well aware all are thieves. Like someone said above, I’m someone who expected change when Modi, someone new came up. But the way things have gone about has been disappointing. Again it wouldn’t have mattered much but the kind of religious hatred, mass killing in the name of silly reasons is so overwhelming for someone like me who has always found pride in the secularity my country holds. So I’m entitled to my opinion.

          Plus I was expressing my disappointment which I have a right too. Politics or not, hugging a man, who is the leader of an organization that employs or embodies the man or men who put a bounty on your wife’s head, IS WRONG. Take the politics out of it and see it if countering bjp is too much for you.

          And no Karni sena alone is not responsible. The person who offered bounty was Suraj Pal who is a Bjp leader. He has not faced any punishment for his action. I know you hate Deepika. But forget her, think of any woman being put in that situation. There’s no justification.

          If you still have problem kindly refrain from commenting to people or leave this site. You were attacking admin recently. I mean if you have so much problem with this site and it’s commentators why are you still visiting here? I felt the same at pinkvilla, that’s why I left that place. Kindly stop infesting our mentions with such vile hate, abuse and what not. There’s a way to talk, behave in public.

          And @admin if this is going to continue plz block this person from your site. Hating randomly on some celeb is still understandable, getting personal with people, injecting your povs on to them, abusing this is not right. This should not be allowed.

      3. Agree with @Ananya. Felt like quite a betrayal of sorts watching RS hug it out with Modi. With the whole bounty and ban on Padmavat, I expected him to at least show some restraint even if he did have to suck up to the supreme leader (at Kjo’s behest perhaps). But then again who are we kidding – it is the film fraternity after all – where they all sway where the wind blows. Disappointed doesnt even cut it. On another note why did alia look like she was about to cry and why was Rk (unsurprisingly) being a d*** to her?

    13. Hirani? Hard to believe Hirani’s credits being dropped certainly points to something.

      Respect to DP for staying away, can’t believe RS would so gleefully do a jadoo ki jhappi when his wife was put thru shitstorm less than an year ago for Padmavat.

      Now RS is fanboyin over Ajay D. He is turning out to be quite like KJo. Pandering to whoever and whatever suits him, atm.

      1. Agree to it,in his greed to be one of the biggest stars he is loosing his conscience.his blatant sucking up to the biggest perverts and sexual harassers like akshay kumar ajay devgan karan johar is going to be detrimental.He does not realise that this akshay Sir ajay Sir amitabh Sir salman Sir sucking up is going to show him as a pervert like these people.dont understand why he would do it.this looks really bad on him,didn’t say anything during padmavat controversy and now sucking up to the head of the same party who allies threatened to behead his wife.

      2. DP wasn’t in the country so she couldn’t be there. Although it would have been interesting to see if she would have made an appearance if she was available.

        Also sooo disappointed in RS – just because he wanted to star in a Rohit Shetty film, he agreed to do the problematic rape revenge drama and then didnt have convincing answers when Rajeev questioned him, then the despicale behaviour with Sara during promotions (he beat the crap out of Sara in an interview and then proceeded to say he treats his wife like a queen and he’s the husband of the millennium. WTF? And finally hugging and taking a selfie with the leader of the party whose workers put a bounty on his wife’s head, threatened to behead her and the party which ultimately didn’t allow his film to release in the state on whose history it was based. Phew. Grow a spine, Ranveer.

        The rest of Karan’s cronies I don’t really have any expectations from so I can imagine why the ass licking brigade were eager for the photo-op. The GST reduction was already achieved in the previous meeting do not really sure what purpose this one served. Also a bit surprised at Ayushmann and Rajkumar but maybe they just wanted to belong in Karan’s elite group and couldn’t refuse.

      3. I was and am very disappointed in ayushman,rajkumar and Vicky.i thought these people will b ether new superstars who are good actors,decent human beings and not perverts.but disappointed to see them achieve so much without backing and at the end joining the kjo group and praising ranbir sort of man endlessly.its what ranveer Did,joined the same group who once dissed him.he could have built an empire and superstardom on his own ,but no the allure of being karan johars pet was too tempting.i only have hopes from vikrant Massey now.

    14. Seriously? Hirani? i’ve never heard of this before. His behaviour always seemed to be so professional and well. kind. I am shocked.

      Also ditto on the selfie with Modi. I threw up in my mouth. This is election year, surely these braindead stars see how it looks to pose with him- it’s a veritable endorsement! I am most surprised at Karan- the rightwing brigade have never spared him with ADHM, Wake up Sid, MNIK and whatnot and yet he is sucking up like this. Now that SRK is not doing well they are all going to find reasons to pile on him and gleefully hype up people like Ranveer (who is definitely talented but is hardly megastar material- he’s a clever person so he chooses good scripts). I am no fan of RK or VD but they have movie star charisma in spades.

      1. I don’t think KJo has access to SRK like he used to. Besides, what else is he gonna do? SRK is responsible for his own flops. KJo is a businessman. Look at him asslicking Ajay Devgan now, lolol! Pally with creepy Ajay D and Akshay Kumar.

        I remember back in the 90s/early 2000s when SRK was no. 1 with the Yash Rajs and Dharmas at his feet, he said i have no friends in the industry. Kid me was like whaaaaat? yea, no wonder.

      2. U guys are all crazy u think ranveer went without Deepika knowing ? She wanted him to go , these stars need political favors more than normal people . Deepika could skip bcoz she had her husband go .

        Let’s all wait for the Gandhi’s rule again . I am pretty sure a lot of u are from Middle East talking shit about modi as if meeting ur own country PM is sin . Check human rights in Middle East India is fat fat better .

        Do u know how many films the Gandhi’s banned ? Do u know the hitters that happened in their regime ?
        Stop shoving ur ideology on Indians .

        Did u all throw up in ur mouth when Gandhi’s and SRK were having family dinners ? SRK hosting a talk show while royal Gandhi’s were sitting and taking all adulation , where were u all then ?

        U can say ur proud Muslim but hate some one who say they are proud Hindus . If only u all condemned actual islamists who indeed beheaded a lot of ppl .

        1. @Anon,

          its not just about communalism – the mob lynching, the shooting of journalists like gauri lankesh, the parades being taken out in defence of alleged child rapists. its also about the attacks on institutions which are supposed to be independent – the CBI, the supreme court, the RBI. its also about crony capitalism, increasing soaring bank fraud and loan defaults, its about so many other things than just the age old Hindu-Muslim bullshit.

          why are you comparing us to the Middle East? is that our only ambition to be marginally better when compared to authoritarian dictatorships? a pluralist democracy is the one thing we have going for us even as we battle with corruption, crumbling infrastructure, pollution, unemployment. we lose that too and what are we left with? No, i am not saying Congress is a great alternative. They were guilty of corruption and crony capitalism as well. But the BJP and Modi absolutely terrifies me. And just to be clear, I am a Hindu and i grew up in Gujarat so i know exactly what Modi stands for and what he is capable of.

      3. @ London r u sure ther eis religion angle ? coz there was no real threat to Deepika, Naseer etc who live actually a high profile life.

        if some low class BJP said something and u vilify ppl meeting a PM of the country…then we shud vilify all muslims who are a brotherhood for bombing places.

        Congress did everything u r accusing of BJP then why no one threw up when bollywood thot Rahul was cute ? when bollywood did the worshipping of gandhis ?

        The Ghadhis terrify me . Do u know how many ppl they got killed ? they did not even leave Patel and Bose ….

        My point is why only Modi is given shit by ppl for far greater crimes of Gandhis ? aaa the religion-ideology angle of a few fandoms .

      4. lol! I dont even know what to say. Why u gettin so worked up?

        If I had to discuss religion and politics, certainly wont be doing that with ‘anon’ on a Bollywood gossip blog. Going to ignore you and everything u just wrote.

      5. @Anon: Many of them are pakistanis too, they like to follow our haram Bollywood industry too, apart from that you have the usual Islamo-Liberal nexus who sit abroad and rant away. But thankfully for us they cannot affect our elections and we can vote for Modi and the BJP which is the only party which cares for equality of all unlike Khangress who hates Dhramic religions like Hinduism,Sikhism.

        Sikhs were genocided by the Khangress party and their fake Gandhis, may they rot in hell.

        Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh !!

      6. @ newgirl. Not as worked up as u who is shitting around for an Indian citizen meeting Indian leader . U have ur Mullas and brotherhood .

        And new girl handle screams authenticity. India refuses to follow Islamic agenda.

      7. Oh please stop it, Anon. I love my country and live in it and i don’t want to show anyone a certficate of my patriotism. SRK’s closeness with the Gandhis does not make this blatant chamchagiri of current govt by KJO and gang any more acceptable. Two wrongs do not make a right.

        Secondly, the criticism of Modi has nothing to do with religion. I may not like his rule (I certainly do not hate him btw, I am objective about it) and you do, that’s your right. But I have a problem with this blatant propaganda being sanctioned by Bollywood- Uri, Accidental PM and this all in one month? You’ve got to tell me you see nothing wrong in that?

        And yes, I hope to god we get an alternative to Modi and the Gandhis but if the Gandhis come to power then they deserve to be called out equally. Wake up and stop being emotionally jerked around. Just because someone has “lesser crimes” does not make them a good option.

    15. u see another blind about Hirani where his name was excluded in ‘ek ladki ko ….’ movie with some #meetoo allegations coming up.

      1. @Admin: this is the first time am hearing allegations agst Hirani!! Have you heard anything before this blind?

    16. Unrelated to this …but the pics of all these bollywood stars group hugging Modi made me throw up in my mouth a little …is it a coincidence that a GST cut on movie tickets has been followed by at least three propaganda films in an election year – uri, the accidental prime minister and now a modi biopic?

      i wonder if the increased revenue because of the GST cut will really lead to more investment in infrastructure as they claim or will it be used to pay (male) actors even more ridiculous amounts than they already make so they can keep paying off women for the right to harass them…SMH.

      1. Why? Just because they support their PM your throw up in your mouth, stay away in your London while we Indians will decide who our PM is and that is and will be Modi Ji. Get lost you Khangress and Fake Gandhis supporters.

      2. @Fact- I am an Indian, proud of my country and I have every right to express my opinion. You can go somewhere else if you dont like it. We are all being rational and debating this while you are going on and on about “Khangress”. I do not support Congress at ALL. The reason everyone is criticising the photo is because only an idiot would miss the soft power being used to get an unfair endorsement from “Young Bollywood” and there millions of followers in election season. The official BJP twitter page shared the Accidental PM trailer. Like are you kidding me?

        I guess I thought this place was different from Pinkvilla and we could civilly discourse and share opinions, but I guess I thought wrong. You get labelled as “Islamic brotherhood” or a Londoner if you do. You couldnt be more wrong about this. Bharat Mata ki Jai. Peace.

    17. I think this blind is about sajid nadiadwala and Akshay. Akshay had supported me too superficially by distancing himself from sajid khan and had given statements in the media supporting me too. The word ‘filmwaala’ is purposely put in the blind to point to nadiadwala.

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