The blind item below is a recent one by SpotBoye. SpotBoye seems to have all the latest news about this producer because they have more or less been accurate in their blind items about them.
Either there’s a source leaking all this or the writer is close to this producer. So today, the blind item is about how the producer suffered a recent setback health wise.
If the rumours are true about him, what he likes to do in his spare time (sniff-sniff) then there’s no surprise that this happened to him.
We are just saying, we don’t know for sure. The blind item is saying it’s stress, which can also cause this.
Last we heard from him, he announced a 600 core project last month. It will be India’s most ambitious film ever and it’s going to be based on Ramayana. Supposedly, this is the project that Aamir Khan is attached to.
At a time where people are trying to move forward, would a story like Ramayana be interesting to people? We have seen it a thousand time, what would make this 600 crore project different?
Check out the blind item from SpotBoye.
Bollywood Blind Item
This Producer Struck By Facial Paralysis After Professional And Personal Life Hit Rock Bottom
It’s said when things go wrong, they do in quick succession. Something similar has happened with this renowned Bollywood producer, (in)famous for his philandering ways. We have learnt that he has been struck by facial paralysis. Reason is said to be high level stress, especially after his wife walked out on him, recently.
It’s no secret that the filmmaker’s career has also hit a rough patch after his company went up in smoke. Currently, he is maintaining a low profile and is certainly trying to keep his health’s news confined to four walls.
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Producer: Madhu Mantena
Film Company: Phantom Films
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/tv-hunks-refusal-to-one-night-stands-sparks-off-doubts-about-his-sexuality
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Haha…Could it be Karan Wahi? He has been around for a really long time.
Really? Karan Wahi?
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on a rather unrelated note, have Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao separated? Lately and even in Ambani pre-marraige festivities in Switzerland, Aamir was seen alone and these days Kiran is nowhere to be seen!
Kiran was spotted with Aamir at his TV show premiere. She is currently focusing on her projects now. Finally, Aamir is letting her fly with the help of his money. She is getting skinnier and skinnier, though. Not a good thing.
I’d watch a Ramayana and Mahabharata that is well researched, well made, well acted, and nuanced. Not like the nonsense Ekta Kapoor tried to make with a whole bunch of extremely bad actors. There are so many interesting things both stories tell about war, peace, even about women.
You know every era had a different take on the epic. This time around I want strong characterization of women who question the status quo they are accorded. Like Draupadi questioning a man’s rights over his wife. Or Sita’s penultimate refusal to come back to Ram and preferring to go back to her Mother Earth (her original home?). Or even Kaikeyi’s and her co-wives perspectives on the inherent power imbalance in having multiple wives and how that might have shaped Rama’s own resolve never have more than one wife. For that matter, even the stories of transgender persons and their roles (Shikhandi – a female transgender warrior, Brihanalla – a male transgender dance instructor) are interesting in today’s context too. you know some versions of Ramayana have Rama being cursed by Vali/Taara? He argues that sometimes even if the means are unfair, if the end result is for greater good, then its justified. Vali/Taara point out that what he did was against the code of conduct of Kshatriyas etc.
What I like about these mythologies is the recognition that no one value system/belief is above being scrutinized or questioned. That one should not have blind faith and sometimes even god’s ways can and must be questioned. When I look around at how much damage blind faith and dogmatic/fanatical belief have caused, I feel thankful that these mythologies have so many retellings and perspectives through the ages.
@Tina, you know I’ve been thinking about this too! there are so many similarities between the female “leads” in our epics and classics. I just finished reading a translation of Kalidasa’s Abijnanashakuntalam. There are many instances in the play which hint at how little power women had over their lives back then. And again the lead character Shakuntala is badly mistreated by the men around her – she is abandoned by her husband, pregnant and humiliated, and her family refuses to take her back. But similar to Sita and Draupadi she doesnt accept her fate meekly there is a brilliant scene where she rages at them and appeals to the reader’s sense of justice.
There is some interesting feminist fiction being written these days retelling the epics. Have you heard of “Until the Lions: Echoes from the Mahabharata”? I saw a dance performance recently based on it, have ordered the book now …would love for something similar to be adapted for the screen.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26210766-until-the-lions
Ah thanks for the recommendation LT! Will definitely try to read it. Unfortunately, I have been having too much personal/professional stuff on my plate these days and reading tends to take a backseat :/
And this is the only reason I feel they shouldn’t touch these epics for another 500 years till the majority of Indian audience is matured enough to realise that it’s never just black or white in these epics. Also, it’d make for a great series as opposed to movies because of the sheer size. If they make it now, it’s gonna be like the Amar Chitra Katha version which is great for a young audience/ first timers but not deep enough. Their Ram will have no fault and their Duryodhana would be a one dimensional villain. (Seriously, Duryodhana-Karna bromance is one for the ages.) Well, I could go on and on. Also, no ToH CGI. Tumbbad with such low budget had great CGI. At 120 times the budget the effects better be comparable to what the West gives us.
Fair point Mila! 🙂
Ah yes. Let’s keep the Khan-bashing going in the comments. How dare Aamir think he can adapt the Mahabharat? No matter how respectfully he does it, he will be hammered.
Aamir is most definitely an example of a narcissist. Even if he portrays his character respectfully, there is not an ounce of genuine humility in the fellow, which is something I like to sense in an Indian actor portraying something from scripture, whichever faith it might belong to. He is good at well-rehearsed acting on screen and even better at creating a well-crafted image of being a respectful, secular Indian, but quite the narcissist in reality. Ask his ex-wife, ex-girlfriend (who is also the mother of a child he has never acknowledged), current wife or 3 older kids.
Yaar aise toh koi bachega hi nahi poori film industry mein if we only expect highly moral ppl to act out religious stories. Aamir is a man with a vision and his films are always technically brilliant. I think out of all A listers if anyone has the skill to do justice to the story it is him. He is a narcissist for sure but who isn’t?
Thank you for the civil reply. It’s refreshing these days.
It’s just my personal perspective after years of working closely with people in the healthcare industry and in the entertainment industry. Ethics and integrity are not easy qualities to cultivate and maintain, and when someone has done so, it prevails in almost everything they do, and it is genuinely an enjoyable experience to partake in the work of such people.
I agree that this is not easy to come by these days, but I’ve chosen to stick to my values and do my bit by boycotting all fake folks. When someone pretends to be a person of great values but it all turns out to be a facade I have zero respect for them, zero interest in partaking of their work and absolutely zero interest in shelling money out of my hard-earned bank balance to them.
OH GOD 🙂 May he find help and recover sooner 🙂 May GOD help him recover sooner 🙂
I’d watch Ramayan and Mahabharat many times over. But as an ex-fan I never want to see that a**hole aamir khan in any of them. As a non-fan I’ll even take salman, but never in a million eons aamir. I’m done with that fellow. Definitely wishing his disappearance from films already.
Salman is thousand time worst than anybody , in 2010 he said 26/11 was small thing blown out of proportion by the media , also tried to forcibly aquire land of kolis and send goons including Shera to threaten them , also in 2014 in a party in Delhi along with Sohail tried to molest a lady that another thing this lady was daughter of a powerful real estate tycoon who immediately send goons and when Salman hid in another room they smashed the lobby, afterwards Salman paid all the damage and threatened them not to leak it
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