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Archive for December, 2008



HC upholds conviction of Ansal brothers

Friday 19 December 2008 @ 6:27 pm
High Court reduced the jail term of Ansal brothers from two to one year
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today upheld a trial court’s order convicting real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal for the Uphaar fire tragedy which killed 59 cinegoers in 1997.
However, the High Court reduced the jail term of Ansal brothers, who own the cinema hall, from two to one year.
Justice S Ravinder Bhat who pronounced the verdict in a jam-packed court rejected the plea of the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) to enhance the jail term awarded to the Ansal brothers and other convicts awarded a punishment less than the cinema owners.
The High Court also upheld the conviction of four accused H S Panwar (Delhi Fire Service Staff), Brij Mohan Satija, Bir Singh (both DVB officials) and Manmoham Unniyal (gatekeeper of the cinema hall) but reduced their jail terms.
While jail terms of Satija, Singh and Unniyal were reduced from seven years to two years, Panwar’s sentence was reduced from two to one year.
The five other accused – Radhakrishan Sharma, N S Chopra, (both Uphaar cinema managers), A K Ghera (DVB official), S S Sharma and N D Tiwari (both MCD officials) – were acquitted by the High Court.
Another cinema manager, Ajit Chowdhary, who was sentenced to seven years had died recently in Tihar jail. The proceedings against him was abated.
The High Court pulled up the CBI for not carrying out investigations against senior officials of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) and directed the agency to complete the probe against them by March 15 next year.
It said that there were glaring lapses on the part of MCD, DVB and the licencing authority and their officers who were not made accused in the case.
The High Court expressed its anguish against the CBI as no progress was made by the agency in the last one year since the trial court directed it for further investigation in the case.
It was unhappy that only lower-level officials had faced charges in the case and one accused even died in the jail.
However, while rejecting the petition of AVUT for enhancement of sentence of the Ansal brothers and others, the High Court said “it is unreasonable”.
The Ansal brothers, who were sentenced to two-year jail term by the trial court for causing death due to rash and negligent act, are presently lodged in Tihar jail as the Supreme Court on September 11 had cancelled the bail granted to them by the High Court.
The cinema owners were represented by noted criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani while senior advocate Harish Salve argued for the CBI in the High Court.
The agency had contended that the trial court had adopted a lenient approach towards the Ansal brothers and they should be punished under section 304 part-II of IPC that deals with culpable homicide not amounting to murder which is punishable upto 10 years of imprisonment.
On June 13, 1997 59 cinegoers, including women and children, were killed due to asphyxia in a devastating fire that broke out in the cinema hall during screening of Hindi film “Border”.
The trial court on November 20 last year had held the Ansal brothers guilty, along with three others, under Section 304-A IPC (causing death due to rash and negligent act) and had sentenced them to two years’ imprisonment.
Seven others including two theatre managers, Ajit Chowdhary and Nirmal Chopra, were convicted under Section 304 IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and sentenced to seven years’ jail.
Others who were convicted under the same section were R K Sharma, Manmohan Unniyal (cinema’s gatekeeper), Brij Mohan Satija, A K Gera and Bir Singh (all DVB officials).
The High Court on January 4 had granted bail to the Ansal brothers and two other accused
Courtsey: http://www.livemint.com/



“It’s Aamir who’s stripping…,” Salman

Friday 19 December 2008 @ 6:13 pm
Salman-Aamir

Salman-Aamir

Earlier this week, the three Khans – Salman, Shahrukh and Aamir were at different venues in Mumbai either endorsing their films or simply promoting themselves.

Salman rocked at a college fest, while Shahrukh unveiled Filmfare’s magazine cover and Aamir was busy promoting his upcoming film ‘Ghajini’ at the Oberoi Mall.

The students went wild seeing Salman at their college fest and they couldn’t resist pleading Salman to get his t-shirt off and flash his 6-pack abs. To the overwhelming request Salman commented, “I can’t take my t-shirt off since it’s a school concert, but hey, don’t ask me to get the t-shirt off now, it’s Aamir who’s stripping nowadays.”

When the news about Sallu’s comment reached Aamir at his ‘Ghajini’ promotion event, Aamir smiled and replied, “I can never compete with Salman, he is the only actor in the industry, who has always maintained a fit body, and the rest of the actors simply copy him and run for the packs.” It was no surprise that this implied to Shahrukh’s 6-pack story during his ‘Om Shanti Om’ days.

When Shahrukh was asked about his reaction to the comments, he graciously walked away stating that he has nothing to say.

Though Shahrukh is maintaining his humble-n-diplomatic stand, the other two Khans apparently have left no opportunity to bring down each other and the Bollywood’s King Khan.

Courtsey: http://www.bollywoodblog.com/




Best Debutants Of 2008

Friday 19 December 2008 @ 6:04 pm

2008 best Debutant

2008 best Debutant

Farhan Akhtar, Rajeev Khandelwal and Imraan Khan

Year 2008 has seen many new faces in Bollywood than any other year. Director-turned-actor-singer Farhan Akhtar took the crowd to storm with his singing and acting talent in Rock On, Imraan Khan launched by uncle Aamir Khan won lots of heats with his boy-next-door looks in Jaane Tu…, while the talented actor, TV star Rajeev Khandelwal won critical acclaim for his performance in Aamir.

So let’s check out what’s the film industry people thinks of these newbies of Bollywood. Director Sanjay Gupta thinks both Farhan and Imraan are best as he said, “They both managed to deliver excellent performances. Imran is a very promising actor and Farhan has his own charm.”

Meanwhile, Anil Wanvari, the media analyst thinks Farhan and Rajeev Khandelwal as best. He said, “Both are equally brilliant actors. Farhan, who has already achieved a lot of fame as a director, has done extremely well both as an actor and a singer. He has huge mass appeal. Rajeev, on the other hand, believes in keeping a low profile and has carved a niche for himself as a talented actor. He is someone who likes his work to do the talking.”

Actress Jennifer Kotwal thinks Farhan has all that it takes. “He rocked in his debut film. He has great screen presence and seems like a perfectionist. He is one of the best actors of this era,” says Jennifer.

However, director Atul Agnihotri wows for Imraan as the most promising debutant. Atul says, “I think he is very patient and smart, and waits for the right kind of roles. Also, he has good influences around him. So, he has lot of scope to become one of the most ought-after actors in Bollywood.”

VJ Cyrus Sahukar also goes with Imraan, as he says, “He has great poise. I think he is one of those rare ‘thinking’ actors who have already done some very interesting work. He is hardworking and knows what he wants for himself. So, undoubtedly, he is the best debutant of the year.”

Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh said, “Imraan is oozing talent and has proved it in both his films. Even if Kidnap wasn’t a big hit, Imran’s performance stood out and he was able to hold his own against a veteran like Sanjay Dutt.”

Courtsey : http://www.bollywoodhott.com/




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