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Sunday, January 18th, 2009 | Author: Prakash N Prathabhan

Lucknow: In his maiden visit to Lucknow after being nominated SP’s Lok Sabha candidate from the city, Dutt drawn condemnation for firing at air during a press meet.

Sanjay Dutt appeared dashing and confident at raod shows.  Lucknow crowds were going crazy to see celebrities like Vidya balan, Jaya Bachchan, Jaya Prada, Manoj Tiwari and Amar Singh.   Sanjay Dutt was enjoying his moment of lime light.

After the road shows ended, a press meet was held at Ram Manohar Lohiya Park. Sanjay Dutt and Manyata showed up in Chikan (Murri embroidered) dress to blend with Lucknow tradition. He greeted press in style and handled questions with ease as long as they were about bollwood songs and dance. He even sang, “Nayak  Nahin” from his super hit movie “Kalnayak” at a reporters request.

But when reporters started asking about politics unease began. He panicked when a reporter asked, “How confident are you to face Atalji (Atal Behari Vajpayee) if he decides to contest from Lucknow?” Jaya Bachchan came to dumbfound Sanjay’s rescue saying, “When Sanjay Dutt started his acting career in bollywood Amitabh never competed with him - because Sanjay was just an upcoming actor. We expect similar favor from Atalji for Sanjay’s political career”. Likewise most political questions were answered by Party veterans while Sanjay remained a silent spectator.

Events took an unexpected turn when a reporter hesitatingly asked about Sanjay’s conviction in 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Furious Sanjay pulled out a pistol and started firing at air. Security officers had tough time overpowering Sanjay and securing pistol from him. Media and several organizations heavily condemned this outrageous act.

When questioned by reporters, Samajwadi leader Mulayam Singh shrugged off saying it’s a minor incident blown out of proportion. But UP CM Mayawati ordered a CB-CID inquiry on this incident.

Friday, January 16th, 2009 | Author: Prakash N Prathabhan

Kolkata: After winning this week’s realty show “Kaun Banega Super Singer” Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee decided to compete for Indian Idol.

This Tuesday, Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee took time from her busy political schedules (like Singur) to cheer contestants at “Star Ananda Ji TV’s” “Kaun Banega Super Singer” realty show. Unexpectedly the anchor called her on stage and requested her to sing a song. Though hesitating initially, Mamata started singing few lines of “Ye mere watan ke logo”. Though Mamata stopped after singing first few lines, loud cheers from the crowd (mostly Trinamool Party workers) forced her to complete the full song. Though she haven’t originally registered to contest, the star studded judgment panel comprising, Sourav Ganguly - former Indian Cricket Team captain, Jagmohan Dalmiya - former BCCI president, Gopalakrishna Gandhi - Governor of West Bengal selected Mamata as the “Best fresh talent” of the year 2009.

This sudden recognition had made Mamata to consider competing this year’s Sun India Ji TV’s “Indian Idol” realty show. Though Mamata declined to disclose details, known sources said Mamata already started taking classes from Bollywood greats Asha Bhonsle and Lata Mangeskar. What’s  more inspiring Mamata is the fact, “Indian Idol” winner will be presented with “Tata Nano” car by none other than Mr. Ratan Tata himself.

Worried by the intelligence reports that Mamata may use her singing talent in the forthcoming elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya decided to take dance classes from Chennai dance master Prabhu Deva.

People of West Bengal fear contests between “Super Singer opposition leader” and “Dance Master CM” during election campaigns. Some residents of West Bengal even took an extreme decision to take refugee in neighboring Bangladesh during West Bengal elections.

Saturday, January 10th, 2009 | Author: Prakash N Prathabhan

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh said in a press conference that if incase Sanjay Dutt can’t contest because of legal issues and Manyata too not willing to contest, SP may field Dawood Ibrahim in Lucknow constituency.

Sanjay Dutt, the controversial Bollywood actor is from Actor-turned-Politicians family. His father Sunil Dutt, mother Nargis Dutt and sister Priya Dutt were Congress MP’s. Though hailing from a political family and bollywood fame behind him Sanjay Dutt can’t make to big politics because of his conviction in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case in which more than 200 people died. But SP famous for fielding bollywood big names in elections decided to give him a break.

However Sanjay Dutt declined the offer as he was aware of legal issues that can can stop SP from fielding him as its candidate. Then Amar tried to announce “if Sanjay Dutt won’t contest then his wife Manyata will”. But Dutt family refused to field Manyata.

Desperately in need of a controversial star candidate, Amar Singh announced, “All we are looking for is a controversial high profile candidate with bollywood connection. So we went for Sanjay Dutt - convicted in controversial Mumbai case and a well known bollywood actor. It doesn’t work. So we have no other choice other than Dawood Ibrahim. He is better than Sanjay Dutt in all aspects. While Sanjay is just one of the accused, Dawood Ibrahim is the main accused and he has more connection to bollywood than Sanjay.” He also appealed to Congress, “Support our move or else we will withdraw our support to your union government for not taking enough actions against Pakistan post 26 th November 2008 Mumbai Massacre.”

Dawood Ibrahim, the dreaded don residing in Karachi for past 15 years as Pakistan’s state guest declined to comment on this as he was officially not in Pakistan.

Thursday, January 01st, 2009 | Author: Prakash N Prathabhan

German pharmaceutical company “Zimmertisz”, which markets famous memory enhancement tablet “Memoronz G Plus” in India, today announced it is going to file a law suit against Aamir Khan, for acting as a short time memory loss patient in his recent movie - Ghajini.

Ghajini - the action packed thriller movie, starring Aamir Khan, Asin and Jiah Khan is the biggest box office hit of the year 2008. Aamir khan’s performance as the revenge thirsty “Sanjay Singhania” is considered to be one of the main reasons for the films success. But not everyone seems to be happy with the movie.

The pharmaceutical major Zimmertisz, specialized on memory enhancement drugs was quite upset with Aamir as he was its brand ambassador. In a press release Anil Sibal, South Asian regional director of Zimmertisz said - “think about the marketing prospects for a memory enhancement tablet with its brand ambassador depicted as a short time memory loss patient. We are not going to leave this matter. Ever since this movie got released our sales have gone down by 18%. Even our share prices are crashing down. We haven’t anticipated this from a man of Aamir’s caliber. Definitely he needs to issue an apology. Else we need to speak to our lawyer”.

When contacted, sources close to Aamir declined to comment on this.