Thursday, February 07, 2008

Bollywood in a tizzy


Bollywood seems to be in the grip of problems.
On one hand, Central Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has approached Shahrukh Khan to refrain from smoking in films. Then we have Raj Thakeray’s goondas throwing stones at Amitabh Bachchan’s Mumbai bungalow for buying up property in Uttar Pradesh and not Maharshtra.
Amitabh’s daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai’s latest release 'Jodha Akbar'has come in for threats.

The film is directed by the director of heatres on Feb 15. The film narrates the love story of Mughal King Akbar with the Rajput princess Jodha Bai. But the Rajputs of Rajasthan say there was no such romance and there was not even a Jodha Bai and this film was a slur on their tradition and history. They have been protesting and burning posters