Subhash Ghai lived up to his promise. He launched two films on October 24, 2001, rather announced Mukta Art's next projects at Iskcon in Bombay.

As speculated, David Dhawan has been signed by Ghai. The Dhawan caper will star Govinda and Sunjay Dutt in the film which goes on floor next week.

The another film will be directed by Satish Kaushik and has Arjun Rampal and Karriena Kapoor in the leads.

Surprisingly, none fo the films have Ghai directing. Looks like decided to take a break after Yaadein.

KBC restrained from using slang

A city court in Bairuch has restrained an ad-campaign promoting the mega star Amitabh Bachhan anchored Kaun Banega Crorepati on Star Plus from using the words 'misarwa sasura karorepati ban raha hai' (regional slang).

Civil judge Umesh Kumar Singh issued an ex-parte order on the petition of one Guru Prasad, who pleaded that the words 'misarwa sasura' denigrated the Brahmin community.

The petitioner stated that the ad-campaign had hurt the sentiments of the Brahmin community.

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Court issues non-bailable warrants against Lajja cast, director

Non-bailable warrants have been issued by a Kanpur court to the director and cast of the popular Hindi film, Lajja.

The warrants were issued by additional district and sessions judge of Kanpur (Rural) J P Agarwal . The warrants were being sent to the Mumbai Police Commissioner through whom these were to be served on the accused, who were directed to appear before the court by November 11.

The judge said that the action had followed following the failure of the accused to appear before the court on Tuesday , when they had been summoned . He has warned that if the accused failed to appear this time , the court would be constrained to order attachment of their respective properties.

The issue was raised before the court through a complaint filed on September 20 by one Ram Swarup against a criminal case registered against him for committing gangrape and murder of a local woman Siya Dulari. Swarup had claimed that the story of Lajja was based on that true incident .

In fact, film maker Raj Kumar Santoshi had himself admitted that he was inspired by the story of Siya Dulari, who was set ablaze alive after she was gangraped in Bhawanipur village of Kanour district.

Cinematographers meet

The Cinematographers' Combine will organise a three-day seminar entitled "Towards a Better Image", which will focus on development of technical and safety aspects in cinematography from October 27 in Bombay.

History and growth of sound, revival of sync sound in films and safety in shooting would be some the topics for discussion at the interactive seminar to be held at the Russian Cultural Centre in the city.

International participants would make technical presentation along with display of latest cinematographic equipment at the seminar.

The seminar will also pay tribute to the doyen of sound recording, 75-year-old D O Bhansali. A film Safety Take, will be screened on the concluding day, followed by a panel discussion on safety in shooting.

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