The Rahul Thackeray Effect

October 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Filmmaker Karan Johar's latest flick "Wake Up Sid", which was embroiled in a first-day-first-show controversy Friday, was running peacefully in 42 cinema halls in Mumbai and another 150 elsewhere in Maharashtra Saturday. The film had faced protests from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Friday for having used 'Bombay' instead of 'Mumbai'.

October 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Friday said that termed Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar's apology to MNS chief Raj Thackeray as a 'filmi stunt'. Karan apologized to firebrand MNS chief on using the word 'Bombay' instead of 'Mumbai' in his new film 'Wake Up Sid' was nothing but Chavan further said that Maharashtra Government was capable of providing security to filmmakers, and emphasized that Johar should have approached state police if he had any problem.

October 1st, 2009 As the photographs and videos of the look test of Ramesh Deo in his film Mumbai Tiger, made the rounds of the country... some die hard Shiv Sainiks owing allegiance to the veteran Hindu warlord called up director Raju Kokate and asked him as to why Ramesh Deo was not dressed up like Bal Thackeray.

September 26th, 2009 GURGAON - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was named Icon of the Year, while actors Priyanka Chopra and Hrithik Roshan bagged the youth icon awards in the entertainment field at a glittering award ceremony here. Priyanka beat Katrina Kaif to the top spot and Hrithik left behind actor-director Farhan Akhtar at the inaugural edition of the India Youth Icon Awards organised jointly by Wizcraft Entertainment and electronics major Videocon at the Leela Kempinski Hotel here Friday night.

September 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - He has, in his own words, "risen from the ashes like a phoenix" and each controversy has just helped make him stronger. But Rahul Mahajan, who is now set to choose his life partner on national television, says he loves babies and that is the major reason he wants to settle down in life.

September 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - "Mehendi laga ke rakhna" - the peppy number from superhit movie "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" played as the perfect background song when Rahul Mahajan stepped in here Tuesday to launch NDTV Imagine's "Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jaayega" (RDLJ). Rahul, son of late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, is set to search for a "perfect life partner" through the show a la item girl Rakhi Sawant, who had her "swayamvar" on the channel some time ago.

September 17th, 2009 Barnali Shukla (Saurabh Shukla’s wife) who is making her directorial debut with Kuch Love Jaisa, starring Shefali Shah and Rahul Bose had to undergo a lot of trouble while shooting for the film. The film is about two strangers; stuck with each other for a day and who keep fighting.

August 4th, 2009 By Subhash K Jha The bad news on Rahul Bose’s front is that his second directorial venture Moth Smoke (his first directorial film Everybody Says I’m Fine, came 5 years ago) based on Moshin Hamid’s celebrated novel is delayed, because the financiers have pulled out. “That’s true.

July 31st, 2009 Rahul Bose in association with Bigadda.com, a networking site from Reliance, has volunteered to pen down his activities to bring environmental awareness. “There are many things that India should know about the dangers in climate change and the initiatives that should be taken to combat it,” Rahul Bose said.

July 25th, 2009 Just few days back there were tabloid reports about Bipasha Basu’s first Hollywood project starring Titanic villain Billy Zane, going on floors. But now news has trickled in that the project is being scrapped.

July 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - His father is a music legend and he too has carved a niche for himself as a Santoor player. Rahul Sharma, son of Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, is now all set to entertain music buffs with his new album "A Meeting By The Nile", a fusion of Indian and Egyptian music.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood lyrics are becoming more gut-wrenching - picking up themes from contemporary realities, say musicians Piyush Mishra, Swanand Kirkire and Rahul Ram. "I think Bollywood lyrics has changed over the years.

June 1st, 2009 With his film career never really taking off, Rahul Khanna, the 37 year old son of yesteryears actor Vinod Khanna had left for the US to do some theatre work which he preferred. But our sources claim that he is coming back to Mumbai to work on his directorial debut venture which most probably will be produced by his father Vinod Khanna and brother Akshaye Khanna.

May 18th, 2009 Rahul, Rocky, Amay, Priya, Antara, Zoha were best of the friends in Pune University… It's been three years since they passed out and parted their ways…they all were completely out of touch, being busy in their respective careers…Now Rocky is getting married in Goa with his two year old girlfriend Marianne who is from Croatia…this is the time of reunion…old friends reunite to join Rocky on his wedding in Goa…but things are not the same with Rahul, Priya and Zoha…their personalities have changed, their ideologies have changed, their commitments and goals have changed while Amay and Antara are just the same …as they set off on this trip, things start coming out in the form of conversations and  activities…they all witness Marianne backing away from the commitment of marriage leaving Rocky bereft but she finally comes back after realizing that falling in love with Rocky was the best thing to happen to her. - SAMPURN

May 3rd, 2009 Aa Dekhen Zara: Fizzles out mid-way Rating: 2 out of 5* Starring: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bipasha Basu, Sophie Chaudhary and Rahul Dev Director: Jehangir Surti Ray (Neil) is a down on luck wildlife photographer. As things start going from bad to worse, he inherits his grandfather's (Biswajeet) special camera which changes things overnight for him.