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We have an official statement from Mr Vikram Bhatt about his “imminent mud wrestle” and defamation suit he filed against Kamaal R Khan.

“It all started with a Twitter duel between Mr Kamaal R. Khan and me after the release of my film ‘Love Games’. Then, came his review of the film ‘1920 London’. Though I did not produce the film, direct it, write the dialogue or the screenplay, he decided to do a review of me instead of the film. He made absurd insinuations– called me a fraud, a pimp and other unsavory names. I couldn’t care less; When you have made a business of ranting, then ranting is what you got to do!

Two hours later, I found my daughter crying in the corner. She was hurt. As I took her little body wracked with sobs in my arms, I saw things more clearly…

When you don’t...

Earlier this month, we had reported that filmmaker Vikram Bhatt had sent Kamaal R. Khan a legal notice for defamation. Post this notice, what followed was a rant by Kamaal R. Khan on twitter comprising of rather serious allegations directed at Vikram Bhatt. However, despite being silent for a while, Bhatt finally decided to speak out about his reason for sending Khan a legal notice. Posting about the same on his FaceBook page Bhatt wrote:

'Kamaal R. Khan And My Imminent Mud Wrestle!

It all started with a Twitter duel between Mr Kamaal R. Khan and me after the release of my film 'Love Games'. Then, came his review of the film '1920 London'. Though I did not produce the film, direct it, write the dialogue or the screenplay, he decided to do a review of me instead of the film. He made absurd insinuations-- called me a fraud,...

By Rima Bhatia and Stacey Yount

With big stars, great directors, romance, dance, drama and thrills, it certainly looks as if 2015 is going to be a fabulous year at the movies! Being the Bollywood fans that we are, we all had a list of movies we were looking forward to seeing this year. We started off at 10 but then kept thinking ‘oh wait this movie’ and we have to add that, so check out the 25 films we can’t wait to see in 2015!

Shamitabh

Starring – Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara Haasan

Director – R Balki

Producer – Sunil Lulla, R Balki, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, R. K. Damani, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sunil Manchanda, Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Dhanush

Music – Ilaiyaraaja

Release Date – February 6th

Scripted and directed by R. Balki and featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush and Akshara Haasan in her debut, Shamitabh has been in the news since August 2013 when initial reports on...

Mumbai, May 23: Mythological show "Jai Jai Jai Bajrangbali" is entering a new phase, and the central character will now enter teenage. Actor Rishabh Sharma will play the older Bajrangbali.

So far, the role was being played by child actor Raj Bhanushali.

"I am really excited to essay the central character of Bajrangbali. I am Hanumanji's ardent follower and I know almost all his life stories - right from his birth to the brave rescue of Sita from Lanka," Rishabh said in a statement.

The real life teenager is looking forward to work with the show's cast, and is confident of being loved by the audience.

"I am sure of winning.

Arshad Warsi suddenly seems to be on a film signing spree. The actor, who has some interesting films like Jolly L.L.B, Dedh Ishqiya and Joe B Carvalho in his kitty, continues to do off-beat stuff.

Arshad has now signed a film called Chambal Safari which will be directed by Maqbool Khan. The film is a satire on dacoits and Arshad plays one of the dacoits. Maqbool Khan has directed films like Kabootar and Lanka in the past.

Chambal Safari meanwhile takes off in August and will be filmed in Chambal valley.

Tia Bajpai is a happy young woman. Two of her three releases (1920 Evil Returns, Haunted) have been successes and now she is busy with a film called Identity Card which is a dark comedy. This also means that it would be for the first time in her short, yet eventful career that she would be seen in a light hearted role instead of playing someone tormented, as has been the case in each of her films so far, including Lanka."Identity Card is based on an issue in Kashmir...

After ‘Dangerous Ishq’ and ‘Raaz 3’, director Vikram Bhatt is again in the news for his next offering ‘1920: Evil Returns’. The film is making news for the sensational steamy lip-lock between Aftab Shivdasani and Tia Bajpai. The duo shares a passionate kiss. The sequel of 1920 is all set to haunt the audience again with its dangerous plot. Vikram Bhatt dons producer and writer hat for this film and along with it, ‘1920: Evil Returns’ marks the directional debut of Bhushan Patel. Actor Tia Bajpai who debuted into Bollywood with Vikram Bhatt’s ‘Haunted 3D’ also starred in Lanka opposite Manoj Bajpai. The actor con...

Great news for our readers: BollySpice will be reporting exclusively from this year’s London Film Festival. The festival is the UK’s biggest film event, with 225 films showing. It enters its 56th year and is a 12-day celebration of filmmaking from around the world, with a host of previews and premieres.

The festival has a new Director, Clare Stewart, who previously ran the Sydney Film Festival. This year she has introduced a new theme-based category for films, clustered around the themes of Love, Debate, Dare, Laugh, Thrill, Cult, Journey, Sonic and Family. This new approach is designed to help festival goers find the films that mean most to them and to open up entry points for new audiences.

The festival has also introduced competitive sections that are given much more prominence in the festival campaign and programme. The Best Film Award in partnership with American Express; the Sutherland Award...

Eight Indian films will be screened at the 56th edition of the BFI London Film Festival. The films are, Aiyya by Sachin Kundalkar, Chakravyuh by Prakash Jha, Mahanagar by Satyajit Ray, Peddlers by Vasan Bala, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mira Nair, Save Your Legs!

by Boyd Hicklin, Ship of Theseus by Anand Gandhi and With You, Without You by Prasanna Vithanage. The festival will be held from 10th – 21st October, 2012.

Aiyya by Sachin Kundalkar is a story of a Mumbai girl who falls in love with a hunky man from Tamil Nadu after catching his scent.

Chakravyuh, starring Abhay Deol, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpayee with others, is a story of two brothers who inevitably stand on the opposite sides of the law. The film is under the Thrill Gala section of the festival.

Satyajit Ray’s Mahanagar gives a warm, witty and genuine insight into Calcutta’s society in the...

Oscar-winning actor has signed on as co-producer for biopic of late Sunday Times war correspondent

Charlize Theron could play the late Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin in a new film about her life, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Colvin, who reported from many of the world's most dangerous conflict zones, was killed in the Baba Amr district of Homs in February after Syrian artillery fire struck the hall of the house where she was staying. Friends said the journalist, who was 56 when she died, entered the hall to collect the shoes she had taken off as a sign of respect for her hosts.

Theron has signed on as a producer for the biopic and is said to be considering taking the lead role. The film would be titled Marie Colvin's Private War after a Vanity Fair article of the same name by Marie Brenner that has been optioned by producers.

Gangs Of Wasseypur has done reasonably well with collections to the tune of 25 crores already in its kitty. While this is for the first that a film with Manoj Bajpai in the lead has boasted of such good numbers, it is also after ages that he has been seen as a central protagonist. Otherwise in his last major film Lanka he was an antagonist whereas in Aarakshan, Raajneeti, Jail and Acid Factory, he was one of the many principal characters. Did the fact that the story was told with...

The next from the Vikram Bhatt horror stable, 1920- Evil Returns, sequel to the runaway hit, 1920, is getting ready to release. Unlike 1920, this time around it's the very versatile (but unfortunate!) actor Aftab Shivdasani, and the highly talented actress and singer Tia Bajpai (Haunted 3D, Lanka).Talking about her co-star Aftab, Tia told us, "He is such an amazing and talented actor. While I sit down and try to get into the mold of the character Aftab keeps on talking and in...

Vikram Bhatt had given her a break (and a hit film) in the form of Haunted. Still there was no favouritism at play when Tia Bajpai's Lanka released last year. Vikram decided to stay away from it despite it being his own production since it didn't meet his expectations. However, now that his next film Hate Story is igniting some good heat, Vikram is backing the film to the hilt. "It is clearly that Vikram is letting his head do all the talking instead of heart. Tia is his find and he is obviously protective about her. However, he doesn't intend to support a film just for that reason. When Lanka was being promoted, he stayed away from it and didn't make two bones about it even though Manoj Bajpayee and Arjan Bajwa made their displeasure about it. Even Tia was disheartened with the way Lanka released and disappeared without making any impact whatsoever.

In early years of her career, she may have gone 'Sexy Sexy Sexy Mujhe Log Bole' or 'Sarkaile Lo Khatiya' with aplomb. However, Karisma Kapoor is sure that her comeback vehicle would be as clean as possible even though the director at the helm of affairs, Vikram Bhatt, has announced loud and clear that 'creating sensation' is the name of the game today in Bollywood. Dangerous Ishq promises to 'sensationalize' affairs as well though, the director as well as the leading lady is on the same page that 'erotica' won't have any place for that here. "In the film, there may be multiple men (Rajneesh Duggall, Jimmy Sheirgill, Ruslaan Mumtaz) in Karisma's life but none of the episodes would feature anything that would be dare-bare. Karisma would never do anything at this age which would embarrass her or her family", says a common friend, "She holds her dignity quite high...