A joint meeting of the South Indian film Chambers, Tamil Film Producers Council and South Indian Artistes Association has decided to suspend members from Karnataka. The suspension will last till the problem was solved, a release said. No cooperation would be extended to film crews from Karnataka when they come here for film shooting, editing and re-recording, it added.
President of South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce, KRG while talking about this has said that if the situation will not recover its normalcy, all those members will be out from the chamber permanently.
In another incident two fast food restaurants, belonging to a business house from Karnataka, were ransacked allegedly by a group of advocates here on Wednesday, in an apparent retaliation to attacks on cinema halls showing Tamil movies and Tamil Sangam office in Bangalore in the wake of the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka standoff on Hogenakkal water project.
Tamil Film Producers Council has decided to suspend members from Karnataka
Rajinikanth is under fire
Rajinikanth is under fire now from pro-Kannada outfits and political party leaders for making remarks against Kannadigas during his speech during the fast observed by Kollywood on friday.
Even after Tamilnadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi’s decision to put the Hogenakkal issue on the backburner, until an elected government assumes office in Karnataka the fire over the remarks made by Rajinikanth has not gone out. The Akhila Karnataka Gadi Horata Samithi (AKGHS) has said that it won’t allow superstar Rajinikant to ’step into the state’ or his films to be screened until he offers a public apology for remarks on Karnataka and Kannadigas!
Rajinkanth on his part has denied offending the sentiments of people of Karnataka. “It is a malicious propaganda unleashed against me by some people. I am not an unwise person to pass remarks that offend the sentiments of the people of Karnataka,” he said in a recorded statement released to some regional television channels in Bangalore.
He clarified that while addressing the fast held by Tamil Film industry in Chennai on Friday, he only decried those who have been creating trouble, asking such people to be “kicked” (Odaikanum) and was not referring to all.
“I have not done any wrong. But I am not averse to tendering apology, if I had committed any wrong”, he said, adding “if stalwarts like Parvathamma Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan, Girish Karnad demanded my apology, I will certainly tender”.
In the film Industry divorce rate is rising high
In the film Industry as fast as people are getting married, the divorce rate is also rising high. The lastest to join the list of movie stars filing for divorce is actor Prakash Raj. Prakashraj visited the Family court in Egmore and sought divorce from his wife and Lalithakumari.
Prakash Raj is rumored to be having an affair with his personal secretary, choreographer Boney Verma, and also with another actress. However Prakash Raj speaking briefly to the media after filing for divorce rubbished the rumors and said there is no such thing going on. Prakash also has requested the court for the custody of his daughter.
Lalithakumari has not yet filed for the divorce petition as it is said that close family and friends are hoping for the reconciliation of the couple. In 1993, he did do love-marriage with his love Lalithakumari, who is the sister of the famous, glamour artiste of Tamil filmfield called ‘Disco’ Shanthi. Prakashraj-Lalithakumari couple has one daughter by name Pooja.
Gary Busey meant no disrespect to Ms. Jennifer Garner
Gary Busey has apologized for embracing Jennifer Garner on the red carpet at the Oscars last month.
During a live E! pre-show broadcast, Busey repeatedly interrupted while Ryan Seacrest was interviewing Garner and Laura Linney. At one point, Busey embraced Garner, who looked annoyed.
"I meant no disrespect to Ms. Jennifer Garner when I met her at the Oscars and apologize if I made her uncomfortable," the 63-year-old actor said in a statement e-mailed Monday by a publicist for his attorney, Vicki Roberts.
By the time he realized Garner and Linney were being interviewed, Busey said he tried to step back but "suddenly Ryan introduced her to me."
Calls to Garner's publicist, Leslie Sloane-Zelnik, weren't immediately returned.
"I simply greeted both actresses with joy and open arms, which is the way I would greet anyone I'm happy to meet," Busey said. "Everyone has experienced a handshake or hug which has turned awkward, and this was no different."
Busey, an Oscar nominee for his role in 1978's "The Buddy Holly Story," has parodied his eccentric reputation on the HBO comedy "Entourage."
