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Ash & Kareena are my competitors: Deepika

23 Feb, 2008 No Comments

Deepika Padukone, the glamourous girl who won everyone’s hearts with her debut in Om Shanti Om, is extremely thrilled. The actress has been not just nominated in the ‘Best Debut (Female) category, but also in the Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)’ category for the 53rd Fairone Filmfare Awards. Since it is not often that a debutant receives such a grand welcome from the industry, Deepika is glad that she has got it. And to top it all, the actress will also be putting together an on-stage performance at the Filmfare Awards function.

Sharing her mood with movies.indiatimes, Deepika said, “I am very happy that my first on-stage performance is going to be for the Filmfare Awards. It is one function that I have grown up watching as a kid and I never thought that I would reach so far one day. Filmfare is a great platform and I am thankful to Farah Khan for giving me my debut role.�?

MP Govt. bans Jodhaa Akbar, UTV goes to High Court

23 Feb, 2008 No Comments

The woes for Ashutosh Gowarikar’s magnum opus Jodhaa Akbar seem to be unending. Now it’s the turn of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Madhya Pradesh (MP), who have suspended the screening of the film. MP’s Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the film has been suspended since they fear a law and order problem in the state. If that wasn’t enough, some theatres in Punjab and Bihar have also banned the film from being screened and a low-intensity blast was reported outside a Mumbai theatre, which was screening the film. Meanwhile, the UTV sent out a press release stating, “We have today moved to the Madhya Pradesh (MP) High Court to lift the suspension on the