Reshma will now manage Sanjay and Salman!

Sanjay Dutt has took a strong stance following the stir up with RGV and something good has happened for the actor as he bids farewell to his long time manager Dharam Oberoi. He is said to have hired in Reshma Shetty, who is also the manager to Salman Khan. Reshma who has a record of raising the star in Salman Khan to the iconic figure in the industry now will hope to serve the same for Sanjay too. Earlier RGV had mentioned that Sanjay should be careful about his business manager as he talks real bad behind him and it seems to be the after effect.

Earlier, Dutt had moved Dharam Oberoi from the post of CEO of Sanjay Dutt Productions and appointed Manyata Dutt as the new CEO. After Dharam was shown the door, Sanjay was in search of an efficient business manager to fill in the post. It should be no easy task for Reshma as she will have to work on tough to get back to the iconic Munnabhai image that the star had put up. The appointment yet has to be announced officially but the rumor is still strong in the camp.

A source close to the development revealed, "While Dutt has been outwardly sitting on the fence regarding Dharam Oberoi's future as his business manager, he has secretly been meeting up with Salman's business manager on Salman's recommendation. The deal between Dutt and Reshma Shetty is final. An official announcement will be made shortly." 

A close friend of Dutt said, "Salman has been persuading Dutt to hire Reshma Shetty for months now. But earlier, he wouldn't hear of getting rid of Dharam Oberoi. Now he sees sense in Salman's suggestion. Reshma is expected to turn around Dutt's career, seal endorsement and advertisement deals on his behalf, and help him sign the right films."

Although it would be a good life for Sanjay after this, but Dharam who has been a long time associate of Sanjay and who was powerful enough to take decisions on Sanjay's behalf will have a sinking career and we expect that it would be a bigger sink than Department!

What do you think?

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- Unknown Updated at: Friday, June 01, 2012

Is RGV the next after Gupta?

As the controversy on 'Department' continues, it is said that although Ram Gopal Varma has stopped the buzz about being seriously interfered in his creative work, it seem that the accused persons are too strong for him to handle. It is said that Sanjay Dutt and Dharam Oberoi are furious about these acts by the director and is not leaving any chances to deface his career. It is said that Sanjay and Dharam have been spreading the news about how difficult is it to work with RGV and also spreading out that RGV isn't the person who used to be the master of creativity like in earlier years. The news is spread out quite strong and it seems that this would eventually cause RGV to loose up his upcoming projects especially the much awaited 'Sarkar 3'.

Sanjay Dutt, who is close with Abhishek Bachchan is also too influential on the actor, so if the war continues between RGV and Dutt, the ultimate loss will be RGV's as he might loose his central character for 'Sarkar 3'. "Especially since Ramu has openly blamed Abhishek for getting Sanjay in the film and then opting out himself due to unavailability of dates," reveals a source, adding, "although Amitabh Bachchan has praised Ramu's so-called rogue methodology of filmmaking in the promotional interviews, he too won't be happy with the way Department failed so miserably." 

"Sanjay and Dharam are mincing no words when it comes to blaming Ramu for the failure of Department. Even though the director has spoken about their interference harming the film, they are telling others that he has lost his touch, proof being his string of flops. So Sanjay and Dharam are saying it's not a viable option to work with Ramu," explains the source.

Its not that Sanjay Dutt can't do it, he has done it with Sanjay Gupta, the director for 'Shootout at Lokhandwala' where the actor and director fell out on financial issues. Since then Sanjay Dutt has been able to confront every actor going to work with Sanjay Gupta making him not launch a film since S@L. So being such a powerful actor, he literally jeopardized the career of Sanjay Gupta. He might not be able to do it to that extend but he might still be able to break the dream project of RGV. 

As the source divulges, "There were reports about how Sanjay Dutt tried to take Anil Kapoor and John Abraham out of doing the film. Vivek Oberoi, who patched up with Sanjay last year, couldn't upset him and opted out of Gupta's film. If Dutt could jeopardize Gupta's career, he can sabotage Sarkar 3." Sanjay Gupta is planning to release his movie this year under Ekta Kapoor's production house.

Although officially Dharam Oberoi and Sanjay Dutt's associates claim they do not have this power to break career. "Sanjay has been in the industry for over three decades. Why would he stoop low to ask any actor to not work with a particular director? Anil Kapoor and John Abraham are working with Sanjay Gupta. So the question of Sanjay Dutt asking actors to not work with Ramu doesn't arise. People will say all sorts of things, but truth will always prevail," says Dharam Oberoi.

We will wait to see the fate of Sarkar 3!

The Controversy - Sanjay Dutt & Ram Gopal Varma - Details here

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- Unknown Updated at: Saturday, May 26, 2012

RGV on Dutt - unprofessional and as unimaginably erratic

As the movie 'Department' nose dives, it is as if the director was waiting for it to happen. He has now started to reveal the troubles he had while making the movie and how the actor Sanjay Dutt intervened the storyline of the movie and had forced him to make changes to the screenplay. Ram Gopal Varma had high hopes when he designed the movie 'Department' but unfortunately the movie failed terribly without even making a slightest of impacts on-screen. RGV still doesn't blame anyone but himself for the failure of the movie but feels that it wouldn't have been so if Sanjay Dutt wasn't casted in the movie!

"It is dangerous to start changing the content and screenplay midway through a film because it is so easy to lose your objectivity. So when they compelled me to do that by using various coercive forces halfway through the film since I was anyway stuck, I had a professional commitment to finish the film and had to wait until now." says RGV in rage. And he explains about the failure of the movie "I am not blaming anyone except myself. The biggest mistake I made was to go to an actor as unprofessional and as unimaginably erratic as Dutt."

It is also said that Sanjay Dutt forced RGV to drop off Kangana Ranaut from the movie and he says "Yes. Dharam told me Sanjay wanted Kangana to be dropped and since it's a predominantly male-dominated action film, I didn't want to make an issue. I also wish Sanjay Dutt realises what Dharam talks behind his back and for his sake, I hope he distances himself from Oberoi before it is too late." as the director takes on Dharam Oberoi, the producer for the movie. 

He words the interventions by Sanjay Dutt and co-producer Dharam Oberoi quite seriously and furiously "The problems were innumerable, ranging from Dutt's coming late to last-minute cancellation of shoots and schedules to erratically wanting to change the content of scenes in the name of creative discussions that are not to be confused with mindless interference. "

Dutt had trouble with Camera's I was using!

"Not only him, even Amitji and Rana had but when they saw the quality of the film, they were happy and they spoke about it in the media too. In fact, Amitji spoke about it as the future of cinema even after the release and the reviews. The problem wasn't about using the cameras but the way they were used in terms rapid panning, some unseen angles and some deliberately jerky moments. However, these were hardly eight to 10 shots in the film. Otherwise, usage of these cameras is prevalent the world over, including in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire." says RGV. 

About the Message sent to Abhishek Bachchan

Another news that was spreading was that RGV had sent out an SMS to Abhishek Bachchan blaming him as the cause for casting Sanjay Dutt, the sms wordings is said to be "You brought this disease into my life by recommending Sanjay Dutt". When asked by TOI, RGV says "No messages happened between Abhishek and me with regard to this but the truth is that when Abhishek was supposed to do Rana's role, it was he who convinced me about Dutt against my better judgement. Later on, he couldn't do the film and I was left with Dutt. So I definitely blame Abhishek for making me go through this though it was unintentional on his part."

RGV opens up on Aamir - and Clash between them

The tiff between RGV and Aamir Khan is famous and both haven't had the time to comment on each other, but it seems that the latest interventions has made him talk about the Aamir Khan issue with his movie 'Rangeela'. He says "Aamir and me had creative differences during Rangeela but I didn't pay heed to the mistakes he pointed out. Despite Rangeela becoming a blockbuster, when I saw the film much later, I felt I had gotten away with the mistakes that he had pointed out. I genuinely believe Rangeela would have been a bigger hit had I listened to Aamir. The difference being Aamir's suggestions and observations came from a long and intense deliberation on his part and not like Dutt who was blurting out without thinking, encouraged by the likes of Dharam who pander to him for their personal benefits."

About his lost focus comments.

A lot of the media is mentioning that RGV, who has always touched the subjects which are off-beat seems to be loosing focus on his movies. When TOI asked him whether this was the case he openly rubbished the comments by saying "Since everyone has a mouth, everyone will have an opinion. The people who work with me know how focused I am and so I would advise people who are not concerned with me to rather focus on themselves instead of focusing on my focus."

Furious as he can be. RGV still feels its bad outing with Department, we hope he recovers and get back to the movies he is known better for.

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- Unknown Updated at: Wednesday, May 23, 2012