Sports : Fixing Case : Cronje's Father Threatens Legal Case against Indian Police

Johannesburg: Ewie Cronje, father of deceased former South African captain Hansie Cronje, has threatened legal action against the Indian police for filing a chargesheet which implicates his son in the 2000 match-fixing scandal.

The Indian authorities have brought charges against Cronje and five international bookmakers 13 years after the scandal that rocked the international cricket fraternity.

But a New Delhi court has ruled that charges against Cronje should be dropped because he died in a plane crash in 2002.

However, the original charge sheet alleges that Cronje received more than Rs 12 million in two payments from bookmaker Sanjeev Chawla but Cronje senior said Hansie had received less than a quarter of that amount.

"It`s nonsense. Where is the money?" Cronje told the Afrikaans daily `Beeld` here.

"I`m considering legal action against the Indian police," he added.

He said he plans to move court because the Indian police had known since 1981 that match-fixing was occurring, but did nothing about it.

"Then they made Hansie the scapegoat," he said.

Cronje initially denied being involved in match-fixing, even convincing his then boss and South African cricket supremo Ali Bacher to dismiss the allegations by the Indian authorities....

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- Unknown Updated at: Thursday, July 25, 2013

The Murphy - Barfi Connection - Legal Issues

Murphy is the name of the character played by Ranbir Kapoor in the movie Barfi! Now the makers never thought that this should be the point of a controversy but it has emerged as one. The Murphy Radio company, a British Origin has sent out a legal notice to the makers for using the company name and logo without consent. The legal notice asks for a private screening to the representatives to ensure that the Murphy Radio is not shown in bad lights. 

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If you had noticed the title song, 'Ala Barfi' there is clear mention of Murphy Radio and how it is connected to the character. As per the notice, the movie is taking the credit of Murphy Radio's acceptance to promote the movie. The company also wants the producers to mute the 'Murphy' word in the song as well.

Responding to the issue, Siddharth Roy Kapoor, the producer of the movie mentioned that the 'Murphy Radio Company' has been shown in the positive light, "It is true we have received a notice from them. We are quite clear that we have done nothing wrong," Mr Kapur, managing director Disney UTV, told IANS.

"The brand has been presented in a very positive light and we will be responding to the notice," he added.

Kapur was in Gurgaon along with Barfi! starcast Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz to promote the film, which releases on Friday.

The movie revolves around the characters of Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Illeana D'Cruz, the story is still wrapped around but definitely sounds like a triangle. The movie is getting released tomorrow and there is already great expectations for the movie, but we still wonder how the legal hurdle for the movie will be tackled.

We will wait n see how things proceed.

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- Unknown Updated at: Thursday, September 13, 2012

Heroine Team Fights against static smoking tag

Heroine Production house has been not in good moods when the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting imposed a latest rule on the movie to have static 'no-smoking' messages to be displayed whenever a smoking scene was shown on screen, this is in addition to the 20-seconds long no smoking message from the leading cast or the person who smokes at the start, interval and the end credits of the movie.

The production house, UTV Software Communication, moved the court seeking quashing of the I&B ministry's August two letter imposing the condition on the filmmakers to display the "static" anti-smoking message during smoking scenes.

The petitioner production house sought the court to directed the CBFC to issue the certificate for the release of movie without the condition.

According to the petition, the I&B ministry has in its August two letter requested the CBFC to advise the filmmakers to ensure "a 20-second anti-smoking message as approved by Health Ministry with voice over of the actors who is seen smoking in the film to be displayed at the beginning and in middle (after interval) of the film."

In response to the petition from the makers, Issuing notices to the I&B Ministry, Health Ministry and Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Justice Rajiv Shakdher sought their responses by September 10. The movie is scheduled to be released on September 21 and if the makers do not make the changes, I&B has mentioned that they wont sanction the release.

The Ministry had issued a letter pursuant to its October 27, 2011 notification in terms of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply) rules.

The above conditions were already followed and this is when the new rules were sent out by the ministry to be imposed on the movie which has irked the producers.

We will wait to see what comes of the recent ruling and how this affects the movie. 

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- Unknown Updated at: Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Ajay Devgan in legal trouble for SOS

It seems that the funny introduction to the Son Of Sardar trailer did not go all that well for Ajay Devgan and Rohit Shetty. The comic part of the introduction which had a negative impact on the Sikh community has retracted back with a legal notice from senior lawyer Navkiran Singh.

The trailer was not a big hit and this seems to have delayed the retractions from the community. (view trailer here) Talking to Sikhsiyasat, the lawyer said "After watching the official trailer of the upcoming movie “Son of Sardar” on YouTube, I decided to issue legal notice to the makers of the movie"

Devgn was comments like "If Sikhs were not there, then who would have invented abuses" and also "in case Sardar would not have been there, then on whom would the jokes be made".

According to Singh, he came to know about these comments after watching the movie. The notice said that the film, in some parts, shows Sikhs in a bad light and hurts religious sentiments. And he wants Ajay to delete the dialogues from his official promo and also that may be included in the full movie!

The advocate has given Ajay a time of seven days to respond back to his complaint. A failure in this might take him to court for further legal procedures. According to TOI, the notice has been sent on Devgn's two addresses, at # 5/6 Sheetal Apartment, Opposite Chandan Cinema, Juhu, Mumbai-400049, and # 45-D Malgari Road, Mumbai-400058.

We will have to wait further for a retaliation from the actor or director, but personally we think that this shouldn't be made an issue at all - if it does then there should be a global ban over the Sardar jokes that is spreading, the dedicated sites that are sharing these jokes. 

We will keep you posted on this!

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- Unknown Updated at: Saturday, August 18, 2012

Now Panch's against Aamir!

Aamir Khan's voice has been heard by many about the issues that he bring in and as with any other controversial issues, the attempts continue to suppress his voices. Earlier it was Medscape, the umbrella foundation of doctors that had attempted, now it is the Panch's of Haryana that are trying to take legal action on Aamir Khan. In a previous episode Aamir Khan had tookup the topic of love marriages and how the Khap Panch's did try to defame the lovers and their family and this has been the cause of stir.

Aamir had took up the controversial issue of love marriages and how the society treats the youngsters who decide to live together. Satyamev Jayate has irked certain sections of Haryana, who feel that the Aamir Khan show is tarnishing their image by portraying them in a poor light. Say it female foeticide or honour killings, Haryana have been brought to light by the show, for all it's wrong practises.

And now the Sarv Khap Panchayat communities from Haryana have decided to take action against the Bollywood actor. Aamir’s show had played host to members of the Khap Panchayat and had confronted them by asking tricky questions about the “tyrant” law formulated by them.

And hence the Khaps want the show’s telecast to be terminated. 

Talking to a leading daily, Randhir Singh, Head of Meham Chaubisi Panchayat said, “I got a call from a villager informing me that his three-year-old granddaughter told him that she too would marry by eloping.”

“What kind of changes the film star wants to bring in our society, his act would destroy the entire social structure of out villages that were living in brotherhood for decades,” he added.

Satyamev Jayate team is silent about it, and they do not want to create a controversy about this. But we are still not sure why the people are hurt when the truth comes out. We would dare the doctors or Panch's to deny any such facts that were mentioned on the show. There were solid proofs to back the claims that were mentioned. 

So just we would like to lend our support to Aamir once again and to ignore these thorns that are in the path to a change.

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- Unknown Updated at: Wednesday, June 13, 2012

I am unhappy with Madhuri Dixit - Sampat Pal Devi

When Madhuri Dixit decides it is always a big news and is wide spread - the fans around her readily accepts her acts and when she said she is doing Gulab Gang, her fans were thrilled but it seems that not everyone shares the same emotion. Sampat Pal Devi, an activist and founder of Gulabi Gang is extremely angry about the latest news and she is ready to take her rage against the film makers and Madhuri too!

“I am unhappy with Madhuri Dixit. She is going ahead with the film without even checking with me. Without our permission, Madhuri shouldn’t work in such a film,” says an irate Pal. “Meri izzat ka sawaal hai (it’s all about my dignity). The film can’t be made without my approval.” adds Sampat Pal.

“Do filmmakers ever make a film based on real life? They come up with movies merely based on newspaper reports and Internet stories. Madhuri Dixit kya hai hamare aage? (who is Madhuri Dixit in front of me?). People like her are just making money while we help the poor for free.” says the 65 year old, furious Sampat Pal Devi. 

The film makers had earlier mentioned that this doesn't bear resemblance to the organization of Sampat Pal Devi, but she disagrees "Instead, they claim it’s a different film. But my question is: where is this Gulab Gang? In which part (of country) are they active? They have to clarify these details. Everyone knows it’s our gang. In the coming days, we will protest against the film,” she says, adding, “If the film gets made, I will go across the country and create trouble for the makers.”

With these rages in progress, the filmmakers had also claimed that the Gulab Gang members were also aware of the movie and were eager to meet the Bollywood beauty, but the president disagrees it strongly and denies any such act from their team "Who’s going to meet them? I am the leader of the gang. How can someone else meet them on our behalf? How can they make a film by simply wearing pink saris?”. Sampat Pal is also planning a legal attack over the movie.

The movie has been conceptualised by Soumik and Sinha. The film will release on March 8 (International Women’s Day), 2013.

The Gulabi gang is a group of women vigilantes and activists originally from Banda in Bundelkhand district, Uttar Pradesh.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulabi_gang

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- Unknown Updated at: Thursday, May 10, 2012

Ekta's fight over 'The Dirty Picture' TM

Ekta Kapoor, the business head of Balaji Films is not so happy with the way her movie title is being used. She has been carrying the title of 'The Dirty Picture' in style through award functions and is really not in good mood when the same name got snatched in for a Kannada movie which is under production starring Veena Malik. Ekta has openly expressed her disapproval for the use of the title and is said to have proceeded with legal action against the production team at Karnataka.

'The Dirty Picture' which is more like a trademark for Balaji productions has been a status symbol for the producers and actors. Especially when Vidya Balan, the lead protagonist did receive the National award for her talents expressed through the movie. Since the movie, Ekta has been specific on what she will like to share about the movie and what she hates to do. But when the news did break out that Veena Malik's movie in Kannada has the same title she was irked to the max!

The stranger part to this story is that Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce or KFCC has been said to have approved the title and is being granted to Venkatappa, one of the production head for the Kannada movie. The Kannada version of 'The Dirty Picture' is being directed by Trishul. It is said that Ekta has sent out a legal notice to the president of KFCC to cancel the permissions given to Venkatappa and stop the name being used in the movies.

The director of the movie has different thoughts on this issue and says that there has been no such legal boundaries of using a bollywood movie title on the regional language movies and claims that Ekta's legal notice will not stand grounds. He adds in the example of 'Houseful' and 'Bhadra' the movies had similar counter parts in Bollywood and Kannada. Since it wasn't a problem with those movies, he just doesn't agree to Ekta's claim for this movie. He also adds that the movie he is making is completely different movie from what Balaji productions had prepared and is never a 'inspired copy' of the original.

Ekta is said to have given a 5 day notice for the KFCC to take actions before she proceeds with the legal actions.

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- Unknown Updated at: Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Fight over Silk Smitha - Dirty Picture legal trouble

As the release dates for 'Dirty Picture' is closing by more controversies are arising around the movie. The latest news is that Silk Smitha's brother is going against the movie and there has been legal notices sent to Milan Luthria and Ekta Kapoor, who are the director and producer of the movie.

The movie Dirty Picture is a inspiration of the real life character Silk Smitha, who had ruled the south Indian industry for her sizzling style. She was being utilized at various stages of life and the movie tries to portray her true life over the screen, this was a bold decision on both Ekta Kapoor's and Milan Luthria's side to have a reel life given to the legendary spice queen.

Silk Smitha's brother V Naga Vara Prasad was the one who has raised this complaint, Naga Vara is a agriculturist and wasn't aware of the movie until recent times. He said to our sources that "We came to know through TV channels and newspaper reports that The Dirty Picture portrays my sister in a rather obscene way. Ekta Kapoor is making the film with Vidya Balan in the lead role. Neither the producer nor the director contacted us (the family). What right do the producer and the director have to make this film, without the family's consent?"

Silk Smitha, whose real name was Vijayalakshmi was born at Kovvali village near the famous Kolleru Lake in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Her family still lives in the village, where her brother is a semi-literate agriculturist. Vara Prasad, the only brother of Smitha, said that the family and relatives were upset with the news about a film on his sister with obscene content. 

"We learned that they made the film based on inputs given by an alleged boyfriend of Smitha in Chennai. If they wanted to make a perfect film with facts in place, they should have contacted us to know about her childhood at least," said her brother. 

The news is that there has not been response from both Ekta and Milan yet and Naga Vara is planning to launch second notice through Hyderabad high court soon. The movie is set to be released on December 2nd, which is the birthday of Silk Smitha. 

We did try to catchup with Milan, but he refused to comment on it as the matters were already with the court and the advocates had advised him to keep his comments for court and not for media. He said " Basically people like us tend to get into a situation like this very late in the day. It is very difficult to say anything at all as our legal advisors have warned us not to comment since the matter is subjudice. 

My only concern is that things should go well and this course of events should not harm the product. It is tough to say anything more at this stage, as we don't know exactly how things are going to unfold. The lawyers are looking in to the papers and they will take proper action".

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- Unknown Updated at: Thursday, November 03, 2011

Shahrukh Khan to be sued?

Shahrukh Khan is already facing a controversy as the release dates for Ra.One is appearing closer. The latest news is from Bangalore where a business man claims that the game on Ra.One is the original idea from his company and this was stolen to make the Ra.One game reality.

The complainant, Shakir Aga claims that he had shared the idea of the game to an US based TV artist Lida Moghagheg and this was later mailed to the Cheif Finance officer to Red Chillies Entertainment in 2010, the idea was for a mobile game with the theme. 

However, the source from Red Chillies Entertainment mentioned that this is rubbish "We haven't received any legal notice as of now, there are always going to be claims and counter claims, we haven't heard of any business man from Bangalore and also haven't received any legal notices yet". Further the person added " There are few 'I said' and 'I told' claims but there are no valid evidences to the claim and I am sure the complaint doesn't hold water" concluded the person confirming this to be a false positive.

The development of this case is highly in watch, because if the legal notice is found to be false then there can be a counter case against the complainant. The current case demands a ransom of 40 crore to settle the dispute.

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- Unknown Updated at: Tuesday, September 20, 2011