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STARBUZZ: Sana harassed
Film studios are supposed to be centres of artistic activity but unfortunately, during the last ten years, they have become centres of criminal activity in Lollywood. After 10pm, armed men dominate the studios and no one is safe from them, says the grapevine. At present, most of the movies are financed by the mafia, and this is the main reason behind so many movies having criminal themes. A few months back, Shan was beaten by a producer on the issue of fixing a date for the shooting of his flick.
Recently, actress Sana was publicly harassed by a producer on the set of her under-production movie Sassi Punnu. According to an eyewitness, Sana was busy shooting in Evernew studio when a producer, Khadim Hussain, appeared and started abusing Sana in front of everyone for refusing to work in his movie Dar. He threatened her with dire consequences if she didn’t change her decision. Sana responded courageously and replied that being an artist, she had the right to reject any movie and asked him to leave the set.
Later, Sana told a journalist that she has taken this matter to the Movie Artists Association of Pakistan, M.A.A.P. She said that she had rejected the gentleman’s movie because she didn’t like the role and the script was very bad. Sana said that this is the time when all film artists should stand together and adopt a proper policy against such elements that are producing movies only to change their black money into white. She felt that the government should intervene to cleanse the film studios of these elements. Well, it sounds like Sana will be in the news for sometime, which is good for her because she was out of the scene for a while and no news is not good news for tinsel town’s heroine.—-M.J
Tragedy on trial
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Don’t expect Tommy Lee to throw a party anytime soon. The rocker was in a California court, accused of recklessness in a civil wrongful death suit after Daniel Veres, 4, drowned during a pool party held at Lee’s Malibu home in June 2001. The suit claims the boy was pulled from the pool unconscious and there was no one with life-saving skills on hand. The boy’s parents, James and Ursula Veres, want an undisclosed sum for funeral and hospital expenses, and for emotional distress. No criminal charges have been filed against Lee because the death was ruled an accident.Thomas Girardi, the parents’ lawyer, said “This is totally reckless. He invited kids over to offset (ex-wife) Pam Anderson’s party the week before. These guys are drinking beer and having a good old time. This is not a party for 4-year-olds.” Lee’s lawyer, Jim Baratta, counters “This was not a drinking party. There were mostly soft drinks (and) fruit drinks for the children.”—Rush and Molloy
Joining forces
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Prime Entertainment and Indus Vision will be setting a new trend by telecasting TV programmes simultaneously on both channels. This is the first time in the history of the Pakistan television industry that two different TV channels will work together to present entertainment to their respective viewers. This joint venture will start from May 12 when viewers of Prime will be able to watch Indus’s ‘Manto Week’ special plays. Both channels will show these special plays for seven consecutive days. Also, IV’s new game show, Jadoo ka Chiragh and drama serial Chahatain will be simultaneously telecast by Prime. On the other hand, Indus viewers will be able to watch Prime’s sitcoms Thora thora such and Tara rara ram.The management of the two channels is of the view that this step is being taken in the interest of the viewers and it will give them more opportunities to watch quality programmes as the price of the software will be shared by the two channels. Hence, both channels will be able to afford expensive programming. Prime is a terrestrial channel while Indus is a satellite-based channel. One has to wait and see what the outcome will be of this experience, but one thing is for sure — itt’ll be interesting to watch if they can continue without differences cropping up in the near future.—-M.J
Rap session for peace
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The hip-hop-goes-kosher trend continues. It was well-known that LL Cool J, Jay-Z and Russell Simmons have been hanging with rabbis. Now Wyclef Jean says he’s cut a single called Party in Damascus, featuring a rap in Hebrew.“The song’s about getting stuck at the airport in Syria and sneaking out to a club where people of all religions get down,” says Wyclef, who’s also hatching a New Year’s Eve concert in Haiti to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the country’s independence. Meanwhile, Wu-Tang Clan member Old Dirty Bastard, who has been released from a correctional facility after serving three years on drug charges, has been working on a solo album, starting a clothing line, and developing a reality show. His manager, Jarred Weisfeld, also says, “He’s changing his name to Dirt McGirt.”—Rush and Molloy
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