The six senses of Bollywood in 2005

Read More">The Sixth SenseHere’s a sense that is clearly lacking in Bollywood. Maybe these guys could have avoided their actions if they could foresee the future.Aditya Panscholi arrestedFirst it was for punching a neighbor regarding a feud about a misery parking space. Then for his alleged involvement in cricket betting which also involved him introducing SriRead More

The Sixth Sense

Here's a sense that is clearly lacking in Bollywood. Maybe these guys could have avoided their actions if they could foresee the future.

Aditya Panscholi arrested
First it was for punching a neighbor regarding a feud about a misery parking space. Then for his alleged involvement in cricket betting which also involved him introducing Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Murlitharan to bar girl Tarannum. With Panscholi's career not going anywhere, at least he is.

Naughty Nigar
When Nigar was walking down the catwalk in Norway for a fashion show in her two piece bikini, the top of her dress came off suddenly. It took Nigar a few seconds to quickly put the top back on, but the cameramen did not lose those precious seconds and swiftly captured the moment in their cameras. This made page 3 headlines in India and is rumored to be one of the reasons of her divorce with hubby Sahil Khan.

After being deported from India, after having a wardrobe malfunction in Norway, after having posed nude for the cover of a European magazine, after a bitter divorce with actor Saahil Khan, she was back again on front page gossip. Topless pictures of her walking on the beach with Italian actor Luigi Casandra were circulated all over. Luigi Casandra is her co-star in the Italian film Vita Smeralda � a sex comedy. Ex-husband Saahil Khan said that she is very ambitious in doing international films and this may be one of the ways for an opening. Negar has claimed to have signed quite a few Italian and Australian films and is in contact with a Hollywood producer.

Religion Almighty
A controversial film like Vinod Pande's Sins based on a Catholic Priest's sexual encounters caused disturbance amongst the Christian community. Then there was an even bigger controversial film Rahul Rawail's Jo Bole So Nihaal which angered the sentiments of the Sikhs that it resulted in bomb blasts at certain theatres in the capital where the film's screening was held. The same was the case with Bunty Aur Babli. A song sequence in the film was shot in the Sri Swaminath Akhara in Varanasi with Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee. The Shiv Sena claimed women were not allowed entry in the akhara premises. They asked the makers to remove the scene from the film.

Old McDonald syndrome
Animal activists gave producers of Kaal, Paheli and Taj Mahal a tough time because they believed that animals used for these films were ill-treated.

Sense Five: HearingHere’s a sense which in the books of Bollywood is quite sensitive. No matter what our actors are capable of doing off-screen, one thing that will never die is their contribution to charity. Here’s one for them for hearing the call of the needy.During the tragic tsunami, Read More">Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi adopted aRead More

Sense Five: Hearing

Here's a sense which in the books of Bollywood is quite sensitive. No matter what our actors are capable of doing off-screen, one thing that will never die is their contribution to charity. Here's one for them for hearing the call of the needy.

During the tragic tsunami, Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi adopted a village Thevanapattinam which was badly affected by providing them with 6 truckloads of relief supplies as well as helping them rebuild their houses. Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar and Rani Mukherjee donated a cheque of 1.15 crore to the Prime Minister's relief fund while Subhash Ghai donated another Rs. 25 lakhs.

Ajay Devgan and Kajol were recently on Kaun Banega Crorepati and donated their winnings of Rs. One crore to a cancer foundation.

Sense Four: SmellThis in the textbook of Bollywood shows us how various kinds of people smelt a rat and exposed a lot of our stars.The Salman TapesSalman’s alleged tapes of a phone conversation with ex-girlfriend Aishwarya Rai boasting about his links with the underworld made headlines. Like the rest, Read More">he too said they were fakeRead More

Sense Four: Smell

This in the textbook of Bollywood shows us how various kinds of people smelt a rat and exposed a lot of our stars.

The Salman Tapes
Salman's alleged tapes of a phone conversation with ex-girlfriend Aishwarya Rai boasting about his links with the underworld made headlines. Like the rest, he too said they were fake and the case like every other celebrity case is still pending.

Madhur Massacre
Ex-model Preeti Jaiin had allegedly tried to get Page 3 director Madhur Bhandarkar killed by paying gangster Arun Gawli's aide a reasonable sum of money. Last year, Jaiin had taken Bhandarkar to court accusing him of promising her roles in his films in return for sexual favors. The case was eventually dismissed and that is believed to be the reason for Jaiins harsh step. She is now out on bail and is doing a film on bar-dancer Tarannum's life titled Deepa Ka Tarranum.

Raaz matazz
Our very own Vijay Raaz was arrested at the Dubai airport for possession of narcotics. After a few grueling days in jail, he was set free baizzat.

Nigar deportation
Norwegian model turned actress Nigar Khan was deported from India on grounds of Visa problems. She never came back and never looked back at her husband Sahil Khan as well. Despite that she completed her pending film assignments like Double Cross - Ek Dhoka by shooting outside India and has also bagged a few more films.

Read More">Sense Three: TasteThe recent MMS controversies that involved a long line of actresses were much publicized and were mostly in bad taste.It all started with The Kareena Kapoor – Shahid Kapoor video in December 2004. The footage taken from a camera cell phone showed the duo in a passionate lip-locking scene. Reports along with picturesRead More

Sense Three: Taste

The recent MMS controversies that involved a long line of actresses were much publicized and were mostly in bad taste.

It all started with The Kareena Kapoor - Shahid Kapoor video in December 2004. The footage taken from a camera cell phone showed the duo in a passionate lip-locking scene. Reports along with pictures of it came out in a leading daily newspaper. Kareena claimed that the video was doctored and threatened to sue the paper. But nothing came out of it in the end.

The worst ones to be effected subsequently were Riya Sen, Mallika Sherawat, Manisha Koirala and Preity Zinta. Their videos were available all over the internet and mobile phones. All of them claimed that these were fakes.

Then there was Tamanna who was the victim of mistaken identity. Photographs of this young actress who made her debut in Salim's Chand Sa Roshan Chehra were over the internet which claimed her to be the high class bar-girl Tarannum. Tamanna was devastated by this whole controversy and said those pictures were done during a photo shoot for a Telugu movie.

Sense Two: TouchWe all know what touch is. But here we are talking about some of our eager actors who had hope for some touch but got much more in the bargain. Yes, Read More">we are talking about the infamous sting operations.Shakti Kapoor and his couchShakti was in the limelight after a very long time andRead More

Sense Two: Touch

We all know what touch is. But here we are talking about some of our eager actors who had hope for some touch but got much more in the bargain. Yes, we are talking about the infamous sting operations.

Shakti Kapoor and his couch
Shakti was in the limelight after a very long time and not because of his acting capabilities. A news channel in India exposed Shakti Kapoor of asking a reporter posing as an actress for sexual gratification. In return he would have given her an entry into Bollywood. After he was uncovered, he alleged that the tapes were doctored but later confessed he was under the influence of alcohol. Result - His slugging career got a new lease in Bollywood with him signing as many as 10 films in a very short span.

Aman Verma in it as well
The same was the case with Aman Verma as well. But this time Aman got a massive star cast together (Something that would have put Raj Kumar Kohli's Jaani Dushman to shame) comprising of Govinda, Arbaaz Khan, Salman Khan, director Sunil Darshan, Ravi Chopra, Pehlaj Nihalani, Raj Kanwar, David Dhawan and Vashu Bhagnani to condemn the news channel's action. Not much happened to Aman. And by that we mean he didn't bag many movies.

Of course Touch has its other meanings as well. Pakistani actress Meera was in a midst of deep controversy when her fellow countrymen accused of going against the culture of Pakistan when she kissed co-star Ashmit Patel in the film Nazar.