Entertainment

You don’t have to keep your name ‘Bakchod’ to make people laugh: Subhash Ghai

August 15, 2016, 11:30 PM

Amar Ashok Jajoo | Nagpur

Subhash Ghai - Darshan (6) — Subhash Ghai (Photo: Darshan Bagwe)

The adult Indian comedy group All India Bakchod has millions of followers but they have often received flak for going over the board with their comedy. Firstly, when they organised a roast called All India Bakchod Knockout Championship featuring Karan Johar, Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor in 2014 and more recently in May 2016 when the group’s co-founder Tanmay Bhat made fun of cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar. In ‘Dialogue @ Nation Next with Subhash Ghai,’ the legendary filmmaker expressed his views on AIB and the way comedy is done today in India. Ghaisaab said: Life is like a house. Every house has a bathroom, a drawing room and a bedroom. Bedroom is your personal space; it’s messy! You relax there and at times even your close friends can come in to your bedroom. Drawing room is the space where you meet and talk to people at large. And then there is bathroom. You are totally private in the bathroom. Even your mother or your siblings are not allowed to enter when you’re in there. The point is – you cannot bring your bathroom in your drawing room on the pretext of freedom of expression! Kapil Sharma does comedy and makes everybody laugh without using any cuss words. He has fans across India. It’s not necessary that only by keeping your name as ?Bakchod and using cuss words, you can make people laugh. I’m not talking just about AIB. My point is that whether this prevalent practice to make people laugh in this way is right? If it is happening in some cities today, it may happen in 100 cities of India tomorrow! That’s my question to you, whether this kind of humour should be allowed to reach the small towns of our country or not? Should we be creating this tradition or creating this kind of an extra avenue in the name of entertainment? Should it be encouraged by the government, by the society, by the law and by us or not? These questions need to be put on the table for debate! There are pole dances in the US and naked dances in Bangkok. But people over there are not as sensitive as Indians. If they watch pole dances or naked shows, they take it as a momentary thrill and go back to their routine lives again. They don’t get affected. But Indians can be affected as a big part of the population today is at an impressionable age. If we really want this, then we should educate our children on an international level where they learn all kind of things and don’t get affected. If this culture has to grow, it has to grow gradually. So, I’m not really commenting on AIB, they did an experiment with the roast, and it became successful in its own way. There are many people who loved it and there are many who hated it. I’m just saying that whether this should be encouraged or now should be put to debate!

P.S. This piece is a part of Team Nation Next interaction with Subhash Ghai.

Bollywood

Ram Kamal Mukherjee named ‘Best Director’ for his short film ‘Ek Duaa’ at IWMBuzz Digital Awards

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3 years ago

May 20, 2022

Nation Next Newsroom | Mumbai

Ram Kamal Mukherjee (R) whikle receiving the ‘Best Director’ trophy at IWMBuzz Digital Awards ceremony in Mumbai

Filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee won the ‘Best Director’ award for his short film ‘Ek Duaa’ at the recently held IWMBuzz Digital Awards ceremony at Taj Lands End in Mumbai. The film is produced by Esha Deol Takhtani and Assorted Motion Pictures. Apart from winning the award, it was a special occasion for Mukherjee as two other films he directed also got recognized.

Esha won the ‘Best Actress’ award in the popular categories for her critically acclaimed performance in ‘Ek Duaa.’ After accepting the award, Esha said: “This film is extremely special for me, because I turned producer with this film and I would like to give entire credit to captain of the ship Ram Kamal Mukherjee for bringing such a wonderful subject to me.”

Avinash Dwivedi won the ‘Most Promising Debut’ award for his acclaimed performance in ‘Rickshawala,’ a film directed by Mukherjee. Avinash, who was accompanied by his wife and actor Sambhavna Seth, said: “This is beyond my expectation that today I am getting this recognition as an actor amidst all Bollywood celebrities for my role in Ram Kamal sir’s film Rickshawala. To get honoured for a regional cinema amidst such Bollywood biggie reinforced my faith in good content.”

Gurmeet Choudhary won the ‘Most Popular Actor’ award for his performance in Mukherjee’s film ‘Shubho Bijoya.’ Choudhary said: “Ram Kamal is an amazing story teller. When he narrated this story to me and Debina, we knew that this film will click instantly. I am honoured to receive this award, though the competition was really tough. I thank my fans and jury members who voted for me.”

Other winners at the award ceremony included Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani, Rakul Preet, Raveena Tandon, Huma Qureshi, Dino Morea, Sikander Kher, Sonu Sood, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga, Manish Paul and other popular names from the Hindi film industry.

Bollywood

JUST MARRIED! Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt tie the knot | Check pictures

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3 years ago

April 14, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Mumbai

The much awaited Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt wedding fans had been eagerly waiting for finally got solemnised today afternoon in the presence of close friends and family members at Ranbir’s residence ‘Vastu’ in Mumbai. Check out some pictures of the same…

Alia took to her social media to write, “Today, surrounded by our family and friends, at home … in our favourite spot – the balcony we’ve spent the last 5 years of our relationship – we got married.

With so much already behind us, we can’t wait to build more memories together … memories that are full of love, laughter, comfortable silences, movie nights, silly fights, wine delights and Chinese bites.

Thank you for all the love and light during this very momentous time in our lives. It has made this moment all the more special.

Love,

Ranbir and Alia ✨♥️”

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt

Bollywood

The Kashmir Files should be declared tax-free in Maharashtra, says BJP spokesperson Rajeev Panday

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3 years ago

April 4, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Mumbai

BJP spokesperson for Maharashtra Rajeev Panday, while speaking to Nation Next, said the controversial movie ‘The Kashmir Files,’ which grossed over ₹240 crore in India, should be made tax-free in the state.

Panday told Nation Next, “The movie has managed to depict, if not all, the brutalities on Kashmiri Pandits. It is a bold representation of truth. Kashmiri Pandit community was forced to leave their own homes in the country. Imagine their plight! Maharashtra government should make it tax-free in their state like the BJP did.”

The movie, which is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in the 1990s, has been made tax-free in at least BJP-run eight states namely Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Goa, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had also received requests asking him to exempt the film from entertainment tax in the state.

A lawyer and an actor, Rajeev Panday was appointed as the spokesperson for BJP in Maharashtra in 2017. Besides practicing in The Supreme Court of India and Bombay High Court for around 15 years, Panday has also been a name to reckon with in the entertainment industry.

Rajeev Panday

Panday, who’s acted in Bollywood grocers like Amitabh Bachchan’s starrer Pink and John Abraham’s starrer Madras Cafe, has given many terrific performances on stage. He started doing theatre in 1998 with famous theatre group Act One in Delhi. After shifting his base to Mumbai (in 2003) to practice law, Panday continued to dabble in theatre and films. His recent performances at Ibsen Festival at Prithvi Theatre were appreciated well by the audience and critics alike.

A law graduate from Delhi University’s Campus Law Centre, Panday has also been actively involved in legal activism. Through his Public Interest Litigations, Panday has raised many pertinent issues like regulation of television content and charitable hospitals not providing free treatment to the poor people.

In his longstanding association with the BJP, Panday has served the party as the convenor of its Mumbai Human Rights cell and the convenor of the Election Cell of its Maharashtra unit.