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A Hypothetical but Hilarious, Satirical situation an Indian Bureaucracy can create for a Film Finance Proposal

A Team comprising of a Writer-Producer and Director applied to the Government of India for financial assistance with the Bound script to produce a movie on the Indian epic ‘Mahabharat’. All of them committed suicide later and the reason will be very obvious once you have read the reply received from the Government.

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To: The Writer, Film Director & Film Producer, Mumbai

DHARMENDRA - BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR “Yummy Chef”

Dharmendra

The legendary actor Dharmendra now is the “Brand Ambassador” for the “Yummy Chef”, new line of culinary products, a new Gourmet ‘HEAT AND EAT’ in almost all Indian Vegetarian variety of food products, aggregating to 19 brands including dessert (the mouth watering ‘Gajar Halwa’). “Yummy Chef” is claimed to incorporate freshness, gourmet taste in Northern Indian cuisine.

Controversy for Copyright

Film Copyright Controversy

The well known former film writer and now lyricist M P (Rajya Sabha) Javed Akhtar has become successful in getting his recommendation / point of view accepted by law makers that the film lyricists and music directors should each get 12.5 percent of the profit earned by their work. Presently the sole copyright holder of the film’s music is the Producer who gets 50 percent of the overall profits earned from the film and also gets an additional 25 percent as recording rights of the music.

Film “RABBA MAAF KAREIN” on HONOUR KILLING

“My film is the 1st Indian FILM BASED ON HONOUR KILLING”

Says AVTAR BHOGAL

Reacting to a report published in a Mumbai paper on Priyadarshan directed film “Akrosh” touted it as the first Indian film made on the subject of “Honour Killing”

Avatar Bhogal, who earlier made issue based films like “Zakhmi Aurat”, "Aaj Ki Aurat”, “Haar Jeet” etc; has issued a press release in which he stated that :

National Awards for Films of 2008

Comments ON NATIONAL AWARDS FOR THE YEAR 2008

FILMS DECLARED IN Jan. 2010

FALL IS COMPLETE NOW

Afghanistan

Afghanistan's bravest woman brings her message to UK

Five assassination attempts have failed to silence a woman determined to defend Afghans from warlords, drug lords and the Taliban

By Glyn Strong

GOOD GOVERNANCE

What better governance has done in Gujarat

Thanks for forwarding me this thought provoking discussion.

First let me give my views on what others wrote.

Good Governance and Accountability in India

Day in and day out, we are tired of listening this blah blah of how the bureaucrats and politicians be accountable to public’; that the government which fails to govern must go etc.etc.

No one ponders to think deeply how it is possible in the democratic system like ours where the governments are run and formed by a majority party whether it has been elected by the electorate or not. Even two or more minority parties can join together, irrespective of the ideologies they subscribe, to simply get power by conglomerating under a new name,

Call of Conscience

Politicians, Sportspersons or Celebrities Must Listen to Their Conscience First and discriminate between the politics and humanity

 

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