Aishwarya Rai in Trrouble Again

Aishwarya Rai in Trouble Again

DEC 7 - The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a move to ascertain whether a case of foreign exchange violation could be made out in connection with the receipt of a parcel from the Netherlands that contained Euros 23,000 in the name of Aishwarya Rai.

The ED has asked the Customs department in Mumbai to submit its report about the parcel sent to the former Miss World by one Avineshwar from Rotterdam in September-end, official sources said.

The ED asked its Mumbai office to approach the Customs department to obtain the report pertaining to the parcel, which contained electronic goods and 23,000 Euros, so that it could ascertain if a case under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) could be made out.

The ED's move came after the Customs department and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) gave a clean chit to Aishwarya in the matter.

Senior officials of the ED termed the move as routine, saying the directorate had to probe all cases of recovery of foreign exchange.

Aishwarya was extensively questioned by the Customs department on November 20 for two-and-a-half hours, after which she was given a clean chit "as of now".

The Customs registered a case against Avineshwar under the Customs Act for not declaring the goods sent in the parcel. The punishment for this offence ranges from a fine to imprisonment for three years.

The parcel arrived at the Foreign Post Office in Mumbai in September-end. Besides the currency, it contained a top- brand shirt, a pair of binoculars, a DVD player and electronic items.

Bollywood Unites For Sanjay Dutt

DEC 7 - In a show of support for actor Sanjay Dutt, Bollywood will organize a signature campaign on December 12 at Film City. But contrary to reports in certain section of the media, there will not be any peace march or bandh.

"We are not calling a bandh. All we are doing is launching a signature campaign to show our gratitude towards the actor who has been kind to all our workers of the film industry. The signature campaign will only be for a day and all our workers � from spot boys to actors � will visit Film City on December 12 to show their support for Dutt. We have told all producers to give them concession for the day," said Dharmesh Tiwari of Federation of Western India Cine Workers.

Pahlaj Nihalani, president of the Association of Motion Pictures and Television Program Producers, said, "We don't have any intention to interfere with the court's order or influence the judiciary. The idea is to express our support for Sanjay who has in the past helped the film industry workers in whatever way he could."

The film producer added, "All that I can say is that Sanjay is a nice person, always helpful and has already undergone punishment by spending some time in jail and going to Tada court regularly for the last 13 years." Nihalani also said the whole of Bollywood welcomed the verdict to the extent that Dutt had been exonerated of terrorism charges. (Source: TOI)

Big B on Raani and Baabul

DEC 9 - One thing that can be said for sure about the Big B's films with Rani Mukherjee is that they often project the actors in very unusual, exceedingly unconventional combinations. In Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black they played the amazingly unorthodox teacher and pupil. And in Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, the Big B played the philandering Sexy Sam who tells his daughter-in-law to leave his son so he can find love. Now in Baabul the Big B and Rani play the protagonists. A father-in-law who's determined to get his widowed daughter-in-law remarried. So pivotal are the two characters that Hema Malini who plays the Big B's wife, confesses she has relatively little to do. Says Big B, "the interesting thing about (Baabul) is that the seeds of its plot were sown in Sholay many years ago. The relationship Rani shares with me does have similarities to what Jaya shared with Sanjeev Kumar in Sholay." (Source: IndiaFM)

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