Mani Ratnam permitted to shoot in forest area

Ace director Mani Ratnam, the shooting of whose latest multilingual film Ravana was stopped by the Kerala Forest department last week, has been given conditional sanction on Tuesday to continue shooting in the Malayatoor forest near Kochi.Earlier, shooting was stopped on Friday and the forest officials asked the crew to pack up after they found that the crew had constructed huts inside the forest, which was against the terms of sanction.According to new sanction, the crew numbers are restricted to 150. Shooting is permitted between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. only. There should not be any fight scenes in the location and no bushes or trees should be destroyed. No plastic material can be used. Besides, the filmmakers have been asked to remit a fee of Rs. 10,000 per day of shooting. The number of vehicles allowed inside the forest has also been drastically reduced. Reports said that the case registered by the forest department will continue.Prior to the violations, all what they were charged was a mere Rs. 1,000 for the entire duration of the shoot. Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, who are part of the project, are expected to arrive next week. Prominent stars like Vikram, Govinda, Prithviraj and Priyamani will also participate. Reports indicate that the filming inside the forest included a battle where over 500 people were to take part.Mani Ratnam is making this film in Hindi and Tamil simultaneously. Vikram will play the villain while Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai is the lead pair in Hindi; Vikram will play the lead opposite Aishwarya in Tamil. The film is based on the grand epic Ramayana.

ROCK ON rocks for 50 days

It has been 50 days of rocking hard for ROCK ON as the film has entered its 8th week in the weekend gone by. A film which surprised majority of people with its very strong opening, ROCK ON has continued to enjoy many more fantastic weeks at the box office. India's own rock–band film, ROCK ON, was truly experimental in nature with all actors being relatively new except for Arjun Rampal. Still, the film went on to win the hearts of audiences, in urban as well as smaller centers, hence turning out to be a bona fide HIT. The film has earned more than 26 crores at the box office in the weeks gone by and though the theatrical run has almost come to an end, its arrival on the home entertainment (expected quite soon) would certainly ensure that ROCK ON continues to rock for many more weeks and months to come.

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Imran getting ready for tough roles

Imran has accepted to be part of “Delli Belli” in which the actors signed in lead roles were Ranbir Kapoor and Chitrangada Singh. Both Ranbir and Chitra refused to do the movie, when they heard the bold dialogues in the film. The film is a sexual comedy but Imran has not opted out of the film and is preparing to come in a different look in the movie.