Sohan Roy files cheating case against Tulip Joshi

NRI filmmaker Sohan Roy, who is currently busy with his Hollywood project Dam 999 to be released in English and Malayalam shortly, has filed a cheating case against Bollywood actress Tulip Joshi at the Kalamassery Police Station for not completing her shooting for Dam 999 despite taking part of her remuneration amounting to Rs. 8.5 lakhs.

"Tulip asked for half of the payment (Rs. 7 lakh) before the film. Biz TV Network also paid her Rs. 1.5 lakh as the instalment for the first schedule. The actress came and shot for two days and then just left. She was asked to return the payment and settle the matter, but we haven't heard from her," Roy's office said in a press release on Saturday.

Dam 999, a tribute to the victims of the 1975 Banqiao dam disaster in China, is almost complete. The film stars National award winning actor Rajit Kapur, Ashish Vidyarthi, Linda Arsenio, Joshua Fredric Smith, Jaala Pickering, Megha Burman, Vimala Raman, Vinay Rai and Jineet Rath. The film is produced by Middle East-based Marine BizTV.

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Hrithik asks fans to gift him by forgiving

It's Hrithik Roshan's birthday today and the 37-year-old actor will start the day by calling the one person who he feels he has hurt in the past year.

Says a source close to Hrithik, "Ever year on this day, he calls up one person that he has hurt in the past year, intentionally or unintentionally, and says sorry. He feels that because it's his birthday, it's that one day when people will forgive him and let go of past grudges. On his birthday when he wakes up, he tries to remember if there is any person who he has hurt or misunderstood him, he sorts out things with him/her."

The friend adds, "Duggu has followed this practice of calling up that one person over the years and today it's almost like a tradition. He feels life is too short to bear grudges."

Duggu says, "I believe that the more love we give the more love we get. If my fans today can go out and call that one person, who feels bitter or hurt about them, I would be really happy. I would consider it as their gift to me."

Hrithik will have a party tonight at his home in Juhu which will be attended by Shahrukh Khan and Gauri Khan, Sanjay and Maheep Kapoor, Karan Johar, Kaajal Anand, Chunky and Bhavna Pandey, Dino Morea and Nandita Mahtani, Kunal Kapoor, Goldie and Sonali Behl and Arjun Rampal and Mehr Jesia.

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Gulshan Grover is jealous of Anil Kapoor

Barely a few months ago Gulshan Grover was bragging about his jealous B-Town friends wanting to kill him after he signed Bill Duke's The Driver opposite Salma Hayek.

But the tables have turned now. Grover's enthusiastic comments about the project have now landed him in a soup.

Grover had gone all out to the media about starring with Salma Hayek in this film. Now, the producers of the film are very upset with him for letting out so much information about the film.

So, they called him recently to express their discomfort. Gulshan will now have to fly to LA to meet them and give an explanation for this.

It turns out that professional jealousy prompted Grover to take this step. He was upset about Anil Kapoor becoming the centre of attention for signing Mission Impossible. Our source says, "Grover felt left out as he was one of the first Bollywood actors to have made a mark in Hollywood. So, the moment Grover signed The Driver with Bill Duke he started giving interviews in the media talking about the film."

Now, the actor is paying for being the 'bad man'. When contacted, Gulshan Grover said, "All I can say is that I now know the power of Indian media. I never thought that what I was saying to the media here would reach there in such a big way. I said all this because suddenly my friend Anil was all over the place for Mission Impossible.

I was feeling a little left out and that's why I did it. The producers called me up; they were a little upset. I guess I jumped the gun and gave out too many details.

I realise that now and I am going to LA to explain to them what happened. However, I am glad that Anil and I are flying the Indian flag internationally." Heard of Mallika Sherawat, Mr Grover?

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Sir Elton John has endangered son's welfare, claims Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali

Sir Elton John's fathering of a surrogate child by an American woman raises concerns, says the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester.
Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John is only 15 days old, but he has already provoked a pronouncement from one of the Church of England's most prominent prelates.

Sir Elton John's fathering of a son by an American surrogate mother with his civil partner, David Furnish, risks causing the child lasting psychological damage, claims the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester.

"I believe that surrogacy, inevitably, introduces a 'third' party to the legal parents," he tells Mandrake. "This will affect the welfare of the child, psychologically and in other ways."

The Rt Rev Nazir-Ali also draws attention to the age of Sir Elton, who turns 64 in March. "It is very important for a child's parents to be of an age that provides the child with a fair chance of being brought up by them without unnecessary disruption," he says.

"Although society must support single parents who, heroically, bring up children on their own, all the evidence shows that children are best brought up in the context of a stable marriage where they can relate to a mother and a father, so that they can develop healthy relationships with people of both genders."

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Daniel Craig's friend Rachel Weisz finds that home is where the heart is

Rachel Weisz, the New York-based actress, says she misses London, where her Christmas companion, the James Bond star Daniel Craig, has also lived.
Rachel Weisz pledged to continue to bring up her four-year-old son, Henry, in New York when she announced in November that she had split up with Darren Aronofsky, the American film director.

The Oscar-winning star of The Constant Gardener yearns, however, to return to Britain, where she spent Christmas in a West Country cottage with Daniel Craig, who plays James Bond.

"I miss home so much," admits Weisz, 40, who attended St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith. "Not only my family, but my friends. Also, London itself.

"I was in London for a long season doing theatre and I was delighted to get to know its parks again and the little shops that are full of charm, and that calmer way of dealing with people."

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