[ItzToday.com] A-certificate to Aakrosh made Priyadarshan unsatisfied |
- A-certificate to Aakrosh made Priyadarshan unsatisfied
- Actor Harrison Ford to receive Kirk Douglas Award
- Pop Star Lady Gaga signs deal with Giorgio Armani
- Socialite Nicole Richie denies wedding reports
| A-certificate to Aakrosh made Priyadarshan unsatisfied Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:31 AM PDT  The censor board has clamped down heavily on the dialogues and visuals of Priyadarshan's "Aakrosh", a film on honour killing. The director says he would neither accept cuts nor the A-certificate for his issue-based directorial venture."How can I put across a social issue without hard-hitting visuals? Let the film go to the revising committee. My producer Kumar Mangat and I are not accepting any cuts," said Priyadarshan. "This is the first time in my entire career of 25 years and 81 films that a film of mine has got into censor trouble. And I am not amused." Set in Jhanjhar in Bihar, the film revolves around the killings of three students of Delhi University who go missing in the dusty village. The government appoints two CBI officers - Siddhant Chaturvedi and Pratap Kumar - to solve the case. Starring Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, Paresh Rawal and Bipasha Basu, "Aakrosh" is set to hit screens Oct 8. "On one hand I am accused of selling out mindless comedies, (but) none of my supposedly mindless comedies has ever got into trouble. On the other hand when I make an issue-based film, it gets stuck. How will I do something meaningful when our moral guardians don't seem to believe in my vision?" Priyadarshan admits there are shocking scenes of violence in the film. But he feels they are indispensable to the film's subject. "It is hard-hitting. But not an offbeat experimental film. We want younger generations to watch the film, to become aware of the frightening reality that surrounds their existence. Unless we let younger viewers grow aware of the reality, we can't change the aberrations in society. So yes, I won't settle for an A-certificate. Let me make films that have a social purpose. Or I go back to making 'De Dana Dan'." Kumar Mangat's earlier film "Omkara", which replicated the visual and vocal violence of the North Indian backwater town, also was given an A-certificate. "We had agreed to take an A-certificate for 'Omkara'. We want a UA (for children under parental guidance) for 'Aakrosh'," said Mangat. 
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| Actor Harrison Ford to receive Kirk Douglas Award Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:25 AM PDT  Actor Harrison Ford is to be honoured with Santa Barbara International Films Festival's 2010 Kirk Douglas Award for excellence in cinema.Hollywood movie icon Kirk Douglas will present the award to Ford on Nov 19 at the cermony in Santa Barbara, California, reports contactmusic.com. "I'm delighted to give this award to Harrison Ford. It's always a pleasure to honour these young actors who do so well," said Douglas. Ford's impressive body of work contains 43 feature films including "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" films. He earned an Oscar nomination for "Witness" and also featured in "Frantic", "The Fugitive" and "WorkingGirl". 
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| Pop Star Lady Gaga signs deal with Giorgio Armani Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:20 AM PDT  Pop singer Lady Gaga has inked a deal with Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani to create her costumes for her Monster Ball tour."A huge company like Giorgio Armani has the duty to always be alert to trends and what appeals to young people," digitalspy.co.uk quoted Roberta Armani, head of VIP relations at the label, as saying. "It helped to see how the world is through Lady Gaga, the way she uses Facebook and Twitter," Armani told the Wall Street Journal. 
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| Socialite Nicole Richie denies wedding reports Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:16 AM PDT  Socialite Nicole Richie has denied reports that she will be tying the knot with fiance singer Joel Madden by the end of this year."Joel and I are not big planners, we just kind of go with the flow of things," imdb.com quoted her as saying. "Honestly, we haven't planned anything. He is about to go on tour with his new album, I'm on my book tour and I'm really focused on my work and with the kids," she said on the US talk show "The View". The socialite sparked rumours her big day was imminent after taking her friends Christina Aguilera and DJ Samantha Ronson off to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico for a supposed bachelorette party earlier this month. The couple, who got engaged last year, has two children together - two-year-old daughter Harlow, and one-year-old son Sparrow. Richie is currently promoting her new novel "Priceless". 
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