Mehbooba sees the light of the Day

In recent times, billboards and trailers of a film called Mehbooba have been all across town and the media. Starring Ajay Devgan,Sanjay Dutt and Manisha Koirala, the film was made ages ago. While none of the actors want to speak about it- Even though they all look much younger in the movie, The makers of the movie have gone all out and ensured that the movie hits the screen, Even if all this has taken 9 long years to happen.

Sanjay Dutt's Visa Appliction Rejected

Sanjay Dutt was denied a visa to fly to the Bahamas for a film shooting since he had failed to submit documents relating to his conviction in the 1993 serial blasts along with his application.

Dutt had applied for a tourist visa to travel to the Bahamas to shoot for the film Blue, produced by Ashtavinayak Films, according to sources.

However, the producers had failed to attach the documents relating to the 1993 serial blasts case along with Dutt's visa application.

On July 31 last year, the designated court here had convicted Dutt under the Arms Act in the 1993 serial blasts case and sentenced him to six years rigorous imprisonment.

Following his conviction, Dutt had spent nearly a month in Pune's Yerawada Jail but was subsequently granted bail by the Supreme Court on the condition that he would not leave the country without the court's permission. He is also required to present himself before the CBI office once in a month.

Sources said that the producers will again submit the visa application along with the requisite documents.

"Since the visa application has been returned, he can apply again and the producers will submit the requisite papers,'' the sources said.

Dutt's lawyer Farhana Shah pointed out that the actor had visited the US on several occasions in the past. ''Since he was not granted visa this time on some technical grounds, he will file a fresh application with proper documents,'' she said.

According to a senior CBI officer, the granting of visa is solely the concern of the Consulate. Usually, if a person is convicted, getting a US visa becomes difficult, he said.

Text: UNI

Will Sanjay Dutt Get Into Politics

Ever since Bollywood's embattled star Sanjay Dutt casually remarked to the media that he would like to contest Lok Sabha elections due next year, speculation is rife in the tinsel town, as well as in political circles, about his political ambitions.

Will Sanjay Dutt enter politics?

As we earlier reported, the buzz about his joining the Samajwadi Party spread after state unit president Abu Asim Azmi told the media that the party would give him a ticket to fight the election if he decides to join them.

Azmi said this after the party's national general secretary Amar Singh called on Sanjay Dutt and wife Manyata at their residence in Mumbai last week.

But Sanjay himself has not yet specified which political party he might seek membership to, if at all he does, or how soon.

Whichever party Sanjay chooses to join, he would prefer to be fielded in his father, Sunil Dutt's Mumbai northwest parliamentary constituency - now nurtured by his sister Priya Dutt, also as a Congress MP. But some resident associations of the constituency announced Sunday they would vehemently oppose his candidature for the Lok Sabha elections.

“We will write to all political parties not to give him a ticket,” president of the Khar Residents' Association Anandini Thakoor is reported to have remarked.

Some disgruntled elements in the Congress circles also added grist to the rumour mill by telling the media that Congress would be happy to field Sanjay from the Mumbai northwest constituency if he formally joined the party.

But the fact is that Dutt himself has not added anything to what he cursorily remarked earlier about his political ambition.

A well-isher of the family and renowned filmmaker said: “At this stage of his Bollywood career when he is riding on the crest of success, it would be suicidal if he makes additional career out of politics."

"Besides, there are also reports that he is going to launch his own production house. Will he be able to handle so many responsibilities together? And this is not counting his dates with the courts as he is still not exonerated by the Supreme Court in the 1993 bomb blasts cases.”

Source: IANS