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  • SC asks for explanation over arrest of Facebook users

    SC asks for explanation over arrest of Facebook users

    MUMBAI: The arrest of two girls over Facebook posts following Bal Thackeray‘s death raised a hue and cry. Now the Supreme Court has asked the government to explain why the girls were arrested.

    The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Union government and Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi and Puducherry.
    An aspiring Delhi University law student Shreya Singhal filed a PIL before SC stating that Section 66(A) of the IT Act be modified.

    The court has asked Maharashtra to explain the arrest of the girls over Facebook comments on Bal Thackeray.

    The Attorney General, in his response to the petition, told the apex court that the arrest of the girls was unjustified. The Attorney General said the arrests were wrong, but Section 66(A) of the IT Act need not be scrapped.

  • Bal Thackeray‘s death hit BO collections

    Bal Thackeray‘s death hit BO collections

    MUMBAI: Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Yash Chopra‘s last directorial romantic story, was awaited with much expectation which was not met by this three hour saga, looking at the public response. The film was released in direct opposition of a mass entertainer, Son Of Sardar, after much controversy on sharing screen space with Yash Raj Film having cornered a chunk of better single screens using their Salman Khan starrer Ek Tha Tiger as leverage thus leaving little for Son Of Sardar.

    This offered the audience an option and it showed on the collections as Jab Tak Hai Jaan could manage only Rs 152.3 million on Tuesday (13 November), the Diwali day, then peaking on the next, the New Year day with Rs 195.4 million and then finding its level on Thursday with Rs 144.5 million.

    The collection figures tapered thereafter; Sunday which collected Rs 99.6 million could have been better by at least Rs 20 million as the film‘s collections suffered due to closure of cinemas in Maharashtra for most part of the weekend due to the demise of Balasaheb Thackeray.

    According to Girish Wankhede of Cinemax chain, all the 66 group screens in Maharashtra had to cancel three shows each on Saturday and all five shows each on Sunday, these shows being the cream of the week. Same was the case with other multiplex screens. The collections also suffered to an extent in the North due to closure of Wave group multiplexes from Saturday afternoon and whole of Sunday following a tragedy in the owners‘ family. Jab Tak Hai Jaan ended its six-day festive weekend with Rs 807.3 million.

    Son Of Sardar had to fight for screens till the end and distributors could not advertise in time (where all the movie was going to be screen). However, the film did hit the screens as scheduled with less number of screens than they would have liked to open. An old fashioned action comedy about two warring families, the film met with mixed response. However, its cluttered cast and their antics earned it the label of ‘entertainer‘. The film opened with a moderate Rs 100.72 million on Tuesday, the Diwali day, as expected it peaked the next day being the New Year day with Rs 162.1 million before settling down to average levels. The film suffered on Saturday and Sunday for the same reasons as Jab Tak Hai Jaan and went on to end its six day festival season with Rs 660.2 million.

    1920 – Evil Returns could enjoy a limited run despite holding steady in the second week since the film had to be discontinued from most screens to make way for new releases, Jab Tak Hai Jaan and Son Of Sardar, on Tuesday. The film still managed to collect a decent Rs 47 million taking its tally to Rs 233 million.

    Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana collected Rs 13.5 million in its second week taking its total to Rs 78.5 million.

    Student Of The Year mopped up approx Rs 10 million in its fourth week. It has netted Rs 608 million so far.

    English Vinglish collected Rs five million taking its tally at the end of the sixth week to Rs 373.5 million.

    OMG Oh My God! has collected Rs 3.8 million in its seventh week. The movie‘s box office score after seven weeks is Rs 769.3 million.

  • Bal Thackeray’s death hit BO collections

    Bal Thackeray’s death hit BO collections

    MUMBAI: Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Yash Chopra‘s last directorial romantic story, was awaited with much expectation which was not met by this three hour saga, looking at the public response. The film was released in direct opposition of a mass entertainer, Son Of Sardar, after much controversy on sharing screen space with Yash Raj Film having cornered a chunk of better single screens using their Salman Khan starrer Ek Tha Tiger as leverage thus leaving little for Son Of Sardar.

    This offered the audience an option and it showed on the collections as Jab Tak Hai Jaan could manage only Rs 152.3 million on Tuesday (13 November), the Diwali day, then peaking on the next, the New Year day with Rs 195.4 million and then finding its level on Thursday with Rs 144.5 million.

    The collection figures tapered thereafter; Sunday which collected Rs 99.6 million could have been better by at least Rs 20 million as the film‘s collections suffered due to closure of cinemas in Maharashtra for most part of the weekend due to the demise of Balasaheb Thackeray.

    According to Girish Wankhede of Cinemax chain, all the 66 group screens in Maharashtra had to cancel three shows each on Saturday and all five shows each on Sunday, these shows being the cream of the week. Same was the case with other multiplex screens. The collections also suffered to an extent in the North due to closure of Wave group multiplexes from Saturday afternoon and whole of Sunday following a tragedy in the owners‘ family. Jab Tak Hai Jaan ended its six-day festive weekend with Rs 807.3 million.

    Son Of Sardar had to fight for screens till the end and distributors could not advertise in time (where all the movie was going to be screen). However, the film did hit the screens as scheduled with less number of screens than they would have liked to open. An old fashioned action comedy about two warring families, the film met with mixed response. However, its cluttered cast and their antics earned it the label of ‘entertainer‘. The film opened with a moderate Rs 100.72 million on Tuesday, the Diwali day, as expected it peaked the next day being the New Year day with Rs 162.1 million before settling down to average levels. The film suffered on Saturday and Sunday for the same reasons as Jab Tak Hai Jaan and went on to end its six day festival season with Rs 660.2 million.

    1920 – Evil Returns could enjoy a limited run despite holding steady in the second week since the film had to be discontinued from most screens to make way for new releases, Jab Tak Hai Jaan and Son Of Sardar, on Tuesday. The film still managed to collect a decent Rs 47 million taking its tally to Rs 233 million.

    Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana collected Rs 13.5 million in its second week taking its total to Rs 78.5 million.

    Student Of The Year mopped up approx Rs 10 million in its fourth week. It has netted Rs 608 million so far.

    English Vinglish collected Rs five million taking its tally at the end of the sixth week to Rs 373.5 million.

    OMG Oh My God! has collected Rs 3.8 million in its seventh week. The movie‘s box office score after seven weeks is Rs 769.3 million.

  • Shiv Sena ransacks Mumbai office of IBN7, IBN Lokmat

    Shiv Sena ransacks Mumbai office of IBN7, IBN Lokmat

    MUMBAI: IBN7 and IBN Lokmat’s Mumbai office was ransacked by Shiv Sena activists on Friday, using iron rods, cricket stumps and baseball bats.

    A mob of 20-30 people attacked journalists and damaged property at the offices of the IBN Network. The attackers told employees that they would not accept reports criticizing the Shiv Sena and their supremo Bal Thackeray.

    The police later arrested seven Shiv Sena activists for vandalising these offices.

    Meanwhile, eight Shiv Sena workers in Pune were arrested for damaging an IBN7 OB van and pelting stones at the channel’s office in the city.

    Reportedly, attackers in Mumbai told employees they were looking for IBN Lokmat editor-in-chief Nikhil Wagle, and wanted to “teach him a lesson”.

    Condemning the attack, Broadcast Editors’ Association has issued a statement, describing it as an “attack on freedom of expression” and the handiwork of elements who want to undermine the role of pen, microphone and camera. “Such attacks go against the basic tenets of democracy and need to be condemned in the harshest possible terms,” it said.

  • Times Now interview with Bal Thackeray

    MUMBAI: In what can be seen as an open invitation to his politically estranged nephew, Raj Thackeray, Bal Thackeray, speaking to TIMES NOW in his first exclusive TV interview since the Mumbai polls, says he can think of bringing Raj back into the Shiv Sena fold.

    Talking extremely warmly about Raj, whose party failed to have much impact in the Mumbai polls, Balasaheb Thackeray said that “whatever the politics, ours is a blood relation” and that one could not rule out a coming together in the future.

    However, the Shiv Sena supreme hinted that matters would first have to be resolved between Uddhav and Raj Thackeray. When asked whether the coming together of the Thackeray’s under one political umbrella was possible in the future, Bal Thackeray said that “It all depends upon the youngsters today, how they amicably resolve the thing (their differences)”

    But Bal Thackeray also made it clear that it was up to Raj Thackeray to make the first public move of reconciliation. When pointedly asked whether he can think of bringing Raj back, Thackeray said that “I will not try, but if he wishes to, we (The Shiv Sena) will accept him back.

    Thackeray then went on to say that while people like Raj Thackeray were welcome to return to the Sena, he would not take back others who deserted the party like former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane.

    Bal Thackeray also went on to reveal that he and Raj Thackeray are in touch and that they often speak on the phone. When asked if their relationship could return to the warmth of the past, Balasaheb said “Whenever I want I talk to him. And he telephones me. What is wrong in that? Let us not mix up politics with relationships. Keep relations aside and think of politics alone. Definitely, don’t mix it”

    Bal Thackeray’s comments and his open offer to Raj to return to the Sena is extremely significant, especially in the light of the Sena’s resounding success in the prestige Mumbai local elections recently.

     

    The Interview with Bal Thackeray will be featured on “FRANKLY SPEAKING WITH ARNAB” on Sunday 18 February at 2.30 pm and 8.30 pm on Times Now

     

    Excerpts:

    Arnab: You think the party under Uddhav Thackeray is being run well? And can be run well into the future?

    Thackeray: I can’t say. This question there is no answer. There are always uncertainties in life. Now the Congress has completed around 120 years or something. Do you think that same old congress is there? But it is there. The old charm and that’s gone. The new generation will do it. I’m confident about the new generation.

    Arnab: Wherever Raj Thackeray goes he still says that Balasheb is like God for me…

    Thackeray: Maybe because our relationship was like that.

    Arnab: Can that relationship come back, Mr Thackeray?

    Thackeray: Whenever I want I talk to him, he telephones me. What is wrong in that? Let us not mix up politics with relationships. Keep relations aside and think of politics alone. Definitely, don’t mix it.

    Arnab: Do you think there can be a coming together in future? Some people…after these elections people said that don’t be surprised that Narayan Rane, Udhav Thackeray, Raj Thackeray are back where they started.

    Thackeray: I may think of Raj but Mr Rane comes… he’s not welcome…

    Arnab: You may think of bringing Raj back?

    Thackeray: I will not try but if he wishes to, we will accept him back and not people like Narayan Rane.

    Arnab: What is it about Raj Thackeray that you would welcome him if he wishes to enter the party?

    Thackeray: Whatever it is whatever the politics, ours is a blood relation… You can’t afford to be that cruel actually because of politics. At least it is not my nature. Let us not discuss that problem… it is a family matter.

    Arnab: I understand but it is not something that can be ruled out in the future.

    Thackeray: It all depends upon the youngsters today, how they amicably solve the thing