www.WeeklyVoice.com Friday, February 15, 2019 | B-5 BOLLYWOOD voice entertainment Yesteryear Villain Mahesh Anand Dead : Noted Bollywood actor of yesteryear, Mahesh Anand, 57, was found in his And- heri lat here on Saturday morn- ing, police said. Living alone for many years and virtually jobless, he is sus- pected to have died at least two days ago, and the decomposed body has been sent for autopsy to the Cooper Hospital to ascertain the time and cause of death.

A popular actor in the late 1980s and 1990s, known for his tall and tough body frame, he was usually seen as the main hench- man of villains in several ilms, but was facing huge inancial constraints for many years. Anand acted with top actors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Go- vinda, Sanjay Dutt, in major ilms like ‘Ganga Jamuna Saras- wati’ and ‘Shahenshah’ (1988), ‘Majboor’ (1989), ‘Thanedaar’ (1990), ‘Betaaj Badshah’ (1994), ‘Coolie No. 1’ (1995), ‘Vijeta’ (1996), ‘Lal Badshah,’ ‘Aaya Toofan’ (1999), ‘Baaghi’ and ‘Kurukshetra” (2000), ‘Pyaar Kiya Nahin Jaata’ (2003). After a long gap of over 15 years, he was recently seen in Pahlaj Nihalani’s ‘Rangeela Ra- jaa’ with Govinda, released in No Supernatural Shows: Jasmin January this year. MuMbai: actress Jasmin bhasin She is currently playing the role was almost for a year and a half and The Versova Police have reg- says that she doesn’t relate to the of Happy Mehra in the show “Dil i had to let go of that Gujarati girl istered a case of accidental death current trend of supernatural shows Toh Happy Hai Ji”. “When you play a completely so that i could get into and informed Anand’s sister who and so, she doesn’t think she will daily soap character that character the skin of Happy who is exactly like lives in Mumbai, an oficial said. The actor was known to have explore that genre. “i am happy with lives with you for a really long time. me in real life,” said the “Dil Se Dil Tak” drinking problems and was es- the kind of work i am doing.” . The span of my previous character actress. tranged from his wife who lives in Moscow. Coming Soon, Taapsee, Bhumi To Play World’s Oldest Sharpshooters MUMBAI: Actresses Taapsee ing of this ground breaking real A On Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar will story of world’s oldest sharp- be seen playing the world’s oldest shooters.” Lauding the star cast, Rahul Gandhi sharpshooters - Chandro Tomar Hiranandani, said: “Both Bhumi and her sister-in-law Prakashi To- and Taapsee have put their heart mar - in the upcoming ilm titled and soul into the characters right “Saand Ki Aankh”. from the initial prep to the train- The Reliance Entertainment ing and their looks. The ilm is ilm will mark writer Tushar- Hi the perfect platform for them to ranandani’s debut as a director. reach their true potential as pow- It will also be jointly produced erhouse performers.” by Anurag Kashyap and Nidhi Anurag asserted that “content Parmar. “This was a story that is king”. “We believe ‘Saand Ki deserves to be told and we at Re- Aankh’ will truly stand out,” he liance Entertainment, are excited added. It is set in the hinterlands to see this manifest on the big of Uttar Pradesh. Chandro, 87, screen,” Shibasish Sarkar, Group and Prakashi, 82, are from Uttar CEO, Reliance Entertainment, Pradesh’s Johri village and re- said in a statement. She captioned the image: Bhumi, who called it a “ground portedly took up sharpshooting in MUMBAI: A ilm, titled “My Taapsee on Saturday took to “Kickstarting the shoot of our breaking” story, also shared the their 50s. Chandro, who is fondly Name is RaGa”, is being made Twitter, where she shared a pho- country’s oldest and cool- same image and captioned it: called as shooter ‘dadi’ is among that will focus on Congress tograph of herself along with est shooters Chandro (and) “Old is gold and this is certainly the world’s oldest female sharp- President Rahul Gandhi’s life. Bhumi, Chandro and Prakashi. Prakashi.” gold! Excited to begin the shoot- shooters. “The movie has no intentions to glorify Rahul or to demystify him. It’s the story of a coming Special Court Demanded To Curb Film Piracy back of a human being who had been ridiculously attacked,” di- New DelHi:Members of the Film Fed- Hailing the government decision of reduce Mehta said “restricted access due to lack of rector saidt. eration of (FFI) here on Tuesday urged the goods and services tax (GST) on cinema shows and unrestricted ticket prices” were “Anyone who has fearlessly the government to pay attention to issues ail- tickets, the FFI said issues like piracy and increasing the piracy of ilms in india. confronted defeat and failure ing the ilm industry and sought creation of restoration of single screens should also be According to FFI President Firdausul can relate to this story. In that “special courts” for the industry. looked into. “The government decision of in- Hasan, piracy of indian ilms has crossed sense, I don’t want to call this “We want the government to tackle the cluding an anti-camcording provision in the borders. “In Bangladesh, people watch our a biopic, it’s a story of any man problem of piracy by creating special courts Cinematography Act to control piracy will ilms, but they are not getting released there. who becomes unstoppable af- where our pleas can be considered serious- need serious implementation,” FFI’s Vice- This is piracy. Being a part of the FFI, we can ter he wins over a catastrophic ly,” FII Secretary-General Supran Sen said. President Ramesh Tekwani told IANS. just raise our voice, it’s the government who life,” he added. The ilm is ex- Many a times when we approached police “One single phone can shoot the entire has to do the real job,” he said. pected to release in April in the with complaints about issues like piracy, they ilm. People also know different ways to- re The FFI asked the government to stop midst of the general elections. ignored us, he said and added a special court cord the ilm,” Tekwani said. “looking at the indian ilm industry as a sin would certainly help resolve the issue. FFI members Sakshi Mehra and G.D. industry”.