Troubles before film release

Ragini MMS
Every film faces problems from its pre-production till its release. But as the film is about to release the troubles seem to increase. While some are sheer publicity stunt, some issues are genuine and some just create trouble to make easy money.

'Ragini MMS' which released on 13th May faced an issue prior to its release when the real Ragini threatened to sue Ekta Kapoor. The story of 'Ragini MMS' was apparently inspired from the life Deepika from Delhi, who shared had shared her paranormal experience with Ekta. They signed the contract and Ekta promised to show her the film prior to its release. However Deepika alleges that Ekta did not keep her end of the bargain and has shown her distastefully in the promos. She went to the media and threatened to sue Ekta. All said and done there was no response to the threats from the Balaji camp.

By Letty Mariam Abraham

Aarakshan
Prakash Jha's upcoming film, 'Aarakshan' has already run into trouble. A certain Dalit group from Kanpur is upset with the director for choosing Saif Ali Khan to play a Dalit in the film. The Dalit Suraksha Samiti sent a letter of protest to Jha's office, asking why he chose Saif to play a Dalit, since he belongs to a royal family and it is insulting to the community.

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Dum Maaro Dum
The film deals with the business of narcotics in Goa. This did not go down well with Goa's travel and tourism association. Their issue was that the film portrayed a very bad picture of Goa and it would affect the state's tourism and trade business.

My Name Is Khan
Last year, Shahrukh Khan made a statement sympathising with the Pakistani cricket players not being included in the IPL teams. The Shiv Sena party workers took offense to his statements and threatened to vandalise the poster of 'My Name Is Khan' and more. Things became worse when there were reports of SRK giving a performance in Bangladesh. The political activists of the group banned the film from screening in theaters and tore down the hoardings of 'My Name Is Khan'.

Dhobi Ghat
Kiran Rao's debut directorial ran into a small obstacle when someone filed a case against Aamir for using the word 'dhobi' in the film title. However, the court did not take the complaint seriously and the person who filed the case was fined Rs 25,000.

3 Idiots
Chetan Bhagat accused the producers of film for taking his entire story and not giving him due credit and payments. Aamir retaliated to the comment saying that Chetan was trying to take the credit of the writer of the film, Abhijat Joshi. They called a press conference to clear their stand on the situation and Chetan ended apologising to Aamir later.

Housefull
The film ran into a series of copyright issues. Initially, Sajid Khan was accused for lifting the story from Tamil film producer P L Thenappan's, 'Kadhala Kadhala' starring Kamal Hassan. Sajid Nadiadwala later filed a case against Thenappan for extortion. The film also ran into trouble for using a popular song from the film 'Laawaris' without proper permission from the right person.

Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
This Balaji film was initially touted as the story of Haji Mastan. Although, the production house later claimed that it was just a publicity stunt when a petition was signed against them by Haji Mastan's adopted son Suleiman Mirza. Later Mastan's daughter Shamshad Supariwala demanded to see the film prior to its release to make sure there was no wrong representation of her father in the film. Throughout the issue, Ekta Kapoor refused to comment on the situation.

Raajneeti
Prakash Jha's film ran into trouble when the Congress party workers claimed that Katrina's role was based on Sonia Gandhi and it would defame the leader's image. Jha however managed to get a clean chit from the court. The second trouble came around when producer Kamal R. Khan sent a notice to the director alleging that the title 'Raajneeti' belonged to him.

Kurbaan
The film ran into trouble with Shiv Sena objecting to Kareena's bare back posters. The political party sent Kareena a saree asking her to cover up. During a press conference, Saif Ali Khan stepped forward to defend Kareena. He stated that if a certain political party is offended with the poster they would certainly look into it. However, the censor board cleared the film with no issues.

Billu
The film initially titled 'Billu Barber' faced problems with the Salon and Beauty Parlour associations who found the word 'barber' in the title objectionable. In order to keep peace, Shahrukh removed the word from the title at the last minute.

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