Mahesh Bhatt, leading Indian film maker and director and father of bollywood star, Pooja Bhatt has decided to produce a historical film on legendary, Lal Haveli owned by information minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed.
Mahesh Bhatt visited Lal Haveli a day earlier and went around various parts of haveli. Jhelum will be venue for shooting the film and it will be a real love story.
The film will be co-starred by Pakistani Indian film stars. Indian film star Aamir Khan, Aishwariya Rai and Pakistani actors Reema, Meera and other renowned film stars will …

Indian film-maker Pooja Bhatt’s latest venture “Rog” has proved a hit in the ongoing film festival in Pakistan. Besides, other Bollywood films like Maqbool and Dhoop are also attracting much crowds.
Starring Irfan Khan, “Rog” is Pooja’s second film in succession that has been premiered in Pakistan, the first one being “Paap”. Written by her father and director Mahesh Bhatt, “Rog” is a tale of a cop falling in love with a woman whose murder he is investigating.
On the occasion of film’s premier, Pooja told reporters that she was looking for …

“This would help establish love between the masses of the two sides,” said Mahesh Bhatt, who is presently in Pakistan to attend International Film Festival, while addressing a press conference.
Addressing the press conference the Indian film director and his daughter Puja Bhatt said: “We condemn movies made in India, which add to the ill will and hatred”. Movies made on the themes of Kargil, Kashmir and other anti-Pakistan registered business in the beginning but now Indian viewers have started rejecting them, they said.
Bhatt alleged that western powers did not want …

Pakistan government has provided security to Lollywood actress Meera, even as a petition was filed in a Pakistani court seeking to ban her from acting in Indian films.
Meera, who returned from the sets of Mahesh Bhatt’s film ‘Nazar’ in Mumbai three days ago, was provided security after she took up the issue of threats with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Information Minister Sheikh Rashid. She had received threats for allegedly featuring in a kissing scene in the film. Meera lives in Lahore, the home of Pakistan’s fledgling film industry.
The petition …

Indian writer Mahesh Bhatt has signed Meera for his upcoming British-Indian co-production, the name of which is not yet decided.
Film actress Meera confirmed she will be appearing in Mr Bhatt’s new film. She said she would be the first Pakistani actress to perform the lead in any Indian-British co-production.
The actress said that Mr Bhatt told her that he had decided to cast her in the said production after seeing her performance in the film ‘Inteha’.
One of the leading Pakistani film heroines, Meera said that Mr Bhatt told her that he …

With all the negative publicity and flak that Meera has received in Pakistan thanks to her recent performance in Mahesh Bhatt’s Nazar and subsequent interviews to the Indian media, it is not surprising that the actress is now avoiding interviews like the plague. However, hurt and angry as she is, she agreed to give an exclusive to Imagesin which she confirmed that she had been fined by the government for her role in the film. The following are excerpts:
On her role in Nazar
I have done nothing to be ashamed of …

The music of Sashi Ranjan’s film “Doobara” was launched by prominent people like Mahesh Bhatt and Shatrughan Sinha here. But the presence of former Pakistan president Zia-ul Haq’s daughter Zian made it all the more interesting, indiaexpress reported.
She had come on a special invitation given by Sinha, a close buddy of filmmaker Sashi Ranjan.
Zian said this was her third visit. She said she enjoyed Hindi films and “Dil To Paagal Hai” was her favorite film.
“Doobara” is a love story between Jackie Shroff, who plays a middle-aged married man, and Raveena …

Indian and Pakistani film industries have begun a collaborative effort to use their movies to foster peace and diffuse tension between the rival nuclear states.
Politicians had previously used films to fuel animosity between India and Pakistan, now film makers are committed to use them as a means for building mutual understanding and cooperation. Mahesh Bhatt, a leading director from Bollywood, India’s film industry in Mumbai, said,”Politicians from both sides have been using films as a tool of war and as a propoganda to demonise the other. Collaboration between the two …

Two of Bollywood’s production icons, Mahesh and Pooja Bhatt, are due in the city this week to attend the second annual dinner of a fashion magazine, sources from the fashion industry told Daily Times.
The Depilex Vision has arranged the exclusive event, and the country’s top fashionistas and Lollywood stars are likely to grace the occasion. The sources said the celebrations are a part of broader interaction with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries and to promote the fashion industry in the region.
In their three-day stay in Lahore, both Mr …

Pakistan’s film industry has offered to take part in an entertainment extravaganza conducted by Bollywood to raise money for the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund to help tsunami victims.
The offer was made to Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt, who recently completed the film Nazar, an Indo-Pak venture with Pakistani star Meera playing the female lead.
The actress called him to tell him that she, along with other actors and singers of Pakistan, wanted to take part in the programme scheduled for February 6 in Mumbai, Bhatt said.
“When India bleeds, Pakistan cries,” said Bhatt, …