Archive for November, 2006

New Age Gandhian Sanjay Dutt

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

When Sanjay Dutt comes under the spell of Gandhi and confesses to Vidya Balan that he is a goon, there’s a wide round of applause. When he puts to shame an official who bribes a retired schoolmaster, the cheer is louder. Gandhigiri zindabad! Sanju baba zindabad!
Thanks to Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Sanjay Dutt has emerged [...]

MunnaBhai, Sanjay Dutt found guilty under Arms Act

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

The special TADA court in Mumbai has held Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt guilty under the Arms Act for possession of illegal weapons while clearing him of any criminal conspiracy in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.
It has not been decided yet whether he would be put in police custody immediately or he would be served a [...]

Gandhigiri sweeps AMU campus

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Students of Aligarh Muslim University, protesting against the procedure followed for calculating attendance, on Monday offered flowers to varsity officials and took up brooms in the ‘Gandhigiri’ style popularised by Bollywood hit Lage Raho Munnabhai .
Leaders of the AMU Students Union swept the road with brooms in front of the Registrar’s office after [...]

‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ wins praise at UN

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Lage Raho Munnabhai’s phenonmenal concept of Gandhigiri did create quite a few waves in India. The Sanjay Dutt starrer — Lage Raho Munnabhai — which has been a super success in India and has raked in moolah for it producers, is now all set to be showcased in the auditorium of the United Nations. [...]