The 15-year ban on Bachchan!

1503 views 11 replies
Reply to Topic
~tasha~

Age: 124
Total Posts: 47628
Points: 0

Location:
United Kingdom, United Kingdom
IndiaFM News Bureau, January 27, 2007 - 08:24 IST


From lip-locks to skimpy garb, Indian cinema has witnessed vetoes imposed by the censor board as well as the industry itself. Very few are aware of the ban on one of the greatest actors of Bollywood – a ban that shook the film industry by its roots. Yes, we are talking about the ban that emerged on the face of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan!

Many years ago, a show was being organized by ‘Stardust’ magazine for the Army Wives. Most of the actors from the film fraternity had agreed to be a part of the show. Just then, Bachchan received a call from Saira Banu, saying that Dilip Kumar wanted to meet up with him. On the day of the meeting, almost all the top actors from the industry were present in order to discuss how ethical it would be to get associated with a magazine that endorses yellow journalism. There were several rounds of meetings where the stars pondered over this issue. After a heated argument, it was decided that the Stardust Army Wives show must be boycotted.

It was also decided that the stars would ban all the magazines that included gossip, and that no star would give interviews to such publications. Stardust, of course, was in the lead. But as hypocritical as the celebrities could get, they started calling Bollywood magazines, asking them to take interviews quickly. Suddenly, the magazines had more content than they could accommodate. The stars declined any such incident having taken place. There was also an interview of Bachchan in Stardust, taken by journalist Uma Rao. The actor was furious when he learned that the article spoke against his family. He fired the journalist but it was too late. The magazine was already in circulation!

Interestingly, there was somebody leaking out the minutes of the mid-night meetings on a regular basis. These behind-the-door secrets were getting published openly in Stardust! Apparently, Stardust had its sources that were none other than some of the stars present in those meetings. Amitabh Bachchan said that he always knew this was inevitable. The information of the meets was bound to leak out someday. This gave him yet another reason to ban Stardust.

In the year 1975, the country saw an Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi. Reportedly, Amitabh Bachchan was very close to the Gandhi family. He is said to have used his influence in attempting to shut down Stardust. Censors got harsh on Stardust for carrying items on Amitabh. There was a strong censorship imposed on the press, due to which magazines other than Stardust had to suffer as well.

Stardust avenged the deed by imposing a ban on Bachchan. All the film magazines got together to form an association. They decided not to print anything about the actor, in any of their publications. In his defense, Amitabh said that he had banned the press from entering his sets almost till the end of 1989. However, he had nothing personal against any particular magazine.

Nari Hira, MD of Stardust, said that he had started taking Bachchan for granted, which is why he was shocked to learn about the mid-night meetings. He never imagined that Bachchan could join hands against them. But he agreed upon the existence of a cold war, and a misunderstanding between AB and Stardust that lasted for many years. Hira also went on to saying that this misunderstanding could have been solved if AB had contacted the magazine directly. Surprisingly, Amitabh also owned up for him folly. He said that he was wrong in being so adamant and banning the press – that he should not have turned down Stardust for interviews.

And while everybody wondered as to who would finally emerge supreme in this cold war, AB and Stardust decided upon a temporary truce. In 1982, AB met with a fatal accident. That is when Stardust offered a peace treaty to him by publishing an article on him in the magazine. The superstar was moved by this act, which tried to prove that Stardust considered AB as family. But when he recovered, the cold war continued.

In 1989, AB found himself stranded in the Bofors scandal. His movies failed to make it big at the B.O. The actor’s PRO went around, begging for the press to write about him. When he approached Stardust, a journalist insisted that AB must directly get in touch with the MD of the publication. So he met up with Nari Hari at his residence. The duo sat down and cleared all the misconceptions that had taken place over the years. Hira was humbled by AB’s graciousness. He decided to call for a ceasefire! And thus, the 15-year cold war came to an end. The ban on Bachchan was finally lifted.
Posted 29 Jan 2007

"He decided to call for a ceasefire! And thus, the 15-year cold war came to an end. The ban on Bachchan was finally lifted"


Posted 30 Jan 2007

its too long,,and iam short of time as ever
so later babezz
Posted 31 Jan 2007

Franky - THE ever "harsh" boy
Posted 31 Jan 2007

~tasha~ says

what's going on franky
Posted 31 Jan 2007

Posted 31 Jan 2007

~tasha~ said:


what's going on franky



nothing's with him
Posted 31 Jan 2007

Uninvited says
he;s been banished into eternal damnation
all over again
thanks to the ignorant supervisors


disregards,
Posted 01 Feb 2007

Posted 01 Feb 2007

valandrian says
bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527
bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527
bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527
bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527
bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527
bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527
bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527
bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527
bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527
bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527
bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527bd46527
bd46527
Posted 23 May 2018

Posted 22 Sep 2018

poojasingh says
STUNNING INDEPENDENT CALL GIRLS IN DEHRADUN

Most importantly call girls in Dehradun is the business of the Call Girls which became so prominent that several individuals started setting up different business in the city for the call girl purpose, there emerged competitiveness in the city in terms of the Call Girl business, we have various call girls service providers in the Dehradun city and each service providers ensures they satisfy their client in order to outrun other service providers, for instance, The Dehradun change Call Girls services in Dehradun, The Escort Service Dehradun, The Romiyo Escort service in Dehradun and several other Call services in the city. These various call girls service providers advertised their service as a world-class provider of call girl in Dehradun and added that they engaged in offering better-escorting background, several girls are available to offer ranging from the Indian, Russian, fair Middle Eastern beautiful girls who would offer the best incall service satisfying your needs and also giving you a memorable moment of life.

https://girlsingurgaon.in/
https://rishikeshgirls.in/call-girls-in-dehradun/
https://rishikeshgirls.in/call-girls-in-gurgaon/
https://muskangirlsdwarka.in/high-profile-call-girls-gurgaon/
https://muskangirlsdwarka.in/gurgaon/
https://www.singledate.in/call-girls-huda-city-center/
https://muskangirlsdwarka.in/sikanderpur-gurgaon/
https://muskangirlsdwarka.in/services/call-girls-in-delhi/
https://www.singledate.in/
https://muskangirlsdwarka.in/
https://rishikeshgirls.in/
https://shipranoida.in/
https://www.mumbaimodels.org/
https://girlsinindirapuram.com/
https://www.oyobook.com/
http://thelawassociate.com/
https://gurgaon.oyobook.com/

Posted 11 Feb 2020

Reply to Topic