Prakash Jha agrees to 'appropriate cuts' in 'Aarakshan'

Mumbai/Chandigarh, Aug 11: A day ahead of the release of 'Aarakshan', filmmaker Prakash Jha Thursday agreed to 'appropriate' alterations in the multi-starrer dealing with the sensitive issue of reservations after facing protests from the Republican...

Prakash Jha agrees to changes in 'Aarakshan'

Mumbai, Aug 11: Filmmaker Prakash Jha has agreed to make 'appropriate' alterations in his film 'Aarakshan', themed on caste-based reservations, after facing protests from the Republican Party of India (RPI) as well as a ban on the movie from Uttar Pradesh...

Security stepped up for casts of Prakash Jha's 'Aarakshan'

Mumbai/Lucknow/Chandigarh/New Delhi, Aug 11: With the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Government banning Prakash Jha's latest release 'Aarakshan' (Reservation) in Uttar Pradesh, the security has been stepped up for the casts of the film starring Amitabh Bachchan,...

Bachchan, Prakash Jha to launch 'Rascals' promo

New Delhi, Aug 9: In a novelty of sorts for Bollywood, megastar Amitabh Bachchan and director Prakash Jha will take a while away from promoting their film 'Aarakshan' to launch the promo of 'Rascals', starring Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt. Come Thursday,...

Why is everybody up in arms against my film: Prakash Jha

Mumbai, Aug 6: Filmmaker Prakash Jha, whose Mumbai residence and office were ransacked by activists of Republican Party of India (RPI) Saturday, confirmed that nobody got hurt and said he failed to understand the brouhaha over the release of his film...

RPI activists attacked my home, office: Prakash Jha

Mumbai, Aug 6: Filmmaker Prakash Jha said activists of the Republican Party of India (RPI) attacked his home and office here Saturday to protest against the release of his socio-political film 'Aarakshan', based on caste-based reservation in the Indian...

Prakash Jha's office, home attacked for 'Aarakshan'

New Delhi, Aug 6: Filmmaker Prakash Jha Saturday said his house and office in Mumbai were attacked by political activists who wished to obstruct the release of his film 'Aarakshan', based on caste-based reservations in the Indian education system. 'Just...

Prakash Jha 'surprised' over cancelled Lucknow show

New Delhi, Aug 4: Filmmaker Prakash Jha is upset that the permission to stage a grand show in Lucknow to promote his forthcoming film 'Aarakshan' was withdrawn by the Mayawati government at the eleventh hour. He says if people have a problem with the...

Prakash Jha changes plan, opens his multiplex with 'Singham'

Mumbai, July 27: Prakash Jha's forthcoming 'Aarakshan' doesn't feature Ajay Devgn, so the filmmaker opened his newly-constructed mulitplex in Patna three weeks in advance to accommodate his favourite actor's new film 'Singham'. Cinepolis, the four-screen...

'Aarkshan' tries to tell a therapeutic story: Prakash Jha (Interview)

Mumbai, July 20: National award-winning director Prakash Jha isn't sure whether his film 'Aarakhsan' about caste-based reservations in educational institutions would be able to throw up any permanent solution to the problem, but he is sure that it would...