Sunny Leone not sure about Jism 2

NEW DELHI: A few days back Sunny Leone was excited about working in Jism 2. Post the release of its first look poster, director Pooja Bhatt as well as Leone who was ready to quit porn for Bollywood, have taken an about-turn.

"I really liked meeting Mahesh Bhatt and Pooja. But whether I am doing their movie or not, I am not sure yet. It depends on a lot of factors including how my adult-content business in the US reacts to my Bollywood aspirations," Sunny Leone told Subhash K Jha.

"It was deep and enigmatic. And it was for the main lead. That's the kind of start I'd like in Bollywood. And if things go well I'd like to take up a career in Bollywood," Leone was quoted by Jha as saying.

Pooja Bhatt apparently is also having second thoughts about casting Leone in her sequel to 2003 hit film Jism. "I ain't letting my secret out. There's quite a bit of speculation about Sunny Leone and Bipasha being part of the film, but I haven't finalised the name yet. Hopefully, we'll be able to make an official announcement soon. But we had a positive meeting with Sunny," Pooja shares with a daily.

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Sunny on quitting porn for Bollywood

“I can’t predict the future, but if I get good work in Bollywood and that keeps me busy, why not? I’d love to be part of this industry. I love Bollywood.”

Sunny on working with Mahesh Bhatt

"I am really very excited about working with Mr Mahesh Bhatt. He has told me a bit about the first instalment of the film, and said how it was very bold, controversial, and of course edgy. So, yes, I am excited about Bollywood."

Will she, won't she? Keep watching this space for the answer.

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SRK, Katrina film goes on the floors

NEW DELHI: New Shah Rukh Khan-Katrina Kaif starrer directed by Yash Chopra is set to go on the floors Monday. "Launching my dad's film today with a little pooja at YRF...shoot starts tomorrow with @iamsrk and Katrina Kaif..Dad directing after Veer-Zaara," actor Uday Chopra wrote on microblogging site Twitter.

This for first time that Shah Rukh will romance Katrina on the big screen in the yet to be titled film, which also features Anushka Sharma.

Yash Chopra returns to direction after seven years his last directorial venture was cross-border love story Veer Zaara in 2004.

The music of the new film will be composed by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar will pen the lyrics.

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Devotees throng Bhitai’s shrine

BHIT SHAH: Desperate to find her mentally handicapped missing daughter, an elderly Baloch woman, Ganj Bakht, has come to the shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai.

Despite the weather being bitterly cold, she is staying in the open courtyard of the shrine along with many other women.

“I am a Sawali and have come here to ask Bhitai to find my daughter Shah Bibi,” she said as she wrapped herself in a sheet of cloth to protect herself from the cold which increased in its severity after the sunset of the 13th of Safar – the day the three-day Urs of Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai began.

“Shah Bibi became mentally ill after she was divorced by her husband two years ago and then she went missing,” Ganj Bakht sobbed with her folded hands as she spoke in a mixture of Balochi and Sindhi languages.

Her daughter was in her mid 30s when she went missing, she said.

Ameer Hamza, a small restaurant owner in Ghotki district, has brought a goat to be sacrificed on the morning of 14th Safar. “We will distribute the lungar here as a mark of respect to our Murshid, he said, adding that he had been performing this ritual for a long time.

Men, women and children have started converging at the shrine in Bhit Shah, a small town in Matiari district, to celebrate the 268th Urs.

The first Dhamal, according to Syed Aneesul Hasnain alias Faqeer Juman Shah, marks the beginning of the Urs which officially opens on Monday morning.

Elderly Fida Hussain Brohi has a different story to share. “I want my son out of prison,” he said. He will pray at the shrine for his son’s release.

Hundreds of thousands of devotees turn up at the shrine to pay homage during the three-day Urs. Many of them who have already come are staying in the courtyard of the shrine and burning firewood to keep themselves warm.

For the fourth consecutive year the devotees will not be able to visit Takht Gah – the abode of Bhitai – because it is in a dilapidated condition. A portion of it caved in three years ago.

“If we allow visitors there it will collapse and might lead to casualties,” said Mazhar Ali Shah alias Nazan Sain, brother of the shrine’s Sajjada Nasheen Syed Nisar Hussain.

He said the antiquities department did not pay attention to it. “We were told that Rs5.5 million was sought from the Auqaf department but it has not been given,” he said.

There are cracks at different places in the shrine’s structure.

According to a shrine’s employee, Nawab Lanjwani, a mere touch will cause the affected part to collapse.

The shrine – built around 345 years agoneeds extension to accommodate the large number of devotees. Structure of the shrine needs refurbishment because recent heavy monsoon
rains caused serious damage, causing cracks in Lakhi gate, Wazoo Khana and other places.

Some repairs have been carried out in patches and some refurbishing has been done.

During recent rains, the roof built with woods started leaking.

Devotees cramped into a Musafir Khana built in 1964, but it could not accommodate them.

Annual budget allocation for Lungar in Musafir Khana is quite inadequate.

Last year Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah promised that one fourth of the annual income from nazrana (donations) at the shrine would be allocated for distribution of food among devotees, but according to Mazhar Ali Shah, the promise is yet to be met. “We pursued it but there has been no progress,” he said.

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