If industry trade statistics are to be believed, for every single good film that is made, there are 10 other bad ones that release week after week. For anyone familiar with the Razzies concept of Hollywood, the ‘Ghanta Awards’ (‘ghanta’ being the slang for ‘rubbish’) is its desi version to celebrate and recognize the worst that Bollywood offers in terms of films, actors, technicians among some other categories.
In its second year, the awards function was held over the weekend to a packed house. Those who could not attend had the option of watching its online live stream (something that none of the bigger awards have been able to achieve yet). While invites were sent out to all the nominees, Sonam Kapoor was the lone celeb attendee, went sportingly on the stage to collect her award confessing “Thank you so much! I finally won an award!”.
Keeping Sonam company in the audience was photographer Atul Kasbekar,...
In its second year, the awards function was held over the weekend to a packed house. Those who could not attend had the option of watching its online live stream (something that none of the bigger awards have been able to achieve yet). While invites were sent out to all the nominees, Sonam Kapoor was the lone celeb attendee, went sportingly on the stage to collect her award confessing “Thank you so much! I finally won an award!”.
Keeping Sonam company in the audience was photographer Atul Kasbekar,...
- 3/22/2012
- by Pooja Rao
- Bollyspice
They say 'What's in a name?' But, when you have a name like Sarrtaj, it only means that half of your battle is already won! He goes by the name of Sarrtaj, and is familiar face in the ad world. Sarrtaj made his Bollywood debut in the film called Khap. Bollywood Hungama gives you a chance to have a live video chat with Sarrtaj on Thursday, August 4, at 1500 hrs Ist.
- 8/2/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Hours after its release on Friday, Ajai Sinha’s film on honour killing Khap, was banned in theatres across Punjab and Haryana.Earlier during the day the film could not get a proper release in Haryana. It opened for limited screening in three cities. The rest of Haryana’s exhibitors stayed away from Khap for fear of retaliation from sections of Haryana’s protestors who have been campaigning to keep the film out.But by evening all the theatres in Punjab and Haryana decided to boycott the film.Sinha tells Businessofcinema.com, ...
- 8/1/2011
- BusinessofCinema
Khap, the movie on honour killings in Haryana directed by Ajai Sinha, starring Om Puri, Mohnish Bahl, Govind Namdev and Uvika Chaudhary was released across the country on Friday, except in Khap land - Haryana. The cinema owners in Haryana decided to play it safe by not screening the movie in the entire state as they did not want to provoke Khap Panchayats who were against its screening. Posters of the film were also removed from cinema halls. Khap highlights the role of the Khap Mahapanchayats in honour killings in Haryana. The film ran into trouble on Friday after many exhibitors in Haryana refused to screen the film fearing violence from Jat supporters. . Many Jat leaders of the state had threatened to protest against the screening of the film, claiming it was anti-khap and showed the traditional panchayats in poor light. They had asked the public to boycott the film...
- 7/30/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Khap, the movie on honour killings in Haryana directed by Ajai Sinha, starring Om Puri, Mohnish Bahl, Govind Namdev and Uvika Chaudhary was released across the country on Friday, except in Khap land - Haryana. The cinema owners in Haryana decided to play it safe by not screening the movie in the entire state as they did not want to provoke Khap Panchayats who were against its screening. Posters of the film were also removed from cinema halls. Khap highlights the role of the Khap Mahapanchayats in honour killings in Haryana. The film ran into trouble on Friday after many exhibitors in Haryana refused to screen the film fearing violence from Jat supporters. . Many Jat leaders of the state had threatened to protest against the screening of the film, claiming it was anti-khap and showed the traditional panchayats in poor light. They had asked the public to boycott the film...
- 7/30/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Starring Om Puri,Govind Namdeo, Manoj Pahwa,Mohnish Behl, Anooradha Patel,Uvika Chowdhary,Sarrtaj
Directed by Ajai Sinha
Rating: ***
Issue-based films tend to get themselves into trouble.And we don’t mean just the trouble caused by disgruntled parties, political or otherwise. The balance that needs to be struck between headlines and their cinematic interpretation often tends to get lost thereby defeating the noblest of purposes and the best intentions of conscientious filmmakers who look at the cinematic medium as more than just entertainment.
Ajai Sinha who has his roots in meaningful television entertainment, boldly takes on the theme of khap (community) justice in rural Haryana, whereby any marriage between two individuals of the same gotra (clan) is punished by local village panchayats. It’s a powerful subject that needed a singleminded, uncompromised treatment.
Sadly Sinha dilutes the theme with dollops of formula-baazi. There’s a teenybopper love-angle featuring two...
Directed by Ajai Sinha
Rating: ***
Issue-based films tend to get themselves into trouble.And we don’t mean just the trouble caused by disgruntled parties, political or otherwise. The balance that needs to be struck between headlines and their cinematic interpretation often tends to get lost thereby defeating the noblest of purposes and the best intentions of conscientious filmmakers who look at the cinematic medium as more than just entertainment.
Ajai Sinha who has his roots in meaningful television entertainment, boldly takes on the theme of khap (community) justice in rural Haryana, whereby any marriage between two individuals of the same gotra (clan) is punished by local village panchayats. It’s a powerful subject that needed a singleminded, uncompromised treatment.
Sadly Sinha dilutes the theme with dollops of formula-baazi. There’s a teenybopper love-angle featuring two...
- 7/29/2011
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Movie Review: "Khap"; Star cast: Om Puri, Govind Namdeo, Manoj Pahwa, Mohnish Behl, Anuradha Patel, Uvika Chowdhary and Sarrtaj; Director; Ajai Sinha; Rating: *** - a good attempt, but not engaging.
Issue-based films tend to get themselves into trouble. And we don't mean just the trouble caused by disgruntled parties, political or otherwise. The balance that needs to be struck between headlines and their cinematic interpretation often tends to get lost thereby defeating the noblest of purposes and the best intentions of conscientious filmmakers who look at the cinematic medium as more than.
Issue-based films tend to get themselves into trouble. And we don't mean just the trouble caused by disgruntled parties, political or otherwise. The balance that needs to be struck between headlines and their cinematic interpretation often tends to get lost thereby defeating the noblest of purposes and the best intentions of conscientious filmmakers who look at the cinematic medium as more than.
- 7/29/2011
- by Rahul Kapoor
- RealBollywood.com
These are busy days for Om Puri. Last month he had three back-to-back films to his credit - West Is West, Love Express and Bin Bulaye Baraati. Now this weekend he would be seen in a pivotal role in Khap, a film which deals with honor killing. Though he is happy to be doing quite a few films, he strongly believes that in Bollywood not many filmmakers are making sensible films, hence resulting in actors like him suffering from lack of meaty roles."See, we may not agree to this... Read More...
- 7/25/2011
- Bollywood Trade
These are busy days for Om Puri. Last month he had three back-to-back films to his credit - West Is West, Love Express and Bin Bulaye Baraati. Now this weekend he would be seen in a pivotal role in Khap, a film which deals with honor killing. Though he is happy to be doing quite a few films, he strongly believes that in Bollywood not many filmmakers are making sensible films, hence resulting in actors like him suffering from lack of meaty roles."See, we may not agree to this b...
- 7/25/2011
- GlamSham
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Ajai Sinha sold his house and office, invested all his savings in an issue-based film called Khap, but now finds little support for it from the government. The producer-director had been working on another script when he came across a newspaper cutting of a panchayat sentencing a young couple to death for marrying within the 40 villages in the khap and immediately decided to take up the cause cinematically. "Even the Supreme Court is fighting to get khap panchayats banned. I'd hoped for a tax exemption for Khap, so it could reach out to more people and help eradicate this ...
- 7/20/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Produced by Sangita Sinha and Siddhant Sinha of Ananda Film & Telecommunications Pvt. Ltd., and Directed by Ajai Sinha- best known for his TV shows Hasratein, Astitva, Justujoo and Ghar Ek Sapna. Film Khap, a story about the Khap Panchayat and the much talked about issue of Honour Killings is all set to release in cinemas on 29th July, 2011. The film stars veteran actors like Om Puri, Govind Namdev, Manoj Pahwa, Anooradha Patel and Mohnish Bahl amongst the new talent Read More...
- 5/16/2011
- Bollywood Trade
Produced by Sangita Sinha and Siddhant Sinha of Ananda Film and Telecommunications Pvt. Ltd., and Directed by Ajai Sinha- best known for his TV shows Hasratein, Astitva, Justujoo and Ghar Ek Sapna. Film Khap, a story about the Khap Panchayat and the much talked about issue of Honour Killings is all set to release in cinemas on 29th July, 2011. The film stars veteran actors like Om Puri, Govind Namdev, Manoj Pahwa, Anooradha Patel and Mohnish Bahl amongst the new talent...
- 5/14/2011
- GlamSham
Khap Movie Still
Big stars, serious issue, great music- that is Khap. In the words of Om Puri “The story is told with compassion, humanity and such a hard hitting subject is told in a very entertaining manner”
If you look at Box Office numbers, nowadays movies made on social causes are quite successful . Directors, who dabble in this genre are finding new issues everyday. The conscious shift from the typical Bollywood hero-heroine-villain drama to these sensitive subjects undoubtedly enriches the cinema goers experience. Khap is another issue centric film based on the Khap panchayat and honor killings.
Khap is a tale of a world where marriages take place when they satisfy age old customs. If a couple does not abide by the traditions, a death sentence is passed and executed brutally by their own kin.
Govind Namdev, Om Puri and Manoj Pahwa in Khap
The film is directed by...
Big stars, serious issue, great music- that is Khap. In the words of Om Puri “The story is told with compassion, humanity and such a hard hitting subject is told in a very entertaining manner”
If you look at Box Office numbers, nowadays movies made on social causes are quite successful . Directors, who dabble in this genre are finding new issues everyday. The conscious shift from the typical Bollywood hero-heroine-villain drama to these sensitive subjects undoubtedly enriches the cinema goers experience. Khap is another issue centric film based on the Khap panchayat and honor killings.
Khap is a tale of a world where marriages take place when they satisfy age old customs. If a couple does not abide by the traditions, a death sentence is passed and executed brutally by their own kin.
Govind Namdev, Om Puri and Manoj Pahwa in Khap
The film is directed by...
- 5/11/2011
- Chakpak
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