Swine Flu Hits Bollywood; Release Of Kaminey, Life Partner Postponed

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A day after producers of two big budget films—Karan Johar’s Saif Ali Khan-starrer Kurbaan and Anil Sharma’s Salman Khan-starrer Veer—cancelled shooting schedules in Pune due to the spread of the H1N1 Flu in that city, two producers said their films, scheduled to open this weekend, will have delayed openings in parts of Maharashtra. UTV Motion Pictures’ highly-anticipated Kaminey and Indian Film Company’s Life Partner, won’t open in parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, a major box-office market as well as the nerve centre of Bollywood.

The government of Maharashtra has ordered cinemas to remain shut for three days to prevent the spread of the flu. Schools, colleges and other educational institutions have been asked to shut for a week. At last count, 17 people have succumbed to the flu across India, of which, ten have been from Maharashtra—two in Mumbai and eight in Pune.

UTV Motion Pictures CEO Sidharth Roy Kapur told AFP that the company is insured against such delays.

Related: In.com has launched a microsite to aggregate news and information on swine flu.

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Priyanka, Shahid prove the adage by Sweating it out at the same Gym

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Contrary to reports of a split, Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor are very much together. PC was spotted hanging out with her man on Monday evening after returning from Macau. The duo were seen working out together.

Earlier, the actress used to work out with her ex, Harman Baweja at the gym he favoured, and now Shahid has convinced her to work out at the gym he frequentsHeading out together
A source from Lokhandwala says, "shortly after Priyanka returned on Monday afternoon she showed up at Shahid's house. After spending about an hour at his pad, Priyanka left for her house and moments later, came out and went down to her parked car. There, she waited for Shahid and once he got to his car, the two headed to the same location."

Nightly meetings
The source further adds, "At half past ten in the night, Shahid arrived at the gym, which is two lanes behind his house with Priyanka not far behind him. They met each other outside the gym and the proceeded for a joint workout. They were there for an hour and a half and left the place at midnight."

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