Bollywood's February 23 strike called off

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Whole Bollywood industry is planned strike February 23 to protest against the imposition of a service tax on the film industry has been called off after a meeting with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, industry officials said Tuesday.

"This strike has been called off. We had a meeting with the finance minister and he has asked us to wait till the budget," producer Ratan Jain told IANS.

"He understood our problem and then we decided not to go for strike till March 16 until the budget comes out. So, all the multiplexes and Bollywood will continue to move on without any strike on Feb 23," he added. Film Producers' Guild vice president Mukesh Bhatt also said that after the positive meeting with the finance minister, they have decided to remain patient till the budget.

"His hands are tied right now and I will respect that. I am glad about the fact that he heard our plea patiently and has asked us to wait till the budget," he said, adding they will wait till March 16 and then take a decision on their future course of action.

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Bollywood should look for stories in books as per John Abraham

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Bollywood Actor John Abraham feels that Bollywood filmmakers should start adapting stories from books instead of getting inspired by Hollywood films,

In our bollywood industry we are always getting lot of inspiration from other films, especially from hollywood movies. But I think the best inspiration you can get is out of books," that is what John has said during the launch of the book "In A Bubble of Time"

Even hollywood movies also adepted from books and have done so well. So I think it is important to read it and get new ideas and I think that is where we are limiting ourselves," John added.

When John have been asked the question that If John was to make a film based on a book, which one would that be? At that time he said, "I have been great fan of 20th century fiction and I love Jeffry Archer So, I have read all his books and if I have to make Hindi picture than I would definitely make it on a Jeffrey Archer book."

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