Non-bailable warrant against Jackie Shroff

Actor Jackie Shroff is receiving calls from everywhere- media, associates and friends, as the actor is stuck in a legal tangle. A local court in Mumbai has issued a non -bailable warrant against the actor.

Jackie Shroff confirms the news saying, “There was some problem regarding a business deal of my old movie. The matter was in court but they are pulling it out now. The court has put up a stay on it." He further adds," Its just that my secretary and lawyer reached late at the court. They however, reached the court and the court has passed a stay order now.”

Film personalities have been caught in legal hassles from time to time. The latest one was a warrant issued against actress Sonu Walia in a cheque bounce case and she is still absconding.

Satyajit Ray’s ‘Feluda’ on International scene

According to Bollywood News & Gossip, BBC will soon air the legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s detective character in literature Feluda. Rahul Bose, Anupam Kher, Jackie Shroff, Dalip Tahil and Jaspal Bhatti have been roped in to do two special dramatized versions of the detective series in English on BBC World Service radio. Rahul Bose will step into the shoes of the fictional Bengali super brain to life in the two stories, with Anupam Kher playing his sidekick, the bumbling crime writer Lalmohan Ganguly. Jackie Shroff plays the fraudster Machchli Baba and Dalip Tahil the arch-villain Meganlal Meghraj in story The Mystery of the Elephant God. Jaspal Bhatti will feature in the other story, The Golden Fortress, playing the jolly taxi driver who steers his cab with his tummy. Newcomer Hari Balasubramaniam will play Feluda’s cousin Topshe in both productions and legendary radio presenter Ameen Sayani will make an appearance in both. Sanjeev Kohli does the music composing part of it. English writer Ray Grewal turned the famous filmmaker’s fictional writing into radio plays.

BBC World Service has 42 million listeners in English around the world. It is broadcasting Feluda: The Golden Fortress as part of a special season of programmes called India Rising, which aims to deliver a close-up and personal look at modern India. BBC World Service will broadcast: Feluda: The Golden Fortress on Saturday, February 10, and Feluda: The Mystery of the Elephant God on Saturday, August 11.

Jackie Shroff's five different roles in one film

Jackie Shroff is excited these days for he gets to play five different roles in a new English film first Fear.

Every time Aishwarya or Sushmita notch up an international film, they hit the headlines. But Jackie Shroff chooses to maintain a low profile while shooting for director Paul Nicholas’ English film First Fear in Goa. Even when he plays five different characters in the film.

From a one-eyed beggar to a bald priest, a shopkeeper, an African American looking entrepreneur and a toy vendor on the beach – Jaggu Dada will enchant you in his multiple avatars. “None of the characters in this film come close to any of the roles I’ve played before,“ says the actor who will also be seen in Bhagam Bhag and Eklavya after a series of forgettable flicks like Naksha and Mera Dil Leke Dekho.

“It’s a very big project but you don’t know much about it because the director has not publicized it much, unlike other foreign films. I faced the camera after five hours of make up and I couldn’t recognize myself,” smiles Shroff. Flaunting a flamboyant red scarf, the actor looks his usual self when he greets us at a five star hotel in Goa.

“He was incredible as a blind beggar,” says Nicholas. “That’s the scariest of all his looks. While we used a prosthetic piece to make his blind eye look real, a milky white contact lens for the other eye makes him look even more fearful,” says LA based make-up supervisor Autumn Butler who worked on Hilary Swank’s look in the film, The Reaping.

First Fear, a supernatural thriller, tells the story of an ancient Indian kind who is reborn in the present day after 1,000 years. “Some of Jackie’s avatars, those of the beggar and high priest, hail from the ancient era. He shows fine lines on his face and has distinguished salt and pepper hair in an African American look. And you can’t make out whether he is African or Indian when he plays a toy seller,” says Butler, “It boosts your ego when you’re shooting with Jackie, with people showering a lot of attention. A part of his glamour also falls on us,” jokes the director about his star actor.

Jackie Shroff signs Hollywood film First Fear

Actor Jackie Shroff is the latest Bollywood actor to sign a Hollywood movie.

The film, First Fear, is directed by Paul Nicholas and stars Jolene Blalock, Sean Patrick Flanery and Sheetal Sheth. The shooting of the movie has already commenced in Hyderabad. Shroff plays five different roles in the film.
"The first shooting schedule of this international project has already been shot in Hyderabad and the next will commence in Goa from 8 December," says Shroff, currently in Pune.
"It's a thriller, a very exciting project, where I am playing five different roles - a high priest, a blind beggar, a multi-billionaire, an antique shop keeper and a toy seller on the road. It takes three to five hours to put on the make-up for each get-up, which is done by make-up supervisor Autumn Butler. My shoots get over after this schedule. They told me that if I am needed for further shooting, they will call me to Los Angeles," adds Shroff.