Closed doorsSometimes banking on fame does not pay. As Tellywood's favourite detective - Pankaj Kapur - found out. He was scheduled to shoot inside a suburban Mumbai bank. His unit landed up at 7 pm, after the bank had closed , only to be told that the cameras could not roll. The society members of the building insisted that their permission was mandatory. Kapur argued that all he needed was the bank's go-ahead as he was shooting indoors. Half an hour later, Kapur was forced to pack up without canning a single shot.Big launchpZEE TV's Music Asia unveiled a bonanza of 10 new programmes, at a party. Anu Malik was larger than life. As usual. He spent what seemed like hours praising his score for Duplicate. In contrast Shiamak Davar made the briefest speech possible. Later, Baba Sehgal hummed a rap tune. But the best show was by the Zeewallahs themselves. They let their hair down, jammed the floor and danced till the wee hours.Just one byteChannel V arrived atthe games arcade in Faridabad, Destination Point, hoping to catch cricketer Rahul Dravid on camera. Veejay Meghna Reddy prattled on about Dravid and thrust the mike into his face. He refused to speak. Meghna looked around helplessly before she asked Dravid to ``at least request a song''. He obliged with Fields of Gold by Sting. The crew heaved a sigh of relief and Meghna was satisfied with that.Back againThe Chanakya of television, Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, parted ways with Zee on not-so-pleasant terms. It was never clear whether he left Zee or Zee left him. Anyway, that's in the past. The latest rumour doing the rounds is that he may resurface at DD. Apparently, heads are going to roll at Mandi House - perhaps that of CEO S.S.Gill too - and Dwivedi is touted as a possible successor. Whatever happens, CPD is a hard man to keep down.Take twoWE have been writing about how sequelmania has Tellywood in its grip. The latest is Prakash Jha. The director of the famousMungerilal Ke Hasin Sapne is making a sequel called - hold your breath - Mungeri Ke Bhai Naurangi! So, watch out for Mungerilal's brother on DD. And watch this space for more me-toos and part-twos.High tideUTV's serial Sea Hawks might soon end up in a watery grave. The director, Anubhav Sinha has quit. "The circumstances became difficult to work in - they could have been sorted out by higher ups at UTV but.. ," he says. UTV has replaced Sinha with Shivan Nairbut apparently, people like Niki Aneja, Manoj Pahwa, Seema Bhargava and ace-cameraman Vijay Arora have also left.Blood bathThose who caught last week's episode of Hindustani must still be rubbing their eyes with disbelief. One Hindustani was lying wounded in a hospital. He needed AB positive blood, urgently. Lo and behold! Every Hindustani managed to donate blood - meaning all of them, including the leading lady, had the same blood group! A medical wonder, for sure.- Murli Sharma with AnuradhaNagaraj
