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Amitabh, Anushka Post Helmet-Less Photos

By LokMarg 16th May 2023

Mumbai Traffic Police brooks no nonsense when it comes to penalising traffic violators- even if they are beloved actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Anushka Sharma

The two were recently seen in separate incidents without helmets while pillion riding on bikes in the city.
On Sunday, Big B dropped a picture in which he was seen taking a bike ride with a stranger. “Thank you for the ride buddy .. don’t know you .. but you obliged and got me on time to location of work .. faster and in avoidance of the unsolvable traffic jams .. thank you capped , shorts and yellowed T-shirt owner,” he captioned the post. In the picture, neither Amitabh, nor the rider wore helmets.

On the other hand, Anushka Sharma also ditched her hemet while riding a bike with one of her staff members. Several paps shared the video on their social media accounts.

After these photos went viral on social media, Twitterati reached out to Mumbai Police for taking action against the stars. Responding to some of them, the Mumbai Police tweeted, “We have shared this with traffic branch.”

Meanwhile, on the work front, Amitabh will be seen in ‘Project K’, which also stars Deepika Padukone and Prabhas. Helmed by Nag Ashwin, ‘Project K’ is a bilingual film shot simultaneously in two languages i.e., Hindi and Telugu across various locations. Big B will also be seen in Ribhu Dasgupta’s next courtroom drama film ‘Section 84’.

The ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ actor will be portraying the role of a cricketer for the first time in her career in ‘Chakda Xpress’. Directed by Prosit Roy, ‘Chakda Xpress’ is a sports biopic based on the life of former Indian cricketer Jhulan Goswami, which will stream exclusively on Netflix. (ANI)

Amitabh’s Voice, Image, Characteristics, Can’t Be Used Without Consent: Delhi HC

By LokMarg 25th November 2022

Bollywood legend and veteran Actor Amitabh Bachchan filed a suit in Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights, image, voice, or any of his characteristics without his consent, following which the court passed an interim ex-parte injunction in his favour.

Eminent lawyer Harish Salve along with Ameet Naik and Pravin Anand, instructed by Anand and Naik, appeared for Bachchan in the High Court. The matter was heard before Justice Navin Chawla.
Salve submitted that there is a complete misuse of Amitabh Bachchan’s name, image, voice, or any of his characteristics without his consent.

“The misuse of his name, image, and voice, especially by the mobile application developers, and people conducting lottery by illegally associating with KBC, book publishers, T-shirt vendors, and various other businesses, has prompted Mr. Amitabh Bachchan to approach the High Court, seeking a restraining order against the use of his personality traits,” Salve said.

The lawyer for Amitabh Bachchan also brought to the notice of the Delhi High Court that alleged infringers have illegally registered Bachchan’s name as web-domain names such as www.amitabhbachchan.com and www.amitabhbachchan.in.

Delhi High Court’s Justice Navin Chawla noted that the plaintiff/Amitabh Bachchan alleges a violation of his publicity right as a celebrity.

The court further noted that it could not seriously be disputed that the plaintiff is a very well-known personality and is aggrieved by the usage of his name, image voice, etc without his consent.

“I am of the opinion that the plaintiff has been able to make out prima facie case in his favour. The defendants appear to be using celebrity status without his authorization, permission, and consent,” the HC judge said.

Justice Navin Chawla in his interim order passed an interim ex-parte injunction in favour of the Plaintiff/ Amitabh Bachchan and against the defendants.

The plea stated that there is an infringement of the Plaintiff’s personality through various manners like digital means, instant messaging apps, physical means, etc.

The digital means include several websites and mobile apps that have been found misappropriating the plaintiff’s photographs and/or other characteristics, to create popularity amongst the public and to entice members of the public to download such mobile apps.

The instant messaging apps include several unscrupulous parties that have been found using Bachchan’s photograph along with his name, and the representation of a TV Show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ (which is associated with Bachchan), to scam the public into believing that Kaun Banega Crorepati is offering lottery prizes to the members of the public.

The physical means include the cases where dishonest traders physically affix the actor’s images and posters on their places of business, on billboards, or even on products that they engage in the manufacture and sale of, with the aim to unlawfully show a nexus/affiliation/sponsorship/association with the plaintiff, so as to boost their illegal profits. (ANI)

Amitabh Mourns Death Of His Pet Dog, Shares Emotional Note

By LokMarg 16th November 2022

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, on Wednesday, shared an emotional note after he lost his pet dog.

Taking to Instagram, the actor shared a picture which he captioned in Hindi,” Humare ek chote se dost, kaam ke shan, fir ye bade hote hain aur ek din chod ke chale jaate hain,” followed by a crying emoticon.

In the picture, the ‘Don’ actor could be seen holding his Labrador.

Soon after he shared the picture, fans swamped the comment section with heartfelt messages and broken heart emoticons.

“Pets are precious as love,” a fan commented.

Another fan wrote, “And the love they give is the purest version of love.”

The ‘Deewar’ actor did not reveal the name of his pet.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Amitabh Bachchan was recently seen in director Sooraj Barjatya’s family entertainer film ‘Uunchai’ which got a positive response from the audience.

Apart from him, the film also stars Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, and Parineeti Chopra in prominent roles.

As per trade analyst Taran Adarsh, despite getting a limited release the film minted more than Rs 10 crores in its opening weekend.

He will be next seen in a pan India film ‘Project K’ alongside Deepika Padukone and south actor Prabhas, and in ‘The Intern’. (ANI)