Shun, Ban, Boycott Bollywood!

Tue Jul 30 15:22:23 2002
Name:Anil Kumar
Email:anilkr@bol.net.in
Your Views:Yes; Appoint K.P.S.Gill. He will work out details. Step-1 : Local gangs supporting people like Chotta Shakeel should be identified and eliminated. Step-2 : The victims who are willing to take revenge should be recruited by the POLICE and be given a special training. Seperate cells should be created for India and Overseas. Some of them be deputed to Indian Embassies with a special mission to establish their own network to track wanted gangsters and eliminate them either through Local Government's assistance or through some other means. Step-3 : The Hollywood stars taking assistance (some under threat or some willingly) from such underworld people should be identified and booked under Law. Special Courts should be established for speedy trials (judgement within 6 months). If need be, Law can suitably be amended. Step-4 : A protection levy (% of income) should be imposed on all the stars, etc. and by using this money, POLICE (Special Force) protection should be provided to all those whosoever wants it. All the complaints shall be handled by this special force. Step-5 : Finally, complete elimination of organised gangsters is the answer to this blot on the society.

Tue Jul 30 13:48:08 2002
Name:Pawan K Sipani
Email:pawan_sipani@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Kin-kin ko pakdoge. Ek din sab Don ban jaayenge.B'coz bharat ki condition day by day kharab ho rahi hai. Yaa goli maar do yaa goli kha lo bus yah do hi raste hai..........

Tue Jul 30 13:49:27 2002
Name:KAK_BHUSUNDI
Email:kak@bhusundi.com
Your Views:Bolywood can be cleaned by one way only : Hang these buggers along with their mafia godfathers publicly...

Tue Jul 30 13:50:17 2002
Name:Vishal Gupta
Email:vishal@cybolsystems.com
Your Views:It is bound to happen when there are going to be so many wannabe producers in the industry and so many wanna invest Ganglords around who are looking to invest their black money in legal way this industry provides perfect base to do so. It is important that there be proper and legal source of financing so that young and upcomming filmakers do not have to look at the easy way out.

Tue Jul 30 13:55:45 2002
Name:Jayesh Mistry
Email:jayesh_1202@rediff.com
Your Views:At least not in my life time. With so much corruption and politics in our legal system it would be a herculean task. But a start has to be made somewhere. Indian cricket has been partially cleansed of the match fixing scandal and the results speak volume for themselves.

Tue Jul 30 13:57:49 2002
Name:jayaprakash Biswal
Email:jayapakash@yahoo.com
Your Views:they should be eliminated with bullet . bollywood personality shold be also punished .

Tue Jul 30 13:59:14 2002
Name:Sujoy Dutta
Email:sujoydutta@hotmail.com
Your Views:Charge them under POTA. Give them exemplary punishment. Once a few of them go to jail, the rest of the bunch would behave like good kids, forever!!!.

Tue Jul 30 13:59:48 2002
Name:Deep
Email:deepvarshney@hotmail.com
Your Views:no way these two are very integrally blended one cannot survive without the other.

Tue Jul 30 14:00:52 2002
Name:ABHAY
Email:abhaykhan@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I think it's not possible without the help of everyperson and here finally i want to say that every person has to take necessary action (no need to involve with them)and therefore mafia may be remove from bollywood. "Right Thinking always take persons to the right way"

Tue Jul 30 14:03:14 2002
Name:S M Prabhu
Email:sivaprasadprabhu@yahoo.com
Your Views:Well If he's involved then he should't be kept alive....I say he shoud be Court Marshalled........If not by the govt the we will do it.

Tue Jul 30 14:03:36 2002
Name:Deepak
Email:deepak_tc@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Whovever is involved in this case give them a phasi. That's it, this is the big solution.

Tue Jul 30 14:03:55 2002
Name:Prerna
Email:prernaagrawal@hotmail.com
Your Views:There is lot to do if one really thinks of making our country India free from such dirt (Mafia) which is creeping into every form of stable and developed structure of our country. So Bollywood the so called showbiz definitely is too much into this. My Suggestion 1. Defame the so called famous heroes ban them from appearing in movies till the case is solved or proved innocent 2. Kick their asses put them in Jail dont let them free and spread this.. 3. Raid their properties and all connections to get to the root. To really get rid u have to immitate what they do in movies,even the third degree torture which these gentle bodies can't handle.

Tue Jul 30 14:04:01 2002
Name:KUMARESH NARAYAN
Email:asf@vsnl.com
Your Views:YES. The root cause of the problem is lack of funding and the reluctance to accept cheque payments by actors. When cash becomes the operative word, it invariably comes from unrecorded and mostly nefarious sources. The problem therefore, is much more of an Indian psyche of receiving payments for goods/services, partly in unaccounted cash. If the construction industry which was notorious for their 60:40 or worse could reform themselves to such an extent that they accept only cheque payments, i see no reason for the film industry to accept full payment by cheque. While you may have an occassional Aamir Khan paying his taxes, most of the film industry lives luxuriously but contends that they make only meagre sums and pay paltry taxes. If the criminal elements are to eradicated from this industry they have to accept some harsh realities a) their remuneration must be linked to a film's success, atleast partially.. they must be held accountable for cost overruns caused by their irresponsible behaviour b) the industry must voluntarily follow transparent accounting thereby leading to availability of legitimate funding for films. c)the distributors must also follow transparency.

Tue Jul 30 14:04:26 2002
Name:Harsha
Email:harsh_100@hotmail.com
Your Views:By cutting down the sky rocketing production costs and strict auditing of the source of finance of the producers can reduce this menace which is spoiling the industry. Moreover the artists who have any kind of nexus with underworld should be given a life long ban.

Tue Jul 30 14:04:28 2002
Name:Siddhartha Pal
Email:siddhartha_pal@rediffmail.com
Your Views:No! It cannot be, because, although some of Bollywood people may be willing to keep away from the underworld, they cannot, as they are afraid of getting killed if they don't listen to the dons. It is our government's duty to provide security to the Bollywood stars. And unfortunately they are not able to do that. So mafia will be there attached to Bollywood.

Tue Jul 30 14:06:47 2002
Name:Raghu
Email:nani_rec@rediffmail.com, nani_recw@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Yes mafia can be separated from the bollywood only if every one belonging to the film industry make a strong resolution to not pay heed to threats from mafia and extend cooperation among themselves to be united to face any kind of situation by taking help from the Govt. The industry will outnumber mafia people count wise and also financially. If their life and their earnings are transparent to Govt. then they can have full support from Govt. But pitiably they lack sincerity towards Govt. in terms of right way of earning and that is why they are facing these precarious situations. This is the time and opportunity for them to change and protect themselves and become responsible citizens of India. I wish they will realize that this is the only option and come into the correct stream of life.

Tue Jul 30 14:10:05 2002
Name:prakash bhusanur
Email:prakash_rajani1@yahoo.co.in
Your Views:by providing finance to producers

Tue Jul 30 14:10:24 2002
Name:Svk Seeker
Email:svkseeker@lycos.com
Your Views:No never. from Amitabh to Aamir, from Rekha to Rani, from Yash to Subhash - everybody in the industry owe their money to the mafia. Rakesh Roshan getting shot does not prove that he is an exception. Everything is staged and faked with due care - this can only stop when the Government declares this as an industry and puts more audit on the films.

Tue Jul 30 14:10:32 2002
Name:umesh bhatt
Email:bhatt_umesh@rediffmail.com
Your Views:As we know in last few years there has been a tremendous decrease in underworld activities, it is only because of strengthening the hands of Mumbai police by the last few governments, but in some point to save their own persons they change law also as happen with TADA and this is the reason why we are seeing these culprits out of bars. but strengthening the police is many time politically motivated step, directly or indirectly they want to hurt the image of opposition party. I think after freedom this was the worst kind of politics we saw. to delink mafia from Bollywood it is necesaary to give more powers to police and ensure that police use power only for the welfare of common people rather that welfare of politicians or businessmen.

Tue Jul 30 14:12:19 2002
Name:Amitra Sudan Kar
Email:amitra_sudan@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I dont think Bollywood can be delinked from Mafias.Since it generates a large amount of revenue, and lots of glamour,money is in this industry ,the Mafias will control the industry forever.In todays time where lots of big budget movies are made, producers having lot of money are required. These producers are getting crores of rupees with the help of underworld. The source of income is either smuggling or jewellery business or ammunitions. So these two are interrelated and have a strong bondage. The Mafias decide the star cast or gets a lot of money from the producers ,failing they threat the producer or the stars and even may put them to death. The police is and will remain inactive in this matter. Because the politicians are also involved in this game. So this sort of events will remain happening and no one can help it out. The only solution will be to shut down the film industry.But it will not be possible only from the entertainment perspective but also because of the fact that it is the largest revenue generating industry in India.So,the game continues.

Tue Jul 30 14:15:22 2002
Name:magesh
Email:golfoverseas@rediffmail.com
Your Views:sorry sir, it never can be cleaned

Tue Jul 30 14:16:00 2002
Name:vickey lalwani
Email:vmlalwani27@rediffmail.com
Your Views:looks as if things have gone too deep and established a very stronghold, not an easy task, corruption must have added the woes

Tue Jul 30 14:17:24 2002
Name:suesh karat
Email:suresh2004@hotmail.com
Your Views:TRAITORS-Cowards all of them in high places to do so.they quiver in their pyjamas but show they can beat 12 people like that. ha. they think they can get away with it. these mawalis act tough like chota shakeel and scare these no good fellas. get tough, boys.

Tue Jul 30 14:19:32 2002
Name:praveen
Email:PRAVEEN@AOL.COM
Your Views:hi there....it can be done only by punishing culprits like sanjay dutt n mahesh manjrekar in such a way that no other film hero or maker dares to link with mafia. the soure cause for all this thing is the people who wants to maintain their position in bollywood what they do is jus give the mafia some information about people in the industry n mafia deals with it,to be frank everyone has the fear for life so they dont consider money mafia is captalising this. finally what i feel is if we want to delink the mafia with bollywood we just have to clear the beautiful faces of some of our heros who act so innocent in front of the cameras.

Tue Jul 30 14:20:59 2002
Name:ramshirish.m
Email:ramshirish@yahoo.co.in
Your Views:yes, providing financial support to film industry.and giving protection to the film personnel.

Tue Jul 30 14:21:53 2002
Name:B H LOKESH
Email:lokesh.bagur@indiatimes.com
Your Views:Bollywood and mafia are two sides of same coin. They are in separable. Both are interdependent. Rivalry in film field is similar to gang wars of mafia. People who hate mafia1 will tie up with mafia2 and vicious cycle continues. Even after govt gave industry status to film world mafia money is the major source for film production. How film like Devdas with budget of 50 crores can be made without mafia support is anybody's guess.

Tue Jul 30 14:22:19 2002
Name:Vinuta
Email:vinuta@shapoorji.com
Your Views:Yep, definitely.

Tue Jul 30 14:24:15 2002
Name:mintoo
Email:mintoocaprite@rediffmail.com
Your Views:all the filmstars and leaders r the friends of under world.`

Tue Jul 30 14:25:31 2002
Name:A. Pandit
Email:nirbhay @indiatimes.com
Your Views:Releasing Sanjay Dutt from Tada was the biggest mistake.Put these guys involved in the conversation behind bars, if necessary under Pota.Stop the release of films financed & participated by producers/actors connected with the underworld gangsters.Let the properties of actors like Sanjay Dutt, Mahesh Manjarekar attached.And tell that Sunil Dutt that he better look at what his son is doing instead of taking out 'Peace marches' in Gujarat and giving discourses to others on communal harmony. Tell Mumbai police to tap phonecalls of all film personalities suspected of the underworld connections particularly with those based in Pakistan & Dubai. These are the elements who would use their film contacts to create havoc in India.

Tue Jul 30 14:27:16 2002
Name:hitesh
Email:hitubaba2002@yahoo.co.in
Your Views:he should punished severly, because that would be an test for the youngsters who wants to become (mafia) sanjubaba, its a must for our country.

Tue Jul 30 14:27:38 2002
Name:sachin
Email:thank_2@yahoo.com
Your Views:It is just a tip of the ice-berg. Our govt. doesn't have guts to arrest those Mafias. These film people are also human beings. They just have no option but to surrender to such gundas. And people like Bharat shah take those links to make huge money. To clean the bollywood we, the people, should ban watching movies. Let it happen for one full year. That will probably open their eyes. I have not seen any movie on screen for last 14 months (except.. Bend it like... and Dil chahta hai..)... so take a decision now..no more movies. Enough of those millionaire pigs.

Tue Jul 30 14:28:08 2002
Name:George
Email:george_louis@rediffmail.com
Your Views:just reduce the budgets of every new movies coming out and the money paid to the stars.

Tue Jul 30 14:28:18 2002
Name:Yogesh
Email:yogeshvispute@rediffmail.com
Your Views:As a patriotic civilian, all we should avoid to respond all such "gaddar bollywood personalities". Like sanjay, mahesh manjrekar, bharat shah we should condemn their activities and stop watching movies related to such Gaddars.

Tue Jul 30 14:28:42 2002
Name:tiktak
Email:tiktak30@yahoo.com
Your Views:Dear Sir, Mumbai police its self a upperworld mafia..(opp. of underworld) they can fabricate such things and blackmail stars!! hard to beleive is not it??

Tue Jul 30 14:32:51 2002
Name:Arun
Email:arunmundra123@rediffmail.com
Your Views:For delinking totally not possible but upto effective extent it can be isolated. Police force & Law of nation are to be such strong & smooth that a common man and known personalities can believe in system proven by their work.

Tue Jul 30 14:33:39 2002
Name:Hitul
Email:hitul_doshi@hotmail.com
Your Views:No. The mafia cannot be delinked from Bollywood. And one must not try to do that as well.

Tue Jul 30 14:34:31 2002
Name:rajeev kalra
Email:rajeevk12@rediffmail.com
Your Views:a glamorous industry whcich is always on the high as it has to sell dreams cannot be delinked from mafia cz the dreams does not come cheap and only those with unaccounted money can make the industry create.

Tue Jul 30 14:35:26 2002
Name:prakash
Email:i_m_alone13@hotmail.com
Your Views:Indian People should stop expecting more big budget films so that the finance will automatically come down ....no borrowing from gangsters....Also..as of now Film city should be cleaned with such linked people...because...gangsters will remain forever till Pakistan is alive.

Tue Jul 30 14:36:26 2002
Name:naveen sharma
Email:sharma_n@hotmail.com
Your Views: People just have to be bold enough not to pay ransom , report all case to the police. Though there is risk to the persons involved but this is the long term option.

Tue Jul 30 14:38:07 2002
Name:roshan
Email:honey_beegee@indiatimes.com
Your Views:To delink bollywood from mafia the cooperation of government,police as well as artists is necessary, as the condition is serious and film industry is totally based on mafia funds because of that production cost of the film is increasing day by day.If it cannot be delinked at proper stage than it cannot be delinked in future, so the police need to do their job with immense hardwork and determination to delink mafia and bollywood. The role of film actors is very much essential to delink mafia from bollywood. The government needs to take strict action on those who helps the growth of mafia and should not show any bias. we need to put a fullstop on these activities and we should see that mafia should not grow in the film industry and should be eliminated not only from film industry but also from the country, so the better role should be played by the government and punish strictly those who helps mafia to grow.

Tue Jul 30 14:39:18 2002
Name:karuna
Email:karunakaran@yahoo.com
Your Views:First of all the finance for film making is by Mafia ganglords. Banks should lend money for making films then the mofia gang lords could be kept aside. However, actors and actress having connection with mafia can be dealt with a different lens. They should be booked under POTA, so that other would discontinue the links.

Tue Jul 30 14:39:55 2002
Name:Mr Hondsome
Email:hondsome565@yahoo.com
Your Views:Pray that bollywood makes super flops each time. by the end of the year the mafia will vanish.

Tue Jul 30 14:40:37 2002
Name:sachin loher
Email:esachin@hotmail.com
Your Views:i have decided to stop watching movies which any how related to sajay dutt, salman khan, bharat shah and mahesh manjarekar. In my opinion we r indirectly contributing to the antinational funds and supporting antinational activities, by watching such movies or stage shows. so i think the decision i have taken is the very effective solution to remove such dirty characters from film industry.

Tue Jul 30 14:40:47 2002
Name:S.Sasikumar
Email:indiansasi@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I am still not sure whether sunjay dutt involved in this case or not.But if its proved to be true then definitely he should be punished. Just think about the serial bomb blasts that took place in Mumbai which was condemned by the whole world. If the person by blood is a real Indian then he shouldnt appear for his case as a lawyer. And the whole society should ignore this people.They shouldnt be punished in a single day. All through out the life they should experience the insult. No person should give him a chance to act. No person to sell anything to him and he shouldnt be allowed to go out of this country.No worker should work under him.He should be completely avoided by this society.Not only him also his family who encouraged all this things. It shouldnt be the punishment of one person sitting in chair. It should come from each and every genuine Indian who suffered on that day.

Tue Jul 30 14:41:07 2002
Name:sknsbarn
Email:sknsbarn@indiatimes.com
Your Views:Yes. Cleanse the entire set up of Bollywood ... raze the entire infrastructure and distribute the land for slum relocation projects!!! What about the inhabitants of Bollywood? Put them behind bars with no chance of parole (whatever the Indian equivalent is). These so-called film personalities should be arrested and tried under POTA, as traitors, and for complicity with terrorists against national interests. Then they will have a first hand experience of the fiction they portray in Movies. The first one should be Sanjay Dutt. This is how one can permanantly disconnect the two, and what a happy ending that would be!!!!

Tue Jul 30 14:41:12 2002
Name:shyam sunder sharma
Email:shyam_shambhoo@yahoo.com.in
Your Views:Yes, mafia can be delinked from Bollywood, if you make a law that if any person found any connection with mafia, his/her movie will be banned through out the country. Second, our judgment take a long time to punish the culprit. We should make a special court for these cases, which has to clear any case within the time bound frame. Because they knew that with the use of their money and power(with political link) they will be free bird.

Tue Jul 30 14:44:40 2002
Name:Anil
Email:menta_anil@yahoo.com
Your Views:Mafia can be delinked ...provided our politicians try to wipe off their hands with them and do their jobs truthfully. It is not just enough if any one body(police or CBI) takes the responsibility of cleansing bollywood. when any kind of raid(income tax..etc) happens, it should be carried away with the honesty, so that there would be control of money and may route towards many evidences against all those who r really inolved in this. In the end, i would say.... It is better to control bollywood rather than tying to control mafia. (When u control and stop one hand going forward..., automatically the other hand finds it difficult to shake hand with the other.)

Tue Jul 30 14:45:48 2002
Name:akash
Email:mydristi@redifmail.com
Your Views:the underworld connection is long back and it is very intricate as both are dependent on each other on various functional and physical levels. First it is known to high authorities very early about it and they too are made to sit quiet and let it happen. but as proportions are now beyond the limits so can be seen everywhere and felt heavily by everyone,and this pressure is unbearable to society and govt. machinery as they are becoming prey of this poisonous association that endangers the social fabrication and norms of civilised world. The main point to think about is the non sensitive world of capables who are least effected and bothered about this underworld pressures. we need to be vigilant and have senses to estimate the loss done by this evil and have guts to cut it into pieces so that the society again will feel free and will be able to play fair in general and to all.

Tue Jul 30 14:46:33 2002
Name:Ajinkya
Email:ajinkya781@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Yes ,mafia can be delinked from bollywood only when we the,common people come in front & throws the corrupt bombay police & corrupt politicians out of our country or this world...what say???

Tue Jul 30 14:47:20 2002
Name:Vikram Gupta
Email:control1@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Ya, Before Sanjay Dutt gets killed by Don I think Mumbai Police should shoot him

Tue Jul 30 14:47:44 2002
Name:madhu
Email:madh25@yahoo.com
Your Views:This is the worst things happen in bollywood history. Culprits have to punish at any level. Shame and guilty of the big personalities for bending to an alien persons. Congrats to police department and wish more crack downs on these rouges to make terror free bollywood.. All the best.

Tue Jul 30 14:47:54 2002
Name:Vetri
Email:vetshan@yahoo.com
Your Views:I feel that the public should give the respect these guys deserve and summarily reject their productions. Only when this happens will the industry be cleansed of this malaise. And none of these guys should be spared by the authorities and all evidences should be published so that the public are aware of their anti-national activities for monetary gains.

Tue Jul 30 14:48:32 2002
Name:Santosh Rao
Email:rsantoshrao@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Given the current scenario it is very diff to cleanse or delink the mafia from the film Industry. It should have been dealt with sternly as soon as the early signs of the links were available to the authorities. And this was long back in the eighties, when Mandakini Govinda etc were linked to the shows in Dubai. The main reason for the nexus is funding for the movies and the income genetared out of it in the form of national and distribution rights. Now that Bollywood has been given an Industry status,some of the fund constraint can be done with as producers can approach the National institutions of Legal loans.The entire procedure of Making, releasing and distribution of films should be made transparent. and of course the legal proceedings should not take time. The guilty should be punished , no matter what his/her profile and star status.

Tue Jul 30 14:48:35 2002
Name:BS Malik
Email:bsmjat@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Answer is NO. Where so much money is involved crime is bound to flurish. Crime can never be eliminated from this world by mere law. Unless the society is cleansed things will remain the way they are.

Tue Jul 30 14:50:42 2002
Name:T N Giridhar
Email:giridhar@ceaworldwide.com
Your Views:The tapes are indeed saddening. Film personalities who are looked upon with awe and respect by the millions are let down by such unholy nexus. But nothing in the tapes reveals the true motive of film stars going to the mafia. Several times, Manjrekar and others have said to Shakeel, "we are with you." Why are they with him? For fear or greed? Or is it just the Indian tendency among the rich and elite to do things their way, never mind the law? While greater professionalism is a long term solution, the immediate need is for the government to act tough and stop all possible ways of mafia making its presence felt. First, stop all foreign currency spending on movie production since that is one easy way for mafia to fund the films. Second, the banking system has to be stronger to prevent black money. This is actually a larger evil but is essential in this context. Third, stronger income tax vigil on the earnings and expenditure of all film related personalities. Thus, several wings of government need to be determined to cleanse the system. Do we have the will to do this? So far, we have not - which is why India is suffering? When will this change? Who will change it?As always,GOD knows!

Tue Jul 30 14:50:46 2002
Name:rahul
Email:hirah@sify.com
Your Views:What the Income Tax Dept is doing, all the money used in film making should be accountable. I strongly feel the actors involved in such activities have to be put behind bars .They are the source to find the links to underworld.... But the same money is distributed among all hierarchies, it's difficult to clean the system until the money used in film making is not checked.

Tue Jul 30 14:52:04 2002
Name:Triloki Nath
Email:trilokiccd2001@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I strongly feel that the world of bollywood should be very distinct from the underworld. Bollywood in whatever small or big way has a social responsibilty for the upliftment of the image of Indian society in the eyes of the World. They are quite instrumental in shaping / moulding the mindset of the masses, the common man per se. People come to know of the links between the bollywood stars and the underworld "stars" no matter how much they try and hide them. It is quite unfortunate that masses "imitate" bad things easily and faster than the good things from the movies and the movie stars. The styles, habits and the outlook are adopted completely by the masses. The so called nexus between the stars of the two worlds also entices the common man to idolize and idealise the evil ways of the goons and the "bhai log". I personally feel that it can be avoided by the law. There has to be a different norm for all movie stars and people linked with the film industry that would inculcate the resistance within the group as a whole to keep their distance from the underworld. The clean / clear image of the bollywood is required desperately.

Tue Jul 30 14:52:57 2002
Name:mohmad
Email:moien@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Very undesirable things happen, India first have to clean up internal culprits, these fellows should be guilty. Punish them such that no one dare to do that again.

Tue Jul 30 14:53:57 2002
Name:Rahul Dutt
Email:rahul_dutt@hotmail.com
Your Views:No as long as money flows from the underworld the bollywood - underworld nexus will stay.Bollywood is nothing but a greedy place where more the greed more the sinking into the quick sand called Underworld.Its a plague which cannot be cleared.Only things best suited is to boycott bollywood all together, then things will fall into its places.- Rahul

Tue Jul 30 14:54:11 2002
Name:saleem
Email:saleem@rediffmail.com
Your Views:yes i m sure 100% link bollywood to underworld ... coz most of the cini people involved in underworld.. please dont punish Mr Sanju ..

Tue Jul 30 14:55:11 2002
Name:Naveen
Email:naveen7@lycos.com
Your Views:It's almost impossible to separate Bollywood and the underworld because of the fact that Bollywood has been an effective means of bringing out the black money to the mainstream. As far as cleansing is concerned, this is only possible if people stop flocking the theatres to watch the movies, by shelling out their hard-earned money, which again goes to the underworld.

Tue Jul 30 14:55:33 2002
Name:The One
Email:jksislu@yahoo.com
Your Views:There are a lot of ways in which this can be done but the one i think will work is to ban the film industry for at least 5years or so. There will be no movies produced or shown in or out of the country in the next 5 years. This will lead to a non-interest generation of the underworld and they will leave the industry and its people as there are no more profits to be made. Having said all this though one needs to ask! why after knowing so much the police is doing nothing? why are the politicians not saying any thing? why is sanjay dutt still out and about? It to me is a big party that all of these individuals enjoy they are all involved from actors to politicians to the police. Come on think about it would all this work on such a large scale without every one being a party to it? The only way to change all this is people stop looking at themselves and look at the well being of the society. If people start fearing the law and the laws are enforced. IF the politicians can stop thinking about the money they can make and start doing something for the country. Why are chota shakil and dawood still not in india's hands? why do film stars go to dubai and destroy our flags?

Tue Jul 30 14:58:43 2002
Name:Prasanna
Email:prasanna@www.com
Your Views:All actors involved with the underworld should be arrested and tried under POTA, as they are no different from persons abetting terrorists and their activities. Sanjay Dutt doesn't deserve pardon anymore.

Tue Jul 30 15:01:48 2002
Name:sumita chaudhry
Email:sumitachaudhry@yahoo.com
Your Views:The only way is for the public to boycott the movies of directors/producers/actors who are involved in this racket. unfortunately this is possible only if you have a responsible and clean media which is not trying to grind its own axe.

Tue Jul 30 15:02:17 2002
Name:deepak
Email:deepakpillai_009@hotmail.com
Your Views:Ya! there is really a very big nexus between the boolywood stars and the Under World.The Underworld does know the fact that Indian Film industry is the biggest in the world.Hence they try to extort heavy ransom from the stars, else how would they be able to carry out the operations in India.The Stars and police should cooperate with the Govt.In putting an end to this Nexus.The Underworld has nothing to do with the Indian Film Industry. Is our film industry their Baap ka Jagir(Dad's property)?

Tue Jul 30 15:03:22 2002
Name:priya
Email:priya310180@yahoo.com
Your Views:I think whatever happening in bollywood is not ethical as actors and actresses are giving helping hands for underworld to enter into this industry. I strongly condemn such activities of filmstars of encouraging underworld dons like this.

Tue Jul 30 15:04:02 2002
Name:Patriotic Indian
Email:patric@email.com
Your Views:Never....A dog's tail can never be straightened

Tue Jul 30 15:04:37 2002
Name:abhee
Email:lastactionhero@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Only the police and administration , government can delink it.Can anybody do anything when there is a question of life.?

Tue Jul 30 15:05:13 2002
Name:sanjoo
Email:pan_san@rediffmail.com
Your Views:yes bollywood is really in trouble now........... it is really heart breaking to hear that the heroes of our heart are acting a part of villain in his own life.......... this really shocking and according to me they must be in under-custody of police sooner as possible........ and they must pay for what they have created to others and thier fans.

Tue Jul 30 15:05:19 2002
Name:HARISH
Email:h56@rediffmailc.om
Your Views:Strict action should be taken against those found involved in any form of activity with underworld, irrespective of position or power.

Tue Jul 30 15:06:19 2002
Name:indian
Email:naughtyboy6232001@yahoo.com
Your Views:hang them till death

Tue Jul 30 15:07:44 2002
Name:MAHESH ATMA VASWANI
Email:MAHESH_VASWANI@REDIFFMAIL.COM
Your Views:Well.....if the supreme court of india could uphold the arguments of ram jethmalani that bharat shah was only seeking to reason with the underworld to not harass an film personality...and grant bail under MCOC law...then obviously the case of Sanjay Dutt is similarly poised and does not merrit action under MCOC, or any other law.

Tue Jul 30 15:08:03 2002
Name:mithilesh
Email:mith_cedti@yahoo.com
Your Views:yes,it will possible that mafia link with bollywood.we know every film finaced with crores of money .so without help of mafia it will not financed,pollical parties link mafia then naturaly bollywood link from that.

Tue Jul 30 15:08:08 2002
Name:SAM PATEL
Email:samp1972@hotmail.com
Your Views:Absolutely disgusted at this menace which is prevalent amongst an industry which is every indians source of entertainment and main leisure enjoyment. how it all started?? we don't have time here to discuss it but does the indian want to see a movie or even a bollywood which is financed by the mafia/terrorists/india haters etc etc ?? no i dont thinks so! we would rather not have a film industry at all if this is the case. the likes of the alleged in this current case should be made an example of by the authorities and the central govt should influence matters here, no holds barred response is what is need to teach the alleged involvants! a pure and firm task force of the highest order is needed now and is required to delve into the murky waters of mumbai film industry and the underworld. for an NRI, this all seems so absurd and a matter of deep shame that there is an inherent disease of a problem in the country's main commercial and business hub of the country. How traitors and anti-india elements have managed to entrench themselves with the aid and assistance of indians themselves..the luminaries of bollywood, the businessmen, politians no doubt.. who are all responsible.

Tue Jul 30 15:13:19 2002
Name:Ravi Sharma
Email:hotindia@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Put all of them under POTO, whom so ever find involve in with the underworld person or activity.

Tue Jul 30 15:13:32 2002
Name:Bittu
Email:lotusforyou@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Encounter of the bollywood persons who are linked to these gangsters.

Tue Jul 30 15:13:46 2002
Name:Shaibal Nath
Email:shaibal_n@rediffmail.com
Your Views:the world is now full of corruption.so it can't possible to detach bollywood from mafia.

Tue Jul 30 15:14:36 2002
Name:manoj
Email:jonam21@hotmail.com
Your Views:Kick the dons out of media and the media will become clean and the actresses will still be virgins.

Tue Jul 30 15:17:54 2002
Name:Dhrupad Narain Singh
Email:dhrupad@gdit.iiit.net
Your Views:yes the mafia can be delinked from bollywood by persuading the filmstars not to patronise the mafia and in turn providing the stars with tight security. Even the use of force on the stars having links with the mafia,to extract information about them, can be considered. this would slowly lessen the effect of mafia on bollywood and might cause a sort of an unrest among them. It is obvious they would strike but then the police will have to make a masterplan to nab the extortionists or their agents in mumbai. Even a few encounters of the gangsters or their associates would go a long way in infusing terror into the heads of the mafia.This would slowly delink the mafia.

Tue Jul 30 15:17:56 2002
Name:HDG
Email:hdgpune@rediffmail.com
Your Views:All should be kept in custody and must be present with roses everyday OR Must be shot dead .In Indian political scenario,the former option looks simple and the latter , practically amazing .

Tue Jul 30 15:18:48 2002
Name:banhi ray
Email:raybanhi1@rediffmail.com
Your Views:the mafia is totally linked with the bollywood because the conversation is a major proof of this. and the films are also a big evidence of this. the films are influenced by the underworld's facts.how the director's know about the details of their life? because they are very much related with their lifestyle.

Tue Jul 30 15:19:00 2002
Name:Neo
Email:pcdhamane@rediffmail.com
Your Views:These all film stars and directors connected to Underworld must be shot on the spot to death.This "gandagi" must be cleaned from country as early as possible.

Tue Jul 30 15:20:10 2002
Name:amit garg
Email:gargamit21@hotmail.com
Your Views:i guess everybody is afraid of the way mafia goes about threatening people. are these tapes conclusive enough to establist the free will of people talking? i don't think so, nor would the lawmakers! while it does bring to the fore the damning nature of the offense, the problem faced by these stars is not tackled. they are harrassed by the mafia, as well as the media and the police. who can they approach? is the police good enough to save their lives? i don't think so! and then mere talking doesn't prove their guilt...

Tue Jul 30 15:21:59 2002
Name:Minna
Email:mollutty1@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I think the nexus between the film industry and the mafia is so strong that one should be crazy to think that the mafia can be delinked from Bollywood.Moreover, Bollywood is rotten to the core !!!

Tue Jul 30 15:23:26 2002
Name:naveen
Email:naveen_ahlawat@yahoo.com
Your Views:well we all know the reality but when we come to know about this sanjay dutt news all surprised . see only 4 or 5 movies able to gain profit every year .so where the money come from for the reast of 300 flop movies .i think we should abuse all these stars when ever they come in public . but 95 indian are like this, corrupt. Even i am thief i had done many internet frauds...so we should be happy mafia is there to finance movies so we can watch them on vcd for only 20 rupess be happy and let other happy dont abuse anyone

Tue Jul 30 15:24:35 2002
Name:mandar
Email:mandar@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Bollywood without gangster?? What a joke. It is not possible

Tue Jul 30 15:25:10 2002
Name:atul.desai
Email:atulpinky@rediffmail.com
Your Views:if they are guilty throw them out of film industry dont wait for any other e-mails

ue Jul 30 15:27:21 2002
Name:Vivek Shakti
Email:mystic_n_cool@yahoo.com
Your Views:There needs to be a major surgical operation to remove all the notorious elements from our society.People who are linked to underworld should be banned for life.They are simply traitors. Let the whole of India stand up in there condemnation by not allowing them to make movies it be actor,director or producer.Till these people are there they will poison the minds of public by making glorifying crime and obsenity. I pray our judicial system becomes efficient enough to erase these cancerous cells from our motherland.

Tue Jul 30 15:27:35 2002
Name:vrsrinivas
Email:vrsrinivas@yahoo.com
Your Views:why should we spare persons like sanjay dutt? Hang one to teach others.

Tue Jul 30 15:28:06 2002
Name:Jai
Email:Jai101@hotmail.com
Your Views:It can be cleansed from the underworld may be, with strict and unbiased action by the govt and the justice dept. But how do you think you can prevent them from plagiarism?

Tue Jul 30 15:29:13 2002
Name:balaj sadavarte
Email:balaji_27s@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Yes. the mafia must bedelinked from Bollywood because it is very dangerousfor the nation as well to the bollywood& due tothis it will create problems to maintain law & order situation all over the country & unnecessary the common public becomes victim therefore the mafia be eliminated from the country.

Tue Jul 30 15:30:23 2002
Name:amar
Email:amarendar.nalla@hpl.co.in
Your Views:definetely govt should have to take strict action on victims

Tue Jul 30 15:32:35 2002
Name:roopendra
Email:roop_jpr2000@yahoo.co.in
Your Views:definetely coz bollywood givin so much flops in last 10 years but there is no indicate of reduction in number of movie produced or directed. from where the money is coming.there is only one way that is from underworld. u can white your money by producing these films.when a movie costs 50 crores. u can think abt it. actually some of officers of govts are also involved in it.coz without political support no one can do it. so it is unfair to blame whole bollywood for it. some of culprits doin it and whole bollywood has to bear it.In my point of view there is only one way to eliminate this thing is that to bring more transparency in movie making. it should treated as industry and all the rules and regulation that imposed on industry should also imposed on film industry. those who commit this type of crime should be discarded from film industry and get banned for whole life.

Tue Jul 30 15:33:54 2002
Name:Shailesh
Email:shaileshd20@hotmail.com
Your Views:It's funny, but these stars have proved that India and Pakistan CAN actually work together. Now to the question of if the mafia can be delinked, I think it will be extremly difficult because in India we provide perfect environment (due to corruption, greed, lack of nationalism etc.) for these elements to prosper. It would be worth trying though and first step should be locking all these 'Bhai stars' behind bars. And especially Sanjay Dutt should be made an example of.

Tue Jul 30 15:34:41 2002
Name:Sanjivan Lal
Email:sanjivanlal@rediffmail.com
Your Views:It really hurts to see Sunjay Dutt embroiled in all kinds of controversy. But just a sec, before we condemn him - let's try to put ourselves in his shoes and decide how would you have handled the situation when you come in contact with the mob? His entire conversation with Shakeel smacks of Chamchagiri, trying to please him, trying to be in good books of his. Often complaining like kids - about his colleague's late-coming habit or his colleague's jibe at another colleague. Same is with Sanjay Gupta and Mahesh Manjrekar. About Harish Sugandh I am not too sure. Secondly, police says they provide protection to those who approach them- do you think our police can really provide protection to the Stars and all their family members round the clock - throughout the year? Sorry, I don't think so! If they are so paranoid about underworld - why can't they just go all out by hook or by crook and get these underworld guys shot dead from wherever they are operating? Na rahega baans, na bajega baansoori! But for that too our cops and the Government are too inefficient! Instead of finishing off the problem from the root the best the they can do is to play chess using these people as pawns to settle their own personal scores and the Media misses no opportunity to sensationalize it as much as possible! Yes, this still doesn't mean those close to the mob should not be punished for their. I am sure - they could have asked the mob right in the beginning at the time of getting introduced - "Bhai, aap to foreign mein baithay ho, agar aap ke chakkar mein police hamein pakad li to hum kya karenge ya aap phir hamein kaise bachayenge?

Tue Jul 30 15:34:46 2002
Name:Subramani
Email:subramanimb@yahoo.com
Your Views:Yes these people have to put in prison for lifetime. Then their pictures have to be banned. People linked should be severely punished because they are a very bad people for the national security.

Tue Jul 30 15:36:46 2002
Name:ankit gupta
Email:ankit_292@rediffmail.com
Your Views:yes the mafia can be delinked from the bollywood by arresting all those who maintains the links with the mafia's and not leaving them until they did not confess

Tue Jul 30 15:37:52 2002
Name:PRACTICAL PERSON
Email:abc@hotmail.com
Your Views:I care a damn where the money flows in. I am here to get myself entertained by watching films. And i don't care if the actors are used by the underworld for whatever, or even if the actresses are used to burn their desires. I want entertainment, and that's it.

Tue Jul 30 15:45:24 2002
Name:Prasad
Email:babuprasadk@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Yes there will be links between underworld and Bollywood. But at what extent it is linked and who are involved are yet to be found out.

Tue Jul 30 15:46:44 2002
Name:ashok
Email:asasa1@rediffmail.com
Your Views:yes, now it is clear that Bollywood star have the link of mafia don it is a very regreted thing for us movie lovers

Tue Jul 30 15:46:51 2002
Name:pallavi
Email:pallavidhaila@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I never expected this out of sanjay dutt. i always thought of him as a nice,down to earth person.infact he was one of my fav. heroes. he got stuck up in so many scandals before too.he could have learnt from his mistakes.he has really spoilt his impression. i was so shocked to read this news.poor hrithik, i really pity him for it was never his fault. he has achieved all of it on his own.he is my favourite actor and i really sympathize with him.i am ashamed of sanjay dutt.and wat can i say 'bout the underworld.they all disgust!

Tue Jul 30 15:48:34 2002
Name:vijay
Email:vijucg@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Arrest all of then under POTO and make sure that they are not bailable and kill them in the cell

Tue Jul 30 15:48:48 2002
Name:yugandhar
Email:yugandhar_4u@rediffmail.com
Your Views:As chhota shakeel is doing operations from Dubai, It's highly impossible that Indian Police Alone can solve the problem. There should be complete co-operation from the Dubai government for delinking him from bollywood. Until both the governments don't take serious steps in international levels, the problem can't be solved.

Tue Jul 30 15:50:05 2002
Name:afif
Email:afi_ma@rediffmail.com
Your Views:the film industy should come under the strict scrutinisation ofgvt: .especially the source of income of film producers.foriegn tours of film workers should be checked frequently to make sure that sponsoring and all are made thruogh the right channels. and should make sure,thier assets are rated with their income.

Tue Jul 30 15:50:58 2002
Name:prasad
Email:svsvp@hotmail.com
Your Views:All the so called underworld dons should be taken into control. All the persons who were identified to have links with them - their movies should be banned. A law should be formulated based on which, every producer should show the origin of money clearly. There should be protection for the people who give evidence and also appreciation awards from the Govt.

Tue Jul 30 15:52:42 2002
Name:Rohan Shahani
Email:srohan10@hotmail.com
Your Views:It seems difficult, the reign of terror is so strong, that none would dare to do or go against it. I think the solution is as difficult as solving Jammu & Kashmir problem with pakistan.

Tue Jul 30 15:53:01 2002
Name:Alok Kumar
Email:aloksaini@rediffmail.com
Your Views:The answer to the question is no. The besmirch image of bollywood can never be restored. The art and creativity has been taken over by easy money making ploicies. Now this is the way show will go on......

Tue Jul 30 15:55:49 2002
Name:sunil
Email:sunil_bhandari18@rediff mail.com
Your Views:mafia must be delinked from bollywood but before it all those actors must be punished who are envolved in such type of antinational activity

Tue Jul 30 15:56:55 2002
Name:Sunil
Email:sunil@performancememory.com.au
Your Views:The underworld dons must be eliminated. Those who pretend to be friendly with them are also scared of them. Cleanse the industry by getting rid of those who think they control it, and tragically enough, sometimes do.

Tue Jul 30 15:56:56 2002
Name:ArunV
Email:vasudevanarun@hotmail.com
Your Views:Rephrasing the Quetion- Can the Bollywood be delinked form mafia?... Its very simple - weed out extraneous characters like Sanjay Dutt and others who interact with mafia... Sanjay Dutt case is clear... and its know that he is out on bail for his earlier alleged possession of weapons supplied by mafia....And also censure/ boycott all those bollywood people who openly symphised Sanjay Dutt and others.... Why should we have such people in the industry. They are mere cost to the society... and are wrong role models for the younger generation... The film industry finance should be properly scutinized... and producer of a film should produce proper books of account showing the sources of funds and expenditure. Futher, the private shows in which film stars perform abroad should be organised only though some registered organisations which is accountable to society and government.

Tue Jul 30 15:57:26 2002
Name:nmurali2000
Email:nmurali2000@yahoo.com
Your Views:Bollywood is in deep shit called 'Bhai-log', its just impossible for them to come out of this. What baffles me is that it took Amchi Mumbai Police 19 months to release these tapes to public and the bhai's conduits & desh drogi's are still free & enjoying their life, due to very high connections. Mera Bharat Bhachao !!!

Tue Jul 30 16:00:00 2002
Name:reyaz ahmedy
Email:reyaz2k2@rediffmail.com
Your Views:it cannot removed unless their is no political interference. police must be able to trace substantial evidence.and also need the cooperation of the celebrities. but in the whole it looks imposssible

Tue Jul 30 16:01:04 2002
Name:Dharmesh
Email:kewldove@rediffmail.com
Your Views:so what? its a film industry and every successful persons are involved in this underworld.not only the people of film industry are involve with underworld but the politicians are also responsible for this.so first remove those politician then file the case against the people of film industry..the politicians of india are providing this much to the people of underworld.

Tue Jul 30 16:02:03 2002
Name:neville
Email:nevil4u@rediffmail.com
Your Views:My view is very clear, for few days this will be hot news and as the time passes u will forget it & all people too. as sanjay dutt was accussued in bomb blast, what happened. now wait for sometime & one of our politician will say " sanjay is innocent boy " thats true " its happen only in india"

Tue Jul 30 16:03:41 2002
Name:Chintan Shah
Email:dostyar1@rediffmailc.om
Your Views:I think that Government must order a high level equiry to check link between Bollywood and under world and if any body find guilty than Government should order 20 yerars of inprisonment for them.

Tue Jul 30 16:05:05 2002
Name:chandra veer singh
Email:dearcvs@rediffmail.com
Your Views:yes, bollywood can be cleansed if we have guts to give enough free hand to police to operate upon the culprits,if our judiciary has guts to give tough decisions and if our politicians have guts to be quiet for some time not to influence the police.

Tue Jul 30 16:09:09 2002
Name:Suresh
Email:mr.kumar@indiatimes.com
Your Views:Its not Bollywood it is Mafiawood. Heroines are selected not by their talent but by the way they entertain the Producers, Directors and Heroes. Cleansing this will take a long time.

Tue Jul 30 16:13:06 2002
Name:Satish
Email:pisceas@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Sir,I feel the mafia shouldn't be linked with bollywood. This can only happen when our government will provide a genuine security and financial support from the banking institutes will delink the mafia from bollywood. Till then this will continue. And, more over when you found these conversations in the year 2000, this is very late to reveal now. And, on my personal opinion Sanjay dutt can be absolved.

Tue Jul 30 16:13:31 2002
Name:shyam
Email:lshyam@rediffmail.com
Your Views:These are playing with people. Kill all these bastards. People should learn from this, should not encourage these type of film personalities.

Tue Jul 30 16:13:52 2002
Name:Swaraj Shergill
Email:swaraj_shergill@hotmail.com
Your Views:The films should be financed by banks which might sound crazy but does give control over the money in Bollywood .No one producer has the cash to make a film so they turn up to Underworld dons .

Tue Jul 30 16:14:01 2002
Name:redwoman119
Email:redwoman 119@yahoo.com
Your Views:not all bollywood actors must be in the bad company.the ones who wanna keep out and not get involved,should ask the producer the details of the finanace before signing on the project. any discrepancies and they should opt out of the project. the public also have to realise the muck in bollywood and ban watching films of actors ,producres directors involved with the underworld. probabaly the censor borads in some way or the other should ask for details of funds and then ban the needful from producing ,acting etc.

Tue Jul 30 16:14:15 2002
Name:Murali
Email:muralikrishnab@yahoo.co.uk
Your Views:To maintain law and order in strict. And should shoot the underworld dawns and the supporters and connection with the dawn people . Govt should change the policies to shoot them without intimation thru black cats.

Tue Jul 30 16:14:55 2002
Name:A.Balaji
Email:balaji@ongcmds.com
Your Views:Why Not? Basically, Govt. should have concrete will to check out mafia. If Govt. seriously intends, they can do. But, unfortunately, the govt, does not has the required will. All these links form only because of govt's inaction only.

Tue Jul 30 16:15:07 2002
Name:raj
Email:topgun_blr@yahoo.com
Your Views:yes, the connection with underworld and bollywood must be cleansed and the dirty fellows who are all involved in that and cheating the nation must be ordered for death sentence and punish like they never thought of this sort of links with this type bastards who made peoples to suffer badly in our own country.

Tue Jul 30 16:18:38 2002
Name:sav
Email:noemail@myemail.com
Your Views:Just shoot them all. Mafia style!!

Tue Jul 30 16:21:05 2002
Name:jayesh
Email:sholay1111@hotmail.com
Your Views:all the four in comversation with the so called coward, who threatens people on phone , should be put behind bars immediately.

Tue Jul 30 16:21:25 2002
Name:Shankar Srinivasan
Email:shankose@rediffmail.com
Your Views:The tapes which we heard of Sanjay Dutt's conversation with Chota Shakeel were plainly shocking. They seem fairly authentic. Even if these tapes are not authentic, the fact that virtually every Bollywood star seems to be getting threatening calls speaks of the Bollywood-Underworld Nexus. I suppose it can be broken; just like terrorism in Punjab was reined in. But it requires a KPS Gill to achieve what seems, today, an impossibility.

Tue Jul 30 16:21:49 2002
Name:Ratish Kumar
Email:kumar_ratish2002@rediffmail.com
Your Views:mafia destroying our country and bollowood actors help them. so there could not be any link between them. we have all the examples the mafia men doing.

Tue Jul 30 16:25:25 2002
Name:Ganesh
Email:ganeshchandra@indiatimes.com
Your Views:Why Bollywood? The mafia pervades most of the industries. Its more prevalent in Bollywood due to the glamour, glitz and moolah in this industry. Every one fears for his/her life and hence simply cannot afford to ignore the terror that the underworld creates and has to behave in a friendly manner with the "Don". Over the years the mafia has spread its tentacles deeply into the Bollywood industry and it has now become extremely to difficult to delink the mafia from the industry.

Tue Jul 30 16:27:53 2002
Name:prabhakar
Email:prabhax@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Of course mafia can be "delinked" from Bollywood! In exactly the same way that it can be delinked from politics, and all other spheres of social activity. The solution is simple, but there are too many people with vested interests - in the police, the judiciary, politics ... in short, everywhere. The truth is that we have laws, but nobody with the power, the will or the moral right to enforce them anymore.

Tue Jul 30 16:28:54 2002
Name:Kumar Animesh
Email:anim007@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I suppose that the situation is beyond repair now.The link is firm cemented and its almost impossible to break it now.

Tue Jul 30 16:29:59 2002
Name:vksrivastava
Email:kumarvirendra4@rediffmail.com
Your Views:i think,it could not be.

Tue Jul 30 16:30:53 2002
Name:Manuj V
Email:vmanuj@yahoo.com
Your Views:Pretty tough I would say. For that to happen the mafia would have to be delinked from the police, the politicians, the industrialists, the media, the judiciary etc etc... Unless the politicians will it, it wont happen. Politics has to agree to a law, which will then be approved by a bunch of politicians which then has to be handed out by the judiciary and enforced by the police...withstanding pressures from all sides including the public ...remember these are actors and like some actor-politicians have shown very good at garnering public sympathy! All this is a very tall order

Tue Jul 30 16:32:11 2002
Name:raj
Email:akashakash44@rediffmail.com
Your Views:the only way we have now to delink our bollywood from underworld is just kill all those bloody film actor and actresses.

Tue Jul 30 16:32:12 2002
Name:anita
Email:anu1341@rediffmail.com
Your Views:first of all we need to stop idolising these stars and see them for what they are - spolt selfish brats who are definitely no where close to the patriotic, squeaky clean images they enact. they should be treated as traitors for that is what they really are. we need to have strict laws and close monitoring of film finances to dissuade any intentions to contact the underworld. this whole affair is disgusting and more so because our generation looks up to these so called idols. don't we already have enough of heroes in this great country of ours, real people who have had the courage of their conviction and something that these filmi folk might not have heard of -Integrity and a selfless love for their country.

Tue Jul 30 16:35:27 2002
Name:S. Ravi
Email:raviaarti@hotmail.com
Your Views:Yes, it can be cleansed. very simple. just stop watching movies and do not give any importance to these idiots and they will fall in their place. it is the people who have placed them there. so i think it is clear.

Tue Jul 30 16:36:45 2002
Name:Gautam Banerjee
Email:ga2ban@yahoo.co.uk
Your Views:1) The exorbiant budgeting has to stop.The Money needs to come from Local sources unlike in big budget films where it comes from dubious sources. 2) The Stars themselves to have to care for their reputation and those with proven underworld links have to be boycotted. 3) The public has to care the most and awareness has to be created to boycott underworld linked stars or films. This is however a far cry knowiung the reputation of the Indian public. 4) The Crime fighters should be less corrupt and adhere to strong and flexible laws to fight crime Nothing is impossible if you have the grit, determination and political will. However this does not apply to india since it is a country who makes nuclear bombs but cannot bring a single sandal wood smuggler ie. Verappan to book.

Tue Jul 30 16:37:15 2002
Name:Santosh
Email:rsantoshrao@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Looking at the current scenario,It would be very difficult to delink or clean the Bollywood-Mafia connections unless there is a strong political and public will. The evidence of such a nexus was trickling in right from the mid-eighties when Mandakini govinda etc were seen at a Mafia dons party in dubai.This issue should have been dealt with seriously since then.It should not have been allowed to grow and strengthen. The poison is in the blood now, which is almost impossible to pump out now. The silver lining in the cloud is the granting of Industry status to Bollywood. This should give the producers better avenues to chanelise their funds to produce their movies. And the juduciary should deal sternly with whoever is cahrged with such an allegation,Usually the star status and public following takes precedence. The film industry by itself should be aware that "Inki na dosti achi na dushmani" and keep themselves away from such elements.They should not approach the Mafia for solving their internal problems, which they do as is evident from the tapes that are recently released. We dont want our Filmi hero to be a real life Villian!

Tue Jul 30 16:37:41 2002
Name:Sobha Mary Varghese
Email:Sobha_Varghese@daiict.org
Your Views:Bollywood has really moved into the mud so much that it would be a herculean task even to bring out the inside story on the link with the underworld. It is virtually impossible at this time to clear up the mess that has happened. Like the match fixing scandal, the smoke will remain even after the problem is dealt with. It will certainly bring the film industry into disrepute and tarnish the glamour of Bollywood. As long as the mafia is strong and safe, it is impossible to delink it from the tinsel town. The first steps should be taken to control the mafia. If that can be crippled, Mumbai will be free from a menace that is shackling the dreams of people. Then, people can enjoy the movies & film makers can make them peacefully as well.

Tue Jul 30 16:39:25 2002
Name:anil
Email:anilam555@yahoo.co.in
Your Views:the indian police should arrest all the actors & hang them in the street.

Tue Jul 30 16:40:25 2002
Name:Anuj Kohli
Email:anuj_kumar_kohli@hotmail.com
Your Views:well to an extent it can be cleansed.the only thing required is will and good understanding of the nexus existing between the film industry and the underworld. The accused people have to be brought to justice quickly.The law takes a lot of time to hear the case which has to be made to move a bit more faster. The film industry people have to be made aware of the consequences and a close watch has to be kept on them. and whereever needed good security arrangements have to be made available to them. The Law has to keep a strict watch on the finances involved in the making of the film and the sources of such finances. well it wud take time but then there is no short cut to success.This is a very complicated link and to sort this web,some amount of clear cut planning and through understanding of the relationship is required and not just a look at the surface and wild accusations being made, as this wont help in any way.People like Sunjay dutt and the like have to be throughly understood and spoken to as to get to the root cause of such happenings. well the bottomline is that any one living in this country has to show some amount of respect to this motherland n be law abiding.

Tue Jul 30 16:40:57 2002
Name:Vik
Email:rvikram@hotmail.com
Your Views:The only way that Bollywood can be cleansed is by actually enforcing the law. People who have proven links to the underworld should be arrested and made to do hard labor, irrespective of their family connections. Only this will encourage the police, and clamp down on the underworld influence on Bollywood

Tue Jul 30 16:42:26 2002
Name:Sailendra
Email:saila_swain@yahoo.com
Your Views:This has been a regular affair in India. Once it was the land of sacred monks. Whom you will hold responsible for present situation ,politician or film star? Every one trying to have great personality over night by hook or crook. Whoever he may be, should be severly punished. The punishment should be such, which will make others not to think about the wrong activities. Why we respect those who are spoiling our motherland? Now the question is who will take action against whom? All kinds of crime around the country nowadays is done by the people holding higher position like star or politician. They are law maker and also breaker. Our people are not aware of the things happening around because most of them are poor and illiterate. In my view... we should be bold enough to face those who are indulge in bad activities. Come and fight together to make our country prosperous . Mafia can be wiped out only when the people in every corner of the country will feel the effect..... otherwise not. Today you will see criminals are under police custody, and tomorrow the same addressing a huge crowd how to eradicate terrorism from our country. Unite and fight ......should be the only mantra .

Tue Jul 30 16:42:38 2002
Name:Vicky Oberoi
Email:vivekoberoi@hotmail.com
Your Views:Problem lies totally with Pakistan and UAE and the guys doing these are Indians or Pakistanis settled in these areas.One way is to have a proper extradition treaty with Pakistan and UAE or use underground tactics to kill tham at sight rather than any trials. The do move in Singapore and Thailand where they are easy to catch so catch them on the run. Imformation is critical and our police needs to be given more money to track these people

Tue Jul 30 16:42:43 2002
Name:M Thannimoottil
Email:thannim@emirates.net.ae
Your Views:The nexus between bollywood & the underworld however denied by stars is a reality. Stars are looked up to as idols by younger generation & such behavior from them is unacceptable. Moreover its shocking to notice the callous nature of their dealings. Its becoming more clear that these stars like Sunjay Dutt & producers of 'repute' work towards their ends & in the process destroy the very being of India. They are even more dangerous than the worst of criminals & communal elements. Should these nexus be proved in a court India should think of imparting capital punishment in the form advocated by Saudi Arabia where they are publically condemned to death. the tape conversations are ample proof that Sanjay Dutt has not learn a lesson & that he is definitely a traitor. If Sunil Dutt has some ethics which he advocates, he should rise above 'relation' to disassociate with elements such as his son. The court proceeding for instance itself is lagging for too long & thus taken for granted by the culprits that at the end of the day they have enough time to sort modes to escape. Films acted by Sanjay Dutt & others associated should be banned while the film industry should ban them also.

Tue Jul 30 16:43:58 2002
Name:sureshterence
Email:superterence@rediffmail.com
Your Views:yes it is sure to dealing the underworld from bollywood. It is not fair to have connections with dons for money or a film. These criminals (film stars) of bollywood should be severely punished and should be governed by the police and the people should not make these blackodds to prosper.

Tue Jul 30 16:44:20 2002
Name:Rahul
Email:roy_rahul@yahoo.com
Your Views:Highly Imposibble. Even the Govt. has failed in these regards. Law shud be stricter to handle. Really a sad moment for Indian movies. No more watching movies as the money reaching to wrong hands.

Tue Jul 30 16:44:32 2002
Name:Raghavendra Shenoy
Email:shenoyr@rediffmail.com
Your Views:yes, definitely.If the police sleuths act according to the situation and if the questioned people come out with the truth, Bollywood can definitely be cleansed

Tue Jul 30 16:50:12 2002
Name:Subhadeep Mallick
Email:SubhadeepM@rediffmail.com
Your Views:The film personnels who are related with the underworld should bring infornt of the public and they should be procecuted to the Indian penal court and restrict them for making further films.

Tue Jul 30 16:52:17 2002
Name:Gaurab Sengupta
Email:gaurab@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I dont see why the Indian Government cannot use professionally trained assassins like the CIA does to bump off people like Dawood Ibrahim and Chota Shakeel...for such a large country is it very difficult? Especially since it is well known that all these gangs are based in Pakistan, it should be very easy for a group of professionally trained killers to infiltrate the border and get to these guys. As far as the guilty film stars are concerned, they should be punished mercilessly....how, that I cannot say.

Tue Jul 30 16:52:52 2002
Name:Milan Chatterjee
Email:milanchatterjee@indiatimes.com
Your Views:Dear Sir I personally do not think that bollowood will be able to be delinked from the Mafia.The base of the problem is greed and selfishness.When the persons get money their greed gets more.So I belive that that when your greed ends then only not Bollywood but crime in every aspects from our life will be removed.

Tue Jul 30 16:58:40 2002
Name:???
Email:???@???.com
Your Views:do u think its possible with the current level of law enforcement in india.

Tue Jul 30 17:02:10 2002
Name:online
Email:online@yahoo.com
Your Views:Get these guys arrested , so that there are no connections for those DON's in this country and show them that even if they have the money power they are third class goondas. Boycott movies. So that all learn a lesson

Tue Jul 30 17:03:35 2002
Name:sangram mohanty
Email:mohantysangram@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Yes the bolloywood linked with mafia. If Mumbai police find any proof, why not they arrested the bollywood people?

Tue Jul 30 17:04:44 2002
Name:Mir Mohammed Azeemuddin
Email:mirazeem@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I am Just Shocked !!!what to say ...mafia ..nop just not possible to delink wth bollywood unless and until the govt take evasive action ...which is highly impossible in the land in which we live ...only one person can save bollywood ..and india ......god (the only one )

Tue Jul 30 17:06:16 2002
Name:Nasir
Email:s_nasir@rediffmail.com
Your Views:It is really difficult to do that. The film stars are really helpless, one side it is the police and the other side it is the dons. They have no choice but to be nice to both sides. Sanjay Dutt after his previous experiences with law would not entertain the dons, but if he does not, the dons will threaten him and if he does the police will harass him. So what does a man has to do. If a don calls from some X country and threatens to talk or else he will kill him, then the person will choose to talk to him rather than go to the police and make a complaint because no matter even if it has to a big minister, he/she will always avoid dealing with the police. I would advice the police to stop harassing people here and get the dons from the other countries.

Tue Jul 30 17:06:20 2002
Name:Samir Adhikari
Email:sadhikari_1671@rediffmail.com
Your Views:#By making the film making industries into an organised sector. #By making Bollywood companies into registered companies like any other industries with published quarterly balance sheet,own shares and money should taken from the regular share markets and loans from banks as debts. # By formation of the regulatory authority from the government side like any other regulatory agencies.

Tue Jul 30 17:06:22 2002
Name:People Won't Like me
Email:unknown@hotmail.com
Your Views:Let them continue their links with mafia. At least After 200 flops we people are getting a good movie bcoz of Mafia only.Other wise all show off's Of Bollywood will go. All the actors and actresses are going to come out to road.Actors will join Crime and actresses will join.

Tue Jul 30 17:07:32 2002
Name:sat2
Email:satish@myzus.com
Your Views:when the gun is ones head...everybody becomes one bhai........sanju has done wot anybody would have done to have his life secured.....if the film industry had access to the finances they wudn't have approached the bhai..but the best part of it was the publicity for saroj khan.........:):)

Tue Jul 30 17:08:06 2002
Name:Harmanjit Singh
Email:drhshira@hotmail.com
Your Views:Another attempt to malign the great Sunil Dutt and his son Sajay Dutt

Tue Jul 30 17:10:32 2002
Name:Venkata Ranga
Email:venkmys@rediffmail.com
Your Views:No never, Because Underworld is running the show of bollywood.Its a open secret. So called our Bollywood actors think that if they maintain friendship with Underworld dons that will be a very prestige issue. Every Indian saw our bollywood actors sitting with underworld dons in Sharjah cricket ground.In my opinion mafia cannot delink with bollywood.

Tue Jul 30 17:14:21 2002
Name:Sreekumar.N.Nair
Email:skumar_kanam@rediffmail.com
Your Views:As per my knowledge about the underworld links or working in affiliation with the bollywood as per the newspaper and TV reports, if it so then these bollywood personalities should be dealt in the same manner as the law of india deals with other poeple in the same case. There should not be any bias any dealing with these bollywood heroes or heroines or directors or producers. The law should take stringent action against these people who are trying to make fools

Tue Jul 30 17:15:13 2002
Name:foot in mouth
Email:nospam@yahoo.com
Your Views:What happened to the Cricket scam? What happened to Armed forces Tehalka? what happened to Bomb bombay? You Indians will make a hue and cry for some days, forget all this in a few more days and move on with ur lives. U deserve to live like this, being cheated by ur government, ur politicians, ur sportstars, ur filmstars whom you have raised to pedestals. You wont rise above this filth unless u did something abt it. Unless u stop taking any nonsense. Give these guys a kick on their butt. Shun them, ban them, stop electing them, demand for their character reports. Next time you see Sanju baba playing the honest cop or a patriotic army man dying defending his beloved "mother india" stop and think. Remember the fact that he is friends with anti-social elements of the society. He is a menace to the society himself. If your heart still beats the same for your super hero... welll u deserve it !

Tue Jul 30 17:19:48 2002
Name:padma seshadri
Email:indira144@hotmail.com
Your Views:the big banner films require big budget. they don't find the financer for their films. govt shuld provide the film producer at least50 % of finance form govt fund. so that the producers will stop running after these underworld dons.

Tue Jul 30 17:21:46 2002
Name:Meher Eswar
Email:mehereswar@rediff.com
Your Views:It very common that where the large amount of transactions are going on, there is a chance for existence of some underground forces like mafia, smuggling. Here in this the bollywood is a place everyday a lots of amount is changing from hands to hands. In bollywood everyone is very wealthy fellows irrespective of their job what they are doing. Big financiers are coming forward to invest large amounts in it. This is not that there is no talent, but the income floating in is in very high proportionate when compare to other industries. Of course the risk is also very high. But when the amount comes in, where from it is coming, how it is coming in no body bothers, but people wants only investments whether it is in good nature or not. Now when we come to the point of allegations, people should not believe on such till they proved. But one thing is certain that is there will not be any smoke without flame. Already bollywood carrying bad reputation all over the world because of these allegations although it is having a craze for its products. But one thing I want to mention here is that investing such a large sums just for entertainment is some how not a wise thing, there is some other field

Tue Jul 30 17:33:29 2002
Name:manish p
Email:manish_99_in@yahoo.com
Your Views:they cannot be separated form the underworld. there's so much of money involved. so underworld will definitely interfere and these stars are normal people they do worry about themselves and are afraid like any body else . so this fear (maybe of death) forces them to be friendly with these kind of people lest they may be risking their live. therefore they cannot be fully blamed if they r involved upto a certain extent ,but if they r crossing the limits ,using these guys to kill their competitors ,they must be definitely punished and that too more than a normal man, because they r so called heroes .

Tue Jul 30 17:45:34 2002
Name:Kaunain Shahidi
Email:s_kaunain@yahoo.com
Your Views:Paisa & Shohrat kay peechay bhagney waaley yeh log darasal lalchee hain, they do not have any moral value and character & that's why they are in the film industry. Nexus is known since long and yeh sudharnay wala nahee hai, iskay liye every individual of bolywood ko sudharna hoga & which is not possible. Chalney do kya farq padta hai..Common mass to pareshan rahtee hee hai or hamesha rahegee chahe sarkar badley ya Sunjay ander ho shakeel mara jaye. Koi fayeda nahee hai. Apney or pariwaar kay saath kush rahein...kahan in sub chakkaron main padtey hain hum log.

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