A television actress has filed a police complaint alleging that a renowned celebrity cosmetic and plastic surgeon in Mumbai, has molested her.

The Forty two year-old actress, the complainant, is going through a troubled marriage and is fighting a divorce case in the family court which is still pending.

Meanwhile, the doctor (Dr. Viral Desai), has pleaded in his anticipatory bail Application, a copy of which is with this correspondent, he has contended that they had a consensual relationship while vehemently denying rape charge. He further claimed that it’s a relationship gone sour and she was trying to extort huge amount of money to not file this false complaint.

Explaining the same before the court, Dr Desai through his document said, “No where in the FIR has the complainant stated that she resisted when the applicant (doctor) had allegedly forced himself upon her. This shows that it was consensual act and that the entire FIR is an afterthought.”

The copy further states that the two had met a several number of times at various place. “It is the case of the complainant herself that all the staff at the doctor’s house as well as at his clinic are well-familiar with her and that the two have travelled together on several occasions. This clearly shows the nature of relationship among them, and thus the evidence referred, thus makes it clear that the FIR has been filed without merits,” the copy reads.

The court has him granted interim protection till September 5 and asked the investigating police officer not to take any coercive action against the petitioner.

The complainant has charged the doctor of sexually assaulting her on the 9th of August when she went to his clinic.

The doctor, on the other hand, has alleged that he had a Love affair with the complainant since last few years and they were having consensual physical relations at various hotels and at his clinic on a number of occasions. He has filed photographs in the court to show how intimate they were and also produced WhatsApp chats to show that they were in a relationship and this has happened several times at the behest of complainant herself. Even after the alleged incident of rape they went together for dinner from his clinic and had chats with her on a regular basis.

Dr Desai has submitted proofs to show that they were in love with each other and that he has submitted the names of the hotels, photographs, chats and CCTV footage.

Indywood Distribution Network now owns rights of distribution of the official Hindi remake of the 2010 Telugu film ‘Prassthanam’ and would be released in GCC soon.  The much-awaited trailer of Sanjay Dutt’s Prassthanam was released on 29th August, 2019 and the film promises a lot of action and twists. The film, which is the official Hindi remake of the 2010 Telugu film of the same name, also features Manisha Koirala, Chunky Panday, Jackie Shroff, Ali Fazal and Amyra Dastur.

The original Telugu film-Prassthanam featured Sharwanand, Sai Kumar, Sundeep Kishan and Ruby Parihar in pivotal roles. It was directed by Deva Katta, who has also helmed the Hindi version. Produced by Maanayata Dutt (wife of Sanjay Dutt), the remake of Prassthanam will open in theatres on September 20.

The trailer which was released, shows a child asking Sanjay Dutt’s character about the morality behind lord Rama killing Ravana and shows Sanjay Dutt fighting goons. Sanjay Dutt plays the role of Baldev Pratap Singh, the head of a political family, and his two sons (played by Ali Fazal and Satyajeet Dubey) fight against each other to carry forward his legacy. Jackie Shroff proves his loyalty to Sanjay Dutt by supporting him throughout the political war.

Chunky Panday also plays a prominent role in the movie and shows a head-to-head political battle along with Sanjay Dutt with a glimpses of Manisha Koirala, Ali Fazal, Satyajeet Dubey and Amyra Dastur.  The plot of Prassthanam touched upon the story of Ramayana and Mahabharata to depict the choice of war between right and wrong even in this era.

With the intention to support art worth movies and share it worldwide, Sohan Roy’s Indywood Distribution Network(IDN) focuses on 40 countries which includes U.S.A, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East and many other. Recently IDN successfully released a Marathi Movie named ‘ BABA’ in South Korea and it was the first Marathi movie which was released in the country.

Spearheaded by Coconut Media Box

4th September,2019 will observe Coconut Cha Raja’s visarjan processions. In its 5th year the massive procession will start from  Kotia Nirman,New Link Rd, Andheri West, Mumbai till Juhu Circle from 4:00 pm onwards.

There will be zeal, vigour and colour as devotees will move to the beats of the dhol tasha. The sounds of the huge symbols, the lezium will overtake the sounds of the horns on the roads of Mumbai.

Asia’s largest Ganapathi visarjan will have more than 3000 artists performing live from various parts of Maharashtra & South which includes ; 1000- Puneri Dhol, 150 – Nashik Benja, 1000 – Mumbai’s famous Dahi Handi Pathak, 200 – Varied Maharashtra Folk Dancers, 10- Maha Aarti at Juhu Beach & 200- Captivating performances 

Coconut Cha Raja happens to be the only Ganpati celebration in Mumbai with a noble cause. With the theme- Pearl which which signifies purity, Coconut Cha Raja will bid farewell with an initiative #IAMYOURBAPPA  to help the people in need and fulfill any one wish which can be achieved by common people. Every person has an opportunity to fulfill 1 wish which he / she can afford. #IAMYOURBAPPA objective for this Ganesh Utsav is to achieve 5000 needy people.

While lakhs of devotees will be on the roads , security will tight to ensure the processions make its way without hassles or untoward incident.

Mumbai’s biggest corporate ganpati which is #CoconutChaRaja gives  24 hrs live darshan on social media handles of #CoconutChaRaja.

Bappa ko Pranam Aur aap ko Salam an initiative to salute all the police men of Mumbai and appreciating them with token of gratitude & certificate.

Elite Foundation NGO recently organized a plantation event in Delhi which was attended by Miss Earth and Miss State, who had come from Vietnam. Post that the beauty pageant winners also took part in a special yagna which was performed for purification of environment.

Elite Foundation is actively working for the betterment of mother nature and has pledged to plant 10 crore trees across India. The NGO has also planned to organise 1,08,000 Kundi Maha Yagnas for air purification and to create a healthy environment.

Present at the occasion were Virendra Agarwal of the Elite Foundation, Kamal Malkani, Jitendra Prasad, Lokesh Rathore, Sumit Kumar amongst others.

Virendra Agarwal, Founder Human Rights, and Elite Foundation said, “Our main aim is to create awareness and sensitize people about the value and importance of our environment, environmental issues and its adverse impact on our lives. We wish to empower people to contribute to a sustainable and green world. I think the greatest service which can be rendered to any country, is to add a useful plant to its culture and we hope many people come and join us in this initiative.”

Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar (BMVP) is a distinctive initiative, a unique stage of some of the most powerful and humane minds from across the nation. BMVP is a platform created for leaders from the sphere of Politics, Business, Academics and Entertainment who have contributed towards enhancing the cause of human development in India.

Selected by a committee of 24 (twenty four) jury members, headed by Dr. J K Mitra, Former Dean, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi, the power-packed day would witness the conferring of 09 National leaders from various walks of life who have built a brand of faith and hope through their conviction and actions while remaining committed to bring about a change in the society and championing the cause of equity, humanity, social justice and human welfare.

In attendance to support, believe in and cherish change the nation needs, and its prime agents, would be the most luminous lights of this country including- Entrepreneurs, NGOs, CEOs, Politicians, Academicians, Media Giants, Sports and Film personalities, et al from around the nation. The ten eminent awardees who were honoured by former President Pranab Mukherjee were Arunachalam Muruganantham, Nafisa Ali Sodhi, Menaka Gandhi, Lakshmi Agarwal, Mansi Pradhan, Dr Prakash Amte, Sandeep Pandey, Anu Agha, Belinda Wright and Santanu Mishra of Smile Foundation.

While speaking Pranab Mukherjee left his papers and broke into a passionate extempore and said he was delighted to come and hand over the awards to such wonderful people and said it’s “being humane that’s most important in the world to become human beings”. Till the time we can’t become humane we can’t become humans.It is for the first time that he awarded the non Congress member of Gandhi family, Mrs. Maneka Gandhi.