Book on Gandhi may not be banned, after all

Joseph Lelyveld, the ex-executive editor of The New York Times, is caught up in a controversy over penning the biography on Mahatma Gandhi titled Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his Struggle with India.

The author had reportedly made some controversial statements about Gandhiji’s sexual preferences and claimed that he was a racist. Following this, there was a call to ban this book in India and the Government of India also decided to amend the laws to make maligning Gandhi’s image an offence.

Reacting to this, the Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily said that there are no plans to ban the book or amend the laws as the author had explicitly stated that no such things regarding Gandhi being bisexual or about racism appears in the book.

Rana sets rolling!

Finally, Rana has set rolling! The film’s photo shoot happened at the AVM Studios in Chennai with Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone participating in it. Well, this is indication enough that they will play the lead pair. Regarding the rest of the star cast, we need to wait for an announcement from Rana’s director KS Ravi Kumar.

A few days ago, KSR had said nothing about Rana has been finalized except the lead pair and until then the media should stop their guesswork regarding the other heroines.

The photo shoot is an indication that the film’s shooting is to start very early as sources close to the Rana team say that the photos shot now will be used for newspaper promos.