Nazim Rizvi

The 2001 film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, known for its early depiction of surrogacy, became infamous for its ties to the Mumbai underworld. Financier Bharat Shah unknowingly funded the project, later discovering producer Nazim Rizvi's alleged links to Chhota Shakeel. This led to extortion attempts and Shah's eventual arrest and conviction for failing to disclose these connections.

Filmmaker Nazim Rizvi has reportedly filed a case in the consumer court against Kingfisher Airlines for unnecessary costs incurred to him.

MUMBAI: Actor Salman Khan on Wednesday told a special court that his statement recorded by the police in the Bharat Shah case was not read out to him and that he was not even shown a printout.

MUMBAI:The cross-examination of deputy police commissioner R.D. Shinde, who had recorded a confession statement of film producer Nazim Rizvi in the case of the alleged Bollywood-underworld nexus, continued on Monday before a designated court.

The crime branch has recorded the statement of Bollywood actor Salman Khan in connection with the Chori Chori Chupke Chupke case.

MUMBAI: A police inspector, who had produced accused Nazim Rizvi before a deputy commissioner of police for recording his confessional statement, was on Tuesday cross-examined by Rizvi’s lawyer, S.N. Chimade.

All eyes were on Salman Khan as he made his presence felt at the music launch of Qasam Se Qasam Se.

NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday said fourteen top film artists have been provided with government security cover after carrying out threat assessment.

MUMBAI: The trial of diamond merchant and film financier Bharat Shah and others who are facing charges of aiding underworld don Chhota Shakeel resumed on Monday before a special judge A P Bhangale.

MUMBAI: An important prosecution witness, who had allegedly spoken to Karachi-based gangster Chhota Shakeel on November 11, 2000, deposed incamera in the trial court on Monday.

MUMBAI: The trial court on Thursday heard in-camera, an audio tape allegedly containing the telephonic conversation of filmmaker Nazim Rizvi and Karachi-based don Chhota Shakeel.

MUMBAI: The public has a right to know about court proceedings specially when they are not being held incamera, public prosecutor Rohini Salian told a special court here on Tuesday while referring to the media coverage of an alleged conversation between certain Bollywood personalities, including actor Sanjay Dutt, and Karachi-based don Chhota Shakeel.

MUMBAI: Special judge A.P. Bhangale on Monday rejected diamond merchant and film financier Bharat Shah’s application for a discharge from the case of his alleged nexus with the underworld.

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Friday refused to grant interim bail to film producer Nazim Rizvi and directed him to appear before a special court every day for trial unless a doctor declares him unwell.

MUMBAI: A prosecution witness in whose presence the Mumbai police had recorded the specimen of a businessman’s voice was on Tuesday cross-examined by the defence.

Right before the release of his film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke in the year 2000, producer Nazim Rizvi was arrested for his alleged link up with the underworld don Chota Shakeel.

MUMBAI: Special Judge A.P. Bhangale on Monday asked public prosecutor Rohini Salian to file her say in response to an application seeking the court’s intervention with regard to publication and reproduction of transcripts of taped conversation between gangster Chhota Shakeel and film personalities.

MUMBAI: After being continuously hounded by the mafia for three years, Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan has, in a detailed statement to the police, revealed how gangsters have been exerting pressure on film personalities.

MUMBAI: Actor Sanjay Dutt will appear before special judge Ashok Bhangale on Friday as a prosecution witness in the trial faced by diamond merchant and film financier Bharat Shah and others for their alleged underworld links.

Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who appeared as a prosecution witness in a case against gangster Chhota Shakeel's henchman Anjum Fazlani, failed to identify the accused on Thursday.

MUMBAI: The defence on Friday tried to prove that the alleged telephonic conversation taped by the police neither mentioned the names of film producer Nazim Rizvi and Karachi-based gangster Chhota Shakeel nor the mobile number on which Rizvi received Shakeel’s call.

MUMBAI: A special court on Tuesday granted diamond merchant and film financier Bharat Shah exemption from appearing in court on Wednesday and Thursday to enable him to attend a pre-release and promotional activities of the film Devdas produced by his company.

MUMBAI: Film financier Bharat Shah of the controversial movie Chori Chori Chupke Chupke throws a new googly. According to him, certain television channels are responsible for maligning his image.

This is the second blow in this case as the court had earlier acquitted Shah's secretary Tarun Shah, who was accused of conniving with Shakeel to extort money from film personalities.

MUMBAI: Journalists covering the Bharat Shah trial in a special court here were on Thursday ordered to leave the courtroom when tapes of an alleged conversation between producer of Hindi film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Nazim Rizvi and Karachi-based gangster Chhota Shakeel were played before a prosecution witness.

MUMBAI: The owner of a suburban shop from where the driver of producer Nazim Rizvi allegedly purchased a prepaid SIM card told a special court on Tuesday that he did not know it it was mandatory for the customer to furnish certain details while buying the card.

MUMBAI: A top film financier is likely to depose as a star prosecution witness in the court of special judge A P Bhangale, who is trying diamond merchant Bharat Shah and three others for their alleged links with Karachi-based gangster Chhota Shakeel.

MUMBAI: Diamond merchant and film financier Bharat Shah has approached the supreme court for permission to go abroad for a family wedding.

MUMBAI: A special court on Tuesday directed film financier and diamond merchant Bharat Shah, who is being tried in the Bollywood-underworld nexus case, to file an affidavit regarding the Rs 50 crore security he must furnish to be allowed to go to Belgium.

MUMBAI: The sentence in the diamond merchant and film financier Bharat Shah's case will be delivered on Wednesday. Details of the prosecution and defence cases.