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Liberal
MP Ruby Dhalla tries to block DVD sales
She claims the movie,
posters and photos for the film were ‘‘doctored’
TORONTO, March 14, 2009
Surinder Singh
On Wednesday, in an interview with the Toronto Sun, Liberal MP
Ruby Dhalla confirmed her role in the 2003 low-budget Hindi film
made in Hamilton called Kyon Kis Liye (Why? And for Whom?).
The Toronto Sun's front page on Thursday shows
a promotional image
for the 2003 Bollywood-style movie, co-starring Liberal MP Ruby
Dhalla. (Robin Rowland/CBC)
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Ruby Dhalla claimed:
- The movie's publicity material, including posters and photos,
were doctored — putting her face on someone else's body
in clothes I never wore.
- We've never seen a copy of the film since filming wrapped
up in Hamilton six years ago
- Not signed a distribution waiver or was paid $2,000.
- The producer and proposed distributor in India are ‘‘opportunists’’
trying to exploit her status as an MP.
- and denied signing a waiver and has asked Sihra to produce
it.
- If we have to go through an injunction, we'll do whatever
is necessary
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Charanjit (Chico) Sihra
Charanjit (Chico) Sihra, who owns an autobody shop in Hamilton
and film producer met Dhalla at a fashion show in 1993 shortly
after she placed second in the Miss India Canada pageant. Charanjit
said:
- Dhalla signed a distribution waiver and was paid $2,000. The
form was destroyed in a fire but he has witnesses who saw Dhalla
sign it.
- She wanted to be in a Bollywood film and had a passion for
the movie, but she's a politician now and she doesn't want the
DVD of the film released
- Dhalla's mother was on set every day of filming and there
is no nudity or sex in the movie.
- We never changed that and put her face on anyone else.
- The film is very clean and she did a great job
Charanjit (Chico) Sihra said "It's a free country and she
and her lawyers can do anything they want to, we are prepared
to go ahead. The two-hour, 10-minute movie "was financed
by me," for about $200,000.
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The 2003 Hindi film, "Kyon? Kis Liye" was shot in in
Hamilton is based on the local Sukhinder Dhillon murder case,
in which the wife was poisoned by her husband to collect insurance
money. The film has already been shown in Toronto and India.
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