Journalist Flynn Remedios who exposed Veena Malik’s lies threatened by Pakistani caller

Flynn Remedios, journalist and editor of www.mumbaiwire.in who first exposed Veena Malik’s lies, filed a police complaint with the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s office on Monday after receiving threatening calls from a Pakistani telephone number. Says Flynn Remedios, “Since we broke the story on Saturday about the truth behind Veena Malik’s,  lies thanks to a very candid interview with fashion designer Umair Zafar, I have been receiving strange calls from various numbers which seem to be internet telephony numbers. Our story was carried by the Times of India on Sunday and then all hell broke loose. I first got some calls from some person claiming to be a journalist from Pakistan. He was trying to ascertain if the phone number was correct and if it belonged to me (Flynn Remedios) and that if I was the editor of http://www.mumbaiwire.in. When I told him that I was the person he was looking for, he said he would call back later.”

“After about two hours, I began to get threatening calls. In all I must have got about 5 calls on Monday. At first the speaker spoke in Urdu. I tried to explain in Hindi that I can’t speak or understand Urdu and the caller hung up. The next call was by a different person who threatened me and my family with dire consequences in Hindi. This was followed by two more calls. All the calls were from numbers that had 7-8 digits and were prefixed with +21. I figure out these are numbers used by internet telephony. I have submitted a written complaint to the office of the Mumbai Police Commissioner as the local police station was not ready to accept the complaint as it was an inter-state matter or the calls were apparently not made from India.”

 

Umair Zafar: Veena Malik ‘used’ FHM for her own publicity

“Starlet planned the entire publicity stunt with Imagine to publicize her Reality Show”

Mumbai-based fashion designer Umair Zafar who spilled the beans on the Veena Malik nude shoot for FHM magazine and exposed the truth behind the façade of legal notices says that Veena Malik wanted publicity at all costs. In an interview to Flynn Remedios of www.mumbaiwire.in, Umair says, “Veena Malik had pre-planned this entire publicity stunt months in advance. Probably the bosses at Imagine channel who offered her the Reality Show Veena Malik ka Swayamvar were the main brains behind this publicity stunt and all Vishal Saxena, Kabeer Sharma, editor of FHM magazine and the magazine management were all pawns in this master plan of the schemer that is Veena Malik. Veena Malik had approached Vishal Saxena about two months prior with the idea of doing a controversial shoot that could get her loads of free publicity. Vishal who is a good friend of Kabeer Sharma and has shot for the magazine before briefed Kabeer and both of them fell for Veena Malik’s bait.”

Vishal Saxena who spoke to editor of www.mumbaiwire.in Flynn Remedios said, “I am a professional photographer. I just do what I am told. I am not aware of the discussions or agreement or understanding between FHM and Kabeer and Veena. I was given reference images and I just did my job. If not me, some other photographer would have done it. I do not wish to comment on any other issue.  Please talk to FHM magazine only for any details and please do not drag me into this controversy. I have nothing to do with it.”

Veena Malik was not available for comment and her manager or agent Pratik did not return our calls or reply to our SMS messages. Meanwhile Umair Zafar fired another salvo today when he alleged that Imagine channel is equally responsible for the nude shoot. They made the official announcement two days after the controversy started. They are all hand in glove and the entire controversy is nothing but a publicity stunt.” Taking a dig at Mahesh Bhatt, Umair said, “Wonder what Mr Mahesh Bhatt has to say now in Veena Malik’s defense? Does Mahesh Bhatt approve of such ‘nude’ publicity stunts? Does exchange of culture, etc mean a Pakistani starlet coming to India and doing nude shoots?  Is that Mr Mahesh Bhatt and Mr Raza Murad’s (of CINTAA) definition of cultural exchange,” Umair Zafar asked angrily? Is this why we allow the trash from Pakistani to come here?

Poonam Dasgupta: Veena Malik is a chronic liar, she must be banned in India

By Frank Franklyn – MumbaiWire.in

After fashion designer Umair Zafar spilled the beans on the truth behind the Veena Malik nude photo shoot controversy, (read our previous article) social activist and veteran actress Poonam Dasgupta who has done over 150 films, slammed Veena Malik saying, “Veena Malik is a chronic liar. She would do anything for publicity. Last year Rahul Bhatt who was a co-participant with Veena Malik on Bigg Boss had accused her saying Veena Malik can even sleep around for publicity. After reading Umair Zafar’s expose, I am sure Rahul Bhatt’s allegations are true. I am surprised that Mahesh Bhatt is taking sides with Veena Malik. Her behavior is nothing but that of a road-side sex worker or even worse,” opined Poonam Dasgupta.

Meanwhile the Indian Artistes and Actors Forum (IAAF) have renewed its call for a ban on Veena Malik in India. “We will not allow Veena Malik to act or work in India. She has come here as a guest. She should know how to behave as a guest. She must respect the traditions and cultural sensitivity of millions of Indians, even though she cares a damn about the culture of her own country. Neither India nor Pakistan would like to see one of their citizens going nude only for publicity or pre-planning the kind of controversy that Veena Malik has done in cahoots with the magazine FHM,” said Flynn Remedios, spokesperson for the IAAF.

Veena Malik’s publicity stunt secret revealed by fashion designer Umair Zafar

By Flynn Remedios – MumbaiWire.in

Finally the cat is out of the bag on the Veena Malik nude photo controversy. Mumbai-based fashion designer and stylist Umair Zafar who has done several shoots with controversial photographer Vishal Saxena spilled the beans on the Veena Malik-FHM cover shoot controversy to journalist Flynn Remedios of MumbaiWire.in today.

Says Umair Zafar, “A few days before the FHM cover was out, photographer Vishal Saxena told me to be prepared for a big ‘dhamaka”. According to Umair Zafar, Saxena told him that the entire thing between Veena Malik and FHM magazine was pre-planned. “Veena Malik did the shoot topless with her hands covering the upper part of her body. She was wearing a bikini panty below, which was later on morphed and removed by photographer Vishal Saxena. All this was pre-decided and agreed upon by all concerned. In order to save face and the repurcussions that it could have both in Pakistan and in India – and yet avail of all the publicity – Veena Malik and FHM magazine had pre-decided that Veena Malik would send a defamation notice to the magazine and the magazine in turn would then send her a counter-notice. Yeah sab mili bhagat hein,” said Umair Zafar, adding that the entire episode had been meticulously planned by Veena Malik, her manager, photographer Vishal Saxena and FHM magazine representatives. “Even the defamation notice was prepared in advance, he said.

“I have done many shoots with Vishal Saxena and have styled clothes for Sayali Bhagat, Nisha Kothari, etc. Vishal specialises in nude shoots and has done several such shoots with Sherlyn Chopra, Priya Soni, etc., the photos of which are freely available on the internet. Vishal, Veena and FHM magazine have planned this entire publicity stunt to further Veena Malik’s prospects on the Reality Show on Imagine channel, Veena Malik ka Swayamvar,” said Umair, explaining that even top bosses at Imagine channel were aware of this entire publicity stunt.

Speaking to Flynn Remedios, Umair Zafar said that photographer Vishal Saxena had told him on Facebook chat that Veena Malik was even ready to shoot completely in the buff if it got her the required publicity. “Vishal told me, she wanted a big blast. A huge dhamaka that would catapult her to the top of the charts and make her a household name in India. She wants to be more popular than Kareena Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan put together. Bigg Boss last year gave her some mileage but she was not able to get much out of that show. She wanted the big bucks and was ever ready to do anything for it,” Umair said.

Photographer Vishal Saxena when contacted said that he only did as he was told by the editor of the magazine FHM. ‘I do not know anything about this matter or publicity stunt. I was told to do a shoot and was given reference photos for the same. All that I can say is that Veena Malik was very happy with the photos. I handed over the raw images (unedited images) to them immediately after the shoot was over. I can’t speak for the magazine. Please talk to Kabeer Sharma about all this. I cannot comment on anything,” was Vishal Saxena’s response. Editor of FHM, Kabeer Sharma was not reachable, inspite several attempts to contact him.

Post Bigg Boss 5, Jalebi bai Shradha Sharma flooded with 31st December offers

Bigg Boss participant Shradha Sharma who was evicted this weekend from the Bigg Boss 5 house, is already flooded with offers for  31^st December performances both in India and abroad. Her sweet and cute yet aggressive image and the nick name Jalebi Bai has apparently gone down very well with audiences and event organizers are making a beeline outside her house. Shradha has almost 20 offers for stage show performances for this New Year’s Eve including that from a 7-star hotel in Dubai which has offered her a whopping Rs 35-lakh, says her publicist Flynn Remedios.

Says Shradha Sharma, “My soft look has been appreciated by all my fans and all of India. I could have been noisy and boisterous like some others who do it for more screen time and publicity, but it was a conscious decision to keep a low profile and not to create any tamasha and drama in the house solely for publicity. Most people in the house are fake. They put on a noisy act thinking that it will get them more screen time or air time and hence more mileage.” Talking about the stage show offers she says that she has just got back home and will discuss with her manager. “My manager has told me that there are a lot of offers. I am yet to speak to him in detail. Let’s see, I am yet to decide,” says the chirpy actress.

Ban Veena Malik, IAAF writes to Home Minister, Mumbai Police Commissioner

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IAAF, Poonam Dasgupta file police complaint against ‘nude Veena Malik’

 

Mumbai: Saturday 3^rd December 2011: The Indian Artistes and Actors Forum (IAAF) and veteran actress Poonam Dasgupta have filed a police complaint with the Commissioner of Police, DCP Enforcement and Social Service Branch of the Crime Branch of the Mumbai police today (Saturday) against Veena Malik for her nude photo shoot on the cover of FHM magazine. Spokesperson for the IAAF, Flynn Remedios, said that a written complaint was submitted to the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, the Social Service Branch and the Home Ministry on Saturday. The police have been requested to register an FIR under the relevant sections of the law against Veena Malik and others. The IAAF has asked the Foreigners Registration Office of the Mumbai police to verify the nature of visa granted to Veena Malik and as to who are the sponsors of the Visa. According to the IAAF, Veena Malik has only a Business Visa which permits her to attend meetings, conferences, seminars and auditions but not to work and earn an income in India.

A foreigner has to have a Indian sponsor who has to guarantee and take responsibility of the foreigner to ensure that s/he does not violate any Indian laws. “Does Veena Malik have a Visa that allows her to work with every single Indian enterprise?” Normally work visas restrict the right of the individual who can only work for and through his or her sponsor who has taken the onus of ensuring compliance of Indian laws. The IAAF have requested the Mumbai Police and the Home Ministry to rescind the police permission or approval given to Veena Malik and cancel her visa.

The Indian Actors and Artistes Forum (IAAF) has called for a ban on Veena Malik for her cheap antics at getting free publicity. The IAAF has launched a protest on their Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/Ban.Veena.Malik and is in the process of enlisting support online.

Veteran actress Poonam Dasgupta Luthra speaking about Veena Malik said, “I was aghast to read about the killing of Hindus in Pakistan and Veena Malik’s swayamvar drama on the same page of the newspaper. The first thing I can’t tolerate is why we should encourage people from an unfriendly country that export terrorism to India to work here? Also we have the best of beauty and talent in India which is recognized around the world and there is no reason to entertain a Veena Malik who has nothing special to offer. Veena comes from a country where such swayamvar-type drams are taboo. Is India a dust bin where shallow people without character come to dump their stunts? Veena Malik is nothing but trash. She is a cheap, shallow woman who will pose nude at the drop of a hat or even sleep around for work and we are welcoming such trash from abroad with open arms. It is a crying shame and a slap on the face of Indian talent.””

Spokesperson for the IAAF, Flynn Remedios says, “About 350 members of the IAAF have signed a petition addressed to the I&B Minstry, Home Minister and the Home Ministry, Government of India pleading that Veena Malik’s visa be revoked.  Why do we have to import such trash in India from outside when we have so much talent in our own country,” he asked?

 

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IAAF, Poonam Dasgupta file police complaint against ‘nude Veena Malik’

Ban Veena Malik, IAAF writes to Home Minister

 

The Indian Artistes and Actors Forum (IAAF) and veteran actress Poonam Dasgupta have filed a police complaint with the Social Service Branch of the Crime Branch of the Mumbai police today (Saturday). Spokesperson for the IAAF, Flynn Remedios, said that a written complaint was submitted to the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, the Social Service Branch and the Home Ministry Friday night. The police have been requested to register an FIR under the relevant sections of the law against Veena Malik and the others. Similarly the IAAF has asked the Foreigners Registration Office of the Mumbai police to verify the nature of work visa granted to Veena Malik and as to who are the sponsors of the Visa. A foreigner has to have a Indian sponsor who has to guarantee and take responsibility of the foreigner to ensure that s/he does not violate any of the laws. “Does Veena Malik have a Visa that allows her to work with every single Indian enterprise?” Normally work visas restrict the right of the individual who can only work for and through his or her sponsor who has taken the onus of ensuring compliance of Indian laws.

The Indian Actors and Artistes Forum (IAAF) has also called for a ban on Veena Malik for her cheap antics at getting free publicity. The latest publicity stunt is her denial of a nude cover shoot for the Indian edition of international men’s magazine FHM. However, editor of FHM Kabeer Sharma insists that they have a video of the photo shoot and Veena Malik’s claims are false. Even a Times of India report claims that Veena Malik indeed did pose nude. As reported in the Pakistani media, Veena Malik has posed nude for other Pakistani publications as well in the past and the FHM India cover is obviously not her first time. The website of FHM meanwhile seems to have been suspended or shut down.

The IAAF has launched a protest on their Facebook page facebook.com/Indian.Artistes.Forum and is in the process of enlisting support online.

Veteran actress Poonam Dasgupta Luthra speaking about Veena Malik said, “I was aghast to read about the killing of Hindus in Pakistan and Veena Malik’s swayamvar drama on the same page of the newspaper. The first thing I can’t tolerate is why we should encourage people from an unfriendly country that export terrorism to India to work here? Also we have the best of beauty and talent in India which is recognized around the world and there is no reason to entertain a Veena Malik who has nothing special to offer. Veena comes from a country where such swayamvar-type drams are taboo. Is India a dust bin where shallow people without character come to dump their stunts? Veena Malik is nothing but trash. She is a cheap, shallow woman who will pose nude at the drop of a hat or even sleep around for work and we are welcoming such trash from abroad with open arms. It is a crying shame and a slap on the face of Indian talent.””

Several members and supporters of the IAAF including veteran actress Poonam Dasgupta, fashion designer Umair Zafar, BJP spokesperson Shaina NC, TV actress Smriti Irani, Congress MP Nilesh Rane, and MLA Krishna Hegde to name a few have criticized the level to which TV channels have stooped to gain TRPs – referring to porn star Sunny Leone in Bigg Boss on Colors and the reported news that Veena Malik has been signed on by Imagine for Veena Malik ka Swayamvar. Says spokesperson for the IAAF, Flynn Remedios, “About 350 members of the IAAF have signed a petition addressed to the Home Minister and the Home Ministry, Government of India pleading that Veena Malik’s work permit be revoked.  Why do we have to import such trash in India from outside when we have so much talent in our own country.”

Ban Veena Malik, IAAF writes to Home Minister

By Frank Franklyn – MumbaiWire.in

The Indian Actors and Artistes Forum (IAAF) has called for a ban on Veena Malik for her cheap antics at getting free publicity. The latest publicity stunt is her denial of a nude cover shoot for the Indian edition of international men’s magazine FHM. However, editor of FHM Kabeer Sharma insists that they have a video of the photo shoot and Veena Malik’s claims are false. Even a Times of India report claims that Veena Malik indeed did pose nude. As reported in the Pakistani media, Veena Malik has posed nude for other Pakistani publications as well in the past and the FHM India cover is obviously not her first time. The website of FHM meanwhile seems to have been suspended or shut down.

Several members and supporters of the IAAF including veteran actress Poonam Dasgupta, fashion designer Umair Zafar, BJP spokesperson Shaina NC, TV actress Smriti Irani, Congress MP Nilesh Rane, and MLA Krishna Hegde to name a few have criticized the level to which TV channels have stooped to gain TRPs – referring to porn star Sunny Leone in Bigg Boss on Colors and the reported news that Veena Malik has been signed on by Imagine for Veena Malik ka Swayamvar. Says spokesperson for the IAAF, Flynn Remedios, “About 350 members of the IAAF have signed a petition addressed to the Home Minister and the Home Ministry, Government of India pleading that Veena Malik’s work permit be revoked.  Why do we have to import such trash in India from outside when we have so much talent in our own country.”

The IAAF has launched a protest on their Facebook page facebook.com/Indian.Artistes.Forum and is in the process of enlisting support online.

Veteran actress Poonam Dasgupta Luthra speaking about Veena Malik said, “I was aghast to read about the killing of Hindus in Pakistan and Veena Malik’s swayamvar drama on the same page of the newspaper. The first thing I can’t tolerate is why we should encourage people from an unfriendly country that export terrorism to India to work here? Also we have the best of beauty and talent in India which is recognized around the world and there is no reason to entertain a Veena Malik who has nothing special to offer. Veena comes from a country where such swayamvar-type drams are taboo. Is India a dust bin where shallow people without character come to dump their stunts? Veena Malik is nothing but trash. She is a cheap, shallow woman who will pose nude at the drop of a hat or even sleep around for work and we are welcoming such trash from abroad with open arms. It is a crying shame and a slap on the face of Indian talent.”

Men’s magazine FHM India’s website with Veena Malik’s nude pic shut down or suspended.

By Flynn Remedios – MumbaiWire.in

International men’s magazine FHM’s Indian edition website has been shut down or suspended. The website was in the news for putting up a copy of their December issue of the magazine featuring a nude Veena Malik. We tried contacting the editorial staff of FHM India but none were available for comment and the editorial offices had shut for the day.

Mahesh Bhatt’s Vishesh Films website has incorrect info: IAAF

By Ashwini Salian – MumbaiWire.in

Mahesh Bhatt was in a tearing hurry to sign on Sunny Leone for his film, but his production house Vishesh Films website hasn’t been updated for the last two years, says the IAAF. “We were trying to get in touch with Bhatt saab for the last three days as we wanted to hand over a memorandum signed by all the members of the Indian Artistes and Actors Forum requesting him not to sign a foreign porn star when there is so much talent in India. Our members – about 350 of them – felt Bhatt’s decision to visit Sunny Leone in the Bigg Boss House and offer her a film on a platter was belittling to the Indian film industry. All the numbers listed on the Vishesh Films website have changed or are not in service,” said Flynn Remedios, spokesperson for the IAAF.

Meanwhile veteran actress Poonam Dasgupta , a member of the IAAF who has featured in over 150 films in the last 15 years and played main lead roles opposite the likes of stars like Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and Dharmendra to name a few, hit out viciously at director and producer Mahesh Bhatt for his special visit to the Bigg Boss house “Mahesh Bhatt is an idiot. He is growing old and senile. He has really lost it. A good and reputed director or producer would never do stunts like this. He could have waited for one or two weeks till Sunny Leone was out of the Bigg Boss House. He has lowered his own status and the status of the entire Hindi film industry by his so-called publicity stunt. Either he is getting big money from Colors for this stunt, or he is completely mad. If it was so urgent and he wanted to meet Sunny Leone for some god-forsaken film, he could have done it in secrecy,” Dasgupta said.