While Salim-Javed have been in the news for demanding royalty from the producers of the Zanjeer remake, the bigger story is Javed Akhtar’s single-minded championing of the cause for directors and lyricists to get a share of the profit pie that is due to them.

With the Rajya Sabha passing the amendment to the Copyright Act on Thursday, May 17, as Mirror has learnt, Akhtar has every reason to smile.

Ecstatic at the news, Akhtar’s wife Shabana tweeted, “Hurrah, copyright amendment bill passed in Rajya Sabha. Javed’s historic moment to give lyricists, composers, 12 per cent of their rightful share.” While the amendment will be put to vote in the Lok Sabha, the industry appears divided in its response.

Lyricst Sameer sounded elated when we called him on Thursday afternoon. “We’ve won. Full marks to Javed Akhtar. Our fraternity has had many people who have lived in miserable conditions in their last days. I think this amendment will save the situation in many ways.”

Music composer Pritam was overjoyed. “This change in copyright law was long awaited and now in true sense, creative people like composers, lyricists, scriptwriters and singers will derive some commercial benefit from the popularity of a song amongst others who are also provided with certain rights for their creation. We will be waiting for the act to be passed and brought into effect,” he said.

By contrast, Mukesh Bhatt, who’s been on the producers’ side through all of this, seemed resigned to fate. “If rape is inevitable, why not enjoy it? Akbar ke darbaar mein Tansen tha. Kapil Sibal ke darbar mein shayad Javed Akhtar hai,” he laughed.

Explaining why producers are against the amendment, Mukesh said, “We were never against the concept of royalty per se. Our bone of contention was simply that royalty should not be given from day one. Instead, it should be given after two

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DHARAMSALA: Pacers Umesh Yadav and Morne shared seven wickets between them before David Warner slammed 79 as Delhi Daredevils registered a comprehensive six-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab to push them out of the Indian Premier League on Saturday.

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Delhi overhauled the 142-run target with 10 balls to spare and ensured that they end the league engagements on top of the table with 22 points, which means that they will have two chances to make it to the title clash.

Punjab needed to win Saturday’s contest to stay in play-off contention but putting up just 141 for eight did not help their cause.

Delhi’s win has also ensured Mumbai’s entry into the knockout stage as even if Mumbai lose Sunday’s match against Rajasthan Royals they will still end with 18 points, which is enough to get fourth position in the table.

Delhi’s win has also kept CSK in the hunt. If Bangalore lose on Sunday, they will be tied on 17 points with Chennai and the defending champions will sneak into the next stage due to better Net Run-Rate.

It was Delhi’s pacers, who set up the win as Umesh Yadav (3/19) ripped apart the Punjab top-order and Morkel (4/20) rocked the middle and lower order.

Punjab owed their total to Siddhath Chitnis (38), Azhar Mahmood (36) and Gurkeerat Singh (26), who lifted the side to a fighting score from a precarious 20 for four at one stage.

Delhi openers Warner and Unmukt Chand (18) came out all guns blazing and put on a 82-run stand in nine overs to set the tone for easy win.

Warner’s blistering 44-ball knock was studded with 10 fours and four sixes while youngster Chand supported him well with his 24-ball knock, containing two sixes.

Warner was quite harsh on Parvinder Awana, whom he hit for three sixes and four in the seventh over. The Australian was dropped in the last ball of that over when he was on 46.

Mahmood dismissed Chand and later Ryan Harris (2/19) accounted for Warner and Irfan Pathan (5) but Y Venugopal Rao (21) batted sensibly to guide the side to finish line.

When the Punjab side batted, the wicket at the HPCA stadium helped the pacers as the bowl swung and bounced a lot but it eased out when Warner and co. took guard.

Earlier, electing to field, Delhi bowlers stuck to their task from the onset, barring a few overs in the middle, to stop Punjab from posting a big total at the HPCA stadium.

Punjab were off to a worst possible start in their must-win last league fixture as they slumped to 20 for four inside the mandatory power-play. The hosts were never allowed to get off the hook by the Delhi bowlers.

Punjab lost opener Mandeep Singh (0) in the second over of the match to Umesh, who induced an edge that was taken by wicketkeeper Naman Ojha.

Skipper Adam Gilchrist (9) departed in the fourth over bowled by Umesh when he went for the pull but only ending up getting a top-edge that was lapped up by Varun Aaron at mid-on.

Paul Valthaty’s miserable run in the tournament continued as he was caught by Irfan Pathan at third-man off Morkel while trying an upper cut.

Umesh made the matter worse for the hosts as he got the dangerman David Hussey (3) caught at mid-on by Pathan to leave Punjab tottering at 20 for four.

With his team struggling, Chitnis strode to the crease and responded to the situation by running a few quick singles and hitting the occasional boundaries.

Chitnis, along with Mahmood, tried to take Kings XI to a comfortable position but the Maharashtra player holed out to fine-leg fielder Pathan off the bowling of Andre Russell after being involved in a 57-run stand.

Chitnis’ 32-ball knock was laced with one six and five fours. After his dismissal of Chitnis, Mahmood and Gurkeerat tried to provide the late flourish, but the Delhi bowlers were equal to the task.

Ryan Harris accumulated 15 runs off the last over bowled by Umesh to take his team past 140.

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BANGALORE: Sulking BJP Karnataka strongman B S Yeddyurappa took head-on against the central BJP leaders stating none has the capacity and potential to lead the party.

Drawing parallels with former Prime minister A B Vajapayee, former chief minister Yeddyurappa, a day after opening his public contact office, said on Saturday that none of the leaders had the capacity to lead the party in the hour of crisis. “The party has failed to introspect and resolve internal party crisis in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka,” he told reporters. The attack from the beleaguered BJP leader comes at a time when the BJP is gearing up for its executive meet at Mumbai scheduled for May 24 25 to re-elect Nitin Gadkari as its president for one more term.

Miffed with the party leaders, Yeddyurappa said he would skip the executive meet of the party. “There is political indecisiveness in the state BJP. I have decided not to participate in the BJP executive meeting. There is need for introspection,” he said. Giving enough indication that he was ready to quit the party, the Lingayat leader opened his new public contact office on Friday, close to the BJP central office in the city.

The former chief minister said that after Vajpayee, L K Advani led the party, but was unable to take decisions because of the influence of the party general secretary H N Ananth Kumar. Reiterating that he had not demanded neither chief minister’s chair nor the state party president’s post, Yeddyurappa said “I need respect in the party, I don’t need any position.”

Continuing his attack on Kumar, he said the party general secretary was trying to keep the party under his clutches. “He creates confusion and doubtful situation. He is not only misguiding the party, but also trying to suppress leaders like Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley who have good leadership qualities,” he said. Yeddyurappa claimed that Kumar was preventing Karnatka MPs, though it has stalwarts like D B Chandre Gowda, Suresh Angadi and Basavaraj, from coming into prominence.

Publicly bashing the state and the central BJP leaders for last couple of days is seen as Yeddyurappa’s ploy to attract disciplinary action from the party, so that he could encash the situation into sympathy.

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Though Suhel, who is apparently in London, remained unavailable for comment, Bhatt told us, “First of all, Suhel Seth knows me too well and I don’t believe that he could have made the statements. But if what you say is true, then like a Christian spirit, I would say, ‘Forgive my Lord for they do not know what they say and do.’ I have been in this business for 38 years. And now, it is for those who have worked with me, to stand up and defend me.”

Subhash Ghai too, chose to be magnanimous. When contacted, the filmmaker said, “Every citizen has a right to say anything about any person. In this country, one can say anything from worshipping a person, admiring a person to even firing a person. It is your own mind that speaks. God bless Suhel Seth. We have dedicated our entire life to making movies. Our life has been movies. We feel bad when someone abuses our hard work in this manner.”

The short visual piece titled Getting Real With Suhel is produced by Alternation. And though it is still unclear as to who exactly is behind the production, it is evident that the makers are gearing up to make a rather controversial splash in the industry, albeit via the Internet.

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CHENNAI: Accusing Karnataka of not ensuring the flows in the Cauvery River as per the prescribed monthly pattern, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority to sort out the issue. She warned that the Tamil Nadu farmers would soon face a distress situation because of inadequate water flows into the state.

“Karnataka is not ensuring the flows in the Cauvery as per the monthly pattern prescribed in the interim order in force or as per the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in the crucial months of June to September”, the chief minister said in a letter to the PM.

Jayalalithaa charged Karnataka with unjustly utilising the water for summer irrigation from February to May by depleting the storage in its four major reservoirs. The combined gross storage in the four reservoirs as on February, 1, 2012 was 58.50 tmcft. While on May 14, the combined storage was 28.176 tmcft, Karnataka has depleted 30.33 tmcft from February 1 to May 14, besides utilising the flows of about 11 tmcft”, she claimed. “Thus, the total utilisation from February 1 is 41 tmcft,” she said.

Due to depletion of storage during summer months, Karnataka impounds all the initial monsoon flows in its reservoirs and releases water only when they start to surplus, thus affecting the inflows into the Mettur Dam in Tamil Nadu, which consequently affects the crop seasons very badly and also delays the cultivation, Jayalalithaa said, justifying her call for a meeting of the Cauvery Authority, headed by the PM.

“As you are aware, the finalisation of the distress sharing formula evolved by the Central Water Commission is eluding a solution. This has ultimately deprived Tamil Nadu of adequate water which should have been released by Karnataka either as per the interim order of the Tribunal or by the formula evolved”, she said. The Cauvery Monitoring Committee in its 24th meeting had decided to refer the formula to the Cauvery River Authority for consideration when noticeable distress condition occurs in future.

“Such a distress situation may arise at any time”, she said. Moreover, the interim order by the Cauvery Water disputes Tribunal, which is in force, specifies that Karnataka shall not increase its area under irrigation beyond 11.20 lakh acres. But Karnataka was not furnishing year wise details of the area under irrigation, she said.

Jayalalithaa also reminded Singh that in an earlier letter to him in October last year, she had requested that he issue instructions to the Ministry of Water Resources to notify the Final Order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, passed in February 2007, in the Gazette of India. “However, the Minister of Water Resources informed me it would be appropriate to consider notification of the order once the matter is disposed of by the Supreme Court.”

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