Producer Sheetal Talwar has filed a case of fraud against Sonu Sood. The conflict over a property that Sood rented to Talwar for the latter’s jazz bar has come to a flashpoint with neither party willing to relent.

Abhishek Bachchan is the likeliest candidate for the part of the man who carried India, kicking and dragging, into the 21st century. The Rajiv Gandhi bio-pic to be directed by Bhavna Talwar would now be made with the consent and approval of Mrs Sonia Gandhi.