LEADING BOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR PRIYADARSHAN LOST BATTLE TO RATAN JAIN, MALLIKA

PRIYADARSHAN WHO HAD ALL BUT LOST HIS BATTLE TO GET THE OFFENSIVE MALLIKA SHERAVAT NUMBER OUT OF HIS NEW FILM TEZZ, WON A PARTIAL VICTORY AT THE LAST MINUTE. THE PRODUCERS APPARENTLY AGREED TO REMOVE MALLIKA'S ITEM DANCE FROM ALL PRINTS IN DELHI AND MUMBAI. A SOURCE CLOSE TO PRIYAN SAYS THAT, "PRIYAN WAS VERY VERY SURE HE WANTED THE SONG REMOVED AT ANY COST. BUT THE PRODUCERS PLEADED THAT THE PRINTS HAD ALREADY GONE OVERSEAS AND TO THE NON-METROPOLITAN CENTRES. PRIYAN AND RATAN JAIN FINALLY CAME TO A COMPROMISE. THE PRODUCER AGREED TO EDIT MALLIKA'S ITEM DANCE OUT OF ALL PRINTS IN THE METROPOLITAN CITIES. HOWEVER, FINALLY JAIN SAID HE COULD ONLY KEEP HIS WORD IN MUMBAI AND DELHI."
 A CLOSE FRIEND OF PRIYADARSHAN SAID, "PRIYAN WAS REQUESTED TO LET THE SONG BE IN NON-METROPOLITAN CENTRES. HE SAID THE AUDIENCES WILL LOVE MALLIKA'S GYRATIONS IN BIHAR, UP AND LIKEMINDED CENTRES. THOUGH PRIYAN DISAGREED WITH THE LOGISTICS DIVIDING AUDIENCES IN METROPOLITAN AND NON-METROPOLITAN GROUPS HE RELENTED BECAUSE RATAN JAIN SPEND 1 CRORES 35 LAKH RUPEES ON THE SONG. HOWEVER EXPENSIVE IT MAY BE THE SONG HAD TO GO OUT OF DELHI AND MUMBAI."