RJ Malishka’s mom gets notice for mosquito breeding spots at her home

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July 19, 2017

Mumbai, Jul 19: A day after BMC served notice to Lilly Mendosa, who is the mother of RJ Malishka, after breeding spots for mosquitoes were found at her Bandra Pali Hill road house, questions have been raised over timing of the notice.

The BMC clarified that it was a routine check which they conduct throughout Mumbai, and the official who served notice to Lilly Mendosa was not even aware who was staying there.

"Linkage of this notice to political issue is not good. Our local officials were conducting routine check of societies. We have served notice to some Agwal on first floor of same building where Lilly Mendosa stays. So we have not sent notice only to Ms Mendosa alone," said Rajan Narignekar, head of pesticides department.

BMC has started taking serious preventive measures against Dengue, malaria and other diseases caused by mosquitoes. So far BMC has sent notices to 8,744 people in which 432 people have appeared in front of metropolitan magistrate. So far BMC has recovered fine of Rs 20,04,600.

"Notice to Lilly Mendosa was served under 381B. Now metropolitan magistrate will send summons to her for hearing and there metropolitan magistrate will decide the amount of fine. It's upto her to accept her offense in front of metropolitan magistrate or not. In such offense fine range is from Rs 2000 to Rs 10,000 but that magistrate will decide," said Rajan Narignekar.

RJ Malishka had come up with a video which talked about Mumbai rains and BMC, but the video did not go down well with Shiv Sena, who has been ruling BMC since last 25 years, and which has asked the BMC Commissioner to file a Rs 500 crore defamation suit against Pvt FM channel which created this video.

"Our corporators have asked BMC to take legal action against Radio Channel. That video is an insult to BMC and its workers who work day and night to keep Mumbai on track. Shiv Sena or BMC is not at all targeting Malishka and notice sent to her about dengue mosquitoes was part of routine check. Why can't you people appreciate the work of BMC," said Kishori Pendenakar, Shiv Sena corporator.

While Shiv Sena is criticising Malishka for her video on BMC, its alliance partner, BJP, on the other hand came to her rescue.

BJP Mumbai chief Ashish Shelar tweeted and appreciated Malishka's efforts to express Mumbai's problem. In a tweet Shelar wrote, "It is Brave of Malishka to come out of comfort zone and apply her creativity to express Mumbai's problem."

Neither RJ Malishka or her mother Lilly Mendosa were available to comments.

It has been seen in recent past that those who raised their voice against BMC would always face some action. First it was comedian actor Kapil Sharma and now RJ Malishka.

BMC might say that it is not targeting anyone, but their actions speak something else.

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January 9,2020

Mumbai, Jan 9: Actor Juhi Chawla on Wednesday said instead of constantly criticising the government, one should reflect on own conduct and talk about uniting rather than dividing.

The actor attended an event which aimed to counter "Free Kashmir (narrative), anti-India slogans, false propaganda and clear the misconception."

Juhi said as artistes, it's unfair to be questioned about incidents "just for a reaction" when they should be given time to truly understand the situation.

"We are going to work, thinking how to execute our task, then some incident happens somewhere and suddenly the media asks, 'what do you think about this?' We haven't understood the matter, people haven't understood the matter but you need a reaction.

"Let people understand, whether it's NRC or CAA, and what's is it about, why is this being talked about," Juhi told reporters.

The actor said it is sad that people talk about division more than unity.

"Everyone is quick to talk about dividing. Why don't we talk about uniting? Why does everyone say 'what is the government doing, why is it doing this?' but I say if you point one finger there then three fingers are at you.

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January 5,2020

Los Angeles: Kevin Feige may have confirmed that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) will be getting its first transgender superhero but the Marvel Studios has said there is no definite timeline for that.

During a Q&A at the New York Film Academy, a fan had asked Feige about whether the studio plans to introduce LGBTQ characters into the MCU, "specifically the trans characters".

To this, the Marvel Studios president had replied, "Yes, absolutely, yes... And very soon. In a movie that we're shooting right now."

But sources in the company clarified to Variety that Feige only confirmed the first part of the comments that a trans character will appear in the MCU in future but he did not give a time period.

Though Feige did not reveal the name of the project that will introduce a LGBTQ character, fans speculate that he may have been referring to "The Eternals".

The film, which will feature an ensemble cast of Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kit Harington and others, is set to unveil a gay superhero in the MCU.

Marvel Studios has been making efforts to incorporate more diversity in its films after the success of "Black Panther", which featured a virtually all-black cast, and its first woman-fronted superhero movie "Captain Marvel".

"Avengers: Endgame", which became the highest grossing movie of all-time, had featured the MCU's first gay character, a cameo by director Joe Russo.

In 2020, the studio has two releases -- Scarlett Johansson-starrer "Black Widow" and "The Eternals" -- which have been helmed by women directors.

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May 24,2020

Los Angeles, May 24: Filmmaker Frank Marshall, one of the producers behind Jurassic World: Dominion, says the forthcoming film is not a conclusion of the franchise.

Colin Trevorrow, who rebooted Steven Spielberg's blockbuster Jurassic Park franchise with 2015's Jurassic World, is back on the director's chair after sitting out on second movie Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018).

Asked about the upcoming movie, Marshall told Collider: "It's the start of a new era."

Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are coming back for the third film, which will also feature original stars of 1993's Jurassic Park -- Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill.

The producer also revealed how he sees the film franchise extending into the future.

"The dinosaurs are now on the mainland amongst us, and they will be for quite some time, I hope," Marshall said.

The film was three weeks into production when it was shut down over coronavirus concerns, but the producer said the team has the sets built in London and will be "back in business" once they have guidelines from the British government.

Dominion is still slated to be released on its scheduled date of June 11, 2021.

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