IT'S NEVER EASY IN INDIA

You'd think that the release of Hrithik's family film, KRRISH, where he plays a superhero, would be a feelgood, funtime for audiences across India. Not so, especially for poor tea stall owner, Jagannath, who now has a case of suicide lodged against him. During a showing of KRRISH he climbed up to the balcony and jumped, apparently in an attempt to imitate Hrithik's flying in the movie. Big difference: he's not Hrithik. He couldn't fly. He plunged 30 feet into the stalls. He's currently in stable condition.

Then the right-wing BJP and the Youth Congress are trying to disrupt screenings in Madhya and want to close the movie down. They claim that a gangster, Chhota Shakeel, has threatened the ex-secretary of Priyanka Chopra (the movie's female lead) who says that he's owed 10% of everything she makes in perpetuity. The protesters want Priyanka's alleged underworld ties exposed and they want the secretary to be paid. 100 activists were arrested as they burnt posters of Priyanka outside cinemas.