NewsletterTF2d ago

Bollywood's Shadow Play: Underworld's Grip on 'Chori Chori Chupke Chupke' Surfaces

Underworld gangster Chhota Shakeel funded the 2001 Bollywood movie 'Chori Chori Chupke Chupke'. Producer Nazim Hassan Rizvi was arrested in 2000.

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NewsletterTF2d ago

The 2001 Bollywood film 'Chori Chori Chupke Chupke' was allegedly financed by underworld gangster Chhota Shakeel. This is a new detail about the film's past.

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Bollywood movie 'Chori Chori Chupke Chupke' funded by underworld

Underworld gangster Chhota Shakeel funded the 2001 Bollywood movie 'Chori Chori Chupke Chupke'. Producer Nazim Hassan Rizvi was arrested in 2000.

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Tennyson E. Stead3d ago

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