Sadhana had in August 2010 lodged a complaint with the Santa Cruz Police accusing Lakdawala of issuing death threats and trying to force her to vacate her 3000 sq ft house. Sadhana has lived in this house for over 50 years, as a tenant of Asha Bhosle.

Following the complaint, Lakdawala was arrested in November and let off on bail after a day. In October 2011, Sadhna was arrested and later released on bail in connection with a defamation case filed by builder Yusuf Lakdawala.

Sadhna met Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil last year for unbiased mediation in her property dispute. Sadhna alleges she is being threatened by Lakdawala, who wants to evict her from the house she has been living as a tenant for decades (owned by Asha Bhosle).

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Bhosle has given a written application (copy with MiD DAY) to the police alleging that the actress is encroaching on land in the bungalow she owns. The 70-year-old actress lives as a tenant at Sangeeta bungalow in Khar (W), which is owned by Bhosle.

Besides Sadhana, there are two other tenants in the house, one of them being Yusuf Lakdawala, with whom Sadhana had an ugly public spat in 2010. Now the actress is fighting over the garden in the bungalow located at Ramkrishna Mission Road.

In Bhosle's complaint to the Santacruz police station, she has alleged that Sadhana, a tenant in the bungalow, is forcefully encroaching on the garden area. She also alleged that Sadhana didn't let her go to the garden when she went to visit, saying that the area was hers.

Asha Bhosle said in her complaint, "Sadhana is only a tenant and the garden area belongs to me; I am the owner." She added that after her attempts to resolve the dispute failed, she approached the police.

Sadhana has stayed in the bungalow for more than 50 years. DCP (Zone IX) Pratap Dighavkar said, "We received the letter from the singer.

We will now record both their statements. After taking their statements we will investigate the matter, but it is a civil case.

" Despite repeated attempts, Sadhana remained unavailable for comment. Old troubles Earlier, Sadhana had got into a dispute with neighbour Lakdawala.

The 68-year-old actress, known for lead roles in films like Mera Saya and Woh Kaun Thi , resides on the ground floor of Bhosle's two-storey bungalow, while Lakdawala stays on the second floor. In August 2010, she lodged a complaint with the Santacruz police, alleging that Lakdawala had threatened to kill her if she did not vacate her rented 3,000-sq ft flat.

Following this, Lakdawala was arrested in November 2010 and let off on bail a day after. He then approached the Bandra Magistrate Court claiming that he had been falsely implicated and defamed by Sadhana, and that he had never threatened the actress.

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Last year, the cops investigating the case went as far as calling her a liar, and earlier this month, singer Asha Bhosle, who owns the bungalow, filed a police complaint against her for allegedly encroaching on her property. Cornered from all sides, Sadhana Nayyar has finally broken her silence on the issue.

Speaking to Mirror on Asha Bhosle's police complaint against her, Sadhana said that she has been staying at the ground floor of the 9,750 sq ft bungalow - Sangeeta - for over 50 years. She said that she has never stopped Bhosle from using the garden, as alleged in the singer's complaint against her in the Santa Cruz police station.

"I only told Ashaji once that I need to be informed about people who are being sent by her to see the place. They are most welcome but how can I allow strangers inside my house?" she asked.

Sadhana said that while she has been taking care of the garden for all these years, she has no ambitions to taking over the garden. Speaking on the issue, advocate Viram Trivedi of Manilal Kher Ambalal& Co.

, who is representing Asha Bhosle, said that he would not like to comments on this matter at this stage. "Even if my house goes for redevelopment along with the bungalow, all I want is a space equivalent to my existing house in the new scheme.

I am not against any form of redevelopment or sale of the property," Sadhana said, speaking on accusation that she is resisting the redevelopment/sale of the bungalow. The matter first came to public glare on August 10, 2010, when Sadhana filed an FIR at Santa Cruz police station against Yusuf Lakadawala , a fellow tenant and prominent builder, accusing him of entering her house and threatening her.

She also alleged that Lakadawala was trying to force her out of the bungalow so that he could put the house up for redevelopment. "That day, Lakadawala had taken the keys to the terrace where the society's water tanks are kept.

Since there was problem with water that day, I called him and asked him to send the keys. After waiting for a long time, I called again.

But Lakadawala landed at my residence with a group of people and threatened me," Sadhana told Mumbai Mirror. "When I went to meet DCP Prasanna on August 9, he asked me to wait.

It was only next day that I got a call from Santa Cruz police station senior police inspector who asked me to come there and file the FIR," she said. Lakadawala was arrested in November 2010 and let off on bail later.

He then approached the Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate, claiming that he had been falsely implicated and defamed by Sadhana. Cops investigating the case, in their report to the court, submitted that Sadhana's complaint was false as her cell phone location showed that "she was not at home at the time Lakadawala allegedly threatened her".

"They said that I had given a false report because I wasn't home between 1.28 pm and 2.

10 pm. I never said that he was there at that time.

My complaint clearly mentions that Lakadawla was at my residence between 2.15 pm and 2.

30pm on August 9," she said. (A copy of the FIR is with Mumbai Mirror).

Is Lakadawala a legal tenant? In a letter submitted to Santa Cruz police station in 1985, a certain Nilam Kashyap claimed that her husband and not Lakadawala is the real tenant of Sangeeta's second floor. The letter stated that her family was staying at the bungalow till 1984, when they shifted to Pali Hill.

"We are still paying rent through court to Asha Bhosle as she has given notices to all the tenants to vacate the premises of Sangeeta bungalow," the letter added. The letter also stated that Lakadawala was a friend of her husband and had showed willingness to be the care taker of the flat after they shifted.

Advocate Vibhav Krishna, who represents Yusuf Lakadawala, said, "We have filed the defamation suit based on the police reports. Everything is documented.

As for Lakdawala being the tenant or not on the second floor, we maintain that he is the legal tenant of the said floor. Beyond that we would not like to say anything because the matter is being contested in the court.

" Asha Bhosle not sole owner While Asha Bhosle is the legal owner of the prime property at the cusp of Santa Cruz and Khar, there is another Asha who has equal stakes in the property. The bungalow was originally owned by the legendary singer's former husband Ganpatrao Bhosle, who died in February 1966.

Ganpatrao and the singer had parted ways in 1959. In 1963, he remarried one Ashabai.

When Mumbai Mirror spoke to Ashabai she said that according to a 1969 court order the property was to be sold and divided into eight equal shares, her and Asha Bhosale being two of them. "I do not even know what is happening on that property now.

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Sadhana, 70, known for her roles in films like 'Mera Saya', 'Woh Kaun Thi' and 'Hum Dono', has been staying on the ground floor of the two-storeyed 'Sangeeta' bungalow owned by Bhosle. Besides Sadhana, builder Yusuf Lakdawala stays on the second floor whereas actress Baby Naaz lives on the first floor, police said, adding all the three are tenants.

"Sadhana Nayyar is the tenant in respect of the ground floor premises only. However, she is wrongly claiming tenancy in respect of the garden abutting the ground floor premises in Sangeeta bungalow by restricting free and unhindered access to the garden to me and my representatives/servants/agents.

The said garden is in my possession," Bhosle said in a complaint to Santa Cruz police station last month. "My uninterrupted lawful possession of the said premises is now being sought to be disturbed with malafide intentions by Sadhana on a false pretext and by obstructing and interfering with the entry/access to the premises by her representatives/servants/agents," Bhosle said.

The 78-year-old singer said she had asked the police to file an FIR and take immediate action against Sadhana over her alleged claim of tenancy in respect of the garden. "The garden was never let out to her.

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But the girl's dreams were cut short when she was killed in Monday's plane crash in Nepal. Her mother Geeta, who was travelling with her, also died in the mishap.

The two were part of a group of Indians who had chartered the Agni Air flight for a pilgrimage to Muktinath in Nepal. Taruni's father Haresh Sachdeva and his friend Ajay Jain have gone to Nepal to bring the bodies back.

"The bodies are being shipped by Agni Air but we are paying the fare. We will reach Mumbai tomorrow," Jain said.

The vivacious Taruni, who became one of the most poplar faces on television-she was the Rasna girl-had won the hearts of her directors and fellow actors, right from Amitabh Bachchan, with whom she had shared screen space in both ads and a film, to Karishma Kapoor. It was in an ad film where director Vinayan first spotted her and chose her for his Malayalam horror film, Vellinakshtram , starring Prithviraj Sukumaran.

Vinayan said, "I saw her in an ad with Mr Amitabh Bachchan. I got her number from the agency and called her.

When her mother Geeta handed the phone to her, Taruni said, 'uncle, I want to act in films'. She was an extraordinary child, full of life.

She was always with me all through Vellinakshtram . It is shocking that she is no more.

" Vinayan is so fond of the child that he has even posted his photograph with her on a social networking site. After Vellinakshtram, Vinayan also cast Taruni in his next film, Sathyam, where she acted with Sukumaran again.

A couple of months ago, Taruni was in Kerala shooting for a commercial. Vinayan said, "From there, she called me up to tell me that she wanted to be in my film.

I told her that we will definitely meet to speak about it. She said, 'Thank you, uncle'.

And those were her last words to me." Taruni was probably the first 11-year-old to have played the Big B's girlfriend in a movie.

Abhishek Bachchan , who was an assistant director of Paa , only had words of praise for the girl, who would play around the sets and chat with everyone. "She was a brilliant kid.

She was not only a good actor but also a well-informed child who had knowledge about everything that was happening around the world," he said. Amitabh Bachchan tweeted: "Just reading that Tarini Sachdev the girl child artiste in Paa , has perished in Nepal plane crash.

Please God may this not be." Abhishek also posted on the micro blogging site: "SHOCKED and very saddened to hear about the Nepal plane crash.

Lost 1 of my cutest co-stars. Little Taruni Sachdev from Paa.

Speechless." Like the Bachchans, others known to Taruni and her family are yet to come to terms with the tragedy.

R Balki, who directed Paa and also shot many commercials with Taruni, did not have any words to describe his feelings. "I will not be able to talk," he said.

"She was a lovely vibrant child," is how Karishma describes Taruni; Karishma featured in the very popular Rasna ad , which made Taruni a household face. According to those in the film industry, Taruni was not only a good actor but also a very bright student and her mother always made sure that she never neglected her studies.

Line producer of Paa Anita Manchanda said, "Her mother was strict about her studies and would make her sit with her books on the sets, during shoot breaks." Manchanda fondly remembers how during breaks, Taruni would frolic around the sets and her mother would sometimes have to "rein in her make her sit down".

"But at the same time, she was a very diplomatic kid who knew how to handle both the young and the old. There were times when boys on the sets would try to trouble her but she tackled them so well that they ended up liking her.

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She's also the Bharat Ratna of India. Asha Didi is also a doctor and Padma Vibhushan winner.

I am also a Padma Shri. Now it's my turn.

Three honorary doctorates in one family where none of has had the privilege of higher education is indeed a singular honour. More than myself, I'm proud to be bringing this honour into my family.

" With brutal honesty Hridaynathji admits Hindi cinema has never been kind or generous to him. 'The last Hindi film for which I composed music was Lekin in 1990.

Thereafter no Hindi projects came my way. I've kept myself busy with Marathi films and stage performances.

But it would be wrong to say that I didn't need Hindi films. The truth is, Hindi cinema didn't need me.

" Ask him why his illimitable knowledge of music was not found to be useful for Hindi cinema and Hridayji says, "Perhaps they thought my compositions were too complicated for the average listener. I needed work.

But Hindi cinema eluded me, and that's truth. However I've no regrets.

I never ever asked any one for work." Adds his sister Lata Mangeshkar, "We have three Dr Mangeshkars in the family now.

More than my own doctorates I am proud of my brother's doctorate. He is so quiet and self-effacing he never asks for anything.

I'm very happy to say the work that he has done and all the achievements are his own.He never asked me to recommend him to any producer .

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But then, when we met Vikram in Delhi some days ago, he said he'd been sober for over three weeks, and showed us the many religious tattoos on his arms, one of them being 'Safira', giving us a glimpse of his other side, the one that tabloids don't pick up. Vikram's multi-million dollar nuptials to Delhi model Priya Sachdev in 2006 made headlines, but after his split from Priya, Vikram has been in the news for all the wrong reasons.

He was sent to rehab just a year after his marriage, and two rehab stints later, this model-cum-actor has embraced sobriety "for the sake of Safira". "It has been about three weeks since I quit drinking.

The urge comes..

. You just have to get around it.

I had got disconnected and lost focus, and I am doing this for myself, to enjoy life with my daughter," he says. Known as the hard partying billionaire in New York , Vikram was linked with Lindsay Lohan in 2011.

But he refuses to talk about the link-ups that made him a gossip column fixture. "I'd like to keep my private life and all those dating rumours about Hollywood women private," he asserts.

Instead, he chooses to talk about his current focus in life - his business, films and his daughter. "I was in India in January for a business trip.

I want to open a few hotels, and that takes time," he tells us. Intent on getting rid of his playboy image, Vikram, when quizzed about Angela Lindvall , his current flame whom he brought to India with him, defends his 'friend' as someone who wants to become a yoga guru.

"She's (Angela) a famous supermodel in America. She is studying Kundalini Yoga very seriously and she's learning to become a master teacher of yoga in America.

Her guru is Yogi Bhajan, who has converted 1.5 crore people in America to follow yoga.

He has written a lot of books. She follows him very seriously," he says.

Fresh out of a rehabilitation centre in Bangalore where he was kept on a strict diet of raw fruits and vegetables, Vikram says he is a changed man and wants to lose weight for his upcoming films. "They use certain oils, mud packs, a diet of fruits and vegetables - no medicines - to cure everyone from smokers to cancer patients.

On the 10th day, I found a bar of chocolate in my suitcase and had it, and it was like ecstasy..

. almost like an orgasm," Vikram says.

He'll also be getting back to acting as well as producing films soon. "I am doing a rugby film with Mickey Rourke , so I have to lose weight.

I lost 11kg in 11 days. I play tennis, squash and I do power yoga to keep me busy.

I also have a Shekhar Kapur film lined up for which I had to learn the British accent. I am also doing a film with Apoorva Lakhia, Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham.

Then there's another called "Below Poverty Line" with Amy Jackson and Gulshan Grover , apart from a Hollywood film with Ashley Judd." But films are secondary in Vikram's life, and what really has all his attention is his five-year-old daughter Safira.

He says he is the typical overprotective father. "Once she starts mentioning dating and boys, I'll keep a gun on me," he says, only half-joking.

"I have a big influence on her life. I'm happy with the way her mom has raised her.

She's a nice little girl who likes to play with her friends. I am the only male who is close to her.

We play together, have baths together and I ask her questions about boys, and she gets very shy." He then adds, "I am not afraid of my daughter following in my footsteps, she's a very strong little girl.

There are things I am notorious for; I am sure she will eventually read about them. There were some pictures of me with an American actress that came out, and she was like 'Daddy, daddy, what are you doing?' But she's her own person and I'll be like any other Indian father.

I'll protect her and give her what she wants. When I got separated, I thought I wouldn't be spending much time with her, and that's what made me depressed and led to my drinking habit.

" What many people don't know is that Vikram is very superstitious and follows astrology closely. He even planned the birth of his first child around November.

"I believe in birthdates and astrology. I made sure my daughter was born a Scorpio because I get along with Scorpios really well.

I have a Scorpio tattoo, and 'Safira' inked on my arm. When Scorpios come in contact with other Scorpios, they become more passionate.

My close friend Sussanne Roshan is a Scorpio, and all we do is talk about being Scorpios. Any girl I've ever come across who was a Scorpio has challenged me, and been artistic and passionate.

I say stuff like 'knock on wood' and I bless myself with things, because I believe there's a force that's greater than us." Vikram also clears rumours about any tiff with his estranged wife, Priya (Sachdev).

"Priya and I talk about Safira all the time. We are really proud parents.

There are no hard feelings. In any relationship, it's tough, but if you're smart and mature, you will make sacrifices and make each other happy.

I am very proud of the way Priya has brought Safira up." (less)

There are two projects on the lines of Hollywood Walk Of Fame being made simultaneously. While Riteish Deshmukh is building one, the other has been planned by UTV.

And both teams were disappointed when they approached Aamir. Aamir’s spokesperson said that the actor is currently not available for anything other than his debut television show.

UTV’s celebrity boulevard will reportedly be built in Bandstand, Bandra, Riteish’s Celeb walk will be on the sea link. Salman Khan too has refused to be a part of the Bandstand project.

The actor refused to support UTV saying that he would only give his hands to his friend Riteish. Some of the personalities whose handprints Riteish has already got include Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna, Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar, Shatrughan Sinha, Sadhana, Waheeda Rehman, Vinod Khanna, Zeenat Aman, Asha Bhonsle, Pran, Rishi Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, Mithun Chakroborty and Dilip Kumar.

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Held at the Chitrakoot Grounds, the event, hosted by actors Anoop Soni and Mona Singh, saw other small screen celebrities like Ronit Roy, Aishwarya Sakhuja, Shweta Tiwari, Sharad Kelkar, Rashmi Desai and composer Anu Malik. Veteran Bollywood actress Asha Parekh, who was a member of the awards jury, was present too, as was the entire team of the show CID .

"The audience has supported and encouraged us for the past 15 years. So we are here to encourage their bravery and motivate others to live fearlessly," said actor Shivaji Satam, who plays ACP Pradyuman in the long-running show.

Among the winners were Anjum, a class 10 student, who rescued some of her friends from a train accident Another class 10 boy Abhishek Ranjan was awarded for his green movement - he runs an awareness programme with the support of 350 other students and they are on the mission to grow neem plantations across the country. Parents of Keenan and Reuben were also among those honoured.

A minute's silence was observed in the memory of both the boys, who were killed in Mumbai while fighting eve-teasers. B.

P. Singh, producer of CID said: "Fifteen years is a unique feat and we are happy with the response our show has been getting in so many years.

We got 24,000 entries for the awards this year and we got to know that people are enthusiastic to get recognised for their brave acts, and we will continue doing so." Shweta Tiwari and Aishwarya Sakhuja added glamour to the event with their performances.

There was also a team performance by members of CID . The humour to the show was infused by Ali Asgar and comedian Kapil.

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