Producer Firoz Nadiadwala is in the news for urging Bollywood to join hands with none other than US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a corporate social responsibility initiative.
"We are working on two key aspects of improving human life," says Firoz. One is human trafficking (HT) and the second is environmental degradation. According to UN estimates, USD 32 billion is the money earned every year when innocent women and children are trafficked. 1.8 million people are being sold every year. "My colleagues in the film and television industry and I will work closely with the US Department of State to eradicate this menace," says Firoz.
The other cause for concern is the number of women who lose their lives because they rely on cooking fires in non-urban areas. The fires release CO2 and the toxic fumes lead to lung cancer, low birth rates, cataracts, bronchitis, TB, etc.
In a bid to reduce these health hazards, Nadiadwala is getting Bollywood involved in
providing cooking stoves to women in rural areas
of the country.
On the work front
The Nadiadwala scion is currently engaged in a 1,000-acre eco-friendly development that will offer all facilities related to films, television, the hotel industry, education, health care, sports, recreation, cargo, retail, offices and residence on the Panvel-Pune belt in Maharashtra.
"The film studio will provide the necessary creative and technical infrastructure for the film and television industry,'' he promises. "This project is being done by an arm of my company called Nadiadwala Entertainment Technology (NET)."
His film company AG Nadiadwala has dominated Bollywood for five decades with superhits like Hera Pheri and Welcome in its repertoire. Besides Aarakshan, which released last Friday, Firoz also has in the pipeline Rajkumar Santoshi's Power with a cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt, and two breezy comedies with Anees Bazmee. He has also signed three Hollywood filmmakers for Indo-US projects, but will wait to open those cards at a later date.
"We are working on two key aspects of improving human life," says Firoz. One is human trafficking (HT) and the second is environmental degradation. According to UN estimates, USD 32 billion is the money earned every year when innocent women and children are trafficked. 1.8 million people are being sold every year. "My colleagues in the film and television industry and I will work closely with the US Department of State to eradicate this menace," says Firoz.
The other cause for concern is the number of women who lose their lives because they rely on cooking fires in non-urban areas. The fires release CO2 and the toxic fumes lead to lung cancer, low birth rates, cataracts, bronchitis, TB, etc.
In a bid to reduce these health hazards, Nadiadwala is getting Bollywood involved in
providing cooking stoves to women in rural areas
of the country.
On the work front
The Nadiadwala scion is currently engaged in a 1,000-acre eco-friendly development that will offer all facilities related to films, television, the hotel industry, education, health care, sports, recreation, cargo, retail, offices and residence on the Panvel-Pune belt in Maharashtra.
"The film studio will provide the necessary creative and technical infrastructure for the film and television industry,'' he promises. "This project is being done by an arm of my company called Nadiadwala Entertainment Technology (NET)."
His film company AG Nadiadwala has dominated Bollywood for five decades with superhits like Hera Pheri and Welcome in its repertoire. Besides Aarakshan, which released last Friday, Firoz also has in the pipeline Rajkumar Santoshi's Power with a cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt, and two breezy comedies with Anees Bazmee. He has also signed three Hollywood filmmakers for Indo-US projects, but will wait to open those cards at a later date.
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