C-grade films find the perfect anti-hero in Shiney Ahuja

With Shiney Ahuja still behind bars over alleged charges of raping his 18-yr-old housemaid, reality inspired Bollywood seems to have caught hold of yet another steamy scandal to spread it on 70 mm reel. Churning blockbusters from real-life TRP soaring news incidents, filmmakers seem to have found the perfect antihero in Ahuja’s dark moments. And the sleazy rape scandal has inspired no top-shot taskmasters but C-grade filmmakers.

Spicezee Bureau

Mumbai, June 25: With Shiney Ahuja still behind bars over alleged charges of raping his 18-yr-old housemaid, reality inspired Bollywood seems to have caught hold of yet another steamy scandal to spread it on 70 mm reel. Churning blockbusters from real-life TRP soaring news incidents, filmmakers seem to have found the perfect antihero in Shiney Ahuja’s dark moments.After tragedies like 26/11, Scarlet Keeling and Soumya Vishwanathan’s murder being scripted for juicy movies, Shiney Ahuja has now caught the fancy of filmmakers. And the sleazy rape scandal has inspired no top shot taskmasters but C-grade filmmakers. According to insiders, Shiney’s incident has inspired two C-grade films: ‘Chamak-The Shiney’ from Bhojpuri filmmaker Qamar Hajipuri and ‘Rape’ by Kanti Shah. Speaking to a news daily, Shah confirmed saying, “Yes, I am making a film on Shiney Ahuja rape case. Newcomers Imran and Sapna will play the role of shiney and the maid. It will be based on true events and no fictitious details will be added, but we will have a song and dance routine." And if that wasn’t enough, Bhojpuri cinema too will have their own Shiney story. Talking to reporters Qamar Hajipuri said, "I was already working on a similar script and the charges on Shiney gave it impetus". Well, looks like Shiney Ahuja is a hit after all!