Saturday, April 17, 2010
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Funny times are back again as Dhilin Mehta and Rohit Shetty team up once again with their lethally comical combination of a sizzling starcast and a hilarious storyline that is sure to leave you reeling with laughter.
We're talking about GOLMAAL 3, produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd and directed by Rohit Shetty who, after the smashing success of GOLMAAL RETURNS and ALL THE BEST, is ready to entertain you once again with his rib tickling comic caper.
GOLMAAL 3 will have the beloved 'GOLMAAL gang' of Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade who are being joined by Kunal Khemu this time. The vivacious Kareena Kapoor will be adding her zing to the film with a fresh new look.
Neetu Chandra's on a wet footing. Hah, quite literally. Chandra, reportedly, has enacted a sensuous bathing scene in 'The Apartment'… and comparisons are being drawn between the late Smita Patil's outdoor clean up in 'Chakra' and her soapy effort in the Jagmohan Mundhra flick.
"I have been compared to Smitaji ever since I did 'Traffic Signal',"
declares NC in a media talk. "I know that Smitaji has done a similar bathing scene in 'Chakra', but that was outdoors and this one is in a run down broken bathroom. Smitaji was a legend, and if I can be one per cent of what she was, my life is set!."
IPL is not the only thing, which is on Preity’s mind these days. There is one more thing our pretty Preity can’t wait to do and that is nothing but watch Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan’s starrer Raavan.
Mallika Sherawat is gearing up to be shot to shot by ace photographer Richard Avedon, who immortalized the ’80s German actress Nastassja Kinski by clicking her with just an enormous boa constrictor wrapped around her.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and filmmaker Karan Johar will be hosting the Indian Premiere League (IPL) Awards night to honour best players and performances of the T20 tournament at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai on April 23.
Recently during the Press Conference of Rajneeti team, Katrina came in a short, sleeveless dress. She was literally shivering because of the cold air from the AC.
2010 has not seen many hits till date except for Shahrukh’s “My Name is Khan” and Aamir’s “3 Idiots”. You could blame it on the IPL fever or maybe anything. Now that the IPL fever is slowly dying, summer promises to be the hottest ever, as two of the sexiest women gear up for a battle ahead.
A real treat to see seven leading ladies of Bollywood, together in one frame. All the top actresses of Bollywood grace the Filmfare Magazine April 2010 issue.
Rajasthan Royals captain, Shane Warne felt sorry for the Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan after his IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders failed to make it to the semi-finals for the third consecutive year.
Sallu bhai may not be that lucky on the big screen unlike Shahrukh but the actor is all set to give a strong competition to King Khan. This time, Salman will be seen chasing SRK not in any film but on the popular networking siteTWITTER..
We all know that Priyanka Chopra has her fans all over the world but people, the actress is equally popular among celebrities too. Priyanka has one great celebrity admirer and he is none other that South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs.
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai will be seen acting with her ex-boyfriend Vivek Oberoi once again. After Kyun Ho Gaya Na, both of them will be seen together after a long gap for Satish Kaushik new film ‘Tansen’.
All this while, buzz was that ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ star Freida Pinto had been snapped up as the next Bond girl. However, Pinto stated that she was not approached to play the role.
Debutante Zarine Khan doesn’t mind being compared to her Veer co-star Salman Khan’s girlfriend Katrina Kaif and says that the actress is so beautiful that even she couldn’t take her eyes off. She feels, ‘being compared to Katrina Kaif is a huge compliment for her’. Infact, Zarine even called Katrina ‘veteran’…
Sunday, April 11, 2010
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When the who's who of the tinsel town made sure they attended fashion week, one former Miss India gave it a miss by choice.
The gorgeous Natasha Suri claims that she got an offer for a ramp show In Dubai, which paid her almost thrice of what models get at LFW, and so she decided go to Dubai instead. She also claims that even though LFW is a good medium for people to network and get noticed, monies paid by Lakme to its participants is only negligible and she expected better with such big names associating with Fashion Week this year.
Shreya Ghoshal has won the Kerala State Film Award for the best female playback singer for her song, ‘Chandhu Thottille’ in Banaras, adding her to long list of awards.
Shreya states that she never thought she would get an award for a Malayalam song as the language isn’t easy. She thanked M Jayachandran, the composer of the song, for giving her a lovely song like that and helping her to do justice to it.
Shreya has earlier sung 'Vida Parayukayano' for the Mammootty starrer Big B, 'Vennilave' in Sagar Alias Jacky and 'Anuraaga Vilochananayi' in Neelathamara.
It is rare to see four of Bollywood’s talented music composers come together to be a part of a film. But this was what Hanif Shaikh; the music composer of Eros International & Shaira Khan's ‘Paathshaala’ did while creating the music for the Shahid Kapoor starrer.
With his beautiful compositions and touching lyrics, Hanif was successful in roping in some of the greatest talents such as Lucky Ali, Salim Merchant, Vishal Dadlani and Kailesh Kher to sing for the movie.
AR Rahman, who after doing India proud with his double victory at both the Oscars and the Grammies, is set to promote love and unity through his music because it his belief that Islam has been hijacked by extremists.
Allah Rakha (AR) Rahman, who was earlier called Dileep Kumar, expressed that Islam had a rich musical tradition. He reveals that Islam appealed to him because it was a religion based on unconditional love and a belief in one God and one love. He admits to being specifically drawn to Sufism.
After her marriage Manisha Koirala now plans to spend more time in her home-town Katmandu than in Mumbai. One of Bollywood’s most beautiful and footloose divas Manisha Koirala is all set to get married finally. Just back in Mumbai after an extensive shoot in Kerala for Malayalam film Manisha can barely contain her excitement.
She says, “Yes, I’m getting married to Samrat. He’s from Nepal, like me. But please, it is not an arranged marriage. Yes, our families know one another for some years now. So there was a comfort level between me and Samrat for a very long time. Gradually the bonding grew from friendship to love. And when Samrat asked me to marry him I agreed.”
The sets of Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder’s Tees Maar Khan is constantly buzzing with rollicking and laughter thanks to the great bonding between the entire team.
One such incident that had the team in splits was during a wind storm that took over while the cast and crew were shooting for their Malshej schedule.
We come to hear that during the wind storm the team would scream “Hurricane Katrina” and constantly tease lead actress of Tees Maar Khan -Katrina Kaif .
I've always said, box-office is most unpredictable and that's the beauty of this business. The industry was confident that Kumar Taurani's PRINCE, starring Vivek Oberoi and directed by debutante Kookie Gulati, would embark on a thanda start at the ticket window, but its excellent start caught the industry completely unaware. The opening shows were in 50% to 70% range and at places, even better [packed to capacity].
Saturday, April 10, 2010
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All the link-up stories about Katrina Kaif that has been providing grit to the rumour mills will be over in couple of years as she plans to get married with in that period.
Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto is “flattered” by rumours linking her to a role in the new 007 movie but insists that she is not “beautiful” enough to play a Bond girl.
Bollywood actress Preity Zinta had the most “adventurous day” Thursday, as she went to Haridwar to take a dip as part of the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela, and “washed off” all her sins in the Ganga.
PRINCE has great music, super stunts, Vivek Oberoi's bravura performance and terrific promotion as its trump card, but where it falters is in its writing [in its second half mainly]. Yet, all said and done, the film has the merits to strike a chord with the youth and lovers of masala movies.
Hollywood has come up with so many movies on memory loss, while Bollywood too has had its share of films which depicted the protagonist losing his memory, GHAJINI being the most recent example. But what if someone robs your memory? Quite an interesting thought, isn't it?
One of the advantages of having a GenNext director is, he's ready to take risks, ready to tread the untrodden path, ready to go where no one has been before. But there's a disadvantage too: Visuals and technique take precedence, while story takes a backseat. PRINCE has a terrific first half, where technique and content go hand in hand, but technique overpowers the content in its post-interval portions.
Friday, April 9, 2010
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JAANE KAHAN SE AAYI HAI is a light-hearted entertainer targeted at the youth. It has a thoroughly entertaining first half, but a routine second half. A decent watch!
Love stories seem to be the fav genre of dream merchants here. I've a hunch, if we ever do a count of romantic films made in Bollywood, it would easily score over other genres. The question is, how innovative can a love story get in today's times? Milap Zaveri provides the answer: Man from Earth, woman from Venus.
Having penned some likable comic capers in the past [MASTI, HEYY BABYY], Milap's directorial debut JAANE KAHAN SE AAYI HAI has liberal doses of light moments dominating the first half of the film and heartache and reunion following soon after, in its post-interval portions.
If HE is the King Khan she is nothing less than the queen of Bollywood. Despite being the first lady of a man who rules the filmdom and is also surrounded by the people from film fraternity in the social gatherings, never ever the idea of featuring in one would have crossed Gauri Khan’s mind.
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan spent a whole day in hospital where his friend and actress Juhi Chawla’s brother Bobby is admitted since Sunday for brain haemorrhage.
Zarine Khan, who made her acting debut opposite Salman Khan in Veer, says she owes a lot to the star whom she doesn’t hesitate to call her mentor.
“I am here because of Salman Khan. He is my mentor who discovered me and gave me my first Bollywood break. He has always been very supportive and I owe a lot to him,” said Zarine.
“I never thought that I would become an actress. I wanted to become a doctor, but destiny had something else in store for me. I am happy with the way my life is shaping up,” she added.
The actress was in the capital to support “The Body Shop Loves You” campaign.
Before the release of Veer she was referred to as Katrina Kaif look alike. But Zarine says post the film, people have started recognizing her.
I've always said, box-office is most unpredictable and that's the beauty of this business. The industry was confident that Kumar Taurani's PRINCE, starring Vivek Oberoi and directed by debutante Kookie Gulati, would embark on a thanda start at the ticket window, but its excellent start caught the industry completely unaware. The opening shows were in 50% to 70% range and at places, even better [packed to capacity].
