Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Madhuri Dixit very upset over twitter face account
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Madhuri Dixit, the evergreen and once sought after Bollywood actress is presently pretty upset. She wishes to re-connect with her fans via social media network, but can’t. She is finding complexity to confirm her actual identity in the very popular social networking site, ‘Twitter’.
Recently, the ‘Twitter’ bug has caught up with the B-town biggies. There are so many counterfeit accounts in her name that the fans are having a tough time to track the authentic Madhuri and chat with her.
As per report, Madhuri had joined Twitter on May 30 this year. The verification is taking a lot of time and this is what is both upsetting and annoying her.
She contacted the headquarters in order to get hold of the fake accounts. She says that she would never want her fans to be disappointed by talking to her fake identities. The actress has submitted all the requisite credentials needed for confirmation.
The verification is taking longer than usual, since she’s in the USA.
Priyanka Chopra shot with a bull and an alligator
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Bollywood’s popular actress Priyanka Chopra is looking ahead so as to provide a huge distraction to all the male contestants of ‘Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi 3’, the reality show that flirts with danger. The show broadcasts on Colors.
She reveals that her goal is to distract the male contestants, so that they fail to do their stunts properly.
The 28-year-old actress dons a particular grungy look in the tele-show. She wore denim hot pants, a broad belt, knee-length boots, a cropped yellow teamed with a black leather biker jacket. She also wore gloves with the aforementioned for the first promo.
Salman Khan donates blood
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Big macho man of Bollywood is someone who has a heart of gold too. We are aware of his charity. Recently, Salman set an instance by donating blood at the blood donation camp at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) located in Maldives.
The donation camp was organized by the India–Maldives friendship festival 2010 that is held on an annual basis. Eminent and important personalities like Mohamed Nasheed, the First Lady Laila Ali Abdulla, some ministers and elder officials of the government were also in attendance.
Having beforehand participated in a charity programme for the MAP or the Medical Assistance Programme at the Villingili Children’s Home, Maldives, Salman took off some time to judge a kid’s painting exhibition held at the Iskandhar School. Not only did he chose the best painting, but also entertained the kids through songs and dance at their request.
The media was requested not to be there by Salman himself; however media or no media; Sallu bhai and the kids had a gala time.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu officially a couple
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Putting all rumors to rest, Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu have actually gone ahead and confirmed about their status as B-town’s newest couple.
The couple was noticed at the Delhi Fashion Week, and they didn’t seem to hide anything pertaining to their relationship. Khemu said that the two were never hiding anything regarding their relationship from anyone, but declared about it after they both became sure about the feelings for each other. Khemu also said that previously they have done films together, however during that time they weren’t in a relationship.
The couple says that they like to give each other space and work things out, since the whole concept of a relationship is pretty complex.
Seemingly, Soha and Kunal are pretty serious about the relationship. In fact, Kunal has already met the Khan Khaandhaan twice.
He proclaims that he’s a big fan of both Sharmila Tagoreji and Pataudi Saab, Soha’s parents. He believes that they symbolize the summit of the two religions of the nation: cinema and cricket. Almost to show that she’s not far behind, Soha has also gone ahead and met his beau’s parents.
Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu officially a couple
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Putting all rumors to rest, Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu have actually gone ahead and confirmed about their status as B-town’s newest couple.
The couple was noticed at the Delhi Fashion Week, and they didn’t seem to hide anything pertaining to their relationship. Khemu said that the two were never hiding anything regarding their relationship from anyone, but declared about it after they both became sure about the feelings for each other. Khemu also said that previously they have done films together, however during that time they weren’t in a relationship.
The couple says that they like to give each other space and work things out, since the whole concept of a relationship is pretty complex.
Seemingly, Soha and Kunal are pretty serious about the relationship. In fact, Kunal has already met the Khan Khaandhaan twice.
He proclaims that he’s a big fan of both Sharmila Tagoreji and Pataudi Saab, Soha’s parents. He believes that they symbolize the summit of the two religions of the nation: cinema and cricket. Almost to show that she’s not far behind, Soha has also gone ahead and met his beau’s parents.
Fashion Trends in Bollywood (1960 – 2010)
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The history of the fashionable trends or rather the changing trends of fashion in the Bollywood Hindi cinema date back almost to the decades of the 60s till the current phase of the year 2010. And it was in the earlier time zone of time spanning the last four decades of the last millennium that popular star pairs like Dilip Kumar–Madhubala, Rajendra Kumar–Mala Sinha, Raaj Kumar –Meena Kumari, Biswajeet–Saira Banu, Sunil Dutt–Sadhana, Joy Mukherjee–Asha Parekh, and above all Raj Kapoor–Nargis had played a key role in evolving a fashion conscious trendy style of their own, which in the long-run had literally turned out to be a trendsetter of that particular era.
Yet the metamorphosis of these styles endorsed so painstakingly by them had somewhat failed to reach its dizzy heights, its pinnacle even then too as even their collective or individualistic contributions had paled in significance compared to the global standards and parameters of that particular phase. Nevertheless it was their fans who had become their torchbearers by draping themselves in whatever they had flaunted in their on-screen lives thereby gracefully and joyfully albeit blindfoldedly adopting all their styles. Yes, the poor guys used to hang themselves on to every shred of fabric which used to be a part and parcel of their attire just like they were accustomed to hang on to and mouth every bit of dialogues ever uttered by them.
To begin with the analysis of this trendy obsession we go back to the era of Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, who ironically were well-known more for their respective images of a tragedy king and Venus of beauty rather than their wardrobe or their hairstyles. In fact, it was Madhubala’s fetching, winsome, and infectious smile that had a trendsetting impact of its own. The eternal Devdas had lacked in this department too. Later on, it was Rajendra Kumar who had given a boost to executive looks and styles of dressing down while his co-star Mala Sinha had seemed more than happier by slipping in and out of her tight churidaars, kurtas and, of course, hallmarked by her then inventive ‘Chidiyon Ka Ghosla’ (Bird’s Nest) type of wriggly wigs.
And then believe it or faint, the combined haute couture stylish affairs of these two stars were blindly followed by the other stars of their ilk too more especially by Shashi Kapoor–Sharmila Tagore, the latter in her individualistic capacity had also popularized the conceptualized fashion of the tightly knotted at the back kind of cholis probably to kick off a bare backed trend of its own, Jeetendra (who was known more for his obsessive passion and penchant for everything white from headwear to footwear than for his acting skills then) – Mumtaz and last but not the least garam dharm Dharmendra and his better half dream girl (or should it be dream woman by now) Hema Malini. And then but then trust Raaj Kumar–Meena Kumari for being simplicity and serenity personified.
So the former, in tow with the evergreen Dev Sahab (Anand), was content with an ordinary muffler draped round his neck while the latter always relished her plain white and borderless cotton sarees to enhance her tragic image or rarely with heavily bedecked and bejeweled attire to spark off the rich looks of her characters. Then came stars like Biswajeet and Joy Mukherjee who were more fond of their well cut, well tailored (the darzis of that era thrived on them) and well designed trousers rounded off with readymade not made to order body hugging T Shirts. While their co-stars Saira Banu, Asha Parekh and later on even Raakhee, surprisingly aped their contemporaries like Mala Sinha, Sharmila Tagore, Hema Malini, and Mumtaz.
Much earlier, it was Raj Kapoor and Nargis, Sunil Dutt and Sadhana who had indeed made a conscious effort to retain their originality by adopting their own style in whatever they had attired themselves with or more pointedly and precisely with the way they used to present themselves and carry it off with great élan and panache. So what if initially they were barely noticed but later on it had become a fixation for them sometimes too uncomfortable even for their own good like Raj Kapoor’s Russian styled polo necked T Shirts, the trademarked white sarees or the long flowing umbrella styled gowns of Nargis, Sunil Dutt’s cowboy hats (also copied blatantly by Feroz Khan) and designer goggles in tandem with the long strands of hairs covering his entire forehead and mane (which was earlier noticeable even in his son Sunjay Dutt) and last but not the least Sadhana’s especially scissored hairs in steps cut covering just the front portion of her forehead.
To continue further a daring and dazzling twist in the fashion trend that also occurred in the 60s phase itself when the actresses of that era had shed their inhibitions and dared to wear swimming costumes on the celluloid silver screen. And wore they did and how? For i.e. the first ones to kick off this dare to bare trend was none other than Nutan and Tanuja. Yes, indeed they were the first ones to evolve the style of one piece designer style of a swimming costume. Saira Banu and Sharmila Tagore had gone a step ahead in the Eastman colour era. The former wore a shiny, sequined, colourful and a very chamkila albeit a one-piece swimming costume for a film called April Fool, while the latter had worn a shiny one-piece swimming costume for a film called An Evening In Paris and then finally graduating to a two-piece polka dotted bikini for a film called Aamne Samne. How symbolic!
With the conservative actress taking the lead, can the pin up boys oops actors of those times be left far behind. So the first such breed of non actors of those times to herald the trend of going topless by wearing a swimming costume were none other than Dharamendra, Jeetendra, Joy Mukherjee, Deb Mukherjee and above all Biswajeet. Of course the hot-blooded Salman Khan too has blindly followed in their footsteps but with a lot of enthusiastic show off.
Yet in later half of the century fashion trends in the history of Indian cinema seems to have done a complete volte-face. So apart from all the trends of all the stars mentioned herein there are barely anyone which could be held forth or be able to hold its fort on its own especially in the present times too. In between, there was one stray incident, but now forgotten with the time lapse, of the then dress designer Bhanu Athaiya really winning an ‘Oscar’ for her ‘Best costume designing skills’ for Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi. The only Indian woman from Bollywood to have bagged this honor till this date!
That apart, the worst hit or rather lost, forgotten or totally erased from public memory were the unusually inventive and great styles that were sparked of by Cabaret dancers like Helen, Bindu, Padma Khanna, Faryal, Jayshree T et al. Indeed their sequined, feathery and even the slit at the right angles designer costumes, in tow with Rajesh Khanna’s especially designed Guru Kurtas and Safari Suits, have erroneously failed to find a place in the history of costume designing. That is, if ever there was one written anyway.
Yes, their eclipse certainly signified that the newest breed of the dress designers had arrived and how? No wonder, the present day fashion scenario boasts of a star’s favorite and individual dress designers like Manish Malhotra, Hemant Trivedi, Vikram Phadnis, Rohit Bal, Rocky S and above all Akbar Sharief of Gabbana line of fashion wear. Hence gone are the days of the under rated darzis (tailors) and also of the starry relatives who used to firmly latch on and clutch hold of and even shamelessly cling on to this most lucrative and personalized portfolio which in return had always given them everything from name, fame, and moolah to globetrotting 5 star comforts and luxurious perks.
Yet not everything seems to be lost as the new breed of fashion designers have at least brought in a lot more inventive, innovative, and creative changes on the age-old concepts and trends which were, as it is, on the verge of losing their safe grounds and their forceful impact too.
To proceed further, the last millennium had also seen the then contemporary stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Rakesh Roshan et al glamorizing the fashion trends further with their frilly shirts and flannel trousers aptly rounded off with platform heeled foot wears. While their female counterparts, actresses like Rekha and Sridevi attired most of the times in their bell bottoms and puffed sleeved tops, Jaya Prada in her typical Bhartiya Nari get up of starched white cotton and sometimes chiffon and silk sarees, had indeed made a stylish fashion statement of their own.
Next came the stars lucrative penchant for endorsing brand labels like Big B clad in a Reid and Taylor outfits, his offspring Jr B preferring Armani, Gucci, Ray Ban, Dolce and Gabbana et al both for his on-screen and off-screen dressing up or Fardeen Khan flaunting off his tanned and bronzed brawns in Provogue haute couture ensembles. While their current crop of contemporary actresses like Lara Dutta, Esha Deol, Sameera Reddy, Bipasha Basu, Malaika Arora–Khan et al have gone one step ahead in not only their body piercing acts but also cladding themselves most of the times in their next to nothing looks and attires like mini skirts, halter necked and boob tube tops exposing their midriff or else they just squeeze themselves up in a low rise albeit skin tight designer labeled jeans and sometimes even in a bra exposing see through tops. Not to forget the Dhak Dhak girl Madhuri Dixit in her famous backless choli from Khalnayak or Mandira Bedi, the cricket field sensation, in her noodle straps and garishly offset chakmak sarees.
On the other hand starry actresses like Aishwarya Rai and Rani Mukherjee are still hung up on their mania for favoring and possessing their favorite dress designers like Neeta Lulla and Manish Malhotra respectively. Either of whom ended up creating outfits for them as per the demands of their on-screen characters and the off-screen parties or events that they deem fit to grace. But these creatively designed outfits normally turn out to be like worn today and discarded tomorrow. For i.e. the Cannes festival attire created for Aishwarya Rai or the ultra creative different dresses created and perhaps painstakingly stitched for the Queen Bee to complement her outstanding role in Sanjay Leela Bhanshali’s film Black which hardly proves to be a trend setting or stylish fashion statement.
That apart there are some staunch loyalist male stars too like Shah Rukh Khan and Suniel Shetty who strictly prefer to be draped only in the costumes designed exclusively for them, but natural, by their respective spouses Gauri Khan and Mana Shetty. Of course, the latter stacks up and stocks up all of Anna’s after use outfits in their exclusive boutique named ‘Mischief’. Really some mischief this! The same holds true for the chic look of Saif Ali Khan that has always been offset so well in his well crafted suits and casual wear too. His wardrobe till recently was designed by his ex-spouse Amrita Singh until their marital alliance itself went on the rocks.
A special mention out here must be made of Jaggu Dada (Jackie Shroff) who from the beginning of his career till this date has never worn any shred of clothing except that designed by his personal friend cum designer Anna Singh. No wonder that none of these abovementioned stars too have ever been able to create a fashionable style statement of their own unlike some of the yesteryears starry actors or actresses.
Besides them there are certain other model turned actors in the lower hierarchy like Dino Morea, Zulfi Sayed, Jatin Grewal, Aryan Vaid, Rahul Deo and Shawar Ali who still sets the ramps on fire by flaunting off designer labels and creations but in real life nothing goes well with them or tempts them to sport like a casual wear of plain body hugging torn at the knees jeans and T Shirt. The hot blooded Zayed Khan has some interesting revelation in this regard, “I am most comfortable, most of the time in my sweaty T shirt and my thoroughly worn out and torn- at-the-knees jeans rounded off with my stinking body odor. So can anyone say that Zayed Khan or the other actors like me are the most stylish and the most fashion conscious person. But speaking on a serious note in my day-to-day life I am mostly dressed up in my normal and casual attire of jeans and T Shirt. No I don’t believe in chasing the fashion trends but I do get a kick when fashion trends chase me. Besides I do not appreciate flaunting a fashion trend but being a celluloid celeb sometimes my on-screen style itself becomes my own brand of fashion and style statement. And the last one probably holds true for all silver screen actors like me. And now Zayed Khan’s fashion tips. First impression is the last impression sounds clichéd but true. So dress up as per the occasion and maintain your dignity, your poise. Making a genuine impact is more important than making a fake impression.”
Sadly enough it is this could-not-care less-attitude that has made the recent fashion and style statement go for a toss. Yet some of them are still known as fashion icons, but hardly any one star worth his salt in his individual capacity can be known as a stylish or hallmarking trendsetter of fashion. Maybe to some extent Salman Khan and John Abraham but even these two have been caught on the wrong foot by highly popularizing their topless looks. But the latter does deserve a noticeable and appreciative look for his Brad Pitt styled long locks and that unkempt stubble. Now if only that could be branded as a trendsetting fashion statement! But then who knows?
So in summation, the history of the fashion scenario will remain incomplete until a new revolution in fashion occurs and it is signed, sealed, and delivered with scissors, needles, and threads. Amen.
Makeover not to get roles – Amrita Rao
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Amrita Rao donning a bold avatar in the Bollywood movie Short Kut had astounded many. However the actress, who is best recognized for portraying the image of a traditional Indian girl on the silver screen, claims that she is not going for a complete change.
The 29-year old actress says that she has no uncertainties in portraying characters that have a variety of shades and her celluloid-image depends on the type of roles that she bags.
She rubbished the claims of many who said that she donned her ‘bold’ image in order to get roles. She said that her image has got nothing to do with her getting roles, since she’s comfortable with her own style.
She adds that her every approach is from the same spirit that truly represents the diverse avatars of the standard Indian girl. She also says that she never had any formal training in acting and she has put in her heart and soul in every role she has got so far.
She signs off by saying that as an actress she needs to believe in herself immensely in order to make the audience realize her acting potentials.
‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ logo features New Rupee Symbol
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The fourth season of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ is coming with lots of changes only keeping the original host Amitabh Bachchan intact. The logo of this season of KBC has also undergone a change as Big B suggested to include the new rupee symbol in it.
Going by the suggestion of the show’s host, the channel has come up with a new logo, which flaunts the new rupee symbol. On his Twitter page, Amitabh posted, “I insisted Sony to include the new rupee symbol in the logo of the fourth season of KBC. They applied and it’s looking so cool now”.
The 67-year old actor also posted the image of the new logo on his Twitter page. Six new Indian rupee symbols have been placed strategically in the center of the logo to look like a wheel.
The new Indian rupee symbol is a combination of Roman capital ‘R’ without stem and the Devnagiri ‘Ra’. The Indian government has recently introduced the new symbol for rupee.
The show has also undergone many changes including the change in the timing of the show and its whole programme. All these changes are done because KBC is going to be aired on Sony channel for the first time, which was earlier telecast on Star Plus.
It’s now Boman Irani making India proud
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Boman Irani, a well-known name in the Indian film industry, has left no stone unturned to get recognized for his undisputable talent. From his superhit films Munna Bhai MBBS, 3 Idiots to his latest blockbuster Housefull, Boman has made it clear that hard work and determination is all you need to display your hidden talent.
His sheer contribution to the industry has not only been recognized by our reputed directors who have cast him in their movies but now his talent is getting a worldwide recognition. His fan following has crossed all borders. The Canadian government has come forward to felicitate the actor for his contribution to the Bollywood Arts and Entertainment Industry. He will be honored as the featured guest for the Masala! Mehndi! Masti! MMMovies! On July 24 this month.
Quote from the Abhishekh Mathur, Festival Director honoring Boman Irani:
“As the largest South Asian arts and entertainment festival of its kind, celebrating our 10th anniversary, Masala! Mehndi! Masti! could not have wished for a more incredibly talented artist than Boman Irani to feature in our MMMovies! Retrospective. To be conferred a citation from the Government of Canada for his incredible work is an incredible honor and it reflects the value that Canadians have for his work. His presence at the festival will no doubt inspire and excite thousands. The festival celebrates all artistic genres in a 3 day festival format attracting over 100,000 visitors and is completely free, making it accessible to one and all. Over 70 performances include other artists like Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan, Suzanne Dmello, Salman Ahmed, Mussarat Abbas and many others from across the globe.”
Shahrukh Khan’s birthday wish to Thackarey
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Recently, Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray had his 50th birthday and surprise of all surprises, he was greeted by a Bollywood megastar. We are talking about none other than SRK. Uddhav has got one of the best compliments from Shah Rukh Khan, who was earlier targeted by the Shiv Sena group.
The birthday wishes weren’t conventional either; they were innovative and novel too. No kind of traditional greeting card was involved; instead a half-page ad was released in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna. SRK wished him the best of compliments via Red Chillies Entertainment, his very own film company.
This compliment must have shocked or amused some people since, only a few months back, the Shiv Sena had launched a vicious public attack on SRK’s My Name Is Khan. Uddhav simply said that he’s accepting compliments from everyone with respect.
One might think that Bollywood and its stars are indeed a unique lot!
Balaji’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai’ in the clear
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Balaji and Milan Luthria’s Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai promises to be a super-entertaining rewind to the era of romance, smuggling, cabaret and the mafia.
The movie did happen to run into a few bumps weeks before its release. Daughter of Haji Mastan – Shamshad Supariwala took Balaji to the Bombay City Civil Court and demanded a stay on the release of the movie on the grounds that the movie shows her father in bad light. Pursuant to this Haji Mastan’s adopted son also filed a case before the Bombay City Civil Court seeking a similar relief. However, the hon’ble court did not stay the release of the movie and only asked Balaji to put a disclaimer at the beginning of the movie stating that the movie was not based on the life of Late Haji Mastan. The son then moved the Bombay High Court against the order passed by the city civil court wherein also no stay on the movie was granted and the hon’ble Bombay High Court only asked Balaji to issue a press release stating that the movie was not based on the life of Late Haji Mastan.
Seen through the eyes of a police officer, ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI traces the changing face of the Mumbai underworld. The film, set primarily in 1970 Mumbai, follows the rise of Sultan (Ajay Devgn), and his eventual fall, when his protégé Shoaib (Emraan Hashmi), challenges his supremacy, and usurps power to rule the murky underbelly of Mumbai.
Balaji and Milan Luthria’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is all set to release worldwide on 30th July 2010
Akshay Kumar to be the producer of Hollywood Films
Our very own action idol Akshay Kumar is all set to invade the golden shores of Hollywood. He has ‘broken’ in the Hollywood scene with his Break Away. He is donning the role of a producer in the film and primarily would be away from the screen. The movie stars the Canadian-born Emily Van Camp and is directed by Robert Lieberman.
Akshay’s fame is on an implausible level in Canada. In recent news, he played host to both the prime ministers of the two nations, India and Canada.
The Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Stephen Harper, the Canadian prime minister had Akshay Kumar as their hosts in a recent dinner meet. Akshay always had a wish to produce Hollywood films via his own Hari Om Productions and now Break Away has given him that opportunity.
Here’s wishing him all the best. May he glorify Bollywood, may he glorify his nation and pave the way for other fellow Indian film personnel to foray into Hollywood.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
A. R. Rahman to sacrifice Bollywood for International Career
A. R. Rahman’s international career which has taken off in a big way after Slumdog Millionaire, keeps encountering snags, thanks to long-pending assignments back home.
According to sources Rahman has to keep interrupting his international plans to be home for various pending assignments. The harried composer is now seriously thinking of putting all home-made assignments on hold to concentrate on building his career abroad, or else he feels he would lose the international advantage he obtained after Slumdog Millionaire.
Says a friend of Rahman, “The Indian assignments after Slumdog Millioniare have been very time-consuming, especially Raavan where Rahman not only had to do two versions of the music in Hindi and Tamil, but director Mani Ratnam also asked him to give 3–4 tunes for every lyric before one was selected. The music of Raavan took more time than Rahman could afford, with the result that other Indian assignments primarily Abbas Tyrewala’s untitled John Abraham-Pakhi starrer got left behind”.
At the moment Rahman is back again in Chennai for mixing the music of Abbas’ film. But the background score of the film which releases in October is still be done.
No one is admitting it, but one of the primary reasons why Tyrewala’s film got delayed is the music score which Rahman has been serving up piecemeal, for no fault of his, since the composer was committed to be out of the country for half the year for his world concerts.
Says the source, “Rahman had to continuously keep breaking his international tours and other projects to be home for various reasons, like the music release of Raavan and other things. He has begun to feel that his international career would never take off if he has to keep returning home”.
Abbas Tyrewala, in Chennai with Rahman for the mixing of his film’s music, jumps to the composer’s defence. “Yes Rahman has been a little tied up and therefore unable to deliver quickly. But that’s because he has to be constantly moving back and forth between India and the US. Raavan took much longer than Rahman thought. I’m not worried about my music. It’s almost done. Whatever time Rahman takes is finally worth the while.”
In the meantime, Rahman has not signed a single new assignment in Mumbai or Chennai in the last few months.
After completing Abbas Tyrewala’s music Rahman will now focus on consolidating his career abroad.
Khatta Meetha opens to a good start
You are bound to have a winner on hand with director Priyadarshan and the star with impeccable comic timing Akshay Kumar showcasing to audiences in the light hearted manner that they’ve mastered the various facets and levels of bribing and crooked tricks required for a common man to survive the system.
Produced by Hari Om Productions and Cape of Good Hope Productions Khatta Meetha is Akshay Kumar’s lowest budget movie yet and has already ensured the producers a substantial profit thanks to a new strategy that was adopted keeping in mind the economic meltdown.
The film shot at a humble budget has already grossed net collections of Rs 230 million (Rs 23 crore) in its opening weekend in India.
Reveals a trade analyst “ The film is doing extremely well in single screen theatres. It had a great opening weekend .Akshay Kumar works his charm again .A relatively low production cost helped the makers successfully distribute the film and thereby maximize the revenues”
Adds acclaimed trade analyst/critic Taran Adarsh “ The strategy of making a film in a moderate budget and selling it for reasonable prices ensures safety for not just the producer but also the distributors. Akshay and Ashtavinayak deserve kudos for keeping the industry’s well-being and health in mind by keeping the economics in check and also creating a tremendous buzz for the film”
Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Ra.One
Shah Rukh’s epic superhero motion picture called Ra.One is being directed by Anubhav Sinha. However KJO, SRK’s bosom buddy, seems to have all the creative control.
According to the latest buzz from the industry, KJo has specially taken a flight to London at the request of Shah Rukh Khan in order to help him with the film. The sources say that SRK thinks KJO to be his lucky mascot and perhaps would want his intervention in the film.
It is also said that Shah Rukh Khan tweeted Karan Johar and requested him to come to London. The whole industry is aware of the kind of bond SRK and KJO share.
Karan is currently in London at the set of Ra.One and is shooting few touching scenes. The schedule of the film has been split into a couple of units for two days. Anubhav Sinha, will carry on shooting the chief montages and action sequences of the film, while Karan would take care of the romance and the emotional part of the film.
Madhavan refuses 3 Idiots remake offer
“It’s final and confirmed. I am unfortunately unable to do 3 Idiots in Tamil and Telugu. I am really sorry about that”, tweets Madhavan. The actor has refused Shankar’s offers of repeating his role in Tamil and Telugu remake along with Vijay, Silambarasan, and Mahesh Babu.
Previously, buzzes were that the actor wasn’t keen on repeating the roles in remakes as he felt that the originality will be lost. However, the actor’s reason for refusing this big offer is his prior commitments with other projects.
Of course, the actor has signed lots of Hindi projects that include Abbas Tyrewala’s Jhootha hee Sahi, previously titled as ‘1-800-Love’. The film has Bollywood’s hunk John Abraham in lead role with A. R. Rahman scoring music.
Apart from this, Maddy plays lead role of Manu in Anand Rai’s comedy entertainer Tanu weds Manu with Kangana Ranaut. His other Hindi film Sunglass is again a family entertainer that revolves around the seven-year itch between a married couple (played by Madhavan and Konkona Sen Sharma) and changes taking place in their lives with the arrival of an antique sunglass. Apart from these movies, Madhavan will make his comeback in Kollywood with Kamal Haasan starrer Manmadhan Ambu.
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