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KITES hit Movie Screens

2010-05-20T23:45:00.000-07:00

Much awaited Hrithik Roshan & Mexican Star Barbara Mori starrer KITES hits the Silver Screens throughout the world today, with more than 2000 prints, evn more than 3 IDIOTS.

The film expects a bumper opening with great expectations from Hrithik's fans.

KITES is directed by Anurag Basu and Produced by Hrithik's father Rakesh Roshan.

The film has an English version also which has been reworked by Hollywood director Brett Ratner. KITES has been shot at exotic locations in Las Vegas, Sante Fe and Los Angeles.

All the Best to Hrithik !!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010

2010-01-02T07:59:00.000-08:00

H ours of happy times with friends and family

A bundant time for relaxation

P rosperity

P lenty of love when you need it the most

Y outhful excitement at lifes simple pleasures

N ights of restful slumber (you know - dont' worry be happy)

E verything you need

W ishing you love and light

Y ears and years of good health

E njoyment and mirth

A angels to watch over you

R embrances of a Happy Years

Wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 !!!

3 IDIOTS Grosses 100 Crores in 4 days

2009-12-29T00:24:00.001-08:00

Another Good news for Aamir Khan. His latest released movie '3 Idiots' has created a record by grossing over Rs.100 crore in its first 4 days of release. The film was distributed by Reliance BIG Entertainment, who had released around 2,000 prints worldover.

This comedy drama is based novelsit Chetan Bhagat's bestseller 'Five Point Someone', and is directed and produced by the magical duoMUNNABHAI fame Rajkumar Hirani & Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

3 IDIOTS has broken the earnings record of another Aamir starrer "GHAJINI" and has thus become the top grosser movie in the history of Indian Cinema .

The film also stars R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor.

Keep it up Raju Hirani, Aamir & team, the film is really beautiful and you all have done a wonderful job.

BOLLYWOOD TOP 10 SONGS

2009-12-23T19:57:00.001-08:00

My Favourite Top 10 Bollywood Songs of 2009 are :

1. Masakkali fron DELHI 6
2. Hai Junoon from NEW YORK
3. Emotional Atyachaar from DEV D
4. Dhan Te Na.. from KAMINEY
5. Ahoon Ahoon from LOVE AAJKAL
6. Tera Hone Laga hoon from AZAB PREM KI GAZHAB KAHANI
7. Chigy Wiggy from BLUE
8. Paisa Paisa from DE DANA DAN
9. Sab Rishte Nate from DE DANA DAN
10. All Iz Well from 3 IDIOTS.

BOLLYWOOD TOP 10 HITS OF 2009

2009-12-23T19:39:00.001-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010

The Fragrance of HOPE,

Brightness of DESIRE, Goodness of FAITH,

Joy of PURSUITS & Hues of SUCCESS.

These are my WISHES for U all on NEW YEAR 2010.

First of all wish you all a very HAPPY, PROSPEROUS, MEMORABLE AND A VIBRANT NEW YEAR.

Here I bring the SCORECARD of BOLLYWOOD FILM Industry in the year 2009. Year 2009 was a mix bag of fortunes for BOLLYWOOD, but to conclude it was not a good year with losses mounting to Rs.7 billion.

Overall there were around 5-6 Major HITS in 2009 as LOVE AAJKAL, ALL THE BEST, KAMINEY, WAKE UP SID, WANTED.

Major Big Budgets Dissapointments were BLUE, WHAT'S YOUR RASHEE, LONDON DREAMS & KURBAAN.

MY TOP 10 BOLLYWOOD FILMS OF 2009

1. LOVE AAJKAL

2. NEW YORK

3. KAMINEY

4. ALL THE BEST

5. WANTED

6. PAA

7. WAKE UP SID

8. RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES

9. DE DANA DAN

10. AJAB PREM KI GHAZAB KAHANI

We look forward to 2010 with SRK's MY NAME IS KHAN, SALMAN's VEER & AAMIR's 3 IDIOTS.

SHILPA SHETTY Reception Pictures

2009-11-28T09:29:00.000-08:00

Some pictures of Shilpa Shetty & Raj Kundra's reception.

The grand reception followed Shilpa & Raj's Khandala wedding, at Hotel Grand Hyatt on Nov. 24, with a very impressive guest list including Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, his wife Gauri, Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Roshan, Govinda, Rani Mukherjee, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Fardeen Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Sameera Reddy, Amisha Patel, Kangana Ranaut, Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar, Vivek Oberoi, Rekha & Jaya Pradha alongwith IPL chairmans Lalit Modi, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi.

http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/11/shilpa-shetty-marries-raj-kundra.html

Shilpa wore a golden outfit designed by Tarun Tahiliani and Raj Kundra sported a rich black Sherwani.

Shilpa Shetty Marries Raj Kundra

2009-11-28T08:56:00.000-08:00

Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty finally marries her love interest Raj Kundra, a London based businessman, whom she was dating for the past two and half years.

The Marriage took place on Nov. 22 in a farm house at Khandala, a beautiful hill station in Maharashtra, with very close friends and relatives being invited.

Shilpa was dressed in traditional saree in burgundy and red and crystals stitched on the choli.

The grand reception was held at Hotel Grand Hyatt a Mumbai hotel on Nov. 24, with a very impressive guest list including Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, his wife Gauri, Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Roshan, Govinda, Rani Mukherjee, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Fardeen Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Sameera Reddy, Amisha Patel, Kangana Ranaut, Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar, Vivek Oberoi, Rekha & Jaya Pradha alongwith IPL chairmans Lalit Modi, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi.

Shilpa wore a golden outfit designed by Tarun Tahiliani and Raj Kundra sported a rich black Sherwani.

Heartiest Congratulations to the lovely couple and all the best for their Happy Marraige Life !!!

AISHWARYA to promote AMITABHS's PA

2009-11-01T22:27:00.000-08:00

Aishwary Rai Bachchan is in real life is acting as a good Daughter-in-law to her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan.

After finishing the shoot of her film RAVANA, Aishwarya is now paying full attention to the marketing strategy of AB Corp. forthcoming film PA, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and directed by Balki of CHEENI KUM fame. She is leaving no stone unturned to ensure the film's success and has taken in-charge of marketing decisions.

The film has a unique story where Amitabh enacts the role of Abhishek's son. And Amitabh is to be seen in a very different look see the above picture.

SHAH RUKH KHAN BIRTHDAY

2009-11-01T22:08:00.000-08:00

Bollywood Badshah SRK turns 44 today. And he reached Mumbai from London via New Delhi yesterday night with his wife Gauri and kids to celebrate his birthday with a bang.

He will be throwing a part for his close friends Hrithik, Karan Johar, Farah Khan, Arjun Rampal, Juhi Chawla etc. And will also be greeting his fans in front his palatial bungalow Mannat.

Long live King Khan and keep entertaining your fans worldwide. Waiting eagerly for his film "MY NAME IS KHAN".

"WANTED" Hindi Film Review

2009-09-18T05:13:00.000-07:00

So Salman Khan is back after a long time to be seen in a full throttle action movie and he is back with a bang, specially for crazy Salman's fans. Myself too being a hardcore fan enjoyed the First Day First Show among full house marred with a series of whistles and cheers blown over Salman's antics by the audience.

Well WANTED is a remake of POKIRI, which was a blockbuster in Telugu and Tamil as well. The film reminds you of typical masala flicks which were very popular in pre-2000 era, where good always won over evil, hero over villain. In these times of non-conventional, exprimental and multiplex type films, hats off to Boney Kapoor who took risk and went ahead with WANTED.

The film totally belongs to Salman Khan, he can be seen in each & every frame of the film, in one word Wanted heavily depends on Salman braod shoulders and will click only due to his magical star power and his bigg fan following. Wanted is all about Radhe (Salman Khan) a dreaded criminal and sharpshooter who can do anything for money and works in Mumbai underworld for Golden Gang headed by Gani Bhai (Prakash Raj), who is in war with other gang headed by Data Pawle.

Killing and playing with gun is a child's play for Radhe. Newly appointed Commissioner Ashraf Khan (Govind Namdeo) aim is to make the city crime free for which he has to pay the price of his daughter. Salman's love interest is played by Jhanvi (Ayesha Takia), who I feel is misfit in the film and does not suit with Salman. In between, there is corrupt, Inspector Talpade (Mahesh Manjrekar), who lusts for Jhanvi and wait there is a don's moll also played by Mehek Chahal. For full story and suspense, it's better to go and watch on the big screen.

The film is directed by Prabhu Deva, the dancing star and he does justice to the remake. Though there is nothing new in the film, but he still manges to keep a hold on to the film with fast action and stunts, despite a weak script. Specially the action sequences in the climax are the highlight of movie, where Salman smashes the villains left and right.

Although the first half could have been more brisk, if a couple of songs would have been edited. Choreography is good and bit different, music by Sajid Wajid duo is so so, only JALWA song catches your attention where special appearance by Prabhu Deva, Anil Kapoor and Govinda brings the house on fire.

As regards to acting, Salman Khan has done full justice to the role, infact it seems that no other hero could have matched his performance for this power packed role. Ayesha Takia is OK, but any other actress would have been a better choice.

Bad man played by Prakash Raj is superb. Infact in some scenes he makes you laugh especially where he is held captive by policemen. Mahesh Manjrekar as a corrupt cop is superb. Vinod Khanna in a small role is wasted. Overall there is nothing much to do for others, it's all the way SALMAN KHAN in the movie. And his fans will relish him in this action avtaar after a long time. The film is for the masses and specially it will do wonders in single screens and U.P., Bihar & Maharashtra territories.

Overall the film will be a HIT, it had a bumper opening and then in view of the festive season - ID, DUSHERA and DIWALI, it will only add to the cash registers.

TITLES

Banner : Sahara One Motion Pictures & BSK Films Enterprises

Producer : Boney Kapoor
Released on : September 18, 2009
Language : Hindi
Genre : Action
Director : Prabhu Deva
Cast :

Salman Khan - Radhe

Ayesha Takia - Jhanvi

Mahesh Manjrekar - Inspector Talpade

Prakash Raj - Gani Bhai

Govind Namdeo - Commissioner Ashraf Khan

Music on : T-Series
Main Singers : Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan, Shreya Ghosal, Soumya Rao, Kamaal Khan, Nikita Nigam, Wajid, Amrita Kak, Suzanne D'Mello, , Hrishikesh Kamerkar, Earl & Salman Khan
Lyrics - Sameer, Wajid, Jalees Sherwani, Arun Bhairav, Shabbir Ahmed, Salman Khan
Music Director : Sajid Wajid
Cinematography : Nirav Shah & S Sriram
Choreography : Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram,Vaibhavi Merchant & Rajiv Surti
Action : Vijayan Master
Screenplay : Shiraz Ahmed
Story Writer : Poori Jagannath

Slumdog Millionaire Kid's father dies

2009-09-07T07:12:00.000-07:00

In a sad incident, Mohmmed Azharuddin, who came to limelight after acting in multi Oscars winner 'Slumdog Millionaire', lost his father Ismail Shaikh in Mumbai last Friday, who was suffering from tuberculosis since the past two years.

Ismail Shaikh, aged 46, is survived by his widow Shamim, son Azharuddin, and three more kids. Director Danny Boyle has expressed his condolence ro the family and promised support to them.

AJAY DEVGAN's new movie ' ALL THE BEST'

2009-08-24T03:26:00.000-07:00

Nowadays Bollywood film makers are doing their best to add novelties to their movies. Take for example, hit Actor-Director Jodi of in Ajay Devgan & Rohit Shetty have come up with a super stunt in their forthcoming film 'ALL THE BEST' showing Ajay Devgan proposing to Bipasha Basu, mid air suspended in his car, see the picture above.

And when yesterday I was watching the promotional video of the film, it was just too flashy, eye-catching with great visuals, and with stars like Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, the movie will surely create waves at Box Office !!!

Priyanka Chopra's 12 different looks

2009-08-20T01:38:00.000-07:00

Here's first look at Priyanka Chopra's 12 different looks she appears in her forthcoming film "What's Your Raashee ?".

Refer my earlier blog http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/08/priyanka-chopra-to-play-12-characters.html

PRIYANKA CHOPRA to play 12 characters

2009-08-20T01:03:00.000-07:00

PRIYANKA CHOPRA plays 12 characters in her forthcoming film "What's Your Raashee" directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and pairing opposite her is her ex-boyfriend Harman Baweja.

And according to her this is the most difficult film of her carrer, since she had to look different in all of the characters with different body language, voice, accent and she did not got enough time to prepare for the characterization.

PRIYANKA CHOPRA scores a HAT TRICK with KAMINEY

2009-08-19T00:46:00.001-07:00

Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra has scored a HAT TRICK of her hit films with the success of her latest film KAMINEY.

She is really excited as Kaminey has done a wonderful job on the Box Office. Now Priyanka has delivered 3 successive HITS in the form of "FASHION, DOSTANA & KAMINEY".

Now she is eagerly awaiting the release of her next film Ashutosh Gowariker's 'What's Your Rashee', opposite Harman Baweja, where she will be seen essaying 12 different roles.

And she is also excited about Yash Raj Films' 'Pyaar Impossible', in which she stars opposite Uday Chopra.

Keep it up Priyanka !!!

KAMINEY opens well at Box Office

2009-08-16T06:14:00.000-07:00

KAMINEY directed by Vishal Bhardwaj has opened to an excellent response at Bollywood Box Office.

The combination of Vishal Bhardwaj, Shahid Kapoor & 'Dhan Te Nan' song has worked extremely well for the film plus the long weekend has been the icing on the cake. Shahid Kapoor has been liked by all and this is his best work of the career. In the movie, Shahid plays double role - Guddu & Charlie, both having speech defects with Guddu stammering and Charlie lisping. Even Priyanka Chopra has done a splendid job and her Mrathi accent has been liked by all.

Sad that the Mumbai & Pune audience will have to wait, since all the theatres are closed due to ongoing Swine Flu scare.

Shah Rukh Khan detained at Newark Airport

2009-08-16T05:47:00.000-07:00

There has been a huge uproar by Bollywood fraternity as well as King Khan's fans following SRK's detention at Newark Airport in USA on Aug. 15. Refer my earlier blog http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/08/shah-rukh-khan-detained-in-usa.html,

Bollywood has strongly condemned SRK's detention by the US airport security authorities, whereas Salman Khan said, “It is not such a big deal, when we go there we too have to go through the security check. There has been no attacks there since 9/11 because of their stringent security measures. I think it is a good thing (the security).”

Following are Shah Rukh Khan's comments :

“The US has developed religious paranoia over the years. My guard was also denied a visa because he has the same last name as mine. They said I can’t use my phone.”

“I was really hassled at the American Airport because of my name being Khan…The couple of hours of interrogation wanting to know if I know anyone in America while all around people were vouching for me from India and Pakistan (sic).”

“I told them I was a movie star and had recently visited the country for the shooting of my film. Nothing seemed to convince the immigration officer. There were other immigration officers who even vouched for me but this particular officer did not listen to anyone. I even told them I had an invitation from the South Asian community and was there to attend an event.’’

“Only these guys just would not let me through. Finally they allowed me to make a call, which I did and the Indian Consulate helped me through.

“It was absolutely uncalled for I think, me having just finished working there for more than a month…just a couple of weeks ago. They said I have a common name which is causing the delay…checked my bags…I felt angry and humiliated.”

SHAH RUKH KHAN detained in USA

2009-08-14T23:30:00.001-07:00

In a shocking news , Bollywood Superstar Shah Rukh Khan aka King Khan was detained at Newark airport for almost 2 hours, whereas his assistant Subhash Jain was let off without interrogation. SRK arrived today in Newark International Airport in New York to attend Independence Day function in USA. On his arrival, Security agencies interrogated him for nearly 2 hours, even his bodyguard was also detained. SRK was then released when Indian Embassy Officials stepped in.

This was quite shocking and unfortunate for Indian community, since SRK is well known celebrity worldover, with his Wax statue at Madam Tusauds Museum. Bollywood has slammed USA for the incident and many remarks have come including director Mahesh Bhatt.

AAMIR KHAN's wife Kiran has miscarriage

2009-08-12T05:55:00.000-07:00

Bad news for Aamir and his fans. Aamir posted on his blog today on Aug. 12, the news about miscarriage of his wife :

"I have bad news folks. Kiran and I lost our baby. Despite our best efforts we were unable to avert a miscarriage. The last two months have been a struggle for us and that is one of the reasons I was absent from the blog in more ways than one. I need time to heal. I will be away for a while,"

Pl. take care Aamir.

LOVE AAJ KAL - SUPER HIT

2009-08-05T05:59:00.001-07:00

Saif Ali Khan's debut film as a producer "LOVE AAJ KAL" has sprung up a surprise and has garnered a whopping Rs. 28 crores in its first three days. Thus the film has joined the recent successful films like "Ghajini, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Kambakkht Ishq" on account of successful opening on Box Office.

There are several reasons that can be accounted to the film's success :

1. Director Imtiaz Ali track record specially after "Jab We Met".

2. Novel pairing of Saif & Deepika Padukone.

3. Interesting and Catchy Dialogues catering to the new generation.

4. Foot tapping music from Pritam.

5. Excellent promotion.

Well done Saif, keep it up!

Hrithik Roshan tattoes wife's Sussanne name on his wrist

2009-08-03T19:31:00.000-07:00

Hrithik Roshan seems to be splashing water on to the rumours of his link-up with his co-star Barbara Mori, who has been paired opposite Hrithik in his forthcoming movie KITES.

In a surprise move to please his wife Sussanne, he got his left wrist tattoed with the name of Sussanne, who was holidaying in London with her friends Gauri Khan and others. Tattoo artist Sameer Patange did the job for Hrithik.

So here's another star being bitten by tattoo bug after Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt.

RAKHI SAWANT chooses her Groom in "SWAYAMVAR"

2009-08-03T02:21:00.000-07:00

For the first time in Indian Television History, Bollywood film actor and Item Girl Rakhi Sawant chose her life partner in the form of Toronto based businessman Elesh Parujanwala, during a reality TV Show 'Rakhi ka Swayamvar', which was telecast live on NDTV Imagine channel on Sunday, August 02 and went on for 26 episodes. The event was held at the Hotel Leela Kampinsky.

There were 3 finalists among the 16 contestants - 22 years Manas Katyal and businessman Chhitiz Jain, both from New Delhi and Elesh Parujanwala from Toronto.

Rakhi was dressed up in red and gold lehenga choli designed by Neeta Lulla and kundan jewellery designed by Farah Ali Khan, and was looking just like a fairy tale queen. Whereas the to be grooms were dressed in traditional sherwanis and turbans for their big day.

Both Rakhi and Elesh were too much excited after the engagement. Rakhi said 'I have been watching Elesh from day one. On and off the camera, he has been the same and has really taken care of me. He is everything I was looking for and I am glad to have found him on the Swayamvar. She further added, 'Today is our engagement. I am ready to get married now, but we need to understand each other better off camera. We will soon get married in front of all of you in keeping with all our traditions,'.

Elesh also told that they will look for an auspicious day and will get married later.

Shah Rukh Khan : MY NAME IS KHAN

2009-07-28T23:05:00.000-07:00

Thw hot pair of Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol will be back on sreen with Karan Johar's 'My Name is Khan', and the flm before it's release has created a record i the way that Fox Star Studios are reported to have bought the film's marketing and distribution rights for a mind boggling Rs.100 crore, thus making it a biggest distribution rights deal in the India Film Industry.

Moreover, the film has surpassed the figures of Aamir Khan's 'Ghajini', which was sold at Rs.90 crore and Akshay Kumar's 'Singh is Kinng' figures of Rs.60 Crores.

As conveyed in my earlier blog http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/06/shah-rukh-khan-kajol-shoot-for-my-name.html, the film is set against the backdrop of 9/11 terror attacks and its impact on an Indian Muslim fraternity living in USA.

SHORT KUT - THE CON IS ON Review

2009-07-11T08:52:00.000-07:00

Here comes another remake of a hit Malayalam Mohanlal starrer film UDAYANANU THANAM. SHORT KUT - THE CON IS ON, supposed to be comedy film is produced by Anil Kapoor and involves some interesting personalities who have given many Super Hit Comedies as Anees Bazmee, the Writer and Neeraj Vora, the Director. Thus the film should have guaranteed a good comedy, but unfortunately fails to deliver.

The film is a spoof on on Bollywood, and narrates the story of two strugglers, who aspire to make it big in the film industry. One is Raju (Arshad Warsi) who is a buffoon, a non-actor and still becomes a Superstar after stealing a prized script of the other struggler Shekhar (Akshaye Khanna), who is extremely talented, but unlucky. Shekhar continues to struggle as a director after his script gets stolen.

As a result, Shekhar gets shattered and dejected, and his wife a reigning actress Mansi (Amrita Rao) leaves him, reminds you of Abhimaan plot, clash of ego between Amitabh & Jaya Bhauduri then. Now Shekhar is on a look out to take revenge on Raju and the destiny brings them face to face when Shekhar gets an opportunity to direct his first film with Chandu as a hero.
What follows is a tale of con, treachery, deceit, stardom and then a fall.

The film starts well, but fails extremely after the intermission, all credit to a lack luster, loose, shoddy script which is accompanied by stale humour, silly & childish comedy. In fact everyone in the film shouts and screeches to irritatingly. And to tp it all, the climax is extremely terrible.

As regards to performance, Akshaye Khanna, who is too good in such comedies tries hard and also acts well but is failed by the script. Arshad Warsi gets a more meaty role but fails to impress and sometimes overacts. However, some scenes of Akshaye & Arshad does bring out some smiles due to their comic timing.

And then there is a surprise in the form of Amrita Rao who for change shows lots of skin and surprisingly oozes lot of sex appeal just like Urmila Matondkar in Rangeela and Mast in olden days. But her romantic track with Akshaye lacks consistency and is the worst part of the film. Chunkey Pandey surprisingly as the acting guru-turned-star secretary, manages to give a restrained performance.

Now coming on to direction, Neeraj Vohra, after his successful Hera Pheri (Part 2), fails completely this time, due to lifeless and lousy screenplay. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s music also fails in the film, with no melody. Cinematography is good, showing some exotic locales of Thailand.

Overall, Short Kut – The Con is On lacks the wit, especially given the talented team, the opportunity has gone lost, courtesy lackluster script & outdated comedy. Hence the film disappoints, even the film’s trailor was not upto the mark, which I saw during the screening of Kambakkht Ishq.

I will give 1.5 out of 5.

TITLES
Banner : Anil Kapoor Films Company & Studio 18
Released on : July 10, 2009
Language : Hindi
Genre : Comedy
Producer : Anil Kapoor
Director : Neeraj Vora
Star Cast :
Akshaey Khanna -Shekhar

Arshad Warsi - Raju
Amrita Rao – Mansi
Chunkey Pandey – Guru Kapoor
Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor – Special Appearance

Music on : T - Series
Singers : Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Shreya Ghosal, Shankar Mahadevan, Nikita Nigam, Javed Ali, Kirti Sagathia, Hrishikesh Kamerkar Music : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Lyrics : Javed Akhtar
Cinematography : Ashok Mehta, Arvind Soni, Johnny Lall
Choreography : Bosco-Caesar
Action : Abbas Ali Moghul
Screenplay : Anees Bazmee
Story : Anees Bazmee

"LOVE AAJ KAL" Saif Ali Khan turns Producer

2009-07-11T06:53:00.000-07:00

"LOVE AAJ KAL", which is releasing on July 31, is the first film to be produced by Saif Ali Khan, who stars opposite Deepika Padukone in the film. http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/07/deepika-padukone-love-aaj-kal.html

The film also stars yesteryear hit couple Neetu Singh and Rishi Kapoor along with Rahul Khanna. "LOVE AAJ KAL" is directed by Imtiaz Ali of `Jab We Met' fame. And do you know who recommended Imtiaz Ali to Saif Ali Khan, none other than Saif's love Kareena Kapoor, who has delivered a Super Hit "JAB WE MET" with Imtiaz Ali.

This was disclosed by Saif who was in New Delhi with his co-star Deepika Padukone and Imtiaz Ali to promote their film. Saif told reporters, "Kareena highly recommended Imtiaz when I decided to produce a film. At that time 'Jab We Met' hadn't released. So I met him... it was the script and the way he narrated it to me that really impressed me and we decided to make 'Love Aaj Kal',".

He further added "I love the way Imtiaz works. He is amazing,".

Photo Courtesy : ww.loveaajkal.com

Shah Rukh cried when Michael Jackson passed away

2009-07-11T06:47:00.000-07:00

During a recent ceremony held in UK, to honour Shah Rukh Khan with a Doctorate by Bedfordshire University, SRK said that “I cried, it was since long I cried. My wife and kids also cried,” after hearing about the tragic death of Micheal Jackson

“I cried, it was since long I cried. My wife and kids also cried,”said Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan after hearing about the tragic death of’ King of Pop’ Michael Jackson. He further added "I felt very sad. I had met him He was a wonderful creation of God,”.

KAMBAKKHT ISHQ bumper opening becomes Super Hit

2009-07-11T06:30:00.000-07:00

So Akki has finally delivered a hit after 3 Flops "Tasveer, Chandni Chowk to China & Tashan".

Akshay Kumar has proved all his detractors wrong, since 'Kambakkht Ishq' opened to a bumper opening and has garnered a whopping Rs 46 crore at the box office in its opening weekend including Rs 32 crore earnings from the domestic Box Office. Overall the film has grossed over Rs 100 crores worldwide in its very first week. This was confirmed by Eros International, the film's co-producer and distributorsaid in a statement. The film was released in about 2,000 screens world-wide, cost Rs 75 crore.

Thus Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor starrer Kambakkht Ishq has seen one of the most successful openings in the Bollywood.

The film is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and Eros International and directed by newcomer Shabbir Khan.

Photo Courtesy : kambakkhtishqmovie.com

Shah Rukh becomes Dr. Shah Rukh Khan

2009-07-11T06:08:00.000-07:00

Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan has become Dr. Shah Rukh Khan now. He was conferred with the honorary Doctorate in Arts & Culture, by Bedfordshire University, a British University at a glittering ceremony held on July 10.

SRK was quite excited on getting the honour and jokingly said "Interestingly my kids don't understand this doctorate and believe I will be awarded a stethoscope". He further added "I get the feeling that I should further the cause of those underprivileged children who don't get the opportunity to educate themselves,''

The honour was conferred to Shah Rukh by Vice Chancellor of University Professor Les Ebdon. Indian High Commissioner Shiv Shankar Mukherjee was also present at the event.

So another feather on Shah Rukh's cap, Congratulations.

Katrin Kaif & John Abraham voted as most Eligible Single Celebrities

2009-07-04T23:43:00.000-07:00

In a recent poll conducted by a matrimonial website, Bollywood Actors John Abraham & Katrina Kaif have been voted as the most eligible Single Celebrities.

In a response from over 18,000 netizens, around 48% of males voted for Katrina as the most eligible single female and 43% percent females opted John Abraham as their favoured eligible bachelor.

The other hot contenders were Salman Khan, Rahul Gandhi, Ranbir Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, M.S. Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh, Katrina scored over divas like Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Sonam Kapoor.

Deepika Padukone - Love Aaj Kal

2009-07-04T23:29:00.001-07:00

Deepika Padukone is waiting eagerly and excited for her latest film "LOVE AAJ KAL", releasing on July 31. Incidenatlly this is the first film to be produced by Saif Ali Khan, who also plays the love interest of Deepika in the film, which is directed by Imtiaz Ali of `Jab We Met' fame.

When we mention of Deepika's love interest, one interesting fact comes out is that, Deepika in most of her films have acted opposite Actors almost double of her age.

To start with - Shah Rukh Khan, with whom she made her debut in "OM SHANTI OM", then opposite Akshay Kumar, who is 42, in "CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA".

Now in Love Aaj Kal, Saif is 39. Isn't it interesting or Deepika loves old men ???

SHAHID KAPUR BEATS KAREENA KAPOOR

2009-07-04T23:19:00.000-07:00

Shahid beats Kareena, becomes Sexiest Vegetarian

In a recent poll conducted by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Shahid Kapur has emerged as the most SEXIEST VEGETARIAN in Asia.

And do you know, who was one of the contenders & competitors of Shahid, none other than Kareena Kapoor, ex-girlfriend of Shahid, who incidentally turned Vegetarian on the insistence of Shahid Kapur.

Other contenders were Taiwanese Actor cum singer Barbie Hsu, Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary, Hong Kong pop star Stephy Tang, Mongolian Singer Nominjin etc.

"NEW YORK" - FILM REVIEW

2009-06-26T08:09:00.000-07:00

Here comes one of the most awaited Bollywood movie, especially giving a huge relief to film lovers from the draught of movies since April 2009, owing to the strike between Multiplex Owners & Producers.

And no wonders doing justice to the promos, "NEW YORK" surpasses the expectations of audience. Contrary to Kabir Khan’s directorial venture “KABUL EXPRESS”, which was an extended version of a documentary film, he comes back with a hardcore commercial thriller which will be appreciated by one and all.

“NEW YORK” is a story of friendship set against the backdrop of New York and post 9/11 happenings. Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh) who goes to USA for the first time and meets Sam (John Abraham) and Maya (Katrina Kaif). It is the story of these 3 friends who are enjoying their life in New York, but suddenly one day the world around them changes post 9/11 WTC attack and their lives are turned upside down. The turning point comes with the introduction of FBI undercover agent Roshan (Irrfan Khan).

The scenes involving FBI and how it rounds up the 9/11 suspects have been brilliantly shot just like a Hollywood film, kudos to Kabir Khan for bring genuinity to the film contrary to typical Bollywood masala flicks. He has deftly depicted the mentality of USA after 9/11 attacks, specially the way this country handled and tortured the suspects, in the absence of proper evidences.

Kabir Khan skillfully keeps the film under his control, properly with an optimum balance of offbeat & commercial ingredients. The film has all the ingredients of a blockbuster such as – pace, thrill, drama, emotion, action etc., which keeps the audience on the edge of the seat.

As regards to acting, surprise package is Neil Nitin Mukesh, who does justice to the most intricate role among the three protagonists.

John Abraham comes out of his Dostana trunks and in place of his well toned body shows his acting potential, which has been well exploited by Kabir Khan, especially the scenes of his detention are spine chilling plus his interaction scenes with Irrfan Khan are worth mentioning. In one of his interviews John rightly said that public will get to see altogether John in NEW YORK.

Katrina Kaif looks beautiful as usual and also does justice to her role. Her chemistry with both John & Neil is amazing. The performance by all 3 can easily be termed as the best ones of their career. Irrfan Khan once again is fantastic.

The other star of the film is it’s story by Aditya Chopra, which never looses the grip. Cinematography too is beautiful. Seems that the whole team is gonna ensure that "NEW YORK" strikes gold in most of the award functions.

Overall, “NEW YORK” is a must watch and bring backs Yash Raj banner once again to the form, since few of their last films have been duds.

I will give 4 out of 5 to the film, which surely has all the ingredients of a Box Office Blockbuster.

TITLES
Banner : Yash Raj Films
Released on : June 26, 2009
Language : Hindi
Genre : Action/ Thriller
Producer : Aditya Chopra
Director : Kabir Khan
Star Cast :
Neil Nitin Mukesh - Omar

John Abraham - Samir

Katrina Kaif – Maya
Irrfan Khan - Roshan

Music on : YRF Music
Singers : KK, Sunidhi Chauhan, Mohit Chauhan, Pankaj Awasthi, Caraleisa Monteiro Music : Pritam Chakraborty, Pankaj Awasthi
Cinematography : Aseem Mishra
Choreography : Ahmed Khan
Action : Shyam Kaushal
Screenplay : Sandeep Srivastava
Story : Aditya Chopra

KATRINA KAIF is like MAYA of NEW YORK film in real life

2009-06-22T19:47:00.001-07:00

Everybody is eagerly waiting for the release of Bollywood film "NEW YORK" starring John Abraham, Katrina Kaif & Neil Nitin Mukesh, besides Irfaan Khan.

The film is set against the backdrop of New York, spreading over a span of nine year. It depicts the story of three young friends whose lives take an unexpected turn after 9/11 incident.

Katrina Kaif for the first time will be seen in a 'no makeup' look in the film and as per Katrina, her character Maya in the film is a reflection of what she is in real life, and it's not a deglamorised role, rather a very realistic role.

NEW YORK is all set to release on June 26 worldwide and is produced and distributed by Yash Raj Films. The film is directed by KABUL fame KABIR KHAN.

SALMAN KHAN TO PLAY A NEGATIVE ROLE

2009-06-22T19:37:00.000-07:00

Salman Khan for the first time in his life is going to play a Negative role of a corrupt Police Inspector in the forthcoming film “DABANG”. Incidentally the film will be produced by his brother Arbaaz Khan, who felt that it’s not because Sallu is his brother, so he will be playing such a role in his film, rather the role of a corrupt Paan chewing corrupt Cop, mouthing foul language suits best on Salman Khan.

The film will be directed by Abhinav Kashyap, brother of Anurag Kashyap of (DEV D & GULAAL fame). And do you know who will play the female lead in the film, it is Sonakshi Sinha, daughetr of Shatrughan Sinha.

It will be interesting to see, since Salman Khan has always gone for the stereotype roles in Bollywood films.

REMAKE OF "QURBANI" BY SANJAY DUTT

2009-06-22T19:29:00.001-07:00

Do you remember the old Super Hit Hindi fim “QURBANI” directed by Freroz Khan and starring Vinod Khanna, Zeenat Aman, Feroz Khan & Amjad Khan. Yes the same film will be having his remake amost after 30 years.

Earlier the film was to be produced & directed by Sanjay Gupta, but after the demise of veteran Feroz Khan, the project took a back step.

Now the film rights of Qurbani has been acquired by Sanjay Dutt (friend turned foe of Sanjay Gupta) under Sanjay Dutt Productions. It just happened that Fardeen Khan and Sanjay Dutt jelled along very well while shoting for the film “ALL THE BEST” in Goa, which led to the rebirth of remaking Qurbani.

Now Fardeen Khan will play the role played by his father Feroz Khan and Saif Ali Khan the role of Vinod Khanna And can you guess who will be enacting the popular role of Amjad Khan, it’s none other than Sanjay Dutt, who feels that Chewing Gum chewing Police Inspector’s act is the most interesting part of Qurbani and it will fit him best. Now let’s see who get to play the lead female role of glamorous Zeenat Aman (guess sexy Bipasha Basu).

Soha Ali Khan refuses to Kiss Emraan Hashmi

2009-06-18T05:25:00.000-07:00

The Bollywood kissing star Emraan Hashmi, who is famous for his kissing scenes with her female lead stars in his films, was not to be lucky this time.

It just happened that his co-star Soha Ali Khan refused to do a kissing scene with Emraan for thier forthcoming film "TUM MILE", to be directed by Kunal Deshmukh, under Vishesh Films banner. Initially Soha did agree for the kissing scene, while on the script stage, but when it came to the shooting day, she backed out and refused to kiss Emraan. Kunal tried to convince her, since the scene was important part of the script, but before she could agree, Emraan came to know about Soha's refusal. This hurt the ego of Kissing Star, as a result Emraan got upset and he himself refused to shoot for the scene.

Kunal still hopes that both the stars will set aside their egos and enact the said kissing scene for the film, which is based on July 26, 2005 Mumbai floods. Incidentally, the film is expected to be released in July end.

It was a big task to recreate the Mumbai floods scenario, for which a huge set was erected.

According to the director “There were plenty of problems and I had to give out my best in a certain budget. We needed a studio floor bigger than usual studio floors with a waterproof ground. I was looking at something cheaper and I got it in Bhandup with a concrete floor," he said. "Then standing 12 hours in water every single day had its effects. We had to take a lot of precautions like Hepatitis B shots. Still I suffered a very bad skin reaction and Emraan got a bad eye. Luckily there were no long-term health issues," he added.

PRIYANKA CHOPRA finally signs her first YASHRAJ Banner Film

2009-06-16T06:36:00.000-07:00

Finally our Piggy Chops, yes Priyanka Chopra has sighned her first Yash Raj banner film called 'PYAAR IMPOSSIBLE', written by Uday Chopra, son of Yash Chopra. Uday incidentally is also playing the male lead opposite Priyanka Chopra in this love story. refer my earlier blog ; http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/01/priyanka-chopra.html

Pyaar Impossible is the first film, Priyanaka has signed after Ashutosh Gowariker's 'What's Your Raashee?', co-starring her ex-boyfriend Harman Baweja.

Pyaar Impossible will be directed by Jugal Hansraj, as per reports, film's plot is based on hollywood film 'Notting Hill' which depicts the relationship between a star, played by Julia Roberts and her fan Hugh Grant.

SHINEY AHUJA admits committing rape, sent to jail

2009-06-15T05:49:00.001-07:00

In a shocking development, Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja admitted his crime of raping her 19 year old maid servant, as a result he has been sent to 3 days police custody, by a Mumbai court.

As mentioned in my earlier blog, http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/06/shiney-ahuja-accused-of-rape.html, Shiney was arrested on Sunday night after the victim had lodged a complaint and accused Shiney of raping him.

He was produced in Andheri court this afternoon under tight security, and subsequently ahs been booked under Section 376 (Rape), Section 346 (Wrongful restraint) and Section 506 (Threat to Kill) under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). And to add to Shiney's woes, if the charges are found to be true, he may have to serve a minimum jail term of seven years.

According to an official, both Shiney and the victim maid servany have undergone medical tests in a government hospital and the victim's medical reports are positive.

The victim has been working under Shiney Ahuja as a domestic help for the past one year and she has accused the actor of repeatedly raping her. Even, Shiney has admitted unser Police interrogations, that he had a physical relationship with the victim. Further, he said that he could have committed the crime while he was drunk.

Shiney is said to be living alone in Mumbai after seperation from his wife and the couple has a daughter. Shiney is known for his scting prowess in "GANGSTER", "HAZAARON KHWAISHEIN AISI" & "LIFE IN A METRO".

SHINEY AHUJA ACCUSED OF RAPE CHARGES

2009-06-14T09:52:00.001-07:00

Film Actor Shiney Ahuja of `Gangster' fame has been accused of rape charges by her housemaid today afternoon, as a result he is being taken into custody by Oshiwara police station, Mumbai.

Maid has been sent for Medical Report, after which this shocking news will be confirmed.

IIFA AWARDS : JODHAA AKBAR Shines with 10 Awards

2009-06-13T21:47:00.000-07:00

IIFA AWARDS : In a glitterating ceremony at Macau, China, Saturday night, Ashutosh Gowariker's historical romance "JODHAA AKBAR" clean bowled everybody and won a total of 10 trophies during the 10th International Indian Film Acadmey (IIFA) awards 2009.

Following are the nominations alongwith the WINNERS marked in BLUE :

Best Picture : Ghajini, A Wednesday, Dostana, Race, Jodhaa Akbar & Rock On!!

Best Direction : AR Murugadoss - Ghajini, Ashutosh Gowariker - Jodhaa Akbar, Madhur Bhandarkar - Fashion, Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On!! & Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) : Aamir Khan - Ghajini, Hrithik Roshan - Jodhaa Akbar, Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana, Shah Rukh Khan - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi & Naseeruddin Shah - A Wednesday

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) : Priyanka Chopra - Fashion, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Jodhaa Akbar, Katrina Kaif - Singh is Kinng, Asin Thottumkal - Ghajini & Bipasha Basu - Race

Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) : Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkar Raj, Arjun Rampal - Rock On!!, Sonu Sood - Jodhaa Akbar, Vinay Pathak - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi & Irrfan Khan - Mumbai Meri Jaan

Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) : Bipasha Basu - Bachna Ae Haseeno, Kangana Ranaut - Fashion, Ila Arun - Jodhaa Akbar, Shahana Goswami - Rock On!! & Kirron Kher - Dostana

Best Performance in a Negative Role : Akshaye Khanna - Race, Paresh Rawal - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Imran Khan - Kidnap, Pradeep Rawat - Ghajini & Visswa Badola - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Performance in a Comic Role : Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana, Anil Kapoor - Race, Shreyas Talpade - Welcome To Sajjanpur, Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal Returns, Rajpal Yadav - Bhoothnath & Tejpal Singh - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Music Director : AR Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar, AR Rahman - Ghajini, Pritam Chakraborty - Race, Vishal-Shekhar - Dostana & Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Rock On!!

Best Story : Haidar Ali - Jodhaa Akbar, Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On!!, Madhur Bhandarkar, Anuradha Tewari & Ajay Monga - Fashion, Shiraz Ahmed - Race & Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

Best Lyrics : Javed Akhtar - Jashan-e-Bahara (Jodhaa Akbar), Javed Akhtar - Socha Hai (Rock On!!), Jaideep Sahni - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), Anvita Dutt Guptan - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno) & Sameer - Pehli Nazar Mein (Race)

Best Playback Singer (Male) : Sukhwinder Singh - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), Farhan Akhtar - Socha Hai (Rock On!!), Atif Aslam- Pehli Nazar Mein (Race), Javed Ali - Jashan-e-Baharaa (Jodhaa Akbar) & KK- Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)

Best Playback Singer (Female) : Sunidhi Chauhan - Desi Girl (Dostana), Shreya Ghoshal - Teri Ore (Singh is Kinng), Bela Shinde - Man (Jodhaa Akbar),Shilpa Rao - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno) & Monali - Zara Zara Touch Me (Race)

Male Debutant : Farhan Akhtar - Rock On!!

Female Debutant : Asin Thottumkal - Ghajini

Following honours were also dedicated to commemorate 10 years of IIFA awards :

Film of the decade : "LAGAAN".

Lifetime Achievement Award : Rajesh Khanna

Male actor of the decade : Shah Rukh Khan

Female actor of the decade : Aishwarya Rai

Director of the decade : Rakesh Roshan

Composer of the decade : A.R. Rehman

Outstanding achievement in International Cinema : Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Technical Awards :

"Jodhaa Akbar" bagged the maximum Technical awards at IIFA.

Best Costume design : Neeta Lulla - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Editing : Ballu Saluja - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Art direction : Nitin Chandrakant Desai - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Make Up award : Madhav Kadam - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Sound recording : Resul Pokkutty & Amrit - Ghajini

Best Cinematography : Jason West - 'Rock On!!'

Best choreography : Farah Khan - "Desi girl" (Dostana)

Best Action : Peter Heins & Stun Suva - Ghajini

Best Visual Special Effects – Prime Focus - Ghajini

Best Song Recording – Purple Haze - Rock On!!

Best Background Score : A.R. Rehman - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Sound Re-recording : Leslie Fernandes - Race

Best Dialogue : Manu Rishi - Oye Lucky Lucky Oye

Best Screenplay : Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

"SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE" Kids sparkle at IIFA, Macau

2009-06-12T21:38:00.001-07:00

The dream run of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE kids continue, now during the ongoing International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) event at Macau.

Three child stars Tanay Chheda, Ashutosh Lobo & Tanvi of the multiple Oscar winning movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' were the stars who stole the limelight as they walked the green carpet at the IIFA event on Thursday evening.

Tanvi said "We are extremely excited about being here at the IIFA. We'll get to meet so many stars While .

Surprisingly the lead kids Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Rubina Ali Qureshi could not be seen at the event.

Amitabh Bachchan Wax Statue Showcased at IIFA in MACAU

2009-06-12T21:28:00.001-07:00

Amitabh's wax statue at IIFA Macau

BIG B's wax ststue, which was recently unveiled at the Madame Tussauds museum in New York last month, http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/katrina-kaif-shilpa-shetty-to-perform.html was especially flown in from New York to be showcased at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards event, which kicked off at MACAU from June 11, refer http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/iifa-awards-in-macau-china.html.

It may be recalled that the Wax figure which is dressed in a traditional black sherwani suit with a embroidery filled gold and black shawl, is the first figure to be part of all-new Bollywood Zone at Madame Tussauds New York's .

The wax figure was placed in the centre of the green carpet on the first day of the event.

Amitabh Bachchan the brand ambassador of IIFA, his son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan posed with the statue alongwith various Celebrities, dignitaries and even some members from the audience.

SHAH RUKH KHAN & KAJOL Shoot for "MY NAME IS KHAN" in USA

2009-06-09T20:34:00.000-07:00

Last week on Thursday, hot jodi of King Khan and Kajol reached San Francisco for a long npon-stop shooting stint of around 2 months for Karan Johar's "My Name is Khan".

It will specially be tough for Kajol to be away from her hubby Ajay Devgan and her daughter Nyasa for such a long duration.

To compensate for her long absence from Mumbai, recently Kajol flew down with her daughter to join her husband in Goa where he is shooting.

The film is based on post-terrorism Islamic threat. This time, Karan wants to ensure that the shooting goes on without any hassles, which he had to face during the last shooting stint, when all some members of his unitwere denied visas and also he was not allowed to shoot in religious places in America.

Hindi Films Strike over, new films from June 12

2009-06-08T23:54:00.001-07:00

Hindi Movies Drought is finally over after the strike between Multiplex Owners and Bollywood Producers got over on Friday early morning. Now the latest profit sharing agreement is as follows :

1st week – 50:50 between producers:exhibitors
2nd week – 42.50:57.50 between producers:exhibitors
3rd week – 37.50:62.50 between producers:exhibitors
4th week – 30:70 between producers:exhibitors

Pl refer my earlier blogs for details.

http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/06/bollywood-producers-vs-multiplex-owners.html

http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/bollywood-producers-vs-multiplex-owners_29.html

SONAM KAPOOR BIRTHDAY, 9th June

2009-06-08T23:20:00.000-07:00

Today is Sonam Kapoor's (of SAWARIYA & DELHI 6 fame) 24th birthday.

Wish her a Happy Birthday and all the best for her future projects, Ayesha (co-starring Abhay Deol) & Come on ! Pappu, (co-starring Akshay Kumar) to be directed by David Dhawan.

BOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS v/s MULTIPLEX OWNERS STRIKE ENDS

2009-06-05T21:44:00.000-07:00

Finally the strike between Bollywood Producers and Multiplex owners which was going since April start ended on Friday early morning. The news was announced by Produce Mukesh Bhat, who is the convenor of United Producers and Distributors Forum.

So the movie lovers will heave a sigh of relief and will be able to watch new movies from June 12 onwards. Probably the 1st movie to be released will be Vashu Bhagnani's "KAL KISSNE DEKHA"

For past details, refer my earlier blogs : http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/bollywood-producers-vs-multiplex-owners_29.html & http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/bollywood-producers-vs-multiplex-owners.html

Jhalak Dikhla Ja Season 3 Finals Winner Baichung Bhutia

2009-05-31T10:10:00.000-07:00

22:55 : Saroj Khan is called to announce the winner of the Final event and the Winner of JHALAK DIKHLA JA, Season 3 is BAICHUNG BHUTIA. The winner takes away 40 Lacs rupees prize and beautiful trophy. Everybody is surprised and Gauhar Khan is shocked.

22:50 : Judge Chorographer Vaibhavi MerchanT performing on MATAKALLI from DELHI 6.

22:40 : Now we are waiting eagerly for the Winner of JHALAK DIKHLA JA Season 3 and the fight is between GAUHAR KHAN & BAICHUNG BHATIA.

For live details, please refer to my :

http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/jhalak-dikhla-ja-3-finals-live-going-on.html

http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/jhalak-dikhla-ja-3-finals-on-sony-tv.html

JHALAK DIKHLA JA 3 FINALS LIVE GOING ON SONY TV

2009-05-31T09:17:00.000-07:00

22:37 : Another envelope is opened by Juhi which says that KARAN GROVER is not among the 2 finalists. And hence the 2 FINALISTS are : GAUHAR KHAN & BAICHUNG BHUTIA.
22:36 : Mallika opens up the envelope and the safe contestant is GAUHAR KHAN.
22:32 : And she is dancing with both Karan and Bhutia on her TALLI TALLI song.
22:31 : All the finalists are called up on the stage alongwith their chorographers. Mallika narrates a SHER - O - SHAYARI in her Haryanvi tone. She is asked with whom she will like to perform
22:29 : We are back after the break and Mallika Sherawat is dancing on MAIYYA MAIYYA from Guru movie.
22:22 Now comes the next Celebrity Star MALLIKA SHERAWAT who will dance on to TALLI HO GAYEE after the break.
22:12 : Karan and her choreographer Nichole performing on Kuch Kuch Hota Hai song, judges liked it but choregraphy was much more expected. The marks given are 25.
22:05 : Gauhar Khan give an electrifying performance alongwoth her choreographer Himanshu, which is liked very much by all the judges and can u believe they give a total of perfect 30.
21:55 : Gauhar Khan and Himanshu perform on the song dedicated to KARZ movie!
21:54 : Baichung and Sonia get 25 marks from the judges.
21:53 : Saroj Khan appreciates the performance but Juhi Chawla & Vaibhavi expected more from Sonia.
21:45 : Next is the performance from Baichung Bhutia and her choreographer Sonia.
21:43 : Now Hard Kaur's mother is comes up on the stage to present the "Jhalak's best FIND Award" to her daugher Hard Kaur.
21:40 : Finally all the choreographers show their dancing skills which really is a great one !!!
21:32 : Next comes Baichung with his solo performance on the song from DON, he impresses everybody.
21:27 : Gauhar Khan gives her 1st solo performance of the Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 3 on Britney Spears.... `I'm slave for you'
21:15 : After the break the Punjabi duo of there HARD KAUR and Anand Raj Anand lives up the stage with their performance.
21:07 : And Gauhar Khan performs with Hussain (Shah Rukh Khan of Indin Television) .
21:06 : Then Baichung dances with Mona Singh.
21:05 : Prachi performs with Karan Grover.
21:00 : Now last 2 season winners Mona Singh and Prachi Desai are there to perform.
20:50 : Now the time comes for the 1st Celebrity to enter the show, she is none other than Malaika Arora Khan, as usual looking hot annd dancing on "Hont Raseele" from WELCOME. She also dances alongwith Karan & Baichung.
20:47 : Here comes GAUHAR KHAN in hot pink tight pants performing with both KARAN & BHUTIA on Partner song "U R MY LOVE"

JHALAK DIKHLA JA 3 FINALS ON SONY TV

2009-05-31T08:59:00.000-07:00

JHALAK DIKHLA JA Season 3 Grand Finale is going live on SONY TV today. Refer my earlier blogs for further details : http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/jhalak-dikhla-ja-finals-on-may-30-on.html & http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/jhalak-dikhla-ja-finals-on-may-31-sony.html

The 3 Finalists are :

1. Baichung Bhutia - a top football player from India.

2. Karan Singh Grover - Salman Khan of India Television

3. Gauhar Khan- a top Model.

Several performances have taken place as follows :

1. Show started with the performane of BAICHUNG BHUTIA & KARAN GROVER on "AA DEKHEN JARA" song.

2. Then follws is a hot performance by hot GAUHAR KHAN on "Alla Duhai Ha" from film RACE.

3. The next performances are from the contestants - Parul Chauhan, Monica Bedi, Shilpa Shukla, Bhagyashree, Anand Raj Anand & Hard Kaur, followed by dance from the comperes - Rohit Roy and Shweta Tiwari.

4. In between some awards have also been presented as -

a) "Latke Jhatke Awards" which goes to both te judges Saroj Khan and Vibhavi.

b) "Best Expression Jhalak Award" goes to Shilpa Shukla.

For further live details move on to my next blog.

AMITABH BACHCHAN REJECTS DOCTORATE HONOUR

2009-05-30T12:11:00.000-07:00

As mentioned in my earlier blog http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/amitabh-bachchan-may-refuse-doctorate.html, about Big B asking his fans' opinion on his blog http://bigb.bigadda.com/, whether he should accept the Doctorate Honour from Queensland University, which were to be conferred on him in July. This was in view of the series of recent Racial attacks that took place upon Indian Students in Melbourne & Sydney.

Well Amitabh Bachchan has rightly taken the decision and has reacted strongly to the said racial attacks by rejecting the above mentioned an honorary doctorate.

Big B in his latest Blog has written :

"I write to you with a heavy heart on a matter that has now reached extremely sensitive proportions.

I have been reading and watching through the media the most unfortunate and violent attacks on Indian students in Australia; some of them lying in a most critical condition in hospital. I have observed with utter dismay the anguish that these incidents have caused to the families of those who have become unfortunate victims.

The Queensland University of Technology has very graciously offered only last week, to confer an Honorary Doctorate to me for my contribution to the world of entertainment.

"Under the prevailing circumstances I find it inappropriate at this juncture, to accept this decoration. My conscience is profoundly unsettled at the moment and there seems to be a moral disjuncture between the suffering of these students and my own approbation.

I have the highest respect for your illustrious Institution and wish to express my deepest regard for the recognition it bestows me with. I do not wish to offend in any manner this kind gesture by the Queensland University of Technology, but I do hope that you will understand my present feelings."

We are proud of you Amitji and appreciate your gesture.

JHALAK DIKHLA JA FINALS ON MAY 31, SONY TV

2009-05-30T12:07:00.000-07:00

After the finals of DANCE INDIA DANCE on ZEE TV, it is now the turn of "JHALAK DIKHLA JA" SEASON 3 finals on SONY TV on May31, 8pm.

The 3 finalists are :
Baichung Bhutia
Gauhar Khan
Karan Singh Grover

http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/jhalak-dikhla-ja-finals-on-may-30-on.html

DANCE INDIA DANCE WINNER IS SALMAN KHAN

2009-05-30T11:23:00.001-07:00

And the WINNER of “DANCE INDIA DANCE” Sabse bade Dancing Star ki Khoj is “SALMAN KHAN" from Bangalore.

Hence the “SUNHERI TAQDEER KI TOPI” goes to “SALMAN KHAN" , he gets the Prize Award of Rs.50 Lacs and a chance to perform with Bollywood Heartthrob SALMAN KHAN in his forthcoming film “WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE”.

“DANCE INDIA DANCE” FINALS LIVE ON ZEE TV

2009-05-30T09:37:00.000-07:00

And the WINNER of “DANCE INDIA DANCE” Sabse bade Dancing Star ki Khoj is “SALMAN KHAN" from Bangalore.

Hence the “SUNHERI TAQDEER KI TOPI” goes to “SALMAN KHAN" , he gets the Prize Award of Rs.50 Lacs and a chance to perform with Bollywood Heartthrob SALMAN KHAN in his forthcoming film “WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE”.

Now the remaining 3 finalists gave a live performance together.
After the performances of Dance Masters 'Terence & Geeta', it's the turn of REMO, who is now dancing live.

JAI BHANUSHALI, compere of DANCE INDIA DANCE is giving live performance.

BEST PAISA WASOOL PERFORMANCE AWARD goes to "SIDDHESH PAI".

LUX SABSE KHUBSOORAT PERFORMANCE OF THE SERIES AWARD goes to SALMAN KHAN, which is being presented by Choreographer Ahmed Khan & Jumping Jack Jeetendra.

Now the dance performance of PRINCE GUPTA is going on. Prince was called the "Prince of LOCKING & POPPING", and incidentally he could naot make to the Final FOUR and stood 5th in the show.

VIEWERS CHOICE BEST DUO PERFORMANCE AWARD goes to "JAI & VRUSHALI"

Currently "ALISHA & SALMAN" are performing LIVE on ZEE TV, DANCE INDIA DANCE FINALS.

Now the performance of Dance Master "TERENCE LEWIS" is going on.

The grand FINALE of biggest Dance Reality show “DANCE INDIA DANCE” ‘Sabse Bade Dancing Star Ki khoj’ is being telecast live on ZEE TV, which started at 8pm today.

After the DANCE performances of all the contestants and the FOUR FINALISTS, the last finalist who has got minimum number of votes has been announced. And the 4th position goes to JAI KUMAR NAIR from Mumbai.

Refer my earlier blog http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/dance-india-dance-finals-on-may-30-on.html for details on finalists.

During the show, Grand Master of the show Mithun Chakraborty came alongwith Prabhu Deva & Boney Kapoor, who are the Director & Producer of their forthcoming film "WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE", a remake of South super hit POKHIRI, starring SALMAN KHAN & AYESHA TAKIA. And Boney Kapoor announced that the winner of this show will get to showcase his talent in the above movie, which is due to release in July, this was the promise made by Mithun Da on the show earlier, which he has fulfilled.

The 4 finalists are “SALMAN KHAN (Bangalore), ALISHA SINGH (Ranchi), JAI KUMAR NAIR (Mumbai) & SIDDHESH PAI (Mumbai)”.

Let’s see who gets to wear “SUNHERI TAQDEER KI TOPI” on his/her head.

IIFA 2009 AWARDS IN MACAU, CHINA

2009-05-30T01:04:00.000-07:00

AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN TO PERFORM AT IIFA AWARDS 2009, MACAU

The much awaited 10th IDEA IIFA (The International Indian Film Academy) Awards will be showcased in exotic city of MACAU at The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, during June 11-13 .

This was announced at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai on April 28, 2009 by IIFA Brand Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan.

And Big B''s daughter-in-law AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN will perform during the awards nite on June 13, it may be recalled that Aish had also performed at IIFA in Amsterdam in 2005. Also performing at the show will be Sonam Kapoor, who will make her debut on stage, and Kareena Kapoor.

The IIFA award ceremony has travelled across various continents from London, Yorkshire and Amsterdam in Europe, Johannesberg & Sun City in South Africa and Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai & Bangkok in Asia.

The nominations for the event were alos announced which are as follows :

Best Picture : Ghajini, A Wednesday, Dostana, Race, Jodhaa Akbar & Rock On!!

Best Direction : AR Murugadoss - Ghajini, Ashutosh Gowariker - Jodhaa Akbar, Madhur Bhandarkar - Fashion, Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On!! & Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) : Aamir Khan - Ghajini, Hrithik Roshan - Jodhaa Akbar, Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana, Shah Rukh Khan - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi & Naseeruddin Shah - A Wednesday

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) : Priyanka Chopra - Fashion, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Jodhaa Akbar, Katrina Kaif - Singh is Kinng, Asin Thottumkal - Ghajini & Bipasha Basu - Race

Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) : Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkar Raj, Arjun Rampal - Rock On!!, Sonu Sood - Jodhaa Akbar, Vinay Pathak - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi & Irrfan Khan - Mumbai Meri Jaan

Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) : Bipasha Basu - Bachna Ae Haseeno, Kangana Ranaut - Fashion, Ila Arun - Jodhaa Akbar, Shahana Goswami - Rock On!! & Kirron Kher - Dostana

Best Performance in a Negative Role : Akshaye Khanna - Race, Paresh Rawal - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Imran Khan - Kidnap, Pradeep Rawat - Ghajini & Visswa Badola - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Performance in a Comic Role : Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana, Anil Kapoor - Race, Shreyas Talpade - Welcome To Sajjanpur, Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal Returns, Rajpal Yadav - Bhoothnath & Tejpal Singh - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Music Director : AR Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar, AR Rahman - Ghajini, Pritam Chakraborty - Race, Vishal-Shekhar - Dostana & Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Rock On!!

Best Story : Haidar Ali - Jodhaa Akbar, Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On!!, Madhur Bhandarkar, Anuradha Tewari & Ajay Monga - Fashion, Shiraz Ahmed - Race & Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

Best Lyrics : Javed Akhtar - Jashan-e-Bahara (Jodhaa Akbar), Javed Akhtar - Socha Hai (Rock On!!), Jaideep Sahni - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), Anvita Dutt Guptan - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno) & Sameer - Pehli Nazar Mein (Race)

Best Playback Singer (Male) : Sukhwinder Singh - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), Farhan Akhtar - Socha Hai (Rock On!!), Atif Aslam- Pehli Nazar Mein (Race), Javed Ali - Jashan-e-Baharaa (Jodhaa Akbar) & KK- Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)

Best Playback Singer (Female) : Sunidhi Chauhan - Desi Girl (Dostana), Shreya Ghoshal - Teri Ore (Singh is Kinng), Bela Shinde - Man (Jodhaa Akbar),
Shilpa Rao - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno) & Monali - Zara Zara Touch Me (Race)

SALMAN KHAN'S DUS KA DUM SEASON 2

2009-05-30T00:53:00.000-07:00

SALMAN KHAN'S DUS KA DUM SEASON 2 BACK ON SONY TV

A written in my earlier blog, Salman Khan is back with a bang thru' his "DUS KA DUM, SEASON 2", on SONY TV, May 30, 9pm

http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/salman-khan-on-dus-ka-dum-2-on-sony.html

And the show will kick start with the celebrity Sister duo of KAREENA KAPOOR and KARISMA KAPOOR.

AMITABH BACHCHAN MAY REFUSE DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM AUSTRALIA

2009-05-30T00:47:00.000-07:00

AMITABH BACHCHAN MAY REFUSE DOCTORATE FROM QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIAN

In view if the recent RACIAL ATTACKS on INDIAN STUDENTS in Melbourne & Sydney in Australia, our Big B Amitabh Bachchan is contemplating to refuse the DOCTORATE HONOUR which will be conferred on him by Queensland University, Australia, in July.

According to Amitabh, his conscience does not allow him to accept this honour from the country where Indian students are being targeted for racial attacks. Big B in his blog http://bigb.bigadda.com has asked for the views from his fans and has written -

“Last week, I have accepted from the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia an offer of decorating me with an Honarary Doctorate for my contribution to the world of entertainment. This issue was under discussion and consideration by the University Board for some months and has now fructified. It is to be conferred on me in the month of July as a part of the celebrations being held there, to commemorate a retrospective of my films to be inaugurated in the city.

I mean no disrespect to the Institution that honors me, but under the present circumstances, where citizens of my own country are subjected to such acts of inhuman horror, my conscience does not permit me to accept this decoration from a country that perpetrates such indignity to my fellow countrymen. And here is where I need your inputs. Am I right in thinking so. And if yes then is my act of refusing the honor justified or not. I shall put this up as my POLL question and shall feel obliged if EF can indicate to me their opinion, for me to be ale to take the correct action.”

It may be recalled that 4 students have been attacked in Melbourne and Sydney in several racial slurs within a short span 3-4 weeks and in one of these attacks an Indian students Shravan Kumar is critically injured and is recuperating in a Melbourne hospital.

KARAN JOHAR’S BIRTHDAY PARTY

2009-05-29T08:21:00.001-07:00

KARAN JOHAR’S BIRTHDAY PARTY BECOMES A PATCH-UP EVENT

The much talked about 37th birthday bash of Producer Director Karan Johar’s on May 25 at Mumbai Hotel turned out to be huge event with most of the biggies of Hindi film fraternity turning out for their favourite man.

One of the major highlights was the patch-up between Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor with both of them could be seen laughing and giggling. Both of them also heated up the dance floor and thus ending the cold war going on between two big families of Bollywood, that started with the break-up between Abhishek Bachchan and Karisma Kapoor.

And the 2 persons who had the credit to resolve the differences between two families are none other than - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Karan Johar.

The top absentees in the event were Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan who obviously wanted to avoid Shah Rukh Khan’s presence, besides Aamir Khan, John Abraham and surprisingly KAJOL.

Other attraction of the birthday bash was the camaraderie seen between Abhishek Bachchan and King Khan Shah Rukh, thus putting rest to the so called rumours of tussle going between King Khan & Big B Amitabh Bachchan.

Star couples who attended the party were : Abhishek Bachchan-Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan-Gauri, Hrithik Roshan-Susanne, Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor-Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal-Mehr, Imran Khan-Avantika Malik, Riteish Deshmukh-Genelia D'Souza etc., besides Shahid Kapur, Sonam Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee, Tusshar Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan, Vivek Oberoi, Lara Dutta, Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia etc.

“JHALAK DIKHLA JA” FINALS ON MAY 31 ON SONY TV

2009-05-29T08:14:00.001-07:00

Grand Finale of other Dance Reality show “JHALAK DIKHLA JA” Season 3 will be showcase on SONY TV on May 31, 8pm.

The 3 finalists are :

“GAUHAR KHAN"

"BAICHUNG BHUTIA"

"KARAN SINGH GROVER”.

The Celebrity Judges are – “SAROJ KHAN, JUHI CHAWLA & VAIBHAVI MERCHANT”.

The show is compered by Shweta Tiwari & Ronit Roy.

The highlight of the grand finale of Jhalak Dikhla La Ja 3 will be the performance by Bollywood hottie “Mallika Sherawat” besides performances by Mona Singh, Prachi Desai, Hussain Kuwajerwala. It may be noted that Mona Singh & Prachi Desai and were the winners of previous seasons of Jhalak Dikh La Ja.

“DANCE INDIA DANCE” FINALS ON MAY 30 ON ZEE TV

2009-05-29T07:57:00.001-07:00

The biggest Dance Reality show “DANCE INDIA DANCE” ‘Sabse Bade Dancing Star Ki khoj’ will declare it’s winner on it's grand finale to be shown on ZEE TV, May 30 starting at 8pm. This dance show has become a super hit since it’s launch and has showcased some good talents in dancing.

The 4 finalists are :

SALMAN KHAN (Bangalore)

ALISHA SINGH (Ranchi)

JAI KUMAR NAIR (Mumbai)

& SIDDHESH PAI (Mumbai).

And the Grand Master who is above all is MITHUN CHAKRABORTI. .

Their mentors and masters on the show are - Remo D’souja, Terence Lewis and and Geeta Kapur.

The show is compered by Somya Tandon & Jai Bhanushali.

Let’s see who gets to wear “SUNHERI TAQDEER KI TOPI” on his/her head.

INDIAN TELEVISION SCENE – MANY NEW SERIALS TO START IN MAY END

2009-05-29T07:36:00.000-07:00

INDIAN TELEVISION SCENE – MANY NEW SERIALS TO START IN MAY END

Starting May 25, Indian Television is going for a number of “NEW TV SOAPS, SERIALS & REALITY SHOWS”.

SONY ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION has been advertising since long that they are changing from May 25 and they have come up with new serials as - SALMAN KHAN’S “DUS KA DUM”, PALAMPUR EXPRESS, BHASKAR BHARTI, LADIES SPECIAL, CHITTOD KI RANI PADMIN & ENTERTAINMENT KE LYE KUCH BHI KAREGA.

NDTV IMAGINE will be showing - SEETA AUR GEETA & RAKHI KA SWAYAMVAR.
STAR PLUS - MITWA - PHOOL KAMAL KE & KHELO JEETO JIYO.
STAR ONE – HANS BALIYE to be judged by David Dhawan & Karishma Kapoor.
ZEE TV is coming up up with – AAP KI ANTARA, PAVITRA RISHTA and LITTLE CHAMPS new season.
SAB TV – MANIBEN.COM starring Smriti Irani.

COLORS – Akshaya Kumar’s KHATRON KE KHILADI Season 2, INDIA’S GOT TALENT, CHHOTE MIYAN Chapter 2 and VIKRAM BETAAL.

BOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS v/s MULTIPLEX OWNERS STRIKE TO BE OVER SOON

2009-05-29T07:34:00.001-07:00

BOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS v/s MULTIPLEX OWNERS STRIKE TO BE OVER SOON
The long ongoing tussle between Bollywood Producers and Multiplex Owners over profit sharing is finally over and the truce papers are due to be signed. So it will bring a huge respite to the Movie fans, who were left high and dry with no new big Hindi film release since April 4. http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/bollywood-producers-vs-multiplex-owners.html

As a result, we shall be seeing an ocean of releases in June starting with Film Producer Vashu Bhagnani’s “KAL KISSNE DEKHA”, thru’ which he is launching his soon Jackie Bhagnanai. Other big films to follow will be Shahid-Priyanka much awaited “KAMINEY” directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, Sajid Nadiadwala’s biggest venture “KAMBAKHT ISHQ” featuring Akshay Kareena, much talked about Rakesh Roshan’s “KITES” starring Hrithik and Barbara Mori AND and Barbara Mori and Saif Deepika starrer "LOVE AAJ KAL".
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So Film buffs guys get set go in June….

KATRINA KAIF DANCES TO "JAI HO" AT IPL T20 FINALS

2009-05-27T07:36:00.000-07:00

KATRINA KAIF DANCES TO "JAI HO" AT IPL T20 FINALS IN JOHANNESBERG

Bollywood heartthrob KATRINA KAIF set the stage on fire during her dance performance on "JAI HO" for the closing ceremony of DLF IPL T20 on May 24.

http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/katrina-kaif-shilpa-shetty-to-perform.html

Incidentally Shilpa Shetty was also to perform for the show with AKON, but could not do so, since she could not get time to rehearse for her performance. Hence to compensate for her absence, Katrina Kaif was requested by the organisers to DANCE with AKON, which she sportingly agreed, inspite of not rehearsing for the act.

WELL DONE KATRINA.

KARISHMA KAPOOR TO JUDGE TV COMEDY SHOW

2009-05-27T07:25:00.000-07:00

KARISHMA KAPOOR TO JUDGE TV COMEDY SHOW WITH DAVID DHAWAN

The super hit jodi of Karisma Kapoor and David Dhawan, which worked together in many super hit Bollywood movies like "JUDWA", "HASEENA MAAN JAAYEGI", "BIWI NO. 1" & "CHAL MERE BHAI" is back, but now on Indian TV Channel STAR ONE. Well they both will be judging a HINDI COMEDY REALITY SHOW "HANS BALIYE", which is to be aired on STAR ONE, May 30 at 8.30 p.m.

This reality show will feature 8 real life celebrity couples like television actors Tanaaz and Bakhtyaar Irani, Delnaaz and Rajiv Paul, newly wed Juhi Parmaar with husband Sachin and Sara Khan with Ali Merchant.

KUNAL KHEMU "99" DOES WELL AT BOX OFFICE

2009-05-26T21:10:00.000-07:00

Recently released "99" starring Kunal Khemu, Soha Ali Khan, Boman Irani, Cyrus Broacha, Vinod Khanna is doing wonders at the Bollywood Box Office, cashing the opportunity of the strike between Multiplex owners and Film Producers.

Initially the film started slow, but later on crowds "99" B.O earnings went up with positive word of mouth.

In its first week at the box office, the film has garnered Rs. 7.24 crores, which seems to be a good money, considering the film was not promoted well and also IPL T20 was also on.

"99" is directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK and produced by Anupam Mittal and Aditya Shastri of People Pictures. The film is set-up in 1999 and is based on cricket betting scandal which was prominent during that period.

SHAH RUKH KHAN SHOOTS FOR DULHA MIL GAYA

2009-05-26T20:50:00.000-07:00

SRK'S DULHA MIL GAYA SHOOTING FINISHES

Inspite of King Khan's shoulder injury he went ahead and shot not only a qawaali track for producer Viveck Vaswani's upcoming film "DULHA MIL GAYA", but he also shot a promotional song for the film in Mehboob Studios, Mumbai. In all he took 3 days to complete his portion.

Viveck Vaswani is very much grateful to Shah Rukh, who himslef offered to shoot for the film inspite of him nursing a shoulder injury which has not yet healed up.

Remember, film has been in making for a long time and has been a jinx, because of several incidents which took place during the film's shoot, refer my earlier blog http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2008/12/bollywood-news-amitabh-shaharukh.html

"DULHA MIL GAYA", is directed by Mudassar Aziz, AND CO-stars Sushmita Sen and Fardeen Khan alongwith SRK.
Viveck Vaswani is happy because his film shooting is now complete with the shoot of these two songs.

According to him "The qawaali track is going to be the major highlight of the film. It is eight minutes long and features the entire principal cast of the film," .

Let's now wait for the ongoing strike between Multiplex owners and Bollywood producers to get over and watch DULHA MIL GAYA alongwith several biggies which are waiting in queue to be released. Refer http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/05/bollywood-producers-vs-multiplex-owners.html for details.

AMITABH BACHCHAN IN RAM GOPAL VARMA'S RANN

2009-05-25T06:54:00.000-07:00

RAM GOPAL VARMA'S "JANN GANN MANA RANN" IS IN TROUBLE

It seems Ram Gopal Varma and Controversy go side by side. Ramu is again in news for a song titled "JANN GANN MANA RANN" which features in his forthcoming Hindi film RANN, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Reitesh Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Rajat Kapoor, Neetu Chandra, Mohnish Behl and Gul Panag. Big B essays the role of Harshavardhan Malik, Head of News channel India24/7 and Reitesh Deshmukh plays an Investigative Journalist.

Well the controversy is that Ram Gopal Varma has been accused of distorting the National Anthem "JANA GANA MANA" for commercial interest and has played with the sentiments of general public. As a result, Supreme Court & Censor Board has banned the controversial song from being further aired on TV or Radio.

Rann shows the realities of Indian media and how it is purely driven by monetary interests rather than reporting the truth.

BOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS v/s MULTIPLEX OWNERS DEADLOCK CONTINUES

2009-05-24T00:02:00.000-07:00

BOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS v/s MULTIPLEX OWNERS DEADLOCK CONTINUES

Ongoing tussle between Bollywood Producers and Multiplex Owners over profit sharing is still on and hence there is no respite to the Movie buffs, who are fed up of this stalemate and are devoid of new Hindi Films release.

The said strike started on April 4 and since then there have been no big releases of Hindi movies, as a result film lovers have to watch the re-run of old movies as Ghajini, Rock On etc.

Well the cause of the strike is the exisiting profit sharing between Producers and Multiplex Owners which at present is 50-55% of the earnings for the multiplexes in the 1st week of film release. This increases to 55-60% in the 2nd week and as high as upto 705 in the subsequent 3rd & 4th weeks. As a result, Bollywood Producers are demanding for a flat 50-50 profit sharing for all the weeks, whereas the exhibitors are asking for a performance based arrangements depending upon the film response.

Film lovers are eagerly awaiting for the fight to be over so that they are able to relish the new Hindi blockbusters.

KATRINA KAIF, SHILPA SHETTY TO PERFORM IN IPL T20 CRICKET FINALS

2009-05-23T23:47:00.000-07:00

KATRINA KAIF, SHILPA SHETTY TO PERFORM IN IPL T20 FINALS IN WANDERERS, JOHANNESBERG, ON SUNDAY, MAY 24

Bollywood and Indian Cricket connection can’t be kept separate. As we all know, film stars as Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty are the owners of Kolkatta Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals.
Now Bollywood Tadka is here again to show it’s presence in the CLOSING CEREMONY for the finals of ongoing DLF IPL T20 Cricket tournament to be played in Wanderers, Johannesberg, South Africa on May 24, between Hyderabad Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore, who incidentally stood the last 2 in the first IPL T20 staged in India last year.

Bollywood Hottie KATRINA KAIF who is supporting Royal Challengers Bangalore, will light up the stage with her dance performance including a medley of songs (including the Slumdog Millionaire track ‘Jai Ho’) . Also, SHILPA SHETTY will set the stage on fire with her performance. The dances will be choreographed by famous Indian choreographer Shiamak Davar who will be here with his dance troop. Plus the audience will be mesmerized by the drum beats of No. 1 Indian Drummer SHIVAMANI from Chennai and who incidentally is strong supporter of Chennai Super Kings Cricket team.

Also, Miss Bolywood IPL South Africa will be announced who will get a chance to act opposite Shah Rukh Khan.

Caribbean music legend Eddy Grant and American R&B singing sensation Akon are other names who will sizzle in the concluding ceremony.

We are eagerly awaiting for the IPL T20 FINALS as well as the CLOSING CEREMONY.

AMITABH BACHCHAN’S WAX FIGURE INNAUGURATED AT MADAME TUSSAUDS, NEW YORK

2009-05-23T23:40:00.000-07:00

AMITABH BACHCHAN’S WAX FIGURE INNAUGURATED AT MADAME TUSSAUDS, NEW YORK
Bollywood Super Star Amitabh Bachchan’s wax figure was recently unveiled at Madame Tussauds, NEW YORK, this week. A "Bollywood Bash" was also held at Times Square, in which Five Bollywood Dancers performed.

Amitabh’s figure was attired in a traditional Black Sherwani wearing a black and gold Scarf around his neck.

This wax figure of Bollywood film legend is the first to be part of Madame Tussauds New York's “BOLLYWOOD ZONE”, which was recently introduced. This will be followed by other prominent figures from Indian Film Fraternity in the years to come.

It may be noted that Amitabh Bachchan’s wax statue is already a star attraction in Madame Tussauds, London, which is flanked by his daughter in law Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan andSachin Tendulkar wax figures.

SALMAN KHAN ON “DUS KA DUM 2” ON SONY TELEVISION

2009-05-23T23:37:00.000-07:00

SALMAN KHAN BACK ON “DUS KA DUM 2” ON SONY TELEVISION

Bollywood heart throb SALMAN KHAN is back on Indian Television with a bang in ‘DUS KA DUM’ Season 2, which will be starting on Sony Television on May 30.

Salman Khan even promoted the show during the press event held at ITC Grand Maratha, Mumbai on May 21 to announce their new program which was a super hit in it’s first appearance, last year.

He was in a jolly mood, during the press event and was sportingly interacting with media and answering their questions, wittingly

It was recently reported that due to the ongoing recession, Salman has halved his fee for the show as compared to the last year. It was also heard that Salman will not rope in his celebrity friends for the show since he was paid half the amount this time. And when Sallu was asked, he cleverly answered that “I am left with very few friends in the film industry, so if I will find some new friends I will definitely get them”.

He also admitted that the episode with AAMIR KHAN, was his most favourite during the 1st season.

In the 2nd Season, film stars which are expected to make their appearance in the show are – Sister duo of KAREENA KAPOOR and KARISMA KAPOOR, MALLIKA SHERAWAT.

He also wished to interact with DHARMENDRA & SUNNY DEOL in the show.

PRAKASH MEHRA – BOLLYWOOD LEGENDRY DIRECTOR DIES

2009-05-17T21:53:00.001-07:00

PRAKASH MEHRA – BOLLYWOOD LEGENDRY DIRECTOR DIES

Legendary Bollywood Producer Director of yesteryears Prakash Mehra died on May 17 in a Mumbai hospital after prolonged illness due to multiorgan failure.

Prakash Mehra was instrumental in introducing ANGRY YOUNG MAN AMITABH BACHCHAN to Bollywood fim industry thru’ his super-duper hit “ZANJEER”, in 1973. After the success of Zanjeer, they both came together and gave a series of hits as - MUQADDAR KA SIKANDER, LAAWARIS, NAMAK HALAL, SHARABI AND HERA PHERI. Their last film JADUGAR was incidentally a flop in 1989.

Prakash Mehra started his journey in the industry as a production controller in the late 1950s. He later on shifted to direction with his first film HASEENA MAAN JAYEGI in 1968, starring Shashi Kapoor. His last film was BAL BRAHMACHARI in 1996, thru’ which he launched Puru Raajkumar, son of veteran actor Raaj Kumar.
May his soul rest in peace.

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - AISHWARYA RAI

2009-05-17T21:10:00.001-07:00

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – BOLLYWOOD PRESENCE

Besides KITES team, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made her presence once again on Red Carpet with her hubby Abhishek at CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, THEATRE GRAND LUMIERE. Rai first walked the Cannes red carpet in 2003 for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film DEVDAS.

But this year, she has been blamed for excluding Sonam Kapoor’s name from the LOREAL’s invitation list for a walk on red carpet. As you know, recently Sonam Kapoor was added as a Brand Ambassador by International cosmetic giant Loreal. Initially on May 11, Loreal issued a press statement that both Aishwarya & Sonam would be present in Cannes festival, but a couple of days later, they excluded Sonam’s name from the prestigious list of celebrities, which came as a shock to Sonam Kapoor. News are that Aishwarya Rai is behind Sonam’s exclusion from Cannes Red Carpet walk.

Sad for Sonam, since her presence at Cannes would have done wonders for her career.

HRITHIK KITES TEAM IN CANNES

2009-05-17T21:02:00.000-07:00

KITES CREW IN CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Hrithik is seriously promoting his dream project “KITES” co-starring BARBARA MORI & KANGANA RAUT, directed by Anurag Basu. Senior Crew of the film was seen in ongoing Cannes Film Festival. They launced a teaser trailer of the film KITES.

The film is scheduled to be released in last quarter of 2009 and will be released in English and Hindi versions.

KITES is in news for some steamy scenes between Hrithik & Barbara Mori. Also a Hindi News channel went on to such an extent showing Hrithik & Barbara holding hands in Cannes on the red carpet and blaming Hrithik for leaving his wife Suzanne back in India, and instead having a good time with his film heroine.

KITES have been reportedly sold for a whopping 150 Crores to RELIANCE BIG PICTURES, for worldwide rights.

FEROZ KHAN PASSES AWAY DUE TO CANCER

2009-04-26T19:59:00.001-07:00

FEROZ KHAN DIES AT 70

Veteran Bollywood Actor & Director FEROZ KHAN pssed away at his Bangalore residence on 27th April around 1.15 am.

He was fightimg with Cancer for the last more than a year. He is survived by his two children Laila and Fardeen Khan. His last wish was to see his horses at his farmhouse in Bangalore. His family members immediately shifted him to Banglaore from Mumbai on 24th April to fulfill his last wish.

Some of the famous works of this stylish filmmaker are - Qurbani, Janbaaz, Dayavan, Welcome, Apradh, Nagin, Mela, Chunaoti, Dharmatma, Safar, Aadmi Aur Insaan, Geeta Mera Naam, Khhotte Sikkay, Arzoo.

May GOD rest his soul in Peace and give strength to his family members to bear this great loss.

SALMAN KHAN CAMPAIGNING FOR INDIAN ELECTIONS

2009-04-13T23:24:00.001-07:00

INDIAN GENERAL ELECTIONS – SALMAN, AAMIR & SRK

Nowadays Elections Fever is high in the Indian Atmosphere, the voting of which starts on April 16.
Our Bollywood Stars are also on the roads campaigning for different parties. Can you believe Salman Khan is campaigning for Congress and BJP (Bhartiya Janta Party) at a time.

Last week he was seen in Hoshiyarpur in Punjab standing besides yesteryear superstar Vinod Khanna who is a sitting Member of Parliament of BJP.

And earlier this week he was seen campaigning for Milind Deora in Southern Mumbai constituency for Congress Party. And everybody was quite impressed by the volume of gathering he could amass during his roadshows.

And when Salman Khan was asked how come he was campaigning for both Congress and BJP, to which Sallu Miyan politically replied that he was not satnding for any party rather he was campaigning for his friends.

On the other hand Aamir Khan can be seen on TV, asking people to vote for a right candidate rather than standing for any particular party.

And the 3rd Khan that is SRK our King Khan is staying away from the Election Fever and is rather busy campaigning for his Kolkata Knight Riders for the forthcoming Indian Premier League 20-20 starting in South Africa from April 18.

PRIYANKA CHOPRA DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL

2009-04-13T23:21:00.000-07:00

PRIYANKA CHOPRA NOT KEEPING WELL

Priyanka riding high on the success of FASHION & DOSTANA was rushed to hospital on last Saturday with complaints of severe Stomach Ache. She was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai and was discharged on April 13 morning.

It seems our Piggy Chops is taking lots of stress as few days ago last week she fainted while shooting on the sets of Ashutosh Gowariker's WHAT’S YOUR RAASHE, with her ex-boyfriend Harman Baweja? But sadly nobody turned up in the Hospital to see her, by nobody I mean to say both of her ex-boyfriends Shahid Kapur and Harman Baweja.

Anyway take care Priyanka.

SHAH RUKK & AAMIR KHAN JOIN HANDS

2009-04-08T00:52:00.000-07:00

SRK & AAMIR KHAN JOIN HANDS

Bollywood Stars Shah Rukh Khan & Aamir Khan leaving behind their old tussle came together on a single platform yesterday to join the ongoing struggle between the Producers and multiplex owners over the profit sharing in the business revenues.

At a PRESS CONFERENCE, Aaamir said that the industry can survive only if all the sectors viz. Producers, Distributors & Exhibitors work together in fairness. "

SRK & AAMIR joined the a big gathering on this occasion with the biggies of film industry as Yash Chopra, Ronnie Screwvala, Rakesh Roshan, Sajid Nadiadwala, Ratan Jain, Bhushan Kumar, Ramesh Sippy, Mukesh Bhatt and many others.

It may be recalled that the Producers from the film industry have gone on strike from April 4 and have decided not to release any films until the multiplex owners agree to a revenue sharing of 50:50.

In response to the producers' demand, the multiplex owners said a strict 'NO' and instead said that will pay 50:50 only if the film does well, else the revenue will not be shared equally.

SRK added - "We have come with a slogan. Fair rights for Friday nights," .

We are keeping our fingers crossed and hope for an early solution to this issue.

AA DEKHEN ZARA : FILM REVIEW

2009-03-27T23:47:00.000-07:00

AA DEKHEN ZARA : FILM REVIEW
Here comes a thriller movie which opens up with lots of potential, arising from a new idea, but on the whole failing to live up to the expectations. OK, without wasting any time, let’s get down to the story.

The film protagonist is Ray [Neil Nitin Mukesh], a struggling photographer, not doing well in life, until he comes across a very special camera inherited from his grandfather. And his life gets completely changed, courtesy the magical camera which has the ability to see the future. Along his success story of rags to riches, he meets his love life in the form of Simi [Bipasha Basu], a DJ.
And akin to typical Bollywood film, our Hero has to face and fight against the evil forces and his destiny.

The film’s first half carries a lot of promise and starts off with a fizz, but gradually the script and story let’s you down and finally ends up leaving the audience confused.

As regards to performances, Neil Nitin Mukesh, grandson of legendry singer Mukesh, he lives upto the expectations as displayed in his debut movie Johnny Gaddar. Bipasha Basu, as usual sails thru’ her role. Surprisingly Rahul Dev impresses in the negative character.

Director Jehangir Surti impresses with his style of presentation, visuals, but alas the script lets him down. Especially if you are dealing in a suspense thriller, one has to be very careful as to how to unravel the mystery systematically and keeping the curiosity factor intact. Here in the case of AA DEKHEN ZARA, on the contrary, the climax is confusing and chaotic.

The plus points of the film is VISUALS, PEPPY & ENERGETIC MUSIC, SLICK CINEMATOGRAPHY and some thrilling ACTION Sequences. The title song AA DEKHEN ZARA is sung by Neil Nitin Mukesh himself. Overall, the film will attract the young audience and it’s peppy music coupled up with long weekend will open up well, but gradually will fail to sustain later on.

I will give 2 out of 5.

TITLES
Banner : Eros Entertainment
Released on : March 27, 2009
Language : Hindi
Genre : Thriller
Producer : Viki Rajani
Director : Jehangir Surti
Star Cast :
Neil Nitin Mukesh - Ray Acharya

Bipasha Basu - Simi Chatterjee

Rahul Dev – Captain
Biswajeet Chatterjee - Dr. Animesh Joshi
Sophie Choudry - Bindiya Avasthi

Bobby Vatsa - Puri
Music on : Eros Music

Singers : Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan, Dibyendu Mukherji, Sunaina, AkrutI Kakkar & Shweta Vijay

Music : Pritam Chakraborty, Gourov Dasgupta
Cinematography : Jehangir Chowdhury
Choreography : Ahmed Khan, Harshall & Vitthal
Action : Shyam Kaushal
Screenplay & Story : Sheershak Anand & Shantanu Ray Chhibber

EMRAAN HASHMI - BREAKS HIS FINGER

2009-03-27T02:41:00.000-07:00

EMRAAN HASHMI - FRACTURE HIS FINGER ON HIS BIRTHDAY

Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi celebrated his birthday on March 24 while shooting for his upcoming film 'Tum Mile'. But he had another surprise rather a bad one waiting for him.

Well he fractured his finger on his birthday during the shooting of rain scenes simulating the July 26 Mumbai floods of 2005. Earlier also during this film shoot Emraan injured his eye, refer my blog of Feb. 25 - http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/02/emraan-hashmi-gets-injured.html

They had a quiet birthday, since he was busy shooting the whole day and reached home late.

Emraan is shooting with her co-star Soha Ali Khan in a Scrap factory at Mulund and can you believe for around 16 hours daily.

Keep it up Emraan and all the best for your future films.

AISHWARYA RAI - NEW FACE OF BARBIE !!!

2009-03-25T22:40:00.000-07:00

AISHWARYA RAI - NEW FACE OF BARBIE DOLL

Indian actor and beauty queen Aishwarya Rai is on the verge of addaing another feather to her cap.

She is expected to join the famous Hollywood celebrities - Elizabeth Taylor & Beyonce Knowles, in a way that BARBIE DOLL will be modelled on her. That means BARBIE DOLL will have Indian face in the form of AISHWARYA RAI.

Keep it up AISH, we are awaiting for the confirmation.

KANGANA RANAUT - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2009-03-23T02:25:00.000-07:00

KANGANA RANAUT : HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today is Bollywood film actor KANGANA RANAUT 23rd Birthday.

We wish her many happy returns of the day and also hope she continues her winning streak at the BOX OFFICE after her success in FASHION & RAAZ 2.

All the best Kangana for your future projects.

RANI MUKHERJI : HAPPY 31ST BIRTHDAY

2009-03-20T23:41:00.000-07:00

RANI MUKHERJI : HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today is Bollywood film actor Rani Mukherji's 31st Brirhday.

We wish her many happy returns of the day and also hope she makes a terrific comeback with her forthcoming films.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RANI !!!

AAMIR KHAN TURNS 44 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2009-03-13T21:03:00.000-07:00

AAMIR KHAN TURNS 44 ON MARCH 14

Today is our dear filmstar Aamir Khan's 44th Birthday. We wish him a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY and all the best for his forthcoming films.

Now all eyes are on his "3 IDIOTS" directed by Rajkumar Hirani.

GULAAL - FILM REVIEW

2009-03-12T23:26:00.000-07:00

GULAAL : FILM REVIEW
Here comes another hard hitting movie from Anurag Kashyap after his recent emotional atyachaar “DEV D”, which was critically acclaimed a lot and interestingly did good business at the Box Office. Anurag belongs to those breed of directors who think differently and comes out with a different serving, though it calls for a lot of risk taking and courage contrary to run-of –the mill Directors who rarely dare to tread from their so called Box Office formula.

And do you know that GULAAL was made much before DEV D, call it luck or whatever, Anurag released it at the right time following the success of DVE D and alos during the festival of HOLI in tune with it’s title GULAAL.
Gulaal deals about several plots as love, greed, but mainly talks about STUDENT POLITICS.
The story is set in the background of Rajasthan and the Rajputs, where the general rule of law does not work. It is about the movement which aims at recouping an independent Rajputana state by launching a civil war against the government headed by Dukey Bana (Kay Kay Menon).

Dilip Singh (Raj Singh Chaudhary) lands in Jaipur to study, where he meets Dukey Bana (Kay Kay Menon), Rananjay Singh Ransa (Abhimanyu Singh), Anuja (Jesse Randhawa), and Kiran (Ayesha Mohan).

On the request of Dukey Bana, Ransa agrees to contest the college elections for Rajputana party, where he stands opposite Kiran to fight for General Secretary's post. The story takes a violent turn when Ransa is murdered by Karan (Aditya Srivastava), as a result Dilip is forced to contest elections, which incidentally is won by him, thanks to polls rigging. This adds to a bitter taste and embarassment in their rivals, the brother sister duo of Karan & Kiran. They are ready to go down to any extent to take revenge and hence gain the power, no matter Kiran first lures Dileep and makes him fall in love with her. She gains his trust and makes him believes that Deleep is being used by Dukey. Gradually she takes charge as General Secretary and then gets close to Dukey by seducing him. This act of hers makes rejected Dileep frustrated and abusive and the plot becomes more violent.

Anurag Kashyap offers us a riveting first half but he fails to hold the momentum in the second half, where the film looses the sheen and even the story goes awry.
As regards to performances, Kay Kay Menon as usual is in top form and to a certain extent holds the film. Raj Singh Chaudhary though has the talent but somehow does not manage to impress. Ayesha Mohan is just superb. Piyush Mishra & Deepak Dobriyal are excellent. Aditya Srivastav & Jesse Randhawa do not get enough scope to perform. Mahie Gill as a mistress, MUJRA girl once again after DEV d, charms the viewers in a small role.

GULAAL is a dark, violent, intense and thought provoking movie and is interesting in bits and pieces. The dialogues are powerful, but there are lots of expletives used in the film, which could have been avoided. Lyrics by Piyush Mishra are powerful and are worth mentioning.
Overall, film will fare well in multiplexes, but is not recommended for female owing to it’s violent stream and expletives used in the dialogues.
I will give 2.5 out of 5.

TITLES
Banner : ZEE Limelight
Released on : March 13, 2009
Language : Hindi
Genre : Social & Drama
Director : Anurag Kashyap
Star Cast :
Kay Kay Menon - Dukey Bana
Raj Singh Chaudhary – Dileep SinghAyesha Mohan – Kiran
Aditya Srivastava - Karan
Piyush Mishra – Prithvi Singh
Deepak Dobriyal - Bhatti

Jessy Randhawa - Anuja

Mahi Gill - Madhuri

Abhimanyu Shekhar Singh - Rananjay Singh
Music on - T-Series
Music - Piyush Mishra
Main Singers - Piyush Mishra, Rekha Bharadwaj, Shilpa Rao, Swanand Kirkire, Rahul Ram
Cinematography - Rajeev Rai
Story : Anurag Kashyap, Aparna Chaturvedi & Raja Chaudhary

BOLLYWOOD HOLI CELEBRATION STYLES

2009-03-11T23:22:00.000-07:00

BOLLYWOOD HOLI CELEBRATIONS - DIFFERENT STYLES

The Bollywood actors celebrated their HOLI this year in different styles.

AMITABH BACHCHAN : This year there were no Holi celebrations in Amitabh's residence, which otherewise was a centre of attraction in the past for all Bollywood actors. The reasons being many - 1. Mumbai terror attacks. 2. His father passed away. 3. His mother's prolonged illness. So Amitabh was in no mood to celebrate Holi this year.

As a result, Abhishek Bachchan was also busy shooting for his film.

JAVED AKHTAR & SHABAN AZMI : Instead Javed Akhtar & Shabana Azmi were in full swing and they celebrated Holi like anything, may be to celebrate son Farhan Akhtar's success in ROCK ON. However Farhan incidentally was abroad shooting for his film.

Even Akshay Kumar also celebrated HOLI with lots of fun.

Other stars who were busy shooting during the festival were - Harman S. Baweja, Rajeev Khandelwal, Irrfan Khan (riding high on success of SLUMDOG BILLIONAIRE), Celina Jeitley & Genelia D'souza.

Priety Zinta chose to relax and Bipasha also kept away from the HOLI Colours due to her skin allergy to colours.

CHHOTE MIYAN FINALS WINNER - SALONI FROM PUNE

2009-03-09T00:20:00.001-07:00

CHHOTE MIYAN FINALS WINNER - SALONI FROM PUNE

Popular Stand-up Comedy show on COLORS TV CHANNEL in India - CHHOTE MIYAN Finals took place on March 07, 2009. The show was very popular among kids and the were 5 finalists in the finale were -
SALONI, MANSIRAT, MOHIT, AYESHA & ABHISHEK.

Special guest for the finals was the Film Actor ARSHAD WARSI. And the judges of the show were SACHIN PILGAONKAR & RAHUL MAHAJAN. Show was hosted by KAPIL SHARMA & JUHI PARMAR (TV ACTRESS).

The winner of the title was none other than little 7 year girl SALONI DAINI from Pune, who was one of the hot favourites from the very beginning of the show and who had always impressed everybody with her amazing skills, that too in such a young age, with her GANGU BAI Gags. She got the prize money of Rs.11 lakhs.

DANCING QUEEN WINNER SHAMAAYAL & SAMBHAVANA

2009-03-09T00:00:00.000-07:00

DANCING QUEEN FINALS WINNER - SHAMAAYAL & SAMBHAVNA SETH

Popular Dance reality show on COLORS TV CHANNEL in India - DANCING QUEEN Finals took place on March 07, 2009. The show has been quite popular and the final contest was between -

SHAMAAYAL & SAMBHAVNA SETH V/s MRIGHA & SANOBAR KABIR.

Special guest for the finals was the original Dancing Queen of Indian Films - HELEN. And the judges of the show were Jumping Jack JEETENDRA & Dream Girl HEMA MALINI. Show was hosted by SHABBIR AHLUWALIA.

And true to their skills the DANCING QUEEN Title was won by SHAMAAYAL & her mentor SAMBHAVNA SETH. Sambhavan was so excited that she couldn't stop her tears.

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE KIDS IN BOLLYWOOD HINDI MOVIE

2009-03-07T01:43:00.001-08:00

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE KIDS SIGN BOLLYWOOD HINDI MOVIE

After enjoying the success of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, star kids are basking in the glory. Star Kids AZHAR & RUBINA have recently signed a Bollywood Hindi film “KAL KISSNE DEKHA” from the stable of VASHU BHAGNANI, who incidentally is launching his son JACKKY BHAGNANI, thru’ this film.

In the film, this particular sequence was shot on March 3, where the kids play the SLUMDOG characters. After returning India from USA after attending the OSCAR AWARDS SHOW, they are kidnapped at the Airport and are saved by the film Hero JACKKY.

The new stars are born.

LATA MANGESHKAR UNDERGOES KNEE SURGERY

2009-03-07T01:41:00.000-08:00

LATA MANGESHKAR GETS WELL AFTER HER KNEE SURGERY

Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar who was operated upon for her knee surgery in her own Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital at Pune on Jan. 18, is recovering fast.

Lata was suffering from Chronic Arthritis and was unable to walk properly. She got the surgery done by replacing her knee caps, thru’ Doctor Hemant Wakankar. She will undergo physiotherapy for next few months.

She returned to her Mumbai home last week from Pune.

HRITHIK ROSHAN MISSES FILFARE AWARDS FUNCTION

2009-03-07T01:38:00.000-08:00

HRITHIK ROSHAN MISSES FILMFARE AWARDS FUNCTION NITE

Everybody was surprised when Hrithik Roshan didn’t turn up to receive his prestigious Filmfare Trophy for the Best Actor for his riveting performance in JODHAA AKBAR, inspite of being in Mumbai.

Well the reason was that when the actor alongwith his family were leaving to attend the function his mother Pinky Roshan complained of some uneasiness, due to which they dropped the idea of visiting the award nite.

The doctor was immediately called upon and her mother got fine after medication.

Not to worry Hrithik, you will surely get many many chances to attend other Award Functions, which have now become so common in Bollywood.

AYESHA TAKIA MARRIES FARHAN AZMI

2009-03-02T18:11:00.001-08:00

AYESHA TAKIA MARRIES FARHAN AZMI

Bollywood film actor Ayesha Takia married her long time boyfriend restaurateur Farhan Azmi , son of Samajwadi Party politician Abu Azmi, on Sunday night, March 01 at the restaurant KOYLA, in Mumbai, owned by Azmi himself.

It was a private ceremony that went on with ISLAMIC tradition.

We Wish a HAPYY MARRIED LIFE to the young couple.

INDIAN IDOL 4 WINNER IS SOURABHEE

2009-03-01T09:29:00.000-08:00

INDIAN IDOL 4 FINALS WINNER IS SOURABHEE DEBBARAMA
One of the most favourite Indian Singing Reality Show on Indian Television INDIAN IDOL 4 FINALS are being telecast on SONY ENTERTAINMENT today on March 01, 2009.

And the WINNER of the INDIAN IDOL 4 is - SOURABHEE DEBBARAMA. CONGRATULATIONS SOURABHEE, you really deserved it. She wins Rs. 1 crore contrcat and a TATA WINGER vehicle and is also the first girl to have won this popular show.

The judges of the show were JAVED AKHTAR, ANU MALIK, KAILSAH KHER & SONALI BENDRE.

The 3 finalists were - TORSHA SARKAR, KAPIL THAPA & SOURABHEE DEBBARAMA. The first to go out was TORSHA and the finla fight was between KAPIL THAPA & SOURABHEE DEBBARAMA. Surprisingly, this is the first time that the GIRLS have made it to the FINALS.

Kapil is from Dehradun, capital city of Uttarankhand State, Sourabhee is from North Eastern AGARTALA and is the hot favourite to win the title. Torsha is from Asansol, West Bengal.

And the special guests for the FINALS were - KATRINA KAIF, JOHN ABRAHAM & NEIL NITIN MUKESH, who will soon be seen in their forthcoming film "NEW YORK". See my blog on http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2008/12/john-abraham.html NEW YORK. The film depicts the sudden changes that take place in the life of these 3 friends, staying in NEW YORK, after the 9/11 attacks.

54th FILMFARE AWARDS : JODHA AKBAR CLEAN SWEEP

2009-03-01T08:46:00.000-08:00

54th FILMFARE AWARDS WINNERS

JODHA AKBAR made a clean sweep in the 54th FILMFARE AWARDS which were held at YASHRAJ STUDIOS in Mumbai on Feb. 28, 2009. The show was hosted by IMRAAN KHAN & RANBIE KAPOOR, this time as against SRK & SAIF ALI KHAN, who were the regular hosts of the FILMFARE AWARDS NITE. In between, Konkana Sen Sharma and Deepika Padukone also took over the show as the new hosts of the evening. AR RAHMAN riding high on OSCAR GLORY, scores again as WINNER for BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR.

The names of WINNERS are as follows :

POPULAR AWARDS

Best FILM : Jodha Akbar

Best Director: Ashutosh Gowarikar for Jodha Akbar

Best Actor in a Leading role (Male) : Hrithik Roshan for JODHA AKBAR

Best Actor in a Leading role (Female) : Priyanka Chopra for FASHION

CRITICS AWARDS

Best Actress : Sahana Goswami for Rock On!

Best Actor: Manjit Singh for Oye Lucky! Lucy Oye!

Best Jury Award: Nishikant Kamat for Mumbai Meri Jaan

Special jury mention to Prateik Babbar and Purab Kohli for Jaane tu Ya Jaane Na and Rock on! respectively.

Lifetime Achievement Award : Bhanu Athaiya & Om Puri

Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male) : Arjun Rampal for ROCK ON !

Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female) : Kangana Ranaut for FASHION

Best Music Director : A R Rahman for Jaane tu Ya Jaane Na
Best Lyrics : Javed Akhtar for Jashn-e-Bahara (JODHA AKBAR)
Best Playback Singer (Male) : Sukhwinder Singh for Haule haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
Best Playback Singer (Female) : Shreya Ghoshal for Teri ore... (SINGH IS KINNG)
Best Sensational Debut (Male) : Shared by Farhan Akhtar (ROCK ON !) and Imraan Khan (JAANE TU YA JAANE NA)
Best Sensational Debut (Female) : Asin Thottumkal for GHAJINI

Best Dialogue : Manu Rishi for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

Best Story : Abhishek Kapoor for ROCK ON!

Best Screenplay : Yogendra Vinayak Joshi, Upendra Sidhaye for MUMBAI MERI JAAN

Sony Filmfare Best Scene Award : RAB NE BANA DI JODI

R D Burman Upcoming Talent : Benny Dayal for GHAJINI

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Background Score : A R Rahman for Jodha Akbar

Best Costume : Manoshi Nath for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

Best Cinematography : Jason West for Rock On!

Best Action : Peter Hein for Ghajini

Best Sound Design : Vinod Subramanyam for Rock On!

Best Choreography : Longines for Pappu Can’t Dance Sala for Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

Best Editing : Amit Pawar for Mumbai Meri Jaan

Best Production Design : Vandan Kataria and Monica Angelica Bhowmick for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

Best Visual Effects Award : John Deitz for Love Story 2050

SPECIAL ACTION ON STAGE

When King Khan was invited on the stage, he was of full praise for recent OSCAR WINNERS AR Rahman and Resul Pokutty and honoured the Slumdog Millionaire team. Other perfromers were Katrina, Shahid, Farhan Akhtar. According to Javed Akhtar, this was the best ever FILMFARE AWARDS Function.

INDIAN IDOL 4 FINALS ON SONY TV TODAY

2009-03-01T08:16:00.000-08:00

Latest is that just now TORSHA has been eliminated as the first finalist and now the fight for the Tltle is between KAPIL THAPA & SOURABHEE DEBBARAMA.

INDIAN IDOL 4 FINALS ON SONY TV

One of the most favourite Indian Singing Reality Show on Indian Television INDIAN IDOL 4 FINALS are being telecast on SONY ENTERTAINMENT today on March 01, 2009. The judges of the show are JAVED AKHTAR, ANU MALIK, KAILSAH KHER & SONALI BENDRE.

The 3 finalists are - TORSHA SARKAR, KAPIL THAPA & SOURABHEE DEBBARAMA. Surprisingly, this is the first time taht the GIRLS have made it to the FINALS.

Kapil is from Dehradun, capital city of Uttarankhand State, Sourabhee is from North Eastern AGARTALA and is the hot favourite to win the title. Torsha is from Asansol, West Bengal.

And the special guests for the FINALS are - KATRINA KAIF, JOHN ABRAHAM & NEIL NITIN MUKESH, who will soon be seen in their forthcoming film "NEW YORK". See my blog on http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2008/12/john-abraham.html NEW YORK. The film depicts the sudden changes that take place in the life of these 3 friends, staying in NEW YORK, after the 9/11 attacks.

Keep watching for the final results.

KYLIE MINOGUE IN INDIA TO SHOOT FOR SONG IN FILM "BLUE"

2009-02-27T23:11:00.000-08:00

KYLIE MINOGUE COMES TO INDIA

Famous Australian Pop Singer KYLIE MINOGUE arrived in India yesterday on Feb. 27, to shoot for an Item song in Indian film BLUE, starring AKSHAY KUMAR & SANJAY DUTT. Refer my blog http://indianmoviestvmasala.blogspot.com/2009/02/akshay-kumar-vs-sanjay-dutt.html for more details on BLUE.

She was escorted by famous Indian television star RONIT ROY, who also heads a Security Agency.

On her arrival she went on to meet AKSHAY KUMAR, who gave her a big surprise by arranging her visit to an Indian Wedding, which Kylie had longed for. Kylie has an old wish to see an Indian Wedding with Groom riding on a horse and typical Indian dance in the Baraat.

Akshay immediately accompanied her to his friend Vicky Oberoi’s sister wedding, which incidentally was taking place the same day she arrived. Kylie was so excited and went alongwith Akshay Kumar & his wife Twinkle Khan to attend the wedding. Kylie can be seen wearing shining Blue dress and Twinke in shining Yellow, in the photo above.

JHALAK DIKHLA JA - SEASON 3 STARTS ON SONY TV

2009-02-27T22:00:00.001-08:00

JHALAK DIKHLA JA - SEASON 3

JHALAK DIKHLA JA, SEASON 3, a Dance Reality Show, started on SONY ENETERTAINMENT TELEVISION yesterday (Feb. 27, 9 pm), following the stupendous success of it’s Season 1 & 2.

The show started with the dance performance by Season 1 & 2 winners – Mona Singh & Prachi Desai respectively.

The 12 celebrities from different fields will be paired with choreographers who will help and guide them to perform, the celebrities are as follows -

1. Mohinder Amarnath – Indian Cricket legend, who was the star performer in India’s 1983 World Cup Win.

2. Bhaichung Bhutia – Indian Star Football player.

3. Anand Raj Anand – Music Director cum Singer in Indian Film Industry.

4. Gauhar Khan – Famous Indian Model.

5. Monica Bedi – Needs no introduction now, Still, one time Indian film actress, who later was embroiled in underworld controversy with Abu Salem, and who made a comeback with BIGG BOSS 2, on COLORS Channel, last year.

6. Shilpa Shukla – She was one of the Hockey Players (Bindiya) in the superhit film CHAK DE INDIA.

7. Hard Kaur – A famous RAP SONG Performer.

8. Ram Kapoor – Famous actor on Indian Television Fraternity, of TV Serial KASAMH SE fame, in which he plays JAY WALIA.

9. Karan Singh Grover – Another Famous actor on Indian Television Fraternity, of TV Serial DIL MIL GAYEE fame.

10. Bhagyashree - Once a famous Indian film actress, she made a splash by her debut super duper hit film MAINE PYAR KIYA, opposite SALMAN KHAN.

11. Parul Chauhan – Famous actress on Indian Television Fraternity, of TV Serial BIDAAI fame, in which she plays RAGINI.

12. Ugesh Sarkar – Famous Indian street magician.

Hence you can see that the show has come up with an interesting mix of Celebrities, which is a requisite ingredient to make a show popular. The show is hosted by Shweta Tiwari and Shiv Pandit and will be telcasted every Friday & Saturday at 9pm.

Also the choice of judges is intelligent with 2 Bollywood hit Choreographers SAROJ KHAN & VAIBHAVI MERCHANT, supported by famous film star JUHI CHAWLA.

All the best and hope JHALAK DIKHLA JA does not go the NACH BALIYE, which was a super flop on STAR PLUS.

AMRITA ARORA TO MARRY

2009-02-25T20:16:00.000-08:00

AMRITA ARORA TO MARRY

Amrita Arora, a Bollywood Actress (sister of Malaika Arora Khan), who has not been doing well in Bollywood has decided to tie the knot with her boyfriend Shakeel Ladak, probably in coming March.

Surprisingly, for the wedding she has insisted on having 2 Bridesmaids, one is her best friend Kareena Kapoor besides her other close friend.

FEROZ KHAN HOSPITALISED

2009-02-25T20:14:00.000-08:00

FEROZ KHAN HOSPITALISED

Yesteryear actor and director FEROZ KHAN (brother of Sanjay Khan) was admitted to Breach Candy hospital, Mumbai yesterday evening, as his condition became critical. Feroz Khan has been not doing well due to cancer ailment.

On hearing the news both the Khan & Roshan families immediately rushed to hospital to see him. Even Hrithik Roshan who was shooting for his film KITES in Mumbai, cancelled his shoot and dashed off to Breach Candy Hospital.

We wish a speedy recover to Feroz Khan.

EMRAAN HASHMI GETS INJURED

2009-02-25T20:12:00.000-08:00

EMRAAN HASHMI – GETS INJURED DURING FILM SHOOT

Emraan Hashmi whose recent horror flick – RAAZ 2 was a hit, recently injured his right eye, while shooting for Kunal Deshmukh’s film TUM MILE.

As per the reports. it was a flood scene (representing 26/7 Mumbai floods), for which the set was constructed in a studio in Mumbai.

While shooting for a particular scene, Emraan slipped in the water and smashed into a wooden ply, as a result he seriously hurt the portion above his right eye. But inspite of the pain, Emraan carried on and finished the shot.

It is heard that he might have to undergo stitches, all the best Emraan and keep up your good work.

FREIDA PINTO IN A HOLLYWOOD FILM

2009-02-25T20:04:00.000-08:00

FREIDA PINTO – RIDING HIGH ON SLULMDOG SUCCESS WAVE

After the stupendous global success of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in OSCARS, BAFTA & GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS, the star who has gained the most advantage is FREIDA PINTO, the film female lead. Riding on the success wave, she has already been signed by WOODY ALLEN for his next untiltled Hollywood film.

And she would be starring with NAOMI WATTS, ANTHONY HOPKINS & JOSH BROLIN. Way to go Freida.

Reportedly, she was also in news for dumping her longtime boyfriend Rohan with whom the news are that she had also tied the marriage strings, earlier in Goa.

Wish, success does not spoil the lady further.