KUNAL KHEMU "99" DOES WELL AT BOX OFFICE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.