Emraan Hashmi’s next venture to hit the screens is ‘Crook Its Good To Be Bad’ where Hashmi plays the guy who has to decide if it is good to be bad or good to be good. Releasing on 8th October, the movie started off with a touching moment which took place with director Mohit Suri in Australia. When Mohit happened to find himself outside a 24-hour convenience store in the Sunshine district of Melbourne (the same spot where the most brutal racist attacks had taken place in Australia), he realized how the seeds of racism were sown deep in every part of the world.
“I was horrified to know how an Indian was brutally beaten up only because of his colour and religion. Outraged and humiliated, I felt the need to voice this as a filmmaker. However, as I left the store my eyes fell upon an ad on the store window which read: ‘Accommodation available for Indian students for Gujarati boys only,” he notes.
This ad was the starting point of Crook It’s Good To Be Bad. “It made me realise that racism and all other social evils are a part of every human heart. It’s our choice to decide is it good to be bad in today’s world or does it pay to be good?”
Adds producer Mahesh Bhatt, “Crook takes an unflinching look at racism which has devastated thousands of young Indians, who go to Australia in search of a better life putting not only all their money but even their lives at stake. The film also locks horns with our own inner demons.”
The movie stars Emraan Hashmi, newbie Neha Sharma and Fashion actor Arjan Bajwa. The musical notes have been directed by Pritam Chakraborty.
‘Allah Ke Bandey’ is the forthcoming comedy flick directed by Faruque Kabir. This film stars Sharman Joshi, Faruque Kabir, Naseruddin Shah, Atul Kalkarni. Produced by Ravi Walia, it has Sharman Joshi as Vijay, Faruque Kabir as Yakub, Naseruddin Shah as Warden, Atul Kulkarni as Ashwani, Anjana Sukhani as Sandhya, Rukhsar as Nirmala, Zakir Hussain as Ramesh, Saksham Kulkarni as Vitthal and Suhasini Mulay as Mother. This Film will Film will be released on October 22, 2010.
The unveiling of the first look of the movie took place at Cinemax, Mumbai. Check out Sharman Joshi, Anjana Sukhani and Rukhsar at the unveiling event…..
Star wife Gauri Khan has always been an epitome of beauty and style, but she had always kept away from media and glare being content with supporting family and kids. For the first time, she has stepped forward for an endorsement and that too with hubby King Khan.
The lucky brand is D’Decor, the world’s third largest furnishing company which decided to sign them as brand ambassadors because he felt they were the best examples of perfect homemakers.
Ajay Arora, managing director of D’Decor, said, “We thought that apart from being celebrities, Shah Rukh and Gauri have made a wonderful home, both by decor and feeling, so we decided to make them brand ambassadors of the company.”
Shahrukh and Gauri were officially declared as the brand ambassadors in an event at the Taj Lands End Hotel.
‘I feel very humble and happy when any company signs me as their brand ambassador and so I am very happy to be part of D’Decor,’ said Shah Rukh at the occasion.
Gauri, who was also present, said: ‘I haven’t worked so hard ever, so after working for two long days, I slept last two days. It was a fantastic experience.’
Shah Rukh Khan has always been known as a caring husband and father. He proved it here too as he took every effort to ensure that his wife was comfortable. He also helped Gauri in holding the microphone properly so that the media could hear whatever little she had to say.
Kareena Kapoor is all too bent on making her already strong relationship with Chhote Nawab even stronger. As such, Bebo is trying out Partner Yoga sessions with Saif Ali Khan which is believed to strengthen relationship between couples.
Kareena is into yoga with Payal Gidwani for over five years now. However, Saif is more into gym and has started with Yoga only a year ago. Till now, the two had been practicing it separately with their trainers, but now they are together doing a form of yoga called Yin Yang Yoga or Partner Yoga.
Manish Tiwari, who has been guiding the couple through Partner Yoga sessions for last few months, says, “The Cosmic Fusion Partner Yoga sessions are available for partners who wish to grow together spiritually, and explore patterns and goals within their relationship. These are tailor-made yoga sessions. And it enables in deepening a connection with your partner.”
“It enables in creating harmony and balance between a couple and increasing a greater understanding of one another therefore adding to the harmony of a relationship. Kareena and Saif practise for an hour and fifteen minutes. This form of yoga is tailor made for couples,” he adds.
Incidentally, Manish Tiwari is married to Bebo’s personal trainer Payal. As the couple leaves for the next schedule of ‘Agent Vonod’, Tiwari will accompany them to help them carry out their yoga sessions religiously.
Actors often complain that losing privacy is the price they pay for their stardom and the advent of cell phones has made them even more vulnerable to fans invading their privacy. So much so that even, Khiladi Kumar, known to be one of the most patient actos in the tinsel town, lost his temper when one of his fans continued clicking snaps with his cell camera despite the actor warning him not to do so.
This Sunday night, Akshay was at a five-star hotel with wife Twinkle. After the couple left the hotel and was stepping into their car, a fan came forward and started taking their pictures on his cell phone. Seeing his wife uncomfortable at being clicked without permission, Akshay asked the person to stop doing so, but the man continued and the angry star walked upto the man, snatched his phone from his hand and threw it on the ground, then crushed it to pieces under his foot. Leaving the cell phone owner stunned, he drove off into his car.
However, sources close to Akshay deny that he lost his temper and told that all that happened was Akshay asking the person politely to take permission before clicking someone and there was no such thing as the phone being broken or so.
Akshay Kumar is very particular about his pictures and he always poses for pictures whenever his fans ask him to do so. He finds it rude when people take pictures when he is dining at a restaurant.
Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif have been together for a long time but in the past few months, the issue of growing distance between the two has been cropping up now and again. The two started dating in 2004, shortly after Katrina moved to India to pursue her Bollywood career. Salman helped her a lot, and used all his contacts to help her ascend the ladder of stardom.
The rumors of Salman breaking up with Kaif gained solidarity when Salman told in an interview to TV channel Headlines Today, “I have broken up with Katrina. We were friends then for everybody, we are friends now.”
He even went on to explain the reason behind the breakup, “Koi cheez tootati hain toh isliye kyonki ya to different ways chali gayi hai, ya ek shakhs ki growth nahin hui, ya ek ne kuch aur path chun liya hai, ya sensibility samajh mein nahi aati, ya thinking galat ho gayi hain (A relationship breaks if it gets stretched in different directions, or one person does not grow, or the other person takes a different path, or there is some misunderstandingor they have grown out of love.)”
“So there are different interferences, the parents perhaps… or the interference of anything,” he said, adding, “it’s just two people not getting along, something that obviously doesn’t end peacefully. But if you can manage to stay friends, there is nothing like it.”
This adds to another sad end of a long affair in Bollywood!!
Nikhil Advani’s ‘Patiala House’ featuring Akshay Kumar and Anushka Sharma in the lead roles is going to cast 32 sardars in one frame. Besides Akshay and Anushka, the movie stars Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Vindu Dara Singh, and Dara Singh. The music for the film has been given by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and it is slated to hit the theatres in November this year.
The story of the film revolves around Parghat Singh Kahlon (Gattu,) age 34 years who lives a routine life subduing all his dreams and watching his father rule a house, a family, a community in London like he has for the last 25 years. Guttu silently suffers as he gives up his dream to save his father’s reputation until he meets a girl who gives him the strength to stand up for what he believes only to shake the very foundations of Patiala House.
Check out the stills and posters from the movie……
Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor have been going around for quite some time now and if sources are to be believed they are into taking their relationship to some serious level by turning business partners.
However, Saif declared that he would continue making films with Dinesh Vijan under their banner (Illuminati Films). “It’s a development, not a split. I’m going to make more than one movie at a time, so I will be launching another production house and Kareena will be on the board of directors. It’s important for my growth as an actor-producer,” Saif said.
With this news, it was but natural for everyone to ask if Bebo would be the leading female star in all their so-productions, but Chhote Nawab denied this possibility saying, “It would be exciting for the audience and me to work with other female stars. I’ve never enforced my will on my producers and eventually it will be the director’s call, but it would be nice to pair up with Deepika again after ‘Love Aaj Kal.’ And since I’ve never worked with Priyanka and Katrina, we could be fresh jodis too.”
Cine goers had relished the performance of two great actors, Amitabh Bachchan and Sridevi in Inquilab, Aakhri Raasta, and Khuda Gawah. A few years back, cine-goers were denied the pleasure of watching them together onscreen in a Yash Raj Film when Sridevi refused the role under the pressure of her husband Boney Kapoor. Post marriage Sridevi cut herself off from the silver screen and was later seen in one TV serial.
Now, Amitabh Bachchan and Sridevi will pair again in the Hindi film ‘Big B.’ under the direction of Balki, who has already done ‘Cheeni Kum’ and ‘Pa’ with Big B. The music for the film will be composed by Ilayaraja who had given the music for ‘Pa’ too.
The first look for John Abraham’s forthcoming ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’ was unveiled by the hunk himself as he climbed 60 feet to unveil the poster. Hoardings titled ‘John Abraham Is a Liar’ have popped up around Mumbai city. This romantic comedy has the director Abbas Tyrewala’s wife Pakhi costarring opposite John. Pakhi has also penned down the script for the film. A.R.Rahman has given the musical scores for the film.
The film was initially titled ‘1-800 Love’ and later was changed to Call Me Dil. The film is about a woman who calls up the suicide helpline when she discovers that her boyfriend cheated on her.
“The marketing team came back after a lot of surveys and told us that people were not really clear about what the title meant. Some thought it was a thriller, while some people actually thought that it was a period film because of 1800 in the title. So, we decided to change it. After all, if people cannot relate to the title, how will they come to watch a movie?” Pakhi explained the reason for changing the title of the film.
Shot in London in the summer of 2009 in a start-to-finish schedule, the film is slated to hit the theatres on October 15.
Check out John stunting to unveil the first look of the film…………
The much-awaited big budgeted film ‘Robot’ marked its music launch at a suburban five star in Mumbai with the honor of having two superstars of the Indian film industry - Amitabh Bachchan and Rajnikant sharing the dais after a long long time.
The two iconic stars were all praises for each other. Rajnikanth said, ‘Amitabh is my inspiration, role model and guru. I have always valued his advice while taking important decisions. We have done so many films together like ANDHA KANOON, HUM, GIRAFTAR, and I can never forget the love, affection and care he showered on me’
A humble Big B too praised Rajni saying, ‘Rajnikanth is truly a son-of-the soil who is admired and loved by every Indian. I am just so honored and happy that I met a personality like Rajnikanth. And I am so happy that I was able to spend some time of my life with him and learn so much from him. His simplicity, honesty, and down-to-the-earth nature has always impressed me. I admire him because of his tender heart and humility. He is so grounded despite the adulation and fame he has enjoyed throughout his career.’
‘Many a times there were some very tough decisions to be taken, at that point I always remembered him as a colleague and a very dear friend and tried to think what Rajni would have done if he had been in this particular situation and I’ve always found a capable answer, despite of the tumult circumstances & stressful situations,’ he further added.
The gathering could not have asked for more with the entire Bachchan family - Amitabh, Jaya, Abhishek and Aishwarya, Media magnate & Producer Kalanithi Maran of Sun TV Network, Hansraj Saxena, COO, of Sun Pictures (a division of Sun TV Network) along with the lead cast & crew of the film consisting of Superstar Rajnikanth, Oscar winners - music maestro A R Rahman & sound engineer Resul Pookutty, Music moghuls Ganesh Jain, Ratan Jain, Champak Jain of Venus Records & Tapes, director Shankar, Sabu Cyril, legendary Danny Denzongpa, gracing the affair.
Aishwraya Rai Bachchan, looking as gracious as ever said, ‘ROBOT (ENDHIRAN) is a sincere effort. It is a landmark film in cinematic experience. Rajni sir is a legend. He is just an incredible artist, so dedicated, so committed and above all a wonderful human being. It’s truly humbling to be working with such a phenomena and I am grateful. I had the privilege of working with director Shankar very early in my career for the film JEANS. Though it was ahead of its time but I felt enriched as an artist.’
Mrs Maanyata Dutt, who was once Dilnawaz Shaikh when trying to make a career in Bollywood, had done an item number for Prakash Jha’s ‘Gangajal’. After the success of Prakash Jha’s Raajneeti, Gangaajal is being technically enhanced for renewed market appeal. The rumors doing rounds are that Sanjay Dutt has urged the film’s producer and director to re-release the film without the item song. But Jha is in no mood to delete anything.
Says the director, “It’s true we are re-doing the sound and visuals of Gangaajal, along with my other films Damul, Mrityudand and Apaharan. We’re doing the colour-correction and converting the sound to high-digital quality for blue-ray videos. We aren’t deleting anything from Gangaajal or any of the films being restored.”
Recalling Maanyata’s item song Jha says, “When she got selected to do the item song she really worked hard on it and made it a memorable number.” Though at that time she was called Dilnawaz Shaikh, she insisted on being billed as ‘Maanyata’ for the item song.”
Jha added, “I remember her as possessing great dignity and a passion to excel. God bless her.”
However, Dutt, who is right now in Oman, claims all this to be a baseless rumors and clarifies, “Maanyata is the love of my life and I am proud of her choices. I am not embarrassed about the song, so there is no question of me wanting to have it removed.
Prakash Jha is a sensible and talented director you cannot expect nonsense from him.
The song in the film is an important requirement as it takes the story forward; it’s not for mere entertainment purpose.”
Well, that’s a sensible quote from a sensible husband indeed!!
