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.
Actress Sheena Nayyar is all set for her Bollywood debut with the suspense thriller ‘Mallika’. Following the path of super sexy bombshell Mallika Sherawat, Sheena too has some sizzling scenes in the flick where she stars opposite Sameer Dattani.
The movie, made under the banner of PPC Horrotainment in association with Glorious Entertainment, is directed by Wilson Louis, who is known for making horror thrillers. The movie also stars Himanshu Mallik, Suresh Menon, Rajesh Khera, Arjun Mahajan, and Pooja Ballutia. The flick is all set to hit the screens on 3rd September 2010.
Sheena plays the role of Sanjana who is an arrogant and pricey girl coming from a rich background. Sanjana is haunted by nightmares and vivid visions of a murder that took place in the house years before she moved in. She has a special gift or rather a curse to see the unseen… to witness the dark past of any place she inhabits. Sameer Dattani plays Saahil, a creative director at an Ad agency and a keen violinist.
Check out red hot Sheena at ‘Mallika’ press meet……
‘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…..
Actress Vidya Balan is currently in Kolkata along with director Sujoy Ghosh for the latter’s next project ‘Kahani’ which is a thriller set in Kolkata. ‘Kahani’ is a women oriented film and Sujoy admits that he had only Vidya in his mind for the role.
Sujoy says, “This is a Vidya Balan film. I make no excuses to hide that. Rest of the cast is being worked out. The challenge was to get Vidya to agree.”
“What I like about Vidya is that she is dead fussy, but in a good way. She has an uncanny sense about scripts. I thought Kolkata, heroine-oriented film will immediately get to say yes. I was wrong and how!” he adds.
Vidya is also doing Santosh Sivan’s Malayalam film ‘Urumi’, where she will do an item song. Though Urumi is not a full-fledged role for Vidya, it’s a gift to her parents (who want her to work in Kerala’s film industry) and a step towards doing more films. In Urumi, Vidya will be seen in a sensuous dance number. It’s a fusion of different classical and modern dance forms. Vidya will soon start learning these dance forms from an expert.
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……
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.’
Sonam Kapoor’s ‘Aisha’ may have added another link to her list of flops but the girl definitely is on the like list of most of the film makers. She is already going to wrap up Anees Bazmee’s Thank You, which is being shot in Canada. And now, she has agreed to be part of Abbas Mustan’s version of the Hollywood film The Italian Job opposite Abhishek Bachchan, her co-star in ‘Delhi 6’.
The role was earlier meant to be played by Katrina Kaif but the actress ditched the makers due to date problems. It was here that stylish Sonam Kapoor stepped in. With the kind of fan following Sonam Kapoor has managed to make and also with Neil Nitin Mukesh and Bobby Deol starring as well, the movie is surely going to make some stirs.
Arbaaz Khan’s ‘Dabanng’ is creating news for Salman Khan’s new look and the debut of Sonakshi Sinha, the lovely daughter of Shatrugan Sinha. Inside sources say that Sonakshi and Salman get along like a house on fire and have a great chemistry off the sets too. Salman is all praises for the new girl and is all out promoting her on social networking sites.
Now that Salman is a good painter and has already painted Aamir Khan and Asin Thottumkal in the past, he plans to paint Sonakshi on his canvas too. Not only that, he has discovered the painter in the wannabe Bollywood babe and inspired her to turn to paint brush and canvas who was used to only sketching.
Confirms Sonakshi, “I’ve done fashion designing so I knew how to sketch. Using the paintbrush was something I dreaded. But Salman helped me overcome this fear and taught me to paint.”
Sonakshi whose first painting was a woman with a cross has Salman’s style reflecting in her painting and says, “I’ve incorporated a lot of his (Salman’s) style into mine. The day I put my own ideas on canvas my painting will look different from his.”
Though Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor will be seen together first time on-screen in ‘Anjaana Anjaani’, their chemistry is already getting rave reviews. Releasing on September 24, the movie is about two strangers Akash (Ranbir Kapoor) and Kiara (Priyanka Chopra) who meet in very ordinary circumstances, fall in love and then realize that they have to part as strangers. The flick witnesses their hilarious, contemporary yet poignant journey of stumbling into all that is worth living for. Made under the banner of Nadiawala Grandson Entertainment, the movie is directed by Siddhartha Anand.
Check out the posters of the flick….
An Aamir Khan’s film naturally raises expectations and awe from the audience before it hits the screens. And his forthcoming ‘Peepli Live’ has already started its journey of fame and recognition with bagging in the Best First Feature Film award at the 31st Durban International Film Festival in South Africa.
“Peepli Live has been awarded the Best First Feature Film at the Durban International Film Festival. Everyone is ecstatic about the win. The honour means a great deal, especially considering that Anusha Rizvi is a first time director,” said an official statement from Aamir Khan Productions adding, “Peepli Live is an ambitious and well-realised film that deals with serious political issues in a witty and entertaining manner. It creates an enchanting world of colourful characters, images and music that engrosses viewers throughout.”
Directed by debutante Anusha Rizvi and distributed by UTV Motion Pictures, the movie is slated to hit the screens August 13. The film also stars Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Naseeruddin Shah, Malaika Shenoy, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffer, Vishal O. Sharma, Aamir Bashir, Sitaram Panchal and Yugal Kishore.
The movie is about two impoverished farmers – Natha (Omkar Das Manikpuri) and Budhia (Raghubir Yadav) – who live in a village called Peepli. They are about to lose their land due to debts when an incompetent politician suggests they commit suicide to get government help. The news spreads and the media turns Natha into a celebrity.
Kalki Koechlin grabbed attention with her performance in ‘Dev D’ and has not had many assignments since then. However, the stunner will be seen along with Naseeruddin Shah in Anurag Basu’s project ‘That Girl In Yellow Boots’. However, even before the flick hits the screens, its content and some explicit sex scenes are doing rounds on the net.
The film is a joint project from Kalki and Anurag. While Kalki has co-scripted the project, Anurag has directed the film. The storyline is a thriller tracing Kalki’s search for her father, a man she hardly knew but cannot forget. Desperation drives her to work without a permit, at a massage parlour. Slowly she is sucked into the city’s underbelly as her misery grows and she finds it even more difficult to attain her objective.
‘That Girl In Yellow Boots’ was screened at the Venice Film Festival for the Out-of-Competition section. The festival will take place from 1st to 11th September 2010 at Venice Lido. Post the screening, three scenes that span five minutes of the film have been leaked online and these scenes have explicit, bold dialogues and some steamy stuff too. sexual scenes as well. It’s possible that the scenes leaked out post the screening of the film at the festivals.”
The film will also have its North American Premiere at the forthcoming Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
