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Tanushree has 4 and not 3 back to back releases
Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, May 22, 2007]
Ever since the promotion of RAQEEB began, there was widespread news about number of film releases which Tanushree Dutta would be seeing in coming days.
It was being mentioned that she had 3 back to back releases beginning with GOOD BOY BAD BOY [which came a week before] followed by RAQEEB [which came last Friday]. Apart from these two films, the third movie that was being mentioned in the same vein was Priyadarshan's DHOL which is expected in the month of July.
But hold on, there is one more flick of hers which would be coming in the interim!
It is SPEED where Tanushree is paired opposite Zayed Khan and would be coming towards June end. A thriller by Vikram Bhatt, the film has Urmila Matondkar as the central protagonist while Tanushree Dutta is clearly in the second lead.
A film which was signed by her more than two years back when she had just begun her career with AASHIQ BANAYA APNE and CHOCOLATE, SPEED is now finally gearing up to hit the screens.
One waits to see what's the role Tanushree has to play in the film, especially after an author backed central protagonist performance in RAQEEB that has seen her getting accolades from all quarters! |
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Yash Chopra honoured at House of Commons
IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, May 23, 2007]
Yash Chopra has added yet another feather in his cap by being invited to the House of Lords and House of Commons to be honoured.
What made this occasion even more special was that he was invited by the ROKO Cancer charity (a cause very close to the hearts of both Mr. & Ms. Chopra) to accept Patronage to the Charity and was facilitated by Rt. Hon. Keith Vaz (MP), Tony Baldry (MP) and John Barret (MP).
On 17th May, he had lunch at the House of Lords and in the evening was honoured at the House of Commons, where he shared his thoughts with various dignitaries, community leaders and the press |
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Amol Palekar announces new film DUMKATA!
IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, May 23, 2007]
Well known for his selection of unusual, sensitive subjects, Amol Palekar has chosen yet another illustrious story for his new feature film in Hindi titled DUMKATA. In his 26 years' career as a director, he has made eleven films |
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Vivek Oberoi excels in 'Gangster' roles!!
IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, May 23, 2007]
Vivek Oberoi who made his debut in an unconventional launch pad as an underworld don 'Chandu' in 'Company' that earned him accolades for his sincere performance. Vivek literally got into the skin of the character of the gangster. And the portrayal of the same bespoke of his commitment & Integrity to his craft.
Vivek next played a gangster character as 'Kesu Firangi' in 'Omkara'. And though the character was placed in the bad lands of UP, Vivek displayed a different nuances of the character as a 'Gangster'. He was critically appreciated again in 'Omkara'
Vivek will be seen again portraying the role of the dreaded gangster 'Maya Dolas' in 'Shootout at Lokhandwala'. He plays the Antagonist opposite the Protagonist Sanjay Dutt ( A.A. Khan) in the real life 'Encounter' drama that rocked the Nation!!
Just like Mr. Bachchan, who was known as the 'Angry Young Man' & SRK as the 'Eternal Lover Boy' Vivek Oberoi seems to be the best star actor to portray the 'Gangster' roles.
Vivek Oberoi method acting helps in understanding the different psychological traits of 'Gangsters' in film right from Company, Omkara & the soon to be released 'Shoot out at Lokhandwala'. In every gangster roles, Vivek realistically portrayed different dimensions to the character. He literally lives the character.
All eyes are now on Vivek Oberoi, since he had made a stellar debut in 'Company' and was the most talked about sensation.
According to sources his portrayal of the dreaded don Maya Dolas is a step above 'Company'. He also portrays the human aspect of 'Maya Dolas' besides his obsession to work- whether that meant extortion or murder. Maya Dolas was unlike the stereotype goon. He was an obsessive workaholic in crime!! |
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Directors pose with their photographs
[Wednesday, May 23, 2007]
Owais showcased his director's special photos at a exhibition held at Mumbai Times Cafe in Mumbai last night. Owais had clicked all hot-shot directors over the last few months and invited all of them to preview the pictures. Farhan Akhtar, Madhur Bhandarkar, Sanjay Gadhvi, Siddharth Anand, Sudhir Mishra, Ashok Pandit graced the exhibition and posed with their own pictures.
Venue: Mumbai Times Cafe, Bandra, Mumbai, Tue Night
Present: Farhan Akhtar, Madhur Bhandarkar, Sanjay Gadhvi, Siddharth Anand, Sudhir Mishra, Ashok Pandit and Photographer Owais
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AWARAPAN of Bhatts and Pakistanis
IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, May 23, 2007]
The Bhatts' affinity for actors and musicians from Pakistan is common knowledge - a fact that is evident in all their recent releases, Nazar, Woh Lamhe, Gangster, Kalyug and Zeher.
Their forthcoming title, Awarapan, however, takes the Pakistan connection to a new level altogether. Not only has a section of the climax been secretly shot in Lahore but every singer on the film's chartbusting soundtrack, without exception, hails from Pakistan, making it the first for a mainstream Bollywood flick.
The main vocals for the two key songs (To Phir Aao & Tere Mera Rishta) belong to Mustafa Zahid, who founded the famous Pakistani band, Rox3n. The other track, Maula Maula, is by Rafaqat Ali Khan, while the lively Maahiya, has been rendered by the 22-year old Annie, whose track took Pakistan by storm when it debuted in 2006.
And this isn't enough! Shreya Saran (who plays Emraan Hashmi's romantic interest in the film) is a Muslim character in the film. Her get-up and mannerisms were specially worked on!
Being released internationally by Studio 18 on June 29, Awarapan will most certainly have the Muslims flocking to cinemas for more reasons than one! |
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Rohan and Vinay unveil Radiocity music CD
[Wednesday, May 23, 2007]
Taking its promise of 'Whatte Fun' to another dimension, Radio City 91.1 FM, India's Leading Radio Network today, unveiled the music video for its station song 'Bolo Whatte Fun'. Making its new fun mantra accessible to listeners nationwide, Radio City also launched the 'Bolo Whatte Fun' music CD in association with YBR Records at Squeeze.
The 3-minute brand video for 'Bolo Whatte Fun', which has been directed by Rohan Sippy, was shot at an exotic location in Bangkok. This energetic video is an entertaining stress buster that can be enjoyed by the entire family and is bound to bring a smile to your face. Spelling 'Whatte Fun', the video features Vinay Pathak as the lead character who gets marooned on an island along with a host of fun characters.
Present at the launch of the music video and the CD were Piyush Pandey - Chairman, Ogilvy Group of Companies - South Asia; Vinod Bhanushali, VP - Marketing and Promotions; Vishal-Shekhar, Vinay Pathak and Rohan Sippy.
Venue: Squeeze, Khar, Mumbai, Wednesday Afternoon
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Bobby, Akshaye, Urvashi have disguised intentions
Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, May 23, 2007]
Abbas Mustan have always struck it hard when it comes to their thrillers. In contrast whenever they have tried their hands at doing something different [36 CHINA TOWN, TAARZAN - THE WONDER CAR, CHORI CHORI CHUPKE CHUPKE], the results haven't been as much satisfying.
This is why NAQAB is special!
A bona fide thriller with three main characters, Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna and new find Uvashi Sharma, NAQAB has created a stir within days of its first theatrical promo being aired alongside LIFE IN A...METRO.
Carrying a thriller look with all the right elements of suspense, crime, intrigue, jealousy and action in place, NAQAB also showcases the 'disguised intentions' of it's principal star cast, as told through the film's tagline.
Touted as the MOST SHOCKING THRIKLLER OF THE YEAR, NAQAB would be seeing a July release. |
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"I think I am a Superman" - Yudi
IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, May 23, 2007]
It appears that final shooting schedule of Friday Picture' s first venture Rafoo Chakkar- Fun on the run was hundred percent jinxed.
First one camera fell down. Then water fell on one of the machines. Additional problems came in form of electricity failure. But cr鑝e-de-cr鑝e of this entire falling sequence was fall of one of the hero Yudhishtir.
"It looked as if Yudhishtir had given up, so tired was he. So by the end of the day, instead of climbing down from his higher perch in one of the scenes, he simply decided to fall down. And what a fall it was! Impact was so great that he broke through a chair. Luckily, instead of falling head down his legs hit the chair and went through it. Initially we all were very worried and went in to check on him. Once we realised that he had no broken bones or concussion, all of us had a real good laugh. His posture was extremely funny. In fact director Tharun Kumar kept recalling the incident and laughing the next day also," says another hero Aslam Khan.
"Thank God it was chair that broke and not me. I think I am a superman," quips Yudhishtir.
Friday Picture's first venture Rafoo Chakkar- Fun is in the post production now. Rafoo Chakkar- Fun on the run is the first production from Friday Pictures.
Directed by B.H Tharunkumar and Written by Ikram Akhtar, this tongue in cheek funny film Rafoo Chakkar- Fun on the run stars Aslam Khan, Yudhishtir (Veejay Yudi), Nauheed Cyrusi, Nisha Rawal, Archana Puran Singh, Mita Vashishta, Shakti Kapoor, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Tinu Anand, and Anant Mahadevan.
About Friday Pictures:
Friday Pictures is amalgamation of seasoned experts from the field of media and overseas business. Rafoo Chakkar- Fun on the run, a humorous film, is their first production and they plan to produce minimum of three films of different genre every year. |
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'Cheeni Kum' receives outstanding response at special London preview
IndiaGlitz [Thursday, May 24, 2007]
 
The special advance preview of Eros International抯 揅heeni Kum |
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Pakistani singers at war in AWARAPAN music videos
IndiaGlitz [Thursday, May 24, 2007]
Even though producer Mukesh Bhatt was not gung-ho about the idea, director Mohit Suri introduced the concept of music videos to Bollywood with the chart busting Woh Lamhein Woh Raatein remix from his film, Zeher.
He continued the successful trend with the remix of Kya Mujhe Pyaar Hai from Woh Lamhe. For his latest film, Awarapan, releasing worldwide on June 29, he has shot two music videos, both of which are set to take the nation by storm.
The first (already on air) is DJ Suketu's remix of To Phir Aao, shot in Hong Kong, and featuring Pakistani singer Mustafa Zahid along with Emraan Hashmi. Suketu has even remixed Zahid's other rendition, Tera Mera Rishta, whose video will follow on the airwaves in the weeks to come.
However, the track that is fast becoming the secret favorite of youngsters is Suzanne's foot-tapping Mahiya, originally composed by the British-Pakistani singer, Annie.
In this war between the Pakistani singers, let's see whose track in Awarapan emerges victorious at the end of it all! |
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Akshaye Khanna gets into never-seen-before avtar NAQAAB
IndiaGlitz [Thursday, May 24, 2007]
Producers Ramesh Turani and Kumar S Turani of Tips Film are coming with their most shocking thriller of the year Naqaab very soon. This film cast consists of Akshaye Khanna, Bobby Deol and debutant model cum actor Urvashi Sharma.
Though it is a musical thriller the interesting part is director Abbas Mustan and the Taurani brothers have decided to keep a salsa dance in this film. This dance will be performed by Akshaye Khanna and newcomer Urvashi Shrama. Earlier the talented Akshaye didn't get a chance to show his dancing skill to any of his films but this time he has got a chance to show his talent as a dancer.
Choreographer Raju Khan has choreographed this dance sequence. According to Raju Khan, Akshaye Khanna has a flexible body so it was not so difficult for him to train him to get the steps right. Before the final take both the actors has done few rehearsals to perform the best on screen.
Salsa is an extremely sensual dance genre that needs a certain chemistry and comfort level between the pair. And choreographer Raju khan was extremely happy to see both the actors performing salsa so comfortably.
After the success of 'Humraaz' Bobby Deol and Akshaye Khanna will be seen together again in Naqaab. 'Humraaz' was also a thriller which was critically as well as commercially acclaimed. This time Akshaye Khanna is again doing a thriller and he is pretty excited about the newcomer Urvashi Sharma too. According to him Urvashi is having a professional attitude and she is an interesting part of this movie. |
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Preity Zinta's MID-DAY case hearing held yesterday
IndiaGlitz [Thursday, May 24, 2007]
Preity Zinta continues to fight for the infamous MID-DAY case hearing! Yesterday her case hearing took place at Girgaum Court, Mumbai.
On the professional front Preity Zinta is gearing up for the release of JHOOM BARABAR JHOOM where she is paired opposite Bobby Deol.
Preity plays a Pakistani woman for the second time after VEER ZAARA. Directed by Shaad Ali, JHOOM BARABAR JHOOM is arriving all over on June15th. |
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"CHEENI KUM" ya zyaada, Toss a Coin to know more!
IndiaGlitz [Thursday, May 24, 2007]
HotMuggs, a stylized drink ware concept, have entered into an alliance with P9, the merchandising partner for CHEENI KUM - A sugar free love story, to launch a range of innovative and exclusively licensed merchandise, targeted at movie buffs and aimed at creating an excitement in the marketplace around the movie.
These innovative merchandise that has many first to its credit, is designed, manufactured and marketed by HotMuggs, and will be available leading malls, bookstores, and concept shops in over 25 cities across the country.
Cheeni Kum is a romantic comedy with less sugar. Means less mush. Inspired from the sarcasm of the story, the innovative merchandise developed are Cheeni Kum Toss Coins (set of 5 and singles); Unique theme based message mugs; Craft your own Cheeni Kum love story on Muggs (akin to a greeting card); and Limited Editon of specially autographed mugs by Amitabh and Tabu.
Mr.Rishi Jain, Managing Director - HotMuggs said, "The product class of HotMuggs, the concept of zestfuly, energetic, funkiness has an ideal connect with CheeniKum - a Love Story and hence we are upbeat about the fact that we not just offering a product or merchandise, but a concept that is as youthful, energetic and funky and targeted this at the discerning class." HotMuggs is present in nearly 25 cities through leading malls, multiplexes and bookstores where the merchandise shall also be available.
Cheeni Kum Toss Coins (set of 5 and singles), a first time concept, aimed towards having fun games with interesting toss combos like Sex / TV, Cricket / Shopping, Pizza / Idli, Today / Tomorrow, Enough / Want More. For the people who believe in a Sugar Free Romance, there is a range of Cheeni Kum Message Muggs with 4 Variants to choose from. With unique message like: 1 1/2 kg Pure Passion / a dash of Charm / lots of Bitterness / 2 drops Apology / 999g Jealousy / 1 tbsp White Lies - my cheeni kum partner; "Love rules without rules"; "In dreams and in love, there are no impossibilities"; and "Where there is great love, there are great miracles". These messages are based on the Cheeni Kum concept of love (not mushy).
In a unique mugg people can write their own cheeni kum love story, akin to a greeting card, a concept that first of its kind in the industry, and win personally autographed limited edition mugs, music merchandise. Cheeni Kum BnW - with a special limited edition of 2 mugs, with one white and one black with an inscribed autograph of Amitabh Bachchan and Tabu on either mugs. The merchandise are priced from Rs.99 - 825/- only.
Cheeni Kum is a romantic comedy with less sugar. Means less mush. It is a sarcastic love story of a 64 year old arrogant, acidic chef of London's top Indian restaurant and a simple 34 year old unmarried woman, visiting London. It's a story of how they meet, how they fight, how they make up, how their relationship evolves into romance. It's a story of their funny struggle to break the news to the woman's father and the chaos they go through convincing him and making him accept them as a couple. Movie written and directed by R.Balki, is produced by Sunil Manchanda, MAD Entertainment with P9 Integrated Marketing Pvt. Ltd. (P9 Int.) and Ilaiya Raja as the music director. The movie features: Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu, Paresh Rawal and Zohra Sehgal |
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Akshaye Khanna's Salsa dance in 'NAQAAB'
IndiaGlitz [Friday, May 25, 2007]
 
Producer Ramesh Turani and Kumar S Turani of Tips Film is coming with their most shocking thriller of the year,' Naqaab', very soon. This film cast consists of Akshaye Khanna, Bobby Deol and debutant model cum actor Urvashi Sharma.
Though it is a musical thriller the interesting part is director Abbas Mustan and the Taurani brothers have decided to keep a salsa dance in this film.
This dance will be performed by Akshaye Khanna and newcomer Urvashi Shrama. Earlier the talented Akshaye didn't get a chance to show his dancing skill to any of his films but this time he has got a chance to show his talent as a dancer.
Choreographer Raju Khan has been choreographed this dance sequence. According to Raju Khan, Akshaye Khanna has a flexible body so it was not so difficult for him to train him to get the steps right.
Before the final take both the actors has done few rehearsals to perform the best on screen. Salsa is an extremely sensual dance genre that needs a certain chemistry and comfort level between the pair. And choreographer Raju khan was extremely happy to see both the actors performing salsa so comfortably.
After the success of 'Humraaz' Bobby Deol and Akshaye Khanna will be seen together again in Naqaab.' Humraaz' was also a thriller which was critically acclaimed by almost everybody.
This time Akshaye Khanna is again doing a thriller not only that he is pretty excited about the newcomer Urvashi Sharma too. According to him Urvashi is having a professional attitude and she is an interesting part of this movie. |
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Premiere of Cheeni Kum
[Friday, May 25, 2007]
The premiere of Amitabh Bachchan-Tabu starrer Cheeni Kum took place last night in Mumbai amidst much drama and fanfare. Tabu looked gorgeous in red and posed for pictures and interacted with the media. Director Balki played the host to perfection as he welcomed everyone at the entrance and guided them to the auditorium. Abhishek and Amitabh Bachchan walked in together but the photographers refused to click them because of the treatment meted out to them during the Abhi-Ash wedding. Paresh Rawal who plays a pivotal role in the movie was not present at the premiere.
Venue : Cinemax, Andheri, Mumbai, Thursday Night
Present: Tabu, Balki, Neetu Chandra, Minisha Lamba, Sonu Sood, Ila Arun, Anil Sharma and others
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Emraan Hashmi sees global release with AWARAPAN
IndiaGlitz [Friday, May 25, 2007]
It is common knowledge that all the recent Mukesh Bhatt/Mahesh Bhatt releases Zeher, Woh Lamhe and Gangster have worked in India and been musical sell-outs.
Unfortunately, the Asian audience overseas was deprived of watching these titles on the big screen, as their films never had a principal theatrical outing in the key markets being the UK, US & UAE.
However, with Awarapan the Bhatts will witness a foray into the international market courtesy of Studio 18, which is giving the film a simultaneous day-and-date cinematic release on June 29. This will also mark the testing ground for Emraan Hashmi in the overseas market.
"Awarapan is our biggest venture till date and we are extremely excited about taking the film international," stated Mukesh Bhatt. "We've shot the concluding reels in Pakistan, as the story naturally shifts there so we wanted it to be as authentic as possible."
According to rumours, promotional events for the film are being planned out in the UK & UAE. |
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