Showing posts with label Bollywood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bollywood. Show all posts
Amithab Bachchan, who joined Twitter in 2010, is an avid user of the site and has tweeted 11,108 times till date.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar came third on the list with 1,786,243 followers and Shah Rukh Khan landed on the fourth position with 1,612,989 followers. Actor Aamir Khan, came fifth with 1,506,083 followers on Twitter and Salman Khan ranked sixth with 1,485,203 followers.
Amithab most followed on Twitter!
The other awards on the other hand are bagged by two more movies Singham and Don 2. Ajay Devgan will be awarded as ‘The Best Actress’ for the movie Singham and Farhan Akhtar will be awarded as ‘The Best Director’ for the movie Don 2.
Filmmaker Ramesh Sippy, lyricist Gulzar and T.P. Aggarwal the chairman of FFI (Film Federation of India) will be given lifetime achievement awards, according to Daya Nand Vats, the general secretary of Sangh. ‘The hero of All-time’ hit award goes to Anil Kapoor. NDTV has been named ‘The Best Hindi News Channel’, while Asian Academy of Film and TV has been named ‘The Best Institute for Film and TV’.
Vidya Balan’s ‘The Dirty Pcture’ is ‘The Best Picture’
After breaking up with John, Bipasha was linked up with Shahid Kapoor, Rana Dagubatti and Josh Harnett and when asked about her feelings for these rumours, she said she don’t care all those rumours and she will continue her good friendship with Shahid Kapoor, Rana Dagubatti and Josh Harnett for ever whatever people speak about them.
When asked about her marriage plans, she said "Aap ladka dekhiye. Main tho shaadi ke liye abhi taiyar hoon (you find a groom for me, m ready for the marriage now!)”. she wants a handsome and humorous man and he need not be from Bollywood.
Bips is ready for marriage!
As we know that the key reason for Dabangg hit is by the song ‘Munni Badnamm Huyi…’ so the producer Ganesh babu approached Bollywood Bombshell Bipasha Basu to do the same song in telugu version. But buzz from the sources is that she was demanding a whooping amount of 1crore for that song where producers are ready to offer 50 lakhs. She also commented that she can’t put her beauty for Pawan Kalyan movie just for the half Payment.
The first schedule of Gabber Sing is completed recently in Pollalchi and second schedule was planned from January 2nd week. This was directed by the director of the same movie Teen mar Ganesh Babu
Bipasha Basu Demands 1 Crore for Item Song In Gabber Sing
Don 2 – The King is Back has bagged Rs 15.3 Crore on its releasing day itself which is the highest of the first day collections on Friday, a non holiday.
In Australia it has made a record of making highest earning equivalent to USD $ 82,000 on a working day Friday. Earlier, bollywood movie ‘Bodyguard’ made such record earning USD $ 74,000.
In North America Don 2 has made a record of making $ 550,000 beating the records of ‘My Name is Khan’ with earnings $ 445,000 on its release day.
Don 2 – The King is Back, is sequel of Don by Farhan Akhtar which got released in the year 2006. 2006 Don starring SRK as Don was the remake of 1978 Don with Big B Amitabh Bachchan as the character Don.
Its also heard that Don 2 was released with 3000 movie prints in India with 3D prints in around 550 screens. Chopra, Boman Irani, Kunal Kapoor and Lara Dutta has played the major roles in the movie.
Don 2 first day collections!
If you haven’t seen the 2012 Agneepath trailer, then you have definitely missed out on why Agneepath is creating such hype.
However, unlike the 1990 version, Agneepath 2012 packs a lot more hard core action, blood, gore, drama and deadly dialogues.
Following on the same story line as the original movie, producer Karan Johar has admitted to making a few changes to the plot. One of the more obvious ones is the fact that Hrithik Roshan will be an underdog rising up against a villain unlike Amitabh who was anything but. In fact, Hrithik’s character is younger, more driven and proactive, and at the end of the promo he comes across as ruthlessly cold and in control while speaking to Kancha Cheena the Villian played by Sanjay Dutt. Hrithik also plays the role in his own style, making it clear that he is not trying to ape Amitabh Bachchan from the original film.
Amitabh Bachan in the 1990 version of Agneepath
The movie will also see no groovy moves from the dance master. Why? Because according to the director, the movie has no place for Hrithik to show his awesome dancing skills. I know it sounds absurd, but Producer Karan Johar did elaborate saying, Hrithik Roshan would not do any dance routines in the movie because it was against his character, that of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. Playing an intense role of a person that uses his silence as his strength to control his anger till the right time, it makes it absurd that the character would get up and suddenly start dancing.
Though he may be right, we know it’s going to be hard for Hrithik Roshan’s fans to not see him dancing. But overall, the movie is sure to capture and hold the attention of the viewer. With Sanjay Dutt’s shaven head and menacing smile which literally gives you Goosebumps, Hrithik Roshan’s action packed moves and intense performance as an angry man with so much of vengeance in his eyes and Kareena Kapoor’s Chikni Chameli as the icing on the cake, Agneepath’s promos have captured everyone and is going to keep them captivated till the movie release in January of 2012. In fact, with the promos alone, the film has created its own box office market space.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BggaM_bC_w&feature=youtu.beWhen the item number Chikni Chameli was released, it did raise the expectation levels of the audiences however with the release of the second trailer today (the 24th of December 2011) the expectations form the file have been raised along with everyone’s curiosity. And Agneepath is now one of the much awaited movies for the first quarter of the New Year 2012 and we are sure the movie will be a superhit
- Hrithik Roshan
One thing we noticed upon seeing the promos and posters was the overbearing figure of Sanjay Dutt as the villain Kancha that stands out in the posters. But Hrithik Roshan has absolutely no qualms about this, in fact, when asked if he feels overshadowed in the film due to Sanjay Dutt, he said “Look at his size…I think anyone, be it me or anyone else will get overshadowed. It is not possible that you will not get overshadowed by Sanjay’s presence…”
What spirit, no wonder we love the guy.
Agneepath
The film is being directed by Rumy Jafry and produced by Nitin Manmohan under the banner ’One Up Entertainment Pvt Ltd’.
‘Gali Gali Mein Chor Hai’ to release on Feb 3!
Actor-director Farhan Akhtar does not rule out a third part to the "Don" series. But for now, he says he wants to "explore other genres".
"I never refused to make 'Don 3'. It's just someone misquoted me and misconstrued my words to make a spicy headline that 'Don 3' is not happening'," Farhan told reporters here at a conference Monday.
His latest "Don 2: The King Is Back", a sequel to his 2006 film "Don: The Chase Begins", is ready to hit the screens Friday. He is confident about the movie, but wants to wait before taking a plunge into a third part for the action film.
"As a filmmaker, I would want to explore other genres too and not get restricted to one. In my interview, I had actually said that at this point of time, I am not ready to take the story forward. I don't want to get into it as of now, but I never denied the possibility of it. I am very fascinated by Don as character, and I would love to take it to the next level, but only when I have a good script.
"So if someone had to ask me now, if I want to take the story of 'Don' forward, yes I want," added Farhan, who was accompanied at the event by Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Kunal Kapoor and producer Ritesh Sidhwani.
A third part to the "Don" movie series??
Bollywood’s actress Katrina Kaif played an hot and spicy item number ’Chikni Chameli’ in Agneepath film, which will hit the screens in 2012.Now the latest news is that a pizza is named after Katrina Kaif’s spicy-hot item number ’Chikni Chameli.
A popular pizza chain has named one of its pizzas after the ’Chikni Chameli’ Katrina Kaif’s hot item song in Agneepath. So after a milkshake was named after Mallika Sherawat in Hollywood, a pizza is named after Katrina Kaif in our very own Bollywood.It looks like the producer have tied up with a pizza chain company to promote his film Agneepath. This special ’Chikni Chameli’ pizza goes cheesy and spicy now into their menu.This is the new way of promoting the movie.
A popular pizza chain has named one of its pizzas after the ’Chikni Chameli’ Katrina Kaif’s hot item song in Agneepath. So after a milkshake was named after Mallika Sherawat in Hollywood, a pizza is named after Katrina Kaif in our very own Bollywood.It looks like the producer have tied up with a pizza chain company to promote his film Agneepath. This special ’Chikni Chameli’ pizza goes cheesy and spicy now into their menu.This is the new way of promoting the movie.
Katrina Kaif’s ‘Chikni Chameli’ Pizza!
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| The Dirty Picture |
I was reminded repeatedly of that film as I was watching Milan Luthria’s The Dirty Picture, the supposed biopic of the late southern siren, Silk Smitha. Luthria and the writer Rajat Arora make sure that we get the connection by naming their heroine Reshma / Silk.
First, we should put a myth to rest. This film is NOT a biography of Silk Smitha Going by the many tids and bits of information that have appeared in various media in the past few weeks, the only similarities between Silk Smitha’s life and that of Milan Luthria’s heroine appear to be limited; they both come from a village in South India, become famous for doing sexy roles and dances in southern films, lose their hard earnings in ill conceived production ventures and finally commit suicide.
The real life Silk seems to have had a much more varied and interesting life than the filmy one. She was, according to the news reports, born in a village (incidentally not too far from where I grew up) as Vijayalakshmi, married before her entry into the films, ran away to Madras, started as a make-up assistant to a B-grade film actress, then entered films, became successful as sensuous Silk Smitha - notorious for her raunchy item numbers on screen, took care of her siblings and married again. First person accounts of acquaintances during her film career paint a picture of a reserved, self-contained caring woman of a friendly disposition. She ended her life at the young age of 36 by hanging. Speculations abound about the circumstances of her death.
This poor, dead woman gets exploited once again by the shameless filmmakers. Frankly, this film follows the predictable arc of the innocent protagonist that makes it big and in the process loses herself with an inevitable tragic end. It’s merely a convenience that the protagonist happens to be an item dancer.
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| Silk Smitha |
Luthria’s Silk, an entirely different woman altogether from the descriptions of the real life Silk, is ambitious, confident, defiant, naughty, brash, crass and quick to take an insult. She is not hesitant to flaunt her body or ride rough over the obstacles on her way. This is definitely not Helen, and may not even be Silk Smitha; but it does not matter. That we end up rooting for this self destructing narcisist is to the credit of the director writer team and the heroine Vidya Balan who portray Silk as a woman that refuses to be apolegetic about being her.
The film belongs to Vidya Balan, completely and totally. Balan, whom we first met a mere half a dozen years ago as Lalita, the demure girl next-door in Parineeta, gives a surprising turn of performance as Silk, definitely not the girt next door. That this actress had talent was taken for granted from her very first film and her portrayal of Krishna in Ishquiya already proved it. Here, cast against type, she dominates this film completely, towering over everything around. Even the inimitable Nasiruddeen Shah is reduced to playing second fiddle when he is around her. She is at once the eager village belle anxious to see herself on the screen for the first time, the seductive and ultimately shocked, shamed and enraged second woman in a superstar’s life, the reckless, vainglorious and somewhat bitter star who allows her ego to trump her better judgement, and the woman searching for her lost self and not finding it. Let me be blunt about it: Vidya Balan, who has put on an ample amount of weight for this role, did not exude the curvy sensuousness of Silk Smitha; neither did she have the famous seductive eyes of the dead star, which the cameraman Balu Mahendra once described as the source of her sexuality. Despite these handicaps, Viday Balan, with her face and posture, rather than her body, conjures the raw sexuality that Silk Smitha was famous for. Silk in this film goes from sexy to frumpy, and Balan brilliantly manages this with her clever, but not very obvous, use of posture and costumes. Vidya Balan dares to take on a challenge and succeeds.
Naseeruddeen Shah, as the aging, egotistical and creepy Tamil cinema super star Suryakant, turns in another brilliant and memorable performance as usual. Tusshar Kapoor as Ramakant, the hapless, sensitive writer brother of the super star is adequate. Emraan Hashmi, as the self-absorbed, ambitious director does not have much to do in the film except to sulk, which he does well. The film is also narrated by him. The surprise performances come from Anju Mahendru as Nayla, a film reporter of the Devyani Chaubal mode (to the uninitiated, Anju Mahendru was an aspiring actress and girlfriend of Rajesh Khanna during his days of ascent to superstardom before she was dumped in favor of Dimple Kapadia), and the person who acted as producer Selva Prakash.
There are many scenes in the film, particularly in the first half, that are crafted exceedingly well by the writer and director. The dialogue, even when cliched or raunchy, sounds crisp and Luthria infuses the screen with the energy, color, sound and verve of the gaudy, raunchy 80s. I particularly liked the way Reshma’s film debut is handled. There are occasional interesting touches. The film sags a bit in the second half with ponderous, cliched, and increasingly lewd dialog and predictable scenes, but Balan makes up for it. The music is good.
Often, the film begs credulity. There is a certain degree of awkwardness in trying to make this the story of a southern film star of the 80s. The ambience of the film reeks of Bombay film industry of the 80s and does not seem to reflect the southern realities of that period. The star, Silk, has such a lonely life that she does not even have any staff at her home, much less the personal entourage on the film sets. Many of the characters are often two dimensional.
Despite all this, the film works. It is entertaining. We get interested in the life of this vivacious woman and empathize with her even as she is slowly destructing herself. We exit the theater with sympathy for this woman’s life, even if she is a filmy myth. That credit goes to the writer, director and, most of all, to Vidya Balan who made this look real.
The Dirty Picture - When Silk is not Silk!
The stork has come calling in B Town again! This time it is Shilpa Shetty.
Shilpa has confirmed she is pregnant with her first child with businessman husband, Raj Kundra.
"Tweetos, 'YES' an addition to our family is our confirmation to all queries :) We seek blessings from all in this very beautiful phase of our lives," Shilpa made the announcement on Twitter.
The 36-year-old actress-turned-businesswoman, who became a popular face in Bollywood with films like ‘Main Khiladi Tu Anari’, ‘Baazigar’, ‘Dhadkan’ and ‘Life…In A Metro’, married Kundra in 2009.
Shilpa has confirmed she is pregnant with her first child with businessman husband, Raj Kundra.
"Tweetos, 'YES' an addition to our family is our confirmation to all queries :) We seek blessings from all in this very beautiful phase of our lives," Shilpa made the announcement on Twitter.
The 36-year-old actress-turned-businesswoman, who became a popular face in Bollywood with films like ‘Main Khiladi Tu Anari’, ‘Baazigar’, ‘Dhadkan’ and ‘Life…In A Metro’, married Kundra in 2009.
Rumours of her pregnancy have been doing the rounds for long now, but Shilpa had publicly denied the news last in September this year.
Good wishes for the couple have already started pouring in on Twitter.
"SO happy 4 my friend @TheShilpaShetty and her husband Raj, for the new, on the way, angel of happiness," posted Shilpa’s good friend, actress Raveena Tandon.
Filmmaker Ken Ghosh tweeted: "So happy for @TheShilpaShetty and Raj – as they are expecting their first child – God bless!"
Actresses Lara Dutta and Celina Jaitley are currently expecting, while Aishwarya Rai recently gave birth to a baby girl on November 16.
Even Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao were blessed with a son on December 1 through a surrogate mother.(IANS)
Good wishes for the couple have already started pouring in on Twitter.
"SO happy 4 my friend @TheShilpaShetty and her husband Raj, for the new, on the way, angel of happiness," posted Shilpa’s good friend, actress Raveena Tandon.
Filmmaker Ken Ghosh tweeted: "So happy for @TheShilpaShetty and Raj – as they are expecting their first child – God bless!"
Actresses Lara Dutta and Celina Jaitley are currently expecting, while Aishwarya Rai recently gave birth to a baby girl on November 16.
Even Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao were blessed with a son on December 1 through a surrogate mother.(IANS)
Shilpa Shetty pregnant !
The ‘Khiladi’ of Bollywood Akshay Kumar, returns to the Khiladi series after a long-long time! Khiladi 786 will be comedy directed by Rohit Shetty’s assistant Ashish R Mohan. Interestingly Himesh Reshammiya has made a huge contribution as a producer, story writer, music composer and as a Gujarati named Mansukh in the movie. The hunt for the female lead is still on.
Produced by Eros International Media Ltd, Hari Om Entertainment Co and HR Musik; Khiladi 786 will release during Diwali 2012.
Have a look at the First Look poster of Khiladi 786
Produced by Eros International Media Ltd, Hari Om Entertainment Co and HR Musik; Khiladi 786 will release during Diwali 2012.
Have a look at the First Look poster of Khiladi 786
Akshay Kumar Khiladi 786 First Look
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