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'I am going to work on Munna Bhai 3 from February 10,' says the filmmaker.Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra says his latest film Shikara, based on the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from the Kashmir Valley, was an intense experience, and adds that he will now focus on a new Munna Bhai project because he wants to make a fun film. Read More |
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Baadshaho', which released last week, reportedly opened to double-digit numbers and mixed reviews from the critics and the audience. Starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Ileana D'Cruz, Esha Gupta and Vidyut Jammwal, the action thriller is set against the backdrop of the Emergency of 1975. For the makers, it was only gratifying to see a considerably high footfall at both, multiplexes and single screens across the country. In spite of getting mixed response from the critics, the film, produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Milan Luthria, is holding its ground with a decent collection at the BO. Director Milan Luthria says, "The numbers prove that the film has been well-received pan India. Occupancy has been fairly good over the weekend in multiplexes and single screens. Partial holidays on Monday and Tuesday helped the film reach out to more people. I've received satisfying feedback. I set out to entertain, and the film has found its mark across the spectrum. The audience is the best judge and they have delivered their verdict." Producer Bhushan Kumar beams, "Ours is a film for everyone and it's doing well in almost all the markets. We hope this week sees a good turnout at theatres, too."
Jacqueline Fernandez fans showcase their love for the actress with more graffiti arts in Bandra, where the sensational beauty resides. After creating a new selfie point in the town with the Graffiti art of 'Jacq of Hearts' near Jacqueline's house in Pali Hill, another graffiti art has emerged near Rizvi college and Carter road in Bandra. The first graffiti art near Pali Hill became a popular selfie point amongst Jacqueline Fernandez's fans giving rise to another art in the vicinity. One of the most loved actresses in Bollywood, Jacqueline Fernandez enjoys immense love from her fans. The actress who was referred to as Jacq of Hearts, recently received a rather special gesture by her fans as they painted a graffiti art near her house. Now, the graffiti art has turned out to be selfie point for her fans as they cannot stop pouring their love on their favourite actress. Bandra is known to have graffiti arts in and around the city showcasing various topics that are close to the city. The latest addition to the art gallery, however, has been an unusual one with fans across quarters leaving no chance to express their love for it. On the occasion of Jacqueline's birthday, her Judwaa 2 co-star Varun Dhawan wished the actress touting her as the Jacq of Hearts and in no time social media was flooded with tweets hailing the actress as Jacq of Hearts. Jacqueline Fernandez enjoys the love and loyalty of her unfathomable fanbase spread across the nooks and corners of the nation. The actress is extremely active on social media and uses the medium to interact with her fans on regular basis. One of the most commercially viable actresses in Bollywood, Jacqueline Fernandez is one of the most sought names in the brand world owing to the blockbuster success of her films.
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Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar never fails to impress with the characters he plays or the films he chooses to do. Once again the actor is coming with Mission Mangal, which is a joint production Akshay Kumar's production house Cape of Good Films and Fox Star Studios. Recently Akshay's production house Cape of Good Films and Fox Star Studios have signed a three-movie deal and Mission Mangal will be the first film under the joint production. Yesterday Akshay Kumar took to social media and shared the details and also introduced the cast of the film. Mission Mangal has an ensemble cast of Sharman Joshi, Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari, and Nithya Menon. While sharing the news Akshay posted a picture of the whole cast and wrote, "Proud and excited to bring the story of India's Mars Mission, #MissionMangal to you. Coincidentally the mission was launched on this very date, 5th Nov. 2013. Meet the team and do share your best wishes for our shubh mangal journey. Shoot begins soon. Mission Mangal will be directed by Jagan Shakti. The shooting of the film is expected to begin this month.
Hui Malang is sung by Asees Kaur, with music by Ved Sharma, and lyrics penned by Kunaal Vermaa and Haarsh Limbachiyaa, and given the mood and rhythm of the song, it makes a perfect trance number
Malang's music has already created waves with its music so far — Chal Ghar Chalen, Humraah, Phir Na Mile Kabhi and the title track have hitherto all struck a chord with listeners — and the film's song is only going to enhance its reputation as an album. The makers have just dropped Hui Malang, sung by Asees Kaur, with music by Ved Sharma, and lyrics penned by Kunaal Vermaa and Haarsh Limbachiyaa. Given the mood and rhythm of the song, it should become a rage at parties and large open-air musical events as it picks up steam with the audience. The icing on the cake, of course, is Disha Patani's stunning outfit and scintillating move while she grooves to the beats of the dance track.
Listen up, young guns, Alia Bhatt's money matters are inspiring. Luxury is not everything, hence proved though the Kalank actress splurges on fancy bags, gym gear and holidays. Let Alia Bhatt teach you how to manage your money.
Alia Bhatt is an inspiration to many. The actress has grown a lot both on a personal and professional level. From being a teenager with a passion for acting to ruling the roost on Bollywood, Alia has seen many ups and downs in her journey. The Raazi actress who became successful at a very young age was never a splurger. However, she has become a bit more involved in her finances and can also live on a budget.
During an interview with The Economic Times' Panache Magazine, Alia Bhatt opened up on the benefits of living on a budget. "I can live within a budget. I don’t spend that much. My chartered accountant often tells me 'Why don’t you spend more?'," she said. The actress went on to reveal that during her growing up years, she was very frugal as far as her expenses were concerned. She went on to add that she bought or shopped from one particular shop in London when she went abroad for vacations and continues to do so. "Even now I buy my pyjamas from Primark. So what? They’re pyjamas. How different can they be?" She said.
Alia went on to talk about her investments. "I still don’t understand investing, but over the years, I’ve become keen to learn more. My home in Mumbai (Juhu, Mumbai) is the first property I bought. I invest in FDs and bonds. Mutual Funds are good, so I’ve been told," she told the magazine.
The Takht actress went on to state her wish which is, "A private jet would be a luxury. I have chartered one before, but not for a holiday. A home in the mountains is a dream. I’ll fulfill it later in life. I had a dream to buy a house in London and I did in 2018. It’s in Covent Garden and my sister lives there part-time."
Kareena Kapoor Khan and Taimur Ali Khan are purely mother-son goals. A picture from Armaan Jain and Anissa Malhotra's wedding is going viral, as we write. The way they are looking at each other, we cannot stop gushing about them.
Kareena Kapoor Khan is one helluva a diva, hands down. The actress and her toddler son are always the talk of the town. Kareena is a doting mother to Taimur Ali Khan and needless to say, both are equally famous. Last night, Kareena's cousin Armaan Jain tied the knot with his long time girlfriend, Anissa Malhotra. Who's who of Bollywood turned up, all dolled and decked up for the lavish reception party and to congratulate the newlyweds. Among them, the most sizzling were siblings, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Karisma Kapoor. They not only danced away but also looked drop-dead gorgeous.
Now, a picture of Kareena Kapoor Khan and her little munchkin, Taimur Ali Khan is going viral on social media. Kareena and Tim conducted an impromptu photo shoot session. For Armaan and Anissa's wedding, Kareena opted for a sunshine yellow saree and Taimur was seen clad in a blue kurta and white pajamas. The way they are looking at each other is just adorbs. We for one cannot stop gushing about the mother-son duo. Have a look at their pictures
As soon as this picture was uploaded on social media, fans couldn't stop adoring them and called it goals (mother-son). Many fans posted heart emoticons on their picture. Coming back to the wedding, Karisma and Kareena were seen having a blast being the ladkewale. They danced away in the Baraat. Taimur who was sitting on his father, Saif Ali Khan's shoulders could be seen enjoying the whole fiasco while Maasi Karisma and Kareena danced.
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Shah Rukh Khan Has A Contingency Plan For His Film, Zero
Said to be mounted on a budget of Rs 200 crore, Zero finds pride of place in Shah Rukh Khan's filmography as his most expensive film to date. While the mammoth budget would give sleepless nights to most producers, one can count on Khan's astute business skills to ensure that the project does not spell losses for him. With over two months to go before the Aanand L Rai-directed venture hits screens, trade sources indicate that the superstar has already recovered approximately Rs 130 crore through telecast rights, music rights and in-film branding. A trade source reveals, "The satellite rights have apparently been sold at a whopping sum to Sony Pictures. Plus, Shah Rukh's standing collaboration with Netflix has helped him bag a lucrative deal with the streaming giant for the film's digital rights."
Filmmaker Kabir Khan’s next directorial venture 83 is set to go on floors from June 5 in Glasgow, Scotland.
The film features Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev, captain of the World Cup-winning Indian cricket team of 1983.
The team will shoot at a local cricket club in the Scottish port city for a week, followed by other popular locations like Dulwich college in London, Edinburgh cricket club, Nevill Ground at Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent and the Oval cricket ground.
“Since it’s a real-life story, this film involved a lot of training and research. Now that it’s going on the floors, starting with the Glasgow schedule, everyone’s excited to recreate a journey that made history, all thanks to our cricketing heroes of the 83 team,” Kabir said in a statement.
The film will chronicle India’s win under Kapil’s captainship when the team defeated West Indies in the final to clinch their first-ever World Cup trophy in 1983.
The film, presented by Reliance Entertainment, also features Pankaj Tripathi, Saqib Saleem, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jatin Sharma, Ammy Virk and Hardy Sandhu.
Ali Abbas Zafar spent several days thinking about a perfect name for the lead character of his upcoming film and the director says he even delved into mythology until he got a perfect title in Bharat. The film, which is scheduled to release on June 2019, is a remake of Ode To My Father. Ali says he was extremely impressed with the 2014 Korean drama but the adaptation had to be in sync with the Indian sensibilities. "I didn't want to call it 'Ode to My Father.' I wasn't looking only at the promise he makes to his father but a lot of other things. I told Salman I'll make the film as not only his but the nation's journey. But I needed to know what the character should be called," Ali told PTI. The director said since Salman was headlining it, the film had to be "completely re-written", while simultaneously finding an ideal Indian name for the hero. "I thought Ram is an ideal hero from mythology. Could the character be called Arjun because he is doing it for his dharma, karma? Or should he be called Karna, a selfless hero. What do I call the film? "I felt if he is synonymous with what the nation has been over the generations, he should be named after the country. One night at 3AM, I was tossing on the bed, thinking hard, and then I had it: Bharat," he said. He immediately shared the name with Salman and producer Atul Agnihotri. "Producer Sajid Nadiadwala had the title registered under him so I told him about our film. Both Salman and Atul also jumped on it. Once I found the title, I started writing the film." The writing process for Bharat lasted almost a year and a half and Ali said, of all the Salman films, this one has gone through severe drafting. He said, "To bring out an emotion is the most difficult thing in a film. If you can crack that code, crack the reason you're making the film and how the audience will react, everything else becomes peripheral. Once I understood the emotion we were trying to show the film was set." 'Bharat' is solely a film on relationships. That was a new territory for me. At 36, I wanted to explore a man at 70. I pushed myself," said Ali. The film features the 53-year-old superstar in several looks, depicting changing decades, and Ali says Bharat has "six Salman Khan films in it." "The soul is the same throughout every look but every chapter is like a story, with a beginning, middle and an end. Like the thin moustache he sports is a hat tip to the Guru Dutt era. As we evolved, the look changed with bell bottoms, the language changed- from Urdu it become Hindustani and few English words came in. Along with the language graph, the visual tone also changes." Ali credited Salman for giving his best in the film. "If I'm calling Bharat as old as the nation, he needs to look like that, someone who has seen everything and evolved. Salman had no apprehension. He understands his audience really well. He thought that the old man look will get the maximum impact. He is bang-on in that look and with his performance," the director said.
Priyanka Chopra has a new role, as tech Investor
In one of her first acts as a startup investor, actress Priyanka Chopra recently toured the San Francisco home of her new portfolio company, a coding education company called Holberton School. The campus resembles a WeWork more than a school, with open-plan rows of desks, decorative neon lights and meeting rooms named after famous people. The school uses projects and group learning instead of more traditional courses, to teach software development. “You just hang out and you’re learning,” Chopra said. “It’s amazing.” Chopra, 36, has been doing a lot of hanging out and learning in technology circles lately. In between presenting at the Emmys, sitting in the front row at New York Fashion Week, celebrating the birthday of her fiancé, Nick Jonas, in Texas, and darting to her native India to act in a movie, she has squeezed in meetings with startup founders and lined up future investments. “Geeks are taking over the world,” Chopra said. “If they haven’t already,” she quickly added. There’s no shortage of celebrities investing in tech startups. So far, deals from male actors, athletes and musical artists have garnered much more attention than those from famous women. Ashton Kutcher is a regular at tech conferences; Carmelo Anthony and Nas have their own funds; Leonardo DiCaprio has been an adviser to at least three venture firms. Tyra Banks, Beyoncé and Demi Lovato have participated in startup deals. But few women have built robust portfolios. Chopra said she did not yet know how many deals she will do or how much money she would invest, but she does plan on building a portfolio. On Wednesday she announced her second investment, in Bumble, a dating and social media app founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd, one of the most prominent startup founders in tech.Chopra plans to help promote Bumble’s launch in India in the coming months. Chopra was introduced to tech investing by her manager, Anjula Acharia, a founder and angel investor who spent time as an entrepreneur-in-residence and partner at Trinity Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Acharia has worked with Chopra since 2010. Acharia was the first investor in ClassPass, a fitness booking startup; she made a return on the company’s most recent round of funding. She’s also invested in Bulletproof Coffee, Health-Ade Kombucha and The Muse. She said Jimmy Iovine, a mentor who backed her entertainment startup, DesiHits, taught her how to anticipate cultural trends. Acharia has straddled Hollywood and Silicon Valley says that, as an Indian woman, she has been a rarity in both worlds. On weekends, at the Hollywood parties she has frequented with Chopra, Acharia noticed they were often the only South Asians in attendance. Then, on weekday meetings with entrepreneurs and partners at Trinity Ventures, she was often the only woman. “I was always a minority,” she said. With Holberton involvement, Acharia and Chopra are making an effort to help change the tech industry’s gender disparity. After the musical performer Ne-Yo invested in Holberton and began to promote the school to his fans, applications from underrepresented minorities increased. Now, two thirds of Holberton’s students are people of color, and 30 percent are women. Chopra plans to promote the school to her fans as well. “If one day, because of Priyanka, it became 100 percent women, I’d be cool with that,” Acharia said. Founded in 2015, Holberton teaches students to code for free, then charges 17 percent of their paycheck for 3 1/2 years after they graduate. All of its graduates have found jobs. Chopra’s investment is part of an $8.2 million round of funding for Holberton which closed in April. She will join the company’s board of advisers. Chopra emphasized her support for Holberton’s mission to educate people from underprivileged backgrounds. Her investments will skew heavily toward companies with an element of social impact, and companies founded by women. “I don’t want to just be one of those people who’s like, ‘Yeah, I want to be on the tech bandwagon — how are they making so much money,’” she said, surveying the Holberton workspace in a cream pantsuit and snakeskin stilettos. “It’s not about that.” Chopra has worked with UNICEF to advocate for children since 2006, focused mostly on developing nations. But a dinner conversation with Acharia around the time of the 2016 election turned to education in America. That led Acharia to introduce Chopra to the Holberton School’s founders. “I think Holberton was the gateway drug for Priyanka,” Acharia said.
What Deepika Padukone Thought Of Ranveer Singh The First Time She Met Him
Despite the swirling wedding rumours, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh have not yet admitted to their relationship. Though they are said to wed in November, there is no announcement. On Friday, the two were asked about their wedding at an event in New Delhi. Ranveer quipped that they would tell the world when it happens. Fans were quick to point out that since they are not denying the nuptials means it is happening. Dippy also revealed at the event that when she first met Ranveer, she felt he was not her type. Talk about opposites attracting each other.
Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone have been all over the headlines recently for their stunning appearance at the Met Gala 2019. Both the actresses walked the red carpet perfectly suited for the theme of "Camps: Note on Fashion". However, no one could stop gazing at Priyanka Chopra who made jaws drop with her spooky attire. Another Bollywood actress, Kangana Ranaut is all set to make her second red carpet appearance at the prestigious Cannes film festival in France. The actress has opted for leading celebrity stylist, Ami Patel to style all her looks at Cannes this year. Reportedly, the actress will wear a unique saree which will bring the forgotten weaves to the fore so that the world is more aware of India's rich fabrics and culture. Talking about her Bollywood counterparts Deepika and Priyanka dazzling the red carpet at the Met Gala 2019, Kangana said that it's wonderful how Priyanka and Deepika are making their mark there. However, the 'Manikarnika' actress said veteran actor Rekha really defines the real meaning of ‘Camp’ in India. On the work front, Kangana Ranaut will be next seen in 'Mental Hai Kya' starring alongside Rajkummar Rao. The film is slated to hit the screens on July 26.
Incredible India is a boon for the people who have always been wanting to have patriotic movies on the big screen. The best thing is that this entire film is all about on War and terrorism, and this movie (Incredible India) tells you the story of two countries and also the story of deadly spirits. It would be great to have such a movie on a big screen. The deadly spirits, who try to sow discord among them.
The awesome movie directed and produced by Raj Singh Rajput who put the best efforts to make it impressive. It was written by Mohd and he did a great job indeed. The lead stars of this film are Rajpal Yadav, Ramesh Goyal, Mushtaq Khan.
Here, we are going to show you a new interesting movie named “Incredible India” and surely it will make you go happy and satisfied indeed.Most of you might already have seen the trailer of the movie. The trailer of the movie is just amazing indeed. The incredible thing about this movie is that it is quite interesting. Moreover, it is completely connected to real-life. Whether it is about the movie’s budget, cast, reviews, ratings, trailers, story lines, or more, everything is perfect indeed.
Incredible India is indeed a great Bollywood drama, helmed by Raj Singh Rajput. This movie comes up with a wide array of amazing stars Rajpal Yadav, Ramesh Goyal and Mushtaq Khan in the lead roles. You must go ahead to watch it if you love this kind of movie. Incredible India is based on terrorism and war.
There is no doubt that all characters of this movie did a great job including Rajpal Yadav, Ramesh Goyal, Mushtaq Khan. They put the best efforts indeed and made the movie worth to watch. Each character did a great job and went into the skin. Since each character did a great job, this movie has become quite powerful. It conveyed the message in an ideal way. Whether it is about entertainment or chemistry, it did everything in a great way.
If you love going with patriotic movies, this one is worthy to go with. You must go-ahead to the theater to watch this movie. It comes up with a great message and you will truly love it.
Director Imtiaz Ali's Hindi movie Love Aaj Kal (2020) starring Kartik Aaryan, Sara Ali Khan, Aarushi Sharma and Randeep Hooda, has received positive reviews and ratings from the audience around the world.
Love Aaj Kal is a romantic drama and director Imtiaz Ali has written the script and dialogues for it Dinesh Vijan and Imtiaz Ali have produced it under their banners Maddock Films and Window Seat Films. The movie has received a U/A certificate from the censor board and its runtime is 2.21 hours.
The film, which spans from 1990 to 2020, explores two love stories from different eras facing widely different obstacles. Raghu (Kartik Aaryan) and Leena (Aarushi Sharma) are one couple, which battles society's restrictions. The other couple Veer (Kartik Aaryan) and Zoe (Sara Ali Khan) must learn to balance work with love. But both portray the same true and unfiltered feelings of love.
Kartik Aaryan has played dual roles and has done justice to both. His performance is the highlight of Love Aaj Kal. Sara Ali Khan and Aarushi Sharma have done good jobs and their sparkling chemistry with Karthik is also a big attraction of the film. Randeep Hooda has also done justice to his role and he is among the assets of the movie, say the audience.
Love Aaj Kal has rich production values. Amit Roy's cinematography, Ishaan Chhabra's background score, Pritam's songs, dialogues, beautiful locales, costumes and art direction are the attractions on the technical front, add the viewers.
LoveAajKal is what you call as a thinking lovers' film. With an altogether different take on modern day relationship & its complexities, it would be most relatable to those who are finding love and exploring the depth of it. This is primarily for the urban youth.RandeepHooda is adorable in LoveAajKal. He has a very crucial part, is there from start to finish, and brings all his maturity into play. Enacting his age, he is integral to the film. Ditto for newcomer AarushiSharma who says a lot with her facial expressions than dialogues Inarguably, this is TheAaryanKartik 's CAREER BEST performance till date. As three different characters (yes, that's right), he aces it, and now. Especially the Delhi
character was the toughest to enact and needed a borderline performance, something that he gets rightLoveAajKal SaraAliKhan is indeed a find. From #Kedarnath to Simmba and now LoveAajKal, she nails a truly complex part. She acts quite well, looks great, has just the right body language and announces that she has arrived #LoveAajKal
The film revolves around a dramatic event in the lives of Advait (Aditya Roy Kapur) and Sara (Disha Patani), which has them crossing paths with two police officers – Anjaney Agashe (Anil Kapoor) and Michael Rodrigues (Kunal Kemmu), and the impact they have on each other’s future.
REVIEW: Advait meets Sara during his trip to Goa. While he is a bit of an introvert, she is a free-spirited girl from London, who is visiting India for the first time and wants to live life to the fullest. They are instantly attracted to each other and make a pact to make the most of their time together. All is well until a twist in the tale sends their lives spinning out of control. Five years later, Advait goes on a killing spree on Christmas night. Anjaney Agashe, a police officer who often doesn’t follow the law, and Michael Rodrigues, a seemingly righteous cop, are now on his trail. They go on a mad hunt for him. Uncovering the reasons behind Advait's actions is what the rest of the film is about.
Aditya impresses in the role of a guy whose life goes through a major upheaval. He shows restraint and finesses in his performance. The actor’s physical transformation adds weight to all the kicks and punches he pulls in the film. Disha Patani looks stunning and makes most of her role, which is unlike any character she has played so far. The chemistry between the lead pair is infectious. The ever-reliable Anil Kapoor is in top form and stuns in another interesting act. He walks the fine line between being flamboyant and over-the-top with ease. Kunal Kemmu is sincere and surprising in equal parts.
Director Mohit Suri maintains a steady grip on the narrative for most parts. In this film, none of his characters are unidimensional, which makes them interesting. The film begins well with a power-packed action scene, and dives straight into the drama. What it does lack is a tighter edit and dialogues that could elevate the narrative. Though there are two interesting twists in the plot, they aren’t as big a surprise as they should have been, which take away from its thrill quotient. The music proves to be one of its strong points, especially the title track, which stays with you even after you leave the theatre.
The timing of 'Shikara's release is hard to ignore, with the "Union Territory" of Jammu and Kashmir limping to get back to normalcy. Ironically, the time frame in which 'Shikara' is based belongs to an era where Jammu and Kashmir was a state with its own Constitution. How and why the Pandits were thrown out of the state in a matter of just one day -- January 19, 1990 -- deserved a retelling that could evoke emotion, and Vidhu Vinod Chopra wins hands down at least in this aspect. What he only lags is the movie's political espousal with the "Kashmir problem".
Chopra's 'Shikara' chronicles the life of two young lovers trying to make a living in a conflict-ridden state. The tenderness and genuinity of love between the leads -- Aadil Khan's Shiv Kumar Dhar and Sadia's Shanti -- make for one outlook of the narrative.
This outlook is all love. Shiv and Shanti are two insanely, beautifully optimistic souls who believe love, and only love, can win over hatred. They choose to stay at the refugee camps and teach the school children despite having secured a PhD. Their love story is sweet, and gives an old-school romance in a wilder setting.
Debutants Aadil and Sadia are a revelation. They brilliantly execute whatever is asked of them, not leaving any room for an ill-placed emotion. Aadil, particularly, excels in his 50-something avatar. The restraint in his performance speaks volumes about his talent. He has a long way to go.
The second and the most important detail missing in the movie is the political background to the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits on January 19, 1990.The strike on the Pandits emerges out of nowhere. They are asked to leave the Valley with threats of killings and blasts soonafter Shiv and Shanti start their married life. It's the travails of Shiv and Shanti that mostly capture the frame and narrative of 'Shikara' -- entirely overlooking the politicial dynamics that went into the tragedy. There are sub-plots that are equally engrossing -- but too little too late. These plots are also not given the required depth and screen-time.
In one sequence towards the climax of the film, Shiv's long-lost best friend, who had become a militant when his father was killed, confesses to have killed Shanti's soul sister. Lateef Lone had a crush on the friend, Aarti -- summing up one of mini-tragedies in the wider blight of Kashmir.
The screenplay and story, jointly written by Chopra, Rahul Pandita, and Abhijat Joshi, reduces the complex issue of Kashmir to a series of incidents over 30 years primarily faced by two people in love. That Chopra wanted to do just that -- bring forth the grief of losing a home to unknown forces -- is understandable; but he could have at least not employed clumsy ways by which the leads fight/tend to fight their problems.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra has said the movie is a tribute to his mother, also named Shanti, who could not return to Kashmir. 'Shikara', by that measure, is Chopra's ode to the Valley. Shot by Rangarajan Ramabran and edited by Chopra, the movie presents Kashmir in its most natural glory. The filmmaker, in order to lend authenticity to the narrative, has taken real-life refugees (read: Kashmiri Pandits) to play people who shared the camps with Shiv and Shanti. The movie was conceptualised 11 years ago, and shot over the years. That alone deserves an applause.
AR Rahman and Sandesh Shandilya's music is magical. And so are Irshad Kamil's lyrics.
Several of his friends and filmi folks, who haven't seen him on the big screen in four years, have been congratulating him for attempting to play a teacher who speaks shudh Hindi, a tribute to his father Dharmendra's character in 'Chupke Chupke'. Now that the film, which centres around vasectomy, is all set to hit the screens, the actor will start looking at the other projects he has been offered. For Bobby, his dad has always been a huge inspiration. He says, "I am hungry for work. I want to collaborate with good directors on interesting scripts. I am happy that Poster Boys has got me back on everyone's minds. I am looking forward to new subjects and roles." The upcoming comedy, the remake of a Marathi film of the same name, also features macho Sunny Deol as one of the victims of a campaign that promotes vasectomy. The reason an actor with a repertoire of action films agreed to be a part of this light-hearted project is that today, meritorious content seems to have outshined big-budget projects. 'Poster Boys', produced by Sony Pictures Networks Productions, Sunny Sounds Pvt Ltd, Shreyas and Deepti Talpade, releases on September 8.
Several of his friends and filmi folks, who haven't seen him on the big screen in four years, have been congratulating him for attempting to play a teacher who speaks shudh Hindi, a tribute to his father Dharmendra's character in 'Chupke Chupke'. Now that the film, which centres around vasectomy, is all set to hit the screens, the actor will start looking at the other projects he has been offered. For Bobby, his dad has always been a huge inspiration. He says, "I am hungry for work. I want to collaborate with good directors on interesting scripts. I am happy that Poster Boys has got me back on everyone's minds. I am looking forward to new subjects and roles." The upcoming comedy, the remake of a Marathi film of the same name, also features macho Sunny Deol as one of the victims of a campaign that promotes vasectomy. The reason an actor with a repertoire of action films agreed to be a part of this light-hearted project is that today, meritorious content seems to have outshined big-budget projects. 'Poster Boys', produced by Sony Pictures Networks Productions, Sunny Sounds Pvt Ltd, Shreyas and Deepti Talpade, releases on September 8.
Baadshaho', which released last week, reportedly opened to double-digit numbers and mixed reviews from the critics and the audience. Starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Ileana D'Cruz, Esha Gupta and Vidyut Jammwal, the action thriller is set against the backdrop of the Emergency of 1975. For the makers, it was only gratifying to see a considerably high footfall at both, multiplexes and single screens across the country. In spite of getting mixed response from the critics, the film, produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Milan Luthria, is holding its ground with a decent collection at the BO. Director Milan Luthria says, "The numbers prove that the film has been well-received pan India. Occupancy has been fairly good over the weekend in multiplexes and single screens. Partial holidays on Monday and Tuesday helped the film reach out to more people. I've received satisfying feedback. I set out to entertain, and the film has found its mark across the spectrum. The audience is the best judge and they have delivered their verdict." Producer Bhushan Kumar beams, "Ours is a film for everyone and it's doing well in almost all the markets. We hope this week sees a good turnout at theatres, too."
