Choices she has made, why "her type" of roles are going to Priyanka and Katrina and Deepika! Very interesting interview, and Kareena is looking wonderful, and supremely confident, something she never had a problem with anyway :-)
Does Bollywood really have fans outside of India and the NRI community? Here is a small collection of clips that suggest the influence of the Bollywood style film peppered with music and dancing is growing:
The Brazilian Soap Opera Caminhos das Indias aired in 2009 to exceptionally high ratings and increased the visibility of Indian culture and cuisine in Brazil:
“The telenovela popularized India in Brazil. The Indian-inspired bijoux used by Maya are now available everywhere, books about India started to pop up on the best-selling list, the number of travels to India by Brazilians tourists increased dramatically and restaurants and even nightclubs with Indian themes started to open.” (Wikipedia)
Two clips from the TV series:
It's that time of the year again, folks. Time for the pumpkins, the costumes, the parties, the door-to-door candy and, of course, the scary movies. Halloween was always one of my favorite holidays because there's never any pressure to buy gifts or fight your way through a crowded department store while waiting on absurd lines packed full of angry, jaded shoppers. Nope, Halloween is all about dressing up, having fun and eating enough candy to make you sick for a week.
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the release of Back To The Future, which arrives for the first time on Blu-ray tomorrow, and the date when the events of the movie begin (October 25), Universal re-released the film on Saturday and today in select theaters across the country. I went to a packed Saturday morning showing, and oh does this film totally hold up over time.
I’ve seen Back To The Future countless times on DVD (and VHS!) and there are certain scenes and quotes that alway make me laugh and several moments that give me chills or make me want to cheer. That’s why going to see the movie in a theater filled with fellow fans is such a great experience — there’s an entire theater of people to laugh and clap along with.
For instance, at a re-release of The Nightmare Before Christmas the audience sang along to all the tunes, while at a midnight showing of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan everyone held their fist up and yelled “Khaaaannnn!!!” along with Kirk.
At the Back To The Future showing I attended, the audience was a lively bunch. They cheered when the title treatment came up, and at the first appearances of Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown, and of course, when the end credits rolled. But there were so many more moments that got a reaction from the crowd, even after all these years. Here Are 13 Moments From ‘Back To The Future’ That Still Get A Reaction.
– Marty Vs. The Amp –
Marty goes to visit Doc before school, but when he finds the place empty, he decides to play a little guitar. We see Marty’s hands turning up the knobs on several pieces of equipment.
When the camera finally shows Marty he’s standing in front of a massive amplifier with a guitar strapped on to him. A guitar pick glistens in his hand as he’s about to take the first strum. When he does, it’s so loud that the force blows him backwards into a bookcase, and books come crashing down on him. “Whoa,” he says, as he arises from the rubble. “Rock ‘n’ roll.” – The Power Of Love –
Mumbai, Oct 26 (IANS) Mumbai Film Festival continues to throw up lively debates. Taking a jibe at the way Bollywood works, perennially smiling adman Prahlad Kakkar had the audience in splits when he said the industry is a mom and pop shop.
'Why use a good actor when you can have a nephew? And if you have to create stars anyway, why not from the family? It is hence very difficult for men to become stars. But since Bollywood does not want their women to be in films, females have a better chance of becoming stars or starlets. Men stars are usually useless nephews and sons,' he said at a forum.
Taking an open shot at the young Bachchan scion, Kakkar said, 'Abhishek Bachchan has 17 flops in a row and is still going strong. He is unique and should be in the Guinness Book of Records,' much to uproarious laughter from the gathering.
The 2010 Nagin avatar starring the sexy Mallika Sherewat, may have not gone well with the elite class but the flick has managed to find its prey amongst its target audience.
Despite a vicious reaction from critics and traditional media outlets, the long-awaited Mallika Sherawat-starrer ‘Hisss’ had an incredible 6 crore-plus opening weekend from its Hindi version alone, making it a commercial success and a hit with distributors.
The film also beat its bigger-budgeted and better-advertised male star-driven competitors (RGV's ‘Rakta Charitra’ with Vivek Oberoi and ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’ with John Abraham).
HIT. This is undoubtedly the most anxiously awaited word in show business. It reflects box-office collections and revises star ratings, declares the public verdict and decides career moves. So what makes a hit? Simply put, a film is a hit when it works at all levels. To quote Taran Adarsh, editor of the weekly trade journal Trade Guide, “An Indian film is like a vegetarian thali that has a little of everything from roti, chawal and curry to raita, farsan and sweet. Similarly, a commercial Hindi film is replete with romance, music, action, emotion, drama and dance. When all these ingredients are in balanced proportions, the film can keep the viewer engaged for a good part of three hours without him looking for popcorn, listening in to his neighbour’s whispered chatter or squinting at his watch at frequent intervals.” It is this ability to weave a spell over a darkened auditorium full of people that, according to Taran, determines whether the film is a hit or a miss.
Taran is quick to add that to date no one has stumbled upon a fixed formula that guarantees a surefire hit. If music was the mantra for success then, he reasons, Sapne Saajan Ke shouldn’t have bombed. If stars sold a film then Lajja and the recently-released Haan...Maine Bhi Pyar Kiya would have been drawing full houses. If love conquered the world then Rajiv Rai should have been at the top of the world with Pyar Ishq Aur Mohabbat. If fists of fury pulled punches then Sunil Shetty and Akshay Kumar wouldn’t have been looking around for a change of image. If emotions worked then Filhaal should have set the cash counters jingling. And had promotion been all important then Rehna Hai Terre Dil Mein would have sold more tickets.
Should he be looking for new and pathbreaking roles? Playing to his strength? Being laid back and in the mode that got his fans to love him in the first place? One can think of Jack Nicholson - loved by all, fine actor. And then we got too much of the good thing and Jack became a caricature of Jack. I am grateful that Aamir and SRK have not fallen into that trap. If anything I would say that Salman is playing laid back with Wanted and Dabangg, in roles tailor made for him, and reaping rewards. But does that stretch his acting mettle? I still think his best may have been as the bumbling idiot in Andaz Apna Apna!
Every actor who wants to prove something to the world (and they ALL do - that is part of the business) will play (1) a negative role (2) a physically or mentally challenged role (3) a completely understated role (4) an over the top role!
Every month or so I collect the recent tunes that I have listened to in repeat mode. That way I have a whole playlist of songs that I can listen to over and over again until I am finally tired of them :-)
So what was playing in repeat mode this month and why?
1. Munni Badnaam hui from Dabangg! Yes, I know it is not an original but is a redoing of an old nautanki tune, but it retains enough of the earthiness and raw appeal that such a song should have! So Munni stays for a few more weeks, and I have a spring in my step as I listen to it:
Roman Polanski's 'neo-noir' starring Jack Nicholson and a killer last line takes first place in poll of Guardian and Observer critics
It's the film that cemented Jack Nicholson's reputation as the best American actor of his generation, and it was the last film Roman Polanski would make in the US before he fled the country in disgrace. Now, almost 40 years later, their 1974 release Chinatown has now been named the greatest film ever made.
Before you venture into Hisss, ask yourself, are you ready to see Mallika Sherawat make love to a snake. It slithers in between her legs and there is even a bit of tongue action. The scene is grotesque and ridiculous, much like the rest of this film. (that should get some of you into the theater ;-) )
There are some powerful moments and strong performances here — Abhimanyu Singh as an unhinged goon is especially good. Oberoi also shows flashes of prowess and the real discovery is the surprisingly sober and effective Shatrughan Sinha. But how much you relish Rakta Charitra is directly connected to your threshold for gore.
If like me, it’s low, I suggest you take Varma’s advice and sit at home.
This is a welcome offering from RGV who’s goofed up on recent projects. The end does feel abrupt because this is just the first half of the whole story and at the end of the film, is a sneak peek at Rakhta Charitra II, which features Suriya in a key role. Rakhta… if not taken very seriously, can be your ticket to this week’s dose of an A class movie experience.
Abhimanyu Singh is the star of the show with a standout performance as the despicable Bukka Reddy, a man who pushes the boundaries of depravity with his merciless, unsparing attitude. Vivek Oberoi oozes confidence and doesn’t miss a beat as he goes from a restless, angry young man to a shrewd political player. Even Shatrughan Sinha in a smaller part, as the actor-turned-politician who takes Ravi in, offers a restrained but memorable performance....... If the sight of blood doesn’t make you uncomfortable, chances are you’ll enjoy this film.
Aniruddha Guha - DNA **/5 Review: Jhootha Hi Sahi is unoriginal, ‘tyresome’
Sukanya Venkatraghavan - FILMFARE
Hmmm so where does one begin? How does one botch up a film? Let me count the ways. First you cast your own wife, not the brightest of ideas especially since she isn’t really leading lady material.
Blessy Chettiar DNA *.5/5
A weak, almost spineless screenplay, mediocre storyline, and “ajeeb” chemistry (rather, no chemistry) between lead pair Abraham and Pakhi contribute to the boredom that is Jhootha Hi Sahi.
Taran Adarsh BOLLYWOODHUNGAMA *.5/5 What comes across is unexciting, boring and lethargic.
Nikhat Kazmi Times of India ***.5/5 The fringe-folk fraternity is more reminiscent of the Hugh Grant gang in films like Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill than the Ross-Rachel-Joey-Chandler-Monica-Phoebe Friends circle.
Peter Jackson has, at long last, made an official announcement about who will appear in The Hobbit. He has confirmed Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, taking over the role originated by Ian Holm in The Lord of the Rings. A great many other names were released as well, almost all of whom make up the large company of Dwarves that hires Bilbo to be their ‘burgler’ before setting out to kill the dragon Smaug and recover the dwarven treasure the dragon uses as a bed.
What surprised everybody was your friendship with Narendra Modi. People thought you were earlier almost obsessively anti-communal. But Modi has a communal image.
Is there some kind of a constitutional law that says that somebody has some political belief and therefore you can't be friends with him? Everybody has the freedom to be friends with anyone. You are talking about my role in promoting Gujarat, which is part of my country. Modi is a constitutionally elected chief minister of a state. Deny him that, and then talk to me.
Do you believe Narendra Modi is a secular man?
I would like to believe so. Why not? He just won an election, and the largest number of votes came from an area where he had a Muslim candidate. Once the country is constitutionally secular, why should you think otherwise? Even the BJP has Muslim leaders. We are one country. I'm promoting Gujarat. I'm not promoting Narendra Modi. If there were another CM, I'd still promote Gujarat. And I don't charge for promoting my country. There were accusations made that I am doing it to win a BJP ticket for my wife, and build a film city there. Doh mahine tak aap logo ne gaali diya humko. Hua kya usme?
The programme has done extremely well in Gujarat. Gir forest has got full bookings this year. Some other state governments had said negative, rude things about my involvement in Gujarat. After they saw the results, they said, "Hey."
So you are not wrong?
You tell me what am I doing wrong? If I want to promote a particular part of my country, is that wrong? Where are those who were accusing me of taking money, that I've taken Rs. 150 crore? I have documents to prove I have done it for free. I've done this for years. For Gwalior fort, Golconda fort, a fort in Tirupati, for Jallianwalla Bagh, for a Sikh museum. I am doing it for Akshardham. Just because I don't talk about these things, people say whatever they like. Do you know Gujarat has the largest number of heritage sites in the country? Every time a celebrity gets involved in something, people always find a way to criticise. Never a good word. Source
Anusha Rizvi, director of Peepli [Live], and Mahmood Farooqui, co-director and casting director of the film, were at the Express for an Idea Exchange. In this session moderated by Shubhra Gupta, The Indian Express film critic, they speak of the idea of the film and what it was to work with Aamir Khan
Shubhra Gupta: Would you begin by telling us something about yourselves?
Farooqui: I did history at St Stephen’s College in Delhi and went to Oxford and Cambridge. I worked for a year at NDTV. I used to do theatre before that, I also did some film work. Then I stumbled upon Dastaangoi, an art of story-telling in Urdu which is now extinct. I revived it. In between, I wrote for newspapers. Then, Peepli [Live], and my book that came out recently, The Besieged: Voices from Delhi-1857.
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Another day and yet another celebrity show on Indian television. Masterchef India does however hold one big advantage. A competitive cooking show has never been seen before and would offer up something new compared to the done to death dance and singing shows, Bigg Boss in it's 4th season, and KBC in what feels like it's 32507835th season. Akshay Kumar is also not a bad choice to lead such a show considering he does have some connection with cooking, tenuous as it may be. (He cooked in a stall in Bangkok in his pre-fame days.) It still makes him a fitter choice than just about any other Bollywood star.
The show begins with Akshay in superstar mode, booming voice, sunglasses, and a dapper suit talking about "khwabs" and "inquilabs." A wee bit much when you're going to be witnessing herb sprinkling, spinach tossing, and dainty tastings of culinary dishes but it's par for the course when even TV journalists are loudly shouting and screaming news headlines to offer the masala the audience presumably demands. Akshay surprises by finishing up his opening speech zippy fast and letting the Narrator Voice of the show explain the nitty-gritty of Masterchef. Auditions are done in six cities and the visuals are remarkably close to what you would see on Indian Idol; thousands and thousands of people running like a herd of cattle as the doors open.
For a show that's called Masterchef India, all of South India and Eastern India are neglected with the only cities (and obviously with it, their cultures and cuisines) included being Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Indore, Jaipur, and Ahmedabad. If I don't see mile long dosas being made on this show, I'm going to be extremely upset!
Patsy N., Rediff:1.5 stars "badly made film; highlights there fact that there is a serious dearth of movie writers in India" Anupama Chopra, NDTV:1.5 stars"steals blatantly and still can’t come up with a half decent film" Mayank Shekhar, Hindustan Times:1.5 stars "Hollywood knock-off"
These days marketing and promoting a film extensively before its release has become almost mandatory. Hence, we were completely taken by surprise when we got to know that the forthcoming Himesh Reshammiya starrer Kajraare has released today (15 Oct) without any fanfare.
Yes…you heard it right, Kajraare has released in just 2 cinema halls across India, namely New Empire in Mumbai and Apollo in Pune and that too with just one matinee show at each of these theatres.There is no denying the fact that after Box Office disasters such as Karzzzz and Radio, Himesh's market value has taken a beating.
However, despite that, no one expected a big budget film like Kajraare to release all of a sudden and that too with morning shows in just 2 cinema halls. Kajraare is directed by Pooja Bhatt and produced by Bhushan and Krishan Kumar. Why the makers have taken such a sudden and shocking decision is something which remains a mystery as all attempts to contact anyone closely associated with the film proved to be futile.
My travels in Turkey and Greece reminded me that I had NOT continued my series on toilets and bathrooms around the world! So I paid special attention to these attractions this time around. Surprisingly sophisticated facilities were found wherever I went. The earliest (historically speaking) site was the “palace” of Knossos, in Heraklion, Crete. The palace dates back to about 1700 BC and was inhabited by King Minos – of the minotaur fame. When Minos refused to sacrifice the white bull given to him by Poseidon, Aphrodite punished him by making his wife fall in love and mate with a bull, resulting in a half bull half human offspring, the Minotaur! This ferocious being was kept in a labyrinth built under the palace at Knossos by Daedalus. The excavations are massive, the renovations and reconstructions mercifully limited.
One thing is apparent – there was an elaborate system to get water to the palace using aqueducts, and great drainage system with clay pipes. Pride of place is occupied by a large, and surprisingly modern looking clay tub that the queen used for her ablutions.
Adhoore and Ajab lehar are trademark Vishal Shekhar; if the former is catchy and beautifully uptempo, the latter’s orchestration makes all the difference! Prasoon Joshi makes his impact wonderfully in Dhoop ke makaan, while Shekhar and Sunidhi are in scintillating form with their vocals. Monica ‘Shaa’ir’ Dogra competes proficiently with Vishal’s already impeccable singing in the ebullient and rock’ish Dooriyan. Main jiyoonga is the only track that sounds arduous, but the composing duo cleverly iron out the edges in its consummate English version, Don’t worry about me! It’s a delightful feeling to see Vishal Shekhar deliver great music so consistently!
I jiust heard the Break ke baad album - and it is actually quite nice, mellow and soothing. I could not figure out how such contemplative songs will fit into a romcom with Imraan! Hoepfully the movie does justice to the songs. Have yet to listen to Guzaarish, though from the promos the music is lacking the Bhansali touch... His films in the past had some fine music.
Now that the last controversy around the author accusing Rajkumar Hirani of plagiarism has run its course, filmmakers are being extra cautious.
Bhagat was once rather bitter that Hirani’s blockbuster, 3 Idiots, was allegedly lifted from his book Five Point Someone. Perhaps this development might put a smile on his chirpy face.
Siddharth Anand is all set to make his next film with Saif Ali Khan, which is based on Chetan Bhagat’s latest bestseller 2 States. This time, Anand has bought the rights.
Shashank Ghosh had planned a sequel to Quickgun Murugun but that did not materialise. Ghosh will now be making a film for Anil Kapoor’s daughter, Rhea, who recently produced Aisha with her sister Sonam in the lead.
The buzz is that Shashank would be working on an Indianised version of Alice In Wonderland. Wonder if he’ll play the Mad Hatter, because Sonam’s certainly Alice.
Says Shashank, “I’d like to do my version of Alice In Wonderland with Sonam. But for now I’m doing something else for her home production. I can’t talk about it since it’s a foreign tie-up with Walt Disney. And they have their own ideas on how a film should be projected.
So I begin Kaun Banega Crorepati with much apprehension. For me the heyday of Millionaire was not Amitabh Bachchan hosting (gasp!). It was Regis Philbin in his gee golly gosh manner with the highlight being a man winning a million dollars and using his lifeline to call his dad to tell him he won! That was the type of drama that made such game shows exciting and not fake Bollywood dancing and dialoguebaazi with the entire focus being on the celebrity and constant homages to his greatness.
What I feared most is exactly how KBC begins. An extremely long tribute to Amitabh Bachchan starts immediately. It is his birthday (how convenient) and we are first given his life story and baby pictures are put on the screen for all to adore. Next comes all his famous dialogues (kabhi kabhi mere dil main, etc) followed by him singing a Khaike Paan remix (with added lines like "Girl the way you move it, everybody losing it, go Mira go Mira go!) with lots of background dancers (whose next aim is to make it to item girl status) in red bras and harem pants with long slits. Ahh, perfectly befitting a 70 year old icon.
“The Social Network” opened last week to rave reviews, Oscar buzz and a big box office. This is the type of movie that actors give their right arms to star in.
Given the movie is at least loosely based on the Facebook story, there is an Indian character that plays an integral role in the narrative: Divya Narendra, a Harvard student who tussled with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg.
An Indian doesn’t play Mr. Narendra in the movie. Instead, he is played by Max Minghella, who has Italian, Scottish and Chinese ancestry, according to his Wikipedia profile posted on http://www.maxminghella.com/
This past summer, “Prince of Persia” and “Airbender,” two big-budget Hollywood movies, caused a stir by casting white actors in the roles of South Asian and Middle Eastern actors. The producers of those movies explained the casting by saying these were movies based on video games and comics where the ethnicity of the characters isn’t known. That explanation was more plausible with Airbender, where no ethnicities are mentioned in the comics, than the descriptively named Prince of Persia.
But The Social Network is a movie based on real people. Mr. Narendra is of Indian descent. In an interview, he said he was “initially surprised to see a white actor play him on screen.”
In the wake of the dramatic axing of the Rajasthan Royals and Kings’ XI Punjab from the Indian Premier League, various franchises have been vocalizing their anguish, none more openly than industrialist Vijay Mallya.
Almost immediately after the news broke, the Royal Challengers, Bangalore, boss posted on his Twitter stream the following message:
“Wonder if the franchisees are serious stakeholders whose investments and participation are respected, or are they slaves who only come and play.”
In this connection, two SMSes sent out by Board of Control for Cricket in India Secretary N Srinivasan, who is also co-owner of the Chennai Super Kings franchise, is startling.
Seeing as how this is a pretty slow BW week, how about some music? What are you guys listening to lately? Oldies, Katy Perry, regional songs, whatever is playing in your ipods or any favorites you have. I'm always woefully behind the times but my current songs on repeat are...
Youtube was being a major problem for the first one so bear with dailymotion. Anywho, was worth it. I love this song.
16 year old Deepikawhen stood at the top podium, was still the shorter than number 2 and number 3. An auto rickshaw driver's daughter, won our first gold in archery.
15 medals in one single day, with 5 golds. Sachin with his 14,000 runs. Indian hockey team beating Pakistan, yes, this is the scoreline, 7-0, what else can you ask for???? Oh yeah BTW, 2 iPL teams, Punjab 11, and Rajasthan Royals, both lost their teams in IPL.
This can be classified as Indian sports day, all headlines were from the sports of a nation whose sporting culture can be only next to nothing.
Entertainment Weekly has just released it's 50 Most Powerful Entertainers edition, which lists their picks for the top stars in 2010 in movies, television and music in the US. For the first time this year they also included a list of Stars Around the World. John Young wrote: "Hollywood celebrities are big everywhere of course, but each country has its own box office beauties. So who's the Angelina Jolie of Nigeria? The Johnny Depp of Bollywood? Here's what fame and fortune look like on foreign soil."
So, who is the Johnny Depp of Bollywood... None other than Shah Rukh Khan! About the star they wrote, "A megastar of Bollywood, Khan, 44, has headlined a parade of hits while winning 14 Filmfare Awards (India's Academy Awards)."
Also included on the list where Ricardo Darin from Argentina, Edgar Ramirez from Venezuela, Ayelet Zurer from Israel, Golshifteh Farahani from Iran, Donnie Yen from Hong Kong and the Angelina Jolie of Nigeria is Geneieve Nnaji.
It promises to be quite a dashing combination of creativity and charisma: auteur Vishal Bhardwaj, still fresh from the cult adulation of Kaminey, has been signed on by SRK for his next feature after RA.One and Don2. The details of this SRK-Bhardwaj collaboration are being kept under wraps.
A source informed, "Vishal and SRK have been meeting regularly for some time now. SRK and Vishal both wanted to work with each other.
However in the past they had their share of differences and the project could not take off.
The patch-up happened some months back and after that they have had regular meetings.
However now it's official and SRK and Vishal have zeroed down on a film. SRK has been impressed by the work that Vishal has been doing in recent times.
MUMBAI: More than two decades after he did the disappearing act in Mr India , Anil Kapoor seems to have moved to Hollywood: he will act in the fourth instalment of Mission Impossible, a popular action thriller series of films starring Tom Cruise.
"At this point, I can only say that I have been contacted for Mission Impossible 4 and I have agreed for the role,"Mr Kapoor told ET.
He will be starring alongside Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, French actress Lea Seydoux and Ving Rhames among others in the film being produced by Paramount Pictures . Some parts of the action thriller will be shot in Rajasthan starting this month end, said Sarabjit Singh, India head of Paramount Pictures. “Mission Impossible 4 will most likely be the last of the sequels," he said.
The Social Network (2010)
Can a movie really define a generation? The Social Network comes damn close. It uses the tangled roots of Facebook, created by anti-social Harvard undergrad Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) to show how technology is winning the battle against actual human contact, creating a nation of narcissists shaping their own reality like a Facebook page. If youth can't see itself in this movie, it's just not paying attention. Here are 12 other movies from the past half century that caught a generation in the act of defining itself.
There was a time when Amitabh was on a similar pedestal! But the yuppification of his image and, dare I say, the discussion of every aspect of his life on his blog, has removed any mystique, and made his elite roots quite apparent to the public. I disagree with the author on SRK's being a media made star. I think it is somewhat correct, but the fact that he comes from very middle class roots and is self-made, still makes him appeal to a wide sweep. There is a definite erosion in his pan-India appeal as his films take on a more NRI-favored flavor. Salman on the other hand, was and always will be, a star that appeals to the same kind base as Rajni does. With Dabangg he has solidified his upper middle class base, and if he plays his cards right he may well be the next Indian superstar. However, these are shifting dynamics and as every star makes career choices to build on his current strength, he may win some and lose some! Unfortunately for Big B, the version 3 (read on to see what I mean), will never have pan-India appeal. His Coolie and Mard and Deewar days are done!
There’s a reason Rajinikanth drives his fans across multiple social strata delirious. A reason that bewildered north Indians are only beginning to figure out as they watch the Tamil hero’s films.
ANJAANA ANJAANI, riding on the star power of Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, opened to very good houses at multiplexes across the country. Multiplexes in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Delhi, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Hyderabad and other centres opened to almost packed house. The opening and noon shows were in 80% to 90% range. At several stations, they were 100% too. However, the single screens are expected to be slow not just for ANJAANA ANJAANI, but for ROBOT too since the audience hasn't really gone out in mass-dominated Hindi belt.
ROBOT [Hindi version] has started slowly, its opening was 30% in morning and noon shows, but the reports are very good and the film is expected to grow by evening. The film has opened to an exceptional response in South.
So you saw the biggest blockbuster of them all, Enthiran (Tamil), or maybe you saw the lesser twin, Robot (Hindi). Now take our quiz and see how much you really know about Shankar’s magnum opus:
1.How many kisses does Aishwarya plant on Professor Vasu’s cheek?
For so long people have complained about India not focussing on sports, Tuesday, 05/10/2010, in a lot of ways will stand out historic for Indian sports. Cricket team won a nail biter against their fiercest rivals, Abhinav Bindra, and Gagan Narang took golds in shooting after securing 1193 points out of possible 1200, a game record BTW. Rahi Sarnobat and Anisa Sayeed came from behind to beat Australian pair to win second gold in women's shooting, No no, it ain't over yet.... Anil Kumar stuck gold in wrestling, men hockey team beat Malaysia 3-2 in a fierce match, 3 more silvers in shooting... and we are on number 2 spot in CWG tally yayyyyyyyy.
Ahead of England, below Australia, right now our record looks like 5-4-2, behind Australia 9-9-5, leading England 2-6-4.
In the wake of the success of Robot, Mumbai Mirror has gone on overdrive thinking up ways to create provocative articles about Ra.One- the latest being that SRK called an emergency meeting after seeing Robot/Endhiran!
According to favorite yellow journalist Subhash Jha, his "source" (aka his imagination) has said the climax of Ra.One will allow viewers to play the Ra.One video game in theaters as they watch the film and how it's never been done anywhere on the planet -- erm... it's called taking out your cell phone and playing Pacman like I do in Midget Khan movies. What's so innovative about this? :-P
The other bit of gossip he relays (who knows if it's true or not) is that Martin Walsh (the editor of Chicago) will edit Ra.One.
The ONLY REAL QUOTE Jha has managed to get is from the sound designer of Ra.One, Resul Pookutty, who says "The challenge with RA.One is to create a balance between the two distinctly different worlds of gaming and movies. We met at Shah Rukh’s home on Sunday and watched the film. And yes, we’ve come up with a number of strategies to make RA.One different from all other super-hero films." That's it, folks, the only reliable bit of info. The rest you should take not with a grain but a bucket of salt.
Another year, another round of the deliberately incorrectly spelled Bigg Boss. Indian entertainment - helping to ruin English one show and film at a time. They won't be satisfied until they make everyone illiterate.
The show opens with Salman posing nearby a small plane eerily like Donald "comb-over" Trump in The Apprentice. Next up is Salman riding a motorcycle (hoping to capture some Khatron Ke Khiladi viewers? If there were any left by the end, that is. ) and doing his best superstar act. What this has to do with people trapped in a house I haven't figure out yet and am likely not to before it finishes either. Oh sweat, now comes a helicopter! Once the chopper business is through, Salman rides an old fashioned bicycle and doesn't forget to roll his sleeves up to his shoulders to show his biceps of course. I don't know what's going on but I feel good in knowing Salman probably has no clue either.
He finally (finally!!) gets to his destination though I'm a bit cross he missed out on using the great Indian railways. And oh, cruise ships. They should have been included. Mamata Banarjee should sue him for ill treatment on behalf of the trains and get some free PR out of this. Sallu begins his tour of the house but as an aside, let me point out he is wearing a pink tee that says "I just want to take a pic so please don't SMILE!!" Hain? Wittiness FAIL. As if that alone wasn't enough, one of his first lines is that the house is looking "happy happy" on the outside but will be "sad sad" inside. Groan, this is going to be a long night. Want more? Here's another Sallu gem, "The family that eats together cheats together." (Someone inform Karan Johar; he can improve We are Family. )
During his cheesy tour, it's revealed that this time the men and women will all sleep in the same room and on double beds attempting to maybe equal the sleaze levels of MTV and Bindass. In honor of the Jersey Shore, this room will henceforth be known as the smoosh room. (For those of you haven't seen the Jersey Shore, it's the absolute epitome of trashy television and completely delicious!) Sometime during the tour, Salman also comes up incredibly close to the camera and then... kisses it. Yep, plants a wet one and then wipes it off. For once, I am glad I am watching on my faithful youtube and not HD television though I know what screencaps are going to be made by salmankhan.net this morning. Continuing on with Salman's prize quotes, we get "Oh blimey!"After mastering the American accent, he plans on moving to a British one.
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