The story of a warrior caught in a time warp – Veer!

A period romance with no history to follow or flout, Veer works in parts at a surprisingly emotional level. The Pindaris, let by Dadda Mithun Chakraborty, are betrayed by the Raja of Madhavgarh (played by Jackie Shroff), who is hand in glove with the British and traps and kills many of them! Eternal enmity is sworn as Mithun manages to hack off the Raja's hand. Cut to two sons being born to Mithun and growing up to be Salman and Sohail. Why oh why does Sohail have to be the spoiler in every Salman film? He is even less funny than Uday Chopra and should be selling cars, or even worse, car insurance. The boys are rowdies and in a Pindari raid on a train Veer, Salman, meets the princess of Madhavgarh, Zarine Khan, and their eyes meet. Need we say more? A romance is about to brew. The boys are sent to England to become gentlemen and think like the British. There Veer discovers that Yashodhara is the princess of Madhavgarh and yet continues to pursue her despite being ridiculed by her brother. The Yuvraaj dies in an encounter with Veer and the boys return home. Now we have to get Veer and Yashodhara together despite the Montague and Capulet type set up and also to determine exactly how the conflict between the Pindaris and the Raja of Madhavgarh will be sorted out. The more bloodthirsty would no doubt like an epic battle that ends in the supremacy of the Pindaris. But what we get is a surprisingly benign solution from the maker of Gadar. We see the birth of a nationalistic hero as the Rajputs realize that their is a common enemy - the British! To keep the bloodthirsty somewhat satisfied there is a hand to hand combat in front of the assembled armies! Was this the doing of the story-writer Salman or a change in stance from the maker of Gadar, we will never know. But I found this ending quite satisfying and one that lifted up this fictional historical.

Everything says this film should NOT WORK! A period drama relies on costumes and period setting. Here we have a major costume debacle and something for everyone, all the way from leather chaps and plastic breastplates, to loosely wrapped turbans and chunky jewelry on the men. Salman sports orange pants with leather knee patches, to scruffy Tarus Bulba costumes, to suave suits and hats, and just as in Wanted, his hairstyle and hair length changes from scene to scene in a mind-boggling flouting of continuity. The leading lady looks surprisingly decent in Indian dress and an atrocity in western garb and yet she is shown in mostly western garb. This is a poor research effort on the part of the costume designers as I doubt Indian princesses were in Western garb even in England.

In the cast we have Salman, who tries so damn hard after so long, you cannot help but be drawn into the story of Veer. Mithun rocks as the father, and Jackie is decent as suave though evil Raja of Madhavgarh. The mother is played by Neena Gupta who seems to still be in Choli ke Peeche mode! The crown prince reminds me of Raj Kumar with the chiseled nostrils and narrow lips - all we needed was a few "Jaani" dialogs from him. Sohail reminds me of the slow buffoon in a Monty Python film - his attempts at comedy include dialogs like "Yeh England bhi kya kamal Jagah hai, yahaan sabko Angrezi aati hai!!" The new girl Zarine Khan is stately in Indian costume, and passable in effort. The bits with her in British schoolgirl garb in London smack so much of Lucky No Time for Love that it drags the film down. But strangely there are also moments that lift the film up in that same song Meherbaniyan. The entire film is a curious mix of things that work and do not.

The dialogs are quite silly in places and the accents all over the place and inexplicable. Salman quotes George Bernard Shaw when the teacher suddenly starts talking to him in his poorly accented Hindi! When Salman says - "Todna agar jodne se juda ho toh kya use todna kehte hain?" the heroine is as mystified as the rest of us, maybe purpose was to baffle her into dancing with a commoner! And in other places the dialogs are strangely effective - like Mithun saying Zuban se diya hua vachan, aur kaman se nikla teer kabhi wapas nahin aate! How does a son end a letter to his Dad with Ashirwad? Shouldn't it be pranam?

There is a curious mix of childishness and portly-ness in the lading lady - but she is not entirely without charm though she does not have much to do. And the song...

Read more here!

The story of a warrior caught in a time warp – Veer!

A period romance with no history to follow or flout, Veer works in parts at a surprisingly emotional level. The Pindaris, let by Dadda Mithun Chakraborty, are betrayed by the Raja of Madhavgarh (played by Jackie Shroff), who is hand in glove with the British and traps and kills many of them! Eternal enmity is sworn as Mithun manages to hack off the Raja's hand. Cut to two sons being born to Mithun and growing up to be Salman and Sohail. Why oh why does Sohail have to be the spoiler in every Salman film? He is even less funny than Uday Chopra and should be selling cars, or even worse, car insurance. The boys are rowdies and in a Pindari raid on a train Veer, Salman, meets the princess of Madhavgarh, Zarine Khan, and their eyes meet. Need we say more? A romance is about to brew. The boys are sent to England to become gentlemen and think like the British. There Veer discovers that Yashodhara is the princess of Madhavgarh and yet continues to pursue her despite being ridiculed by her brother. The Yuvraaj dies in an encounter with Veer and the boys return home. Now we have to get Veer and Yashodhara together despite the Montague and Capulet type set up and also to determine exactly how the conflict between the Pindaris and the Raja of Madhavgarh will be sorted out. The more bloodthirsty would no doubt like an epic battle that ends in the supremacy of the Pindaris. But what we get is a surprisingly benign solution from the maker of Gadar. We see the birth of a nationalistic hero as the Rajputs realize that their is a common enemy - the British! To keep the bloodthirsty somewhat satisfied there is a hand to hand combat in front of the assembled armies! Was this the doing of the story-writer Salman or a change in stance from the maker of Gadar, we will never know. But I found this ending quite satisfying and one that lifted up this fictional historical.

Everything says this film should NOT WORK! A period drama relies on costumes and period setting. Here we have a major costume debacle and something for everyone, all the way from leather chaps and plastic breastplates, to loosely wrapped turbans and chunky jewelry on the men. Salman sports orange pants with leather knee patches, to scruffy Tarus Bulba costumes, to suave suits and hats, and just as in Wanted, his hairstyle and hair length changes from scene to scene in a mind-boggling flouting of continuity. The leading lady looks surprisingly decent in Indian dress and an atrocity in western garb and yet she is shown in mostly western garb. This is a poor research effort on the part of the costume designers as I doubt Indian princesses were in Western garb even in England.

In the cast we have Salman, who tries so damn hard after so long, you cannot help but be drawn into the story of Veer. Mithun rocks as the father, and Jackie is decent as suave though evil Raja of Madhavgarh. The mother is played by Neena Gupta who seems to still be in Choli ke Peeche mode! The crown prince reminds me of Raj Kumar with the chiseled nostrils and narrow lips - all we needed was a few "Jaani" dialogs from him. Sohail reminds me of the slow buffoon in a Monty Python film - his attempts at comedy include dialogs like "Yeh England bhi kya kamal Jagah hai, yahaan sabko Angrezi aati hai!!" The new girl Zarine Khan is stately in Indian costume, and passable in effort. The bits with her in British schoolgirl garb in London smack so much of Lucky No Time for Love that it drags the film down. But strangely there are also moments that lift the film up in that same song Meherbaniyan. The entire film is a curious mix of things that work and do not.

The dialogs are quite silly in places and the accents all over the place and inexplicable. Salman quotes George Bernard Shaw when the teacher suddenly starts talking to him in his poorly accented Hindi! When Salman says - "Todna agar jodne se juda ho toh kya use todna kehte hain?" the heroine is as mystified as the rest of us, maybe purpose was to baffle her into dancing with a commoner! And in other places the dialogs are strangely effective - like Mithun saying Zuban se diya hua vachan, aur kaman se nikla teer kabhi wapas nahin aate! How does a son end a letter to his Dad with Ashirwad? Shouldn't it be pranam?

There is a curious mix of childishness and portly-ness in the lading lady - but she is not entirely without charm though she does not have much to do. And the song...

Read more here!

Veer Review - Anupama Chopra

  (Romance/Period)

When you walk into a costume drama written by Salman Khan and directed by Anil Sharma, historical accuracy, consistency and plausibility are not high on the priority list. After all, Sharma has directed films like Hukumat, Elan-e-Jung and most famously Gaddar: Ek Prem Katha, in which a lone Sunny Deol routed the Pakistani army with a handpump. What you’re looking for is an old-fashioned Hindi film brimming with tough men, beautiful women, chest-thumping dialogue and no-holds-barred melodrama.

Veer, a Manmohan Desai-meets-Gladiator epic, provides this but doesn’t weave it together with enough imagination or panache. This mega-scale love story has patches of power but mostly veers between being ridiculous and plain boring. There are moments of comedy that will have you laughing till your sides ache – it’s unintentional of course.

Heavily inspired by the 1962 Tony Curtis film Taras Bulba, Veer is set in colonial India and concerns a Rajputana tribe known as the Pindharis. These are unique warrior alcoholics. They are good at killing and drinking and have a dress sense that combines Gujarat emporium outfits with fur and seriously unkempt hair.

When the king of Madhavgarh, played by Jackie Shroff, cheats the Pindharis to please the British, the tribals swear revenge. The head Prithvi Singh, played by Mithun Chakraborty, even sends his sons Veer and Punya, played by Salman and Sohail Khan, to London for an education so they can figure out how the British mind works. Matters become complicated when Veer falls in love with the princess of Madhavgarh, played by debutant actress Zarine Khan, whom the Mumbai tabloids have uncharitably dubbed 'F'atrina because she looks like Katrina after too many pastries.

Veer valiantly battles the wicked king and the British and even manages to kick-start the Indian independence movement.

The best thing about Veer is that it is comic book cinema no pretensions. Without a trace of embarrassment or apology, Sharma goes full throttle on speeches to the motherland, honour, mardangi. And as Manmohan Desai told us decades ago: Mard ko dard nahin hota, so Veer snarls and slices through men without pausing for breath.

At one point, he pulls out a man’s intestines with his bare hands. To win the princess, he even participates in a strange swayamvar that has him jousting with a gigantic British man in a gladiator-style combat.

It’s basically Salman’s blockbuster Wanted set in a historical twilight zone. Very little of Veer makes sense but the lack of logic isn’t the problem here. Boredom is.

Read the rest here.
 

Veer Review - Anupama Chopra

  (Romance/Period)

When you walk into a costume drama written by Salman Khan and directed by Anil Sharma, historical accuracy, consistency and plausibility are not high on the priority list. After all, Sharma has directed films like Hukumat, Elan-e-Jung and most famously Gaddar: Ek Prem Katha, in which a lone Sunny Deol routed the Pakistani army with a handpump. What you’re looking for is an old-fashioned Hindi film brimming with tough men, beautiful women, chest-thumping dialogue and no-holds-barred melodrama.

Veer, a Manmohan Desai-meets-Gladiator epic, provides this but doesn’t weave it together with enough imagination or panache. This mega-scale love story has patches of power but mostly veers between being ridiculous and plain boring. There are moments of comedy that will have you laughing till your sides ache – it’s unintentional of course.

Heavily inspired by the 1962 Tony Curtis film Taras Bulba, Veer is set in colonial India and concerns a Rajputana tribe known as the Pindharis. These are unique warrior alcoholics. They are good at killing and drinking and have a dress sense that combines Gujarat emporium outfits with fur and seriously unkempt hair.

When the king of Madhavgarh, played by Jackie Shroff, cheats the Pindharis to please the British, the tribals swear revenge. The head Prithvi Singh, played by Mithun Chakraborty, even sends his sons Veer and Punya, played by Salman and Sohail Khan, to London for an education so they can figure out how the British mind works. Matters become complicated when Veer falls in love with the princess of Madhavgarh, played by debutant actress Zarine Khan, whom the Mumbai tabloids have uncharitably dubbed 'F'atrina because she looks like Katrina after too many pastries.

Veer valiantly battles the wicked king and the British and even manages to kick-start the Indian independence movement.

The best thing about Veer is that it is comic book cinema no pretensions. Without a trace of embarrassment or apology, Sharma goes full throttle on speeches to the motherland, honour, mardangi. And as Manmohan Desai told us decades ago: Mard ko dard nahin hota, so Veer snarls and slices through men without pausing for breath.

At one point, he pulls out a man’s intestines with his bare hands. To win the princess, he even participates in a strange swayamvar that has him jousting with a gigantic British man in a gladiator-style combat.

It’s basically Salman’s blockbuster Wanted set in a historical twilight zone. Very little of Veer makes sense but the lack of logic isn’t the problem here. Boredom is.

Read the rest here.
 

Veer : Movie review (India Times)

Director: Anil Sharma
Cast: Salman Khan, Zarine Khan
Rating: 

 

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In a scene from the film, Salman Khan fractures his leg and limps almost for one full reel. But in real life, it seems like Veer Salman ne apne hi paav par kulhadi maar lee (hit the axe on his own leg). The average story he pens doesn’t do justice to the immense intensity he adds to his performance. So Salman is marred and let down by his own self.

Veer opens in 1862 though it comes close to the masala magnum opus flicks of the 80s. The story is loosely reminiscent of Manmohan Desai’s Mard (1985) while the setting and treatment are derived from same director’s Dharam Veer (1977).
As the British enslave India with their devious Divide and Rule policy, kings and nawabs fall to their guile and cunning, and entrust their precious kingdom to the foreigners.

Except for the brave Pindaris, who prefer death to dishonour and will fight to their last breath to save their land...their mother.

The bravest, the toughest, the strongest of the Pindaris is Veer (Salman Khan). As Veer takes on the might of the British Empire, he also has to fight the conniving King of Madavgarh (Jackie Shroff) as well his own jealous tribesmen.

But then the stakes are high...

At stake is his love for princess Yashodhara (Zarine Khan), daughter of his sworn enemy...

At stake is his thirst to avenge his father's (Mithun Chakravarthy) dishonour...

At stake is his very existence itself....

Cannons roar, swords clash in fierce battle, the dead pile up... And when the dust settles down on the blood soaked land...one valiant warrior stands head and shoulders above them all – Veer!

Salman Khan gives a powerful performance in real sense. He is so prominent in the film that not even his brother Sohail Khan gets one consolation scene. Mithun Chakravarthy is the only one who stands on his own other than Salman Khan. Zarine Khan is a replica of Katrina Kaif and using the same dubbing artist adds to the analogy. Lisa Lazarus is absolutely wasted in a 2 scene role. Jackie Shroff is repetitive in his villainous act.

You have to be a braveheart to watch Veer.

Veer : Movie review (India Times)

Director: Anil Sharma
Cast: Salman Khan, Zarine Khan
Rating: 

 

LINK

In a scene from the film, Salman Khan fractures his leg and limps almost for one full reel. But in real life, it seems like Veer Salman ne apne hi paav par kulhadi maar lee (hit the axe on his own leg). The average story he pens doesn’t do justice to the immense intensity he adds to his performance. So Salman is marred and let down by his own self.

Veer opens in 1862 though it comes close to the masala magnum opus flicks of the 80s. The story is loosely reminiscent of Manmohan Desai’s Mard (1985) while the setting and treatment are derived from same director’s Dharam Veer (1977).
As the British enslave India with their devious Divide and Rule policy, kings and nawabs fall to their guile and cunning, and entrust their precious kingdom to the foreigners.

Except for the brave Pindaris, who prefer death to dishonour and will fight to their last breath to save their land...their mother.

The bravest, the toughest, the strongest of the Pindaris is Veer (Salman Khan). As Veer takes on the might of the British Empire, he also has to fight the conniving King of Madavgarh (Jackie Shroff) as well his own jealous tribesmen.

But then the stakes are high...

At stake is his love for princess Yashodhara (Zarine Khan), daughter of his sworn enemy...

At stake is his thirst to avenge his father's (Mithun Chakravarthy) dishonour...

At stake is his very existence itself....

Cannons roar, swords clash in fierce battle, the dead pile up... And when the dust settles down on the blood soaked land...one valiant warrior stands head and shoulders above them all – Veer!

Salman Khan gives a powerful performance in real sense. He is so prominent in the film that not even his brother Sohail Khan gets one consolation scene. Mithun Chakravarthy is the only one who stands on his own other than Salman Khan. Zarine Khan is a replica of Katrina Kaif and using the same dubbing artist adds to the analogy. Lisa Lazarus is absolutely wasted in a 2 scene role. Jackie Shroff is repetitive in his villainous act.

You have to be a braveheart to watch Veer.

MNIK Vs Veer: Audience reactions

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This is what audience had to say for the special screening of these 2 movies....

MNIK Vs Veer: Audience reactions

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This is what audience had to say for the special screening of these 2 movies....

5 reasons to watch Veer

Salman Khan’s magnanimous opus Veer releases this week and we give you five reasons to watch the film. 

Salman Khan

Of course it goes without saying that Salman Khan is the biggest drawing force towards Veer . After the super-success of Wanted , Salman strikes back with more strength and vigour. More interestingly in this film he plays a warrior, a character that fits him to the T but he never got to play so far. Call it the Gladiator effect or inspiration from our very own Dharam Veer , Salman Khan is looking amazing as a patriotic soldier fighting for his community.

History repeats itself

After quite some time, one would get to see a film which goes in the past much beyond the independence era. Veer has a British setting but starts in early 18th century India when the foreigners were enslaving the country and capturing several territories. Salman Khan plays a warrior from the Pindari community who would fight till the last breath to save their motherland.

The scale on which the film is mounted shows in every frame. Right from the grand sets, to horses and elephants to the action pieces, Veer is magnificent.

2 Katrina for the price of one

The debutante lead actress of the film Zarine Khan made news from the day the film went on floors. Zarine bears a striking resemblance of Salman Khan’s girlfriend Katrina Kaif. Salman seems to have this penchant to cast actresses who bear striking resemblance to his girlfriends. First it was Sneha Ullal who looked a replica of Aishwarya Rai in Lucky – No Time for Love . Now it’s Zarine Khan who resembles Katrina Kaif. Zarine takes the resemblance as a compliment and the curiosity factor will surely pull in audiences.

Even the other actress Lisa Lazarus comes too close to Katrina Kaif. So it’s two Katrina Kaif for the price of one ticket.

Anil Sharma

Behind the great canvas of the film is a humble hero in the form of director Anil Sharma. The man has to his credit the biggest hit Bollywood has ever seen – Gadar Ek Prem Katha . With the authenticity he brought in to the period treatment and the grand scale of Gadar , one can be assured that Veer is handled by the right person.


Read the last reason HERE.

5 reasons to watch Veer

Salman Khan’s magnanimous opus Veer releases this week and we give you five reasons to watch the film. 

Salman Khan

Of course it goes without saying that Salman Khan is the biggest drawing force towards Veer . After the super-success of Wanted , Salman strikes back with more strength and vigour. More interestingly in this film he plays a warrior, a character that fits him to the T but he never got to play so far. Call it the Gladiator effect or inspiration from our very own Dharam Veer , Salman Khan is looking amazing as a patriotic soldier fighting for his community.

History repeats itself

After quite some time, one would get to see a film which goes in the past much beyond the independence era. Veer has a British setting but starts in early 18th century India when the foreigners were enslaving the country and capturing several territories. Salman Khan plays a warrior from the Pindari community who would fight till the last breath to save their motherland.

The scale on which the film is mounted shows in every frame. Right from the grand sets, to horses and elephants to the action pieces, Veer is magnificent.

2 Katrina for the price of one

The debutante lead actress of the film Zarine Khan made news from the day the film went on floors. Zarine bears a striking resemblance of Salman Khan’s girlfriend Katrina Kaif. Salman seems to have this penchant to cast actresses who bear striking resemblance to his girlfriends. First it was Sneha Ullal who looked a replica of Aishwarya Rai in Lucky – No Time for Love . Now it’s Zarine Khan who resembles Katrina Kaif. Zarine takes the resemblance as a compliment and the curiosity factor will surely pull in audiences.

Even the other actress Lisa Lazarus comes too close to Katrina Kaif. So it’s two Katrina Kaif for the price of one ticket.

Anil Sharma

Behind the great canvas of the film is a humble hero in the form of director Anil Sharma. The man has to his credit the biggest hit Bollywood has ever seen – Gadar Ek Prem Katha . With the authenticity he brought in to the period treatment and the grand scale of Gadar , one can be assured that Veer is handled by the right person.


Read the last reason HERE.

Shahid loses his chance, hopes veer towards Salman

Second week and third film in 2010 continues to be a non-performer. Shahid Kapoor’s Chance Pe Dance opened to a poor response at the box-office continuing the fate of Pyaar Impossible and Dulha Mil Gaya . A vibrant Shahid Kapoor could not overpower the outdated plotline and clichéd storytelling of the film. The business of the film only proves that scripts work over stars in Bollywood anytime.

The production banner UTV Motion Pictures had a spate of flops in 2009 including films like Delhi-6, Dhoondte Reh Jaoge, Agyaat, Aagey Se Right, What’s Your Raashee and Kurbaan and entered 2010 with an equally dull note. Reportedly the film went over-budget because of the delay in its making and the intermittent change of the female lead from Jiah Khan to Genelia D’Souza. So it becomes even more difficult for the banner to recover its cost.

These shoddy films are only acting as an icing on the cake for the business of 3 Idiots which is winning repeat audience like no Hindi film might have seen in recent times. 3 Idiots has won blockbuster status and trade circles are calling it the new Sholay .

The other film to emerge victorious is interestingly the Hollywood flick Avatar which is doing better than the business of any good Hindi hit. Not only has Avatar won 2 awards at the Golden Globes including Best Motion Picture (Drama) & Best Director, it has crossed Rs 95 crores to become the Biggest ever Hollywood film in India.

Avatar beat the box-office collection of the other Hollywood film 2012 to win the No.1 position in India. And the film is still going strong across all centers in the country, leaving behind several Bollywood hits of the year and also featuring among the Top 10 grossers ever in India.

Commenting on the film’s stupendous performance, Mr. Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios India said, “It is a proud moment for Fox Star, as Avatar receives 2 important honours at the Golden Globes and also becomes the No.1 Hollywood film in India. We believe that Avatar could close as the 2nd biggest film for 2009 after 3 Idiots .”

Becoming the fastest film to reach the $1 billion mark, Avatar is currently at USD 1.6 billion and is now competing with Cameron’s own 1997 blockbuster ‘ Titanic ’ (USD 1.8 billion) for the worldwide No1 spot.
The coming week sees the release of the first Khan release of 2010 – Veer , written and acted by Salman Khan. It’s to be seen whether Salman is able to sustain the success of his last action flick Wanted . Veer directed by Anil Sharma (who gave the biggest Bollywood blockbuster of all times – Gadar ) promises a lot of action and drama.

Read the rest HERE.

Shahid loses his chance, hopes veer towards Salman

Second week and third film in 2010 continues to be a non-performer. Shahid Kapoor’s Chance Pe Dance opened to a poor response at the box-office continuing the fate of Pyaar Impossible and Dulha Mil Gaya . A vibrant Shahid Kapoor could not overpower the outdated plotline and clichéd storytelling of the film. The business of the film only proves that scripts work over stars in Bollywood anytime.

The production banner UTV Motion Pictures had a spate of flops in 2009 including films like Delhi-6, Dhoondte Reh Jaoge, Agyaat, Aagey Se Right, What’s Your Raashee and Kurbaan and entered 2010 with an equally dull note. Reportedly the film went over-budget because of the delay in its making and the intermittent change of the female lead from Jiah Khan to Genelia D’Souza. So it becomes even more difficult for the banner to recover its cost.

These shoddy films are only acting as an icing on the cake for the business of 3 Idiots which is winning repeat audience like no Hindi film might have seen in recent times. 3 Idiots has won blockbuster status and trade circles are calling it the new Sholay .

The other film to emerge victorious is interestingly the Hollywood flick Avatar which is doing better than the business of any good Hindi hit. Not only has Avatar won 2 awards at the Golden Globes including Best Motion Picture (Drama) & Best Director, it has crossed Rs 95 crores to become the Biggest ever Hollywood film in India.

Avatar beat the box-office collection of the other Hollywood film 2012 to win the No.1 position in India. And the film is still going strong across all centers in the country, leaving behind several Bollywood hits of the year and also featuring among the Top 10 grossers ever in India.

Commenting on the film’s stupendous performance, Mr. Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios India said, “It is a proud moment for Fox Star, as Avatar receives 2 important honours at the Golden Globes and also becomes the No.1 Hollywood film in India. We believe that Avatar could close as the 2nd biggest film for 2009 after 3 Idiots .”

Becoming the fastest film to reach the $1 billion mark, Avatar is currently at USD 1.6 billion and is now competing with Cameron’s own 1997 blockbuster ‘ Titanic ’ (USD 1.8 billion) for the worldwide No1 spot.
The coming week sees the release of the first Khan release of 2010 – Veer , written and acted by Salman Khan. It’s to be seen whether Salman is able to sustain the success of his last action flick Wanted . Veer directed by Anil Sharma (who gave the biggest Bollywood blockbuster of all times – Gadar ) promises a lot of action and drama.

Read the rest HERE.

Braveheart SALMAN!

The brawny superstar’s latest film is on the lines of Mel Gibson’s Braveheart and Brad Pitt’s Troy

Salman Khan’s latest, Veer, a period drama, is quintessentially Bollywood, of course, but its makers feel that it has a strong international appeal as well. They’ve put a lot of effort into making the epic, an Eros International Media Ltd presentation and Vijay Galani Moviez production, on par with international standards.
In fact, there’s a feeling among them that Veer has interesting parallels with Hollywood films like
Gladiator, Troy and Braveheart. Mel Gibson wrote Braveheart, while Salman penned Veer himself. “Salman is the ideal star to play a warrior; his low voice and impressive physique combine to give him a huge screen presence. He is a larger-thanlife persona who can add charisma to a vengeancedriven heroic character,” says Galani.
Director Anil Sharma has tried to give Veer the feel of a classic epic project. It was shot extensively in Rajasthan, where action sequences involving thousands of fighters, horses, hundreds of elephants and camels, including huge sequences such as a train robbery and a full-fledged war, were shot. Shooting also took place across the United Kingdom, using chariots, vintage costumes, horse carts and items distinctive of the late 19th century. In fact, it’s the first Bollywood film to be shot in the premises of the Buckingham Palace. Salman took almost 20 years to write this saga of a freedom fighter, a Pindari soldier who fought for social justice and independence. “Rarely does an entertainment house get the opportunity to work with superstars to produce a movie that’s of the grandeur and scale of Veer; the magic of storytelling on a large canvas, a story written by the lead star himself. At Eros, we believe that this could well kickstart a trend in Indian cinema,” says managing director and group CEO - India, Eros International Media Ltd, AP Parigi, about the film that’s going to be released on January 22, 2010.

SOURCE - DELHI TIMES (The Times Of India) dated 16th January, 2010

Braveheart SALMAN!

The brawny superstar’s latest film is on the lines of Mel Gibson’s Braveheart and Brad Pitt’s Troy

Salman Khan’s latest, Veer, a period drama, is quintessentially Bollywood, of course, but its makers feel that it has a strong international appeal as well. They’ve put a lot of effort into making the epic, an Eros International Media Ltd presentation and Vijay Galani Moviez production, on par with international standards.
In fact, there’s a feeling among them that Veer has interesting parallels with Hollywood films like
Gladiator, Troy and Braveheart. Mel Gibson wrote Braveheart, while Salman penned Veer himself. “Salman is the ideal star to play a warrior; his low voice and impressive physique combine to give him a huge screen presence. He is a larger-thanlife persona who can add charisma to a vengeancedriven heroic character,” says Galani.
Director Anil Sharma has tried to give Veer the feel of a classic epic project. It was shot extensively in Rajasthan, where action sequences involving thousands of fighters, horses, hundreds of elephants and camels, including huge sequences such as a train robbery and a full-fledged war, were shot. Shooting also took place across the United Kingdom, using chariots, vintage costumes, horse carts and items distinctive of the late 19th century. In fact, it’s the first Bollywood film to be shot in the premises of the Buckingham Palace. Salman took almost 20 years to write this saga of a freedom fighter, a Pindari soldier who fought for social justice and independence. “Rarely does an entertainment house get the opportunity to work with superstars to produce a movie that’s of the grandeur and scale of Veer; the magic of storytelling on a large canvas, a story written by the lead star himself. At Eros, we believe that this could well kickstart a trend in Indian cinema,” says managing director and group CEO - India, Eros International Media Ltd, AP Parigi, about the film that’s going to be released on January 22, 2010.

SOURCE - DELHI TIMES (The Times Of India) dated 16th January, 2010

Trailer - Veer

Trailer - Veer

'Veer', 'My Name Is Khan' first look promos will unveil shortly

By Taran Adarsh, November 24, 2009 - 08:42 IST

The forthcoming biggies will include the first look promos of keenly-anticipated movies. While the promos of RANN and CHANCE PE DANCE have already been unveiled, the first promo of Salman Khan's epic story VEER will be included with the prints of DE DANA DAN. That's not all, the first promo of Karan Johar's much-in-news MY NAME IS KHAN will be unveiled with James Cameron's AVATAR, which opens globally on December 18.

It must be noted that Fox Star Studios India will distribute MY NAME IS KHAN in India, while Fox Searchlight will distribute the SRK - Kajol starrer in the U.S. and 20th Century Fox will do so in the rest of the world. In fact, Karan was keen to show his close friends the first look of the film last Wednesday at Yash Raj, during an exclusive screening of KURBAAN, "but the promo wasn't ready," Karan remarked. The countdown has begun...

http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/11/24/13510/index.html

'Veer', 'My Name Is Khan' first look promos will unveil shortly

By Taran Adarsh, November 24, 2009 - 08:42 IST

The forthcoming biggies will include the first look promos of keenly-anticipated movies. While the promos of RANN and CHANCE PE DANCE have already been unveiled, the first promo of Salman Khan's epic story VEER will be included with the prints of DE DANA DAN. That's not all, the first promo of Karan Johar's much-in-news MY NAME IS KHAN will be unveiled with James Cameron's AVATAR, which opens globally on December 18.

It must be noted that Fox Star Studios India will distribute MY NAME IS KHAN in India, while Fox Searchlight will distribute the SRK - Kajol starrer in the U.S. and 20th Century Fox will do so in the rest of the world. In fact, Karan was keen to show his close friends the first look of the film last Wednesday at Yash Raj, during an exclusive screening of KURBAAN, "but the promo wasn't ready," Karan remarked. The countdown has begun...

http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/11/24/13510/index.html