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Movie Review: Beiimaan Love does a full on “beiimaani” with the audiences

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Producer: Rajeev Chaudhari
Director: Rajeev Chaudhari
Star Cast: Rajniesh Dugal, Sunny Leone, Yuvraj Singh, Rajiv Verma, Avtar Gill et al
Music: Ankit Tiwari, Kanika Kapoor, Raghav Sachar, Sanjeev Darshan, Asad Khan, Asees & Aniruddha Kale

What happens when a media guy jumps the fence and willingly enters into the arena of filmmaking? Naturally the expectations from him rises sky high. One such media guy is none other than a media coordinator turned a filmmaker namely Rajeev Chaudhari, who had earlier made his directorial debut film namely Gunah. In his 2nd directorial outing Beiiman Love, released this week, he has committed one more “Gunah” of offering nothing new in Beiimaan Love.

The scripted scenario of Beiimaan Love is a story of 2 lovers, both having their own hidden agendas against each other. The film’s flashback states that, after Sunaina Verma (Sunny Leone) gets insulted & blamed by her boss K. K. Malhotra (Rajiv Verma), she plans to take a revenge against him and his empire. She, then, with the help of Monish (Yuvraj Singh) sets on the financial demolition spree of K. K. Industries, which is owned by K. K. Malhotra. On the other hand, K. K. Malhotra’s son Raj Malhotra (Rajniesh Duggal) lays a bet with Monish for a mere one rupee that he will have Sunaina as his girlfriend, after Sunaina slaps him publicly. In order to win the bet, Raj pretends to fall in love with her and makes her fall for him. But, gradually, he starts developing real feelings for Sunaina, who, simultaneously goes all out to finish of K. K. Industries. On the day of the engagement of Raj & Sunaina, K. K. Malhotra discovers a harsh reality about Sunaina’s mother’s past, which leads to the engagement getting called off. This hurts Sunaina’s mother so much that she commits suicide. Meanwhile, K. K. Malhotra’s “richie – rich” best friend Amarnath Kapoor (Avtar Gill) strikes a deal with him stating that, in exchange of Raj marrying his, untamed & wild daughter, he will make K. K. Industries totally debt free and back the business. Immediately after Raj’s engagement with Amarnath Kapoor’s daughter, Raj sees something very unsavoury about his would – be wife. Shattered to the core, he hits the bottle and goes back to Sunaina.

Sadly enough everything seems to have gone wrong for director Rajeev Chaudhari, in his 2nd directorial film Beiimaan Love, right from the word go. There is not even a single redeeming factor in Beiimaan Love for which he can at least earn one Brownie point. I wish I could rest my case at this juncture.

Performance wise it is Rajniesh Dugal & Sunny Leone who try their best to rise above the cliched & totally disoriented albeit routinely scripted scenario. Of course in case of Rajneish Dugal too, the script plays the villain by not allowing him to do anything out of the box. While the other senior cast members too have enacted their respective roles in a terrible manner which does nothing but tests the audience’s patience.

Tail Piece: Rajeev Chaudhari’s Beiimaan Love does a full on “beiimaani” with the audiences. So don’t you even dare to go anywhere near a theatre screening Beiimaan Love.

‘Delhi Mere Baap Ki’ has its own merits and is also enjoyable to some extent

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Banner: Shashiraj Films & Canam Movie Production
Producers: MIke Verma & Shashi Pal (Shashi Raaj)
Director; Shashi Pal (Shashi Raaj)
Star Cast: Gurtej Teji, Tina Rathod, Komal Dillon, Pooja Thakur, Shakti Kapoor, Dinesh Hingoo, Vikram Jhakar, Amritpal Kaur, Gurmail Gill, Santosh Kumari, Pallu, Aman Soni, Vicky, Anju, Ravi Sarin et al
Music: W. G. Records

The scripted scenario of Delhi Mere Baap Ki kick starts with the introduction of a rich spoilt brat (Gurtej Teji ) of a leading business man from Delhi (Shakti Kapoor) who befriends a young model (Tina Rathod) and ends up raping her. He is not afraid of the consequences as he feels that his influential father will bail him out of the mess he has created with his life. But a press reporter (Komal Dhillon) who was her best friend finds the incident fishy as she thinks the reported suicide of her friend could not be true and she does a sting operation. She is helped by her friend (Pooja Thakur) in this mission. Komal Dhillon manages to trap the guy who now tries to rape her but she makes a great escape from his clutches and her honor is saved. Ultimately, the father (Shakti Kapoor) shoots his own son.

It seems like director Shashi Raaj has made Delhi Mere Baap Ki on a shoestring budget. The film has been well – scripted, based on a true incident & interestingly directed by him. Musically, the dance number is very enjoyable. A word of praise also goes for Pali & Ravi for action, Rajesh Kanoujia for cinematography & Amit Raj for editing.

Performance wise surprisingly it is Komal Dhillon who steals the limelight with an extremely sensitive enactment of a great friend who solves her dead friend’s case. Next in line Pooja Thakur is perfect in the role alloted to her. But on the other hand Tina Rathod disappoints big time and the same can be said about Gurtej Teji. While the supporting cast comprising of veterans like Shakti Kapoor, Dinesh Hingoo, Vikram Jhakar et al and debtant actors like Amritpal Kaur, Gurmail Gill, Santosh Kumari, Pallu, Aman Soni, Vicky, Anju, Ravi Sarin et al who are mostly new talents from Mike Verma’s Canam Film Institute (Chandigarh) are just about ok.

Tail Piece: At the Box Office turnstiles Delhi Mere Baap Ki has its own merits but will attract the masses mainly from the B & the C centres, especially from the North.

“I am extremely happy that Shivaay has been made in India:” Ajay Devgn

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Ajay Devgn has earned quite a name & fame as an actor par excellence. But he has now donned a directorial hat with his 1st ever directorial venture titled Shivaay and witnessing its 1st ever promo it seems more like an espionage thriller directed with all his sincerity. Caught up with Ajay Devgan recently to share his 1st ever directorial experience in a suburban 5 star hotel’s ambiance. Tune in!

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The trailer of Shivaay were out recently and the entire plot of Shivaay seems to be hidden in it. What say?

Yes you are right and I did that on purpose. I really want the cine goer’s to register their footfalls in a theatre and unravel the entire mystery of Shivaay and I certainly do not want them to take refuge in all forms of pirated versions. Actually speaking Shivaay is a highly emotional drama of a father & his daughter’s relationship. The cine goer’s will really find Shivaay very interesting!!!

By the way how do you balance action & comedy?

There is more of a drama in Shivaay. There is not even an iota of comic sequences in Shivaay. It borders purely on emotional drama.

You had earlier done Drishyam which was purely a family film with no comic relief at all. Comment!

But still Drishyam had proved to be an interesting & an enlightening film. I had done Drishyam purely based on its script. Yet Shivaay is a totally different kind of a film. It has been made totally based on the relationship shared by a daughter & her father.

Why have you given the title Shivaay for your 1st ever directorial venture?

The name of my character is Shivaay but it is certainly not a religious film. And Lord Shiva is one God who easily connects with one & all, I mean people of today’s times also. Lord Shiva is also known as Bhola Bhandari. He is also known to create havoc if need be. Besides his characteristic’s are also evident in people of today’s generation.

How much importance do you give to a film critic?

Sorry to say but in today’s times every Tom, Dick & Harry has become a film critic thereby spoiling the reputation of genuine film critics. I think whoever genuinely wants to step into this “Critic”al arena, should first of all get themselves properly trained.

It seems Shivaay is also appearing as a popular comic strip. Right?

After seeing Shivaay’s trailer one of the Company gave me the idea to convert it into a comic strip. I liked the concept and gave them my nod of approval. But believe me the film’s scripted scenario is totally different from the film’s original theme.

What would you like to say about the action sequences of Shivaay?

The action sequences are totally different albeit very well connected to the emotional sequences. I have tried to treat the action sequences as realistically as possible. My main aim was to bring real Hollywood action sequences in front of everyone and which was never before attempted in Hindi Cinema. I had full confidence in my action technicians. It was very difficult indeed but finally we have succeed in presenting what we had aimed for.

How are you planning to release the film?

Shivaay will also be released in the international markets like Germany & Bulgaria. I have also received a request message from China. In fact I am so happy that Shivaay has been made in India.

By the way is this film inspired by any Hollywood film?

No, no not at all. The story of Shivaay is totally different & totally Indian.

But indeed there are foreign actors in Shivaay?

Yes! You are right. But we had to bow down to the demands of the script otherwise there is no dearth of good actors in Bollywood. It took me almost one and half years to zero down on those foreign actors but in the end I am happy that I got the best of the actors from the foreign soil.

You were also unwell during the course of the shooting of. Shivaay.

Yes I was and I am still unwell. I had almost broken my neck but I thank God – The Almighty that I was saved in the nick of the time but as they say that the show must go on and I also wanted to release Shivaay as soon as possible.

Do you think that this year Diwali will be very special for you?

I really don’t know about that. But I am sure of one thing that God – The Almighty has always been very favorable to me. And I think this year too he will shower his blessings on me.

What would you like to say about the recent ban imposed on the Pakistani actors?

To be very honest I really like the Pakistani actors. I have worked with most of them and they have also worked with most of us. But sometimes the circumstances are such that we have to first think about are country’s honor. We also have to think about the families of our Soldiers who risk or sometimes even sacrifice their lives for us. It is at such times that we should take our stand for our Country’s sake. Our country should be held above everything else. Even Akshay Kumar says that. We should always support our people. Hence no cultural exchange can take place under such circumstances.

How do you look at your success at this stage of your career?

I still feel that I have a long, long way to go. Even otherwise one should keep on maintaining one’s hunger for success.

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is also getting released along with Shivaay. Do you think that both the films have got the right number of theatres?

Yes! Both the films have got the right amount of theatres. Now let the audiences see the film and make their own decIsions.

I don’t think you belong to any camp. Comment.

I don’t think the camp system exists anymore. Even otherwise I believe in a simple policy that you don’t interfere in my work and I want interfere in your work.

Arab coalition says it ‘wrongly targeted’ Yemen funeral

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October 8 air strike, which killed more than 140 people in Sanaa, was based on incorrect information, says inquiry team.

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by Al Jazeera

The Arab coalition battling Houthi fighters in Yemen has admitted one of its warplanes had “wrongly targeted” a funeral in Sanaa that killed more than 140 people, and announced disciplinary proceedings.

The October 8 strike in the Yemeni capital prompted an international outcry and strong criticism even from Saudi Arabia’s closest Western allies.

“Because of non-compliance with coalition rules of engagement and procedures, and the issuing of incorrect information, a coalition aircraft wrongly targeted the location, resulting in civilian deaths and injuries,” said an inquiry team of the Arab coalition assembled by Saudi Arabia.

“Appropriate action … must be taken against those who caused the incident, and … compensation must be offered to the families of the victims.”

The UN released a statement saying the organisation’s humanitarian coordinator as well as the community of non-governmental organisations in Yemen were outraged and shocked by the strikes.

Funeral reception

In addition to the more than 140 deaths, more than 500 people were wounded in the strikes on the funeral reception for the father of Brigadier Jalal al-Ruweishan, interior minister in the self-proclaimed Houthi-led government.

Hundreds of mourners had gathered in the grand hall of ceremonies on al-Khamseen Street afternoon to take part in the ceremony.

The death toll was one of the largest in any single incident since the Arab coalition began military operations to try to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to power following his removal by the Houthis in March 2015.

The Arab coalition initially denied that it was responsible for the strikes.

“Absolutely no such operation took place at that target,” a source within in the coalition told Reuters news agency on the day of the attack.

Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, said the coalition’s admission could jeopardise the peace process and put more pressure on Saudi Arabia.

Ruweishan had sided with the Houthi group when Hadi fled Yemen after the Iran-allied fighters advanced on his headquarters in the southern port city of Aden in March 2015.

The Arab coalition has been providing air support for Hadi’s forces in a civil war that has killed an estimated 6,700 people since March 2015 and displaced more than three million.

Intense fighting

Fighting has intensified since August when UN-sponsored peace talks in Kuwait ended without an agreement.

The Arab coalition had been blamed for several attacks on medical centres, including some run by international aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF), schools, factories and homes in the past 18 months that has killed scores of civilians.

In August, MSF said it was evacuating its staff from six hospitals in northern Yemen after a coalition air strike hit a health facility operated by the group, killing 19 people.

The coalition, which says it does not target civilians, has expressed deep regret over the decision and said it was trying to set up “urgent meetings” with the medical aid group.

The coalition’s admission came a day after Britain announced it was planning to put forward a draft Security Council resolution calling for an immediate truce in Yemen and a resumption of peace talks.

The 15-member body this week failed to agree on a statement condemning the October 8 air strike. Russia dismissed the statement as too vague and diplomats said Russia refused to engage any further on it.

Security Council statements must be approved by consensus.

India wary of New Zealands prowess in first ODI

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Dharamsala: Despite completing a 3-0 whitewash of New Zealand in the Test rubber, India will be wary of the visitors’ prowess in the shorter format when both the teams face off in the first of the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series here on Sunday.

With the conditions at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium favouring the pacers, New Zealand will bank on their recent ODI performance — winning four of their last five bilateral competitions, including a recent series win over Australia — to give a tough fight to the hosts.

Moreover, Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson has a better squad at his disposal, with the return of pacer Tim Southee and all-rounder Corey Anderson, making them a force to reckon with. Southee was ruled out with a late injury while Anderson’s arrival would bolster their misfiring middle-order.

However, Williamson will need runs from two of his most experienced batsmen — Ross Taylor and Martin Guptill — who have failed to click so far on this tour.

Guptill, who scored just 159 runs from six innings, will not let those failures affect him in the ODIs. The opener has an average of 43.25 in ODIs with a strike-rate of 86.08, and is one of only five people in world cricket to have scored a double century in 50 overs.

Having said that, New Zealand’s best chance of scripting history — they have never won a bilateral ODI series in India — will depend heavily on Williamson. The skipper needs to provide stability to the team and score runs, and also ensure the likes of Anderson and James Neesham in the lower order can have a go at scoring quick runs.

Also with both premier spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja rested for the ODIs, the Kiwis will heave a sigh of relief when they take the field in the black jersey. Ashwin and Jadeja tormented the New Zealanders with the Chennai off-spinner emerging the highest wicket-taker of the Test series with 27 scalps.

On the other hand, despite being the favourites, India have a comparatively untested side for the first three ODIs. Apart from Ashwin and Jadeja, pacer Mohammed Shami has also been rested.

Injuries to Lokesh Rahul, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and Shikhar Dhawan have ruled the trio out, creating chances for promising players like Mandeep Singh, Manish Pandey, Dhawal Kulkarni and Axar Patel — all of them part of the squad that toured Zimbabwe in India’s last 50-over cricket assignment.

Senior batsman Suresh Raina has also been recalled to the squad, but he will miss the first ODI due to viral fever.

With Manish performing in India A’s tour of Australia and the aggressive Hardik Pandya in the side, Dhoni can afford to come up the order and bat with Kohli in the middle overs besides pushing Ajinkya Rahane to open with Rohit Sharma.

Maharashtra keeper-batsman Kedar Jadhav may well get a look-in as a pure batsman with Dhoni donning the big gloves.

The Dharamsala pitch generally assists pacemen and that could give Dhawal Kulkarni a place in the playing XI alongside Jasprit Bumrah, while Axar Patel, Amit Mishra and Umesh Yadav are the likely options in the bowling department.

The Dharamsala ODI will be followed by matches in Delhi (October 20), Mohali (October 23), Ranchi (October 26) and Visakhapatnam (October 29). All five are day-and-night encounters.

Squads:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain & wk), Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Jasprit Bumrah, Dhawal Kulkarni, Umesh Yadav, Mandeep Singh, Kedar Jadhav.

New Zealand: Kane Williamson (Captain), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Anton Devcich, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, B.J. Watling (wk).

(IANS)

Review: Motu Patlu King Of Kings is an entertaining Fare for one & all

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Producers: Kethan Mehta, Deepa Sahi & Anish J S Menta.
Director: Suhus D. Kadav.
Narrator: Niraj Vikram, Suhab S. Kadav & Dheeraj Berry.
Genre: Animaton Comedy
Rating***

The title of the movie Motu Patlu King of Kings is taken from the kids cartoon show Motu Patlu, which is on air since the year 2008 on Tamil channel. It has now been converted into a movie story and the makers have made it more unique by animating the movie. Besides adding a tagline to the movie as well namely, “Yaaron Ki Yaari…. Action Safari”.

This is a story of 2 friends Motu & Patlu hailing from Furfuri Nagar. Their 1st enconter is with a Circus lion, who wants to leave the Circus. So Motu & Patlu offer to take him to the forest. Once they reach the forest the lion runs away on his own. Motu & Patlu now come across another lookalike lion who rules the jungle as a king. There is also an evil man who cuts down the forest in his quest for a hidden goldmine. From this point onwards there is an uproar in the jungle, literally!!! There are situation and how Motu & Patlu land on them is hilarious. In the end they always rescue themselves with their ideas & their unique thinking.

Director Suhus D. Kadav has done full justice to this Children’s entertainment but with a slight hangover of Hollywood film The Jungle Book. The main message of the film “Save The Forest” is perfectly driven home. Technically also the film is far more superior than previous such films especially the voice overs which are perfectly in sync.

An ideal entertainment for one and all during this festive season of Diwali.

Movie Review: Ghanta is a cliched fare in all respects

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Producer: Vinay Waman Ganu
Director: Shailesh Shankar Kale
Star Cast: Aroh Velankar, Amey Wagh, Saksham Kulkarni, Shivani Surve, Anuja Sathe, Kishor Kadam, Pushkar Shrotri, Viju Khote, Murli Sharma, Bhau Kadam, Kanchan Pagare, Vijay kadam, Ganesh Mayekar, Mayur Khandge etc
Genre: Comedy
Rating One and a half

Ghanta is a story about 3 friends, who have just passed out from college and try their hands in betting to earn money. Further on the film showcases about how the trio of them get into big time trouble because of betting and also comes across 3 Villains in their life and from there on they constantly struggle to get out of this uncalled for situation.

Director Shailesh Shankar Kale has presented a very far fetched and totally confused story and moreover the title Ghanta has no relevance at all to the main plot.

Performance wise most of the debutant actors have tried their level best to live up to their alloted roles. Besides even the veteran actors have failed to salvage the film.

Even at the Box Office turnstiles the prospects of Ghanta seems nil.

Movie Review: Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare is an enlightening fare

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Producers: Manindra Jain, Shobhit Kumar,
Shekhar Kumar, Uddipt Jain & Aniruddha Gaikar
Director: Shashank Udapurkar
Star Cast: Shashank Udapurkar, Tanishaa Mukerji, Govind Namdeo, Rajit Kapur, Sharat Saxena, Kishor Kadam etc
Genre: Biopic
Rating***

Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare is a biographical film based on the life of an extremely popular Indian social activist namely Anna Hazare (Shashank Udapurkar). It encompasses Anna’s life right from his childhood till recently. Anna was a crusader par excellence and followed Mahatma Gandhi’s idealogy. Like Bapu he also chose the path of “Fast Unto Death” to win many social causes. He not only fought for the upliftment of his village in general but also for the betterment of the nation in particular. His fight against “Brashtar” is still going strong.

Director Shashank Udapurkar has brilliantly sketched the life of Anna Hazare. Besides he has done a perfect job by also enacting the role of Anna Hazare. But the lapses are seen in his writing with many loopholes which is evident in the slowly dragging pace of the movie. A special worthy mention should also go for the musical score by the Late Ravindra Jain which is apt for such biographical film. The rest of the cast is also good by lending an able support in carrying the narrative of the film forward.

But sadly enough one can’t expect the film to create wonders at the Box Office tunrstiles. Having said that it will certainly earn rave reviews & critical acclaim in the Indian as well as the global film festival circuit.

Movie Review: Prem Sankat is an interesting love story

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Producer: Diksha Yuvraj Surwade
Director: Datta Mirkutte
Star Cast : Raj Surwade, Monalisa Bagal, Rahul Bhise, Ankita Parmar, Damini Dolas, Rajendra Shisatkar, Yatin Karyekar, Latika Gore, Rohini, Satish Pulekar, Nishigandha Wad
Genre: Romantic Thriller
Rating**

The story of Prem Sankat kick starts with Raj (debutant Raj Surwade) painting the town red with his friends. On the other hand Mona (Monalisa Bagal) gets kidnapped by the goons of a pimp to be drawn into flesh trade. Raj has seen her being kidnapped! So one fine day he ends up rescuing her from the clutches of the pimp and keeps her hidden in a farm house and gradually falls in love with her.

First of all a word of praise for the Debutant director for presenting the love story in a daringly different mileu but his directorial treatment of the same leaves much to be desired. Debutant Raj Surwade & Monalisa Bagal show just a little spark of histrionics but both have miles to go before they can even succeed in making a place for themselves in Marathi Cinema.

Whereas veteran actors like Rajendra Shisatkar, Yatin Karyekar, Latika Gore, Rohini, Satish Pulekar, Nishigandha Wad lend them an able support.

At the ticket window Prem Sankat will have to struggle hard with not much help coming in even from the word of mouth publicity.

Two Nigerians held in Bengaluru for trying to sell cocaine

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Bengaluru: Two Nigerian citizens have been arrested here for allegedly indulging in drug peddling and 50 grams of cocaine worth Rs 2.5 lakhs seized from them.

Nduba Joseph (25) and Nwite Sunday Rose (32) were arrested yesterday in Indiranagar Police station limits here following information that they were trying to sell cocaine to customers, a CCB release said.

Their passports and a two-wheeler had also been confiscated.

The accused are said to have purchased cocaine from an individual named Ben, who is now absconding, and were selling it to customers known to them, the release said.

Both the accused and Ben have been booked under several acts including Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

(Agencies)

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