T Nillay Pande had started his career a decade ago as a line producer & executive producer for many film projects. And now he has also turned a co – producer with director Anwer Khan’s soon to be released film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya.

Kindly give us a brief introduction of your film making career.

I had started my film making career that too a decade ago, 1st as a line producer then as an executive producer and finally as a co – producer. And as a line producer & executive producer I have been associated with projects like scores of music videos & TV commercials featuring the likes of actresses like Hema Malini, Madhuri Dixit and many others and even a film like Department. Then as a co – producer with director Anwer Khan’s debut film Four Two Ka One, not to be confused with Shah Rukh Khan’s film One Two Ka Four. That was 3 years ago. And now I am associated again as a co – producer with Anwer Khan’s 2nd film namely Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya.

What made you to co – produce another film with director Anwer Khan?

Actually speaking Anwer Khan is a dear friend of mine. I really enjoyed working with him as a co – producer in his debut directorial film Four Two Ka One. So once again when he came up with his latest project Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya I instantly gave him a go ahead signal as a co – producer once again.

So what is the film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya all about?

Frankly speaking Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya is a complete family entertainer. And I am sure Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya will definitely prove to be an out & out commercially oriented masala film with Anwer Khan at the helm of affairs inspired by his Manmohan Desai style of film making. In fact I believe that Anwer Khan is the only actively involved independent director hailing from the Manmohan Desai camp. The film is all about identical twin brothers with one settled in Mumbai and the other one settled in Bangkok and then the switch over takes place and the fun oriented laughriot begins.

So what according to you are the highlights of the film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya?

Of course there are many highlights of the film but I will give you the hint of a few of them. First & foremost highlight of the movie is Arbaaz Khan in the role of a Don in a foriegn land, the beautiful & soothing albeit never before seen locales of Thailand & Pataya in Bangkok, the 1st ever double role of Marathi comedian Vijay Patkar and above all the 1st ever double role of Jimmy Shergill and so on & so forth.

Ok so what are your expectations from the film?

First of all we wish that our film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya should garner a decent collections at the Box Office turnstiles all over, so that we can start the production of our next project smoothly. Money wise the film should end up doing a decent business. The film’s digital promo launch has already created ripples of successful wave and I wish the film also does well. Besides I wish that each & every family member all over should go to see Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya.

As a parting shot give us a little information about the cast & crew of the film.

Ok! Badshah Khan presents a film by Anwer Khan, produced by Ali Unwala, co – produced by T Nillay Pande, music by Avishek Majmudar & Badri Lacewala, lyrics by Badri Lacewala, Vishal V. Patil, Jairaj Selwan & Anwer Khan, cinematography by Rajeev Srivastava, action by Mahendra Verma, choreography by Rajeev Surti, P&A partner Ayub Khan & media coordination by Himanshu Jhunjhunwala. The film stars Arbaaz Khan, Jimmy Shergill, Pooja Chopra, Bruna Abdullah, Vijay Patkar et al.

Anwer Khan happens to be an erstwhile assistant director of Manmohan Desai, of the lost & found syndrome, which had become so popular in the bygone millenium. 3 years ago, to be precise in the year 2013, he had made his debut as an independent director with Four Two Ka One, not to be confused with SRK’s One Two Ka Four. And now he is ready with his upcoming directorial venture Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya which is on the verge of releasing very soon.

How about giving us your brief introduction?

I am a total Bombaiyya man. I was born in Kalyan. And all my life I have been living in Thane. After finishing my studies I started hunting for work and ended up being the assistant director with Manmohanji and my height of foolishness was when I had left Manji in between and after realising my own folly I went back to him requesting him to take me back. And hats off to him that he graciously accepted me back in his fold and then I ended up assisting him in scores of films till the end.

So how much of Manmohan Desai style can one see in your upcoming film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya?

I have made my entire film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya totally inspired by Manmohan Desai school of film making. The stamp of his film making will be seen in most of the frames, especially in the intermission point.

You made your debut as an independent director in the year 2013 with a film called Four Two Ka one and now your upcoming directorial venture is Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya in 2016. Why this long gap?

The main reason is that I am very choosy. Being a trained director of Manmohan Desai camp, I did not wish to tarnish his name by doing any & every film. In fact I heard many stories in between but none of them touched my heart. So I was waiting for the right kind of film to come my way. But ultimately after waiting for almost 3 years I decided to pen down my own script and the end result was Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya and this time around I have also penned down 3 beautiful lyrics for the same.

Really Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya I mean what is your upcoming film all about?

Well! Nice way of putting up your query. So Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya is all about an identical twin named Man & Mohan. Man has gone to Thailand in search of a job and out there he has an altercation with a younger brother of a don named Mack and to top it he takes a selfie of the altercation and sends it to the don. But then his friends advise him to go back to Mumbai to avoid the wrath of the dreaded don. While Manmohan also has a showdown with a big wig person and he in turn rushes to Thailand to avoid his wrath. And then starts the rollercoaster comic ride. Which will definitely leave the audiences in splits in the darkened aisle of the cinema halls.

What according to you are the highlights of your upcoming film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya?

I would say that the 1st & foremost highlight of Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya is Arbaaz Khan as the most dreaded don Mack. In fact he has been most gracious enough to shower me with my career’s best compliment as a director. He has gone on record to state, “None of the directors of Bollywood has given me a role like Anwer Khan in his film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya, in fact none of them have succeeded in tapping my right potential as far as my acting skills are concerned. I would really like to say that Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya can be termed as the best comeback film of my career as an actor.” And coming from Arbaaz Khan an accomplished actor, producer & director, of Dabangg 2, in his own right, really Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya.

Banner: Raghujan Films – Roaring Goat Media – NMR Movies
Producer: Sudarshan Laxman Ingle, Sanjay Mulay, Jayaditya Giri & Nitin Rokade
Director: Nitin Madhukar Rokade
Star Cast: Abhijit Shwetchandra, Prashant Mohite, Vaishali Dabhade, Vishnu Joshilkar, Mitali Jagtap, Arjun & Yashpal
Music: Prafulla Karlekar

Editor turned debutant director Nitin Madhukar Rokade has been editing all the films of Bollywood director David Dhawan till this date. Yet in his debut directorial Marathi film Taleem the signature stamp of David Dhawan brand of film making is missing. Which is good in a way as Nitin has been able to leave the stamp of his own directorial identity in Taleem.

Taleem’s scripted scenario unfolds with Bhau (Abhijeet Shwetchandra) who is highly obsessed with the idea of winning the title of the Maharashta Kesari in wrestling and he training for it all his life, but just when he is ready for duelling in the wrestling ground to match his strength with the real champions, he falls in love with a lavni dancer named Laxmi (Vaishali Dhabade). On the other hand his rival Jaisingh (Prashant Mohite) takes advantage of the situation and the tables turn.

Director Nitin Madhukar Rokade has displayed finesse in his directorial treatment yet what really goes against Taleem is that it has been heavily inspired by V. Shantaram’s classic cult film Pinjra, in which a school teacher is totally infatuated by a lavani dancer. Not to speak of the fact about its odd comparison with both V. Shantaram’s Pinjra in the past and the recently released Yashraj Films Sultan.

Performance wise debutant actors Abhijit Shwetchandra has delivered a fairly good performance while Prashant Mohite has given a fairly good account of himself, amongst the debutant actresses Vaishali Dhabade is quite expressive while Mitali Jagtap is too loud and the rest of the actors like Vishnu Joshilkar, Arjun, Yashpal et al are adequate and help in carrying the film forward.

Tail Piece: Taleem is an interesting fare for both the classes as well as the masses.

Bollywood Film makers have always been very patriotic to the core and to commemorate each Independence Day they have been making films based on patriotic themes. In fact since the indian film makers too wanted to be free from the Britishers rule they had already started making patriotic films much before our country gained independence in the year 1947. And if we can recollect correctly the 1st ever patriotic film made in India was in the year 1931 and the patriotic films made in the those period were films like The Sword of Allah, Azaad Hindustan, Tiranga Jhenda, Swatantra Bharat et al to be followed by scores of such films but obviously one can’t recollect all the names of patriotic films made in those times. But of course some of the best films were Shaheed, Pukar, Purab Aur Paschim, The Making Of Mahatma Gandhi made by Shyam Benegal if we can recollect it correctly. But the best of film made during that period was made by a foriegn director named Richard Attenborough who gave a gem of film to the Indians namely Gandhi starring a foreign actor namely Ben Kingsley who had enacted the role of Mahatma Gandhi – the father of the nation perfectly. And all such films were instrumental in stirring the patriotic feelings of the Indians of those times.

And to stir the patriotic feelings of the Indians once again we have put together a list of the Best Patriotic Movies in Bollywood. In fact Bollywood has a very strong sense of patriotism. And so, every year the Indian film industry sees at least a couple of movies dedicated to India and her freedom fighters as well as the ones that instill a sense of pride in viewers through patriotism.

While some of these films actually portray the freedom struggle of India and it’s freedom fighters, others are set in the post-Independence era and simmer with a patriotic zeal and pride for the country.

Here’s a list of the Bollywood’s Best Patriotic Movies, Shaheed, the name of which was already mentioned above. So Shaheed was a patriotic film about the Indian independence movement. This was one the of many nationalist films made during this period which depicted the struggle for Independence. The next in line was Mother India. In 1947 India gained independence from the British rule. The country was caught between the need to modernise and continue the technological advances of the last two decades, and the need to maintain traditional moral values and avoid cultural decline. Moreover this movie was nominated in the “Best Foreign Film” category of the Oscars. And how can one forget one more film, yet again by director Mehboob Khan namely Son Of India. One more films of those times was Haqeeqat directed by Chetan Anand. It was about how Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru saw China as India’s best friend after independence propagated the Indo – Chin Bhai Bhai. Then the Indo – China war happened in 1962 and an unprepared India was devastated.

One more important film of that time was Border directed by J P Dutta which was an epic tale about young men & his war to set every Indian free from their own shackles of slavery. The movie was an adaptation from real life events that happened at the Battle of Longewala fought in Rajasthan (Western Theatre) during the Indo – Pakistani War of 1971 and Bangladesh Liberation War.

And the next patriotic films to follow were Aamir Khan (producer) & Ashutosh Gowarikar’s (Director) Lagaan which was a deadly combination of cricket and the rebellion against the British Empire. This one even made it all the way to the Oscars and lost out to No Mans Land.

Once again it was Ashutosh Gowarikar’s film Swades. Which was all about a successful Indian scientist working at NASA who returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots. Director Ashutosh’s masterpiece had all the elements of a patriotic film without resorting to jingoism.

Then how can one forget about Rakeyesh Om Prakash Mehra’s Rang de Basanti a youthful drama about some youthful people gripped by a feeling of patriotism.

And last but not the least was Chak De India, which used a hockey field in India and the Indian women’s national field hockey team as metaphors to explore larger than life’s themes relating to sexism, ethnic & regional prejudice, and religious prejudice under the larger umbrella of Indian nationalism. It also referred to the legacy of partition.

Banner: Zee Studio, KriArj Entertainment, Cape Of Good Films & Plan C Studios
Producer: Neeraj Pandey, Aruna Bhatia,
Nittin Keni, Akash Chawla, Virender Arora,
Ishwar Kapoor & Shital Bhatia
Director: Tinu Suresh Desai
Star Cast: Akshay Kumar, Ileana D’Cruz,
Esha Gupta, Arjan Bajwa, Pawan Malhotra, Usha Nadkarni, Sachin Khedekar, Kumud Mishra, Anang Desai, Parmeet Sethi, Kanwaljit Singh et al
Music: Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Ganguly, Raghav Sachar & Arko Pravo Mukherjee

Of late there is a strongest trend of making a biopic movie on legendary figures and also movies based on true stories of real people mirroring their down to earth real lives. And religiously following this trend is none other than the Producer – Actor team of Neeraj Pandey – Akshay Kumar. And their latest outing Rustom is based on the real life incident of a famed Naval Officer named K. M. Nanavati. And both Neeraj Pandey & Akshay Kumar deserve a standing ovation for brilliantly presenting or rather re – presenting the courtroom battle of K. M. Nanavati. Which had earlier appeared in the form of 2 movies namely Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke & Achanak. So once again Hats off to Neeraj Pandey & Akshay Kumar.

The scripted scenario of Rustom kick starts with a periodic era of 1959, when Mumbai was still “Bombay” and the times when justice was done by the jury members and not by the judge. This is followed by the introduction of the “habituated to his uniform” Commander Rustom Pavri (Akshay Kumar) and his lovely wife Cynthia Pavri (Ileana D’Cruz). One day, when Rustom Pavri comes back home from the sea, earlier than his scheduled date, he is shocked when he gets to know that his wife Cynthia has gone out with the “filthy” rich Vikram Makhija (Arjan Bajwa) and has not been home since the last 2 days. Rustom Pavri, then, starts breathing fire and reaches Vikram’s house, only to find Vikram & Cynthia together in an uncompromising situation. Unable to bear the sight of his wife’s deceit, Rustom Pavri loads his official gun and shoots the evil minded Vikram, killing him on the spot. Being the ever righteous man, Rustom Pavri then goes to the police station and surrenders himself. When the news of Vikram’s death reaches the ears of his “well connected” sister Preethi Makhija (Esha Gupta), she vows to revenge her brother’s death. As the case goes to the court however, Rustom pleads not guilty. What follows after that is a heated court room drama, mudslinging & the role of the media in the case… all eventually leading to one common thing.

Director Tinu Suresh Desai in his 1st ever outing in 1920 London had displayed his directorial sparks. But in his 2nd outing Rustom he is in complete command and displays that he is just not the flash in the pan kind of director. But of course he appears a little weak in the courtroom drama but that is because of the poor writing skills of Vipul K. Rawal. Yet Tinu Suresh Desai has given a new life to this predictable courtroom fare. Another weak link of the movie is its technical crew like the film’s music by Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Ganguly, Raghav Sachar & Arko Pravo Mukherje, cinematography by Santosh Thundiyil & editing by Shree Narayan Singh. So on the whole it is only Akshay Kumar’s sterling act that holds the film and the cine goers interest together especially of those who are totally unaware of the most talked about case of Nanavati.

Performance wise no doubt that it is Akshay Kumar who rules the roost. He has totally blended himself into the character of Nanavati and delivered a towering albeit a powerhouse performance. On the other hand Ileana D’Cruz is too perfect to be true, in fact she matches Akshay Kumar step by step in the histrionics department. Esha Gupta is excellent. Arjan Bajwa has delivered a par excellence act in his “Brief” role. While the other seasoned actors like Kumud Mishra, Usha Nadkarni, Sachin Khedekar, Anang Desai, Parmeet Sethi, Kanwaljit Singh & above all Pawan Malhotra too have ended up giving a convincing & believable performance.

Tail Piece: Rustom is a perfect crime drama that has hit the marquee after ages.

Akshay Kumar is one of the most humble actor of Bollywood. He is so modest about his super stardom, that when he is addressed as a super star, his grin becomes wider and he just smiles. His rise to super stardom has been so phenomenal, en route all the highs & lows and ups & downs included. He has done films of varied genres albeit comedy is his forte. No doubt he has traversed miles & miles to finally prove his worth from his debut film Saugandh to his latest release Rustom.

What was the main reason for accepting Rustom?

First of all I found the concept interestingly gripping. But one never knows how the world will react to what I personally feel is intriguing & interesting.

Are you happy with the over all response to Rustom right from the promo launch?

So far the response has been mirrored to my own emotions and that is one of the greatest feelings an actor can experience, a shared passion about one’s choices of projects is just so humbling that it makes you want to hug all your fans and thank them for sharing their eagerness in your work.

While the trailer was released, you were away on a holiday. Do you regret missing out on the excitement for your film back home?

I would have regretted not being on holiday with my kids. I’ve made over 130 films, and luckily still counting. But I only get so many years to throw my kids in the pool and watch them marvel at the world before they become too big & too distant for me to impress.

But didn’t you feel cut off from the pre -release excitement back home?

Thanks to Steve Jobs & Mark Zuckerberg’s greatest inventions, they kept me connected to the world which made me feel like I was at home feeling the love & support as if I was only inches away from everyone’s excitement.

Rustom is your 1st ever film on a crime of passion… It’s about a loving husband who murders his wife’s lover. How difficult was it for you to portray this man who loves his country & his wife too but is accused of murder by the law?

It was so thrilling for me to portray such a character, one who has nothing but love & patriotism in his heart. But a crime is a crime… This film will leave you thinking twice about the legal system, the action of mankind and the ability to do the right thing at the right time.

The year has so far been extremely kind to you. Your reaction to Airlift & Housefull 3 being big hits?

You make it out like I wasn’t deserving enough to have a kind year. I personally couldn’t have wished for a better response to one of the most patriotic films I’ve ever made.

You mean Housefull 3?

I see my comedies have helped critics loosen up. But jokes aside, Airlift made me feel proud to be an Indian. As for Housefull 3, I love the fact that one of my favourite franchises can still bring so much laughter to the crowds, people let their hair down and let out whoops of laughter in the theatres. It’s the heartiest feeling in the world. What better feeling than to make people happy?

You have always preferred to work with a new director. Comment!

Yeah! You can say that I like to work with newer directors. Anyone who makes the grade with Neeraj Pandey is all good by me. Neeraj Pandey’s standards of film making and his script sense are irreproachable. So in Rustom Tinu Suresh Desai had my full faith from day one. I’ve not regretted my instincts for a second.

Isn’t it difficult for a new director to guide you?

Tinu Suresh Desai has pulled all of us together into one creative vision so fast & so well that I take my hat off to him. He’s a producer’s director and he doesn’t mess around for a moment. He would forget to say hello to you as he had to be so engrossed with his work. But his practicality always brings him back to reality. Speedy man, fast paced, exactly what I like in my directors when they know what they want and get it come hook or by crook, they get their shot.
What impels me is that they bring about a change in me. Keeping my audiences intrigued is a very important part in keeping them interested in my career. When I star opposite a fresh face, the audience has no idea what kind of connection we will have.

To round it off tell us something about your co – star Ileana?

What can I say about her? Ileana is a pleasure to work with of course. She has a competitive edge about her but laced with a charming exterior. She likes to push herself in her scenes and takes a demanding day on the chin. Rustom may not be a physically taxing movie but it was certainly emotionally draining for all of us.

Producers: Sanjay Chhabria and Avinash Jog
Director: Sameer Vidhwans
Star Cast: Sagar Deshmukh, Akshay Tanksale, Sai Tamhankar, Mukta Barve and Parn Pethe
Genre: Drama
Rating***

Gajanan (Sagar Deshmukh) is a thirty plus old fashioned Professor and one of his young student named Batees (Akshay Tanksale) is carefree and very modern in his outlook and attitude. Batees teaches Gajanan a lot of things concerning attitude. A Professor then becomes a student and then starts the journey of Gajanan on the crossroads of love where he encounters three girls namely Parnrekha (Sai Tamhankar), Antara (Parn Pethe) and Sayali (Mukta Barve).

Director Sameer Vidhwans has crafted a very thought provoking and feel good movie like YZ. The special highlight is the climax and its witty dialogues all throughout. But the film drags a lot in the second half. Some of the technicians deserve full marks. As for the performance YZ has all the seasoned artistes giving off their best as per the requisites of their respective roles.

The title of YZ is not just a slang word but a hip new attitude, in fact YZ focusses more on a fresh and new perspective on life. No doubt YZ is all about discovering our own real, mad and bold YZ version.

All in all YZ is a really an enjoyable movie.

Once upon a time, a few aeons ago, there was an actor named Dheeraj Kumar and one of his film was Raton Ka Raja. A film which had instantly gained him a limelighted recognition. To the extent that it made him an overnight star in his own right. There after he did a lot of films and then he once again gained stardom by working in as many as 21 superhit Punjabi Films. This phase of Dheeraj Kumar as the most sought after actor happened to span the era of the 70’s & the 80’s. And before he could be bracketed in the league of Kahan Gaye Woh Log stars, Dheeraj Kumar had bounced back as a small screen producer by floating his own concern Creative Eye Limited with his better half Zuby Kochhar. And ironically the 1st ever small screen serial they produced was named Kahan Gaye Woh Log!!! for DD National Channel. And now Creative Eye Limited’s new on – air serial is named Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan which is being aired on SAB TV Channel from 26th Jul, 2016 in the time slot of 7.30 pm from Mon – Fri.

On reflecting back tell us how & what do you feel about your chequered journey as an actor on the Big Screen Movies to the producer of the Small Screen Serials?

My chequered & noteworthy journey from Big Screen Movies as an actor to the Small Screen Serials as a producer was indeed very pleasant & excellent and that includes the phase of my journey as a leading man of 21 Punjabi films. And my journey as a Small Screen Serial producer is still ongoing under my own home production banner Creative Eye Limited and my wife is also an equal partner. Besides our latest on air serial is Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan which is being aired on SAB Tv Channel from Mon to Fri in the time slot of 7.30 pm.

Why did you prefer this particular time slot and not the Prime Time Slot to air Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan?

We are very well aware that a Prime Time Slotting is very important for a new serial to garner more than expected TRP ratings. But than one thing should be kept in mind that Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan will be primarily liked by kids of all ages especially those dwelling in the interiors of India and for them and even the housewives this particular time slotting is perfect as I believe that they go to bed early. While the rest of the audiences can catch up with Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan in the next day’s repeat telecast at 12 noon.
Fine! So tell us in a nutshell what is the concept of Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan all about?
Actually speaking YARO is a scientifically created robot by Professor Agarwal, who is basically a scientist himself. Since Professor Agarwal does not have a son or a daughter he made or rather assembled YARO and even treats him as his own son. Moreover he made YARO especially to make his wife Beena Agarwal happy who was craving for a baby since ages. But after sometime things start changing when YARO meets his new neighbours Shilpi, Prem & Amar. Initially the trio of them are unable to understand why this guy has been named as YARO and above all why does he behave or rather always act as a robot. Later on this neighbouring trio of friends are very happy on learning that YARO is actually a robot but his heart is as pure as a gold and totally filled with innocence. Now YARO and the trio becomes the best of friends and the trio’s flat becomes their den of naughty activities.

What are the specialities of YARO?

Frankly speaking YARO is extremely emotional and he tries his best to immitate human beings which ultimately creates trouble for him as well as for others too. YARO also misinterprets human emotion sometimes which leads to the most funny situations. But otherwise he always has good intentions and tries to help everyone in his own unusual ways which creates more & more funny situations and above all a unique twists & turn in his life. YARO then starts learning things about life, love and above all humanity and here starts the real journey of YARO with the trio of his friends, thus kick – starting the real Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan.

How is the SAB Tv Channel helping in the marketing of Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan?

SAB Tv Channel has recently formed an alliance with Twitter to create a Twitter BOT for promoting Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan. SAB Tv in partnership with Twitter has recently launched a very innovative and the 1st of its kind social initiative on Twitter for Y. A. R. O Ka Tashan. A 1st ever in the Entertainment Industry in India. SAB Tv in collaboration with Twitter has created a unique Twitter BOT representing the Humanoid – Y. A. R. O, a lead character in its new show Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan.. The BOT replicates the characteristics of Y. A. R. O by answering all kind of questions thrown at it. The show which centres on the protagonist Y. A. R. O, a humanoid, focuses on the relationship with friends & family, importance of love & humanity. In line with the new age concept of the show, the channel has also implemented this idea for its online & on ground marketing promotions.

To round it off tell us about the credits & the cast of Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan.

Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan is being made under the banner of Creative Eye Limited, produced by Dheeraj Kumar & Zuby Kochar, directed by Heman Chauhan, art by Rajat Poddar & cinematography by Kunal Kadam and above all Y. A. R. O. Ka Tashan stars Anirudh Dave as YARO, Rakesh Bedi as Professor Agarwal, Malini Kapoor as Beena Agarwal & Mahira Sharma as Shilpi – Shivam Sharma as Prem – Dheeraj Gumbar as Amar as the trio of friends. Besides them Umesh Bajpai as Chaturvedi Uncle, Jayshree Soni as Dolly & Apurva Bit as Gogi. That’s it.

Producers: Ravi Agarwal, Mahesh Balekundri, Rajat Manjunath and Ajay Chabria
Director: Rajeev Jhaveri
Star Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Gauhar Khan and Victor Bannerjee along with debutantes Ankita Makwana, Gemma Atkinson and Caterina Murino.
Genre: Suspense Thriller

Armin Salem (Rajeev Khandelwal) looses his memory after he is pushed out of a car in the snow clad valley of Switzerland
and then begins his search for self identification. He then meets varied woman masquerading around like Pooja (Gauhar Khan), Grace (Ankita Makwana), Rhea (Gemma Atkinson) and Caterina Murino and the mystery of Armin’s life starts getting more and more complicated. One memory flashbak reveals that in reality he is a contract killer who has lost his memory in an accident.

Director Rajeev Jhaveri seems totally confused and he starts swinging like a pendulum between facts and fiction, past and present. And the least said about his directorial capabilities the better. The only enjoyable factor of Fever is the presence of a seasoned actor like Rajeev Khandelwal and the capturing of beautiful locale like Switzerland. The first half of Fever drags along but it is the second half that really gets going and holds the viewer’s attention. In fact Fever mirrors a picture which tries to blur the thin line between facts and fiction.

Performance wise Rajeev Khandelwal is superb in his new avatar (Read Looks). He has plunged himself deeply into his character to the extent of shedding all his inhibitions has performed all the bold bedroom scenes with elan. Gauhar Khan is not at all impressive besides she appears atrocious with her garish make – up. That apart the three debutant actresses are good having given a good account of themselves.

To sum it up Fever may appear to be an interesting fare on Global Film Festival circuit but its prospects at the Box Office turnstiles are very bleak.