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Arms Act case: Salman Khan accused of misleading court, hearing on April 29

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Salman Khan

Jodhpur: An application has been moved in Jodhpur court against Salman Khan accusing him of misleading the court by seeking exemption from appearance on health grounds in an Arms Act case related to the black buck shooting though he was reportedly working in a film during the period.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Anupama Bijlani has admitted the application moved by Lalit Boda, the then forest officer who had registered the case against Khan for alleged poaching of black bucks in 1998.

The matter has been listed for hearing on April 29.

However, Khan’s counsel H M Saraswat said they had mentioned in the exemption application that Khan had a problem in his ear and has been recommended not to travel by air.

“This application is not maintainable as we had never said that he could not go for shooting. We only said that on account of some ear problem, he has been advised not to go for air travel,” said Saraswat

Boda in his application cited a news report showing Salman Khan shooting for his upcoming film, ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, in Jammu and Kashmir.

He alleged that by seeking exemption on health grounds, Salman Khan has given wrong facts and has misled the court. Boda sought stringent action against Khan for misleading the court.

A case had been registered against Khan by the forest department under the Arms Act mentioning that licence of the arms used by Khan during alleged poaching of black bucks at village Kankani near Jodhpur on the intervening night of 1-2 October, 1998, had expired and hence the actor had been using the arms illegally.

(Agencies)

'Bombariya's lovely bash At Zapatta

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Bombairiya

It was a star-studded night at the launch of Kreo Films & Beautiful Bay Productions’ much awaited film ‘Bombairiya’. The event was held at the renowned suburban joint, Zapata’s bistro & bar. Present at the venue were the starcast Radhika Aapte, Akshay Oberoi & Siddhanth Kapoor along with the director Pia Sukanya and India-born British producer Michael Ward.

‘Bombairiya’ will capture Mumbai’s multiple shades and the state of conflict that grips most of its dwellers. The film will not just capture the city of dreams in a new light but more importantly a true light. Based on events from tinsel town, the story revolves around Meghna, a film publicist (played by Radhika Aapte) who has her phone stolen on a city street and borrows one belonging to Abhishek a middle class IT programmer (played by Akshay Oberoi) so she can make contact with the nameless Thief (Siddhanth Kapoor).

Right at the outset Radhika Apte averred, “I fell in love with script and my character as soon as it was narrated. Beyond the script, I loved the degree of clarity that Michael & Pia have regarding the treatment and flow of film. When I met them I knew that this project was close to their heart and they had done their ‘homework’ rather thoroughly. I am excited for the shoot and I am sure we will show a side of Mumbai to the audience that most are unaware of”.

On the other hand producer Michael Ward added, “I am glad that we are ready to roll with ‘Bombairiya’. This is my debut project in Bollywood and this is the kind of script that has attracted international interest from Producer Colin Burrows of Beautiful Bay and the team at Kreo Films. Personally I have a very strong & deep rooted ties with both India & Bollywood and I am sure that this is the best time to create this kind of film, the way we intended, without any compromises.” Incidentally sopeaking Michael, is representing Kreo Films of Dubai who have tasked him to explore Indian opportunities. His marriage to Director Pia last year has paved the way for this and several more co – productions between India, UK & U.A.E. Michael was Lead Producer & Original Adaptor for “The Far Pavilions”, a West End Broadway Musical that ran at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre and also theatrical director for Miss Bollywood, a ‘dansical’ starring Shilpa Shetty.

As Director of ‘Bombairiya’ and of Beautiful Bay Entertainment, Pia also dons several hats. Direction, script – writing, acting, song – writing and singing are some of her talents. She avered, “As a debutante director, I am thrilled with the star cast and depth of acting talents that have come on board. I know Radhika will make a fascinating and captivating Meghna and Akshay will become her well – meaning but irritating knight in shining armour, till the circumstances force them to look at each other as possible mates!” I’m also looking forward to working with Ravi Kishan & SiddhantKapoor, son of the iustrios actor Shakti Kapoor.”

The film is all set to go on the floors on 23th April, 2015 and will be shot in one schedule in Varied locales of Mumbai.

"Bollywood music composers are downright plagiarist": Malkit Singh

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Malkit Singh is a renowned & award winning Punjabi Bhangra singer based in Birmingam, England. Till this date he has crooned some of the most popular numbers like “Gur Nalo Ishq Mita”, “Tootak Tootak Tootiyan”, “Kurri Garam Jayee”, ‘Dekh Li Villait”, “Chal Hun”, “Jai Hind” et al. Malkit Singh was in Mumbai recently for a special show on Baishakhi when Shaheen Raaj cornered him for a little interactive session.

To set the ball rolling how about giving us a brief insight into your background?

Basically I hail from Punjab. Incidentally speaking I was born in Hussainpur and brought up in Nakodar, Punjab. But to pursue my musical inclination I had shifted to Birmingham, England in the year 1984. Till this date I have crooned some of the most popular numbers like “Gur Nalo Ishq Mita”, “Tootak Tootak Tootiyan”, “Kurri Garam Jayee”, ‘Dekh Li Villait”, “Chal Hun”, “Jai Hind” to name just a few, like a drop in an Ocean.

How come you have not lent your voice for Bollywood movies in a career spanning three decades?

To be very frank I have a flourishing global career as a crooner. And since I am based in England I do not find it feasible to shift bag & Baggage to the Mekkah of Bollywood. And perhaps the producers & the directors do not call me thinking that they may have to pay me the two way fare from England to Mumbai and back. Besides a handsome remuneration as my crooning fees. Well! it is a totally wrong assumption. I can bear all the expenses of my so called trip on my own. And I certainly can’t settle down in Mumbai forever, thereby chucking up my lucrative career in England.

But you are still very popular in Bollywood!

Yes! You are right. And all thanks to my runaway hit songs. I became more known out here especially after my two songs “Chal Hun” & “JaI Hind” became a part of the soundtrack of Gurinder Chhadha’s movie ‘Bend It Like Bekham’. And I would also like to thank all the Bollywood music composers especially Mr. Bappi Lahiri for blatantly coping my chartbusting numbers like “Gur Nalo Ishq Mita” & “Tootak Tootak Tootiyan”. These so called music composers may term it as an inspiration. But I would say that they have been indulging in blatant plagiarism down the years.

One last question your daughter Amardip was recently sentenced to 2 years of jail in UK for having sexual relations with a handicapped minor. Comment.

You have said it all sir. I would not like to make anymore comment as this is strictly supposed to be a very private family matter and since everyone kept on harassing me or rather pestering me with all sorts of questions I have removed myself from each and every social media outlets. Period!

Movie Review: 'Margarita With A Straw' is an extremely sensitive, heartwarming & heart touching movie

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Margarita-with-a-Straw-2015

Banner: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Producer: Shonali Bose & Nilesh Maniyar
Director: Shonali Bose
Cast: Kalki Koechlin, Revathi, Sayani Gupta, Kuljeet Singh, Hussain Dalal, Malhar Khushu, Jacob Berger, Tenzin Dalha, Shuchi Dwivedi & William Moseley
Music: Mickey McCleary

Director Shonali Bose had proved her directorial versatility with her debut directorial offering ‘Amu’ an extremely sensitive film dealing with a woman’s sensitive issue. And now she has climbed a notch higher with her directorial finesse in her 2nd outing ‘Margarita With A Straw’. The film deals not only with a disability (Read Cerebral Palsy) in a budding persona Laila but also scratches the surface of her inherent sexual desire with “gay” abundance.

‘Maragarita With A Straw’ relates the story of a wheel chair bound Laila (Kalki Koechlin) who is suffering from a disease known as cerebral palsy disoder. She is living with her mother Shubhangini (Revathy), her brother Monu (Malhar Khushu) & her father Baljit (Kuljeet Singh). Laila, in fact is a strong headed girl, who doesn’t let that ‘handicap’ word obstruct her from penning soul stirring lyrics for her rock band. Laila yearns to be counted amongst the ‘normal’ people and lands up dumping her boyfriend Dhruv (Hussain Dalal) because he is handicapped and she even has the guts to show her middle finger to the judges of a rock show amidst a huge audience because they decide to give her band the 1st prize, only because, the lyrics were penned by a ‘handicapped person’ like her. As time passes by, Laila ultimately falls in love with one of her band member Nima (Tenzing Dalha) but when he doesn’t reciprocate her feelings, her world comes crashing down. Life moves on as Laila decides to start afresh when she shifts with her mother for her creative writing course at New York University. Out here Laila, starts developing feelings for her classmate Jared (William Moseley), with whom she eventually gets physical. However, there appears a twist in Laila’s life, when her blind room partner Khanum (Sayani Gupta) confesses that she is “gay” and that she loves her a lot. Eventually Laila also starts developing a liking for Khanum and they both end up getting intimate with each other. That’s when Laila realizes that she is a bisexual, who is torn between the battle of two sexes & her own sexual preferences. Gathering all the courage & confidence, she confesses to her mother about her sexual orientation. Life however gets topsy-turvy for Laila when she discovers a startling truth about her mother Shunbhangi too.

Hats off to director Shonali Bose for tackling such a complex theme of a girl’s disability in lieu with her sexual orientation. Shonali really needs to be applauded for shooting the sex scenes without making it look vulgar or cheap. Three cheers for presenting the whole complicated journey of Laila so lovingly, adding a sensitive directorial touch of her own. So much so that it leaves you absolutely shaken and teary eyed by the time you leave the auditorium. Her message is loud & clear that it is pointless to hate a person for his or her disability & even a preferred sexual orientation. Poking fun at such persons where it hurts most, that too time and again is downright disgusting & shameful. Such persons should look within themselves before even trying to find fault in others. Full marks & kudos to Shonali Bose’ entire cast & crew for their brilliance in all the department. The film has won National & International appreciation not to forget the rave reviews in its global festival circuits. Now it only needs a word of mouth appreciation from the national audiences.

Performance wise Its a Kalki Koechlin film all the way right from the word go as she has literally lived the role of Laila by fully & totally getting into the skin of the character. She has delivered an absolutely convincing & flawless act. Her body language portraying the disability and the feelings depicting the sexual orientation is shockingly stunning. The next in line memorable performance comes from Revathy as she lends her own finesse. She is brilliant when she silently conveys her own pain & suffering. Sayani Gupta is ok in her ill sketched character. The other actors like Kuljeet Singh, Malhar Khushu, Hussain Dalal, Tenzing Dalha, William Moseley have lended their own adequate touch in this sensitive tale of Laila.

Tail Piece: ‘Margarita With A Straw’ can be surely & definitely recommended as a not to be missed film.

Movie Review: 'Ek Adbhut Dakshina – Guru Dakshina' is a highly disappointing fare

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k Adbhut Dakshina Guru Dakshina

Banner: Moonwalk Production
Producer: Aayush Phadnis & Eshaan Phadnis
Director: Kiran Phadnis
Cast: Rajeev Govinda Pillai, Sulagna Panigrahi, Rajesh Shringarpure, Roopa Ganguly & Girish Karnad
Music: Ismail Darbar, Som & Siddharth Chopra

Débutante director Kiran Phadnis in his debut directorial offering ‘Ek Adbhut Dakshina – Guru Dakshina’ did try to tackle the touchy subject of a relationship between a Guru & his disciple but mid way he got carried away and brought in multilateral sub – plots of the triangular love story, the revenge angle, the naxalism’s deceit & treachery et al. Needless to add he meandered away and confusingly, fully or rather deliberately lost his focus.

An orphaned boy Dev (Rajeev Govinda Pillai) is adopted by a Guruji (Girish Karnad) and brought him to his dance academy in Kolkata, owing to his dancing skills. Impressed by his talent, Guruji takes him under his wings. However, Dev’s one-sided love for Guruji’s daughter Sanjukta (Sulagna Panigrahi) changes their lives forever. Sanjukta finds herself seduced by Chhau dancer Gambhira (Rajesh Shringarpure) instead, who seems like a man of dubious intent. It turns out that he is a Naxalite, on a secret mission. Dev suspects Gambhira’s motives and warns Sanjukta but she doesn’t pay heed. Dev is heartbroken & Guruji is devastated, when Sanjukta secretly marries Gambhira. Post marriage, Gambhira shows his true colors, thus ruining the life of his wife & Guruji. Meanwhile, an accident takes Dev to Himachal. An then starts the revenge drama too.

Kiran Phadnis had a good backing and a fair chance of a lifetime but he faltered miserably in his debut directorial effort. Need I say anything more.

Performance wise both Rajeev Govinda Pillai & Sulagna Panigrahi have made a decent debut and that’s just about it. But on the other hand it is Rajesh Shringarpure who has left a lasting impression. Lastly senior actors like Girish Karnad & Roopa Ganguly have tried their level best to bring some semblance to the entire sordid affair.

Tail Piece: if you are still interested in watching ‘Ek Adbhut Dakshina – Guru Dakshina’ then go ahead and do so. The risk is entirely yours. I rest my case here.

"I am playing the lead role in "Makad Jaala" albeit with negative shades": Amit Pundir

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Amit Pundir

Hailing from Meerut the bronze & brawny actor happens to be a farmer’s son but has always nurtured dreams of being an actor since childhood.

Amit avers, “Basically I am from Meerut but since last 8 years I am in mumbai trying to make it big in Tinsel Town. My father is a farmer and I have completed my academic qualification from C C  University in Meerut. At last my dreams have come true and I have got a chance to play lead role of Rana in ‘Makad Jaala’, albeit it is a negative role with soft romantic touches. I am enacting the character of a big bad boy who is into eve teasing and what not, but he finally mends his ways. And I am very thankful to my director Dinesh Kumar Sahoo, my co – star Ashmita Bakshi and the entire team of ‘Makad Jaala’ for their sincere & utmost cooperation. My expectation from ‘Makad Jaala’ is good and whoever sees this film will miss his college days and will also get a good message. I am looking out for meaty roles. Things are in the pipeline. Let’s see what happens till then I am keeping my heart, fingers & toes crossed.”

"In 'Makad Jaala-A Poilitical Trap' I am playing a lead role of a character who is a bold & bindaas girl": Ashmita Bakshi

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Ashmita Bakshi

Ashmita Bakshi, an extremely beautiful girl from Aamchi Mumbai has no qualms in accepting that she had absolutely no connections in Planet Bollywood. Neither did she had any dreams of becoming a celluloid silver screen heroine. Besides she is frank enough to admit that probably her filmic journey may have gained its roots from her college days when like any other bubbly girl even she had taken part in the dance competition & fashion shows of the intercollegiate festival. Anyways Ashmita is now already 1 film old. Her debut film ‘Black Home’ was released just last month and now she is waiting with batted breath for the release of her next film titled ‘Makad Jaala – A Political Trap’.

Ashmita Bakshi

Ashmita avers, “I was born & brought up in Mumbai. You can say that I am a typical Mumbaite girl, an IT graduate topped with an MBA degree. I stay with my family who are absolutely non – filmy. And of course I have no filmy connections whatsoever to my credit. I had never thought even in my wildest imagination that even I would don the grease paint & face the arc lights. So as I was telling you I did take part in the dance competitions & the fashion shows in the intercollegiate festival. Which eventually got me interested to try my hands at acting in films. And luckily for me one of my film titled ‘Black Home’ has already been released on 20th Mar, 2015, In which I did an important character. And now my upcoming film ‘Makad jaala-A Political trap’ is all set for release on 24th Apr, 2015. In ‘Makad Jaala-A Poilitical Trap’ I am playing a lead role of a character whose name is Neha and who is a bold & bindaas girl, one who loves her boyfriend Rada (Amit Pundir) but at the same time I even slap him when he tries to go in the wrong track. Neha potrays the role of a strong headed girl. Personally too, i am a strong supporter of what is right. Strangely enough even before the release of  ‘Makad Jaala-A Political Trap’ I started getting good roles in movies in lead. It changed my life, thanks to my director Dinesh kumar Sahu. I should also thank my co-actor Amit Pundir and the entire team of ‘Makad Jaala-A Political Trap’. To sum it up I would say that I  have more films coming up. One of them is titled ‘Honeymoon Hungama’. No doubt I am playing the main lead in it and for which I have just completed the shoot. I have 2 more films lined up but I shall reveal their names once I sign on the dotted lines.”

Movie Review: 'Mr. X' is no patch on the scores of other films made earlier based on the invisible genre

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Banner: Vishesh Films
Presenter: Mukesh Bhatt
Producer: Mahesh Bhatt
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Amyra Dastur, Arunoday Singh, Somnath Mahto, Bikramjeet Kanwarpal, Tanmay Bhatt & Gurmeet Choudhary
Music: Jeet Ganguly, Ankit Tiwari, Ankur Tiwari & Raju Singh

Following the trail of the Ramsay Brothers, the horror masters of the bygone era, Vikram Bhatt of late had become the uncrowned king of the horror genre. But he has seriously & erroneously erred this time around by treading on a completely diverse genre of sci – fi in his latest offering ‘Mr. X’. As nothing, but nothing at all seems to work in favor of the invisible Mr. X, no not even the 3 dimensional VFX specials effects.

Inspector Raghu Ram, an officer with the Anti Terrorist Department (ATD), in lieu with his colleague cum fiancée Siya Varma (Amyra Dastur), are trying to save a bus full of passengers that’s about to be blasted by a human bomb. Next, just when Raghu Ram & Siya are about to enter into a wedlock, Raghu Ram is once again sent off on a mission  by his superior Bharadwaj (Arunodaya Singh). Raghu Ram escapes after completing the mission. The cops are on his trail but he gets caught by Bharadwaj and his men, who beat him mercilessly and leave him to die. That’s when his friend Popo (Tanmay Bhatt) takes him to his scientist sister, who treats him with an ‘experimental potion’. Even though the potion cures his disfigured body, it lands up making him invisible. He can be seen only in sunlight & ultra violet light. Taking advantage of his invisibility, Raghu starts operating under the name of ‘Mr. X’ and the nightmare in the film in tandem with the audience, watching the antics of ‘Mr. X’ continues.

This latest film ‘Mr. X’ from the Bhatt Empire miserably fails to grab the eyeballs of the viewers. Barring one or two films made earlier on the invisible genre the others have flopped miserably. Not one department of ‘Mr, X’ can be credited for making this film even slightly entertaining to hold the viewers attention. Living up to his image of a serial kisser Emran Hashmi tries to kiss his heroine in an invisible avatar too and this kissing scenario too looks so creepy & corny.

Performance wise Emran Hashmi just sleep walks through his role, as more than half of the screen time he is presented in an invisible avatar. Amyra Dastur too disappoints in her 2nd outing. In fact she appears as a total misfit as Bhatt Empire’s heroine. The extemely talented Arunoday Singh does not get enough scope to prove his histrionics.

Tailpiece: Stay miles away from this ‘Mr. X’ unless you yourself want to end up as an invisible entity.

"Bollywood has seen my varied avatars, now I am all set to be a producer": Dhananjay Galani

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Dhananjay Galani

Dhananjay L. Galani has donned varied avatars since his arrival in Bollywood with starry dreams in his eyes. It was indeed a long journey when he had 1st ended up as an officer in the Anti Piracy Squad. His next stopover, to gain the perfect knowledge of films, was in the distribution & exhibition arena. And finally he did get a chance to be a full-fledged actor when he donned the grease paint and faced the arc lights for the 1st time ever for his good friend namely stand up comedian Sunil Pal’s film ‘Money Back Guaranrtee’. And now he is on Cloud 9 as he is all set to don the mantle of a producer with his as yet untitled venture namely ‘Production No 1’ based on the interesting & the controversial topic of MMS scandal and starring a Ukrainian actress named NATALIYA KOZHENOVA. Present herewith is a recent trelephonic encounter with Dhananjay Galani where he gives the latest update about his illustrious & chequered Bollywoodian career.

Of late you seem to be on Cloud 9! So what’s Up?

“Baat hi kuch aisi hai Shaheen Sir!” Since the last time we had a telephonic chat there has been a latest development in my career. Yes! After donning the varied multifaceted hats I have recently turned a producer. Bollywood has seen my varied avatar’s namely that of an actor, distributor, exhibitor, film promoter, And now I am all set to be a producer”

Go on! You can share your joy with us!

You see till this date I had distributed & exhibited many films under my home production banner Lavlin Films and under the same banner I am now all set to produce my 1st ever film.

And what is your 1st ever film as a producer all about?

My 1st ever film falls into a thriller & suspense genre topped with oodles of glamour & sensousnes. It is all about the pre-planned MMS scandal of innocent girls. A foreigner comes to India and she is lured to make her MMS tape. But the anticlimax is that the foreigner is actually a cop in disguise who has actually & specially come to India to do an expose on the so called MMS scandal. My film is going on the floors early next month. And at present the working title is ‘Production No. 1’.

And which actress have you chosen to perform this challenging role?

I have chosen none other than my favorite actress NATALIYA KOZHENOVA to perform this challenging role. She is a Ukranian actress of Russian origin. She has already done 2 films namely ‘Anjuna Beach’ & ‘Super Model’ and my film will be her hat trick film.

Fine! Now would you like to go a little bit in a flashback mode?

Yeah! That’s fine with me. So just to refresh everyone’s memory I always had this great love for cinema and I also had the desire to act. In Mumbai under the pretext of going for a stroll I often used to land up in filmcity where I got a chance to meet and know many film stars. And then I ended up working for an anti piracy squad named Bharat Copyright Protection and conducted raids in many places of Maharashta & Gujarat and filed a case against many people involved in piracy. Then with the blessings of Anil Nagrath I ended up opening a distribution office and then it was Anil Nagrarth who got me my first film namely Jiten Purohit’s  ‘Deewangi Ne Hadh Kardi’ and then the distribution business started flourishing and since my partner, in distribution business, Devendra Singh Tavar’s daughter’s name was Lovlin we also named our company as Lovlin Films. Under my company Lovlin Films I started distributing Bollywood, Hollywood & Marathi films too. Earlier on we had distributed films like ‘Deewangi Ne Hadh Kar Di’, ‘Shahrukh Bola Khubsoorat Hai Tu’, ‘Yeh Dooriyan’, ‘Bhindi Bazaar’, ‘Strange Love Story’, ‘Ek Sangeen Dastaan’, ‘Universal Soldier 4’, ‘Parker’, ‘Pyar Mein Aisa Hota Hai’, ‘Aasa Mee Tasa Mee’ and many many more. Then on I seriously thought of expanding and continuing with the business of distribution & exhibition. Last year I also released an Ahirani language film named ‘O Tuni Maay’. I had also started the business of film promotion and the 1st film in this regard was Diya Bajpayee & Rahat Kazmi’s ‘Identity Card’, Karanveer Bohra & Hemant Madhukar’s ‘Mumbai 125 Km’ et al. And I also got my 1st ever chance of acting wih many established actors through Sunil Pal’s film ‘Money Back Guarantee’. I also did its full promotion in Nagpur & Jaipur city like the print & digital media, radio interview, mall activities and varied colleges. And I also promoted the 1st ever Ahgirani language film ‘O Tuni Maay’ in Khandesh in Dhulia city and Vidarbh in Nagpur city. That’s as far as I can rewind my flashback. And now in a Fast forward moody mode I am waiting with batted breath to kick start my 1st ever film as a producer. Period!

Movie Review: 'Ek Paheli Leela' is like a shabbily packaged old wine in a new bottle

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Ek Paheli Leela

Banner: Paper Doll Entertaiment
Producer: Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Ahmed Khan & Shaira Khan
Director: Bobby Khan
Cast: Sunny Leone, Rajneesh Duggal, Jay Bhanushali, Mohit Alawat, Rahul Dev, Jas Arora, Shivani Tanksale, V J Andy, Daniel Weber, Ehsaan Qureshi, Kulvinder Bakshish, Nausheen Ahmed, Girish Thapar, Jitendra Baiswal & Arun Singh
Music: Meet Bros Anjjan, Amaal Mallik, Dr. Zeus, Tony Kakkar & Uzair Jaswal

Débutante director Bobby Khan tries his super best to rekindle & refresh the “reincarnation” movies memories in his debut offering ‘Ek Paheli Leela’ and one  must say that he does succeed to a great extent but…….! The 300 years old vintage voyeuristic carnival ‘EK Paheli Leela’ is aided & abetted by a promotional picturesque postcard, destinated & designated, journey from Milan to Jaisalmer. The oft repeated transitional jump from modern to rural and back to modernism is too frequent to be true. So much so that it leaves a jarringly jaded note of yawn inflicted boredom and the constant sexual innuendos is disguised as an entertainment spree, garnished with item numbers oriented songs galore, for the gullible cine goer.

Meera meets Leela  (Sunny Leone in a double role) 300 years apart. But certainly not in the same vein as ‘Sally Meets Harry’. Yes! Meera a topnotch model from Milan is scared shit of taking a flight so when her manager Andy (V J Andy) bags a modeling assignment for her in Jaisalmer he tries his own tricks to put Meera on flight en route to Jaisalmer. Out here she meets hunks left, right & centre before being enlightened by the 300 years old fabled past of Leela, her so called reincarnated “Humshakal”. There is Karan (Jay Bhanushali) who hallucinates about Leela his lover now Meera whom he could not marry in his past life due to the evil designs of Bhairav (Rahul Dev). There is Prince Ranveer (Mohit Ahlawat) who is so besotted by Meera that he finally ends up tying the knot with her even before Karan could reach Jaisalmer to stake his claim again. And last but not the least, there is Shravan (Rajniesh Duggal) who also hovers around Meera, not knowing exactly what he is upto.

The same is the case with the preview audiences who were not exactly sure of what they were upto in this entire confusion confounded mileu. Bobby Khan makes a welcome Bollywoodian debut with big brother choreographer Ahmed Khan at the productional helm of affairs in tandem with his spouse Shaira Khan, Krishan Kumar and above all T – Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar. Its all in the family (affair) as they say. Need I say more.

Performance wise it is Porn Queen Sunny Leone all the way who spells her own magic in her first ever double role, both in her glam quotient oriented as well as her first ever village belle avatar. Yet no cause for making merry as she still has to traverse millions of miles to reach her histrionics department. And above all the men in brief (roles) like Rahul Dev, Jas Arora, Mohit Ahlawat and above all Rajniesh Duggal are perfection personified as per the demand of their brief roles are concerned. The rest of the actors like Daniel Weber (Sunny Leone’s real life partner), Shivani Tanksale, V J Andy, Ehsaan Qureshi, Kulvinder Bakshish, Nausheen Ahmed, Girish Thapar, Jitendra Baiswal & Arun Singh just about fill in the blanks to make the film a complete or incomplete package. Take it whichever way you want, the choice structly rests with you.

Tail piece: ‘Ek Paheli Leela’ is strictly an adults fare meant only Sunny Leone and the beefy boys Jay Bhanushali, Mohit Alawat, Rahul Dev, Jas Arora & Rajniesh Duggal fans. Kids stay away.

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