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Movie Review: ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ is a perfect family entertainer. So what if it defies all logic

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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

Banner: Rajshree Productions
Producer: Ajit Kumar Barjatya, Kamal Kumar Barjatya & Raj Kumar Barjatya
Director: Sooraj R. Barjatya Cast: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher, Swara Bhaskar, Armaan Kohli, Aashika Bhatia, Deepak Dobriyal, Samaira Rao, Sanjay Mishra, S. M. Zaheer, Lata Sabharwal, Suhasini Mulay et al Music: Himesh Reshammiya

Salman Khan & Sooraj Barjatya go a long way from ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ to ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ en route ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’ & ‘Hum Aapke Hai Kaun’. In fact Sallu Miyan is back again to steal the audiences hearts with his double role as Prem & Sooraj in ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’. While Sooraj Barjatya has already created history with films like ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’, ‘Hum Aapke Hai Kaun’ & ‘Hum Saath Saath Hai’, ‘Vivaah’, ‘Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi’ Sooraj Barjatya is returning to direction after 9 years. To be frank ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ is a complete family drama with all emotions intact.

Prem Dilwale (Salman Khan) is a happy go lucky stage actor who falls in love with Princess Maithili (Sonam Kapoor) of Devgarh. He admires her charitable activities and sets off on a journey to meet her. Maithili’s fiancé Prince Vijay Singh (Salman Khan) of Pritampur is soon to be crowned as king. Being an arrogant person he faces many problems with Maithili and his family. His step sisters Rajkumari Chandrika (Swara Bhaskar) & Rajkumari Radhika (Aashika Bhatia) too are upset with him and stays in a separate house away from the palace. His step brother Prince Ajay Singh (Neil Nitin Mukesh) hates him to the core and plans an attack on him with the help of his CEO Chirag Singh (Armaan Kohli). To save the palace prestige Diwan saheb (Anupam Kher) a loyal servant of the palace gets Prem to take Prince’s place in order to save him. Prem Dilwale vows to return the happiness of this broken family overcoming all the bitterness & hatred they have for one another.

Mounted on a very lavish scale in all aspects & respects music is the strongest point of the film. The semi – tradional tunes in lieu with the songs bring the melodious feel of the 80’s & the 90’s. The cinematographer V. Manikandan has done a perfect job. Kudos to Sooraj Barjatya for doing an outstanding job of displaying his near perfect directional skills. Well Sooraj Barjatya has made a perfect family entertainer.
So what if it defies all logic.

Performance wise Salman Khan has proved once again especially after ‘Tere Naam’ & ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ that he is an uncrowned king of histrionics. Sonam Kapoor looks & appears as a sensational stunning beauty and perhaps that was all that was expected of her. Deepak Dobriyal is totally mesmerising. While Neil Nitin Mukesh, Armaan Kohli & Swara Bhaskar are apt in their respective roles.

Tail Piece: ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ is like a double whammy for Salman Khan fans just like his currently on air show namely ‘Big Boss 9 Double Trouble’ and is stricly recommended mainly for die hard Sallu Miyan fans.

A medley of films at IFFI 2015

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IFFI 2015

The International Film Festival of India (IFFI Goa 2015) begins from 20th Nov, 2015 and it will be curtains down on the festival on 30th Nov, 2015. This year the bouquet of International competition section of IFFI Goa 2015 seems to be very attractive and appealing. The fest is all set to screen almost 15 films helmed by world – class filmmakers.

And the films to be screened in the competition section are Kaushik Ganguly’s Cinemawala and Debesh Chatterjee’s Natoker Moto are the 2 Indian Films selected in this section. Besides the International Competition section at IFFI brings forth the cinematic vibrancy of the world cinema. The section is so popular amongst the world film fraternity that this year it has attracted films and filmmakers even from unconventional film regions like Argentina, Venezuela, Serbia, Bolivia, Jordan among others. Traversing through various languages and countries, the films in this section are nothing short of a masterpiece envisioned by the world – class filmmakers.

Appreciating films and the art of film making by talented filmmakers from the world, the International Competition section will offer a unique opportunity to showcase the most spectacular films to film enthusiasts and film makers from India and across the world.

A brief insight into some of the exceptional films, which will be competing for the prestigious awards this year at IFFI Goa 2015 include:-

1. 3000 Nights (Mai Masri) from Palestine, France, Jordan, Lebanon / 2015 / Arabic, Hebrew / 103 minutes / colour. It’s about Layal, a young newlywed Palestinian school teacher who is arrested after being falsely accused and sentenced to & years of prison. She is transferred to a high security Israeli women’s prison where she encounters a terrifying world in which Palestinian political prisoners are incarcerated with Israeli criminal inmates.

2. Embrace Of The Serpent (Ciro Guerra) Colombia / Venezuela / Argentina / 2015 / Spanish / Portuguese / German / Catalan / Latin / 122 minutes / colour. : It is an epic story of the 1st contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and eventually, life – transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people & above all 2 scientists.

3. Enclave (Goran Radovanovic) Serbia / Germany / 2015 / Serbian / 92 minutes / colour. The movie traces the story of Nenad, a 10 year old Christian boy from a Serbian enclave who crosses enemy lines in order to ensure a proper community burial for his late grandfather.

4. Filosofi Kopi (Angga Dwimas Sasongko) Indonesia / 2015 / Indonesian / 117 minutes / colour. The movie is a tale about soul – searching and making peace with the past through coffee. Ben and Jody are 2 friends and owners of ‘Filosofi Kopi’, a sophisticated coffee shop known for serving the best coffee in the country.

5. Journey To The Shore (Kiyoshi Kurosawa) Japan, France / 2015 / Japanese/ 128 minutes / colour. The movie is a tale about Mizuki’s husband Yusuke drowned at sea 3 years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey.

6. Kapo In Jerusalem (Uri Barbash) Israel / 2015 / Hebrew / 98 minutes / colour. It is the tale of a pair of Auschwitz survivors who arrive in Jerusalem. Bruno is a doctor and Sarah a pianist. They are trying to rehabilitate their lives and love in a city under siege during the War of Independence.

7. Labyrinth Of Lies (Giulio Ricciarelli) Germany / 2014 / German / 121 minutes / colour. The movie is a tale of the economic miracle which is changing the life of Germans in post war Germany. Most of them are sick of the war and prefer to push their guilt to the back of their mind. When a journalist identifies a teacher in the playground as a former guard from Auschwitz.

8. Eisenstein In Guanajuato (Peter Greenaway) Netherlands / Mexico / 2015 / English, Spanish / 105 minutes / colour. The movie unfolds in 1931, at the height of the artistic powers. Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico. Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein arrives at the city of Guanajuato.

9. The Man Who Became A Horse (Amir – Hossein Saghafi) Iran / 2015 / Farsi / 110 minutes / colour. A father and his daughter live together. The mother has passed away. There is just one white horse left for their daughter. The father prevents his daughter from leaving him though she is married. The father is even planning to kill his son – in – law but the girl leaves him and he goes crazy.

10. The Measure Of A Man) (La Loi Du Marche – Stephane Brize) France / 2015 / French / 93 minutes / colour. It is the tale of Thierry who at the age of 51 and after 20 months of unemployment starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?

11. Mustang (Deniz Gamze Erguven) Turkey / 2015 / Turkish / 97 minutes / colour. The movie unfolds in the beginning of the summer. In a village in the north of Turkey, Lale and her 4 sisters come home from school, innocently playing with boys. The supposed debauchery of their games causes a scandal with unintended consequences.

12. Rams (Grimur Hakonarson) Iceland / 2015 / Icelandic / 93 minutes / Colour. The movie unfolds in a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi & Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep – stock is considered one of the country’s best and the 2 brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams that carry an ancient lineage.

13. Sealed Cargo (Julia Vargas) Bolivia, Mexico, Venezuela, France 2015 / Spanish / 107 minutes / colour. The movie opens when somewhere in the Andes half buried containers of suspicious minerals are found. The villagers demand their police to get rid of them. The government decides to send them to the border by any means, and the only available train is a steam locomotive whose anarchist driver, Augustin, is retired

14. Natoker Moto (Debesh Chatterjee) India / 2015 / 121 minutes / colour. It is the story of a journey of a female theatre artist and her multi -dimensional conflicting experience as a girl, as a woman and even as an artist. It is more so when especially a woman is of maverick capability and of excellence beyond her time.

15. Cinemawala (Kaushik Ganguly) India / 2015 / colour). Pranabendu Das is a retired film exhibitor from a small town in West Bengal. He owns a movie theatre ‘Kamalini’ named after his separated wife. This old man never retired on his own wish. He was forced to take up this decision.

The 46th edition of International Film Festival of India – IFFI Goa 2015 will be held from 20th Nov, 2015 to 30th Nov, 2015 in Goa where film luminaries across the world will witness a mélange of National as well as international cinema.

Actor Saeed Jaffrey passes away at 86

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Saeed Jaffrey

by BBC

Veteran actor Saeed Jaffrey, who starred in numerous Bollywood and international films, has died at the age of 86.

Tributes have poured in after news of his death was shared on Facebook by his niece Shaheen Aggarwal.

Jaffrey starred in acclaimed Indian films such as Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj ke Khiladi (The Chess Players) and more than 100 Bollywood films.

He also appeared in A Passage To India, Gandhi and The Man Who Would Be King.

He was a household name in Britain after acting in Tandoori Nights, The Far Pavilions, The Jewel In The Crown and countless other TV roles, including playing Ravi Desai in the soap opera Coronation Street.

Born in Punjab in India in 1929, Jaffrey began his career as a theatre actor and later went on to work with legends like Sean Connery, Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley.

He was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his contributions to drama.

Jaffrey was married to actress-author Madhur Jaffrey with whom he had three children. They divorced in 1966.

The news of the death was announced late on Sunday by Ms Aggarwal on Facebook.

She wrote: “Today, a generation of Jaffreys has passed away. Saeed Jaffrey has joined his brothers and sister and is rejoicing in the lap of his Heavenly Father, eternally.”

As the news of his death spread on Monday, many took to Twitter to mourn the actor’s death:

‘Bhouri’ is a women-centric film: Chanderpaul Singh

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Débutante producer Chanderpaul Singh is now ready with an off beat & realistic film, needless to say with all the commercial trappings intact, offering named ‘Bhouri’. In this exclusive interview he speaks at length all about his pet project ‘Bhouri’.

Right at the outset tell us what is your upcoming film ‘Bhouri’ all about?

First of all I would like to enlighten one & all that my upcoming film ‘Bhouri’ is a womencentric film. It depicts how all women, especially if they are beautiful, in a particular small village is treated as an object of a lusty desire of some men to give vent to their carnal pleasure.

How about narrating the plotline of ‘Bhouri’ in a nutshell?

The opening sequence of ‘Bhouri’ introduces us to the part of a famished rural India to which the higher authorities have turned a blind eye. The local governance & supplies are dominated by a group of 5 upper class men who collectively rule the village. They exploit their power in every possible way. The villagers are compelled to satisfy them, often at a great expense to their meager means & dignified self respect to the extent that most of the women, especially ‘Bhouri’ the most beautiful of them who was recently married to Dhanua one of the villager, in the village have been compelled to flesh trade for these so called 5 tyrants’ gratified sexual pleasures. And all these women are a hapless & helpless as their menfolks’ only means of livelihood in the village is the Zamindar owned & run kiln (Bhatta). The film ‘Bhouri’ narrates the plight of these women who are sexually exploited sometimes even with force. Until Bhouri revolts & protests strongly against this sexual malpractises.

Don’t you think this sexual exploitation scenario has been repeated time & again in Bollywood movies?

Yes! You are right on this score but you forget one thing that every filmmaker & director presents such oft repeated scenario with their own perspective, their own hindsight. And as far as ‘Bhouri’ is concerned it is based on one particular angle which is set against the backdrop of the fight of women in rural India. In particular ‘Bhouri’ is based on a fictional yet somewhat true story of a 22 year old girl named Bhouri whose extremely fair complexion & sharp features became a source of endless pain & punishment in life as her only crime was that her over attractive looks aroused (sexual) lust, lust & only lust.

Don’t you think the blatantly bold theme of ‘Bhouri‘ topped with a fair amount of skin show will prove to be a hindrance at the time of censoring the film?

The skin show that you are referring to has been done in a very decent & dignified manner as per the requirement of the theme of the film. So I don’t think the censors will raise any objections to it.

As a parting shot how about giving us an insight into the crew & the cast of ‘Bhouri‘?

‘Bhouri’ has been produced by me under the banner of S Video Picture Pvt Ltd Presents. The other crew members are directed by Jasbir Bhati, screenplay & dialogues by Jagat Bhushan Singh & Manjeet Mahipal, cinematography by Mohammed Rubaiz, editing by Mansoor Azmi & Miraz Ali, music by Sanjay Pathak, lyrics by Priya Pathak & Manjeet Mahipal & PRO Raju Kariya. The film stars débutante Masha Paur as Bhouri & stalwarts like Raghuveer Yadav, Kunika, Shakti Kapoor, Mohan Joshi, Sitaram Panchal, Mohan Joshi, Mukesh Rishi & above all Aditya Pancholi.

“NH10 was the turning point in my career:” Navdeep Singh

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Navdeep Singh

Navdeep Singh had gained instant recognition & glory when he had yielded the megaphone for actress Aushka Sharma’s ‘NH10’, and this was almost after 8 years of lying low after his debut directorial venture ‘Manorama Six Feet Under’. Here in this exclusive interview Editor Ravi Kumar of Film & TV Trade preview, Navdeep Singh speaks about his more than a decade long directorial journey.

You are hailing from an army background. So what made you to choose your career in the film industry?

After completing my education in US & UK and also dabbling with the making of a few commercials side by side out there I had come to India and joined the army but from day one I was itching to do something creative. Over here, I mean in the Army Club’s cantonment arena they used to show us the VHS of Hindi & English films. And so I slowly got drifted into the realms of the magic of Bollywood movies.

Did you face any objections from your family, when you decided to opt for a career in the film industry?

None whatsoever as I had already tried my hands at making commercials in UK & US I decided to follow my passion in India too. So when I reached the Indian shores I instantly decided to make commercials and I ended up doing the commercials of branded products like Lakme, Maruti, Garnier et al.

So your real claim to fame has been in the arena of the commercials & the music videos. Tell us something about your past work!

As said earlier I made commercials and the making of music videos came much later. On the flip side I also started making enough grounds for making my debut Hindi film. Besides I have already told you about the branded commercials I had done.

When did you decide to direct a Hindi feature film?

I had come to Mumbai in the year 2001. Then I took some time to establish myself by making commercials & music videos. And then I planned the making of my debut feature film in Hindi. No doubt it was an offbeat film named ‘Manorma Six Feet Under’. I had initially planned to make ‘Manorama Six Feet Under’ with Irfan Khan, but the initial producer who had come on board jus backed out at the last moment. And since the project was getting delayed day by day Irfan khan too started becoming busy and he too opted out. But finally ‘Manorama Six Feet Under’ hit the celluloid silver screen in the year 2006.

You directed ‘NH10’ after a gap of 8 years. What was the reason behind it?

You see it so happened that ‘Manorama Six Feet Under bagged a lot of critical appreciation but could not hit the bull’s eye at box office. I did have to make serious efforts to bag my 2nd project. And then when I landed up the project named ‘NH10’ its pre – production planning took a lot of time and finally it went on the floors.

How did you plan ‘NH10’?

After the initial pre – production planning like getting the script and stars on board which also included the rece of the locales on the National Highway 10 which also included seeking of the requisite Governmental permissions to shoot. And since it was the debut project for Anushka as a producer we all were trying to make extra efforts for its success both artistically & commercially.

’NH10’ was a perfect balance of realistic & commercial cinema, touching the subject of honour killing in a very different way. Have you done any effort to make the film commercially viable?

No we did not take any effort in this direction. We had landed up a good subject for ‘NH10’ so we tried to present the theme as realistically as possible. We did not temper with it nor did we try to decorate it with the usual commercial trappings of songs, dances and the usual masala entertainment. It was a story based on the true events. With no lecture baazi and it was not even preachy. A simple story told simply, of course retaining the hardcore gruesomeness as far as possible.

How was it working with Anushka Sharma?

It was a pleasure working with her. I would say that she is a fantastic actress. Not only these, she is equally sincere & dedicated actress. The film was shot mostly in night shift but never once did she complain and above all she is a wonderful producer never even once asking how the film is shaping up. There were no objections or obstacles whatsoever raised from her side. It was a smooth sailing all the way.

It is heard that members of censor board wanted a ban on ‘NH10’. Why?

Yes initially they did raise an objection stating that the film was too crude, violent & gruesome. But ultimately I convinced them by saying that it was nothing as compared to what happens in real life. And it will hardly inspire anyone to connect with such crimes. In fact it will prove to be very repulsive for them to hate such crimes.

Is thriller your favourite genre?

Yes you can say that as I enjoy making films of this genre.

If a director gives a flop in Hindi film industry, producers are generally afraid to sign his / her next project. What are your comments on it?

It’s true. Tell me why they would take risk on such flop directors. But one fine day such directors too, get a 2nd time to prove their directorial prowess but it takes a lot of convincing powers to make them to back your project. Directors do find someone who can put their belief in them.

In Hindi industry, cinema with stars is preferred more than the cinema of content. What are your comments on it?

Yes I think so and I totally agree with you. But of late content driven films are proving to be a lot more successful.

Are you looking forward to work with any big star?

Yes of course If they come forward and believe in my kind of cinema. Or else I am happy with my content driven films starring mini stars or debutante actors.

So what is next on your directorial cards?

A lot more which I can’t reveal at this stage. Suffice it to say that concrete & productive talks are going on with 2 to 3 producers.

“The entire process of producing a movie has never been a smooth sailing:” Ramesh Taurani of Tips

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The musical scenario of Bollywood has undergone a drastic change, especially since the last 1 decade. But a most reputed film producer like Ramesh Taurani of Tips music does not feel so. He is of the opinion that as far as music is concerned it has only changed platforms but it’s for the good as music has now had a far wider reach. Ramesh Taurani discusses at length about his musical journey via his Tips music company which has also culminated into his filmmaking journey too.

Nowadays the business of music has been changed. Has the revenue of music expanded compared to earlier times?

Music has always remained a necessary ingredient of our films. It has now changed its course in varied forms for instance it is now available more on digital platform. It now has a far wider reach. The revenue from the sales of music has always been fluctuating. It was the same story then and it is the same story now.

According to you which were the best era of music in Hindi cinema as far as its quality and not quantity are concerned?

I think after the musical era had mesmerized the music lovers in the Black & white era its best period was from the 60’s to the 90’s. After this it has always been fluctuating by doling out some times bad and most of the times good music.

Piracy of music & movies has always been a big setback for producers as well as music companies. How can it be eliminated completely?

In spite of taking all the precautions to curb this ever growing piracy menace we all have failed to completely eradicate this malaise. Once a few of the pirates are booked for their piracy crimes of music & movies another set of such criminal pirates raises their ugly heads. But one day we will all overcome this so called musical hindrance too.

You started making films as a producer in the year 1996 and had made many successful films. What are the changes industry is facing for producing films nowadays? Is producing a film, nowadays more difficult than the earlier times?

According to me the entire process of producing a movie has never been a smooth sailing process. No matter how much we try but everyone faces some kind of road blocks at every step, at every crossroads. There are many changes & developments taking place time & again but not everything can be summarised entirely out here. Each one us learn from our own mistakes and discover the ways to avoid such hindrances & pitfalls.

One of your films ‘Entertainment’ had a mix report. Tell something about that.

I can proudly claim that all our films made under the Tips banner have done extremely well. But of course ‘Entertainment’ had not registered a decent box office collections in hi end multiplexes in some territories especially Bombay.

Some of your past releases didn’t perform well at the box office. What went wrong with these projects?

The answer to these will be the same as mentioned above. Show me one producer whose each & every films have succeeded or garnered decent box office collections all the time. I can claim that our track record is far better.

Individual producers are vanishing because the corporate companies have made the business out of their reach. Shall the time of individual producers come again?

We individual producers are also to be blamed for this pathetic state of affairs. Why blame only the corporate companies as individual producers themselves have taken up this onus of getting over ruled & dominated by the corporate companies. Now whether the time of individual producers will come back or not only time will tell.

Tell something about your forthcoming ‘Love Shhuda’.

I think it is not the right time to speak about it. But I assure you that it will be a very entertaining musical love story.

Girish’s performance was well appreciated in ‘Ramaiya Vastaviaya’. Tell us something about his role in ‘Love Shhuda’.

He is performing a very unusual kind of role in ‘Love Shudda’. His performing skills are getting better day by day. I think his future is very bright in future in the long run.

Is Race3 on card?

Yes very much.

It is heard that Saif wouldn’t be the part of Race3?

Who says so? He is very much a part of ‘Race 3’.

Movie Review: ‘Yaara Silly Silly’ is a bold love story

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Yaara Silly Silly

Producers: Bharat Bhushan Suri & Subhash Sehgal
Director: Subhash Sehgal
Star Cast: Parambhrata Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Vidya Malvade, Parth Suri, Eva Grover, Sukhwinder Chahal & Zafar Dillon
Genre: Rom-Com
Verdict: GOOD

Plot: Yaara Silly Silly showcases a bold romantic comedy born in bed. Yes! You read it right. Soumitro Roy (Parambrata Chatterjee), is a young man who ends up at a brothel with his friends where he meets Mallika (Paoli Dam), a prostitute. When they meet on the 1st night Soumitro Roy is a naïve young man. On the other hand Mallika is a crude prostitute. The 2nd time they meet by chance almost after a gap of 5 long years Soumitra Roy is a married & wisened man and Mallika…….! Love blossoms between the duo.

Aces: Director Subhash Seghal certainly deserves an applause for tackling such a bold & off beat theme of prostitute and her customer which changes her life completely. And both Paoli Dam & Parambhrata Chatterjee have delivered a credibly convicing performance by literally living their roles.

Minuses: The in your face cuss words galore does irritates one a lot and even tends to get on your nerves after a certain point.

Last Word: Yara Silly Silly is a classy film. At the box office turnstiles its future seems bleak but it is bound to create ripples of waves in the festival circuit. Period!

“I had never expected ‘Kis Kis Ko Pyaar Karoon’ to achieve such a runaway success:” Ratan Jain

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Ratan Jain’s name has been synonymous with music through the Jain Bros music company Venus. Actor dabbling with music for year’s on end he diversified into the arena of filmmaking. Ratan Jain spoke at length about his latest release as a producer namely ‘Kis Kis Ko Pyaar Karoon’ as well as other related topic.

‘Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon’ has performed very well at the box office. Did you expect the success of this movie to this extent?

No, not really. Frankly speaking I had never expected ‘Kis Kis Ko Pyaar Karoon’ to achieve such a grand & runaway success. Even otherwise I had not foreseen any great expectations from ‘Kis Kis Ko Pyaar Karoon’. But it all came as a pleasant surprise at the most unexpected moments.

This was the 1st project of Stand up comedian Kapil Sharma, why did you opt for him as a main protagonist?

Any pray why should I not have opt for Kapil Sharma. He is already a household name in the small screen arena having already achieved a cult status of his own. So if he has ruled on the small screen for such a long time then why should he not get a fair chance to rule the roost on the big screen too.

In the past, movies with comedians does not have a good record. But ‘Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon’ has done very well. According to you what made this movie different from the other movies of the same genre?

In earlier movies the comedians did not have important roles to play barring Comic actors like Mehmood, Johnny Walker et al. The other comic actors were either used as fillers or they made flashy appearances in cameo roles. But as far as ‘Kis Kis Ko Pyaar Karoon’ was different because in this Kapil Sharma’s role was that of the main protagonist. And the role was like a tailor made written especially for him keeping in mind his stand comedian image. And Kapil has also done a good job. He will naturally prove to be good for comic actor in the main protagonists role.

This was the new genre for the director duo Abbas – Mustan too. Were you confident enough to keep this responsibility on their shoulder?

Yes I had full confidence in them and if they have proved their directorial prowess in the other varied genres of filmmaking too then why not in the comic genre arena too. And as they have proved by the bikggest box office success they have not at let me down. In fact they have never let me down in the earlier films produced by me.

Nowadays business of music has been changed. Has the revenue of music expanded than earlier time?

Music has always been an integral part of cinema so it will never lose its significance. As far as the revenue part of music is concerned it has always been changing sometimes more sometimes less.

According to you which were the best era of music in Hindi cinema as far as quality is concern?

Right since the inception of music all the era’s had its plus & minus point except the current era which has become more like a cacophony all out to split your eardrums.

Piracy of music and movies has always been a big setback for producers and music companies. How can it be eliminated completely?

One can never devise a fool proof plan completely & totally. There can never be a plan which can help us to eradicate this menace from its roots.

Movie Review: ‘Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein’ is an absolutely clueless movie

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Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein

Producer: Karan Arora & Picture Thought Production
Director: Manish Srivastav
Star Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Disha Arora, Amit Sial, Auroshikha Dey, Sandeep Vasudevan, Siraj Mustafa etc
Genre: Thriller
Verdict: POOR

Plot: A big delivery of ‘Charlie’ is hijacked, and the ‘bhai – log’ behind it want their ‘powder’ and the people whodunit. Naseer plays the investigating cop, as he & his colleagues sift through some incriminating ‘found footage’ of a bunch of young people sniping at each other in some kind of an underground den with graffiti scrawled on it, and bodies sprawled in it.

Aces: The sole performance Of Naseerruddin Shah as Addl. Commissioner of Police.

Minuses: Most of the other actors have been reduced to caricatures so no wonder they have just sleep walked through the whole film.

Last Word: Drugs, sex, gangsters, youngsters & above all cops. But the mix up of all this hardly gives a feeling of a good film. The entire film is clueless and leaves the audiences frantically hunting for the non – existent storyline.

Movie Review: ‘Wedding Pullav’ is so stale it leaves a bad taste in your mouth

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Wedding Pullav

Producer: Shashi Ranjan & Anu Ranjan
Director: Binod Pradhan
Cast: Diganth Manchale, Anushka Ranjan, Karan Singh Grover, Sonalli Sehgall & Rishi Kapoor
Music: Salim – Suleiman & Rohit R. Kulkarni

Perhaps cinematographer turned debutante director Binod Pradhan had no clue that his debut directorial offering ‘Wedding Pullav’ will turn out to be such a tasteless recipe which will not be liked by the audiences at all. As nothing can be done to make this dish palatable.

The plotted scenerio kicks off with the engagement ceremony of the ‘affordable dream bike engineer’ Aadi (Diganth Manchale) alongwith Rhea (Sonalli Sehgall). Despite being his engagement day, Aadi is not completely happy, as his eyes yearns to see his London based best friend ‘Lambu’ aka Anushka (Anushka Ranjan), who had promised that, come what may, she will attend his engagement ceremony. Merely a few minutes before the ring ceremony enters Anushka in a typical filmi band-baaja style. Rhea, who hails from an estranged family (with Parmeet Sethi as her father and Kitu Gidwani as her mother) gets introduced to Aadi’s ‘best friend’ Anushka. The grand wedding is all set to take place in Thailand. Seizing the right opportunity, Anushka announces to Aadi and his gang that she is dating a London based painter Jay (Karan Grover), who does nude paintings of women for a living. Even though Aadi pretends to be really happy with the news, deep down he starts yearning to be with Anushka. Thanks to a sudden brainwave by the elders in the family, it then gets decided that Anushka and Jay also should get married alongwith Aadi and Rhea in Thailand.

Although Binod Pradhan has selected a wrong project like ‘Wedding Pullav’ as his debut directorial venture he has indeed tried his best to infuse some sparkling interest but all in vain. Need we say anything more.

Performances wise débutante actors both Diganth Manchale & Anushka Ranjan have to seriously hone up their acting skills to survive in this over competitive showbiz world. Even the other actors have failed miserably to leave a worthwhile impact.

This ‘Wedding Biryani’ oops ‘Wedding Pullav’ is so stale it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

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