ALI ZAFAR WORKS TOWARDS HIS PLEDGE OF BUILDING 141 SCHOOLS IN PAKISTAN !!!
Two years ago, actor, singer & artist
Ali Zafar had brought together 50 of Pakistan’s most loved personalities for a music video “Urainge Us Aasman Mein”, that pays tribute to the Peshawar school massacre victims. On 16th Dec, 2014, Taliban gunmen stormed a military – run school in Peshawar, leading to the loss of 141 lives, most of them children. The star pledged to build 141 schools, as many number of official deaths of children that day. Ali collaborated with a leading Pakistani educational non – profit organization, The Citizens Foundation (TCF) and 141schools.org (141 SCHOOLS), a new citizen web movement. Together, they are building 141 schools across Pakistan. Each school will be dedicated to the children & teachers who lost their lives in attack on the 16th of Dec 2014. All proceeds from the downloads of his songs are going towards building schools for the children of Pakistan and ensuring a bright future. Recently Ali also posted the royalty cheque of people who have downloaded the song online, as his medium of thanking fans, testimony to the fact that his pledge is definitely top priority despite his choc – o – bloc schedule.
PRIYANKA CHOPRA ON THE COVER OF INERNATIONAL MAGAZINE – INSTYLE !
Priyanka Chopra, is fast becoming the go – to cover girl for the biggest
magazines in America. The actress & international star, who catapulted her way to the top and within a short span of time has already featured on Time Magazine’s power cover and earlier featured on Elle US. She became the 1st major break through television star from India and was also featured on the cover of TV Guide, a bible for American television. India’s 1st global superstar recently bagged another international cover and looked like a resplendent breeze on the cover of Instyle Magazine. Priyanka shares her words of wisdom in the Aug, 2016 issue of the magazine, “You have to be the best version of you, whatever that might be, and that’s a very individual journey. You can put me in front of a camera anywhere in the world and I’ll hit my mark and say my lines and give the director what he wants. I can break out into song & dance as well. I’m kick – ass at that too. That makes me a triple threat, not a stereotype.”
MUKTA A2 CINEMAS LAUNCHED A NEW AD CAMPAIGN
Mukta A2 Cinemas have always moved beyond the conventions of a multiplex and invested in making movie watching a holistic experience for the audience. To accelerate on the objective further, the chain of Cinemas recently launched a new ad on their YouTube Channel giving an inroad to the progressive journey of Mukta A2 Cinemas coupled with customer feedback. Mukta A2 Cinemas has taken deep interest towards catering to the needs of its fan base with its lively theatres and extraordinary F & B services. People not only plan on the movie they want to watch, but also where, when, with who and what they will eat at the cinema etc. Says, Rahul Puri (Managing Director, Mukta Arts Limited) – “We at Mukta A2 Cinemas always strive to make “movie watching” a holistic experience for our patrons. To accelerate this objective further we decided to come out with a brand new ad campaign. With this campaign we have captured a lot of such emotions. The forte of this campaign is that it was all shot, edited & developed by the students of Whistling Woods International.” Mukta A2 Cinemas is growing by leaps & bounds with its presence in 12 cities, 33 screens & upcoming projects all over India. Internationally the chain will be launching cinemas in Bahrain within the year. With multiplexes in Mumbai, Sailu, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Gulbarga, Banswara, Vizag, Sangli, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Kundli & Rajpipla it plans to open properties in Aurangabad, Dehradun, Navi Mumbai – Panvel, Ahmedabad, Gurgaon, Ambarnath & Pune. Not just this, it also plans to spread & open the 1st international property in Bahrain by end of this year which is spread across 6 screens.
1ST LOOK POSTER OF ‘SHAHEB BIBI GOLAAM’
Here’s the official 1st look poster of the upcoming Bengali thriller SHAHEB BIBI GOLAAM. Produced by Friends Communication, the film has been written & directed by Pratim D. Gupta and stars Swastika Mukherjee (Detective Byomkesh Bakshy fame), Anjan Dutt & Ritwick Chakraborty in the lead. The songs of the film have been composed by Anupam Roy (Piku fame). Drishyam Films (Masaan & Dhanak fame) will release the film with English subtitles across the country and abroad on 26th Aug, 2016.
AMITABH BACHCHAN GRABS THE HIGHEST VOTES TO PLAY BALASAHEB THACKERAY IN HIS BIOPIC ‘SAHEB’
Since the announcement of Smita Thackeray’s son Rahul Thackeray’s film SAHEB; a biopic on the Marathi Tiger Balasaheb Thackeray, there has been a high amount of speculation & curiosity on who will portray the role of the strong & charismatic protagonist – Balasaheb Thackeray. Keeping in mind the powerful personality of Balasaheb Thackeray, a leading entertainment website conducted a poll amongst top 4 Bollywood actors which they thought would be perfect for the character. The options consisted of Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Akshay Kumar & Manoj Bajpayee where the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan grabbed the highest votes. Balasaheb Thackeray was one of the most loved leaders of our country and was known to be extremely stylish, creative, witty & authoritative with a tremendous aura surrounding him hence the curiosity amongst fans is tremendous. The biopic which is a tribute by the mother – son duo is currently in its pre – production phase and will be going on floors by the month of Oct, 2016. Under the banner of Smita Thackeray’s production house titled Rahul Productions, the film will be produced by Smita Thackeray. Well with such high speculations it will be exciting to know who will play the role of the roaring tiger on the big screen.
RASHMI SHARMA TELEFILMS NOW VENTURES INTO PRODUCTION WITH ‘PINK’
Rashmi Sharma Telefilms now ventures into Bollywood by producing PINK that stars Amitabh Bachchan. The film releases on 16th Sept, 2016 and also stars Tapsee Pannu & Kirti Kulhari in pivotal roles. Rashmi Sharma Telefilms, which is owned by Rashmi Sharma and Pawan Sharma, is one of the top production houses in the Television Industry of India, and now with another hand of their company named Rashmi Sharma Films, they intend to make films that will impact the audience and carry forward their prophecy. Their serials are top rated & widespread with the highest TRPs amongst the Indian audience. Like in television, Rashmi Sharma Films further aims to associate with good & crisp content in the Bollywood Film industry, which will in turn leave a mark on the audience’s hearts.
AFTER AMITABH BACHCHAN & GULSHAN GROVER PARINEETI CHOPRA LENDS HER VOICE FOR STEVEN SPIELBERG ‘THE BIG FRIENDLY GIANT’
After the last power – packed Oscar nominated movie, BRIDGE OF SPIES -Steven Spielberg is back with fantasy adventure film THE BIG FRIENDLY GIANT which is all set to release in India on 15th July, 2016. Amitabh Bachchan & Gulshan Grover have already been roped in to lend their voices in the Hindi dubbed version of Spielberg’s THE BIG FRIENDLY GIANT. Parineeti Chopra too has joined them to voice the female protagonist of the movie. She has dubbed for Sophie, played by a 12 year -old Ruby Barnhill in THE BFG aka THE BIG FRIENDLY GIANT. The gorgeous actress decided to take up the part as she loved the character and it will be Parineeti’s 1st Hollywood project. Reliance Entertainment has a Pan India release plan for this friendly giant movie in 4 languages – English, Hindi, Tamil &Telugu. The movie is all set to release in India on 15th July, 2016.
THE VIOLIN PLAYER MARKS THE HINDI FILM DEBUT OF THE BENGALI ACTOR RITWICK CHAKROBORTY
Bauddhayan Mukherji’s directorial next, THE VIOLIN PLAYER had its International Premiere at the 37th Durban International Film Festival where it won the top award of “Best Feature Film”. Starring Adil Hussain & Bengali actor Ritwick Chakraborty, THE VIOLIN PLAYER was the only Indian feature in the competition at the festival. THE VIOLIN PLAYER is the story of one day in the life of a Bollywood session violinist who finds expression in an unlikely place. The day unfolds to reveal startling truths about music, art, life & survival. The film marks the Hindi film debut of the Bengali actor Ritwick Chakraborty. It was also the only Hindi film in the International Competition at the IFFK, Kerala. The film produced by Monalisa Mukherji under the banner of Little Lamb Films, has been picked up by Alpha Violet, one of France’s leading sales agents which marked their 1st ever Indian acquisition. Bauddhayan Mukherji who made his directorial debut with the award winning Bengali feature, TEENKAHON exclaims, “The journey of THE VIOLIN PLAYER is just beginning. As far as Durban is concerned, for us filmmakers, a festival like this is like the Olympics where one gets to represent one’s country. Hence a win here makes it sweeter, as you end up winning laurels not for the film not for yourself but for India.”
FILMING COMPLETED OF ‘PATEL KI PUNJABI SHAADI’
Much awaited Rishi Kapoor – Paresh Rawal starrer PATEL KI PUNJABI SHAADI has completed its final shooting schedule. The climax scene was shot with all the actors recently in Mumbai. This romantic comedy features lead Vir Das & Payal Ghosh in romantic roles along with Prem Chopra, Jinal Belani, Divya Seth, Bharati Achrekar & Tiku Talsania. The story is about a Punjabi played by Rishi Kapoor & Gujarati Patel played by Paresh Rawal. Directed by Sanjay Chhel, the post -production work has also begun simultaneously. Lalit Pandit & Uttank Vora are the music composers. Janak Shah & Anil Bohra are the creative producers of the film. The movie is produced by Bharat Patel of Bholenath Movies.
SARA LOREN LEARNS NEPALI FOR ‘ISHQ CLICK
Often we hear stories about actors going out of their way, pushing themselves out of their comfort zones just to get into the shoes of their characters. Recently, MURDER 3 actress Sara Loren learnt a new language for her movie ISHQ CLICK. Sara learnt Nepali because she had a few scenes in the movie where she speaks in the language with the locals, as the language of locals in Darjeeling is Nepali. Sara learned Nepali as the script demanded so. Seen opposite Adhyayan Suman, the actress had a fair amount of scenes in the language. She was finding it hard to get the nuances & intonation right, and because a major part of the movie is shot in the location, she thought it would be right to just learn the language rather than mugging up the lines and making amateurish mistakes. She found time for it as the initial shooting sequences mostly has her & Adhyayan speaking in Hindi so, that bought her time. During her scenes with the locals, she was more at comfort and finished it off early. ISHQ CLICK is an intense love story that sees Adhyayan Suman playing a photographer & Sara Loren his love interest. The movie also stars theatre actress Sanskkriti Jain. It is produced by Ajay Jaiswal & Satish Tripathi . The movie is set to hit the marquee on 22nd July, 2016. Satish – Ajay have composed the music for the film. Ankit Tiwary, Mohammed Irfan, Neeti Mohan, Nakash Aziz & Shalmali Kholgade have crooned for the movie.
URVASHI RAUTELA TO PLAY A VIRGIN GHOST IN ‘GREAT GRAND MASTI’ !!!
GREAT GRAND MASTI is going to be grander and much bigger as Riteish -Vivek – Aftab are set to tickle your funny bones with their excellent camaraderie. The franchise’s major hallmark is the bromance & unmatchable chemistry amongst the three, and Urvashi Rautela, all set to scorch the screen with her oomph as a Virgin ghost, in search of her true love. Who will be the lucky one amongst Riteish – Vivek – Aftab only time will tell!!! GREAT GRAND MASTI directed by Indra Kumar & Produced by Sameer Nair & Aman Gill releases on 22nd Jul, 2016.
HOW RAJIV BECAME AKSHAY KUMAR
Akshay Kumar, who is also affectionately called Khiladi Kumar, was originally Rajiv Bhatia belonging to a Punjabi family. Not many know that Akshay Kumar was the name of a character in a Mahesh Bhatt film called AAJ. In fact, this Mahesh Bhatt’s film was also Akshay Kumar’s debut film in Bollywood. However, his character of a Karate instructor was very small, ten seconds to be exact. Obviously, no one took notice of the handsome hunk in the film. However, Akshay Kumar loved the role played in the film by Kumar Gaurav and it was known as Akshay. Akshay was so impressed with the screen name of Kumar Gaurav that he decided to change his name from Rajiv Bhatia to Akshay Kumar for his films. He will next be seen in his 125th film, Tinu Suresh Desai’s next. In his upcoming flick RUSTOM, Akshay Kumar plays the part of a naval officer and the movie is due for a worldwide release on 12th Aug, 2016.
A R MURUGADOSS REVEALS THE REASON BEHIND SONAKSHI SINHA’S SCAR IN ‘AKIRA’
The poster of AKIRA has definitely created a lot of curiosity among moviegoers about the film. What’s interesting is that the scar that is visible on Sonakshi’s forehead has an interesting back story to it. Director A R Murugadoss
wanted to establish that she has gone through enough but isn’t weak to stand up and fight it out. “In life every scar that occurs on our body has a story behind it. Similarly Akira has a past wound that has dried up & remains a scar now .The moment we see her face we should come to know that she has had a painful past. That’s why I created the scar under her eyes,” says Murugadoss.
CHANDRASHEKHAR CELEBRATED HIS 94TH BIRTHDAY
It was a memorable, enjoyable & poetic evening when the veteran actor Chandrashekhar celebrated his grand 94th birthday at his bungalow in Andheri in the presence fo his close friends & relatives. Present on the occasion were writer Achala Nagar, Shailendra Gandhi, Anju Gandhi Shakti Arora, Nehaa Saxena, journalist Ali Peter John, besides renowned poets, shayari, parody singers, comedians, mimicry actors, like Sunil Pal, Uday Media, Subhash Kabra, Devmani Pandey, Pragya Vikas, Sumita Keshwa, Jyoti Tripathi, Vijay Raval, Amarjeet Singh, Kishore Dhargalkar & TV actors like Ankita Khare, Karan Singh, Guri Singh, Aarti Gupta etc. Ravindra Arora Of KAF Awards who was also present on the occasion honoured Chandrashekharji for his valuable contribution to Cinema with a trophy for Life Time Achievement Award.
MUSIC OF ‘DIL SALA SANKI’ RELEASED
The music of DIL SALA SANKI was released by Zee Music at Hotel Sea Princess by Rajpal Yadav & Dolly Bindra. Dolly Bindra, Rajpal Yadav and the entire team also celebrated by cutting cake on this special event. It is an action – packed love story starring Yogesh Kumar & Madalsa Sharma. The film produced by Sushikailash also stars Jimmy Shergil, Hrishta Bhatt, Avtar Gill & Shakti Kapoor. The film is releasing on 5th Aug, 2016 worldwide by Screenshot Media & Entertainment Group (Israr Ahmed). Guests present at event were director Roopesh Rai Sikand, Tanisha Singh, Sunil Pal, Dilip Sen, Abhishek Agrawal etc. The film has story by Rajan Agrawal, dialogues by Aadesh K Arjun & Rajeev Agrawal, music by Pramod Panth, lyrics by Ravi Chopra, cinematography by Sebstian Anthony & Jagan Chawli, fight by Nishant Khan, choreography by Ricky Gupta, editing by Sandeep Shetty & art by Raju Sapote.
