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Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din is a rollercoaster ride of fun & frolic

April 20, 2016 by Shaheen Raaj

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Director duo Harish Kotian & Sandeep Chaudhary’s upcoming film Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din has been in the news and raising quite a few eyebrows because of the double entendre sounding title of the film. So much so that the film’s maker had to add a tagline to the title so now the film’s title stands as Love Day – Pyaar Ka Din. But one of the directors Harish Kotian avers, “I wonder why the film’s title is raising quite a few eyebrows whenever it is mentioned. But in reality, Love day is a fun film about 3 friends and the naughty and hilarious situations they face. It is a comic oriented rollercoaster ride which will be quite entertaining for the cine goers. And the Hindi sounding tagline was always there. We never added it to camouflage the erotic sounding English title.”

Be that as it may be Shaheen Raaj recently had a telephonic encounter with the two wannabe actors Harsh Naagar & Sahil Anand and the most talked about actor namely Ajaz Khan.

Ajaz Khan: I have done many films in my career till this date but my role in Rajlaxmi Entertainment’s Love Day – Pyaar Ka Din is quite an entertaining one although I pay a baddie once again after my baddie’s role in Shubbir Mukherjee’s Club Dancer. This is a hilarious fun ride about 3 friends but with quite a comic twist seeing which the cine goers will die laughing. And it is for the 1st time that I am working with director Jodi namely Harish Kotian & Sandeep Choudhary. And yeah I have also displayed my assets by wearing undies on the silver screen celluloid for the 1st time along with my 2 co – actor’s Harsh Naagar & Sahil Anand. The movie largely centres around my bad boy character and how the bad boy image lands me & my friends into trouble. Besides I play a total womaniser in this one. My antics bring upon me & my friends some dire consequences.

Sahil Anand: I am from Chandigarh and was a part of the reality show MTV Roadies and started my career from there. I have done around 35 TV commercials. My 1st movie was Student Of The year then I did Babloo Happy Hai and now my next upcoming movie is Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din. It’s a story about real friendship between 3 friends which I think doesn’t exist nowadays, away from materialism and any purpose. Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din will revive the concept of friendship which we used to have when we were in school. In fact Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din is a journey from childhood to older age showing the various stages of friendship & togetherness. I loved & enjoyed working with Harsh Naagar & Ajaz Khan who were superb. I also had great fun while shooting with both of them and besides we all went so much deep in the character that now we are all thick & fast friends, that apart Ajaz Khan also helped us to be more comfortable while doing some of the bold & daring scenes in Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din and hats off to our director Harish Kotian & Sandeep Chaudhary for making a superb film and due credit also goes to our cinematographer Amit and above all our producer Baldev Singh Bedi.

Harsh Naagar: Originally I hail from a theatre background. I had made my debut with Alway Kabhie Kabhie. Then I had done a film called The Wedding Gift. And now my upcoming movie is Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din which was originally scheduled to be released on Valentine’s Day (14th Feb, 2016) but due to unavoidable circumstances it is scheduled to release very soon. In Love Day – Pyaar ke Din I have enacted the role of one of the two friends namely Ajaz Khan & Saahil Anand. All three of us get involved in pranks and mischievous bouts and as a result all three of us have to face dire consequences. A lot of hoo haa was raised when the 3 of us had to perform a brief undy scene which was an essential part of the script of Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din. It was a real enriching experience while working with Ajaz Khan and also Saahil Anand and I would also like to extend my humble thanks to my director duo Harish Kotian & Sandeepm Chaudhary, to the entire cast & crew, and above all to our producer Baldev Singh Bedi.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Ajaz Khan, Harsh Nagar, Sahil Anand

Southern Films Round Up

April 19, 2016 by Shaheen Raaj

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Kamal Haasan Confirms The Commencement Of His Next Film

In 2016 half of April has been completed, but Kamal Haasan is yet to start his next. This from the actor who gave as many as 3 films in 2015. The multi – talented actor has 2 projects one with director T. K. Rajeev Kumar and another with ‘Thoongavanam’ director Rajesh M. Selva in his hands this year. Now the legend has confirmed in his Tweet to actor Madhavan that he will start shooting for his next from from 29th Apr, 2016, thereby putting an end to the long wait. Kamal teams up with director Rajeev Kumar of Chanakyan fame after 26 long years for this film. Shruti Haasan will be acting in an important role in this film and this is her 1st film with her father after emerging as a top heroine. Ramya Krishna has bagged another important role in the film.

Rajinikanth Confirms ‘Kabali’ Release Date

Superstar Rajinikanth has received the Padma Vibhushan Award from Pranab Mukharjee, The Honorable President of India in the award ceremony held in New Delhi recently. The Superstar boarded the flight to the National Capital from Chennai Airport. He was thronged by reporters & media persons at the airport premises. Quizzed about the release of his upcoming film Kabali, Rajinikanth replied that the film directed by Pa.Ranjith & produced by Kalaipuli. S. Thanu will be hitting the screens by the last week of May, 2016 or the first week of Jun, 2016. This puts to rest, the rumours doing rounds for the past few days that the film’s release has been postponed to Jul, 2016.

Dhanush And…Laud Trisha’s First Attempt

One of the few heroines who has stayed right at the top in South Indian cinema for more than a decade is undoubtedly our own Chennai girl Trisha. In her forthcoming woman centric film Nayaki directed by Govi the ever green actress has made her singing debut for a song that is called the Bayam song. Leading Tollywood director Puri Jagganath released the single and those who have listened to the song are raving about how perfectly Trisha has nailed it. Dhanush, Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, Ganesh Venkatraman & Radhika Sarathkumar are among the many celebrities who have lauded Trisha on social media

RGV Says Powerstar 5 Times Better Than Rajinikanth

The King of controversies Ram Gopal Varma has stirred a hornet’s nest by tweeting that Power Star Pawan Kalyan is 10 times better than Chiranjeevi & 5 times better than Superstar Rajinikanth. Pawan Kalyan’s much hyped Sardar Gabbar Singh has turned out to be damp squib at the box office & RGV while criticizing Pawan’s choice of films had angered fans of the star and then he has tweeted the comparison obviously to pacify the hero. But fans of Superstar Rajinikanth are seeing red and are lambasting RGV on every existing social network.

Suresh Babu Gets Relief From High Court

On 9th Feb, 2016 D. Suresh Babu was adjudged disqualified for contesting any election or holding any post at the Telugu Film Producer’s Council by the City Civil Court, Hyderabad. The court made this ruling upon concluding that the ace producer & legatee of Suresh Productions hadn’t submitted the requisite documents. Appealing against the order, Suresh Babu & the Film Chamber moved the High Court. They said that Suresh Babu is not indebted to the Chamber and that it’s not appropriate to prevent him from performing his duties as he contested as per the rulebook. Today, the High Court has given interim relief by staying the City Civil Court’s order, which rescued him from performing his duties as the President of the Film Chamber.

Samantha’s Energy, Nithya’s Dedication

Actor Suriya, speaking at the audio release function of the Tamil version of 24, had specific things to share with the audience about co – stars Samantha & Nithya Menen. He said that he likes Samantha for her energy levels at any time. Curiously, Samantha is a big fan of Suriya and she must have been even more upbeat about working with her favourite actor. As for Nithya Menen, Suriya says that he admires the way she puts a lot of effort regardless of the longevity of her role. In this sci – film directed by Vikram Kumar, Samantha plays Suriya’s love interest, while Nithya is seen in an emotional role. Nithya has rendered the song ‘Laalijo..’ in this mega – budgeted movie.

Trisha Croons ‘Bayam‘

It’s known that Trisha has rendered a song in her forthcoming film Nayaki. Music directed by Raghu Kunche, this one comes as a promo -kinda song. Seen in the promo released moments ago is Trisha singing with gusto into the mike. Shot along with other crew members, it puts on display the camaraderie between Trisha and others like Raghu Kunche. The lyrics talk about the all – pervading “Bayam”. Since Nayaki is a thriller – horror where Trisha plays an actress, a song of this genre was in order.

Pawan – Trivikram Say Goodbye To Producer

Some months ago, Mythri Movie Makers, which is the producer of mega – budgeted movies like Srimanthudu & Janata Garage, had given an advance amount to Pawan Kalyan & Trivikram Srinivas for a movie in their combination. It was expected to go on the floors post the completion of SJ Suryah’s movie. However, latest update reveals that Pawan & Trivikram have decided to opt out of the project. Mythri Movie Makers were informed about the same. Later, the Power Star – Trivikram duo returned the advance to the production house. As reported by a media house, the decision owes to Mythri Movie Makers’ fault. It’s learnt that the duo is planning to do the movie under some other production house, details of which are not known at present.

Marubhoomiyile Aana’ 1st Look Out

The 1st look poster of the upcoming movie Marubhoomiyile Aana has been released. The poster shows lead actor Biju Menon in the garb of an Arab man. The scorching desert forms the backdrop. The movie was shot mainly in Doha. Biju Menon plays an Arab with a twist in the movie. Marubhoomilye Aana has been directed by V K Prakash. Samskruthy Shenoy & Sanusha are part of the cast. Y V Rajesh has scripted the movie. The shooting is on and the Thrissur schedule is being canned now.

Aparna Balamurali’ Wows With Her Stunning Looks

Actress Aparna Balamurali who hit the high note with Maheshinte Prathikaram is going places. Her girl next door looks and a gutsy performance for a bold role were all lauded. The actress seems to be quite busy these days. There is no doubt that more can be seen of her in the days to come. A recent photoshoot of the actress for a popular magazine is the talk of the town. Gone are the girl next door looks and Aparna looks all glammed up and looking stunning. The launch was also done recently and in the event the actress was spotted in a lbd, looking all poised & glossy.

Shubha Punja Double Dhamaka

A beautiful & performing actor Shubha Punja had a very good Ugadi Festival this year. She had 2 releases on the same day. In Siganduru Chowdeshwari Mahime she is in traditional devotee role while in comedy flick Jai Maruthi 800 she is in modern outfit and counterpart to very popular actor Sharan. With one Tamil & Kannada film in Hrudayashiva direction almost ready and one song has to be completed, Shuba Punja looking for some freak out in Kashmir & Rajastan with her friends. Looking in bridal outfit Shuba Punja says she has worked for 22 days for Jai Maruthi 800. It is comedy flick while Siganduru Chowdeshwari Mahime is very interesting in my career she adds.

Dandupalya 2 On Floors

Director Srinivasaraju created sensation from Dandupalya film a few years ago and he is back with some more stock on the cruelest gang that is moronic to the society. After the photo shoot of Pooja Gandhi & others the film Dandupalya 2 went on floor at Varaprada Sri Srinivasa Sri Shakthi Ganapathi temple. KFCC President Sa Ra Govindu sounded clap board for muhurt shot, SIFCC President HD Gangaraju switched on camera for the muhurt shot. Srinivasaraju has written story, screenplay besides direction. Arjun Janya music, Venkat Prasad cinematography add to the technical list.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Film, Movie, South India FILM

Mantostaan is a film based on the burning stories of Partition by Manto

April 19, 2016 by Shaheen Raaj

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Rahat Kazmi the director of acclaimed film Identity Card has recently completed Mantostaan; a dark satire based on 4 burning and the most controversial short stories namely Khol DO, Thanda Ghosht, Assignment & Aakhri Salute of Legendary Urdu writer Saadat Hassan Manto.

Of his works around the partition, Manto avers, “Hindustan had become free. Pakistan had become independent soon after its inception but man was still slave in both these countries, slave of prejudice…slave of religious fanaticism…slave of barbarity & inhumanity.”

Sonal Sehgal is super excited to play the character of Kulwant Kaur from Thanda Ghost, she admits that Mantostaan has been an entirely different experience and is a very powerful film indeed. Sonal avers, “My character is very dark & disturbing, somebody who doesn’t leave you long after you leave the sets It’s a character you haven’t seen on screen before”. Raghubir Yadav, Shoib Kazmi, Virendra Saxena, Tariq Khan, Raina Bassnet, Sakshi Bhatt & Rahat Kazmi himself have played key characters in the film.

Saadat Hassan Manto was heartbroken & shaken by the trauma the partition brought in its wake, and some of his best pieces revolve around what he saw during those horrific months. The stories of Mantostaan are about the single – minded dedication with which men killed men, the remorse felt by some and even the tears shed by the murderers.

In the riots, which preceded the partition in the Punjab Province, between 200,000 & 2,000,000 people were killed in the retributive genocide between the religions, estimates 14 million Hindus, Sikhs & above all Muslims too were displaced during the partition; it was the largest mass migration in human history.

Mantostaan is produced by Rahat Kazmi Films, Tariq Khan Productions, Aadititya Pratap Singh Singh Entertainments, Co – Produced by Zeba Sajid in association with Media Mark International Corporation, Canada.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Film, Mantostaan, Movie, Saadat Hasan Manto

Movie Review: ‘Fan’ is devoid of any entertainment value and may over all appeal only to die hard SRK fans

April 18, 2016 by Shaheen Raaj

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Banner: Yash Raj Films
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Director: Maneesh Sharma
Star Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Waluscha De Sousa, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Sayani Gupta, Deepika Amin & Yogendra Tiku
Music: Vishal – Shekhar & Andrea Guerilla

Director Maneesh Sharma has tackled a very sensitive subject of a so called superstar and his so called obsession for the superstar in his latest offering Fan. But he has certainly disappointed all the SRK fans with his so called convoulted plot. And both director Maneesh Sharma & screenplay writer Habib Faisal are solely responsible for this hotch potch scenario.

The scripted scenario of Fan narrates the story of Gaurav, an over – obsessive fan, whose life revolves around superstar Aryan. In his desire to meet his idol, Gaurav embarks on a journey to Mumbai. However, his interaction with the man he hero – worships & idolises But the superstar fails to meet his expectations. Resultantly, Gaurav decides to get nasty & malicious.

All said & done Fan may not be the most original piece of work as cine goers are bound to draw parallels with other films of this genre especially the Robert De Nero – Wesley Snipes Hollywood movie of the same name. Fan of course is not deviod of its share of flaws. The other minus point of Fan is that it is devoid of any entertainment value.

Performance wise SRK succeeds in holding his fort as an obssessively dangerous fan Gaurav, here too he shows more of his negative streaks as he had shown in Darr & Anjaam. He has just carried forward those roles. And as Aryan the real – life superstar he is just about ok. So if SRK is charming & believable as the superstar, he delivers a sterling performance as the fan with vengeance on his mind. While the other actors like Shriya Pilgaonkar, Sayani Gupta, Deepika Amin, Yogendra Tiku are really superb. On the other hand Waluscha De Sousa has simply been wasted. doesn’t get much scope.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Bollywood, Fan, Film, Movie, Movie Review, Shah Rukh Khan

An interview with distributor Shakeel Hashmi of Big Curtains Media

April 18, 2016 by Shaheen Raaj

Shakeel Hashmi

Shakeel Hashmi Of Big Curtains Media is no doubt a distributor par excellence, who certainly needs no special introduction in the distribution arena. He is already a well – known name in the distribution arena for having successfully distributed some of “The Best” films with panache. In fact he has the knack for selecting the right kind of films and then distributing it in the right chain of theatres in the right kind of territories preferred by the film makers. So it is but natural that producers queue up in his Big Curtain Media’s distribution office located in the suburbs and thereby really bank heavily for Shakeel Hashmi’s marketing, media partnering, promotional campaigns & distribution expertise.

First things first. How did you land up in the distribution arena and thereby firmly established your distribution firm Big Curtains Media?

My journey in Bollywood had kicked of more than half a decade ago. In that particular frame of time I was an event producer with well – known Television Channels like B4U, MTV et al. And one fine day a momentous thought struck me that why should not I start this lucrative business under my own flagship banner namely Big Curtains Media. And then I started marketing & promotion of films in my own individual capacity and gradually landed up in the distribution sphere too under the flagship banner of Big Curtains Media, which by now has firmly & deeply established its roots in Bollywood’s distribution arena and it has become a most successful name to be reckoned with.

What is the exact nature of operations of Big Curtains Media?

Through my firm Big Curtains Media I carefully select movies for marketing, promotional campaigns, media partnering & distribution too.

And then?

And then I function as per the needs & desires of the film maker, and the moment my film maker client is satisfied beyond imagination, I succeed in building up a strong rapport with them. I have a strong connections with at least more than a 1000 media websites for the promotional campaigns of my clients movies. Then I also have a good understanding with varied political, movies & musical Televison Channels and then market & promote my clients films according to the genre of their films. But distribution of a film is an altogether a different ball game and even reams & reams of papier mache would not be suffice to explain the varied tactics & strategies of a perfect nuance oriented distribution of a film.

How many films has Big Curtains media marketed in tow with its promotional campaigns, media partnering & distribution till this date?

I have performed different activities for different films as per their needs as mentioned above and till this date Big Curtains Media has been involved with films like Chutki Baja Ke – Drama, Siyaah – Horror, Jeet Lenge Jahan – Social, Chehra (The Unknown Mask) – Suspense Thriller, Wake Up India – Social, 18.11 – Romantic Drama, Guardians – Social Drama, Last Bencher’s -Social & Romantic (Hindi & English bilingual), Rang – E – Ishq Romantic Action Drama, The Shadow – Horror (Marathi), Gauraiya – Social, Final Match – Action, Everly – Action (Hindi & English bilingual) & Mumbai Central. And Big Curtain Media’s forthcoming release will be Luckhnowi Ishq.

And now as a parting shot tell us if you have any plans to enter into production & direction arena?

As a producer I have plans to produce 2 films in the nearest future namely the arrival of a soul. I mean Arrival & Soul. As for direction I have not given a thought as yet or rather I am not ready for it as yet but who knows in future I may take up the directional responsibilities too.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Bollywood, Film, Movie, Shakeel Hashmi

Movie Review: ‘Love Games’ promises to showcase story of modern relationships filled with lust, betrayal & lots of ‘love’

April 18, 2016 by Shaheen Raaj

Love-Games

Banner: Vishesh Films
Producer: Mahesh Bhatt & Mukesh
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Star Cast: Patralekha, Tara Alisha Berry & Gaurav Arora
& Hiten Tejwani
Music: Sangeet Haldipur & Siddharth Haldipur

The 2 mammoth camps namely the Bhatt camp & the T -Series camps have given an altogether different name to modern cinema namely that of erotica. And this genre of cinema has given rise to eroticism in its fullest glory with no holds barrier and then of course lustful sex is thrown in blatantly and beyond imagination. So much so that even the so called Censor Board officials are left speechless & tongue tied.

The scripted scenario of Love Games starts with the sexy Ramona Raichand (Patralekha) losing her husband in an accident. However, she is a sex addict and decides to find solace in the arms of her f*ck buddy Sameer Saxena aka Sam (Gaurav Arora). Sam, on the other hand, is a lonely, rich & spoilt son of a wealthy business tycoon. While sex, drugs & self -harm is his way of living, Sam, who consults a psychologist for his depressive state owing to a dark past, tries to find adventure in his life. Hence, he decides to accompany his sex buddy Ramona in ‘love games’. This game of infidelity is all about seducing happy couples and getting laid with them. Sam has to score the wife, while Ramona has to go for the husband and whoever gets laid first wins. And the loser will supply a week of cocaine to the winner! Amidst this game, things get serious when Sam falls in love with Alisha Asthana (Tara Alisha Berry), a doctor by profession but married to an abusive criminal lawyer Gaurav Asthana (Hiten Tejwani). Sam’s love for Alisha threatens his ‘friends with benefits’ sort of relation with Ramona and she starts losing her partner and in turn also her ambitions.

Director Vikram Bhatt needs no special introduction for his refined directorial prowess in all his past bold & dark films starting from franchise films like Murder, Jism, Hate Story and now Love Games in which once again his directorial prowess excels beyond limitations. No wonder cine goers may lap up Love Games as the film has ample love making scenes shot aesthetically. The plot, like other Bhatt films, explores the deep, the dark and the dangerous sides of humans with several twists and turns. That apart like all Bhatt camp films, music is the highlight of Love Games too.

Performance wise it is indeed Patralekha who walks away with all the honours in all the scenes with even a seasoned actor like Hiten Tejwani coming in a close second. While actors like Tara Alisha Berry & Gaurav Arora have lended their strongest support to the above mentioned 2 actors.

Tail Piece: Love Games promises to showcase another story of modern relationships filled with lust, betrayal & lots of ‘love’.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Bollywood, Film, Love Games, Movie, Movie Review

Movie Review: ‘Before I Wake’ is a spine chilling horror fare

April 15, 2016 by Shaheen Raaj

Before I Wake

Producer: Sam Englebardt, William D. Johnson & Trevor Macy
Director: Mike Flanagan
Star Cast: Kate Bossworth, Thomas Jane, Jacob Trembley, Annabeth Gish & Dash Mihok
Genre: Horror
Verdict: GOOD

Plot: Jessie (Kate Bosworth) & Mark (Thomas Jane) adopt a new foster child, Cody (Jacob Tremblay) after their son Sean dies. They soon find out that Cody’s dreams become reality, but his nightmares are deadly. Jessie & Mark must figure out what to do before one of his nightmares kills.

Aces: Director Mike Flanagan has succeeded in creating the right aura of horror as well as the mysterious suspense besides extracting good performances from all the actors especially Jacob Trembley.

Minuses: The entire background soundtrack for the horror sequences is too jarring.
Last Word: Before I Wake is a good watch after a dearth of right horror movies for a long time.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Before I Wake, Film, Hollywood, Movie, Movie Review

Southern Films Round Up

April 12, 2016 by Shaheen Raaj

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Arrambam Actress To Play A Cop In Jayam Ravi’s Bogan

Jayam Ravi will team up again with his Romeo Juliet director Lakshaman for a new film titled as Bogan. Hansika who played the female lead in Romeo Juliet will be Ravi’s heroine in Bogan & Thani Oruvan villain Arvind Swamy will be playing an important role in the flick. Ravi will be playing a cop in this film. Akshara Gowda who made an appearance in Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s blockbuster Thupakki and Ajith starrer Arrambam will be acting as a cop in the film. The actress also revealed that as she plays a cop she will have some action sequences and she will also shake a leg with the film’s hero Jayam Ravi in the latter’s intro song. The shooting which is all set to begin soon, will start with the shoot of this song choreographed by Raju Sundaram master & composed by the film’s music director D. Imman.

Censor Target Fixed For Vijay’s Theri

Vijay’s Theri is getting ready to hit the screens on 14th Apr, 2016 as a grand Tamil New Year treat for the fans of Ilayathalapathy as well as the general movie buffs. The film’s producer Kalaipuli.S.Thanu has confirmed the release plan.

The Theri team headed by director Atlee has been working round the clock to complete the post production as early as possible so that the film will hit the release target. Theri will be sent for Censor Certification process by the last week of Mar, and hence the film has to be completed within a couple of weeks.

Gautham Starts Shooting His Film With Dhanush

The shooting of director Gautham Menon’s film with Dhanush has begun recently.
The shooting has started in SSN Engineering College located in the outskirts of Chennai. Apparently some romance scenes are being canned. Jomon T John of Malayalam super hit Ennu Ninte Moideen & Charlie fame makes his Kollywod debut as the cinematographer of the film.

Sasikumar’s Next Big Announcement

After director Bala’s Tharai Thappattai, actor Sasikumar has completed acting in the film Vetrivel directed by debutante Vasanthamani, The shooting of the film set in Tanjore and the near by towns & villages has been completed a few months back and the 1st look poster was released a couple of weeks ago. The next will be the audio launch which is scheduled to happen soon. Sasikumar has confirmed the news in his official Facebook page. D. Imman has composed music for the film.
Vetrivel stars Sadikumar & Miya George in lead roles while Prabhu. Thambi Ramiah & Samuthirakani have acted in supporting characters.

Amala Paul’s Bold Attempt For Amma Kanakku

Amala Paul is doing the lead role in Amma Kanakku produced by Dhanush under Wunderbar Films. The film is the Tamil remake of the Hindi flick Nil Battey Sannata and Ashwini Iyer, who directed the original, is directing the Tamil version as well. Interestingly, Amala Paul will be seen playing the mother of a 13 year old in this drama. Dhanush wanted her to come to his office and watch a film. She watched the film and felt that it would be great if she gets to play the mother’s role in the remake. Dhanush said he wanted her to play the role and she instantly gave the nod.
The shooting of Amma Kanakku was completed last month.

Heroine finalized for Chiranjeevi’s 150th Film

While Chiranjeevi’s 150th film is likely to be launched officially in the 3rd week of Apr, 2016 it’s learnt that Nayanatara has been finalized to play the female lead. The 1st name that did the rounds earlier was Nayanatara’s. It was said that the fee quoted by the damsel is astronomical and so, the makers ruled her out. However, latest updates reveal that the supposedly high remuneration is a non -issue for the makers. After all, this one will be a mega – budgeted film and Chiru being a veteran who is almost 60 years old, there are not many star heroines who can match his stupendous mega glamour. Nayanatara must have been a default choice. A remake of Vijay -starrer Kaththi, this film has a message built into the story.

Heebah Patel And “Her” many Boy Friends

Heebah Patel, who shot to fame with the Sukumar -written Kumari 21F, has been roped in for yet another youthful entertainer. Titled as Nenu…….Naa Boy Friends, this film will go on the floors from the 1st week of Apr, 2016. Producer Bekkam Venu Gopal, who has produced films like Tata…….Birla……. Madhyalo Laila, and Cinema Choopistha Mava, will produce this movie on Lucky Media. If her 1st film was directed by a Sukumar protege, this film will be directed by a V V Vinayak protege.

Pop Talent Smita Pips Records

Smita has blown to smithereens many a record. Her recently released song coming with the theme of Baahubali’s Kilkili language, titled Baha Kilikki, featuring herself along with Baahubali Prabhakar and others, has crossed the coveted mark of a whopping 1 million hits.
Speaking media to Smita averred that she wanted to do an exciting concept. Right from Deva Katta, cinematographer Sameer, music director Acchu, everyone helped her do the song. She wanted to do a racy song. The shoot was completed in 2 nights. Smita, who has come back in the reckoning after years of sabbatical, recently made a devotional album titled Nirvana Shatakam and released it on the Maha Shivratri day.

Speaking media to Smita averred that she wanted to do an exciting concept. Right from Deva Katta, cinematographer Sameer, music director Acchu, everyone helped her do the song. She wanted to do a racy song. The shoot was completed in 2 nights. Smita, who has come back in the reckoning after years of sabbatical, recently made a devotional album titled Nirvana Shatakam and released it on the Maha Shivratri day.

Darvinte Parinamam Trailer Released

The trailer of Darvinte Parinamam has been released. The movie stars Prithviraj & Chandini in lead roles. Chemban Vinod also essays a prominent role in the movie. The teaser was released recently. The trailer of the movie looks very promising.
Another Prithviraj blockbuster can be expected with this movie. Prithviraj plays a satellite TV operator in the movie. Chandini plays his love interest. She had made a noticeable debut with ‘KL 10 Pathu’.

Prithviraj Is Vidya Balan’s her In Madhavikutty’s Biopic

In a movie which will star Vidya Balan in the lead role, Prithviraj is all set to play the supporting role. The movie is based on Madhavikutty’s life and this biopic will have Vidya essaying the writer. Kamal is helming the movie. The movie will be made simultaneously in Malayalam & Hindi. Prithviraj and Vidya has previously acted together in Urumi. This will be their 2nd association. Kamal has been consciously choosing interesting & realistic narratives. Gadamma, Celluloid point to his sensibilities.

Hunsur Married Spoorthi

The programming & business head Raghavendra Hunsur of Zee Kannada has entered into wedlock with Spoorthi Byrappa on 4th Mar, 2016. The grand reception was held in Bengaluru Palace grounds and marriage was held at Sri Manjunatha Temple in Dharmasthala. For the wedding reception crazy star V Ravichandran, Dr Shivarajakumar, Ganesh, Yash, Darshan, Jaggesh, Vijaya Raghavendra, Pooja Gandhi, Priyanka Upendra attended to bless the newly married couple.

Amoolya’s Resolution

The profound actress with beauty & brain Amoolya has decided to give up stereo type role with fiery dialogues for some time. A series of films of Amoolya was hot tempered and it has come to her notice that audience, media is talking about this monotony.
Amoolya once a college vacation actress is now ready with full prominence to cinema. She has completed graduation in commerce. The post graduation she is taking up in a foreign university. That is because there will be no need to go to college and the course also finishes very quickly.

As of now in Dhuniya Vijay Masthi Gudi, Amoolya is having the traditional costume role. It is a deglamorised role. 3 scripts she has heard so far for coming years.

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Siddharth Nagar & Saarthak Chitram’s “Shiksha – Ek Mazboot Adhaarshila” Is On Air Now On Doordarshan Kisan Channel

April 11, 2016 by Shaheen Raaj

Shiksha

An ace small screen writer – producer – director Siddharth Nagar’s, who already has 2000 hours of televised programming to his credit in the Small Screen arena, Saarthak Chitram Presents “Shiksha – Ek Mazboot Adhaarshila”, a daily soap is now on air on Doordarshan’s Kisan Channel, from Monday to Wednesday between 9.30 pm to 10.00 pm.
Siddharth Nagar’s “Shiksha -Ek Mazboot Adhaarshila”, a woman-oriented daily soap is mainly targeted to address the wholesome Edutainment needs of the farmers, in a full on entertaining way, through the main protagonist named Shiksha who has already earned the degree of Doctorate in Agriculture Science.”

Siddharth Nagar’s “Shiksha -Ek Mazboot Adhaarshila”, not only provides unlimited entertainment but also simultaneously educates & motivates our farmers to adopt the modern diversified techniques of agriculture along with the existing traditional agricultural practices.

Siddharth Nagar of Shiksha

Siddharth Nagar’s ‘Shiksha -Ek Mazboot Adhaarila’s story revolves around main protagonist Shiksha her mother Soma and father Nandkumar and his dream to make her daughter a Doctorate in Agriculture Science which he could not fulfill due to acute financial crises in his family. But Nandkumar dedicated his life to his land and decided to provide higher education to his children and when his 1st child was born he named her Shiksha. Much to Nandkumar’s happiness Shiksha is brilliant in studies and instead of wanting to become an engineer or a doctor, she expressed her desire to study Agricultural Science and instead of staying in the city she kept her promise to her father to return to her village and improve the overall conditions of not only her own family but the whole village and spread it on to the neighbouring villages too.

Siddharth Nagar’s tele-series “Shiksha – Ek Mazboot Adhaarila” aims not only at claiming awareness but also keeps the marketing and revenue collecting aspects in view thus the objective is to present it in an interestingly creative way, such that it attracts the masses and also entertains them.

Siddharth Nagar’s & Saarthak Chitram’s “Shiksha – Ek Mazboot Adhaarila” crew comprises of written, produced & directed by Siddharth Nagar, co -producer by Harender Singh Verma & Jaya Bhattacharya, creative head is Archana Saikia, production head is Pravin Sorte, cinematography by Mukesh Sharma, lyrics by Abhilash, music by Vivek Bakshi, singer is Pratiksha Vashishth, editing by Arun Pakal & Satish Sharma & arts by Mahendra Raut, background score by Bhupesh Sharma. And the starcast includes eminent actors like Rakesh Pandey & Reeta Bhadhuri, Raju Shrestha, Sangeeta Naik, small screen’s well -known star Jaya Bhattacharya and other actors like Dinesh Kaushik, Avinash Sejwani, Shresth Kumar, Mukesh Nathani, Aparna Asaskar, Jugnu, Bhoomi Shukla, Anamika Jaiswal, Pratibha Kapoor, Rajiv Yadav, Yajupratap Singh, Ekta Methai, Arun Khanna, PP Kumar, Puneet Chaturvedi, Ramesh Goel, Priti Shukla et al. And the title role of Shiksha is played by upcoming small screen talent Sarika Dhillon.

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Movie Review: ‘The Jungle Book’ is a delightfully entertaining film for one & all

April 11, 2016 by Shaheen Raaj

The Jungle Book

Producer: Jon Favreau & Brigham Taylor
Director: Jon Favreau
Star Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Alba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, Gary Shandling, Brighton Rose, Sam Raimi & Russell Peters
Genre: Adventure
Verdict: Very Good

Plot: Mowgli (Neel Sethi) is a human boy raised by the Indian wolves Raksha (Lupita Nyong’o) & Akela (Giancarlo Esposito) ever since he was brought to them as a baby by Bagheera the Black Panther (Ben Kingsley). When the fearsome scarred Bengal Tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) threatens his life since man isn’t allowed in the jungle, Mowgli leaves his jungle home. Guided by Bagheera & Baloo the bear (Bill Murray), he sets out on a journey of self – discovery while evading the man – hunting Shere Khan. Along the way, Mowgli encounters jungle creatures who do not exactly have his best interests at heart, including Kaa (Scarlett Johansson), the Indian python, and the smooth – talking Bornean orangutan -resembling Gigantopithecus.
King Louie (Christopher Walken), who tries to coerce Mowgli into giving up the secret to the elusive & deadly “red flower”.

Aces: Director Jon Favreau deserves a standing ovation for making a delightfully entertaining movie for kids, in fact one which will be definitely enjoyed by one & all. Performance wise Neel Sethi, the debutante child actor, is the scene stealer. The film also has an overall technical finesse. That apart all the voice over artiste too, deserves a special mention.

Minuses: The inappropriate use of the songs which does not jell well with the adventurous mood of the film.

Last Word: The previous Jungle Book movie made in 1997 was an animated version of Rudyard Kipling’s novella and the latest version of The Jungle Book is the live – action movie based on the same novella which has surpassed even the previous attempt. And the 2016 movie The Jungle Book made in 3 dimensional is like an added bonanza.

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