Nasheman News :  Abhijit Panse, director of “Thackeray”, based on the life of Shiv Sena founder isn’t worried about competing with Kangana Ranaut’s “Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi” and Emraan Hashmi-starrer “Cheat India”. He says if a film is good, it will work.

All the three movies will hit the screens on January 25, 2019. 

Asked if Panse would like to change the release date of “Thackeray” — based on Bal Thackeray’s life — he told IANS in a telephonic interview: “We have already announced the date. We won’t change it. We were thinking of releasing it on January 23, which is Thackeray Sir’s birth anniversary date but later we thought of releasing it on 25th,” he said. 

“As far as other films are concerned, every year, more than 52 films are made. So, every Friday, either one or two or three films release. The public knows everything and will see ‘Manikarnika…’ as well as ‘Cheat India’. If the film is good, it will work. As a director, I want all the films to work,” he added.

Meanwhile, Bala Lokare, secretary of Chitrapat Sena, posted on Facebook that since “Thackeray” will be arriving on January 25, they will not let any other film release on the same day.

The film, which features Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the Shiv Sena supremo, has been talk of the town since its trailer launch on Wednesday. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) reportedly raised objections to the trailer, hours before its launch.

In fact, south Indian actor Siddharth even tweeted: “Nawazuddin has repeated ‘Uthao lungi bajao pungi’ (lift the lungi and *’#$) in the film. Clearly hate speech against South Indians… In a film glorifying the person who said it! Are you planning to make money out of this propaganda? Stop selling hate! Scary stuff!”

Talking about the dialogue, Panse said: “In the Marathi trailer, there was a sentence — ‘Uthao lungi, bajao pungi’. It was Balasaheb’s slogan. It is history. He had said it. Even in his magazine, there were cartoons on south Indians. The censor board should understand that we have made a film keeping the character in mind and not the controversy. Balasaheb was a controversial personality. The screening (for CBFC) is going to happen on January 2. Let’s see.”

But he is not open to making changes in the film.

“Of course we will stick to that (what we have made). It’s history. It’s all on YouTube and other platforms. Everyone knows Balasaheb’s speeches. He used to talk in front of lakhs of people. It’s not like we have made new statements. It was his personality. So, we have to portray that,” said the director.

The film will focus on the political leader’s “struggles and fights”. He said “Shiv Sena was not built in a day. The film is about how a common man became a superman”. 

As a filmmaker, he feels that it is important to present the story to the audience.

“It is an inspiring story. The Marathi (version of the) film is tax free,” he said adding that he would discuss with his team about seeking tax-free status elsewhere too.

Siddharth Nigam Visits Kidzania Mumbai 

Siddharth Nigam visited Kidzania, the Global Indoor Theme Park at R-City Mall in Mumbai for a meet & greet with kids from the NGO. He also felicitated the winners of the contest. Kids from the NGO were invited to KidZania Mumbai in an effort to empower & inspire them through real life role playing activities that the establishment offers. Siddharth Nigam chose the best 3 & felicitated them with hampers. He encouraged the children to enjoy their childhood to the most as these are the best times & always respect your parents. Following this, Siddharth Nigam shook a leg with the kids on the beats of Dhoom 3 Songs & also cut a cake with them as a celebration of Chritsmas. Kids role-playing as budding journalists asked her about some of her crazy times in school as well as his childhood career aspirations apart from acting. 

 Amruta Khanvilkar’s X’mas Party With Special Children 

Christmas was here & the celebrations were all over the place. Dancing queen Amruta Khanvilkar decided to share the Christmas cheer with special children of Jagruti Palak Sanstha, Thane. Amruta Khanvilkar has been seen enjoying with kids of the dance reality show that she is judging! Amruta has become everyone’s favorite “Amu Didi”. So this year she decided to celebrate Christmas with these Special Children! These special children displayed their talent during the special activities like dancing & playing games & their Amu Didi cheered them by participating along! The children were also given lots of gifts & sweets from their favorite actress. Amruta said “My aim was to make this Christmas celebration more special for the special children because they are different, extremely talented & very special to all of us. Every year I spend my time with varied NGO’S but this was very special & emotional for me, the love I got from these kids is memorable & will be very close to my heart always”

Rishina Kandari Just Loves Christmas

  Christmas was celebrated all over the world, Rishina Kandhari says that she loves Christmas & and the festivity that surrounds it. “Christmas to me is all about Santa, gifts, lights & cakes. I am always excited about Christmas as I love the environment at Christmas. Everything is so positive, people are partying & even the weather is so beautiful,” she says. Ask her what she wished for this Christmas, and she says, “I just wanted a lots of positivity & happiness to be continued in my life. That’s all that I asked from Santa this year.” The actor has a lot of fond memories of Christmas this year. “I remember when I was a kid, I used to be excited for Christmas as we used to have this Christmas party at our school. We used to get lots of gifts, snacks, chocolates & cakes and then they used to play Christmas songs & we used to dance on them,” she says. The festival is still special for her. “Every Christmas, I get a Christmas tree at my place & my daughter & I decorate the tree together. She loves doing that & if she is not working, she bakes a chocolate cake at home which everyone loves.

Kannada Movie Butterfly’ Teaser Crosses 1.5million Views

The teaser of Kannada film Butterfly has already crossed over 1.5 Million views across all digital platforms & the people of Karnataka cannot stop gushing about it. The film stars the gorgeous Parul Yadav who skipped her glamorous avatar to look & behave just like a naive girl from Gokarna, Karnataka. The teaser reveals the fun & the colorful vibe of the film with exotic European locales & Amit Trivedi’s perky music composition, along with the emotional journey the protagonist (Parul Yadav) goes through. With this film, Parul Yadav also debuts as a co-producer. Being a woman oriented film; this score of over 1.5 Million views for a Kannada film in a span of 5 days is commendable. With so much love pouring in, undoubtedly, Butterfly becomes the most awaited film in Karnataka. Butterfly is directed by Ramesh Aravind, produced by Manu Kumaran, presented by Mediente Films, dialogues by Mamta Sagar & Ramesh Aravind.

Success Of Teaser Of ‘Queen’ Remake In South Shows The Strength Of the Original Hindi Movie+

The teaser of the Hindi movie Queen’s remakes in the 4 South languages Butterfly in Kannada, Paris in Tamil, That is Mahalakshmi in Telugu & Zam Zam in Malayalam has been receiving lots of love from audiences. The teaser was released 5 days back. The brand value of the original Queen is so high that even 5 years after its release the remakes in the other languages are eliciting so much interest across the 4 states.  That the film is spear headed by the top most actress in her region makes the film even more exciting. Manu Kumaran the producer says, “Queen is a story that deserves to be told in every language in every corner of the world. Women are conditioned to build their lives around this mythical magical moment called marriage after which everything will just be swell. Marriage is a milestone not a destination and this is why these films are so incredibly important” The Kannada remake of Queen is titled as Butterfly, directed by Ramesh Aravind, dialogues by Mamta Sagar & Ramesh Aravind and stars Parul Yadav. The Tamil remake of Queen is titled as Paris Paris, directed by Ramesh Aravind, dialogues by Thamizhachi Thangapandian & stars Kajal Aggarwal. The Telugu remake of Queen is titled as That Is Mahalakshmi whicstars Tamannaah Bhatia. The Malayalam remake of Queen is titled as Zam Zam, directed by Neelakanta, dialogues by Vipin Radhakrishnan & stars Manjima Mohan & Sunny Wayne. The films are presented by Taizoon Khorakiwala & produced by Manu Kumaran under the banner of Mediente Films.

Nikita Rawal To Play A Glamorous Role In A Tamil Film

Nikita Rawal who has to her credit as an actress many films in Hindi & South languages did a new glamorous photo shoot for her upcoming untitled Tamil movie which will  start in Feb, 2019. Nikita Rawal plays the role of a corporate business girl with Vijay Kumar Shetty. The film produced by Shiva Sharan Films & directed by Ravi Shankar, will be shot in India & Bali, Indonesia.

Himanshu Malhotra Is Back With Share & Grow Spotlight Season 2 

The 1^st ever season of Himanshu Malhotra’s talk show Share & Grow Spotlight was a major success. With the who’s who of the TV industry gracing the show, we saw many eminent personalities share their deepest secrets. The actor will soon be coming up with the 2^nd season of the show! The season 2 of Share & Grow Spotlight will be bigger as now we have tied up with acting institutes & colleges. We’re trying to help all these people as well. We will be having a live audience, consisting of these students, for the episodes now. Season 1 was not done with any live audience, we were only shooting in the studio. We want to reach out to so many people to share & the idea behind it is to provide guidance & inspiration to budding actors from these colleges. There are other surprises as well! The packaging will change. We will try to call more & bigger celebrities as well. We plan to get people like Shankar Mahadevan, Manoj Bajpayee & Imtiyaz Ali…varied  people of varied age groups & fraternities and people who are masters in their fields. I’m talking about the biggest celebrities. I plan to get in touch with my peers as well like Rithvik Dhanjani, Sargun Mehta, Ravi Dubey, Pooja Chopra. I am approaching people from various fraternities. The CEO of Salman Khan’s Being Human Foundation is also coming. We are also trying for singers such as Neha Kakkar & Shalmali Kholgade.”

Ahwaan Kumar Has An Accident While Shooting For ‘Kaal Bhairav Rahasaya 2’

Ahwaan Kumar loves being part of Kaal Bhairav Rahasya 2. However, the actor had to unfortunately, undergo an accident on the sets recently which resulted in his hair getting burnt. “Actually, we were shooting at night for Kaal Bhairav Rahasaya 2 in a jungle & we had a scene where Veer goes missing. So, Kashinath, I & the other people go and search for him in the jungle. As it is night time, we take fire torches & search around for Veer. Suddenly, we see Laali’s spirit & everyone runs away except me. So, when the person beside me was running, his fire torch slipped from his hand & that somehow touched my hair & it got burnt. But luckily, I managed to put the fire off,” says the actor. However, he is making sure to give his hair extra attention after the incident. “I am one of those people who really take care of their hair. For me, hair is something which is the most precious thing in my body. I always oil my hair, shampoo it & do everything to take care of it. So, after this incident I have been taking more care of it, I hope it never happens again in my life,” he says.

Mohammad Nazim Says That These Days No One Typecasts An Actor 

Mohammad Nazim, who was seen as the negative lead in the show Udaan, says that he loved being part of the show. The actor adds that he loved his character & the feedback was amazing as well. “It is a very good experience as it was my 1^st ever time of playing a negative lead. It was a very good character & I tried my best to do justice to it. Now, I am also getting a good response from the audience as well,” he says. Ask him if he found playing a negative character challenging, and he says, “It was a very challenging role as I am a Punjabi & the character has a typical Bihari accent. It was a tough task to learn this accent as I have never spoken in Bihari. I did a lot of preparations to learn this accent. I think the most challenging role is a negative one. For this, I changed my driver to one who speaks in Bihari so that most of the time I could converse with him in Bihari & could understand the language & accent. You have to work more on your expression & your body language too to prepare for a negative role.” Contrary to what many may feel, Nazim doesn’t think people typecast you anymore. “I think there is no such thing as being typecast. It totally depends on your skills & your talent and how you play a character. For example, Shahrukh has done varied negative roles say in Baazigar, Don etc. It doesn’t mean that he was typecast for doing such roles and he will not get any positive roles. I think you never get typecast, it all depends on your acting skills & talent,” he says. Mohammed Nazim has a few dream roles in mind. “I would like to do historical shows like Karn Sangini, Dastaan – E – Mohabbat Salim Anarkali,” he says, adding, “I would love to do that type of shows if I get a chance as the audience will be able to see a different side of me. I think that physique doesn’t matter. All that matters is your talent, skills & hard work.” Talking about physique, the actor is a fitness enthusiast & even plans to open a gym in his hometown soon. “I will open a gym by 2020. I think going to the gym will spread a good message of living a healthy life. If somebody becomes Mr. Punjab or achieve any title, then the gym would be free of cost to them. The main aim is to achieve awareness about fitness in my hometown Markotla,” he says.