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FILMMAKING ON THE RISE IN CUBA

Now that US & Cuba have confirmed the official opening of their respective embassies this month, interest in Cuba continues to mount, not just among US film makers, but also amongst producers from Latin America & Europe. “Ever since both countries announced the thaw in their relations, more film & TV producers from the US, Latin America & Europe have been making inquiries & visiting Havana to explore and in some cases, begin developing their projects here,” said Lia Rodriguez, the Havana Film Festival’s industry department head. A Spanish – German mini series, ‘Vientos De Cuaresma’, is currently shooting in Havana. Some American film makers have managed to make their feature films in Cuba, despite current restrictions, including documentary footage & reenactments to qualify. To date, only US docs are allowed to shoot in Cuba. The 1st such US film to hit the big screen is Rhode Islander Ben Chace’s ‘Sin Alas’ (‘Without Wings’), which had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival in Jun, 2015 preempting Bob Yari’s English language Hemingway biopic ‘Papa’, which was shot roughly at the same time in Cuba and is also seeking a US distribution.

MENEMSHA FILMS AQUIRES ‘DOUGH’

LA based Menemsha Films has acquired all North American right to John Goldschmidt’s dramedy ‘Dough’. Repped by Umedia, ‘Dough’ is set to open the 35th San Francisco Jewish film festival on 23rd Jul, 2015, ahead of its theatrical release. Set in London’s East End, ‘Dough’ tells the story of an old Jewish baker (Jonathan Pryce) whose failing business gets an unexpected boost when his young Muslim apprentice (Jerome Holder) accidentally drops cannabis into the dough and the chollah starts to fly off the shelf. Menemsha’s founder & prexy Neil Friedman described “‘Dough’ as an endearing film with great breakout potential.” Friedman added, “The film is very funny with a tender cross cultural friendship at its core, beautifully showcasing our shared humanity.” ‘Dough’ is produced by Docler Entertainment’s György Gattyán & András Somkuti, Viva Films’ John Goldschmidt & Three Coloured Dog Films’ Wolfgang Esenwein. The UK -Hungarian co – production was penned by Yehuda Jez Freedman & Jonathan Benson.

AZ ACQUIRES NORTH AMERICA ON ‘MARSHLAND’

Todo Cine Latino, the speciality label of Paul Hudson’s Outsider Pictures, has teamed with Canada’s AZ Films to acquire North America rights to ‘Marshland’ (‘La Isla Minima’), one of Spain’s biggest recent movie hits. The 5th feature from Alberto Rodriguez, ‘Marshland’, a noir – ish period cop thriller, has ticked multiple boxes, including scooping 10 Spanish Academy Goya Awards, among them are “Best Picture”, “Best Director’ & “Best Actor” (Javier Gutierrez). Produced by Atresmedia Cine, Sacromonte Films & Atipica Films and a competition frontrunner at San Sebastian, where it world premiered on 20 Sept, 2014, winning the jury prize & “Best Actor” (Gutierrez), ‘Marshland’ went on to gross €7.5 million ($8.4 million) in Spain, a standout achievement for its distributor, Warner Bros. Entertainment España. With the North American deal in place, Film Factory has sold ‘Marshland’ to every major territory worldwide. After ‘Wild Tales’ (10 nominations), ‘Marshland’ now figures with 9 category recognitions as the leading contender for 2015’s Platino Awards, taking in movies from Spain, Latin America & Portugal, which takes place on 18th Jul, 2015 in Marbella.

TRANTER TO LEAVE BBC WORLDWIDE PRODS

Jane Tranter will step down as head of BBC Worldwide Productions & Adjacent Productions to launch her own
production company, BBC Worldwide North America announced recently. She will be replaced by Matt Forde, whose title will change from EVP of TV sales & digital distribution to EVP of content production, sales & distribution. He will split his time between New York & Los Angeles as his role expands to cover Los Angeles based productions. Forde will report to incoming BBC Worldwide North America prexy Ann Sarnoff, who takes the reins from Herb Scannell in Aug, 2015. “Since arriving in US, Jane has systematically grown & diversified our production base in Los Angeles,” commented Scannell. “She energized ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ which concluded its 20th season this year; took the company into scripted development & production with ‘DaVinci’s Demons’ & ‘Getting On’ & grew our network of partners by building relationships with highly regarded cable channels. We wish her the very best in her new venture. Matt is unmistakably a champion of producers, writers & creators, this coupled with his passion for BBC’s unrivaled, high quality output will no doubt prove to be a win for the company and our valued partners.

3 MOVIES AMONGST HIGHLIGHTS AT FRIGHTFEST

Film4 FrightFest, UK’s leading genre film festival, promises to be “bigger, bolder & bloodier” in its 16th year with its largest ever line up. The gorefest, which runs from 27th to 31st Aug, 2015 will present 76 films across 5 screens, plus a host of special events. There are 16 European premieres & 26 UK premieres. Among the films from British & Irish talent receiving a showcase are David Keating’s ‘Cherry Tree’; the world premiere of Steve Oram’s hilariously disturbing ‘Aaaaaaaah!’, starring Toyah Willcox; Dominic Brunt’s sharp edged female revenge saga ‘Bait’; Ben & Chris Blaine’s sexually charged zom – rom -com ‘Nina Forever’; Mark Murphy’s tale of twisted minds ‘Awaiting’; Paul Hyett’s much anticipated ‘Howl’; Adam Levins’ sinister family drama ‘Estranged’; Howard J. Ford’s child abduction thriller ‘Never Let Go’; Corin Hardy’s Sundance sensation ‘The Hallow’; Ruth Platt’s morally challenging chiller ‘The Lesson’; Liam Regan’s gruesome revenge saga ‘Banjo’; Eugene McGing’s supernatural haunter ‘The Unfolding’ & ‘Afterdeath’, a hellish thriller by new directors Gez Medinger & Robin Schmidt. On the main screens are a mix of the monstrous, the macabre & the must see from around the world.

HALL UNVEILS A RESTRUCTURING PROGRAM

BBC Director General Tony Hall has unveiled a restructuring program that will result in the loss of more than 1,000 jobs. The measures will deliver £50 million ($78 million) in savings from merging divisions, cutting down management layers, reducing the number of managers & improving processes. “A simpler, leaner, BBC is the right thing to do and it can also help us meet the financial challenges we face,” Hall said. “We’ve already significantly cut the costs of running the BBC, but in times of very tough choices we need to focus on what really matters, delivering outstanding programs & content for all our audiences.” The BBC has already cut costs in recent years in order to deliver more than £1.5 billion ($2.34 billion) of savings a year by 2017. Much of this has been done through cutting administration & property costs, pay & headcount restraint and decisions like more daytime repeats & shared sports rights. The savings are necessary due to the Government’s decision to freeze for 7 years the license fee, which is the BBC’s primary source of funding.

CINESITE & IMAGE ENGINE MERGE

Leading visual effects companies Cinesite & Image Engine have merged, giving the 2 entities a combined staff of over 525 VFX & animation staff at their studios in London, Vancouver & Montreal. Cinesite, which opened its doors in London in 1994, has contributed BAFTA & Academy Award nominated and winning visual effects to films including ‘X – Men: Days Of Future Past’, ‘Iron Man 3’, the Harry Potter series of films, & ‘The Golden Compass’. It is working on productions including ‘Now You See Me: The Second Act’, ‘Ant-Man’, ‘Spectre’, ‘The Last Witch Hunter’, ‘Gods Of Egypt’, ‘Pride And Prejudice & Zombies’ & ‘The Revenant’. Founded in Vancouver in 1995, Image Engine has built a strong reputation for producing high quality visual effects for film & high end television. Nominated for an Academy Award for its work on Neill Blomkamp’s ‘District 9’ in 2009, the studio has gone on to work on such high profile productions as ‘Elysium’, ‘Chappie’, ‘Jurassic World’, ‘Game Of Thrones’ & ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’. Forthcoming releases include ‘Point Break’ & ‘Straight Outta Compton’.

ADAM TO DELIVER A KEYNOTE

Adam Crozier, CEO of ITV, UK’s biggest commercial broadcast, will deliver the Mipcom Media Mastermind Keynote. In it, he will discuss how he turned around ITV from a seemingly ailing TV network with limited growth potential both in UK and in the free – to – air broadcast business into a model of expansion, geographic & sectorial, driving energetically into the acquisition of production companies, primarily in US: Gurney Prods, High Noon Ent., Thinkfactory Media, DiGa Vision & Leftfield Ent. The largest producer of non – scripted TV in US, ITV has also bought John De Mol’s Talpa, producer of ‘Big Brother’ & ‘The Voice’, and upped the ante on its drama production biz via a US joint venture, Tomorrow Studios, with vet producer Marty Adelstein. Coinciding with the launch of ‘Beowulf’ & ‘Jekyll & Hyde’, Crozier’s keynote conversation will also take in ITV studios’ growing fiction content business, Mipcom organizer Reed Midem announced recently.

‘TERMINATOR’ HEADS SLOW WEEKEND

Opening on Thursday, ‘Terminator Genisys’ earned $11.1 million from 1.49 million admissions over 4 days. Giving prominent billing to Korean actor Lee Byung- Hun, the 5th instalment of the Terminator franchise is the 1st Paramount title locally handled by Lotte Entertainment since the 2 struck a long term distribution agreement in Mar, 2015. The numbers are on a par with ‘Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins’ which had earned $989,000 from 1.67 million admissions in 4 days in 2009 and went on to earn $26.5 million from 4.50 million admissions. Patriotic war drama, ‘Northern Limit Line’ dropped to 2nd place. Accounting for 33% of the total weekend box office revenue, the NEW release earned $6.88 million from 997,000 admissions between Fri & Sun, with a week – on week drop of 12%. It has amassed $21.9 million from 3.23 million admissions after 2 weekends on release. ‘Jurassic World’ took 3rd, with $2.44 million between Fri & Sun, extending its total to $38.72 million after 4 weekends. Local legal drama ‘Minority Opinion’ dropped to 5th place. Earning $258,000 between Fri & Sun, it has made $2.26 million since 24th Jun, 2015 release. Auteur Shin Su – Won’s Cannes Un Certain Regard selection ‘Madonna’ debuted Thurs, earning $69,700 from 9,920 admissions over the opening 4 days, including previews.

“My most favourite script is ‘Tere Jism Se Jaan Tak’ & I loved working for this film”: Nataliya Kozhenova

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Nataliya Kozhenova

After hearing the script of ‘Tere Jism Se Jaan Tak’ from distributor turned film maker Dhananjay Galani, Nataliya Kozhenova was so impressed & moved by the script that she immediately confirmed to work and gave a letter of intent to Dhananjay Galani to shoot the said script of ‘Tere Jism Se Jaan Tak’ with her as a leading Lady. Later on Dhananjay Galani signed her opposite Vinit Kakar & Shilpa Sharma and the films 2 Songs & major scenes have already been shot with Nataliya Kozhenova, Vinit Kakar, Shilpa Sharma et al. Present here with is the ad verbatim extract from the interactive session.

Tell me something about your character & about the movie ‘Tere Jism Se Jaan Tak’?

My Character in ‘Tere Jism Se Jaan Tak’ moves from positive to negative. Yes I like the movie and God Bless it want it to become a hit.

What kind of roles are you willing to do?

I am willing to do any kind of roles as being an actress I don’t have any reservations or even any restrictions whatsoever. Of course I am not ok with the role of a mother or such other roles.

How was it working with the director Raj Dayal?

Raj Dayal is a really nice director, he is very calm & patient. It’s very important to get an understanding with the team during shooting. So yes I think he is superb and this is all I can say.

Tell me something about the producer Dhanjay Galani?

Producer Dhananjay Galani is a nice guy but of course he is too much in hurry. But still I am really happy with him.

And what’s up next?

Who knows what’s up next? May be my producer Dhananjay Galani knows better. But of course I wish to do big projects. And it’s my dream to do 1 movie Arjun Rampal or Emran Hashmi. I pray to God that my dream will come true one day.

Nasheman.in interviews M S Sathyu

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M S Sathyu

Indian Cinema’s most acclaimed flimmaker Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu more popularly known as M. S. Sathyu hails from Mysore, Karnataka. Of late he has been chosen for the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowships for the year 2014 along with musicologist S. R. Janakiraman, classical singer Vijay Kichlu & musician Tulsidas Borkar. Present herewith is a telephonic conversation with him.

You & your films have bagged many Indian awards & International honours in your chequered career as a filmmaker. Would you feel free to throw some light on it?

Incidentally speaking I am known more as a leading Indian film director, stage designer & art director. And I am also best known for my most talked about directorial film ‘Garam Hawa’ (1973) which was based on the partition of India. Of late I have been chosen for the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowships for the year 2014 along with prominent musicologist S. R. Janakiraman, classical singer Vijay Kichlu & musician Tulsidas Borkar. And I have been previously awarded Padma Shri in the year 1975. That apart my best known work, ‘Garam Hawa’ (Scorching Winds), is one of the last cinema productions featuring 1950s Marxist cultural activists including Balraj Sahni & Kaifi Azmi. In fact ‘Garam Hawa’ had won several Indian National awards in 1974, including a National Integration Award. It was also invited for the competitive section at Cannes and was also the Indian entry at the Oscars and achieved a Filmfare award for “Best Screenplay”.

Would you like to say something about your Sangeet Natak Academy Award?

What can I say about it? They just put me on the fellowship that’s it.

What are your current activities related to theatre?

I had stopped doing anything but now I am planning to start my new production named ‘Anarkali’ for National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA).

What do you feel about the Indian Theatre in terms of quality & progress?

Well! Frankly speaking a lot of things are happening in Indian & Overseas theatre and a lot of new directors & new talents are coming but then unfortunately we are solidly lacking in play writing arena.

You have worked as a director, art director, cinematographer & writer in films & theatre. How do you manage? And which department do you love the most?

Yes Indeed I have worked in different departments in theatre & films. I like doing that and besides I am not a trained person, I apprentice myself and learn on my own. And I like everything and much more I am also a designer which I enjoy doing quite a lot. I design costumes, sets, theatre spaces and also design lighting. I mean these are mainly my greatest interests.

Now please tell us something about your much hyped movie ‘Garam Hawa’. And how did you plan it?

Oh! Honestly speaking everything just happened. Some destined acts creating things that sometimes you end up making good films. I did not plan anything I just tried to make an honest film which become a classic on its own merits. So you see one doesn’t plan such things, they just happens.

Please share your experiences about working with Kaifi Aazmi during ‘Garam Hawa’.

He put in lots of things while writing the dialogues. He gave very political aspects of it and came out much better.

How did you get associated with Indian People’s Theatre Association?

I used to do a lot of work in Mumbai in various theatre groups and that’s how I came to be associated with Indian People’s Theatre Association. That’s it.

Movie Review: Bangistan is purely a puerile & futile attempt and a waste of time, energy & finances

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Bangistan

Director: Karan Anshuman
Cast: Ritesh Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez & Pulkit Samrat

Director Karan Anshuman has followed the same oft repeated & beaten to death path of terrorism topic in ‘Bangistan’, mainly with the same satirical depiction of the same anti – terrorist elements existing between the 2 countries India & Pakistan since they got Independence. And after watching the film everyone will agree that it was purely a puerile & futile attempt and a waste of time, energy & finances of everyone concerned including this reviewer & of course the cine goers too.

Any ways the dullest scenario of ‘Bangistan’ kick starts with the ‘demographical introduction’ of a fictitious country named ‘Bangistan’. The country is divided into 2 parts with North Bangistan occupied by the Muslims while South Bangistan is occupied by the Hindus. As the name suggests, the country is full of people who believe that the only way to bring peace to the world is by means of violence and the south & the north are always at war with each other. On the other hand, the focus shifts to a video conferencing call between religious heads of Bangistan, Imaam (Tom Alter) & Shankaracharya (Shiv Subramaniam), discussing about the upcoming ’13th World Religious Conference’ that is to be held in Poland. Then there happens to be the introduction of Hafeez Bin Ali aka Harold (Riteish Deshmukh), who quits his job at a call centre after a certain ‘religious backlash’. He then gets handpicked by the chief of ‘Al – Kaam Tamaam’ to represent their outfit and to become a suicide bomber to blow up the peace conference. In order to avoid being ‘recognized’ by anyone, he completely metamorphosis into a Hindu as ‘Ishwarchand Sharma’. On the other hand, there also exists a struggling actor Pravin Chaturvedi (Pulkit Samrat), a devout Hindu and also a follower of the religious Hindu outfit ‘Maa Ka Dal’. He too gets handpicked by the leader of ‘Maa Ka Dal’ in order to double up as a human bomb at the peace conference. Just like Hafeez, Pravin too undergoes a completele metamorphosis, the only difference being that he disguises himself as a Muslim under the name of ‘Allah Rakha’. Destiny makes the duo meet each other not only at the airport on reaching Poland (where they strip themselves to their bare minimum on ‘humanitarian grounds’), but also end up as neighbours. Noticing how much they respect each other’s religion and how similar they are, the duo become close friends in an alien country..…..until one day Pravin discovers the real motive of Hafeez Bin Ali.

Director Karan Anshuman utterly fails to connect with the audiences in all aspects & respects. He has projected himself as a bad director as he not only lacks the directional skills & expertise but also fails to extract work from both his cast & crew. Here again he has wasted everyone’s talent. The first thing he should do is to take a sabbatical and then to take a fresh & intense course in direction. Besides why make such films and increase more enmity between the Hindus & the Muslims or more espcially between India & Pakistan. Just let everyone be in peace and refrain from making such non – sensical films in future.

Performance wise there is not even a single performance that can be singled out for holding out even an iota of interest of the viewers. Everyone from Ritesh to Pulkit to Jacqueline and even the bit roles players seemed to be disinterested and have sleep walked throughout the film.

Tail Piece: Stay miles away from a film called ‘Bangistan’ even in your wildest dreams.

Movie Review: Brothers is strictly recommended for die hard fans of action movies

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brothers

Director: Karan Malhotra
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandez, Siddharth Malhotra, Jackie Shroff, Shefali Shah, Ashtosh Rana, Kiran Kumar, Ashok Lokhande et al & Kareena Kapoor – Khan in an item number.

Director Karan Malhotra in his last outing ‘Agneepath’ had made a really decent film. But his latest offering ‘Brothers’, which is an official remake of ‘Warrior’, leaves enough room for doubts. In a way he does not fully live up to the audience expectations. Besides the film has too much of blood & gore in the excessively violent street fights as well as the boxing ring fight sequences.

The loosely emotion less plotted scenario of ‘Brothers’ opens with the release of Gary (Jackie Shroff) from a jail after having served imprisonment for accidentally killing his wife Maria (Shefali Shah). Upon his release from the jail, he is received by his son Monty (Sidharth Malhotra). When Gary asks Monty about his elder son David (Akshay Kumar), the story goes into a flashback mode which reflects the past life of Gary and all the reasons & incidents that led him to be jailed. Realising his mistake, when Gary goes to David to ask for forgiveness for all his misdoings, David refuses to forgive him. David’s life now only revolves around his wife Jenny (Jacqueline Fernandez) and his 6 year old daughter Maria, who is suffering from a serious kidney ailment. It is for the treatment of Maria that David doubles up as a Physics professor as well as a street fighter. However, fearing the impression that he will leave on his students, the school authorities debar him from his job. This makes David furthermore helpless and street fighting becomes his only hope of survival. Around the same time, enters Peter (Kiran Kumar) who is all set to give the street fighting a much needed facelift in the form of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) by organising the world renowned ‘R2F’ tournament (Right To Fight) in India, which boasts of a prize money that amounts to a whopping Rs. 9 crores to the ultimate winner. Monty, who is already a street fighter, gets attracted to this contest while Paasha (Ashutosh Rana) signs up David as his fighter for the tournament. Monty receives all the possible training under his ex – fighter father Gary, on the other hand, knowing this is a lifetime opportunity David grabs it with both the hands. With no trainer guiding him, David starts his set of hardcore training for the deadly combat. The tournament begins and David & Monty beat their powerful opponents one after the other. After having defeated all the opponents, there comes a time when the final battle is between David & Monty and the one who ‘cripples’ the other will become the ultimate winner.

Incidentally speaking director Karan Malhotra deserves brickbats as wells kudos for this Hollywoodian remake. Brickbats, because he failed to convey the exact emotionalism quotient mainly because of the poorly scripted  characterisation. Kudos for his depiction of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and also in portraying the struggles of a middle class Indian family.

Performance wise Akshay Kumar tops the list, first as a Physics lecturer and then as a street fighter and of course as an emotionally charged father too who goes to all lengths, just to save his daughter’s life. But then he lacks conviction in portraying his angst against his own father. The next towering performance, in fact his career’s best act, has been delivered by none other than Jackie Shroff. Its sad that Siddharth Malhotra has been pitied against the 2 excellent performers namely Akshay Kumar & Jackie Shroff. Yet Sidharth Malhotra has stood his ground and delivered a credible performance. Jacqueline Fernandez as a de – glamorised mother, her career’s first, of a 6 year old ailing kid has delivered a very realistic & convincing performance. On the other hand Shefali Shah has delivered an excellent performance in her strong albeit briefest role. The other notable performances has come from seasoned actor’s like Kiran Kumar, Ashutosh Rana et al. By the way a special well – deserved mention must also be made of the child artistes
and the young actors who have played the childhood and the younger versions of Akshay Kumar & Siddharth Malhotra respectively.

Tail Piece: Strictly recommended for lovers of action films & fans of Akshay, Jacqueline & Siddharth. Period!

Movie Review: Gour Hari Dastaan – The Freedom File is a brilliantly crafted film that are made once in a lifetime

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Banner: Siddhivinayak Cinevision
Producers: Sachin Khanolkar & Bindiya Khanolkar
Director: Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
Cast: Vinay Pathak, Konkana Sen Sharma, Ranveer Shorey, Tanishtha Chatterji, Asrani, Rajit Kapur, Vikram Gokhale, Neha Pendse, Vinay Apte, Mohan Kapur, Achint Kaur, Khusboo, Viju Khote, Vipin Sharma, Neena Kulkarni, Bharat Dhabolkar, Ganesh Yadav, Murli Sharma, Siddharth Jadhav & Gary Richardson
Music: Dr. L. Subramaniam

Anant Narayan Mahadevan, an actor – director of repute & one who has also delivered milestone gems earlier, in his latest directorial offering ‘Gour Hari Dastaan – The Freedom File’ has depicted the painstaking struggle, of over 3 decades, of an ex – freedom fighter Gour Hari Das to get his overdue rights of being properly & lawfully recognised as one of the original freedom fighter by the Indian Government. The film has been brilliantly crafted portraying all the right nuances, of a helpless man, at the right places & at the right time.

Gour Hari Das (Vinay Pathak) an ex – freedom fighter from Odisha is now residing in Mumbai & working in Khadi Kraft. He is living a happy life with his wife (Konkana Sen Sharma) & son. But somewhere along the way he is also troubled by the fact that no one believes him or takes him to be an ex – freedom fighter. So along with his Khadi Kraft job he also struggles, by running from pillar to post, to get his Tamrapatra, given by the Goverment to ex – freedom fighters in recognition of taking part in India’s struggle for Independence from the British Raj, which will ultimately prove that he was indeed an ex – freedom fighter and had also gone to jail in the process. Little did Gour Hari Das knew that he will also get viciously caught in the beaucratic web. At last his over 3 decades of the painstaking struggle ends and he ends up getting his due recognition, in the process of which he is also helped by 2 media guys namely Ranveer Shorey & Tanishtha Chatterjee and many others. While there have also been people who have discouraged him in fulfilling his mission.

As a director Ananth Narayan Mahadevan indeed deserves a salutation oriented standing ovation for presenting on the celluloid silver screen, a real life saga of an ex – freedom fighter named Gour Hari Das now residing in Dahisar. That apart the producers duo of Sachin Khanolkar & Bindiya Khanolkar also deserves full marks for backing director Ananth Narayan Mahadevan’s ambitious & heart touching project. For over a year the film ‘Gour Hari Dastaan – The Freedom File’ has been doing the Indian & global Fest circuit rounds and bagging awards & adulations galore. But though the film will be liked by the elite & the classy cine goers, its main drawback is its exceedingly slow pace Which may not appeal to the masses.

Performance wise Vinay Pathak has delivered an extraordinnaire performance by literally living the life of a forgotten hero Gour Hari Das on the celluloid silver screen. His complete transformation as the real hero Gour Hari Das is really seen to be believed and speaks volumes of his histrionic prowess. In fact he really walks away with all the acting honours. The rest of the cast comprising of veterans as well as others like Konkana Sen Sharma, Ranveer Shorey, Tanishtha Chatterji, Asrani, Rajit Kapur, Vikram Gokhale, Neha Pendse, Vinay Apte, Mohan Kapur, Achint Kaur, Khusboo, Viju Khote, Vipin Sharma, Neena Kulkarni, Bharat Dhabolkar, Ganesh Yadav, Murli Sharma, Siddharth Jadhav & Gary Richardson have formed a picture perfect foil to Vinay Pathak’s Gour Hari Das, albeit in their briefest cameo roles.

Tail Piece: As mentioned earlier ‘Gour Hari Dastaan – The Freedom File’ is primarily meant for the classes and not for the masses. Besides at the box office it may not set the cash registers ringing, but it will certainly shower awards galore for director Ananth Narayan Mahadevan.

Movie Review: Shaun The Sheep Movie is delightfully funny it is meant for cine goers of all ages

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SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE

Producer: Paul Kewly & Julie Lockhart
Director: Richard Starzak & Mark Burton
Star Cast: (Voice) Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili, Kate Harbour, Richard Webber, Tim Hands, Simon Greenall et al.
Genre: Comedy (Animation)
Verdict: Very Good

The director duo of Richard Starzak & Mark Burton have delivered many movies till this date especially animated comedy, but the latest offering ‘Shaun The Sheep Movie’ has surpassed all of them. Besides they have enlivened the film by using the stop animation motivated technique.

Plot: Shaun is a mischievous sheep living with his flock at Mossy Bottom Farm. Tired of the routine life on the farm, he hatches a plan for a day off, by tricking the farmer into going back to sleep by counting the sheep repeatedly. However, the travel – trailer in which they put the farmer to bed accidentally rolls away, taking him the entire way into the big city. Bitzer, the farmer’s dog, goes after him, ordering the sheep to stay on the farm until he returns.

Aces: A sweet & simple story whose punctuated silence also speaks volumes. Besides the animation has been done brilliantly.

Minuses: Some more addition of gags & wisecracks would have made the film even more lively.

Last Word: It is one up on the television series of the same name. Go for it, as it is meant for cine goers of all ages & from all walks of life.

Bollywood’s patriotic films

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Purab Aur Paschim

Purab Aur Paschim

There seems to be a very thin line separating the war films, the historical films or even the patriotic films of the Hindi Cinema, in a way all these three categories are totally interlinked. As the real or even the reel life warriors have always fought the various battles out of sheer patriotism, for the intense love for their country and have then become historical figures in the process.

So some of the earliest Black & White Patriotic Films, steeped in extreme patriotism, of the Hindi Cinema have been made as early as the year 1925 onwards for i.e. ‘Charkha’ & ‘Veer Kunal’ in the year 1925, ‘Bhagwa Jhanda’ alias ‘Saffron flag’ in the year 1926, ‘Flag Of Honor’ in the year 1929, ‘Patriot’ in the year 1930, ‘The Battle’, ‘Martyr’ & ‘Sword Of Allah’ in the year 1931, ‘Shan – E – Hindustan’ & ‘Hindustan’ in the year 1932 & ‘Bharat Veer’ in the year 1933 to name just a handful of them.

And then with the advent of the color era it was Manoj Kumar, more popularly known as Mr. Bharat, who had totally dominated the patriotic scenario in 60’s & 70’s decade firstly by acting in a Black & White film titled ‘Shaheed’ in the year 1965, in which even the late Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had made a special appearance, and secondly by going on to make more and more such patriotic films in color like ‘Upkar’, ‘Kranti’, ‘Purab Aur Paschim’ , ‘Roti Kapda Aur Makaan’ et al and of course all his films not only emphasized but also reflected his intense patriotic fervor and even his deep rooted love for his motherland, India. In fact Manoj Kumar was to Patriotic films, what the Ramsays were to Horror films.

Then it took a Hollywood director like Richard Attenborough to rekindle the patriotic loyalty of the Indian’s by making a Celluloid Masterpiece film ‘Gandhi’ starring who else but a Hollywood actor Ben Kingsley in the title role. No wonder then, that the Indian directors followed suit with Shyam Benegal leading the brigade, when he made a film titled ‘The Making Of Mahatma Gandhi’ starring Rajat Kapoor in the title role of Mahatma Gandhi.

Thereafter the decade of the 60’s also saw a few classic yet very successful Patriotic Films made by the late Producer – Director Chetan Anand titled ‘Haqueequat’ {Not to speak of the Ajay Devgn starrer of the same name but made in the 90’s decade} starring Dharmendra and the late Priya Rajvansh besides a host of other stars of that era. Then there were also films like ‘Hum Hindustani’ starring rank newcomers and Producer – Director Mehboob Khan’s film ‘Son Of India’ also starring newcomers.

While some of the other such patriotic films of the 40’s and the 50’s decade include ‘Pyara Watan’, ‘Hum Dono’ starring the evergreen Dev Anand in a double role, ‘Sher – E – Watan’, ‘Hind Ke Lal’, ‘Hamara Watan’, ‘Hamara Desh’, ‘Hindustan Hamara’, ‘Bharat Ke Lal’, ‘Bharat Ki Beti’ and the most talked about film of that era namely ‘Dharti Ke Lal’. And a series of films, of the funster duo the late Mehmood Ali – I. S. Johar starrer like ‘Johar Mehmood in Goa’, ‘Johar Mehmood In Hong Kong’ etc.. Yet all these films were like just a few drops in an ocean.

Dharti Ke Lal

Cut to the decade of the 60’s to the 90’s where apart from the Manoj Kumar brand of Patriotic Films there were other notable films too like ‘5 Rifles’, ‘Leader’, ‘Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara’, ‘Desh Ke Dushman’, Rajesh Khanna starrer ‘Apna Desh’, ‘Azaad Desh Ke Ghulam’, ‘Bharat Ke Shaheed’, Mithun Chakroborty starrer ‘Watan Ke Rakhwale’, Kamal Hasan starrer ‘Mayor Saab’ {Dubbed version of the original Tamil film} and then even the mighty Big B had acted in a couple of such Deshbhakti oriented films like ‘Desh Premee’, ‘Inquilab’, ‘Main Azaad Hoon’, ‘Hindustani’, ‘Hindustan Ki Kasam’, ‘Major Sahab’ & ‘Khuda Gawah’. Besides how can one forget the midget hero Aamir Khan’s earlier film ‘Sarfarosh’, ‘Rang De Basanti’ and the last released patriotic saga ‘Lagaan’ albeit being a little off track.

Besides how can one overlook the Punjabi Jat Dharmendra & director Anil Sharma’s contributions in this field as together the duo have given quite a few of such hit films like ‘Elaan – E – Jung’, ‘Hukumat’ & ‘Tehelka’, While Dharmendra on his own did Ramanand Sagar’s films like ‘Aankhen’ & ‘Lalkar’. Next, patriotically following in the footsteps of his father even Sunny Deol has served his own doses or rather sometimes overdoses of patriotism from time to time with a few notable films like ‘Indian’, ‘The Hero’, ‘Zor’, ‘Gadar – Ek Prem Katha’ and many more besides the dud caper ‘Jaal – The Trap’. So what if terrorism had also seeped in, in some of them, by raising its ugly head.

In between there were other such highly impressive films too like the Nana Patekar starrer ‘Krantiveer’ directed by Mehul Kumar, ‘Krantishetra’ & ‘Sardar’, while one more last released patriotic film turned out to be ‘Subhashchandra Bose’. Incidentally the last 2 films both directed by Shyam Benegal had also given a great insight into the life & times of these patriotic leaders of our Nation.

A special, well deserved mention at this juncture should also be made of the Vidhu Vinod Chopra film ‘1942 – A love story’ starring Anil Kapoor & J. P. Dutta’s film ‘Border’ & ‘LoC – Kargil’ starring a galaxy of Bollywood stars. But the earlier mentioned film had also claimed quite a few of the casualties in the Capital State New Delhi, a result of a bomb explosion allegedly planted by some anti – social elements, while the devout & the patriotic patrons were engrossed in watching the same film in Uphaar theatre out there.

Border

And finally in the new millennium one also witnessed a new trend of patriotic filmmaking, in fact a mad rush to jump onto the bandwagon of simultaneously making films based on one subject, on one particular patriotic figure and this time around and in this case it was our nation’s most revered martyr Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Hence as many as 5 films were made on the legendary cult figure namely Tips films ‘The Legend Of Bhagat Singh’ starring Ajay Devgan, Dharmendra’s home production banner Vijeta films ‘1931 Shaheed Bhagat Singh’ starring Sunny Deol as Chandrashekhar Azaad & Bobby Deol in the title role, ‘Shaheed – E – Azam Bhagat Singh’ starring the then rank newcomer Sonu Sood, besides two other unreleased films with inane titles which incidentally also got dumped into the trash cans of the cine laboratories of Mumbai.

Not only this, as believe it or not there were as many as 5 films being made on another legendary political figure the late Indira Gandhi. But nothing of those films was heard after its initial launch with a big fanfare.

The Legend Of Bhagat Singh

Besides not to be left behind and out of the rat race of this patriotic wave even the small screen at that time had dabbled with its own version of the patriotic brand of tele – serials like ‘Kashmeer’ on Star Plus channel which was also later on unceremoniously pulled off the air midway and then there was ‘Mulk’ on Zee TV Channel which had also suffered the same fate.

To round it off on a patriotic note all the Satellite Channels then in the mad rush of being one up on each other, as each one of them drew up their own schedules & plans to telecast most of the past patriotic films of those times, no doubt, to commemorate the eve of the Independence day, a trend which is still followed sometimes on the small screen. Period!

Southern Movies Round Up

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Siddharth & Samantha to come together again

After Simbu & Nayanthara doing the impossible of acting together after their breakup in ‘Idhu Namma Aalu’, one more former couple is also coming together for a film. The pair in question is Samantha & Siddharth who had broken up a few months back and walked out of ‘Bangalore Days’ because of that. Director Sundar C is the director who has achieved this casting coup for his film ‘Aranmanai 2’. Siddharth, Trisha, Hansika & Soori are already on board for the project and reportedly Samantha has given her nod to play a leading role in the film which is getting bigger & bigger as the days pass.

Vijay Back On Duty For ‘Puli’

Illayathalapthy Vijay after a couple of weeks rest from the non-stop shoot for his fantasy film ‘Puli’ is currently dubbing for his scenes for the past couple of days and the superstar was extremely happy the way the scenes have come out. The other credits are Natty Natraj’s camera, Sreekar Prasad’s editing, T. Muthuraj’s art work & Chimbudevan’s deft direction have combined to provide stunning visuals that would provide immense satisfaction to all Vijay fans. The pace at which the post production is going on indicate that producers P. T. Selvakumar & Shibu Thameens are planning to release the movie well ahead of the scheduled 17th Sept, 2015 as a treat for Vijay fans.

Sri & Rana Shooting In Mahabalipuram

The shooting of the Tamil remake of ‘Bangalore Days’ directed by Baskar is going on in full swing and right now scenes involving ‘Kaaki Sattai’ girl Sri Divya & Rana Dagubatti are being shot in and around Mahabalipuram. PVP Cinema are the producers of this full fledged multi-starrer that has Arya, Bobby Simhaa, Rana Dagubatti, Sri Divya, Nithya Menon, Parvathy Menon & Raai Lakshmi in the cast.

Abhinaya In An Action Thriller

Abhinaya of ‘Nadodigal’ & ‘Easan’ fame is back after a break. The actress plays a key role in a film titled ‘Thudi’, an action thriller based on the Mumbai hotel attack incident. Directed by Rithun Shankar, the film has Suman, Brahmanandam and others in key roles. “Abhinaya plays a receptionist in the hotel. Her role & performance will be talked about,” says the director.

On why the title ‘Thudi’, he said, “Thudi means a music instrument in the hands of Lord Siva. Those days, it was used to communicate with people. We thought it would be the apt title for the movie.” He added that the entire story unfolds in 12 hours, from 6 pm to 6 am.

‘Ketugadu’ In Post Production

Tejus, who made his acting debut with the movie ‘Ulavacharu Biryani’, has now teamed up with a new director named Kittu Nallari for a film titled ‘Ketugadu’. Chandini Chowdary is the lead actress in this movie. Venkatesh Balasani is producing this film in association with ‘100 Crores Academy’. Famous writer VSP Thenneti is presenting this movie. Sai Karthik composed the music for this film.

The shooting was completed recently and the post production work is currently going on. The producers are planning to release the audio in the 1st week of Jun, 2015 and the film by the end of the same month.

Taapsee The Choosy Damsel

After playing an undercover agent in Hindi film ‘Baby’, Taapsee Pannu, is all set to play a cop in a Tamil film. The Delhi based model, who is currently basking in the glory of Ganga (Kanchana 2 in Tamil), will don khakis for her role in ‘Kaan’, directed by Selvaraghavan. The pretty damsel is paired opposite Simbu in the action thriller, which also features Catherine Tresa. Taapsee, who always looks for versatility in picking roles, goes deglam for a role in another Tamil film directed by Thiru. The actress would be playing a girl Tamizhchelvi who hails from Kumbakonam in the family drama. By picking roles that are diametrically opposite, Taapsee, who recently admitted that she’s choosy when it comes to roles, once again proved that she’s particular.

Rajinikanth Visits An Ashram in Coimbatore

Rajinikanth, who is known for his frequent spiritual sojourns, recently paid a visit to Arsha Vidya Gurukulam at Anaikatti in the outskirts of Coimbatore a couple of days back. The superstar has been a regular visitor to the ashram as he is a devotee of spiritual Guru Swami Dayananda Saraswati. Apparently, Rajini spent close to 2 hours at the Ashram and left for Chennai in the afternoon. Meanwhile the actor is gearing for his next film, which is said to be in a gangster backdrop and apparently, Rajini will be seen in role of a don.

Anushka Gains 15 Kgs For ‘Size Zero’

That Anushka would gain & lose weight for her forthcoming bilingual film ‘Size Zero’ is evident. The Bangalore damsel has put on 15kg weight for her role of an obese woman in the comic drama. Apparently, the actress has been on a high carbohydrate diet and has not hit the gym in the last couple of months.

Besides Anushka will put on more kilos for her role and the actress seems to be pretty happy with it. The unit is currently shooting scenes on Anushka’s hefty look and later, the actress will have to lose weight for a slim look.

Shalu To Canvas For Karthikeyan’s Son

UDF has declared its new candidate from Aruvikara and that is Karthikeyan’s son. While there is widespread dissatisfaction with this move, prompting comments of trying to bank on sympathetic votes, more bizarre incidents are unfolding. Popular actors canvassing for a political candidate is not new. But infamous actress Shalu Menon’s confirmation that she will be canvassing for the UDF has prompted quite an outburst of sarcastic reactions, considering her part in the recent solar scam case. Shalu wrote that she and actor Jagadish will go on field. She says that having the UDF government in power is essential for the survival of a common person like her. The canvassing for Sabarinathan Karthikeyan will begin soon.

Prithviraj Wishes To Turn Director

Prithviarj is a self confessed cinephile. He is someone who dabbles in the various aspects of filmmaking and takes minute interest in the behind the scene workings of a movie. He is already a sensational actor and also a successful producer. Prithviraj has revealed that he has a wish to direct a movie. He says that this is only because he is a thorough lover of cinema. He observes that the cinescape has changed from when he worked with Shymaprasad in ‘Akale’. A lot of changes have come in, including the technical aspects, he says. Prithivarj is someone who updates himself of all these changes and keeps abreast of the innovations happening in the field of cinema.

‘Galli Bakery’ Progressing

Twin Tower Entertainment Private Limited’s Mohammad Mustafa’s maiden production ‘Galli Bakery’ has completed major portions of shooting at Krishna Reddy residence in Vidyaranyapura, Uttanahalli & J P Nagar localities. In this schedule of shoot Suchindra Prasad, Yamuna Srinidi, Prajwal Poovaiah, Ramesh Bhat, Jayalakshmi, Santosh and others took part in the interior talkie portions of the shooting. K S Murthy is debut director, Ramesh Koira is cameraman & Sunad Gautham has composed music. Radhakrishna has penned screenplay, Sharanya Radhakrishna worked in the dialogues, Kaurava Venkatesh stunts, Babu Khan art, Madan & Harini’s choreography add to the technical team. Santosh & Prajju Poovaiah are in lead roles. Soorya, Pradeep and others are also in the cast.

Huge Sets Constructed For ‘Vijay 59’

Huge sets are being constructed for ‘Vijay 59’. Illayathalapathy Vijay has gone to London for a holiday with his family and is expected to return home by the end of the month in time to begin shooting for ‘Vijay 59’ produced by Kalaipuli Thanu & directed by Atlee having Samantha & Amy Jackson as heroines and Bharathiraja & Radhika Sarathkumar playing pivotal roles.

Meanwhile, under the supervision of Art Director T. Muthuraj 2 huge sets are being erected at exorbitant costs. Both the sets will take about 40 days time to be completed and Vijay will be shooting the 1st schedule here in Chennai. The team will then fly to China for a major schedule in Sept, 2015.

Arya On A Cycling Trip

Of late Arya is on a cycling trip. He recently cycled from Chennai to Pondy. It seems cycling is the latest crush of Arya and the actor is practicing what he is preaching. Just recently, he went to Puducherry from Chennai on a bicycle, to take part in the shoot of ‘Vasuvum Sivavum Onna Padichavanga’. Arya’s good friend & co-star Santhanam averred, “I learnt fitness from Arya. His love for cycling is amazing and he has been making his friends & well-wishers to follow the suit. We were surprised when he came to Puducherry on a bicycle.” ‘Vasuvum Sivavum Onna Padichavanga’ is directed by Rajesh M, who made ‘Boss Engira Baskaran’ with Arya & Santhanam earlier. Tamannah is the heroine, while Bhanu plays Santhanam’s love interest. The audio will be released soon.

24 Secrets Of Suriya Revealed

The 24 most interesting secrets of Suriya were revealed recently. Some interesting details have popped up about Suriya’s upcoming film ’24’, being helmed by Vikram Kumar. It is said that the movie is a remake of the director’s recent Telugu hit ‘Manam’.

Suriya is playing a triple role in the film namely that of a grandfather, father & son. In ‘Manam’, these roles were played by actors from the legendary Akkineni family like Nageswara Rao, Nagarjuna & Naga Chaitanya, respectively. The shooting for ’24’, produced by Suriya himself, is currently on in Mumbai. Samantha, who was part of ‘Manam’ as well, is the heroine of ’24’. Music is by Allah Rakha Rahman and the maestro is already done with a few songs.

STR Takes A Break

The hot news is that STR Takes A Break. Simbu aka STR, after shooting non-stop for over 1.5 months for 2 of his upcoming movies namely Gautham Vasudev Menon directed ‘Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada’ & Selvaraghavan’s ‘Kaan’, has taken a break. “Done with a marathon of continuous shoot for more than 1 n half months for both #AYM and #KAAN … Finally a break :)” the actor wrote on his microblogging page. Also, Simbu has posted a picture of him standing in front of the famous Lord Murudeshwara temple near Mangalore. Meanwhile, he would soon join hands with director Ameer for a rural film in which he would play a rustic youngster.

Sunil-Kranthi Madhav Movie Titled

Sunil-Kranthi Madhav movie titled. Comedian turned lead actor Sunil is signing films back to back. He is currently acting in ‘Josh’ fame Vasu Varma’s direction and also in Vamsi Akella’s direction. ‘Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju’ fame Kranthi Madhav is going to direct Sunil soon & Paruchuri Prasad will produce the film under United movies banner. The makers are considering the title ‘Santosham Sagam Balam’ for the movie and even registered it. This film will go on floors soon.

‘Rudramadevi’ Censored

‘Rudramadevi’ Censored. The censor formalities of Gunasekhar’s magnum opus, ‘Rudhramadevi’, has been completed and the film is all set for a grand release on 26th Jun, 2015 in Telugu, Tamil & Malayalam. The Central Board of Film Certification issued a clean ‘U’ certificate for the film. The Tamil trailer of the film was launched by ‘Maestro’ Ilayaraja, who also composed music for this movie.

‘Rudhramadevi’ is India’s 1st historical stereoscopic 3D film. It has Anushka, Rana Daggubati, Allu Arjun, Krishnam Raju, Nitya Menon, Catherine Tresa et al playing pivotal roles.

Disha Cast Opposite Varun Tej

Of late Disha has been cast opposite Varun Tej. Disha Patani is the latest addition to the cast of Varun Tej & Puri Jagannadh film. The former Femina Miss India runner up has been roped in as the leading lady in the breezy entertainer. The Mumbai model earlier featured in a few commercials. Meanwhile, Puri is giving final touches to the script and the film is expected to go on floors later this month.

Nikitha To Star Again With Mohanlal

Nikitha is all set to star again with Mohanlal. Nikitha who had made her Mollywood debut in the Fazil movie ‘Kaiyethum Doorthau’ is back in M’Town. The pretty actress is back with none other than Mohnalal, in the movie ‘Kanal’ which is being directed by Padmakumar. Though she has acted in a few Malayalam movies including ‘Daddy Cool’, ‘Bus Conducter’ et al, she had not been able to make much of an impact in the Malayalm film industry.
Nikitha had then gone on to do a few movies in Tamil & Telugu and her relationship with an actor was a fodder for much gossip. The actress is looking forward to take up good roles and rebuild her career. Her upcoming movie with Mohanlal in the lead is sure to help her in this respect. ‘Kanal’ stars Honey Rose & Sheelu Abraham in the leading roles.

Bhavana Missed Vijay

Bhavana really missed a Vijay movie. Bhavana of ‘Asal & ‘Deepavali’ fame has not been seen in Tamil films lately, but she is one of the most sought after leading lady in Malayalam & Kannada cinema. The actress has been in the US for a long holiday and after coming back gave an interview to a leading Tamil daily. When asked whether she is not keen on doing Tamil films Bhavana was quick to reply that she Is waiting for a good role to come her way and also revealed that she was approached for an important role in Illayathapathy Vijay’s ‘Puli’ but had to miss out due to her US commitments. Nandita Shwetha of ‘Mundasupatti’ fame did the role with Vijay that Bhavana missed out on.

‘Rikki’ Shooting Complete

The shoot of ‘Rikki’ has been completed recently. One of the acclaimed producers of Kannada cinema SV Babu has finished the shooting for ‘Rikki’ and at the same time he has commenced his next film, a remake of ‘Pataas’, in the direction of Manju Swaraj with golden star Ganesh in ‘Gani’ the boss. ‘Rikki’ the debut direction of Rishab Shetty for his story & screenplay with Rakshit Shetty & Haripriya in lead roles has finished a song shooting at Kashmir’s Dal Lake surroundings for 10 days. 3 songs were captured for the film. Jayanth Kaikini ‘Malage Malage Edeya Olage…….!, ‘Jeeva Neenu Jeeva Neenu Elli Hode Helade’ & ‘Harusha Taalade Huchche Hidide Modala Notake Hrudaya Nintide’ were captured in Imran Sardaria’s choreography by cinematographer Venkatesh Anguraj.

‘Shuruvaagide’ Goes On The Floors

The film ‘Shuruvaagide’ has gone on the floors recently. ‘Shuruvaagide’ title meaning “it has started” went on the floor at Banashankeri Temple in Basaveshwaranagar recently with 2 known technicians K. Kalyan in lyrics & music, Manohar Joshi as cinematographer. Rest of the team comprises of débutante actors. Eminent lyricist & music composer K Kalyan has suggested the title for the film. Aasare Creations young buddy Shivashanker is a realtor and other petty businessman is producer. Shivashanker friend Srikanth is débutante director. Deepak Jayaram, Sowmya & Madhuri are making debut in lead roles. Deepak Jayaram son of Mahalakshmipuram JDS political party President is the director of the film. It is a film inside a film. Growing from scratch the protagonist reaches the director spot. Fresh problems come up for him. How he counters new problems is an interesting part says director Srikanth. 2 short films, modeling and one film ‘Ugraksha’ experience is the credibility of actress Sowmya Chetan.

Ajaz Khan & Sunny Leone share a screen space in ‘Love Day’

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Ajaz Khan Sunny Leone

The cine goers will soon see 2 of the most controversial stars, named Ajaz Khan & Sunny Leone share a screen space in the soon to be released film ‘Love Day’. The audiences will get to see their 2 favourite stars on the celluloid silver screen. In fact Ajaz Khan and nation’s current hot favourite Sunny Leone recently featured in an item song picturized on them for ‘Love Day’.

Incidentally speaking Sunny Leone had earlier on promised Ajaz Khan that she would surely work with him, but at last Sunny Leane has kept her promise.

By the way Ajaz Khan, who rose to fame with his successful stint in a reality show ‘Bigg Boss’ Season 8 and vowed the audience with his wit, energy & Humor is all set woo the nation, in tandem with Sunny Leone, in ‘Love Day.

Nevertheless Life without friends is like living in hell but when you have friends who are no less than devils can make your life a living hell. But then, that’s what friends are for to make your life hell and then burn with you in the hell. This is what the upcoming film ‘Love Day is all about.

In fact It is a journey of 3 friends which brings out the true meaning of friendship. In a nutshell the story revolves around 3 where Monty (Ajaz Khan) débutante Harry (Harsh Nagar) & Sandy (Sahil Anand) do all the wrong things right from childhood. Sandy & Harry often fall into trouble due to Monty’s antics. Their bond of friendship is not approved by their families and even the situations arises such that it forces them to shift to Mumbai from Missouri in their childhood.

Further details of the movie are Shree Rajlaxmi Entertainment Presents ‘Love Day’. The other credits of the film are produced by Baldev Singh Bedi under the banner Shree Rajlaxmi Entertainment, written & directed by Harish Kotian & Sandeep Choudhary, music by Sumesh Himanshu, Raina Sawan, Sagar Sarkar & Vishnu Narayan, crooners are Mika Singh, Shaan, Mohit Chauhan, Bhumi Trivedi, Aneesh & Shreya Shaleen & above all media consultancy by Picture N Kraft (Parul Chawla). Its starcast includes Ajaz Khan, Sahil Anand, Harsh Nagar, Anant Mahadevan et al.

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