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More Tagore works should be translated in Hindi: Sharmila Tagore
Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 17 Jul 2010 | 8:56 am Priyanka Chopra off to Phuket for 28th birthday
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Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 17 Jul 2010 | 7:57 am Subhash K Jha speaks about Tere Bin Laden
Hear this. A small-time Pakistani reporter dreams of a bite from Big Apple. So what does he do? He sends George Bush a tape with an Osama look-alike threatening mayhem in the US.
Tere Bin Laden is one of those whacked-out satires that sound far funnier in theory than it finally is on screen. For no fault of the lead actor, one might add. Ali Zafar's comic timing could put some of our desi Khans to shame. Ali is a young actor with considerable screen presence. What's more he seems to secrete a sharp sense of enjoyment when confronted by the outrageous which he projects outwards with a missile-like aim that sometimes misses its target.
This is high-wit low-budget comedy, and it shows. The gags and one-liners involving the preparation to put the fake Osama in the line of fire are pungent parody in principle. But the films meagre budget muffles the mirth. Finally it's all about placing cameras in front of world maps rather than going out there to capture those parts of the world that the satire takes into its tongue-in-cheek sweep.
There are some stinging swipes taken at the Americanization of the Asian dream, and the craze for young urbanites in this part of the world to make good their escape at any cost. Debutant director Abhishek Sharma never loses hold of the satirical mould. The sense of fun is uppermost in the script, though quite frequently the humour gets derailed by studio-induced props worthy more of a television sitcom on burger-mania rather than a film whose satirical take on terrorism touches the nerve-centres of our very existence.
That Sharma is actually able to pull off a parody that combines poultry jokes with globally-significant comments, is no small achievement. Luckily the humour eschews vulgarity except for one inter-lewd where a man in a burqa tells another guy, "I may be in a Burqa but otherwise I have the same things that you do."
Ahem ahem. Happily the same is not valid for the satire. Under the outer skin it is different from what we see as satire.
The actors are in the mood for some serious fun here. While Ali Zafar sparkles in the embrace of the script's feisty wit, Pradhuman Singh as an Osama look-alike too seems to have fun biting the bait. His scenes with a beautician (Sugandha Garg) who touches up his face are deliciously suggestive.
While Tere Bin Laden is many notches above the run-of-the-mill satire, as a spectral swipe at Osama-phobia, Bush-bashing and global terrorism this one doesn't quite make the cut.Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 17 Jul 2010 | 7:51 am Check out: Dia Mirza in latest issue of Marie Claire
Twitter has become the latest celebrity micro blog space with the likes of SRK and other bigwigs chipping in every now and then. The latest being Dia Mirza, the beauty with the hourglass figure, has tweeted her images from the latest issue of Marie Claire. In this issue, she says, "I find not having to wear any make up in front of the camera truly liberating".
She also adds, "Some of the most beautiful women in the world are the ones who are not entirely aware of how beautiful they are." And as far as the secret of the real beauty is concerned, she does give away the secret that, "The power of meditation has been the most enchanting discovery of my life". She also gives out some 5-point tips for a no-fuss pretty plan.
All in all, a must-must issue.Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 17 Jul 2010 | 7:42 am Mel Gibson retains visitation rights
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Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 17 Jul 2010 | 7:27 am Kunal Kapoor to star in Anurag Kashyap's next
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Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 17 Jul 2010 | 7:21 am I got into acting for Monica Bellucci: Jay Baruchel
Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 17 Jul 2010 | 6:44 am Kareena with John, Asin with Saif?Speculations abound on Race 2’s casting. Read on for more.Source: | 17 Jul 2010 | 5:04 am Sudhir Mishra to collaborate with French colleaguesDirector Sudhir Mishra was felicitated by the French Government with the insignia of Arts et Lettres for his invaluable contribution to the development of Indo-French relationships in the field of cinema.Source: | 17 Jul 2010 | 5:02 am Israeli electro-folk band play in IndiaWandering musicians, Patrick Sebag and Yotam Agam, is in town to perform at Blue Frog.Source: | 17 Jul 2010 | 4:57 am 5 steps to being a DJ: DJ AqeelDJ Aqeel started his career by playing few sets at private parties in Mumbai, then he did some bollywood remixes and now he runs a nightclub, Hype, and his own DJ school, Future DJ Academy.Source: | 17 Jul 2010 | 4:45 am Priyanka Chopra off to Phuket for 28th birthday - NDTV.com
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 17 Jul 2010 | 4:09 am Lindsay Lohan agrees to serve her jail sentenceNew York, (ANI): Troubled star Lindsay Lohan’s new attorney is Robert Shapiro, who has previously represented O.J. Simpson. Shapiro has confirmed representing LiLo in her drug and alcohol case but only on the condition that the star serves her jail sentence.“ISource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 17 Jul 2010 | 3:03 am 'Udaan' actor punches Ronit Roy? - IBNLive.com
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 17 Jul 2010 | 3:03 am Sonu Nigam on influx of Pakistani artistes to IndiaCultural ties between India and Pakistan have resumed but the 26/11 Mumbai carnage still rankles in our minds. The return of Pakistani artistes to India has given rise to certain legitimate queries and concerns.Addressing these issues was Sonu Nigam and RaahatSource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:54 am Lady Gaga house-hunting like MadonnaLondon, (ANI): In yet another example of mimicking Madonna, Lady Gaga is reportedly house-hunting in the Hamptons.East End real-estate insiders have revealed that the pop diva's handlers have shown interest in a 26 million dollar, eight-bedroom, eight-bathroom English Country-style estate onSource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:45 am "I'd describe FIFA World Cup as the greatest show on earth" - Anil Kapoor
Barely hours after Spain won the World Cup, Anil Kapoor was fatigued and yet euphoric in Johannesburg. He had seen what he called the greatest show on earth and met the man who made it possible.
Being the brand ambassador to South Africa, Anil had a ringside view of the match. And he's most impressed.
"You have to understand the World Cup final was a self-contained experience. And the way the South African government put it together is exemplary for all, including us Indians who struggle against countless glitches when we host an international sporting event. On Sunday evening here in Johannesburg there were no glitches, no traffic jams on the roads, no seating errors, no jostling and no VIP interventions. Everything went smoothly. I'd describe it as the greatest show on earth."
Anil was bowled over by Shakira. "What a presence! What a performance! She just took everyone's collective breath away and set the right mood for the match."
The match itself was touch and go, and Anil was hooked. "The final moments proved decisive for Spain. I realized what edge-of-the-seat excitement meant. I forgot everything in the final moments of the game including the fact that I had flown in and had to fly out within 24 hours. It was just 96,000 people staring open-mouthed in a stadium built specially for the occasion."
Anil ran into some of his colleagues from Bollywood at the stadium. "It was great meeting Shah Rukh and Gauri, though they sat in a different area from me. What I really enjoyed was meeting Shah Rukh's son Aryan for the first time. What a bright good-looking boy. He sure is a chip off the old block."
But the greatest most moving moment of the match was when Nelson Mandela arrived.
Anil chokes with emotion. "I first met Mandela for my film Gandhi My Father. But I can never get over my awe and admiration for the man. The elaborate and elegant way he arrived for the match just bowled me over. Because of his grand-daughter's accident, Mandela had not come for any of the other matches. But he made it a point to come for this one because his country hosting something so spectacular was matter of great pride for him. I just kept looking at him wondering how vindicated Mandela must be feeling to see a country he had brought to freedom, celebrating its freedom with such a wonderful event."
On Monday, Anil was getting ready to return to Mumbai. "I had to be back to carry on with the marketing of my daughter's film. I can't wait to see its release on August 6. After that I'm taking a month-long holiday in LA. I think I've earned myself a break."Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:44 am Kareena finding it difficult to be a Stepmom - Times of India
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:28 am Kareena Kapoor falls into hackers' trapHackers are probably targeted Bollywood heroines. A few days ago, Bollywood item girl and actress Meghna Naidu’s email id was hacked by someone, and now its turn of actress Kareena Kapoor to fall into the trap.After finishing the schedule of AgentSource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:25 am Shahrukh Khan helping out Juhi ChawlaBollywood Baadshah Shahrukh Khan has been a source of strength for actress Juhi Chawla, and more so after her brother Bobby Chawla suffered brain hemorrhage a few months ago. The actor has been a regular visitor to the hospital where BobbySource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:23 am Imran Khan at loggerheads with RanbirEverybody knows that chocolate boys Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan were buddies not long ago. They used to exchange pleasantries and even hosted a Filmfare Awards function together, but if we go by the latest news, the story has changed. ItSource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:21 am Subhash K. Jha speaks about Lamhaa
Everyone, says someone important in this searing document of our times, is playing politics in the Kashmir Valley. In a milieu of all-pervasive politics, thank the Lord for a creative voice that can look into the burning Valley with dispassionate compassion.
Lamhaa is one of those docu-dramas that could have easily toppled into the territory of over-statement and over-simplified politics. And boy, haven't we seen that happen in very successful political cinema in recent times?!
Rahul Dholakia who earlier made the gently persuasive Parzania on the aftermath of the Gujarat riots, doesn't lose his storytelling equilibrium even when the situations of crises described by the skillfully-written plot scream for attention. Restraint and honesty go hand-in-hand in Dholakia's Kashmir, which we'd like to believe, is the real Kashmir, unalloyed, non-magnified, intense and utterly devoid of artifice.
The camera moves restlessly through the dangerous crowded main roads and tense by lanes of Kashmir where anything can happen. The cinematographer James Fowlds seems to know the Valley of the damned with the transparent scrupulousness of an insider who can place himself outside the explosive bustle of a portion of earth that's rapidly slipped into the stratosphere of anarchy and mayhem.
The high-octane screenplay has no space or time to shed tears for the innocent and the dead. Miraculously liberated of overt sentimentality Lamhaa moves with candour and confidence through a world whose politics has become progressively impossible for the outsider to comprehend. Dholakia's narrative moves through a labyrinth of pain and violence without trying to make common sense of them.
The narrative imposes no morality on the escalated violence of the Valley. Neither does Dholakia get excessively 'cinematic' in his approach to the complex material. Most of the time he lets the characters be. The Valley of simmering discontent comes alive in front of us in a ferocious but toned-down swoop of politics and drama.
The narrative moves swiftly and steadily through the characters' lives. It isn't always easy to tell who is on the right side, probably because the lines of morality are not just blurred in the Valley, they've almost completely disappeared. Jannat is in a limbo.
Lamhaa is a tearless ode to a people who have become so isolated from the mainstream of Indian life that the adorable children openly and abusively talk of India as a separate country. The dialogues (Ashwath Bhatt) spare none, not the politicians and certainly not the other power-brokers who in the films words have turned Kashmir into a lucrative business company.
At the lowest level, Lamhaa is thought provoking mirror of mayhem and misapprehensions on a piece of earth that once was paradise. At the highest level it's an even-pitched docu-drama which doesn't mince words nor try to act cute about a throbbing crisis. The pitch is controlled even when the circumstances in the plot are totally out of control.
As Sanjay Dutt walks into the volatile Valley with leonine strides we feel for a while as though Dholakia wants to insinuate a larger-than-life super-hero into headline-driven politics. But Dutt soon blends into the savage fabric of a life lived on the edge by people who have nothing to lose any more.
The film is dotted with memorable cameos. Among the fringe players Shenaz Patel as a woman looking for her husband for 18 years leaves a lingering impact. Among the principal cast Kunal Kapoor as a young militant turned conscientious politician determined to gather peace into the Valley and Anupam Kher as a treacherous political leader get it right dead-on.
But the real revelation is Bipasha Basu. In a powerful role that Shabana Azmi would no doubt have played twenty years ago, Bipasha sinks herself into her character imparting a dramatic resonance into the role without resorting to stock expressions. The sequence where she gets mauled by militant women is as traumatic to watch as it must have been for Bipasha to shoot.
Lamhaa is not an easy film to watch. It comes to no decisive end. It takes into consideration the entire politics of Kashmir without careening towards excessive drama. This is that rare political drama where every component in the jigsaw of politics and terrorism is put on screen with a sensitivity and precision that repudiate melodramatic excesses.
A word of special praise for Mithoon's songs. The lyrically lush tunes break into the deafening sound of bomb blasts and roaring guns to remind us that once the best poets of Kashmir wrote poetry on the beauty of the Valley.
The beauty of Lamhaa lies in its constant gaze at that beauty that one still glimpses in the shimmering waters of Dal Lake on a quiet and peaceful day.Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:12 am Lamhaa is thought provoking mirror of mayhem: SubhashEveryone, says someone important in this searing document of our times, is playing politics in the Kashmir Valley. In a milieu of all-pervasive politics, thank the Lord for a creative voice that can look into the burning Valley with dispassionate compassion.LamhaaSource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:12 am Subhash K Jha speaks about Udaan
It's that time of the year when a new work of cinema by a new director grabs your attention by their ba.ls.
Udaan is a ballsy debut by Vikramaditya Motwane who once assisted the angst-laden Sanjay Leela Bhansali and then his angst-cousin Anurag Kashyap. You can see the lasting impression of both the senior creators in the way Motwane designs the uneasy and violent relationship between the 17-year old Rohan (Rajat Barmecha) and his tyrannical father (Ronit Roy) who's almost villainous in his despotism.
When Udaan is not busy trying to be a regular nudge-nudge-wink-wink coming-of-age film (Billy Elliot-goes-to-Jamshedpur) it gives us some great moments of cinema , done in shades that leave the camera lens far behind to romance the very core of middleclass life (no doubt corroded and outdated) in the soporific 'steel town' .
The film starts with a mildly amusing boys-disastrous-night-out-from-boarding- school sequence and then quickly gets down to the serious business on hand of telling us that Rohan's father has not met his son for eight years. Why? We never really get to know. And this remains the otherwise-exemplary work's one biggest flaw. Though played with energetic antipathy by Ronit Roy, the father's unreasonable autocracy makes the man appear as no more than a subtle caricature of lousy parenting.
The delicate moments emerge in the tale of self-realization through Rohan's inner moral churning and of course through the young actor Rajat Barmecha's instinctive understanding of his character's turmoil. Barmecha's expressions of anguish rage helplessness and finally retaliation and protest are so smoothly conveyed, you almost feel he is playing a character he knows first-hand.
Barmecha gives the narrative a compelling consistency. Director Motwane does the rest. His eye for visual and emotional detail is never over-punctuated. A certain delicacy even when tackling a subject as thorny as the father-child domestic violence runs through the narrative, rendering the characterizations and their motivations not only lucid but eminently palatable and engaging.
It's interesting to see how Motwane employs the tradition misunderstood-protagonist-against-a-heartless-word formula to the coming-of-age saga. Barmecha's poet-hero is a clever subverted carryover of Guru Dutt in Pyasa.
In Pyasa Dutt stood up to an insensitive world. Here it is the boorish father who won't let his son be a poet. This rare and precious film about straitjacketed claustrophobic middleclass values derives its strength from the unpunctuated uncluttered dramatic force that emerges from the main relationships.
By the time Rohan walks out on his loutish father with his little stepbrother we are no longer looking at Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan's uneasy father-son rapport in Ramesh Sippy's Shakti. We are on to something far more disturbing and contemporary.
Each time the despotic father in Udaan raises a hand to toast terror he raises uncomfortable questions on child abuse and its parameters within the Great Indian Middleclass Family.
In Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Anupama the disgruntled father Tarun Bose would not look at his traumatized daughter Sharmila Tagore because he lost his beloved wife during child birth.
In Udaan the father holds the son culpable for crimes that we can only decode in the detailed episodes showing the son's rebellious streak.
If God lies in the details, so does the devil.Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:12 am Ali Zafar appeals against Pak ban - Hindustan Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:11 am Subhash K Jha takes a critical look at UdaanIt's that time of the year when a new work of cinema by a new director grabs your attention by their courage.Udaan is a ballsy debut by Vikramaditya Motwane who once assisted the angst-laden Sanjay Leela Bhansali and then his angst-cousinSource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:10 am Cast of Golmaal 3: First LookAfter an extensive schedule in Goa and Hyderabad, the team of Rohit Shetty's Golmaal 3 started shooting the final song (the title song) at Film City in Mumbai. This is the last shoot of the film after which the post-production begins.Source: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 17 Jul 2010 | 2:06 am When Akshay Kumar paid bribe! - NDTV.com
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 17 Jul 2010 | 12:56 am Indudhar, wife Hema's death mystery in 4 death notesKannada actor Indudhar and his wife Hema, who were found dead at his Jayanagar residence on Wednesday evening, had written four letters before they committed suicide at their house. All the four death notes are addressed to four different people. TheSource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 17 Jul 2010 | 12:32 am Imran Khan openly endorses gay rights - Times of India
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Osama Bin Laden is creating news all over Bollywood this week. Little must've people imagined that the most dreaded man in the world will make a subject for a comedy film in Bollywood.
Bollywood Hungama brings you the man who plays Laden in this week's comedy Tere Bin Laden. Pradhuman Singh will be live on Celebrity Video Chat on Monday, July 19, at 1500 hrs IST. Join the chat and get to know more about this mystery man only on Bollywood Hungama.Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 16 Jul 2010 | 10:40 am Inception is a Sci-Fi thriller with a great climaxPeople were very excited to watch the movie because of its great star cast and trailer. People liked the role of Leonardo DiCaprio as a thief who uses tactics to read the minds of people and can even control it accordingly.Source: merinews: Entertainment News Articles | 16 Jul 2010 | 9:56 am Check Out: The 7 Samurais of Golmaal 3
After an extensive schedule in Goa and Hyderabad, the team of Rohit Shetty's Golmaal 3 started shooting the final song (the title song) at Film City in Mumbai. This is the last shoot of the film after which the post-production begins.
Almost the entire cast comprising of Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemu were present at this shoot. Arshad, who is quite active on Twitter, posted this pic with a rather interesting line, "here are the 7 samurais of G3...enjoy"
Golmaal 3 is scheduled to release this Diwali.Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 16 Jul 2010 | 9:33 am Is Abhi-Ash jodi no longer hot and happening?
A leading newspaper carried a story yesterday on how the Abhi-Ash jodi is no longer considered 'Hot' in the trade circles after the debacle of Raavan. The duo had a lot of hopes on this Mani Ratnam biggie but it all came crashing down as the film turned out to be one big turkey at the ticket window.
Now, a lot of filmmakers are having two minds in casting the husband-wife duo together. Rajiv Menon, who was supposed to start his musical Dhun with Abhi-Ash, is yet to kick-start his project. While we really don't know the reasons behind the delay of that film, what we would like to know from you - the junta janardhan- is whether you indeed feel that the Abhi-Ash jodi has lost all fizz or are you still excited to watch them together on the big screen. You may post your opinions in the comments section below:Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 16 Jul 2010 | 7:44 am Udaan review: A movie about chasing dreamsThe new age script by Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap brings the era of freedom and chasing dreams which is mainly aimed at the younger city population who will be able to connect with the plot better.Source: merinews: Entertainment News Articles | 16 Jul 2010 | 6:17 am SRK-Aamir in Karan Johar's next? - Hindustan Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 16 Jul 2010 | 5:31 am Lamhaa movie reviewWith raw bluntness in its approach, Rahul Dholakia who had earlier directed Parzania, inimitably recaptures the old tell tale of the war strife Indian state on which many power hands have their eyes and armies on.Source: merinews: Entertainment News Articles | 16 Jul 2010 | 3:12 am Race 2 casting on hold, won't feature real life star couples No Kareena Kapoor and Bipasha Basu for Saif Ali Khan and John Abraham in Race2 because it is felt that real-life pairs don't work.
This is what has been decided by the producer and co-directors of Race 2.
"Kareena is to be paired with John because they've never been teamed together before. This depends on the two resolving their personal differences. But Bipasha is a no-no with John and with Saif because that pairing was done in Race. The idea is to bring in fresh pairs. So while Kareena would be with John, Asin might be teamed with Saif in Race 2," says a source very close to the project.
There is no information on who would be paired with Anil Kapoor.
Race 2 has got its leading men - Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and John Abraham in place. But the three top leading ladies are being kept under wraps.
Abbas-Mustan are not talking about the casting of the girls because his producer Ramesh Taurani is now in Colombo for his daughter's wedding.
No one from the film industry is expected to attend the wedding on 18 July. Taurani, it seems, has flown in only close friends and family.
In the meanwhile the final call on the female casting of Race 2 is frozen.
Says director Abbas, "We'll take a final decision once Rameshji returns from Colombo. We've got two back-to-back action films Italian Job and Race 2 to shoot for two different production houses (Studio 18 and Tips, respectively). It's a big responsibility because both are big-budgeted multi-starrers to be shot in eye-catching locations and with huge action scenes. Luckily for us, Italian Job is heist film and Race 2 is a caper. So there's no overlapping."Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 16 Jul 2010 | 3:03 am
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