Saturday, September 30, 2006

Anamika will mark Anant Mahadevan?s first in the trilogy series

After directing two films ? Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar and Dil Maange More, Ananth Mahadevan finally tasted success with Aksar that was tagged as the first hit of 2006. Post Aksar there were speculations that he would be making a sequel to the film. But Ananth confirmed that it?s not a sequel but a series that he is planning. The next episode in the series was titled Agar starring Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade.
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Hyder Ali walks out of Deepa Ka Tarannum

Son of Taahir Hussain and step brother of Aamir Khan, Hyder Ali Khan has walked out of the film Deepa Ka Tarannum, which also had Preeti Jain in the lead cast. The film was going to mark Hyder?s acting debut. However, Hyder says that there wasn?t any progress from the producers after they signed him for the film. Hence, he decided to walk out of Deepa Ka Tarannum.
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Jaan-e-Mann ties up with UFO Moviez

United Film Organizers (UFO Moviez), the world?s largest digital cinema network, announced their tie in with Sajid Nadiadwala for his upcoming film Jaan-E-Mann. Jaan-E-Mann is planned to be released over 1000 screens, including UFO?s chain of digital cinemas. This will not only enable Jaan-E-Mann in gaining a larger audience but also recovering revenues in the maximum revenue generating weeks.
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Chandni Bar maker to start Gauri

R. Mohan, the man who gave us the hard hitting film Chandni Bar is back. He is now making Gauri ? The Unborn. The film stars Atul Kulkarni, Rituparna Sengupta and Anupam Kher in lead roles and will be directed by Aku Akbar. Akbar is a well-known director down south having made some Malayalam films. The film will be shot from a start to finish schedule in Kerala.
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Karan Johar does his first endorsement

Karan Johar is going places. After going to the Toronto Film Festival and a stopover in New York, Karan is back in Mumbai to endorse the products of Hewlett & Packard.Reveals Karan, “Yes, it’s my first endorsement. They’ve got four or five leaders from various fields to endorse their products. They got the market leaders, so to say. I was chosen from media and entertainment. I didn?t do it for any monetary purposes. I did it because their campaign seemed to suggest they wanted architects and not tools from various fields.”
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Mere Angne Mein Tumhara Kya Kaam Hai !!

The super hit song ?Mere Angne Mein? from the film Laawaris was a superhit all over the . People everywhere in the enjoyed the song. But not many people know about how the song was composed.
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Rahul Dev, the Dravid

Rahul Dev, the good looking actor had a past which not many know about. It is something which could have made Rahul Dev as popular as he is now, but in another field. .
Not many know that Rahul Dev was an ex-cricketer apart from being a top model. In fact, at one point of time, Rahul had never thought of modeling or becoming an actor. Cricketer is what he intended to become. He did chase his dream of becoming a cricketer. He played for his school, college and finally he played for Delhi in the Cooch Behar Trophy.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Ayesha Takia refuses to work with her brother

Ayesha Takia is one gutsy girl. She lives up to what she speaks. And now she has donewhat most top league heroines would not dare to do. Ayesha has just refused to do a movie with her ?Rakhi? brother Nagesh Kukunoor with whom she has just done Dor.The reason being, a kiss was involved in the film.
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Om Puri to work with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts

Versatile actor Om Puri will be doing yet another Hollywood venture. And this time around things are even bigger. He will be playing the character of ex Pakistan President Zia-Ul-Haq in the film ?Charlie Wilson?s War?. The film is a huge project as it stars none other than Hollywood superstars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.
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Emraan back to kissing ways

Good for all Emraan fans out there. He is back. Back with a kiss. Emraan had earlier promised himself that he would not be doing any more liplocks again in any film post Gangster since he is soon to get married. He maintained his promise in The Killer and Dil Diya Hai. But how far could he resist the temptation?
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Honeymoon trailer with Don print?

According to sources, the trailer of Reema Katgi’s Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. is likely to be attached to the print of Don worldwide.
Both the films have been produced by the same production house - Excel [Ritesh Sidhwani]. Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. is a film about the surprises of marriages with an ensemble cast, comprising Abhay Deol, Minissha Lamba, Raima Sen, Kay Kay Menon, Ayesha Takia, Boman Irani, Karan Khanna, Amisha Patel, Dia Mirza and Arjun Rampal in a guest appearance.
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Anil Kapoor?s wife launches jewelry line

Anil Kapoor is gearing up for many things at one time. On one hand, he has a career of his own which is going great guns, the other hand he is preparing to see his daughter on the silver screen, whose debut film Saawariya will be releasing next year. And now, even his wife has started working on her career.
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Elahe Hiptoola dubbed for Gul Panag

Gul Panag has put in a sincere performance in the recent release Dor. But her voice in the film is not her own. It has been dubbed by Elahe Hiptoola, who also happens to be the executive producer of Dor.
It is believed that Gul couldn?t dub for herself as she was out of the country for a month. Nagesh confirmed that Gul couldn?t attend dubbing sessions as she was not in the country for a month and he had to finish Dor soon.
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Sharmila and Soha want people to invest in gold

Sharmila Tagore and Soha Ali Khan are endorsing a few products together. The mother and daughter team seems to be getting a very positive response. And now, banking on their popularity is the Investment Company, Kotak Mahindra.
Kotak wants the pair of mother and daughter to sell the idea of investing in gold to the people. Soha Ali Khan, who herself was a former banker is more than happy giving this investment scheme to the public. Even though the pair knows that there are more options, they are urging people to invest in gold, but at the same time they feel the investors know where to invest their money.
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Monday, September 25, 2006

SRK will do a guest appearance in ‘Bhootnath’

While Ravi Chopra’s Amitabh Bachchan ? Juhi Chawla starrer ‘Bhootnath’ is still to go on the floors, according to Juhi Chawla, Shah Rukh Khan will star in the film for old time?s sake. Ravi Chopra confirms the adding that Shah Rukh is paired opposite Juhi Chawla in the film. However his role will just be that of a guest appearance.
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Nehle Pe Dehla out this November

The long delayed film Nehle Pe Dehla starring Sanjay Dutt and Saif Ali Khan has been now renamed Jimmy Aur Johnny. Incidentally, this film produced by Mahendra Dhariwal was launched way back in 2001 and the producer is looking out for a November release this year.
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Mithun may soon become public

Mithun may soon become public property. Well not literally. His chain of hotels which are under the name of Monarch may soon become a public limited chain of hotels. Mithun announced his plans as he wants to expand and wants the public to invest in his dreams. Mithun plans to list the hotels on BSE in another two years.
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Deepa Mehta on Water being chosen as Canada’s official Oscar entry!

This has to be a first. A film in the Hindi language about the widows of Varanasi has been chosen as Canada’s official entry into the foreign-language category at the Oscars. Deepa Mehta’s Water, already considered India’s most feted film since Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali seems to have stuck a note of poignancy far beyond its immediate and culture-specific boundaries
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Don enters Malaysia PM?s Office

Farhan Akhtar?s Don has already created a lot of buzz among the masses following the new promos of the film. Apparently, Farhan Akhtar, producer Ritesh Sidhwani and the team of Don were shocked when they got the permission to shoot in the personal office of the former Malaysian PM, Dr. Tun Mathahir. The office is located in the famous Petronas Twin Towers of Malaysia which is shown in the opening scene of the film?s theatrical promo.
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Nagesh?s Dor not so original
So Dor opened to rave reviews from critics all over. Performances were appreciated and director Nagesh Kukunoor?s direction was applauded. While we couldn?t agree any less on the brilliance of the film, how many know that the film is not original?
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No takers for Big B’s Bhojpuri film ‘Ganga’

Mumbai, September 23, 2006 - While Amitabh Bachchan starrers in Hindi sell for nothing less than Rs 4 crore, the Big B’s first Bhojpuri film, Ganga, is still awaiting buyers. The only territory sold so far is the Delhi-UP one.
According to the industry grapevine, the producer Bachchan’s make-up man Deepak Sawant initially demanded a price of Rs 85 lakh for the film because it has Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini making appearances in it.
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?Dor? premieres at Fame Adlabs

The premiere of Nagesh Kukunoor?s DOR was hosted by Fame Adlabs in association with Sahara One Motion Pictures on Thursday night. The venue was done up elaborately to create the ambience of Rajasthan with soft lighting and a red carpet was rolled out to welcome the cast of DOR — Shreyas Talpade, Ayesha Takia, Gul Pana and Nagesh Kukunoor along with Farhan Azmi, Sanjay Suri with his wife, Maushmi Udeshi, Rahul Roy, Salim-Suleiman, Koel Puri amongst others.
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UTV head new president of Film and TV Guild

Producer of films like Rang De Basanti, Chup Chup Ke and Khosla Ka Ghosla, Ronnie Screwvala is the new president of Film and TV Guild. Manmohan Shetty and Ravi Chopra were elected as the vice presidents of the guild.
The position of Ronnie Screwvala was earlier held by chairman of Reliance Entertainment, Amit Khanna. We wish Ronnie Screwvala all the best for the position as chairman of Film and TV Producers Guild Ltd. It indeed is a very respectable position.
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Sushmita Sen paints, fetches 25 lacs and then donates it

Sushmita Sen is an all-rounder. We all know she is an extremely talented person. Not only can she act very well, she can paint with equal 鬡n. Recently, Sushmita Sen painted a painting called Ibaadat and she put it for auctions to raise money for charity.
But the price that the painting fetched is phenomenal. She sold her painting for Rs 25 lacs. But Sushmita being the extremely nice human being she is, she donated the money to former Pakistan cricketer, Imran Khan?s cancer hospital in Pakistan. Well, keep it up Sushmita.
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Censor problems with Woh Lamhe?

Woh Lamhe which is slated to release on the 29th of September is under Censor scrutiny. According to our sources, there are some objectionable scenes in the movie which need to be edited and hence the problem.
?Right now I cannot say much but yes we are facing Censor problems. We need to send a few documents to the Censor Board to sort this out?, said producer Vishesh Bhatt.
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