Malayalam cinemaShammi Thilakan’s real breakthrough came somewhere during the turn of the last decade, with the entry of new filmmakers and writers.Neelima MenonFor the longest time, Shammi Thilakan lived under the shadow of his legendary father Thilakan. Shammi, a stage artist, made his debut on screen in the Kg George film (Irakal) and struggled to find his space in Malayalam cinema shortly thereafter. In hindsight, that his father was already or well on his way to becoming an established actor might have stalled his chances during the initial phases of his career. In the early 90s, the roles that mostly came his way were those of an antagonist, cop, or yes man – largely one-dimensional and unmemorable. Interestingly, Shammi Thilakan was known more as a voice artist during this period. If his deep baritone fitted Raghuvaran (Vyooham) and Salim Ghouse (Thazhvaram) perfectly, it added heft to the wickedness of...
- 12/15/2022
- by SukanyaS
- The News Minute
One of Tamil cinema’s most respected actors and a leading hero at one point in time in Tamil cinema, Vijayakanth, has paid rich tribute to actor Salim Ghouse, who passed away recently in Mumbai. Vijayakanth, who is lovingly called Captain Vijayakanth, took to Twitter to pay tribute to the late actor, who has done several […]...
- 4/30/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Veteran stage, television and film actor Salim Ghouse — who featured in several Bollywood, south Indian and English movies — passed away following a cardiac arrest, here on Thursday. Ghouse, 70, was rushed to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Versova late on Wednesday but did not recover, according to his wife Anita and son […]...
- 4/28/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Veteran stage, television and film actor Salim Ghouse — who featured in several Bollywood and south Indian movies — passed away following a cardiac arrest, here on Thursday. Ghouse, 70, was rushed to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Versova late on Wednesday but did not recover, his family members said. Born in Chennai and […]...
- 4/28/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
KollywoodDirected by Adhik Ravichandran of 'Trisha Illana Nayanthara' fame, 'Bagheera' has music by B Ganesan Sekar. Digital NativeThe first look of the upcoming film Bagheera, starring Prabhu Deva, was released amont few months ago and it has garnered the attention of the film buffs. Prabhu Deva sports a bald look with droplets of blood on his head. He is seen wearing glasses with three lenses and with each of the lens carrying different reflections. While one has 'Jungle Book's' Mowgli seated on Bagheera the black panther, there's a digital clock showing 11:11 on one, and a vintage car in the other. Directed by Adhik Ravichandran of Trisha Illana Nayanthara fame, Bagheera has music by B Ganesan Sekar. It may be noted here that the director had told in an interview much earlier that Prabhu Deva was impressed with the script of Bagheera from the very beginning and agreed to go...
- 9/17/2020
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
Flix Flashback'Thiruda Thiruda' is among the most underrated of Mani Ratnam's works so far.Nandhu SundaramThiruda Thiruda (1993) Cast: Anand, Prasanth, Heera, Anu Agarwal, Salim Ghouse, Spb, Malaysia Vasudevan Director: Mani Ratnam It was only Ar Rahman’s second year in creating film music. It’s hard to see it now, but he had just established that he was not a one-hit wonder. There was a certain euphoria surrounding his music and I had bought every album leading up to 1993’s Thiruda Thiruda (Thief! Thief!). There was a while to go before the film’s release and I was incessantly listening to the album, not quite making out the lyrics or the complex, layered instrumentation. It was as if you had to learn the album before getting down to actually enjoying it. But a couple of weeks into the listening, it was not just me but my entire family that had was hooked. We were all enamoured by what we considered the album’s centrepiece -- Anupama’s rendition of ‘Chandralekha’ with its high-pitched notes, clashing drums and frenzied chorus. I was convinced that Rahman had quite improbably created at least his second masterpiece after 1992’s Roja. Back then, you could always decide on a movie by what your friends and family told you about it. I swallowed the movie hook, line and sinker and was delirious in praising it, but there were murmurs of dissent among my friends who had quarrels with the movie’s unlikely plotting and ludicrous storyline. I saw it as a tale of fantasy while they pointed out that the movie had almost totally departed from reality. In any case, it was clear to everyone that director Mani Ratnam, at the peak of his powers, had broken fresh ground yet again. Thiruda Thiruda was the improbable meat in the sandwich, coming as it did between Roja and Bombay (1995), the two movies when taken together form the core of Mani Ratnam’s reputation even today. While these two movies talked about terrorism and communalism, issues that continue to plague India, Tt was an excursion into the wilderness, plausibility be damned. There was really no message here, no issue to talk about, just pure fun to be had. It was a heist movie with strong comedic elements and it pushed buttons in you that you never knew existed before. The plot goes wild - Rs 1,000 crore in fresh currency printed at Nasik is stolen by the henchmen of the villain, Vikram (a bleary-eyed Salim Ghouse), as it is in transit on a train. With Parliament to meet in 10 days, a desperate government turns to its best man in the Cbi, Lakshminarayanan (Spb, in one his best roles as a cop), to recover the amount. “There are 10 zeroes in Rs 1,000 crore and I have 10 days to bring the crooks to book. It can be done, sir,” says Spb in the Brahmin dialect. The line is obviously funny, but Mani Ratnam is doing something on the sly -- he is pushing his fantasy agenda into the storyline. After that point, exhilarating as it is for us to see how Vikram is caught, we know that the emphasis will always be on entertainment. It is how well the ride is done, you see. This is precisely why Tt failed to get into the good books of some critics. Many of them, who heaped praises on Mani Ratnam’s more serious movies (especially the terrorism trilogy) failed to appreciate the adventurous spirit of Tt. And, the film remains, much to my dismay, among the most underrated of Mani Ratnam’s works. The investigation into the heist leads Lakshminarayanan to Vikram’s pointman, Ashok, played by Ajay Ratnam in one of his early roles. To avoid capture, Ashok mails a computer access card required to open the container with the money to Chandralekha (Anu Agarwal debuting in Tamil cinema). On the run, Chandralekha gets involved with two petty thieves, the Thiruda Thiruda in the movie played by Prasanth and Anand, who are also on the lam. Towing along with the two thieves is Rasathi (Heera), who is fleeing a ruthless uncle. The four keep dumping and double-crossing each other until the money brings them together. Treachery takes precedence over trust in the relationship between the protagonists. The characters of Azhagu and Kathir are the perfect foil for each other, but the woman in their midst spells trouble for both of them, until in the end they decide to become friends. Prasanth used to be the chocolate boy of Tamil cinema during the 1990s and he plays a variation of that stereotype in portraying Azhagu. Watching over him with the demeanour of an older brother is the sharper Kathir, played by Anand in his most plum role ever. And, thus we get a romantic tangle: Rasathi falls in love with the sensitive Kathir, who realises with a shock that Azhagu is love with her. The scene in which Rasathi tells Azhagu that she is not his “Thangachi” (younger sister) starts a playful romance between the two. But the director quite clearly wants to steer us into the comedy-caper territory. Heera appeared only in a handful of successful movies in the 1990s including Kadhal Kottai and Sathileelavathi. In both of those movies, she was the other woman. In Tt though, she is cast against type -- her character, Rasathi, is smart, but not amoral. When her uncle wants to marry her, she flees with the thieves trying to steal from her own house. Anu Agarwal had in 1990 made a stunning debut in the Hindi film, Aashiqui, making her an automatic choice for the role of Chandralekha in Tt. Endlessly resourceful, her character is often resigned to watching the machinations between the others in the film with a bemused expression. Though she dresses like a lady, she is really not one. And, because of that, Azhagu has a little crush on her. Some of the familiar tropes of Mani Ratnam movies are here: The camera that circles the subjects, horses that preposterously are found in a landlord’s stable and several sequences involving trains. The circling camera is prominent in the scene when Rasathi tells Kathir of her love and when Kathir responds by informing her of Azhagu’s love of her. In another scene, Rasathi questions Kathir, asking if he never had a chance to reform his ways and the answer is a monosyllabic ‘no’. A pure Mani Ratnam moment if there ever was one. The sequence involving the horses, during which our heroes make a getaway in tow with Rasathi, is underlined with a dramatic score by Ar Rahman. This gives us, quite strangely, the impression that Mani Ratnam was limited by available technology in mounting the stunt sequence. The shots are often framed by cinematographer PC Sreeram against light, which is by no means unusual for a Mani Ratnam film; the director practically invented the usage in Tamil cinema. But what is really unmissable is the use of filters in cameras on a scale not seen before in Tamil cinema. Towards the climax, there is a brief sequence involving flashing lights on top of a train, which is a depressing and trite cliché considering that this director-cinematographer team did the same in Agni Natchathiram (Coppola uses this trope to great effect in Godfather). Or perhaps Mani Ratnam was making references to his own movies. The dialogues are crackling with Suhasini, Mani Ratnam’s wife, entrusted with the task of providing the director’s peculiar touch to the conversations in the film. The late writer Sujatha, who also pitched in with his lines, was at his wittiest and his contribution to this movie cannot be underestimated. Malaysia Vasudevan plays constable Santhosam, who finds himself assisting the Cbi in nabbing the thieves. The two predominant male singers of the era -- Malaysia Vasudevan and Spb -- are part of the cast, and what’s more, both of them are cops. The picturisation of the songs is a quantum leap in Tamil cinema. The choreography was done by Sundaram, Raju Sundaram and Prabhu Deva. Suresh Urs’ work in the film won him the Best Editor Tamil Nadu State Award. Ar Rahman marks his presence in the background score as well. The computer card, for instance, has its own theme, and so does the villain, Vikram. The supporting cast also includes SS Chandran (at his hilarious best) and Madan Bob in a blink and miss role. One of the scenes I really enjoyed comes when Azhagu and Kathir watch a village meeting from a distance. As the village discusses the thorny issue of the recent spate of robberies, the duo is making their minds up on whom to rob. “I can’t decide whom to rob,” Azhagu confesses. “Look who has the most rings on their fingers. Watch whom the Valliyur Singari is seducing,” says Kathir. “Valliyur Singari is here? Where?” exclaims an excited Azhagu and has to be restrained from giving up their hiding spot. There is no shortage of chase sequences in the movie. After the thieving duo meets Chandralekha (Anu Aggarwal) and fall hard for her, there is a pretty lengthy chase sequence. At one point, the main cast tries to escape from the Cbi (ABC, as called by a horse-and-cart rider) even as the officials chase them in ambassador cars. When Kathir asks if the horse will go any faster, pat comes the reply: “Only if you give ganja”. Kathir raises the puzzling question if the marijuana is for the horse or the rider. It is hard not to get the humour and fun in this sequence, but trust me, such stuff is rarely done is popular Tamil cinema. Mani Ratnam, who was just 37 when Tt was released, showed an admirable sense of adventure in making the movie, infusing it with a remarkable pace and energy. This is quite evident in the picturaisation of the song sequences. If this doesn’t sent your pulse racing, you should probably march yourself to the hospital for there is something wrong with your soul. The contrast between the titular Kathir-Azhagu duo is very different from Vikram’s agenda to wreck the nation. The small-time thieves are out for fun along with earning a meal, but Vikram is just pure evil. This is the most adventurous of Mani Ratnam’s movies. He wasn’t playing it safe as his wiser self is doing today. It is a bit like watching Tendulkar before he ever hit a ton and that kind of zing is worth revisiting. Also read: 'Aval Appadithan': Why this '70s drama was ahead of its time in telling women's stories 'Bale Pandiya': With 3 Sivaji Ganesans, this classic set the trend for Tamil comedy...
- 7/10/2018
- by Monalisa
- The News Minute
After playing vigilante ready to change the system in .A Wednesday., veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah would be seen fighting corruption in his new film .John Day..Produced by Anjum Rizvi and K. Asif and directed by Solomon Ahishor, the film is a revenge drama..The film is an edge-of-a-seat revenge drama where Naseer saab plays a common man who fights against the corrupt system, thematically though it has no resemblance to .A Wednesday. at all,. Solomon said in a statement..John Day. also features Randeep Hooda, Vipin Sharma, Shernaz Patel and Salim Ghouse.
- 4/26/2012
- Filmicafe
New Delhi, April 26: After playing vigilante ready to change the system in "A Wednesday", veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah would be seen fighting corruption in his new film "John Day".
Produced by Anjum Rizvi and K. Asif and directed by Solomon Ahishor, the film is a revenge drama.
"The film is an edge-of-a-seat revenge drama where Naseer saab plays a common man who fights against the corrupt system, thematically though it has no resemblance to 'A Wednesday' at all," Solomon said in a statement.
"John Day" also features Randeep Hooda, Vipin Sharma, Shernaz Patel and Salim Ghouse.
Ians...
Produced by Anjum Rizvi and K. Asif and directed by Solomon Ahishor, the film is a revenge drama.
"The film is an edge-of-a-seat revenge drama where Naseer saab plays a common man who fights against the corrupt system, thematically though it has no resemblance to 'A Wednesday' at all," Solomon said in a statement.
"John Day" also features Randeep Hooda, Vipin Sharma, Shernaz Patel and Salim Ghouse.
Ians...
- 4/26/2012
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
Randeep Hooda is all set to play a character modeled around the iconic character of the cold blooded Anton Chigurh (played by Javier Bardem) from No Country For Old Men, for his forthcoming film John Day, which an edge of the seat revenge drama.
Randeep plays a violent, cold and menacing character with a dark sense of humor much like that of Javier's in the film No Country For Old Men.
When asked, debut director Solomon said, "Well yes Randeep's character is modeled around Javier Bardem's character in No Country For Old Men but the similarity ends here. In fact my character is much more complex, just think of Anton Chigurh with an intense love story. Randeep's character is extremely violent, heartless and very aggressive. I was extremely excited while writing the script, and the character and Javier was on my mind. But the film has nothing to do...
Randeep plays a violent, cold and menacing character with a dark sense of humor much like that of Javier's in the film No Country For Old Men.
When asked, debut director Solomon said, "Well yes Randeep's character is modeled around Javier Bardem's character in No Country For Old Men but the similarity ends here. In fact my character is much more complex, just think of Anton Chigurh with an intense love story. Randeep's character is extremely violent, heartless and very aggressive. I was extremely excited while writing the script, and the character and Javier was on my mind. But the film has nothing to do...
- 3/28/2012
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Read our exclusive interview with actor and screenwriter Jameel Saleem, who plays James in the upcoming film ‘Exit Strategy.’ The self-described “un-romantic” comedy, which is set to hit select theaters in the Philadelphia area on February 10, 2012, follows Saleem’s character, James, as he’s evicted from his apartment. He moves in with his new girlfriend of three months, Kim, played by Kimelia Weathers, and discovers she’s not what he wants in a relationship. He enlists the help of his best friends, Carville, portrayed by Quincy “Qdeezy” Harris, and Leona, played by Noelle Balfour, as well as Kevin Hart and L.A. Power 106 radio host Big Boy, to find a relationship...
- 2/5/2012
- by karen
- ShockYa
Comedian and actor Kevin Hart is starring in a new film, "Exit Strategy." Breaking up is hard to do. But how do you know what's the right way to do so? From Ask Around Entertainment, comes "Exit Strategy", an un-romantic comedy for Valentine.s Day, starring Jameel Saleem, Kimelia Weathers, Quincy .QDeezy. Harris, Kevin Hart and Power 106's Big Boy (also an Executive Producer on the film). In Exit Strategy, James (Saleem) gets evicted from his apartment and moves in with his girlfriend of three months Kim (Weathers) and quickly discovers she's everything he never wanted in a woman. He enlists best friends Carville (Harris) and Leona (Balfour), plus high-schooler Scoop (Sinise) and strangers Big Boy and Kevin Hart to find...
- 1/17/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Looks like Russ Parr won’t be the only national radio personality in the film business soon. Nationally syndicated radio host Big Boy will be joining him in this arena as executive producer of Exit Strategy, a romantic comedy starring Jameel Saleem and Kimelia Weathers.
Synopsis for the film: The romantic comedy centers around a man named James (Jameel Saleem) who is evicted from his apartment and forced to move in with his girlfriend of three months, Kim (Kimelia Weathers) and quickly discovers she’s not his type. When he enlists his friend Carville (Quincy ‘QDeezy’ Harris) and Leona (Noelle Balfour) to help him find an exit out of the relationship, things go haywire, as Kim refuses to let her boyfriend leave peacefully.
“I’m a movie fan — and when QDeezy brought this to me, I thought it’d be something my listeners would be in to,” Big Boy told AllHipHop.
Synopsis for the film: The romantic comedy centers around a man named James (Jameel Saleem) who is evicted from his apartment and forced to move in with his girlfriend of three months, Kim (Kimelia Weathers) and quickly discovers she’s not his type. When he enlists his friend Carville (Quincy ‘QDeezy’ Harris) and Leona (Noelle Balfour) to help him find an exit out of the relationship, things go haywire, as Kim refuses to let her boyfriend leave peacefully.
“I’m a movie fan — and when QDeezy brought this to me, I thought it’d be something my listeners would be in to,” Big Boy told AllHipHop.
- 12/15/2010
- by Cynthia
- ShadowAndAct
Oscar nominated director Deepa Mehta and multi-award-winning author Salman Rushdie's screen adaptation of his extraordinary multi award-winning international bestselling novel Midnight's Children will commence shooting in Sri Lanka in January 2011. Shabana Azmi, Irrfan Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Nandita Das, Chandan Roy Sanyal and Seema Biswas will star in the English language film. The film is being shot in Sri Lanka because Mehta has sworn off India following her nightmare experience shooting Water at Varanasi locations. Water was subsequently shot in Sri Lanka. But Midnight's Children could yet run into problems because in the late 1990s the BBC was planning to film a five-part mini-series of the novel with Rahul Bose in the lead, but due to pressure from the Muslim community in Sri Lanka, the filming permit was revoked and the project was cancelled. Mehta and Rushdie have been working together on the screenplay for the past two years.
- 11/13/2010
- by Devansh Patel
- BollywoodHungama
Oscar nominated director Deepa Mehta and multi-award-winning author Salman Rushdie's screen adaptation of his extraordinary multi award-winning international bestselling novel Midnight's Children will commence shooting in Sri Lanka in January 2011. Shabana Azmi, Irrfan Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Nandita Das, Chandan Roy Sanyal and Seema Biswas will star in the English language film. The film is being shot in Sri Lanka because Mehta has sworn off India following her nightmare experience shooting Water at Varanasi locations. Water was subsequently shot in Sri Lanka. But Midnight's Children could yet run into problems because in the late 1990s the BBC was planning to film a five-part mini-series of the novel with Rahul Bose in the lead, but due to pressure from the Muslim community in Sri Lanka, the filming permit was revoked and the project was cancelled. Mehta and Rushdie have been working together on the screenplay for the past two years.
- 11/13/2010
- by Devansh Patel
- BollywoodHungama
Sakshi Pradhan's cranky nature didn't go down too well with either the inmates of Bigg Boss 4 or the Indian TV audiences. She has been evicted within just two weeks of being on the show. The former MTV Splitsvilla contestant was nominated by last week's captain of the house, Pakistani TV actor Ali Saleem, whose TV persona Begum Nawazish Ali is popular both in Pakistan and India. Others who were nominated for eviction with Sakshi were Sameer Soni and former dacoit Seema Parihar, but she received minimum votes to save her from eviction. Sakshi was extremely friendly with the girls in the house, ...
- 10/16/2010
- Hindustan Times - TV
New Delhi, Oct 15 – Sakshi Pradhan’s cranky nature didn’t go down too well with either the inmates of ‘Bigg Boss 4′ or the Indian TV audiences. She has been evicted within just two weeks of being on the show.
The former MTV ‘Splitsvilla’ contestant was nominated by last week’s captain of the house, Pakistani TV actor Ali Saleem, whose TV persona Begum Nawazish Ali is popular both in Pakistan and India.
Others who were nominated for eviction with Sakshi were Sameer Soni and former dacoit Seema Parihar, but she.
The former MTV ‘Splitsvilla’ contestant was nominated by last week’s captain of the house, Pakistani TV actor Ali Saleem, whose TV persona Begum Nawazish Ali is popular both in Pakistan and India.
Others who were nominated for eviction with Sakshi were Sameer Soni and former dacoit Seema Parihar, but she.
- 10/15/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Mumbai, Oct 6 – A group of prominent Mumbaikars and secular activists have strongly condemned the opposition of the state’s two sectarian parties to the presence of Pakistani artistes on Color’s reality show Bigg Boss.
The group also frowned upon the threats issued by Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena to Colors TV for including two Pakistanis – Veena Malik and Ali Saleem alias Begum Nawazish Ali – in the show and urged the central and state governments to provide them with full security.
Questioning the rationale of the two parties’ opposition to the Pakistanis, the group said that Indian Bollywood movies and television programmes are exported and beamed to entire South Asia and the.
The group also frowned upon the threats issued by Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena to Colors TV for including two Pakistanis – Veena Malik and Ali Saleem alias Begum Nawazish Ali – in the show and urged the central and state governments to provide them with full security.
Questioning the rationale of the two parties’ opposition to the Pakistanis, the group said that Indian Bollywood movies and television programmes are exported and beamed to entire South Asia and the.
- 10/6/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
The controversial reality TV show, Big Boss, an Indian version of the British super hit series Big Brother, has hit another controversy on the first day of its season four. Right-wing parties Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (Mns) have declared war on the producers of the show for including two Pakistani participants.
The show, hosted by Bollywood hunk Salman Khan, opened Sunday with 14 contestants, including model Veena Malik and actor Ali Saleem aka Begum Nawazish Ali, both from Pakistan.
The two parties have written to the Colors TV channel, which is airing the show, expressing their displeasure and asking for immediate eviction of Malik and Ali from the show.
While one of the Shiv Sena leaders, Sangram Shirke, demanded that the "Pakistanis be immediately removed from the show," Mns vice-president V. Saraswat threatened that in case the channel failed to "heed our suggestion, we will deal with the situation in Mns style.
The show, hosted by Bollywood hunk Salman Khan, opened Sunday with 14 contestants, including model Veena Malik and actor Ali Saleem aka Begum Nawazish Ali, both from Pakistan.
The two parties have written to the Colors TV channel, which is airing the show, expressing their displeasure and asking for immediate eviction of Malik and Ali from the show.
While one of the Shiv Sena leaders, Sangram Shirke, demanded that the "Pakistanis be immediately removed from the show," Mns vice-president V. Saraswat threatened that in case the channel failed to "heed our suggestion, we will deal with the situation in Mns style.
- 10/4/2010
- icelebz.com
Actor Satya Bhabha ("Scott Pilgrim") has been cast as the lead in the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's 1981 historical fantasy novel "Midnight's Children" reports The Playlist.
Rushdie's novel follows the fates of two children born within the first hour of India's independence from Great Britain. Bhabha would play Saleem, a young man with telepathic powers who acts as a conduit that bringing hundreds of geographically disparate children into contact.
He also has an extraordinarily big nose that is constantly dripping, and is involved ib every significant event that occurred on the Indian subcontinent in the 30 years after independence.
Toronto filmmaker Deepa Mehta ("Heaven on Earth") directs the project which aims to begin shooting before the end of the year.
Rushdie's novel follows the fates of two children born within the first hour of India's independence from Great Britain. Bhabha would play Saleem, a young man with telepathic powers who acts as a conduit that bringing hundreds of geographically disparate children into contact.
He also has an extraordinarily big nose that is constantly dripping, and is involved ib every significant event that occurred on the Indian subcontinent in the 30 years after independence.
Toronto filmmaker Deepa Mehta ("Heaven on Earth") directs the project which aims to begin shooting before the end of the year.
- 8/16/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik has given different names of his father in his divorce certificate with Ayesha Siddiqui and the wedding invitations for his marriage with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza but it turns out that both the names belong to the same man. While the divorce certificate and the agreement which Shoaib signed with the Hyderabadi girl Ayesha Siddiqui on April 7, shows his father's name to be Malik Saleem Hussain, while the wedding invitation card has his father's name as Malik Faqeer Hussain.According to police, the passport of Shoaib, which was taken by them ...
- 4/10/2010
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, who is set to marry Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza, could land in fresh trouble for furnishing false information while giving divorce to his first wife Ayesha Siddiqui, according to official documents. The divorce and agreement papers, which Shoaib signed on April 7, have the name of his late father as Malik Saleem Hussain while the invitation for the April 15 wedding reception carries the name of his father as Malik Faqeer Hussain, the documents show. According to legal experts, Shoaib could face legal action if Ayesha's family files a case against him on ...
- 4/10/2010
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
Movie Review: Well Done Abba; Star cast: Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba, Sameer Dattani, Rajit Kapoor, Ila Arun, Ravi Kissen, Salim Ghouse and Sonali Kulkarni; Director: Shyam Benegal; Rating: *** – Witty political satire.
Shyam Benegal’s political satire, Well Done Abba narrates the tale of Armaan Ali (Boman) who works as a driver with a big businessman in Mumbai. After he arrives back from his leave, his boss decides to sack him since he came back after 3 months instead of the allotted 1 month leave. It is then when Armaan narrates the story behind his 3 months.
Shyam Benegal’s political satire, Well Done Abba narrates the tale of Armaan Ali (Boman) who works as a driver with a big businessman in Mumbai. After he arrives back from his leave, his boss decides to sack him since he came back after 3 months instead of the allotted 1 month leave. It is then when Armaan narrates the story behind his 3 months.
- 3/26/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
STARRINGBoman Irani, Minissha Lamba, Sammir Dattani, Sonali Kulkarni, Ravi Kishan, Salim Ghouse, Rajit Kapoor, Yashpal Sharma, Ravi Jhankal, Rahul Singh and others.DIRECTIONShyam BenegalSTORYThe plot of the story revolves around the character of Armaan Ali (Boman Irani), who is god fearing man from Hyderabad but working as a driver for a senior executive in Mumbai. He has a teenaged daughter Muskaan Ali (Minissha Lamba), who stays in Hyderabad with Armaan Ali.s brother Rehman Ali and his wife Salma.
- 3/25/2010
- Stardust Scoop of the Day
STARRINGBoman Irani, Minissha Lamba, Sammir Dattani, Sonali Kulkarni, Ravi Kishan, Salim Ghouse, Rajit Kapoor, Yashpal Sharma, Ravi Jhankal, Rahul Singh and others.DIRECTIONShyam BenegalSTORYThe plot of the story revolves around the character of Armaan Ali (Boman Irani), who is god fearing man from Hyderabad but working as a driver for a senior executive in Mumbai. He has a teenaged daughter Muskaan Ali (Minissha Lamba), who stays in Hyderabad with Armaan Ali.s brother Rehman Ali and his wife Salma.
- 3/25/2010
- Stardust Bollywood
Well Done Abba, a political satire by veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, will release hit cinema today. Produced by Reliance Big Pictures, the film's starcast includes Boman Irani in a double role including the title role of Abba and Minissha Lamba as his daughter. After her glamorous avatar in Kidnap, Minissha will be seen in a non-glamorous role in this fun-filled film. Sameer Dattani is playing Minissha's love interest. Well Done Abba, earlier titled Abba Ka Kuan, also stars Sonali Kulkarni, Ravi Kishan, Ila Arun, Salim Ghouse, Rajit Kapoor, Yashpal Sharma, Ravi Jhankal and Rahul Singh. The film ...
- 3/25/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Working with Shyam Benegal is almost every serious actor's wish and when actress Minissha Lamba got a chance to do so, she says, she could be 'nothing but perfect'. She terms their film 'Well Done Abba' an 'educative trip'.'Much before beginning to shoot for the film, I was sure about one thing that I couldn't let Shyam sir down. Here I was working with a man who has been directing for 35 years now so I had to be nothing but perfect with my performance,' Minissha told Ians.With such a senior person calling the shots, wasn't it intimidating?'Honestly, it wasn't intimidating because Shyam sir is a pro in working with actors. He knows how to take care of them and extract the best out of them. This is why I didn't even know how an entire month passed by and the shooting got over.'More than him calling the shots,...
- 3/15/2010
- Filmicafe
The last time he came to Mumbai, he was on the rebound after his divorce from Padma Lakshmi, and his attentions to Riya Sen at a party had caused a bit of a flutter. Salman Rushdie arrived in town again this week for a two-day trip, but this time it was sen-sational for entirely different reasons.Accompanying him was Deepa Mehta, who is making an adaptation of his Midnight.s Children. Both of them had a meeting with Amitabh Bachchan at his Juhu bungalow on January 5. Although Amitabh had met Deepa earlier, this was his first meeting with Rushdie. While Rushdie.s visit wasn.t publicised, the low profile had more to do with personal privacy than any security fears. .As far as I could see, there.s no fear to his life. He travels in a relaxed atmosphere. I couldn.t see any security arrangements. He loved meeting Mr Bachchan,...
- 1/8/2010
- Filmicafe
Film: ‘Vettaikaran’; Director: Babu Sivan; Cast: Vijay, Anushka Shetty, Salim Ghouse, Srihari, Srinath; Music: Vijay Anthony; Rating: **
Vijay, touted to be the next Tamil superstar, continues to ride on worn-out masala films without any attempt at novelty.
‘Vettaikaran’, directed by debutant Babu Sivan, is Vijay’s 49th film and the actor seems to be satisfied with the no-risk commercial formula to maintain his position in the industry. The movie, however, fails to live up to expectations even as a commercial flick, as it seems like a collage of many previous films made in the same genre by directors like Dharani, Hari and.
Vijay, touted to be the next Tamil superstar, continues to ride on worn-out masala films without any attempt at novelty.
‘Vettaikaran’, directed by debutant Babu Sivan, is Vijay’s 49th film and the actor seems to be satisfied with the no-risk commercial formula to maintain his position in the industry. The movie, however, fails to live up to expectations even as a commercial flick, as it seems like a collage of many previous films made in the same genre by directors like Dharani, Hari and.
- 12/19/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Television queen Ekta Kapoor works quickly. While Shiney Ahuja is still languishing in police custody awaiting trial for the allegedly raping his maid, a television drama depicting a fictionalized account of the crime is set air in early October.
Shiney Ahuja was arrested on June 15th earlier this year after his housemaid filed a report against him, saying that he had raped her and threatened her life. Medical reports appear to confirm the maid's story and Shiney has been in police custody ever since he was arrested. Ekta's drama, "Betaab Dil Ki Tamanna Hai" will star Salim Ghouse in the role of rapist and, as one can imagine for such a shocking subject, is not without its own controversy.
Publicly responding to criticism from entertainment executives who are wary of airing a show dealing with rape, Ekta shot back, "I will pull out the serial but I won't make any changes.
Shiney Ahuja was arrested on June 15th earlier this year after his housemaid filed a report against him, saying that he had raped her and threatened her life. Medical reports appear to confirm the maid's story and Shiney has been in police custody ever since he was arrested. Ekta's drama, "Betaab Dil Ki Tamanna Hai" will star Salim Ghouse in the role of rapist and, as one can imagine for such a shocking subject, is not without its own controversy.
Publicly responding to criticism from entertainment executives who are wary of airing a show dealing with rape, Ekta shot back, "I will pull out the serial but I won't make any changes.
- 9/7/2009
- Bollyspice
It was reported that the soap queen Ekta Kapoor is all set to make a show on Bollywood famous personality Shiney Ahuja’s subject on the rape. Now another buzz that has hit tele town is that it’s going to be aired on a famous entertainment channel.
If sources are to be believed, “Ekta is planning to air that show on Sony. The talks between Balaji and Sony are on, thus nothing as been confirmed.”
“Salim Ghouse has been reported to play the role of Mr Ahuja in the show. While talking about the female lead, it’s going to be a newcomer and audition for the same has started. The production.
If sources are to be believed, “Ekta is planning to air that show on Sony. The talks between Balaji and Sony are on, thus nothing as been confirmed.”
“Salim Ghouse has been reported to play the role of Mr Ahuja in the show. While talking about the female lead, it’s going to be a newcomer and audition for the same has started. The production.
- 9/7/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
For his second consecutive film, Shyam Benegal is seeing a change in title. His last year's release Welcome To Sajjjanpur was earlier titled Mahadev Ka Sajjanpur [based on the character played by Shreyas Talpade - Mahadev] before the new (and more multiplex friendly) title came into being. Now history is repeating itself as the title of his latest film Abba Ka Kuan too has gone for a change. The film would henceforth be called Well Done Abba. "It is much more audience friendly title, isn't it", says a prominent crew member, "Not many would have been able to comprehend what Abba Ka Kuan stood for. In fact it also gave an impression to some that it is a movie made for children when the fact is that it is for all age groups. However, Well Done Abba instantly gives an impression of this being a light film with a heart warming feel to it." What cannot be denied also is...
- 4/27/2009
- by Joginder Tuteja
- BollywoodHungama
For his second consecutive film, Shyam Benegal is seeing a change in title. His last year's release Welcome To Sajjjanpur was earlier titled Mahadev Ka Sajjanpur [based on the character played by Shreyas Talpade - Mahadev] before the new (and more multiplex friendly) title came into being. Now history is repeating itself as the title of his latest film Abba Ka Kuan too has gone for a change. The film would henceforth be called Well Done Abba. "It is much more audience friendly title, isn't it", says a prominent crew member, "Not many would have been able to comprehend what Abba Ka Kuan stood for. In fact it also gave an impression to some that it is a movie made for children when the fact is that it is for all age groups. However, Well Done Abba instantly gives an impression of this being a light film with a heart warming feel to it." What cannot be denied also is...
- 4/27/2009
- by Joginder Tuteja
- BollywoodHungama
New Delhi, Veteran Indian Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta is busy conceiving the script of “Midnight's Children” - her latest project based on the Salman Rushdie bestseller. “I will write the script with Salman next year. Salman has a part in the movie,” Mehta told Ians in an informal chat Monday. The film-maker is in the capital to catch up with her family - mother, sister and illustrious cousin, designer Ritu Kumar, who was conferred the prestigious Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres award Monday. “I don't come to Delhi on personal visits often,” she said with a smile. Mehta has chosen “Midnight's Children” because she loves its mega canvas and scope. “It is multi-layered. The protagonist, Saleem Sinai, is the camera king - he is historic and almost parallels ...
- 12/10/2008
- Bollywoodworld.com
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