By Bollywood Hungama News Network
If you thought that the summer is at its peak now, then better think again. Because we bet that you just have seen nothing at all. The reason being that the actual heat will be felt with the release of the Harman-Priyanka starrer Love Story 2050, as this time round, it will not be one, but two Priyankas who will be doing the honors. In other words, Priyanka will be seen in a double role in this film.
Priyanka, who is tad excited about her character in the film, said that both her characters are contrast of each other. While one belongs to the present, the other one belongs to the future. Her first character is that of a smooth, coy and a girl next door kind of role, the other is that of an outlandish, loud and headstrong girl, very much unlike the first one.
Priyanka further added that, playing the two characters in the film was not a cakewalk for her. She hopes that people would like her in the film. Rowena, Harry Baweja’s daughter, who’s all praises for Priyanka, said that Priyanka has done justice to both the characters and that it will only be a delight for the audiences to watch the two different avatars of Priyanka in Love Story 2050, which is slated to release on June 13′ 2008.
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March 21, 2008
Joginder Tuteja, Bollywood Trade News Network
Yash Raj Films didn’t have a great 2007 when it came to music of their films.Barring JHOOM BARABAR JHOOM that had some foot tapping music by Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy and made some impact in the charts, neither AAJA NACHLE [Salim Sulaiman] nor LAAGA CHUNARI MEIN DAAG [Shantanu Moitra] worked. TA RA RUM PUM [Vishal and Shekhar] and CHAK DE INDIA [Salim Sulaiman] were moderate successes but none lived up to the legacy of Yash Raj Films. All of this makes TASHAN an exceedingly important project for the production house that opens its account with this actioner in 2008.
Vishal Dadlani chuckles, “Even if we say this to ourselves, TASHAN is a ‘dhamaal’ score in the offering. Shekhar and I are supremely confident about the music and we are sure music lovers won’t be disappointed at all. It has the ‘dhinchaak’ element that is associated with the genre of a film like TASHAN.
Music lovers too are looking forward to the film’s music. Says Shalini Burman (Branch Manager with a Delhi based bank) – “Frankly speaking, I was a tad disappointed with TA RA RUM PUM since it was more of a Yash Raj score than Vishal and Shekhar. When I play music composed by the duo, I expect a JHANKAAR BEATS or a MUSAFIR or a DUS, something which brings to fore their own style. I hope TASHAN has a lot more of them.”
March 20, 2008
Mumbai, March 20 (IASN) Item girl Rakhi Sawant was thrilled when Rakesh Roshan approached her for the item song in his film ‘Krazzy 4′, and just can’t stop raving about the expert filmmaker that he is.
She says Rakesh Roshan – a perfectionist – oversaw everything related to the song, costume, hair, make up, props, and made her lose weight too!
‘I thank god that I got an offer from such a prestigious house like Rakhesh-ji’s. Thanks to him, I lost weight and got a completely new look for my song. He is a total perfectionist. He scrutinized everything and then okayed it,’ said Rakhi
‘My song ‘Dekhta Hai Tu Kya’ shows me in a very different avatar, much more Indian and softer – all thanks to Rakesh-ji, it is a mind blowing song,’ she added.
Directed by Jaideep Sen, the film starring Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan hits screens April 11.
Apart from ‘Krazzy 4′ Rakhi will be seen in an item number in Yash Raj Films’ new venture.
March 20, 2008
A co-production between UTV Motion Pictures and Ashutosh Gowariker Productions JODHAA AKBAR, the first blockbuster of 2008, simply seems to be making its way to be written as one of the greatest cinematic triumphs of Hindi Cinema. Not only each celluloid frame of this film directed by Academy Award nominated director Ashutosh Gowariker, is soaked thoroughly with opulence but it has also broken box office records grossing 120 cores in 31 days world wide, out of which 90 cores is from India and 30 cores is from the overseas box office.Mr. Siddharth Roy Kapur, Director, UTV Motion Pictures said ” JODHAA AKBAR is an epic not merely by virtue of the timeless story it tells, but also because of the tremendous tribulations its creation entailed. But the response JODHAA AKBAR has received not only in India but world wide by both critics and viewers is worth all the hard work.”
The films that have a history are those that entail an epic creation, but JODHAA AKBAR which has released across 25 countries in 1500 screens worldwide and dubbed in Tamil, Telegu, Dutch and Arabic, seems to be the one making a history on its own.
JODHAA AKBAR is standing a monumental testament to Oscar nominated film director Ashutosh Gowariker’s vision and commitment. To compliment Ashutosh Gowariker’s efforts are power packed performances by Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
March 19, 2008
Bollywood Trade News Network
Reebok, the world’s leading sports brand launched its global brand campaign ‘Your Move’ for 2008 on March 15. Key ambassadors of this campaign include legendary soccer player, Thierry Henry, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh (Yuvi) and the stunning Bipasha Basu, who have challenged the status quo and invite consumers to do the same. ‘Your Move’ is an invitation for people to express themselves and to do things in their own unique way in sports and life. It is basically a call for action.
‘Your Move’ suggests to lay the choices – both as reasons or ultimate objectives that exist before any activity is pursued. ‘Your Move’ Campaign builds on Reebok’s ‘I am What I am’ campaign, which celebrated individuality.
March 18, 2008
Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) Priyanka Chopra’s dream home is ready and the actress is delighted. But she hasn’t moved in yet and will do so when she has the time to do it up herself.
‘I’ll have my house-warming party and move to my new place only when I return from Miami in July. My parents have shifted though, leaving me by myself in our old place,’ she grumbled good-naturedly.
‘Last week my parents had a house-warming party for their friends. Since I had no time, I refrained from inviting any of my friends. Isn’t that sad? We had to postpone our shift several times. We were supposed to move in last Diwali, but the interiors had to be completed,’ the actress told IANS.
Priyanka is house-proud. ‘It’s such a feeling to own a home that I’ve watched come up brick by brick. Full marks to Suzanne Roshan for making my dream home a reality. I think her aesthetics are very close to mine. My parents’ apartment and mine are adjacent (as they were in our earlier residence) and are so beautifully done. Both have been done up differently.’
Since Priyanka is shooting non-stop to complete Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Fashion’ before rushing off to complete ‘Dostana’, she can’t pack beyond the stuff she’ll need for her trip to Miami.
‘But my mom is packing my belongings that I’ve accumulated over the years. I wish I had more time to enjoy this important move in my life. But I am free only in July after I finish shooting ‘Fashion’ and Karan Johar’s ‘Dostana’. After that, no more assignments for the time being and only then will I get some time to move in and enjoy my new home.
‘Until then, I’ll be happy watching my parents enjoy our new home. Their happiness means more to me than my own,’ she said.
March 18, 2008
Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta, who has been in the news for her ugly spat with director Shona Urvashi while shooting ‘Saas, Bahu, Sensex’ in Pune, refuses to forget ‘the experience’.
‘I’ve taken enough rubbish from them all because my producers Warner Brothers are really cool. But Shona Urvashi has been a nightmare. I wouldn’t even want to go there again. But she has been calling up the media, telling them I’m on drugs and that I am another Parveen Babi.
‘Another Parveen? This is my 13th film. Please check with my directors and producers if I’ve ever been erratic in my behaviour. I think these people need to check their own mental balance,’ she said.
Tanushree goes back to the beginning of her stint in Pune. ‘I signed this film without knowing what I was in for. At first, things seemed okay. Shona was the producer and her sister Masume was also part of the cast (though it’s another matter that there seems to be some kind of stress between the sisters). I’ve the main role. Their mother is the producer and father looks after the production. So it was all a family affair.
‘I was the outsider. I kept my distance. But may be they didn’t like the fact that I didn’t party with them after work. But if I’ve an early morning shoot, I’d rather sleep and be fresh,’ Tanushree said.
Whatever the reason for their rancour, hell broke loose Feb 14.
‘Shona harassed me continuously throughout the day. She’d pick on me for no reason. At first I laughed it off, thinking they were making a fool of me. But then I realised they were serious. I was made to say the same line for hours on-end. I wasn’t allowed to go back to my van between shots.
‘For 15 hours non-stop, they made me shoot, taunting, jeering and harassing me. The lights and air-conditioning in my van were switched off. It was a nightmare. They couldn’t wait to have me back on the sets the next morning for a dose of the same treatment,’ the actress recalled.
Tanushree left Pune and refused to go back till the producers accompanied her.
‘I reluctantly went back and shot Feb 19-20. But it was bad. The producers saw how bad it was and blasted the team wondering how an actress could work under such stressful circumstances. Shona insisted that she needed me for 10-12 days. The producers decided four days were enough. I went on the sets at the given time, tried to do my work and left.’
Now there’re just four days of work left and Tanushree wonders how she will go through it.
‘It’s a fantastic script but it was the worst experience of my career. Now I wonder if they were doing all for publicity. Shona Urvashi has directed one film before and may be she needed to get noticed. But this is not the way to go about it.’
March 18, 2008
