Mumbai, April 30 (Ians) In the upcoming episodes of ‘Aangan Aapno Kaa’, Pallavi’s (Ayushi Khurana) husband Akash (Samar Vermani) will face a devastating setback when he loses his job as the hotel announces that they cannot employ anyone who has been jailed.
His mother Aparna (Kashish Duggal), heartbroken by the humiliation they endured, expresses her grief. Meanwhile, Pallavi remains resolute in her quest to expose Pappi’s deceit and clear the family’s name.
Despite Akash’s cautious advice to pursue a legal path, Pallavi, with her father-in-law Suresh (Sagar Saini) and uncle Subhash (Vinayak Bhave) firmly by her side, devises a bold plan to trap Pappi (Ashwin Kaushal) in his own deceitful game.
To her surprise, even Neetu (Neeva Malik), the constable and girlfriend of Pappi’s sidekick Amit Tandon (Manish Kaushal) also joins forces with Pallavi when she gets to know that her boyfriend is betraying her as well.
His mother Aparna (Kashish Duggal), heartbroken by the humiliation they endured, expresses her grief. Meanwhile, Pallavi remains resolute in her quest to expose Pappi’s deceit and clear the family’s name.
Despite Akash’s cautious advice to pursue a legal path, Pallavi, with her father-in-law Suresh (Sagar Saini) and uncle Subhash (Vinayak Bhave) firmly by her side, devises a bold plan to trap Pappi (Ashwin Kaushal) in his own deceitful game.
To her surprise, even Neetu (Neeva Malik), the constable and girlfriend of Pappi’s sidekick Amit Tandon (Manish Kaushal) also joins forces with Pallavi when she gets to know that her boyfriend is betraying her as well.
- 4/30/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Actor Rajeev Bhardwaj, who is known for his stint in ‘Crime Patrol’, ‘Devon Ke Dev…Mahadev’, etc, expressed gratitude to filmmaker Subhash Ghai, and said being selected by the showman as his hero for such a powerful role, is his biggest breakthrough.
Rajeev is seen in Subhash Ghai’s first television show ‘Janaki’.
On working with the director of movies like ‘Pardes’, ‘Taal’ and ‘Yaadein’, Rajeev said: “Being selected by the showman as his hero for such a powerful role, is my biggest breakthrough. Subhash ji’s team had seen a lot of actors, their videos, and auditions but they were not getting what they wanted.”
“This role has a huge range of emotions. They needed a performer with a good understanding of emotions who could carry this lead role from a young age to old age. Then his creative team saw one of my women’s day Ad films and liked my performance.
Rajeev is seen in Subhash Ghai’s first television show ‘Janaki’.
On working with the director of movies like ‘Pardes’, ‘Taal’ and ‘Yaadein’, Rajeev said: “Being selected by the showman as his hero for such a powerful role, is my biggest breakthrough. Subhash ji’s team had seen a lot of actors, their videos, and auditions but they were not getting what they wanted.”
“This role has a huge range of emotions. They needed a performer with a good understanding of emotions who could carry this lead role from a young age to old age. Then his creative team saw one of my women’s day Ad films and liked my performance.
- 10/28/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Actor Rajeev Bhardwaj, who is known for his stint in ‘Crime Patrol’, ‘Devon Ke Dev…Mahadev’, etc, expressed gratitude to filmmaker Subhash Ghai, and said being selected by the showman as his hero for such a powerful role, is his biggest breakthrough.
Rajeev is seen in Subhash Ghai’s first television show ‘Janaki’.
On working with the director of movies like ‘Pardes’, ‘Taal’ and ‘Yaadein’, Rajeev said: “Being selected by the showman as his hero for such a powerful role, is my biggest breakthrough. Subhash ji’s team had seen a lot of actors, their videos, and auditions but they were not getting what they wanted.”
“This role has a huge range of emotions. They needed a performer with a good understanding of emotions who could carry this lead role from a young age to old age. Then his creative team saw one of my women’s day Ad films and liked my performance.
Rajeev is seen in Subhash Ghai’s first television show ‘Janaki’.
On working with the director of movies like ‘Pardes’, ‘Taal’ and ‘Yaadein’, Rajeev said: “Being selected by the showman as his hero for such a powerful role, is my biggest breakthrough. Subhash ji’s team had seen a lot of actors, their videos, and auditions but they were not getting what they wanted.”
“This role has a huge range of emotions. They needed a performer with a good understanding of emotions who could carry this lead role from a young age to old age. Then his creative team saw one of my women’s day Ad films and liked my performance.
- 10/28/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Director Subhash Ghai hosted an intimate gathering at his place to mark 45 years of his film studio which coincides with his wedding anniversary. Celebrating his success, actor Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff, Anupam Kher, among others presented the ‘Ram Lakhan’ director with gifts.
The director later posted a picture of himself with actors Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff.
Sharing the picture on his X handle, he wrote: “It’s amazing to talk N laugh heart to heartto your friends actors as good as in 1990s. We had great laugh together with my Nayak n khalnayak greatfriends like #Sanjay Dutt N #Jackie Shroff on the eve of our 45th anniversary of mukta arts at my home. As young as ever (sic)”.
Subhashalso shared a group photo where he was standing alongside Anupam Kher, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, and Dr. Shriram Nene.
Posting the photo on X, he captioned:...
The director later posted a picture of himself with actors Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff.
Sharing the picture on his X handle, he wrote: “It’s amazing to talk N laugh heart to heartto your friends actors as good as in 1990s. We had great laugh together with my Nayak n khalnayak greatfriends like #Sanjay Dutt N #Jackie Shroff on the eve of our 45th anniversary of mukta arts at my home. As young as ever (sic)”.
Subhashalso shared a group photo where he was standing alongside Anupam Kher, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, and Dr. Shriram Nene.
Posting the photo on X, he captioned:...
- 10/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Director Subhash Ghai hosted an intimate gathering at his place to mark 45 years of his film studio which coincides with his wedding anniversary. Celebrating his success, actor Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff, Anupam Kher, among others presented the ‘Ram Lakhan’ director with gifts.
The director later posted a picture of himself with actors Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff.
Sharing the picture on his X handle, he wrote: “It’s amazing to talk N laugh heart to heartto your friends actors as good as in 1990s. We had great laugh together with my Nayak n khalnayak greatfriends like #Sanjay Dutt N #Jackie Shroff on the eve of our 45th anniversary of mukta arts at my home. As young as ever (sic)”.
Subhashalso shared a group photo where he was standing alongside Anupam Kher, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, and Dr. Shriram Nene.
Posting the photo on X, he captioned:...
The director later posted a picture of himself with actors Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff.
Sharing the picture on his X handle, he wrote: “It’s amazing to talk N laugh heart to heartto your friends actors as good as in 1990s. We had great laugh together with my Nayak n khalnayak greatfriends like #Sanjay Dutt N #Jackie Shroff on the eve of our 45th anniversary of mukta arts at my home. As young as ever (sic)”.
Subhashalso shared a group photo where he was standing alongside Anupam Kher, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, and Dr. Shriram Nene.
Posting the photo on X, he captioned:...
- 10/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Fawad Khan
Directed by Karan Johar
Let’s get this straight. Karan Johar loves his films to look beautiful. He works towards gleaming polishing and grooming his locations and actors as though he were building a Taj Mahal for the gen-y to rest its reposeful romanticism.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil(Adhm) is one good-looking film with actors who epitomize human beauty. True, they strive helplessly towards reaching the inner core of their being to obtain a spiritual centre to match that abundance of physical beauty. That synchronized connectivity between inner and outer beauty escapes the filmmaker as well as his characters who are heard mouthing some beautiful poetry that seems ordered online.
It’s all very designer-designer in Adhm. You know, like kitchen interior and living room walls in a home-decoration magazine. But nonetheless pretty to look at and enormously gratifying for...
Directed by Karan Johar
Let’s get this straight. Karan Johar loves his films to look beautiful. He works towards gleaming polishing and grooming his locations and actors as though he were building a Taj Mahal for the gen-y to rest its reposeful romanticism.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil(Adhm) is one good-looking film with actors who epitomize human beauty. True, they strive helplessly towards reaching the inner core of their being to obtain a spiritual centre to match that abundance of physical beauty. That synchronized connectivity between inner and outer beauty escapes the filmmaker as well as his characters who are heard mouthing some beautiful poetry that seems ordered online.
It’s all very designer-designer in Adhm. You know, like kitchen interior and living room walls in a home-decoration magazine. But nonetheless pretty to look at and enormously gratifying for...
- 10/29/2016
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Raaz Reboot
Starring Emraan Hashmi, Gaurav Arora, Kriti Kharbanda
Directed by Vikram Bhatt
When in Romania, do as the Romanians do?? Well, sort of. The latest instalment of the Raaz franchise, and by far the most gripping—if you like that sort of a thing—since the first Raaz film in 2002, is shot with subdued splendor by Manoj Soni, in the snowswept landscape of Romania. This novel location lends a beguiling bleakness to what could easily have been yet another bland spook-fest from the horror-house of the Bhatts.
But Raaz Reboot(Re-Bhoot?) is more gripping than the two earlier instalments of the Raaz franchise which suffered for the want of a tight plotting. Raaz Reboot is also a direct descendent of the original Raaz film which, to nudge moviegoers’ memories, scored big in the year of Sanjay Bhansali’s Devdas. In that husband Dino Morea had a terrible secret up his sleeves,...
Starring Emraan Hashmi, Gaurav Arora, Kriti Kharbanda
Directed by Vikram Bhatt
When in Romania, do as the Romanians do?? Well, sort of. The latest instalment of the Raaz franchise, and by far the most gripping—if you like that sort of a thing—since the first Raaz film in 2002, is shot with subdued splendor by Manoj Soni, in the snowswept landscape of Romania. This novel location lends a beguiling bleakness to what could easily have been yet another bland spook-fest from the horror-house of the Bhatts.
But Raaz Reboot(Re-Bhoot?) is more gripping than the two earlier instalments of the Raaz franchise which suffered for the want of a tight plotting. Raaz Reboot is also a direct descendent of the original Raaz film which, to nudge moviegoers’ memories, scored big in the year of Sanjay Bhansali’s Devdas. In that husband Dino Morea had a terrible secret up his sleeves,...
- 9/18/2016
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Starring Tiger Shroff, Shraddha Kapoor, Sudheer Babu
Directed by Sabbir Khan
Baaghi is a film in a tearing hurry. It hurls and races through a series of fetchingly staged action sequences hoping that the audience won’t notice the woeful want of an authentic emotional design under the whipped up excitement in the plot. It’s like watching an episode of Game Of Thrones with the throne thrown into the sea. What you are left with is the Mona Lisa painting with smile that has no context.
What the flick is she grinning about??
You can tell when a film is faking it by its aggressive storytelling with a background score to match. Baaghi piles on the visual velocity and the aural audacity with irreparable impunity. Bruised battered and unvanquished is how the hero Ronnie (so named because he is forever Ronnying away?) emerges in this turbulent tale of two...
Directed by Sabbir Khan
Baaghi is a film in a tearing hurry. It hurls and races through a series of fetchingly staged action sequences hoping that the audience won’t notice the woeful want of an authentic emotional design under the whipped up excitement in the plot. It’s like watching an episode of Game Of Thrones with the throne thrown into the sea. What you are left with is the Mona Lisa painting with smile that has no context.
What the flick is she grinning about??
You can tell when a film is faking it by its aggressive storytelling with a background score to match. Baaghi piles on the visual velocity and the aural audacity with irreparable impunity. Bruised battered and unvanquished is how the hero Ronnie (so named because he is forever Ronnying away?) emerges in this turbulent tale of two...
- 5/2/2016
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Starring – Tabu, Katrina Kaif, Aditya Roy Kapoor and above all, Kashmir
Directed by Abhishek Kapoor
There is only one hero in Abhishek Kapoor’s massively disappointing and bogus adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. And it’s not Aditya Roy Kapoor. It’s Kashmir. The film, purported to be a romance between the bewitching Katrina Kaif and the besotted Aditya Roy Kapoor, romances just the Kashmir Valley. The rest is all mystery.
I recommend Fitoor be used to promote tourism in the Valley. As for Charles Dickens and Great Expectations, thankfully the author is not around to see how far his novel about forbidden love has been taken away from its roots.
Dickens’ title, as it turns out, proves prophetically ironic. You enter director Abhishek Kapoor’s snow-swept stunning world of stillness and turbulence, with a whole lot of expectations. You come away feeling cheated, betrayed and also angry for...
Directed by Abhishek Kapoor
There is only one hero in Abhishek Kapoor’s massively disappointing and bogus adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. And it’s not Aditya Roy Kapoor. It’s Kashmir. The film, purported to be a romance between the bewitching Katrina Kaif and the besotted Aditya Roy Kapoor, romances just the Kashmir Valley. The rest is all mystery.
I recommend Fitoor be used to promote tourism in the Valley. As for Charles Dickens and Great Expectations, thankfully the author is not around to see how far his novel about forbidden love has been taken away from its roots.
Dickens’ title, as it turns out, proves prophetically ironic. You enter director Abhishek Kapoor’s snow-swept stunning world of stillness and turbulence, with a whole lot of expectations. You come away feeling cheated, betrayed and also angry for...
- 2/13/2016
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Namaste, Sat Sri Akaal, Assalamualaikum and welcome to My Christmas/New Year’s present to all you Bollywood fanatics. The 2015 countdown of the Top Grossing Films.
Now for the countdown. Bear in mind that this countdown is based on pure fact and figures. This is a countdown based on what you the viewer have voted for with your feet, as you the viewer have taken the time out from your lives to see these films in your droves. You may agree with some of them you may not agree with some of them – but come what may, these are your top ten grossers for 2015.
10. Gabbar is Back
Starring – Akshay Kumar, Shruti Hassan, Suman Talwar, Jaideep Ahlawat, Sunil Grover
Director – Krish
Producer – Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Shabina Khan
Music – Chirantan Bhatt, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Manj Musik
Release Date – May 1st
Okay I will be honest. I was surprised...
Now for the countdown. Bear in mind that this countdown is based on pure fact and figures. This is a countdown based on what you the viewer have voted for with your feet, as you the viewer have taken the time out from your lives to see these films in your droves. You may agree with some of them you may not agree with some of them – but come what may, these are your top ten grossers for 2015.
10. Gabbar is Back
Starring – Akshay Kumar, Shruti Hassan, Suman Talwar, Jaideep Ahlawat, Sunil Grover
Director – Krish
Producer – Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Shabina Khan
Music – Chirantan Bhatt, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Manj Musik
Release Date – May 1st
Okay I will be honest. I was surprised...
- 1/25/2016
- by Rima Bhatia
- Bollyspice
In a film that works both on a physical and emotional level, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan returns as a working mother, working to balance career with domestic responsibilities. When hotshot lawyer Anuradha Varma’s only daughter is kidnapped during school sports day. Anuradha is stricken with guilt for not spending more time with her child. It’s a prevalent dilemma for working women, and Sanjay Gupta who has so far focused attention on sexy item bombs and sexier guns opens up a debate on the travails of the working woman with flair and gusto, never allowing the thrills to override the somber underbelly of the plot.
Gupta brings flamboyance flourish and a restless energy to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s agile yet feminine role of a mother desperately seeking her daughter. In some ways I was reminded of Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly where a daughter is kidnapped. Kashyap’s film was much darker and ominous.
Gupta brings flamboyance flourish and a restless energy to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s agile yet feminine role of a mother desperately seeking her daughter. In some ways I was reminded of Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly where a daughter is kidnapped. Kashyap’s film was much darker and ominous.
- 10/12/2015
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
There is no need to start foaming at the mouth—like the film’s hero Maddy does after he consumes phenyl—and muttering expletives—as Maddy’s love-interest Payal does all the time—just because the film’s narrative sags in parts.
Dullness is not a crime in the movies. Dishonesty is. And Nikhil Advani’s juvenilely but aptly named Katti Batti(the two words used by school kids when they fight and make up) doesn’t have a single untruthful moment in it.
You may not flow with or even agree with the plot’s infuriating take on unrequited love. And you may even find the concept of a lovelorn Majnu with a perpetual hangdog expression and a pet turtle to tend to , a bit too much to take. But this guy Nikhil Advani who gave us his take on a hardcore massy love story last week, means business.
Dullness is not a crime in the movies. Dishonesty is. And Nikhil Advani’s juvenilely but aptly named Katti Batti(the two words used by school kids when they fight and make up) doesn’t have a single untruthful moment in it.
You may not flow with or even agree with the plot’s infuriating take on unrequited love. And you may even find the concept of a lovelorn Majnu with a perpetual hangdog expression and a pet turtle to tend to , a bit too much to take. But this guy Nikhil Advani who gave us his take on a hardcore massy love story last week, means business.
- 9/19/2015
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
“Tu apna kiss karta reh,” Paresh Rawal sarcastically scoffs at the ‘serial kisser’ Emraan Hashmi after he catches him necking with Pakistani bombshell Humaima in a lift in Cape Town.
These inhouse jokes, I tell you! They are the life and death of a certain kind of cinema where the script has to be far cleverer than the audience. In Raja Natwarlal,a con caper with a lot going for it at least on paper, Hashmi has little to do that could catapult him to the next level of his career. He swings along in the low tide of this film’s too-clever-for-its-own-good plot, happy to play the “lovable” (giggle!) con-man who chances on a scam much bigger than he had bargained for.
The film is essentially a cat-and-mouse chase between Hashmi’s Natwarlal accompanied by a wry rogue named Yogi(Paresh rawal, giving a terrific shape to his ill-defined...
These inhouse jokes, I tell you! They are the life and death of a certain kind of cinema where the script has to be far cleverer than the audience. In Raja Natwarlal,a con caper with a lot going for it at least on paper, Hashmi has little to do that could catapult him to the next level of his career. He swings along in the low tide of this film’s too-clever-for-its-own-good plot, happy to play the “lovable” (giggle!) con-man who chances on a scam much bigger than he had bargained for.
The film is essentially a cat-and-mouse chase between Hashmi’s Natwarlal accompanied by a wry rogue named Yogi(Paresh rawal, giving a terrific shape to his ill-defined...
- 8/30/2014
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Fox Star Studio India’s latest hi-octane action-entertainer, Bullett Raja has already gained momentum amongst leading film critics of the country who have acclaimed the film to be innovative with ground-breaking concepts!
The promos of the film had already stirred a buzz with power-packed dialogues and bold performance snap shots that had the viewers anticipating for more until its release date tomorrow, 29th November. The film has been described to magnetise the Indian audiences with spanking new combinations of unexplored trails which have been successfully experimented and implemented by the makers of the film.
Bullett Raja claims to be pragmatic just like Tigmanshu Dhulia’s previous endeavors, designed with a rustic connotation showcasing the portrayal of a raw, unrefined and harsh template yet keeping it legitimate and totally justifiable. The dialogues and screenplay keep the viewers enveloped into the proceedings of the film with some very unexpected twists and turns towards the penultimate moments.
The promos of the film had already stirred a buzz with power-packed dialogues and bold performance snap shots that had the viewers anticipating for more until its release date tomorrow, 29th November. The film has been described to magnetise the Indian audiences with spanking new combinations of unexplored trails which have been successfully experimented and implemented by the makers of the film.
Bullett Raja claims to be pragmatic just like Tigmanshu Dhulia’s previous endeavors, designed with a rustic connotation showcasing the portrayal of a raw, unrefined and harsh template yet keeping it legitimate and totally justifiable. The dialogues and screenplay keep the viewers enveloped into the proceedings of the film with some very unexpected twists and turns towards the penultimate moments.
- 12/1/2013
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh
Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Just when you think you have seen it all, there comes a film that reminds you of how far the cinematic medium has come…And how far it can go in the right hands. And let’s face it. Bhansali is Bhansali. His visual imagery in all his earlier films from Khamoshi: The Musical to Guzaarish is comparable with the best art from any field of aesthetics.
You could say Bhansali’s cinema is the visual equivalent of Lata Mangeshkar’s singing. And you wouldn’t be wrong.
In terms of its free-flowing unmeasured operatic opulence Ram-Leela (with or without the censorial pre-fix) comes closest to the giddy high-pitched and yet miraculously controlled tempo and tenor of Bhansali’s Devdas. That too was a steeply sensuous cinematic adaptation from a literary source. Ram Leela goes to Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet...
Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Just when you think you have seen it all, there comes a film that reminds you of how far the cinematic medium has come…And how far it can go in the right hands. And let’s face it. Bhansali is Bhansali. His visual imagery in all his earlier films from Khamoshi: The Musical to Guzaarish is comparable with the best art from any field of aesthetics.
You could say Bhansali’s cinema is the visual equivalent of Lata Mangeshkar’s singing. And you wouldn’t be wrong.
In terms of its free-flowing unmeasured operatic opulence Ram-Leela (with or without the censorial pre-fix) comes closest to the giddy high-pitched and yet miraculously controlled tempo and tenor of Bhansali’s Devdas. That too was a steeply sensuous cinematic adaptation from a literary source. Ram Leela goes to Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet...
- 11/16/2013
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
This is no place for the weak. This world as we know it. And this film, as we discover with the thrill of chancing upon an unexpected little gem.
Inspired from a Spanish film, is it? I really don’t give a fig where writer-director Ahishor Solomon got the raw material for this gripping cat-and-mouse tale. Does the kitchen where the food on the table originates really mean anything? What counts is the quotient of curiosity and suspense simulated by the script. And there, John Day ranks very high.
Not for a while have we seen a film so steeped in despair, so swathed in anxiety, so audaciously draped in despair and yet it engages our senses without miring the plot in morbidity.
The story, let me tell you, is not for the squeamish. The two main characters are constantly haunted by their irrevocably tragic parts. Naseeruddin Shah and Randeep Hooda...
Inspired from a Spanish film, is it? I really don’t give a fig where writer-director Ahishor Solomon got the raw material for this gripping cat-and-mouse tale. Does the kitchen where the food on the table originates really mean anything? What counts is the quotient of curiosity and suspense simulated by the script. And there, John Day ranks very high.
Not for a while have we seen a film so steeped in despair, so swathed in anxiety, so audaciously draped in despair and yet it engages our senses without miring the plot in morbidity.
The story, let me tell you, is not for the squeamish. The two main characters are constantly haunted by their irrevocably tragic parts. Naseeruddin Shah and Randeep Hooda...
- 9/14/2013
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Prakash Raj, Prachi Desai
Directed by K Ravi Kumar
Look. Indian cinema is like a massive bouquet of wildflowers of different colours and smells. You really can’t judge Policegiri, Sanjay Dutt’s hefty homage to hero-giri completed before his 3-year prison terms, against the soft gently-undulating movements of the week’s other release Lootera. If Vikramaditya Motwane’s film is soft-petalled rose Policegiri is a wild cactus flower from the desert.
Why cactus? The landscape is populated with pricks, you see.
It’s roaring 12-gun salute to the traditional mainstream cinema’s ongoing obsession with the corruption-cleansing cop who goes on a rampage. The anti-establishment figure from Prakash Mehra’s Zanjeer has been slyly transformed into the Khaki-coloured law-enforcer with shades of grey .
Like Ajay Devgn in Singham Akshay Kumar in Rowdy Rathore and Salman Khan in Dabangg, Dutt in Policegiri is a morally ambivalent do-gooder...
Directed by K Ravi Kumar
Look. Indian cinema is like a massive bouquet of wildflowers of different colours and smells. You really can’t judge Policegiri, Sanjay Dutt’s hefty homage to hero-giri completed before his 3-year prison terms, against the soft gently-undulating movements of the week’s other release Lootera. If Vikramaditya Motwane’s film is soft-petalled rose Policegiri is a wild cactus flower from the desert.
Why cactus? The landscape is populated with pricks, you see.
It’s roaring 12-gun salute to the traditional mainstream cinema’s ongoing obsession with the corruption-cleansing cop who goes on a rampage. The anti-establishment figure from Prakash Mehra’s Zanjeer has been slyly transformed into the Khaki-coloured law-enforcer with shades of grey .
Like Ajay Devgn in Singham Akshay Kumar in Rowdy Rathore and Salman Khan in Dabangg, Dutt in Policegiri is a morally ambivalent do-gooder...
- 7/6/2013
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Aashiqui 2
Starring Aditya Roy Kapoor, Shradha Kapoor
Directed by Mohit Suri
Rating: *** ½
It’s no coincidence that this surprisingly moving film is inspired by Frank Pierson’s 1976 drama A Star Is Born. And I deliberately mention the funky psychedelic 1976 version and not the older 1954 version of the same story. In spirit and in the way the two principal actors perform their parts of two soul-mates and singers torn asunder by their allegiance to the same competitive spirit of showmanship, Aashiqui 2 is robustly reminiscent of the Kris Kristofferson-Barbra Streisand film where he discovers a co-singer who steals his heart and also his career.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee made his lyrical melodious Abhimaan on the same theme. It was easy for Hrishida to portray Jaya Bhaduri as a better artiste than Amitabh Bachchan quite simply because she sang in Lata Mangeshkar’s voices. In Aashiqui 2 the two protagonists are...
Starring Aditya Roy Kapoor, Shradha Kapoor
Directed by Mohit Suri
Rating: *** ½
It’s no coincidence that this surprisingly moving film is inspired by Frank Pierson’s 1976 drama A Star Is Born. And I deliberately mention the funky psychedelic 1976 version and not the older 1954 version of the same story. In spirit and in the way the two principal actors perform their parts of two soul-mates and singers torn asunder by their allegiance to the same competitive spirit of showmanship, Aashiqui 2 is robustly reminiscent of the Kris Kristofferson-Barbra Streisand film where he discovers a co-singer who steals his heart and also his career.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee made his lyrical melodious Abhimaan on the same theme. It was easy for Hrishida to portray Jaya Bhaduri as a better artiste than Amitabh Bachchan quite simply because she sang in Lata Mangeshkar’s voices. In Aashiqui 2 the two protagonists are...
- 5/1/2013
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Starring Sachiin Joshi, Gihani Khan, Vimla Raman, Prakash Raj, Mahesh Manjrekar
Directed by Ankush Bhatt
If Chulbul Pandey in Dabangg were to be merged wuth Anant Velankar in Govind Nihalani’s Ardh Satya we would probably get Abhijeet Patil in Mumbai Mirror.
Patil, played by entrepreneur-actor Sachiin Joshi, is the product of Mumbai’s underbelly. He is a cop. But he could well be on the other side of the law without skipping a beat.
Like Om Puri in Ardh Satya Joshi’s character in its childhood watched his sadistic father beat up his mother. Joshi grows up churlish and somewhat amoral, hating the world for what it allowed his father to do to his mother. He can’t bear to see a woman being hit. Neither can we. But we still have to.
There are seeds of a gripping cops thriller in Mumbai Mirror. Brutal and brisk, the pace is fairly frenetic.
Directed by Ankush Bhatt
If Chulbul Pandey in Dabangg were to be merged wuth Anant Velankar in Govind Nihalani’s Ardh Satya we would probably get Abhijeet Patil in Mumbai Mirror.
Patil, played by entrepreneur-actor Sachiin Joshi, is the product of Mumbai’s underbelly. He is a cop. But he could well be on the other side of the law without skipping a beat.
Like Om Puri in Ardh Satya Joshi’s character in its childhood watched his sadistic father beat up his mother. Joshi grows up churlish and somewhat amoral, hating the world for what it allowed his father to do to his mother. He can’t bear to see a woman being hit. Neither can we. But we still have to.
There are seeds of a gripping cops thriller in Mumbai Mirror. Brutal and brisk, the pace is fairly frenetic.
- 1/17/2013
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Bollywood actress and former model Mahima Chaudhury turned a year older on Thursday. Born as Ritu Chaudhry in the year 1973, the actress turned 39. She started her career as a VJ on music channels and appeared in various advertisements. She made her Bollywood debut in Subash Ghai's film Pardes in 1997. During the filming, Ghai renamed her due to superstitions. The actress starred in few hit films like Daag: The Fire, Kurukshetra, Om Jai Jagadish, Lajja, Dhadkan and...
- 9/13/2012
- GlamSham
1. Pyaar Ka Punchnama: The year’s sleeper success that kept us awake for a good 2 hours with its celluloid anthem of ribtickling misogyny. Three room-mates and their troubled love relationships formed the core of the comic conflict. Every character and each episode spilled over with a delightful déjà vu. Debutant director Luv Ranjan managed a 3-guys-in-a-sexist-soup comedy much better than Madhur Bhandarkar in Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji. And the director did it with untried actors. Kartik Tiwari(who is now doing the same director’s nextSaathi) and Divyendu Sharma(who is in David Dhawan’s Chashme Buddoor) were among the best discoveries of the year.We luv you,Luv, for bringing push to shove without tripping over.
2. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara: It never rains in Spain except when three friends take off on a holiday to the country, to do the things they always wanted to(but...
2. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara: It never rains in Spain except when three friends take off on a holiday to the country, to do the things they always wanted to(but...
- 1/28/2012
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Bbuddah…Hoga Tera Baap mark a return for Amitabh to his Angry Young Man roots, so expect some cracking dialogue with plenty of dishoom dishoom from the original maverick! This revisionist masala films definitely warrants a look back at the many roles Amitabh Bachchan has unleashed his righteous fury. However, with each of these roles, Bachchan offered a different interpretation of his most iconic persona. You could say Bachchan’s Angry Young Man was a successor to the Disillusioned Young Man of the 50s played by Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, and Guru Dutt. Aided by great screenwriters Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar, and directors who knew how draw the best out him; Amitabh Bachan’s iconic persona is a perfect fusion of all these elements in creating a lasting legacy for Indian cinema. Though the Angry Young Man that Bachchan embodied became an increasing staple in masala films, he echoed many...
- 6/30/2011
- by Rumnique Nannar
- Bollyspice
Best Actor (Male)Ajay Devgn - Once Upon A Time In MumbaaiHrithik Roshan - GuzaarishRanbir Kapoor - RaajneetiSalman Khan - DabanggShah Rukh Khan - My Name Is KhanNaseeruddin Shah - IshqiyaRishi Kapoor - Do Dooni ChaarBest Actor (Female)
Aishwarya Rai - GuzaarishAnushka Sharma - Band Baaja BaaraatDeepika Padukone - Break Ke BaadKajol - My Name Is KhanKareena Kapoor - Golmaal 3Vidya Balan - IshqiyaKatrina Kaif - RaajneetiBest Director
Anusha Rizvi - Peepli LiveDibakar Banerjee - Love Sex Aur DhokaManeesh Sharma - Band Bajaa BaaraatPrakash Jha - RaajneetiMilan Luthria - Once Upon A Time In MumbaaiVikramaditya Motwane - UdaanBest Film
Band Baaja BaaraatLove Sex Aur DhokaPeepli [Live]Once Upon A Time In MumbaaiRaajneetiUdaanBest Actor in A Comic Role - M/FKonkona Sen Sharma - Atithi.Tum Kab Jaoge?Paresh Rawal - Atithi. Tum Kab Jaoge?Pradhuman Singh - Tere Bin LadenSanjay Mishra - Phans Gaye Re ObamaTusshar...
Aishwarya Rai - GuzaarishAnushka Sharma - Band Baaja BaaraatDeepika Padukone - Break Ke BaadKajol - My Name Is KhanKareena Kapoor - Golmaal 3Vidya Balan - IshqiyaKatrina Kaif - RaajneetiBest Director
Anusha Rizvi - Peepli LiveDibakar Banerjee - Love Sex Aur DhokaManeesh Sharma - Band Bajaa BaaraatPrakash Jha - RaajneetiMilan Luthria - Once Upon A Time In MumbaaiVikramaditya Motwane - UdaanBest Film
Band Baaja BaaraatLove Sex Aur DhokaPeepli [Live]Once Upon A Time In MumbaaiRaajneetiUdaanBest Actor in A Comic Role - M/FKonkona Sen Sharma - Atithi.Tum Kab Jaoge?Paresh Rawal - Atithi. Tum Kab Jaoge?Pradhuman Singh - Tere Bin LadenSanjay Mishra - Phans Gaye Re ObamaTusshar...
- 1/2/2011
- Filmicafe
By Subhash K Jha
Feb 11, 2010: It’s a small world. And the world of entertainment is even smaller than the rest. Two of Bollywood’s biggest filmmakers Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Aditya Chopra had a major misunderstanding last year when Aditya Chopra ended up using the Punjabi exclamation ‘Hadippa’ which was a registered title in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s production house in Yashraj Films’ ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’.
The incident left a bitter taste in Sanjay Bhansali’s mouth and the director had vowed to not go anywhere near the Yashraj banner.
A year.
Feb 11, 2010: It’s a small world. And the world of entertainment is even smaller than the rest. Two of Bollywood’s biggest filmmakers Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Aditya Chopra had a major misunderstanding last year when Aditya Chopra ended up using the Punjabi exclamation ‘Hadippa’ which was a registered title in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s production house in Yashraj Films’ ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’.
The incident left a bitter taste in Sanjay Bhansali’s mouth and the director had vowed to not go anywhere near the Yashraj banner.
A year.
- 2/11/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Subhash K Jha
Salman Khan and his beautiful sister-in-law Malaika Arora have never shared a screen space before, let alone performed an item song together.
The status quo changes this Tuesday(January 12) when the sizzling Malaika known to set the screen on fire with song-and-dance numbers like ‘Chaiyyan Chaiyyan’ with Shahrukh Khan in Dil Se and ‘Mari Ve’ in Kaante, is all set to do an item song with Salman Khan for the Abhinav Kashyap-directed Dabangg.
The song which goes with the raunchy title ‘Munni Badnaam Hui Darling Tere Liye’ is composed by Lalit.
Salman Khan and his beautiful sister-in-law Malaika Arora have never shared a screen space before, let alone performed an item song together.
The status quo changes this Tuesday(January 12) when the sizzling Malaika known to set the screen on fire with song-and-dance numbers like ‘Chaiyyan Chaiyyan’ with Shahrukh Khan in Dil Se and ‘Mari Ve’ in Kaante, is all set to do an item song with Salman Khan for the Abhinav Kashyap-directed Dabangg.
The song which goes with the raunchy title ‘Munni Badnaam Hui Darling Tere Liye’ is composed by Lalit.
- 1/13/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
By Subhash K Jha
He was missing from the action in Mumbai when his revisionist interpretation of Devdas in Dev D had the nation and its favourite cultural ally in a thrall.
But Abhay Deol currently at home in New York is all set to return to Mumbai this week.
Speaking from New York Abhay says, “I’m coming back in mid-June so there will be at least two weeks to prepare.I’m also starting my own production company, and have written the next treatment for my script. So my hands are full.”
Abhay intends to make the.
He was missing from the action in Mumbai when his revisionist interpretation of Devdas in Dev D had the nation and its favourite cultural ally in a thrall.
But Abhay Deol currently at home in New York is all set to return to Mumbai this week.
Speaking from New York Abhay says, “I’m coming back in mid-June so there will be at least two weeks to prepare.I’m also starting my own production company, and have written the next treatment for my script. So my hands are full.”
Abhay intends to make the.
- 6/16/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
By Subhash K Jha
He was missing from the action in Mumbai when his revisionist interpretation of Devdas in Dev D had the nation and its favourite cultural ally in a thrall.
But Abhay Deol currently at home in New York is all set to return to Mumbai this week.
Speaking from New York Abhay says, “I’m coming back in mid-June so there will be at least two weeks to prepare.I’m also starting my own production company, and have written the next treatment for my script. So my hands are full.”
Abhay intends to make the.
He was missing from the action in Mumbai when his revisionist interpretation of Devdas in Dev D had the nation and its favourite cultural ally in a thrall.
But Abhay Deol currently at home in New York is all set to return to Mumbai this week.
Speaking from New York Abhay says, “I’m coming back in mid-June so there will be at least two weeks to prepare.I’m also starting my own production company, and have written the next treatment for my script. So my hands are full.”
Abhay intends to make the.
- 6/16/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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