CHEERS TO SHARUKH KHAN AND KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

THE BOLLYWOOD FRATERNITY IS ALL CHEERS FOR THE ONE AND ONLY KING KHAN SHARUKH KHAN'S REAL LIFE 'CHAK DE'! MOMENT AFTER HIS IPL TEAM KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR) WON THE FINAL MATCH AGAINST INDIAN CAPTAIN DHONI'S TEAM CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (CSK) IN CHENNAI. KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS IS ALSO CO-OWNED BY JUHI CHAWLA AND JAI MEHTA. IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING MATCH BETWEEN KOLKATA AND CHENNAI, KKR BEAT CSK BY 5 WICKETS. THIS IS FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS OF IPL HISTORY, KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS MADE TO THE FINAL AND DEFEATED THE DEFENDING CHAMPION, M S DHONI'S CHENNAI SUPER KINGS WHO HAS THE WINNER OF LAST TWO IPL. KKR GOT ENTRY TICKET TO THE FINAL MATCH BY BEATING SEHWAG'S DELHI DARE DEVILS. CHENNAI ALSO MADE TO THE FINAL AFTER DEFEATING DELHI BY 86 RUNS ON FRIDAY NIGHT. KING KHAN SHOWED HIS HAPPINESS WITH A SOMERSAULT TO CELEBRATE HIS TEAM'S VICTORY. IT WAS SWEET REDEMPTION FOR THE STAR AFTER A VERY TOUGH TIME IN THE FIFTH SEASON. AFTER THE SEMI FINAL  WIN WITH DELHI, HE WAS ASKED HOW HE WOULD CELEBRATE IF KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS WINS THE TROPHY, SRK QUIPPED, "I AM A LOT OF TROUBLE THESE DAYS, BUT I WILL MISBEHAVE PROPERLY IF KOLKATA WINS." BUT AFTER HIS TEAM KKR DEFEATED CHENNAI AT THE FINALS OF IPL, SHARUKH KHAN APOLOGISED FOR HIS RECENT MISBEHAVIOR WITH THE MUMBAI CRICKET ASSOCIATION OFFICIALS. SHARUKH KHAN HUGGED AND CONGRATULATED EACH TEAM MEMBER FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. SRK THANKED ALL HIS SUPPORTERS AND SAID, "I WANT TO APOLOGISE TO THE KIDS FOR MY MISBEHAVIOR AT MCA. I APOLOGISE TO ALL WHO SAW ME DIFFERENTLY. I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEHAVED IN THAT MANNER. BUT TODAY MY TEAM HAS WON, SO I GUESS, ALL YOU FANS SHOULD FORGIVE ME. WE HAVE WON AT LAST."

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ABHISHEK BACHAN, WAXES AD'S LEGS!

ONE THING ABOUT ABHISHEK BACHAN, HE ALWAYS KEEPS YOU ENTERTAINED ON THE SETS. PLAYING PRANKS ON UNIT GUYS IS SECOND NATURE TO HIM. AND HE HAS THE UNIT IN SPLITS. RECENTLY ON THE SETS OF BOL BACHCHAN HE ESPIED AN AD WEARING SHORTS. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. IT'S JUST THAT THE AD HAD HAIRY LEGS. AND THE OBVIOUSLY WAS A MISTAKE AS FAR AS BACHAN JR WAS CONCERNED. HE CALLED THE AD AND WITH A STRAIGHT FACE, REPRIMANDED HIM FOR HIS HAIRY LEGS. POOR GUY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. AND MUCH TO HIS HORROR, ABHISHEK ORDERED FOR SOME DUCT TAPES. BEFORE THE POOR AD COULD REALISE WHAT WAS HAPPENING, IT WAS WRAPPED AROUND HIS LEGS. LAST HEARD THE AD WAS SCREAMING HIS LUNGS OUT WITHOUT RESPITE. WELL, HE DID HAVE CLEAN LEGS THE NEXT DAY. IF THAT'S ANY CONSOLATION.

ABHISHEK BACHAN

IS JOHN ABRAHAM MARRIED?

OF COURSE, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT IS TRUE, FALSE OR IN BETWEEN. BUT IT HAS US EXCITED ALL THE SAME. WE HAVE HEARD THAT JOHN ABRAHAM HAS TIED THE KNOT WITH PRIYA MARWAH AT A PRIVATE CEREMONY HELD SOMETIME LAST MONTH. IT WAS PRIYA'S AUNT WHO APPARENTLY SPILLED THE BEANS AT A PARTY. WE OVERHEARD HER TELLING SOMEONE THAT JOHN HAD MARRIED HER NIECE. WELL IF THAT IS THE CASE WE'RE JUST WONDERING WHY IT'S BEEN KEPT SUCH A HUSH-HUSH AFFAIR. OF COURSE WHEN WE ASKED JOHN TO CLARIFY, HE DENIED THE ENTIRE THING. SO THERE! MAY BE THE AUNT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHO KNOWS? INCIDENTALLY, JOHN MET PRIYA AT HIS GYM. AND IF WHAT WE HEAR IS TRUE, THEN JOHN, BIPASHA BASU AND PRIYA USED TO WORKOUT TOGETHER. WE'RE TOLD THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY BIPASHA WHO INTRODUCED PRIYA TO JOHN.

JOHN ABRAHAM

  

AAMIR KHAN GOES UNDERGROUND

WHERE IS AAMIR KHAN? EVERYONE IS ASKING THAT QUESTION. THE ACTOR IT SEEMS IS OUT OF BOUNDS, HE'S CUT TIES WITH EVERYONE EXCEPT HIS WIFE OF COURSE. NO, NO, HE'S NOT ON SOME WARPATH. THE THING IS THE ACTOR IS DOING A CAMPAIGN ON PROMOTING TOURISM IN INDIA. HENCE HE HAS BEEN TRAVELLING EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. WHILE HE WAS TRAVELLING AND WORKING, HE WAS BEING CONSTANTLY DISTURBED BY PHONE CALLS FROM MUMBAI. SO MANY THAT HE COULDN'T CONCENTRATE ON WHAT HE WAS DOING. EXASPERATED BY THE PHONE RINGING INCESSANTLY, THE ACTOR SWITCHED IT OFF AND GOT HIMSELF A NEW NUMBER. NO ONE HAS IT EXCEPT HIS WIFE KIRAN RAO. WE ARE SURE WHEREVER HE IS, AAMIR MUST BE SIGHING WITH RELIEF.

AMIR KHAN

DEEPIKA SEEKS ADVICE FROM RANBIR

THEY MAY HAVE BROKEN UP BUT, THE TWO ARE GREAT PALS. DEEPIKA PADUKONE AND RANBIR KAPOOR HAVE A GREAT FRIENDSHIP GOING. SO WHEN DEEPIKA WALKED OUT OF RACE 2 RECENTLY AND PRODUCER RAMESH TAURANI CREATED QUITE A STIR, GUESS WHO SHE TURNED TO FOR ADVICE? YES TO RANBIR KAPOOR. AND RANBIR KAPOOR TOLD HER THAT SHE SHOULDN'T WALKOUT OF THE FILM. HE EMPHASISED THAT SHE SHOULD DO THE FILM. INSIDERS SAY THAT DEEPIKA TAKES RANBIR SERIOUSLY AND WHEN HE SAYS SOMETHING SHE PAYS HEED. SO DEEPIKA IS BACK IN RACE 2 AND COOPERATION PERSONIFIED.
AND ALSO HEARD THAT, DEEPIKA AND RANBIR WERE DANCING HOLDING EACH OTHER CLOSE AT ROHIT DHAWAN'S WEDDING. HMMM...
WE BELIEVE THERE IS A HOT KISSING AND LOVE MAKING SCENE BETWEEN RANBIR AND DEEPIKA IN AYAN MUKHERJI'S YEH JAWANI HAI DIWANI. AYAN IT SEEMS IS A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE SCENE. HE DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER THE TWO WILL BE COMFORTABLE ENACTING THE SCENE. SO AYAN IS CONTEMPLATING EITHER ALTERING IT OR CANNING IT ALTOGETHER.

DEEPIKA PADUKON AND RANBIR KAPOOR

YOUNG STAR RAJEEV PILLAI IN TO BOLLYWOOD

IT IS HISTORY THAT RAJEEV PILLAI GOT AN OFFER FROM DIRECTOR PRIYADARSHAN PROMISING HIM A ROLE IN HIS FORTHCOMING BOLLYWOOD FILM, MAALAMAAL WEEKLY 2 AFTER HIS CCL INNINGS.SHORTLY THERE AFTER RAJEEV FLEW DOWN TO MUMBAI TO SHOOT FOR THE FILM WHICH IS HIS FIRST BOLLYWOOD MOVIE AND RECENTLY COMPLETED THE SHOOT. WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS AND SOON RAJEEV FOUND HIS FILM CAREER TAKING AN UPWARD CURVE. VEENDUM KANNUR, GOLD AND HIS FIRST MAIN ROLE FILM, MY FAN RAMU SOON FOLLOWED, BUT THROUGH ALL THIS HE CHERISHES HIS BOLLYWOOD EXPERIENCE. HE SAYS, "PRIYAN HAS BEEN EXTREMELY FRIENDLY AND WARM. IN A FILM WITH A GREAT DIRECTOR IT IS NOT THE LENGTH OF THE ROLE WHICH COUNTS BUT THE FACT THAT I HAVE A PART TO PLAY!' MOST OF THE CAST WERE BOLLYWOOD BIGGIES LIKE SHREYAS TALPADE, OMPURI AND PARESH RAWALAND LEARNING FROM THE VETERANS WAS A MAJOR HIGH." SPEAKING OF HIS CO STARS RAJEEV SAYS, "SHREYAS IS AN AMAZING PERSON TO ACT WITH. NOT ONLY IS HE A GOOD ACTOR BUT ALSO A FANTASTIC DOWN TO EARTH PERSON WHO INVITED ME TO HIS HOME. OM PURI AND PARESH RAWAL ARE VERY DIPLOMATIC STARS WHO LIKE TO KEEP TO THEMSELVES BUT VOLUMES CAN BE LEARNED FROM THEIR TALENT. PARESH HAS A GREAT MEMORY AND IS GOOD WITH IMPROVISATIONS." THE ONLY DIFFERENCE RAJEEV SEES IN THE INDUSTRIES IS THE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS WHICH ARE LOW FOR MOLLYWOOD AND THE TIME DIFFERENCE IN COMPLETING A SHOOT.

RAJEEV PILLAI

SANUSHA DILEEP TEAMS MR MARUMAKAN BACK TO FORM

AFTER FACING SOME PROBLEMS,THE DILEEP AND SANUSHA STARRING MR MARUMAKAN SEEMS TO BE FINALLY ON TRACK. THE SHOOT WAS INITIALLY DELAYED OWING TO ACTRESS KHUSHBOO'S LEH FRACTURE. THE ACTRESS PLAYS THE ROLE OF DILEEP'S MOTHER IN LAW IN THE FILM. LATER, THE FILM AGAIN WENT OFF TRACKS BECAUSE OF JAGATHY'S ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOW BEEN SOLVED AS JAGATHY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH BABURAJ. WORK IS ON IN FULL SWING AS KHUSHBOO IS BACK AND THE SHOOT HAS RESUMED. SANDHYA MOHAN IS THE DIRECTOR OF MR MARUMAKAN AND THE SCIPT IS BY SIBY THOMAS AND UDAY KRISHNA. THIS WILL ALSO BE SANUSHA'S DEBUT AS A HEROIN IN MALAYALAM AFTER HER ROLES AS CHILD ARTISTE.

SANUSHA

TWO HOT LADIES IN SINGHAM 2

ANUSHKA SHETTY AND HANSIKA WILL BE SEEN SIZZLING WITH SURYA IN SINGHAM 2. AFTER DELIVERING A HAT-TRICK OF HITS AARU, VEL AND SINGHAM, THE SUCCESSFUL COMBO OF SURYA-HARI IS TEAMING UP FOR THE FOURTH TIME. ACCORDING TO ITS PUBLICIST, THE NEW MOVIE WILL GO ON THE FLOORS AFTER SURYA WRAPS UP MAATRAAN WITH K V ANAND. A LITTLE BIRDIE INFORMS THAT ANUSHKA HAS BEEN GIVEN ONLY 25 DAYS OF CALL SHEETS AND HARI IS CONVINCED THAT HANSIKA WILL FIT THE GLAMOROUS ROLE IN THE SEQUEL. HARI HAS ALSO REPEATED VIVEK, VIJAYA KUMAR, NASSER AND RADHA RAVI FROM THE FIRST PART. PRAKASH RAJ HAS BEEN LEFT OUT WHILE RAHMAN AND B-TOWN BADDIE MUKESH RISHI HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE CAST. COMEDIAN SANTHANAM WILL ALSO BE SEEN IN A CRUCIAL ROLE. PRODUCED BY LAKSHMAN, THE MOVIE WILL HAVE MUSIC SCORED BY DEVI SRI PRASAD. SOME SONGS AND STUNT SEQUENCES WILL BE SHOT IN KENYA AND SOUTH AFRICA.

SURYA

PRIYADARSHAN'S TEZZ TO HAVE THREE CLIMAX

WHEN TEZZ RELEASES IN THE THEATRES, YOU WILL NOT BE SEEING THE FULL STORY. FOR THAT, YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR ITS DVD RELEASE, WHICH FEATURES THREE ALTERNATIVE CLIMAX SEQUENCES THAT DIRECTOR PRIYADARSHAN SHOT, OF WHICH ONLY ONE WILL MAKE IT TO THE THEATRES. A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD US THAT WITH THREE POSSIBLE CLIMAXES FITTING PERFECTLY INTO THE HIGGH OCTANE STORY, THE FILM'S MAKERS SIMPLY COULDN'T DECIDE WHICH ONE TO SETTLE ON. SO THEY SHOT ALL THREE. "PRIYADARSHAN, AJAY DEVGON, ANIL KAPOOR AND PRODUCER RATAN JAIN UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH ALL THREE ENDINGS AND ONLY DECIDE ON THE FINAL ONE AT THE TIME OF RELEASE." ONE OF THE CLIMAXES WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE FINAL ONE, SHOWS AJAY DEVGON'S CHARACTER DYING. THE DETAILS ARE ALL VERY FINE, BUT IS IT A HAPPY ENDING OR THE SAD ONE THAT WILL FINALLY PUT AN END TO THE TEZZ STORY IN THE THEATRES? WE CAN ONLY WAIT AND SEE......

TEZZ

'NIKONJACHA' - NINNEM KOLLUM NJAANUM CHAAVUM

DIRECTOR N.K.GIREESH HAS JOINED THE LEAGUE OF DEBUT FILM MAKERS. GIREESH, WHO WAS WORKING AS LAL JOSE'S ASSISTANT, IS ALL SET TO DIRECT NINNEM KOLLUM NJAANUM CHAAVUM STARRING SUNNY WAYNE AND NIVETHA THOMAS. SUNNY WAYNE WHO STOLE THE LIMELIGHT IN SREENATH RAJENDRAN'S DEBUT MOVIE SECOND SHOW WILL ALSO BE SEEN IN VINEETH SREENIVASAN'S THATTATHIN MARAYATHU AND MALAYALAM 3D HORROR MOVIE RAKTHARASHAS. HOWEVER, SOURCES CLOSE TO NIVETHA HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE ARTISTE WHO IS SUPPOSEDLY PLAYING THE LEAD IN NINNEM KOLLUM NJANUM CHAAVUM WON'T TAKE UP THE MOVIE AS SHE IS DOWN WITH FEVER IN HER HOMETOWN AT CHENNAI.

NIVETHA

FAHAD FAZIL'S NEXT WITH HOT SNEHA ULLAL

FAHAD FAZIL HAS BEEN A MAN OF BRAVE MOVES. AFTER A STRING OF PERFORMANCES IN MOVIES WITH BOLD THEMES INCLUDING CHAPPAKURISHU & 22 FEMALE KOTTAYAM , THE BUZZ IS THAT HE WILL BE SOON PAIRING WITH THE HOT SIREN SNEHA ULLAL IN AN UPCOMING MOVIE IN MOLLYWOOD. THE ENTRY OF SNEHA, THE POPULAR BOLLYWOOD FACE WHOSE SENSOUS VIDEOS WERE ALL OVER CYBERSPACE, AS A FEMALE LEAD IN M'TOWN IS BOUND TO CREATE A LOT OF CURIOSITY. BUT FOR FAHAD, IT COULD WELL BE A ROLE THAT WILL BE NOTICED.

SNEHA ULLAL

MALLU ACTRESS NITHYA MENON TEAM UP WITH VISHNU

DESPITE HER GOOD LOOKS AND ACTING PROWESS, NITHYA MENON HADN'T QUITE TASTED SUCCESS IN KOLLYWOOD, BUT TOLLYWOOD AND KANNADA FILM INDUSTRY KEPT HER BUSY. NOW, SUDDENLY IT SEEMS THAT NITHYA IS IN DEMAND. EARLIER, CHERAN WAS KEEN TO ROPE IN THE VEPPAM STAR FOR HIS DIRECTORIAL VENTURE. AND NOW, SHE IS SERIOUSLY BEING CONSIDERED FOR ANDHI MAZHAI MEGAM THE NEXT VENTURE OF SATHYASIVA OF KAZHUGU FAME. TALKS ARE ON WITH ACTOR VISHNU FOR THE MALE LEAD. THE STORY IS SET IN THE YEAR 2000 AND IT REVOLVES AROUND THE LIVES OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.

NITHYA MENON

CHRIS HEMSWORTH INJURED BY CO-STAR'S WHIP

CHRIS HEMSWORTH GAVE HIMSELF A BLACK EYE WITH TOM HIDDLESTON'S WHIP. THE PAIR PLAY WARRING BROTHERS THOR AND LOKI IN THOR AND AVENGERS ASSEMBLE AND CHRIS ADMITTED HE IGNORED TOM'S WARNINGS TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE WEAPONS ON SET AND ENDED UP WITH A SWOLLEN AND BRUISED EYE. HE TOLD SHORTLIST MAGAZINE, "TOM HAD A WHIP IN HIS DRESSING ROOM. I OPENED THE DOOR, SAW IT AND WAS JUST, 'WHY THE HELL HAVE YOU GOT THIS THING?' AND FOR ONE OF THE STUNTS HE HAD TO THROW KNIVES, SO HAD TO PRACTICE HOW TO USE THE WHIP FOR SOME REASON. I WENT TO USE IT AND HE TOLD ME TO BE CAREFUL AND I AM LIKE, 'I'M FINE, I'M FINE.' AND THEN I ACCIDENTALLY STOOD ON THE END OF THE WHIP AND CRACKED THE THING AND IT RECOILED AND HIT ME RIGHT IN THE EYE. I HAD AN INCH OF SWELLING ABOVE MY EYE AND ACROSS MY CHEEK, AND STRAIGHT AWAY IT STARTED TO TURN BLACK.'HOW DID YOU DO IT?' 'UM, TOM'S WHIP HIT ME'. HE WASN'T PLEASED." HOWEVER, IT HASN'T AFFECTED CHRIS AND TOM'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ACTOR REFERRING TO HIS BRITISH COUNTERPART AS "AWESOME."

CHRIS HEMSWORTH

CHILD ACTRESS TARUNI SACHDEV KILLED IN NEPAL FLIGHT CRASH

BABY ARTIST TARUNI SACHDEV OF PAA AND FAMOUS AD FILM 'I LOVE YOU RASNA' FAME DIED AN UNTIMELY SAD DEATH WHEN A PLANE WHICH SHE ALONG WITH HER MOTHER GEETHA SACHDEV HAD BOARD CRASHED AS IT HIT A HILL TOP WHILE TRYING TO LAND AT THE NORTH NEPAL AIRPORT, WHICH WAS HIGH IN ALTITUDE. 13 INDIAN PILGRIMS WERE AMONG 15 PERSONS KILLED ON MONDAY WHEN A SMALL PLANE WITH 21 PASSENGERS ON BOARD CRASHED IN NORTHERN NEPAL. SHE HAS ACTED IN MANY COMMERCIALS INCLUDING THE FAMOUS RASNA AD. BESIDES MANY COMMERCIAL TV ADSINCLUDING RASNA WHERE SHE SHARED THE SCREEN SPACE WITH KARISHMA KAPOOR, THARUNI HAD ACTED IN SO MANY FILMS TOO. THARUNI WAS KNOWN HER FOR HER ROLE IN HINDI FILM PAA. IN MALAYALAM SHE HAS APPEARED IN FILMS VELLINAKSHATHRAM, SATHYAM AND ATHISHAYAN. THE LITTLE GIRL THARUNI MADE A DEBUT IN TV REALITY SHOWS TOO AS A REPLACEMENT FOR A CONTESTANT NAMED SHRIYA IN ONE OF THE EPISODES OF KING KHAN SHARUKH'S SHOW KYA AAP PAANCHVI PASS SE TEZ HAIN? PRAY FOR TARUNI AND HER MOTHER GEETHA SACHDEV'S SOUL TO REST IN PEACE. DEEP CONDOLENCE TOO...

THARUNI SACHDEV

 

HIT REMAKE OF A FLOP FILM

THE TREND OF REMAKING OLD FILMS JUST GOT A BOOST WITH THE SUCCESS OF AGNEEPATH. BUT THAT IS NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE FACT THAT THE PROFITS KARAN JOHAR MADE IN THIS REMAKE JUST MIGHT START OFF A NEW TREND - TO REMAKE OLD FLOPS INSTEAD OF HITS. THUS FAR, PRODUCERS HAD ALWAYS ATTEMPTED REMAKES OF OLD HITS AND BLOCKBUSTERS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUBHASH GHAI;S KARZ. BUT EVEN IN THE CASE OF KARZ, BHUSHAN KUMAR OF T-SERIES ACQUIRED ITS REMAKING RIGHTS UNDER THE MISTAKEN BELIEF THAT IT WAS A COMMERCIAL HIT. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE REMAKING RIGHTS HAD BEEN PURCHASED THAT BHUSHAN KUMAR REALISED, THE FILM HAD BEEN A COMMERCIAL FLOP. HOWEVER, KARAN JOHAR, KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT HIS LATE FATHER'S AGNEEPATH WAS A BOX OFFICE DUD, ATTEMPTED ITS REMAKE BECAUSE HIS FATHER, YASH JOHAR, HAD ALWAYS DREAMT OF REMAKING THE FLOP WHICH WENT ON TO ACHIEVE CULT STATUS AFTER THE PUBLIC HAD REJECTED IT AT THE TICKET WINDOWS. WHILE BHUSHAN KUMARS KARZZZZ BOMBED AT THE BOX OFFICE, THE NEW AGNEEPATH PROVED A MAJOR SUCCESS. AND KNOWING HOW THE INDUSTRY FUNCTIONS ON HERD MENTALITY, THIS MIGHT PROMPT MORE PRODUCERS TO ACQUIRE THE REMAKING RIGHTS OF OLD FLOPS AND CONVERT THEM IN TO HITS. RAJ KUMAR SANTHOSHI'S ANDAZ APN APNA AND PRIYADARSHAN'S HERA PHERI COULD WELL BE TWO BOX OFFICE DUDS WAITING TO BE REMADE. YES, YOU READ IT RIGHT BOTH THE AFOREMANTIONED COMEDIES MET WITH TRAGIC RESULTS AT THE TICKET WINDOWS. AS AGAINST THAT, KARAN JOHAR AND HIS DISTRIBUTORS JOINTLY MADE A PROFIT OF APPROXIMATELY Rs 30 CRORE IN THE NEW AGNEEPATH.

 

BLOOD MONEY

KUNAL KADAM, THE PROTAGONIST, IS AN AMBITIOUS YOUNG MAN WITH DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS REFLECTIVE OF YOUNG INDIA. HAVING BEEN ORPHANED AT A TENDER AGE, HE EVEN DELIVERED PIZZAS AND WORKED PART-TIME JOBS TO PAY THE COLLEGE FEES TO COMPLETE HIS MBA. BEING AS AMBITIOUS AS HE IS, HE HAS ALWAYS DREAMT OF WORKING ABROAD AND MAKING IT BIG THERE.
BLOOD MONEY STARTS WITH KUNAL BAGGING HIS DREAM JOB IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. KUNAL JUMPS AT THE OFFER, KNOWING THAT HE IS NOW ON HIS WAY TO REALISING ALL HIS DREAMS! DELIGHTED, HE RUSHES TO HIS GIRLFRIEND ARZOO, A NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER, AND PROPOSES MARRIAGE TO HER. THEY GET MARRIED AND MOVE TO CAPE TOWN. KUNAL IS COMPLETELY AWESTRUCK BY THE GRANDEUR OF HIS FIRM AND THE CITY. WITH HIS TALENT, HE CARVES A NICHE FOR HIMSELF IN HIS NEW OFFICE. DHARMESH ZAVERI, THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY, SPOTS TALENT IN KUNAL AND TAKES HIM UNDER HIS WING. HE STARTS GROOMING KUNAL. IT LEADS TO KUNAL SPENDING MORE TIME AT OFFICE AND IGNORING ARZOO ALTOGETHER. KUNAL'S DREAMS START COMING TRUE BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, HE IS SLOWLY GETTING TRAPPED IN A WORLD OF WEALTH, MONEY AND LUXURY. AS HE RUNS AFTER THE MATERIALISTIC PLEASURES, KUNAL MAKES A FATAL MISTAKE THAT COULD PROVE COSTLY TO HIS MARITAL LIFE. THE FILM IS ABOUT KUNAL'S JOURNEY, WHICH STARTS OFF WITH HIM SEEKING EXTERNAL WEALTH, BUT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LIFE, ENDS WITH HIM EMERGING RICHER FROM THE INSIDE.
BLOOD MONEY TELLS THE TALE OF THIS YOUNG MAN'S JOURNEY BACK TO HIS LOVE AND REDEMPTION, AFTER HIS DREAMS TURN INTO NIGHTMARES.

SHAHID KAPUR GOT NICE AND NASTY

SOMETHING'S EATING OL' SHAHID AND IT'S PLAIN TO SEE. IT IT IS THE TANKING OF MAUSAM , HECK, HE IS HAD HIS FAIR SHARE OF FLOPS IN THE PAST, SHOULD HAVE LEARNT TO COPE WITH THIS SORTA THING BY NOW. AND IF IT IS THE FACT THAT HIS ONE-TIME GIRL HAS INFAMOUSLY MOVED ON, WELL, DON'T THEY ALL? MY MOLE BEHIND THE SCENES OF A RECENT AWARDS DO WHERE HE WAS PERFORMING, TELLS ME HE WENT AROUND THROWING THE STUPIDEST OF TANTRUMS ALL THROUGH THE REHEARSALS. WOULD SNAP AT THE ASSISTANTS, WANTED TO HAVE HIS DANCE STEPS CHANGED, WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE COSTUMES AND WAS EVEN LATE FOR PRACTICE, SO MUCH SO THE ONSTAGE ACT, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MUCH LONGER, HAD TO BE CUT REAL SHORT! FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR, IF YOU ASK ME, BECAUSE HE WAS PERFORMING ALONGSIDE RANBIR KAPOOR, WHO WAS CHILLED OUT AND CO-OPERATIVE AND JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING SHAHID WAS NOT! REALLY, SHA, MY BOY THROWING STARRY ATTITUDE TO PROVE YOUR CREDENTIALS AS A STAR IS SO THE WRONG WAY TO GO ABOUT THINGS!

SHAHID KAPOOR

 

KATRINA REALLY DESERVES A MEDAL, WOT!

KATRINA SURE GOT SOME CHIKNI MOVES AND I AIN'T REFERRING TO THE CRAZY ONES SHE'S FAMOUSLY DISPLAYED IN  AGNEEPATH. I JUST CAN'T GET OVER HOW A GIRL SHOOTING (EK THA TIGER) WITH HER VERY POSSESSIVE EX-LOVER IN DISTANT PLACES ACROSS THE GLOB IS ABLE TO SMOOTHLY RE-IGNITE HER RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER EX, THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY; CAN YOU? KATRINA HAS BEEN RECONNECTING BRIEFLY WITH RANBIR IN MACAU DURING THE ZEE CINE AWARDS, BONDING BEAUTIFULLY AT A PRIVATE PARTY, AND WORD HAS IT THEY HAVE DECIDED TO PICK UP WHERE THEY HAD LEFT OFF... BUT HOWEVER IS SHE DEALING WITH STUDMAN DEALING WITH THIS LI'L SHOCKER? GEE, EVEN IF HE AND KATRINA ARE SUPPOSED TO BE JUST GOOD FRIENDS WHO CARE A LOT ABOUT EACH OTHER, HE AIN'T CALLED TIGER  FOR NOTHING.

KATRINA KAIF

SIX BIG FILMS WILL BE RELEASING ON MAY IN KERALA

In this month May will be very busy month in Malayalam because more than half a dozen films getting ready to face the viewers. The first coming is Superstar Mohanlal's 'Grand Master' in eighty plus theatres of the state. The much expected movie which is also the production of UTV in mollywood will feature Naren, Priyamani and Anoop Menon in the lead roles. And the other one is Hit maker Vysakh's 'Mallu Singh' starring Kunchakko Boban, Unni Mukundan and Biju Menon in the lead. Vysakh's last movie Seniors was a big hit with multi star combination. And the Mega hit maker Lal Jose's 'Diamond Necklace' is also expected on the same weekend. The movie feature the new heart throb of Malayalam film industry, Fahad Fazil in the lead role. And the very next weekend of May will have another big releases, Prithviraj's 'Hero' and Dulqar Salman's 'Usthad Hotel'. It will be the fight between two upcoming superstars in malluwood. Pradeep Nair's 'Cherukkanum Pennum', Aji John's 'Namukku Parkkan', M A Nishad's 'No 66 Madurai Bus' and Aneesh Anwar's 'Mullamottum Munthiricharum' are the few other films in the list to grace the theatres for may. With another five more films to greet the theatres for May, it will be an eventful month with new Box office hits likely to come up.

Mohanlal in Grand Master

ANUSHKA'S NOT JUST A GUEST ROLE

ANUSHKA SHARMA IS NOT PLAYING SECOND FIDDLE TO KATRINA KAIF IN YASH CHOPRA'S DIRECTORIAL VENTURE. A WHILE AGO, THE ACTRESS HAD WOKEN UP TO SOME DISTURBING PIECE OF NEWS ABOUT HER ROLE IN THE FILM BEING A MERE GUEST APPEARANCE. BUT NOW THE CHOPRAS HAVE PUT HER OUT OF HER MISERY WITH AN OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION IN THE NEGATIVE. A SOURCE SAYS, "ANUSHKA IS IN THAT POSITION TODAY WHERE SHE CAN REJECT AN OFFER IF SHE DOESN'T LIKE IT. SHE IS NOT BOUND BY ANY CONTRACT WITH YRF; SO IF SHE IS DOING THE FILM, IT MEANS THERE IS SOMETHING IN IT FOR HER." HOWEVER, THOSE FOLLOWING KAT'S METEORIC RISE IN THE CHOPRA CAMPFEEL THAT SHE IS THEIR HOT FAVORITE AT THE MOMENT WITH THREE FILMS WITH THE TOP KHANS. SO IT WON'T BE SURPRISING IF HER ROLE TURNS OUT TO BE MEATIER THAN ANUSHKA'S. BUT THE POSSIBILITY SEEMS BLEAK. "ANUSHKA'S ROLE IN THE FILM IS NOT A GUEST APPEARANCE. SHE IS ONE OF THE THREE LEADING ACTORS," SAYS THEIR OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON.

ANUSHKA

HOT MEGHNA RAJ WITH GUITAR

ACTRESS MEGHNARAJ IS ON A ROLL THESE DAYS. AFTER COMPLETING THE SHOOT FOR FAMILY ENTERTAINER FILMS NAMUKKU PARKKAN AND MULLAMOTTUM MUNTHIRICHARUM, THE STAR IS BACK TO BENGALURU TO STRUM A GUITAR. THE BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS HAS FINALLY FOUND SOME TIME FOR LEARNING MUSIC. SHE SAYS, “I ALWAYS WANTED TO LEARN GUITAR, BUT NEVER GOT THE TIME OR THE RIGHT OPPERTUNITY.” THE ACTRESS’S CLOSE BUDDY, WHO IS ALSO A MUSIC TEACHER AT NATYALAYA IN BENGULURU, GIFTED MEGHNA WITH AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR ON HER BIRTHDAY. SO, HOW DOES THE ACTOR PLAN TO LEARN GUITAR WHEN SHE HAS SOME MAJOR MOLLYWOOD PROJECTS? SHE TOLD THAT, “I WILL BE LEARNING IT WHEN I AM HOME. MY DAD USED TO SAY THAT DURING ONE’S LIFETIME, ONE SHOULD LEARN ATLEAST ONE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.” ALTHOUGH NOT A PROFESSIONAL SINGER, MEGHNA HAS LENT HER VOICE FOR A THEATRE GROUP IN BENGULURU. MEGHNA WILL BE SEEN IN K.MADHU’S BANKING HOURS OPPOSITE ANOOP MENON AND ALSO RAJEEV NATH’S NEXT FLICK, WHICH IS YET TO BE TITLED.

MEGHNA RAJ