Month: January 2010

Mumbai, January 03: Its flowers, band baajaa and a golden chariot for Fardeen Khan as he once again becomes a ‘Dulha’!

For those of you who are puzzled, it is to promote his upcoming movie DULHA MIL GAYA.

And the wedding is not taking place at a 5 Star, but at a popular suburban mall!

On 3rd January, the mall at Oshiwara will be abuzz with excitement, drama & music as Fardeen Khan, dressed as the charming groom will arrive on a chariot along with his entire baraat to meet his bride.

—Agencies

Mumbai, January 03: The spat between author Chetan Bhagat and the makers of the film 3 IDIOTS is taking a toll on the producers. This became apparent when Vidhu Vinod Chopra lost his cool while answering the questions about Chetan Bhagat’s claim that the filmmaker has not given him due credit.

Aamir’s IDIOTS in Kolkata

The media gathered was in for a rude shock when Vidhu Vinod Chopra screamed at one of the reporters and told him to “shut up”. It was Aamir Khan who saved the situation and took the microphone away from Vidhu Vinod Chopra in order to calm him down.

Mumbai, January 03: Yesteryear actress & singer Salma Agha, who sort of vanished from the glitterati, was recently spotted at the Empire Studio, Andheri recording a duet song with composer/singer Bappi Lahiri for the upcoming film BACHAO.

She makes a come back to singing and bollywood after a long gap of nearly a decade. In the past all her songs with Bappi Lahiri have been major hits in bollywood and some of them have been chartbusters.

The film BACHAO is directed by Shyam Ramsay and is scheduled to be released next year.

—Agencies

Mumbai, January 03: It would look like 2009 went ‘extra well’ for Sonu Niigaam, starting with chart busters like ‘Soniyo’ and ‘Chiggy Wiggy’ and ending with songs from 3 IDIOTS like ‘All Izz Well’ and ‘Zooby Dooby’.

However, all is not so well with the singer’s health. He was admitted to an undisclosed hospital due to low blood pressure, fatigue and minor slipped disc, being advised complete bed rest for the next few days. Sonu is also suffering from tennis elbow in both his arms and is currently undergoing treatment for that as well.

Mumbai, January 03: Reliance Big Pictures has filed FIR in Ghaziabad against ‘Galaxy Cinema’ based in Kaushambi, UP (on the out skirts of Delhi) suspected of aiding to make pirated DVD 3 IDIOTS.

Based on the technical information of ‘cap code marking’ on each print of the film. Apparently the pirated DVD of 3 IDIOTS were found in Delhi and tracked by Reliance and stopped.

Mumbai, January 03: Novelist Chetan Bhagat on Friday said he has no problem about going to court to solve the credit controversy in Aamir Khan-starrer hit 3 IDIOTS.

Bhagat alleged that the producers of the film have not given appropriate credit to him.

Bhagat, who is the highest selling Indian writer in English, said the 3 IDIOTS producers assured him the movie had an original script and was only 2-5 per cent based on Five Point Someone, the novel that catapulted the author to fame.

However, when the film released, Bhagat alleged that it borrowed heavily from the book.

Mumbai, January 03: Aamir Khan has taken up a new resolution this year. The actor, whose latest release 3 IDIOTS is making waves all over, is all set to set to learn a new skill. Actually, the actor is planning to take up cooking classes in order to help his wife Kiran in the kitchen sometimes. For this Aamir has decided to enroll himself for some special cookery classes.

—Agencies

Mumbai, January 03: His film ACCIDENT ON HILL ROAD, might not have shown an impressive performance at the box-office, but this has not stopped some of the eminent filmmakers from showering praise on the efforts made by the director of the film-Mahesh Nair.

Now, the latest one to come in the open is filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma. Buzz, is that RGV praised Mahesh Nair for making such a thriller. It must be recalled that Mahesh Nair had earlier assisted RGV before donning the hat of a full fledged filmmaker.

Mumbai, January 03: RANN is igniting the heat with its release round the corner. In fact other than VEER, it is the biggest multi starrer that the beginning of 2010 would be a witness to this season.

Since RANN means battle field, one wonders what’s the kind of battle and between whom that can be expected from this film which is spearheaded by Amitabh Bachchan and features Riteish Deshmukh, Mohnish Behl, Sudeep and Rajat Kapoor as the principal protagonists?

Mumbai, January 03: Rajkumar Hirani is quite satisfied with the final outcome of 3 IDIOTS.

“In your heart you should be satisfied with what you have made and in case of 3 IDIOTS I was pretty much satisfied a few days back itself when I saw the final copy. It didn’t make me cringe and that was enough. That’s the way I want my future films to be as well where I can proudly look back at the work I have done”, says Hirani who now holds the distinction of having an all time blockbuster under his belt.

Mumbai, January 03: 2010 has kick started and quite a few interesting films are lined up for release month after month. While MY NAME IS KHAN and KITES are the hottest contenders when it comes to the lot of ‘most awaited’ films, there are quite a few other names like RANN, TEES MAAR KHAN, RA 1, WELL DONE ABBA and DABANNG that have emerged. Of course the common factor is that they are favourites of those who are directly associated with the films.

MY NAME IS KHAN and KITES

New Delhi, January 03: Actress Soha Ali Khan might have inherited acting skills from her Bengali mother Sharmila Tagore, but she says she is “a disgrace” to her “maternal side” because she can’t speak Bengali.

“I don’t know Bengali… That ways I am a disgrace to my maternal side but I am working on it. I am learning it,” Soha told here Sunday evening.

Sharmila, however, came to her daughter’s rescue.

“She is good. The thing is she is very conscientious. She can’t speak spontaneously but she does her homework and picks up the lines and then speaks them fluently,” Sharmila said.