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Last time he cooked, we had Chandni Chowk To China. This time he is on the small screen. Akshay Kumar is the host of the MasterChef India, to be aired on Star Plus. The first promo of the show is out. Its more than 2minutes long and says nothing! Wow! Now, that needs some serious talent. Well done. Can someone please enlighten us about the brains behind the promo ?
The sequel to East Is East is here. The film is being screened at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival. Starring Om Puri, Aqib Khan, Linda Bassett, Ila Arun and Jimi Mistry, its directed by debutant Andy De Emmony. Click on the play button to check out the trailer.
And here is the official synopsis…
Manchester, Northern England, 1976. The now much-diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, is under heavy assault both from his father’s tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. His father decides to pack him off to Mrs. Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 30 years earlier. The sequel to East is East, West is West is the coming of age story of both 15-year-old Sajid and of his father, 60-year-old George Khan.
And click here and here to read two early reviews, published in Screen Daily and The Hollywood Reporter.
The film is directed by Vipul Shah and stars Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Randhir Kapoor, Neha Dhupia and Aditya Roy Kapur.
And here is the trailer….
Two new trailors are out. One was a popular sitcom which is now a feature film and the other is based on the epic Ramayana – in 3D.
Praful, Hansa, Himanshu, Babuji and Jayshree – the madcap Gujju family is back. And this time on the big screen. Khichdi is written and directed by Aatish Kapadia and produced by Jamnadas Majethia.
The other trailer is of the animation film Ramayan which is in 3D. Produced by Ketan Mehta, directed by Chetan Desai, it has voices of Manoj Bajpai, Juhi Chawla and Ashutosh Rana.
To shoot or not to shoot – that’s the question. And you can pull the trigger. Try it. Try every option possible. One of the best virals in recent times.
Via Sumit Roy
If the CWG theme song wasn’t enough, here is something more! Try at your own risk. And if you thought nobody can beat Vishal Dadlani in writing nursery rhymes, then check out Abbas Tyrewala’s lyrics in this song. Whats more, it has a terrible hangover of Kabhi kabhi aditi.
The theme song of the Commonwealth Games was finally released today. Its composed by A R Rahman. Click on the play button to listen to it……
And here is the video of Rahman performing the song…
The first trailer of Aamir Bashir’s directorial debut Harud is out. The film is going to have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Its selected in the Discovery section.
The film has been shot by Shanker Raman and stars Reza Naji ( His breakthrough role was in Children of Heaven directed by the renowned filmmaker Majid Majidi. In 2008 he won the Silver Bear at the Berlin film festival for his performance in the film Song of Sparrows), Shahnawaz Bhat, Shamim Basharat, Mudassir Khan, Salma Ashai.
To know more about the film, click here to go to its official website. And to read its synopsis and more, click here.
From Uttar Pradesh, he has happily moved to Gujarat. From one terror state to another. The actor, not really known for taking political stand, was criticised this time too. But he went ahead, saying he is promoting only Gujarat Tourism and not Narendra Modi. Aha!
BTW, do click here to read the Open magazine’s cover story on Amitabh Bachchan’s political affiliations and click here to read the open letter by Najid Hussain, son-in-law of late MP Ahsan Jafri who was killed in mob violence in Ahmedabad. And click on the play button to watch the Gujarat Tourism TVC…
The first trailer of Danny Boyle’s new film 127 Hours is out. Wondering why we are posting it here ? Two reasons. Well, if Vishwanathan Anand is not Indian, then Danny Boyle can be half-Indian. And it has music by A R Rahman. Check it out.
Wow! What energy. And the best part is that Boyle goes to other extreme after Slumdog Millionaire. From populist desi masala to a film revolving around just one character. The film is going to have its premiere at the Toronto International Film festival. And here is the official synopsis of the film….
127 HOURS is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston’s (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers (Clemence Poesy), family, and the two hikers (Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara) he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet?
A visceral thrilling story that will take an audience on a never before experienced journey and prove what we can do when we choose life.
And if it sounds interesting, do check the two videos where Aron Ralston talks about it….
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