ram-gopal-varmaThe man knows it all. But you cant win all the games. His recent film Rann is on the politics of newsroom, the battle for eyeballs. And so, we thought that atleast Ramu would understand the way news channels work. They are not run by shitheads as he and his publicity smartasses might be thinking. Why ? Read on.

With the distorted version of Jann Gana Mann as Jana Gana Rann, Ramu and his coterie must have thought that they have cracked the next big idea for the publicity of the film. So even before the song got censor certificate, it was smartly handed over to the news channels to play, expecting the right buzz to happen. And thats how its available all over the net. When the intention is not so cool, the coolest idea also falls flat. Thats exactly what happened. With the IPL and election fever on, nobody bothered much about the jana gana rann song. No play, no eyeball, no buzz.

Next, as expected Censor Board didnt allow the song. Ramu was more than happy with the news. It was moving in the direction as it was planned. Rann’s publicity managers tried to convince the news editors to debate, dicuss and dissect the issue. Blame it on Varun and Rahul baba’s high election drama and fakeiplplayer’s entertaining posts…those were much more interesting. Deadend again.

Next, Ramu approached the court to get the song cleared. And as expected the Supreme Court slammed Ramu for distorting the national song. Here is more.

We always thought this was one dude who would never pretend to be holier-than-thou and try to show us the mirror because he always said that he looks dirty when he watches himself in the mirror. We expected Ramu to be the last man to give us gyaan on the state of the nation and blah blah. But then, for publicity people do strange things.

So What does Mr Amitabh Bachchan thinks about this publicity gimmick ? The man who is always ready to butcher the media. Or he has no clue.

And here goes our love letter to the man whom we love to hate or hate to love…

Dear Ramu,

After your horrible attempts like Sarkar Raj, Contract and Phoonk, we are not sure about others but we will be there.  Because we still think that you are the original inglorious bastard, one who can talk about the love for RIFLE so openly and without any guilt. Only few dare to do so. This is the real you or atleast thats your image. You are not jana gana rann. Dont give us lecture. And please dont pretend. Bollywood is anyway guided by too heavy morals. We dont want one more conscious citizen.

If for nothing else, we will watch Rann for the honest man who tried to fake it with Jann Gana Rann.

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Mallika Sherawat is on Twitter

Posted: May 25, 2009 by moifightclub in bollywood, etc, News
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mallika-sherawatTwittering seems to be the new cool thing to do. And the new kid on the block is Mallika Sherawat. Madam Sherawat, who is not known for her social behaviour much has decided to get into social networking. She claims that she feels lonely and bored and so, she is twittering.

For all you Mallika fans, here is her Twitter address : http://twitter.com/MallikaLA

According to her twitter updates she is all set to make her mark in  hollywood soon, in a comedy film. 

Mid-day has published the plot details of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next Guzaarish. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai. Here is more about the story of the film from the report.

The film bears similarities to John Badham’s Whose Life Is It Anyway? and will see Hrithik in a wheelchair for most of the scenes.

Hrithik plays Ethan, a radio show host. Aishwarya plays a married nurse who is also Hrithik’s caregiver. The film also deals with the controversial subject of mercy killing/euthanasia. Ash’s character is interesting because she plays a married woman who gets attracted to Hrithik as the second half progresses. The film has dark tones throughout.

Paraplegia is an impairment in motor and/or sensory function of the lower extremities. It is usually the result of spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida.

And according to our sources Hrithik plays a magician whose trick geoes wrong during one of the performances and thats how he becomes paraplegic. Looks like Bhansali is In the mood for “Black” again!

anupam kherThe timing could not have been better. On sunday, actor Anupam Kher celebrated 25 years of his acting career with the premier of Saaransh and now the good news. Anupam Kher will be seen in Woody Allen’s next, the same film which will also have Freida Pinto. Infact, Anupam will play the role of Freida’s father in the film. Mumbaimirror has confirmed the news.

The untitled film also star Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins.

Anupam has previously worked with Ang Lee in Lust, Caution (see pic). Well, the role was nothing to talk much about, with just countd few words as dialogues, but an actor of his calibre surely deserves much more!

Love is not about finding someone who will make you feel complete….but having someone with whom you can share your incompleteness….Thats Do Paise ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish, Deepti Naval’s directorial debut.

The film has Rajit Kapoor and Deepti’s best friend Manisha Koirala in lead roles and it deals with the bonding between two unlikely and unusual person. The buzz is that Rajit potrays a gay character in the film. Deepti is busy promoting her film at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. Though not much is known about the film but here is a sneak peek…two new pics of the film. With such a Gulzar-ish title and Deepti at director’s chair, we are looking forward to it.

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Paramount Pictures has released the first pic of M Night Shyamalan’s new film The Last Airbender. airbender2

Based on the Nickelodeon animated TV series, the film is set in a world where human civilization is divided into four nations: Water, Earth, Air and Fire.

The Fire Nation is waging a ruthless, oppressive war against the other three nations. The film’s hero, the reluctant young Aang, is the “Last Airbender” — the Avatar who, according to prophecy, has the ability to manipulate all of the elements and bring all the nations together.

Dev Patel plays the main villain Prince Zuko, Prince of the Fire Nation, a firebender (see the next post for Dev Patel’s look in the film) who can manipulate flames.  The Last Airbender is set to hit theaters on July 2nd 2010.

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Dev Patel stars in M Night Shyamalan’s new film The Last Airbender and the first pic is out. In the film, Dev plays the role of main villain Zuko, a firebender who manipulates flames.  Patel has a black belt in taekwondo and it helped him in bagging the role.

WTF : Spot the difference

Posted: May 22, 2009 by moifightclub in bollywood, cinema, etc, pics, WTF
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People do strange things to make a film. And films have done stranger things to people. But this one beats everyone and everything. If you dont believe us, take a look at this pic. Take a guess and scroll down to see the other pic.

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Thats filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh with his father, spotted recently at a polling booth during the elections. Mumbaimirror has published this shocking pic in today’s edition. And the second pic is also of Rituparno Ghosh.

Its not difficult to spot the difference. And when its so prominent. But how and why ? We know that cinema has the power to change people, but so much! We never knew. Or is it cosmetics, surgery and more. Do let us know what you think. We are still confused.

….No, we are not talking about her kissing scenes in Kites!

Indian media has already devoted much newsprint and airtime on the Hrithik Roshan-Barbara Mori’s kiss story. If  the news is true then Hrithik and Barabara share more than a passionate kiss in their forthcoming film Kites. And this is creating quite a buzz…..What does Hrithik Roshan feels about the kiss ? Is papa Rakesh Roshan embarassed about it ? What does director Anurag Basu has to say ? Or How is wife Suzzane Roshan reacting to the kiss scene ? Its a BIG big deal!! Well, it might be a big deal for the Roshans and the audience but it seems Barbara has done much better than that. Almost nude scenes. If you dont believe us, watch these two clips from her mexican film La Mujer De Mi Hermano ( My Brother’s Wife).

Actress Neetu Chandra was recently doing a sexy photo-shoot for the magazine The Man’s cover. But it seems the pics and poses were too hot to handle. 

People gathered there to catch a glipmse of the actress felt that Neetu was promoting lesbianism which is against our culture. They started shouting slogans claiming to be from Raj Thackeray’s MNS Party. Finally the shoot had to be stopped. Anyway, the magazine has decided to go ahead with the cover.

Before the magazine hit the stands, here’s a sneak peek at Neetu’s hot avtaar. The other model in the pic is Krishikha Gupta. And three cheers for Neetu, as bollywood actresses always shy away from bikini as if its some ET costume!

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