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Madhur Bhandarkar, known for, what else, but Bhandarkarism ( Or if you have a better word, do let us know) in cinema, is ready with his new film titled Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Omi Vaidhya, Shruti Hassan, Shazahn Padamsee and Shraddha Das. And if you are interested, here is the first trailer of the film.
Yawwwnnnn! One more love story with two good looking wooden blocks – Imran Khan & Deepika Padukone.
Its directed by debutant Danish Aslam, produced by Kunal Kohli and stars Imran Khan , Deepika Padukone, Sharmila Tagore, Shahana Goswami and Yudhishtr. Music is by Vishal DUDlani and Shekhar and lyrics by Prasoon Joshi. Reliance Big Pictures will distribute the film.
Click on the play button to check out the first trailer…
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is back. And with a bigger film – Guzaarish stars Hrithik Roshan and Aisharya Rai. Click on the play button to check out the trailer…
Produced by UTV, its shot by Sudeep Chatterjee and co-written by Bhavani Iyer. Bhansali has also composed the music for the film. There are eight songs in the film and 12 in the album. The film will release on 19th November. And here is the synopsis of the film….
The petitioner Mr Ethan Mascarenhas was a very well known magician. In the year 1995, while performing one of his magic tricks met with an unfortunate accident. Since then he has been restricted to his bed and has been living as a quadriplegic. For 14 years he has been living like a vegetable….
BTW, after watching the trailer anyone thought its Sanjay NEELA Bhansali ? Again ! No, BLUE is the new BLACK. Music, sound, set, design, colours, hadicapped characters…its all deja vu!
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….
If this is not a Colour Test for eyes, we are not sure what is it. Vipul Shah might have the answer. Check it out.
PS – Can anyone explain the meaning of Replayy ? Why double Y ? Y ?
If not, read on. Its one of our favourite Ray films starring Uttam Kumar. If you haven’t seen it yet, do watch. BTW, what are you doing till now if you haven’t seen Nayak!
So, its easy to connect Satyajit Ray and Nayak. But Shah Rukh Khan ? Well, courtesy some Pillai who thinks “its screaming to be remade into a film with Shah Rukh Khan”. There comes BLASPHEMY! BLASPHEMY! Aren’t there better ways to suck up to the stars ? Here’s what he tweeted after watching the film..
But what else can you expect from the editor of the most expensive and glossy toilet paper roll! Well, there are better ways to connect the two. Click here to read a post by Gobbledyspook who connects the Nayak with the superstar!
And now back to bengali cinema. There is more to the Nayak story! Click on the play button to catch the promo of a new Bengali film called Autograph directed by Srijit Mukherjee. It completes the circle and looks interesting. The film stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Nandana Sen and Indraneil Sengupta.
And here is the official synopsis of the film…
Calcutta , 1966.
An iconic Director collaborated with the greatest Superstar of Bengal … And a Classic was born.
43 years later, the film changed three lives forever.
Arun Chatterjee, the reigning matinee idol of the Bengali Film Industry.
Shubhobroto Mitra, an aspiring director who wants to remake Satyajit Ray’s Nayak with Arun as the lead.
Srinandita Sen, an idealistic theatre actress and Shubho’s live-in partner who gets cast as the journalist in the film.
“ Autograph ” charts the journeys of these three lives, as they bond and separate through time and space, in two intertwining narratives.
That is…till their final tryst with destiny.
Autograph is about stories. Reel and real.
Autograph is about dreams. Converging and diverging.
Autograph is about ambition. That creates and destroys.
This is one film we are eagerly waiting for – Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Paan Singh Tomar starring Irrfan Khan & Mahie Gill. Some on locations pics of the film are out on the internet. Check it out.
And here is the official synopsis of the film…
Paan Singh Tomar is an untold true story of a simple farmer, a loyal soldier and a champion athlete who became one of India’s most dreaded dacoits!
Paan Singh was a small town lad who went on to win the steeplechase at the Indian National Games for 7 consecutive years! He broke the national record, a feat that was unsurpassed for 10 years! A series of life changing events however forced Paan Singh to give up athletics, pick up the gun and become the scourge of the infamous Chambal valley in central India. Filled with deep emotions and fateful twists, Paan Singh Tomar is a gritty, no holds barred action adventure set in the heart of India’s gangland, Chambal.
And if you are more interested, click on the play button to check out how Irrfan Khan trained for the role…
And there is some more! Click here to read a damn kickass interview of Irrfan Khan, done by GQ’s Iain Ball, on the sets of Paan Singh Tomar.
Here is the trailer of a new film called Emotional Atyachar – The film and two posters of other two new films – Jhootha Hi Sahi & Action Replayy.
Emotional Atyachar – the film is directed by debutant Akshay Shere and stars Ranvir Shorey, Vinay Pathak, Mohit Ahalawat, Kalki Koechlin, Abhimanyu Singh and Ravi Kissen.
Jhootha Hi Sahi is directed by Abbas Tyrewala and stars John Abraham and Pakhi (Abbas’s wife). But why is Pakhi missing from the first poster ? Isn’t this her big debut ? Any conspiracy theory ? Action Replayy is by Vipul Shah and stars Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
If Apne wasn’t enough, the Deols are back again! This time with director Sameer Karnik and actress Kulraj Randhawa. And if you are wondering whats the title is about, well, we are guessing its three adjective for three Deols. If you can’t read the text, click on the pic.
And here is the unofficial synopsis of the film…Dharmendra and Bobby Deol play a crooked father-son based in Varanasi. Sunny Deol plays a Canada based upright man who gets to know after two decades that he has a father and brother in Varanasi. The film is about Sunny’s journey to his past and finally apne to apne hote hai!
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