Archive for May, 2005

25
May

Parineeta

Banner: Vinod Chopra Productions
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt,, Raima Sen, Vidya Balan
Direction: Pradeep Sarkar

Parineeta
[Wednesday, May 25, 2005]

The city of Calcutta 1962. A city so vibrant, so alive, so stylish, it was referred to as ‘The Paris of the East’. This exotic backdrop serves as the perfect locale for the tender, immortal love story about to unfold.

A young girl Lolita (Vidya Balan), orphaned at an early age is sent to live with her Uncle’s family, where destiny introduces her to a young boy: Shekhar (Saif Ali Khan), a budding musician, son of an affluent businessman.

Together through childhood and adolescence, Shekhar and Lolita share joys and sorrows, fond memories and bittersweet experiences and unknown to them a relationship of deep friendship and trust takes place.

It is an unspoken right they hold over each other that metamorphoses into a love so intense; they do not even see it coming.

It takes the arrival of an outsider Girish (Sanjay Dutt) for them to discover their true feelings for each other.

The chemistry between Lolita and Shekhar sizzles and sparkles until it explodes. But fate has something else in store for them.

Greed, deception and malicious intents are waiting to plague Lolita and Shekhar’s deep and innocent love.

Events twists and turn beyond their control, spin around them in a maze of misunderstandings and exploding tempers till even their love cannot stop them from being torn apart.

Can true love conquer these insurmountable obstacles, or will it succumb to them? Will Lolita and Shekhar be forever swept apart by these tumultuous events or can they fulfill their destiny and come back together?

Watch the contemporary retelling of this engaging and timeless tale rich with human emotion and universal drama, enhanced by a brilliant musical score, and accented by unforgettable performances.

Come. Be captivated by the intensity and depth of relationships. Come immerse yourself in the sheer passion of love and the harsh anguish of separation.

Come and be a part of the world of Parineeta the love story of a lifetime.

23
May

Time Pass

Time Pass
[Monday, May 23, 2005]

Time Pass is the story of young college going boy Vishal (Arjun Punj) who develops a passion towards Jenny (Mona Chopra). Jenny is his family friend.

He is possessed with the idea of making love to Jenny. His friends contrive a plan for him, which would help him fulfill his desire.

According to the plan he takes Jenny out in the midst of growing communal tension. As fate would have it, they run into trouble as the plan goes haywire.

How they suffer, whom they meet, how they take various challenges is what “Time Pass” is all about.

Does Vishal meet his goal or not is the interesting thing to watch on screen.

23
May

Fareb

Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Shilpa Shetty, Shamita Shetty, Milind Gunaji, Kelly Dorjee
Direction: Deepak Tijori
Production: Rajesh Kumar Singh, Sanjeev Jaiswal
Music: Anu Malik

Fareb
[Monday, May 23, 2005]

An affair

An Unholy obsession

A murder

A blackmail

Fareb is an emotional thriller. The three central characters are Manoj Bajpai, Shilpa Shetty and Shamita Shetty.

Manoj Bajpai plays the ‘Creative Director’ of an Ad-Agency. Shilpa Shetty is ‘Medical Practitioner’, Manoj’s wife. Shamita Shetty is a client of Manoj’s ‘Ad-Agency’.

Manoj is a family man who loves his wife and son a lot. Shamita falls in love with Manoj.

He doesn’t approve of this relationship but somehow Shamita’s charms tempts him.

This creates rift between Manoj and his family.

A murder takes place. Shamita’s husband is killed.

Manoj is arrested, as he is the prime suspect.

With all this sudden development, Manoj is being watched and is black mailed for the affair he is having Shamita.

20
May

D - Will `D’ do it for actor Randeep Hooda?

Cast: Randeep Huda, Isha Koppikar
Direction: Vishram Sawant

D - Will `D’ do it for actor Randeep Hooda?
[Friday, May 20, 2005]

By Ram Gopal Varma’s standards, it’s been quite a while since we had a film from his company. Its last release “Naach”, which Varma himself directed, came in Diwali 2004.

By his own admission, that’s quite a long layoff for Varma Corporation.

“But now I’m all set to make up for lost time,” Varma grins, telling you there are three films lined up for the next three months.

The first one, to be released this week, is the intriguingly titled “D”, featuring yet another Varma discovery in yet another gangster epic.

Remember what “Company” (arguably Varma’s best work) did for Vivek Oberoi? Will “D” do the same for Randeep Hooda?

Contrary to popular belief, “D” isn’t the first film for Hooda, who made an appearance in Mira Nair’s “Monsoon Wedding”.

Since then he has been grooming himself for bigger stardom. Once Varma’s eye fell on Hooda for the role of the hood making good, it was time for the aspiring actor’s career and personality to be repackaged and redesigned.

The wait, according to watchers, has been worth it. Most trade experts believe Randeep Hooda will be the male discovery of the year, just as Sammir Dattani was undoubtedly the discovery of 2004, even though Hooda isn’t technically a debutant in “D”.

But then Mallika Sherawat wasn’t quite the virginal newcomer in “Murder” either.

Launch is where Ramu has dinner. His meal-ticket discoveries so far have been quite an impressive list of newcomers and semi-newcomers - from Manoj Bajpai in “Satya” to Aftab Shivdasani in “Mast”.

There’s also the long-forgotten Rukhsar who returns from the depths to play one of the female leads in “D”.

But is the audience in a mood to watch another underworld film, this one chronicling the rise to underworld power of a street hoodlum called Desu.

Gangster epics have had a field day in Hindi. It remains to be seen where Varma’s debutant director Vishram Sawant takes this done-to-bludgeoning-death genre.

Interestingly, debutant directors don’t routinely dabble in gangster films. Take the most famous gangster films from Hollywood and India - Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather”, John Huston’s “Prizzi’s Honor”and Sam Mendes’ “Road To Perdition”, or back home Mani Rathnam’s “Nayakan”, Mukul Anand’s “Agneepath” and Ram Gopal Varma’s “Satya” - they were all done by seasoned directors.

This is arguably the first gangster film by a debut director. Whether it clicks or not is entirely a matter of audiences’ mood.

This is the year of the different cinema. From “Black” to “Bunty Aur Babli”, everyone wants to see a film that crosses the boundary. The success of “D” will depend entirely on the twist Sawant has given to the tale of modern terror.

If he proves to be a Varma clone, then there’s no way he’ll make a mark.

05
May

Silsiilay

Cast: Rahul Bose, Ria Sen, Bhumika Chawla, Jimmy Shergill, Tabu, celina Jaitley
Direction: Khalid Mohammed
Music: Himesh Reshammiya

Silsiilay
[Thursday, May 05, 2005]

Silsiilay is an upbeat and entertaining look at relationships. Strong on drama and emotional content, the film has a frontline ensemble of acting talent and the best technicians of India, including the National Awards winning cinematographer Santosh Shivan, sound designer Rakesh Ranjan and editor A. Sreekar Prasad.

Silsiilay narrates the stories of three women portrayed by Tabu, Bhumika Chawla and Riya Sen.

Tabu enacts the role of a housewife who must confront the fact that her husband is being unfaithful to her.

The husband is enacted by the upcoming actor K.K.Menon while Celina Jetley plays the third end of the tempestuous triangle.

Bhumika Chawla portrays a fast-rising bollywood actress whose live-in relationship is about to break-up with the man who groomed her for a film career, Rahul Bose plays the part of the mentor, while Divya Dutta features in a pivotal supporting role.

Riya Sen plays a telephone receptionist who longs to discover tenderness in her relationship with a wealthy suitor, enacted by Ashmit Patel. Meanwhile, her office colleague, Jimmy Shergil, loves her silently.

The working girl must decide between the two in a romantic finale, which has a twist in the tale. Nataasha features in an impactful role.

The three stories are weaved into a composite picture, with the women coming together in an act of solidarity.



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