Satish Kaushik had a pleasant surprise in store for him on April 13. The director was overwhelmed with joy when producer Bhushan Kumar and his wife Divya Khosla Kumar surprised him by throwing a surprise birthday bash for him on the sets of his mega-venture ‘Karzzzz’ at Cinevistaas Studios, Kanjunmarg .
Ajay Devgan had built a strong rapport with filmmaker Prakash Jha during the making of box-office hits ‘Gangaajal’ and ‘Aparhaan’. So, it was but natural that Jha chose Devgan to play the character of Karan his modern day ‘Mahabharata’ which is titled ‘Rajniti’. Manoj Bajpai, in all probability, will play the character of Duryodhana.
The latest addition to this news chain is that Ranbir Kapoor has been approached by Jha to play the character of Arjun. Apparently Ranbir had read the script before leaving for Italy to shoot for Siddharth Anand’s ‘Bachna Aye Haseeno’, and has already given an affirmative nod to Jha’s office.
‘Rajniti’ will be shot extensively in Jamshedpur and USA, and Prakash Jha is working hard to make this movie as grand as the epic.
The Indian national football team captain, Bhaichung Bhutia, barely squeezed in 11 minutes of the mandatory 15 minutes of fame for his principled decision not to carry the Beijing bound Olympic torch in Delhi on April 17.
Reason: somewhere between the 10th and the 11th minute his thunder was stolen by actor/director Aamir Khan who stated that he had a different way of wearing his conscience on his sleeve.
He would carry the torch but with a prayer in his heart for the people of Tibet. He said, “The Games did not belong to China but to the human race”.
On screen, it would be called a nuanced piece of method acting. Off-screen it is called positioning.
Or is it just a coincidence that among the human race that owns the Games are official sponsors Coca-Cola, a brand Khan carries a torch for through endorsements?
Poor man, he will be running multiple overlaps – carrying the Olympic torch as a Coke team member, for humanity’s claim to the Games and for the Tibetan cause against China’s oppression. That’s a lot of running of the treadmill kind.
It is a measure of Khan’s reputation as a thinking individual that his recent sniper attempts to voice issues have not met with the usual disdain reserved for motor-mouth celebrities.
Largely, Khan’s stance as explained on his blog – sans any mention of the Coke factor – has been hailed as a ‘mature’ decision, preserving India’s diplomatic face while expressing support for Tibet.
Khan comes across as someone who is not afraid to take a position even if he stands to lose, who thinks through an issue carefully.
There’s a catch. We are used to Aamir the perfectionist who can go to ridiculous lengths for the right tone to his role and has been content to let his films talk, who extended himself during the Mumbai riots (1992-93) and after the earthquake (2001) and violence (2002) in Gujarat without craving the public persona of a conscientious moral and intellectual force.
Continue reading ‘An open letter to Aamir Khan!’
Musician Ram Sampat’s Rs 20 million out of court settlement with filmmaker Rakesh Roshan for alleged plagiarism has again highlighted Bollywood’s ignorance of copyright laws.
Many industry people hailed the decision even though some were against the way Sampat went about securing his rights. The industry reacts:
Subhash Ghai: “Though I’ve no right to comment on this case without knowing the inside story I must say we sometimes mistake an inspired re-worked version of a song or film as our own original work of art without realizing the complications of copyright laws.
It’s no secret that we in this country have been adapting and re-working on music and movies completely ignorant of the laws. This case has warned us about the future. However I’m sure Rajesh Roshan is talented enough not to pick on anyone’s work.
AR Rahman: “No comments. But it’s high time everyone cleaned up his act and people started getting fair to creative people.”
Mahesh Bhatt: “There’s always someone somewhere who’s smarter than you. This case is a wakeup call for Bollywood. The world has changed. We need to mend our ways. It will now be tougher for us to ‘steal’ and not get caught.
Continue reading ‘Bollywood’s copyright woes’
Outrageous Sherlyn Chopra has grooved her way into the Yash Raj camp and will be romancing none other than Jab We Met hunk, Shahid Kapur.
Yash Raj was keen to sign Sherlyn for his next movie, as he was impressed by Red Swastik performance.
A spokesperson of Yash Raj confirmed the news, “Yes, Sherlyn has been signed by Yash Raj to star in a film by Anurag Singh.”
The untitled flick is a love triangle between Sherlyn Chopra, Shahid Kapur and Rani Mukherjee.
Continue reading ‘Shahid and Sherlyn paired opposite each other’
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