Sunday, November 16, 2008

Soha Ali Khan gets her Bengali right with mom’s help

Actress Soha Ali Khan has already carved her niche in Bengali films with her work in Anjan Das’s “Iti Srikanta” and in Rituparno Ghosh’s “Antar Mahal”. However, she still has to get her mother, the yesteryear actress Sharmila Tagore to speak the dialogues for her to get the Bengali accent right.

“I can’t speak Bengali at all but I can understand it. It’s difficult because I have had to memorise my lines with much more effort. It’s a lot more work than required in Hindi and English films,” says Soha.

“I get my mother to say all of my dialogues and I record them and listen to them later to better my accent,” she added.

At Present, Soha is on with another Bengali project with Aparna Sen titled ‘Goinar Baksho’ (The Jewellary Box).

“I’m doing ‘Goinar Baksho’ (The Jewellery Box) with Aparna ji. It’s a film that we have been planning to make since a long time and finally the dates and stuff have been decided. Am really excited, it’s a lovely script,” Soha said.

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The posters of ‘Raaz- The Mystery continues’ create curiosity

With the poster design of their forthcoming ‘Raaz- The Mystery Continues’, Vishesh Films has proved it yet again that the look of the poster of their films is enough to generate enough curiosity and excitement for the film. The Bhatts have been releasing one poster after another in continuation to heighten the mystery associated with the film.

The first ever look of the movie sported an all-new logo in a venomous neon green colour that was designed to distinguish it as an out-and-out horror film, another look showed a backless Kangana Ranaut with Raaz - The Mystery Continues written with blood on her back. Well, if the warning of ‘This Winter…Fear Comes Homes’ wasn’t scary enough, what with Kangana’s fingers turning into claws waiting to attack anything that comes her way, comes another poster which introduces Emraan Hashmi for the first time to the audience.

The latest poster shows Kangana’s pretty yet somber face with Emraan standing among the ruins of what looks like Mukesh Mills reconstructed. The white glow behind his head adds to the mystery and fearful atmosphere indicating that it is a full moon night. What is striking is the brand new makeover of Emraan with a new hairstyle, a French beard and soul-stirring eyes staring right from the poster.

This supernatural thriller from the Bhatt camp has a fresh story and explores the evil within the human psyche. Mohit Suri got inspired from Indian mythology, where good and evil are interwoven in human nature. Kangana Ranaut again plays a supermodel in this film with Emraan Hashmi and Adhyayan as supporting cast. The movie is slated for January 23 release and is in post production stages now.

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Shilpa Shetty injures her wrist

Shilpa Shetty has injured her wrist for reasons she is uncertain about. She says the culprit could either be her cartwheel practice for her new action film or her regular weight raining. Anyways, she has been advised a three-month rest by her doctor and never known to sit back, Shilpa will be utilizing this time to do things she had long kept on hold because of her tight schedule.

“I have started reading scripts that I did not have time to read earlier. But I am going to be very careful about what I say yes to. I want to do films where my character is exceptionally well developed. I don’t want to do multistarrers,” she said.

Talking about her new role as a producer, Shilpa said, “I haven’t opted for top stars because getting their dates would be a problem. Also I have realized that I have become of a producer than an actress.

I needed to do a U turn to be taken seriously as an actress once again.” Shilpa added, “Financers want filmmakers to cut down on costs. How can that be possible? I don’t want to compromise on the quality of my film to save a few bucks.”

Meanwhile, Shilpa has found ways to camouflage the injury on screen. “Ill wear a long sleeve top for Bigg Boss and I’ll wear a fat kada for Sunny Deol’s The Man.”

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