Monday, January 5, 2009

Raima Sen & Arbaaz Khan paired for PVR films

Releasing this February 6, ‘Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye’ has an unusual pairing of Raima Sen and Arbaaz Khan. The movie based on extra marital drama has a female director Madhurita.

Talking about her first female director, Arbaaz says, ‘Actually, I already have a female director at home,’ jokes Arbaaz. ‘Malaika thinks she directs my entire life. But seriously, I was very impressed by Madhurita Anand’s mature script about love marriage and adultery. It’s got me and Raima Sen.’

Also starring in a pivotal role is Randeep Hooda, who plays as many as 18 different characters in the film.

Arbaaz also plays the lead with brother Sohail in the home production ‘Kissan’, which Puneet Sira is directing. ‘It’s a rural story and the problems caused by migration. Sohail and I play brothers, and that’s the best part of it… Malaika and I are together though only for an item song in ‘Shaadi Ke Side Effects’. I’m looking forward to doing a full-fledged film with her,’ says Arbaaz.
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Priyanka Chopra and two flop heroes

Priyanka Chopra is out on a spree to establish flop heroes, it seems coz she will be seen with two down market Bollywood hunks, Uday Chopra and Dino Morea, in Yashraj Films’ ‘Pyaar Impossible’.

It is well understood that the movie is most probably a move from the production house to re-launch Uday Chopra, the Chopra scion. Dino Morea will play Priyanka’s love interest.

‘Pyaar Impossible’ is said to be inspired from superhit Hollywood movie ‘Notting Hill’ which starred Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in the lead. Here, the role of Hugh Grant, a humble bookshop owner, is going to be played by Uday Chopra. The movie is set to roll in February this year.
priyanka chopra

Sameera Reddy to remind us of Smita Patil

We last saw Sameera Reddy in ‘Taxi No. 9 2 11’ and then the dusky gorgeous lady seemed to disappear into oblivion. Now, she is all set to surprise us with her de-glam avatar as she plays a rustic Dalit woman in Nagesh Kukunoor`s “Yeh Hausla”, walking bare feet in the mud in ghagra-choli with peacocks accompanying her.

When compared with Smita Patil, Sameera says, “I never knew I could do these things. And this Smita Patil comparison is getting uncanny. It was Buddhadeb Dasgputa who first compared me with her.”

Working in this film has given Sameera a lift and says, “I feel I`m now born as an actor. When people see me in `Yeh Hausla`, I hope they see me and not just Smita Patil. While doing `Yeh Hausla`, I felt I was connecting with Smita`s spirit. Maybe it was the pure, unspoilt ambience and that whole spirit of `Chakra` and `Manthan` that Smita is associated with.”

“Nagesh has taught me so much. I`ve connected with emotions within myself that I never knew existed. I felt I`ve gone to acting school. Other actors came and went. But I was there for the full 47-day schedule. I`m in every frame of the film,” said Sameera praising her director.

sameera reddy

The tinsel town gives a quiet welcome to 2009

This time New Year saw a quiet celebration from Bollywood stars as the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai and the ongoing recessionary phase led to cancellation of events and tightened security everywhere. The Taj, Oberoi and Trident hotels opted out of hosting their annual New Year parties.

Amitabh Bachchan spent a low key evening at home with wife Jaya Bachchan. Abhishek and Ash were in Ooty in the state of Tamil Nadu busy shooting for their next. Preity Zinta is vacating overseas. Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor went for a pre-planned holiday break after Saif was released from the hospital a few days ago. Ajay Devgan continued his annual celebrations at his farm house at Karjat on the outskirts of Mumbai.

Ameesha Patel and Raima Sen set the stage afire with their performances at the Country Club for New Year celebrations. Also, Sanjay Dutt hosted a party at home to welcome the oncoming year.
new year bash 2009

new year bash 2009

new year bash 2009

new year bash 2009

new year bash 2009

Launch of action game based on ‘Ghajini’

Be it adopting a new hairstyle or be it launching a website for the film promotion, Aamir ‘perfectionist’ Khan has always something new up his sleeves. Now, ‘Ghajini’ has become the first Bollywood movie on which an action based game has been released. This new animated game has been launched by Eros International, the leading studio in the Indian media and entertainment sector, in collaboration with FXLabs Studios, the leading end-to-end game development company in India.

In this Third Person Action game, the players get a first hand experience of the main protagonist and character Sanjay (played by Aamir Khan) and experience the challenges and trails faced by him.

Aamir Khan has lent his voice and has also enacted certain ‘moves’ to bring in authenticity for the action sequences in the game.

Speaking at the launch of the game, Biren Ghose, Executive Director - Eros Pictures said, “What better than an exciting film like Ghajini which stars one of the most pioneering and trendsetting actors - Aamir Khan to launch India’s first 3-D PC game. We see the game as another cinematic frontier. Eros International and FXLabs will hopefully be the first in creating a new line of games that leverage big movie titles and stories. Eros is committed to providing innovative solutions to its consumers and offering the interactive ‘Ghajini’ PC game is another way of delivering on that promise”.
ghajini game launch