Deepika to pair with Rajini in `Kochadaiyaan`

Bollywood star Deepika Padukone will romance Tamil superstar Rajinikanth in his upcoming flick 'Kochadaiyaan,'.

"Deepika Padukone has been confirmed as heroine in Kochadaiyaan," film unit sources said.

Padukone had been earlier cast opposite Rajnikanth in his 'Rana,' since suspended after he fell sick on the first day of the film's sets last year.

However, the superstar's younger daughter Soundarya gave his die-hard fans, who had performed special poojas and prayers for his recovery from a reported kidney ailment, cause for cheer by announcing she would direct her father in 'Kochadaiyaan,' believed to be a period flick.

The movie has already garnered attention with its first look, a still with Rajnikanth sporting six-pack, beard and a yogi-like hairdo, setting off anticipation about the movie among cine-buffs.

The star cast of 'Kochadaiyaan,' which will be a hi-tech 3D film, reportedly includes Bollywood star Jackie Shroff, another top Tamil star R Sarath Kumar and many others.

Lolo turns item girl for `Rowdy Rathore`

Karishma Kapoor, who is making a comeback with 'Dangerous Ishq', is all set to sizzle in an item number in Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha's upcoming movie 'Rowdy Rathore.' Sources claim that film's director Prabhu Devaa will also be the choreographer for the track. Rumour has it that the song is similar to Katrina Kaif's 'Chikni Chameli'.

Ayesha Takia to sue Kingfisher Airlines

A day after Ayesha Takia tweeted about her sister Natasha being allegedly mistreated by an airline’s personnel, the actress is still fuming and is determined to take legal action against the airline.

Making it worse was a taunting tweet by the airline owner’s son which implied he was unaware of who Ayesha Takia and what the hullaballoo she was creating was all about.

Laughing off the jibe Ayesha scoffs, “We’re getting our lawyers to send a letter to the airline to take action against their staff.The letter will reach the airline authorities shortly.I was tweeting about how the airline staff treated Natasha.I didn’t make any personal comments on anyone.So if someone has a personal grudge against me that’s his problem.”

Recounting the alleged horror that her sister went through Ayesha says, “A senior staff member of an airline at Delhi airport misbehaved with my sister. He sent her back and forth from counter to counter for four hours even when she said she was unwell. They threatened to throw her out of the airport if she kept questioning and pressurizing them for her ticket. Then they tore her boarding pass and told her to buy a new one if she wanted to fly back to Mumbai on their airline.”

Continuing with the tale of trauma Ayesha says, “Natasha had to buy a new ticket from Air India .Since she was traveling alone beyond a point, she didn’t want to deal with the rudeness of the allegedly misbehaved airline ground-staff.”

Bipasha`s Hollywood movie stalled

The actress' dream to go international comes crashing down as her film opposite Josh Hartnett is stalled for going over-budget.

It was the film she was banking on to launch her international career. But looks like Bipasha Basu's Hollywood dreams have hit a roadblock as her much talked about film Singularity is stalled indefinitely.

The film, which was elaborately shot in Rajasthan last year has apparently gone Rs 80 crore over-budget putting the producers in a fix.

Says a source, "There were financial issues in the film from the very beginning. Even when they were shooting in Australia there were money problems.

They finished the first two schedules of the film and then realised that a lot more money would be required to complete the rest of the shoot. Director Roland Joffe was hoping to resume shoot soon, but now it seems impossible."

The budget of the film at the moment is over R 150 crore, which is much higher than the estimated budget. Adds the source, "Singularity is a period drama and hence a very extravagant film.

Pinky Punjabi to sizzle India Move over Sheila, Munni, and Jalebi Bai!! Move over Chikni Chameli!!! Presenting Pinky Punjabi, the new IT girl in Bollywood!! She will soon grab the attention of the entire nation! The very hot and sexy Mandy Takhar, who plays lead in the upcoming movie Bumboo, will play the part of Pinky Punjabi, the sizzling hot item girl in the movie, to turn the heat on!! With extremely captivating music and lyrics, the makers are sure that Pinky Punjabi will soon become as big as Chikni Chameli and definitely overshadow the hit item songs of the past year. Now with all the hype about Pinky, we are waiting with anticipation for the item song to be released. The makers of Bumboo have released the 1st poster of the movie on 21st January, 2012. Bumboo is the remake of French cult comedy movie based on the original story “L'emmerdeur” by Francis Veber. The movie ‘Bumboo’ has been directed by Jagdish Rajpurohit and produced by RCL Motion Pictures. Bumboo will be released in the summer of 2012.

Sexiness lies in confidence: Sameera Reddy

Sameera Reddy believes that sexiness lies in the confidence and the attitude of a person. The sassy actor has never shied away from the cameras, no matter what. Proud of her nickname -- Sexy Sam -- she says, "I am muhfaat (out spoken). I say whatever I feel, bindaas. Some people just don't seem to get this aspect of being sexy right. No matter how much you show off, if you don't know how to confidently converse with the people around you, then it's a complete disaster. "She adds, "Many say I have a really husky and deep voice and that they find it very sexy." Well Sam, we like it too! Sexiness lies in confidence: Sameera Reddy

Agent Vinod (2012) Movie Review – Details

Agent Vinod (2012) Movie Review – Details

Movie title – Agent Vinod

Director – Sriram Raghavan

Producer – Saif Ali Khan

Star Cast – Saif Ali Khan, Gulshan Grover, Kareena Kapoor

Music – Pritam

Genre – Thriller

Date of release – 23^rd March 2012

The well known love birds of Bollywood Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor better known as Saifina are ready for their upcoming onscreen project named ‘Agent Vinod’. The movie is been directed by Sriram Raghavan and thereof produced by Saif himself. It is Saif’s own production with his lady love playing the lead role.

To be very clear about the fact that it is not the remake of the 1977 action film ‘Agent Vinod’. According to the statement made by director Sriram Raghavan it is based on an original story, about a spy. He also made it clear that it is also not the remake or copycat of the Hollywood series of James Bond. The film contains a huge volume of action along with lots of thrills. The director also described it as one of the ‘Realistic Movie’. On 30^th May 2010 the director reported that the official shoot of the movie had begun in Mumbai which will later on followed by Morocco and Latvia. Saif is said to be working hard with his body as his character is of a detective agent beside this Kareena (bebo) plays the secret agent role with her slim and trim features.

The journey of the movie started on 30^th May 2010 with a proposal of releasing it in 2011. But the film is still under process and is set to realease in March 2012.

The music of Agent Vinod is been composed by Pritam and to be mentioned it is not yet out in the market.

Let us wait for the movie to come on screen and see whether the couple (Saifina) can show us some magic after a 50-50 performance in Tashan.

Gali Gali Chor Hai

Gali Gali Chor Hai Movie Reviews

By Subhash K Jha

Starring Akshaye Khanna, Sriya Saran, Satish Kaushik, Mugdha Godse, Anu Kapoor

Directed by Rumi Jaffery

Rating: ** ½

While credit must be given to writer-director Rumy Jaffery for focusing on the issue of corruption noble intentions don’t necessarily make a notable work of art. Certainly Gali Gali Chor Hai(GGCH) must have sounded amusing and topical on paper.It is a savagely stinging satire on the harassment of the average law-abiding middleclass man, played with arresting earnestness by Akshaye Khanna, in the hands of various touts, middlemen, law enforcers, goons and politicians all of whom infest the tranquil city of Bhopal with the destructive determination of termites eating into a ‘system’ that has long ceased to be if any consequence , moral or ethical.

While the script has some sparkling vignettes and scenes taken from the portrait of a common man trapped in the wheels of a fluctuating fortune, the treatment of the theme of corruption is staid, prosaic uninspiring and frequently bland. The screenplay unfolds in segments and episodes that could belong to a long-running government-sponsored serial on Doordarshan, made with the express purpose of cleaning the bureaucracy’s image.

Lamentably, for all his sincerity, Akshay Khanna’s Bharat remains clueless about what the script hopes to achieve by showing the character running in and out of police stations and court premises, except to project the helplessness of the common man into a script that seeks to desperately extract creative juices out of the bourgeois desperation which has baffled, bewildered, frustrated and destroyed the under-privileged classes the world over.

Sadly the satire doesn’t evoke any empathy for the common hero of this film who is sucked into the vicious vortex of bribery and palm-greasing for no seeming reason except his political innocence.Like Shyam Benegal’s last satirical outing Well Done, Abba this film forgets to oil its joints which creak in protest each time the hero shrieks in protest.


The problem with Jaffrey’s film is its dry almost clinical treatment of the theme of corruption and the Common Man. While the ambience, characters and the plight of our hero Bharat seem authentic, the languid movement of the story suggests a far less involving sequence of events than what we set out to witness when we sat down for a film.

Don’t rub your hands in anticipation when you sit down to watch this ode to corruption.In Singham the slap sounded far more musical to the ears.Yes, there are stray amusing moments in GGCH. But by the time Bharat’s slap on the face of the ‘system’ occurs it’s a case of too little, too late.

And what on earth is that item song with Veena Malik lighting up her vital statistics with Christmas bulbs. A symbol of the common man’s dream gone bust?

Sorry,but the original Bharat, Manoj Kumar did the anti-corruption theme much more interestingly in Roti Kapada Aur Makaan. You have to bribe the audience to watch the characters getting high on the anti-corruption theme of this film.

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Video: Aamir Khan's Talaash's 1st teaser out

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The Biwi and Gangster's Second Tryst

Mahie Gill will play a socialite who has an affair with a male prostitute

They may have only just finished a film together -- Sahib Bibi Aur Gangster -- with a sequel in the pipeline, but Randeep Hooda and Mahie Gill have been signed up together for another film.

This one, titled Mayanagari is based on popular Hindi novelist Surendra Varma's Do Murdon Ke Liye Guldasta and will be made by Satish Kaushik.

While Hooda, along with actor Prashant Narayanan, (who earlier essayed a psychopath in Murder 3), will play two migrants living in Mumbai, Gill will play a rich socialite who starts an affair with both actors.

In the film, Narayanan will play the role of a gangster, and Hooda, a male prostitute. According to sources, Hooda is leaving no stone unturned in his attempt to get his performance correct. He has reportedly even met male prostitutes in Mumbai to prepare.

When contacted, Kaushik confirmed the casting of the film. He also said, "Mayanagari will focus on the seamy side of a migrant's life. Randeep's role is something never attempted before (in Bollywood). So far, our films have only focused on female prostitution."

Dilip Shukla, who earlier wrote Dabangg, is writing the script of the film.

Sofia's Seductive Photo Shoot

Watch Sofia's Seductive Photo Shoot

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The winners of Apsara Awards 2012

The winners of Apsara Awards 2012

Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan for the third time emerged as winners. For their rave performance in ‘Rockstar and The Dirty Picture, they bagged the Apsara best actor male and female awards. Hosted by Farah Khan and Karan Johar, Apsara Awards was held on Wednesday at Yash Raj studios.

The evening was memorable for Zoya Akhtar as she received the best director award for her film, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and at the same time, it also won the Best Film award. The evening saw some scintillating performance from the soon to be wed Genelia D’Souza and Riteish Deshmukh, Kareena Kapoor grooved to the song ‘Nakka Mukka’, ‘Ringa Ringa’ and the chartbuster ‘Kolaveri Di’. Amisha Patel danced to recent hit item numbers like ‘Chikni chameli’, ‘Ooh La La’ and ‘Madhubala’. Anushka Sharma set the stage on fire with popular telly actors.

Check out the complete list of winners of Apsara Awards:

Best Film
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Actor (Male)
Ranbir Kapoor for ‘Rockstar’

Best Actor Female
Vidya Balan for ‘The Dirty Picture’

Best Director
Zoya Akhtar for ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’

Best Supporting Actor
Farhan Akhtar for ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’

Best Supporting Actress
Parineeti Chopra for ‘Ladies V/s Ricky Bahl’

Best Debutant (Female)
Parineeti Chopra

Best Debutant (Male)
Rana Daggubati for ‘Dum Maaro Dum’

Best Performance in a comic role
Deepak Dobriyal (Tanu Weds Manu)

Best performance in a negative role
Prakash Raj (Singham)

Hindustan Times Readers Choice Award for best entertainer male
Shahrukh Khan

Hindustan Times Readers Choice Award for best entertainer female
Priyanka Chopra

Best Music
A R Rahman for Rockstar

Best Lyrics
Irshad Kamil for ‘Nadaan Parinday’ in ‘Rockstar’

Best Choreography
Bosco-Caesar for ‘Desi Boyz’

Best Singer Male
Mohit Chauhan for ‘Saada Haq’

Best Singer Female
Shreya Ghosal for ‘Teri Meri’ in ‘Bodyguard’

Best Sound Design and Sound Mixing
Ra. One

Best Editing
No One Killed Jessica

Best Cinematographer
Chirantan Das (Tanu Weds Manu)

Most Promising Director
Abhinay Deo (Delhi Belly)

Best Screenplay
Reema Katgi and Zoya Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)

Best Story
Reema Katgi and Zoya Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)

Guild honour for excellence On TV
Amitabh Bachchan (Kaun Banega Crorepati)

Agreepath movie casting - 2012

Language

Hindi

Genre

Drama, Action

Cast

Rishi Kapoor

Direction

Karan Malhotra

Production

Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar

Banner

Dharma Productions

Music Director

Ajay Gogavale, Atul Gogavale

Lyrics

Amitabh Bhattacharya

Executive Producer/Co-Producer

Apoorva Mehta

Cinematography

Ravi K. Chandran, Kiran Deohans

Action

Abbas Ali Moghul

Editor

Akiv Ali

Choreography

Brinda, Chinni Prakash, Rekha Chinni
Prakash, Saroj Khan

Sound

Stephen Gomes

Agneepath – Movie Review

Agneepath is a revenge drama, which dwells on strong emotions and aggressive and forceful action. The stellar performances of Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt are the major highlight of the film. Ajay-Atul's music, Ravi K Chandran's cinematography, wonderfully choreographed fights and dance sequences, Piyush Mishra's commanding dialogues, beautiful costumes, locales and makeup work are its other attractions.

Except on big change, Karan Malhotra has remained very honest to the original movie Agneepath. Yet the film looks very fresh and entertaining. The director has dropped a character named Krishnan Iyer MA, which was played by Mithun Chakraborty in the original. Instead, he has introduced a negative role - Rauf Lala (Rishi Kapoor), who makes the narration more volatile and explosive.

Vijay Dinanath Chauhan (Hrithik Roshan) is an angry young man in a small village Mandwa. But he leaves the village after evil drug dealer Kancha (Sanjay Dutt) hangs his father (Chetan Pandit) to death. Vijay joins the team of gang lord Rauf Lala (Rishi Kapoor) in Mumbai. He makes necessary preparation to take revenge upon Kancha. His best friend Kaali (Priyanka Chopra) stands by him at every moment in his life. He returns to his village after 15 years. What happens next will form an interesting portion of the film.

As Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, Hrithik Roshan has given superb performance. He has not tried to copy Amitabh Bachchan from the original. He has his own distinct way of portraying this role. As brutal Kancha, Sanjay Dutt is electrifying and all thanks to his superb makeup. This role is yet another turning point in his career. Although Priyanka Chopra has less scope in the movie, she has used it to impress the audience. Rishi Kapoor has also delivered an exceptional performance. Zarina Wahab, Om Puri others are also good in their respective languages.

In the technical front, Ajay-Atul's music is the main highlight. The duo's compositions like Deva Shree Ganesha and Chikni Chameli are picks of the lot. Their background score is exhilarating. Abbas Ali Moghul's action, Ravi K Chandran's camera work and Piyush Mishra's dialogue are also plus point of the film.

In the nutshell, Agneepath can be described as a master piece and it is a fitting tribute to the original.

'DAM 999' out (Oscar nominations)

"DAM 999" is out of the Academy Award race.

Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" leads this year's Oscar nomination pack with 11 nods and "The Artist" is close behind with 10 nominations, while India's only hope "DAM 999" is out of the Academy Award race.

The nominations were announced here Tuesday.

"Hugo", set in Paris of the 1930s, is about an orphan who lives in a train station, and is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. It is adapted from Brian Selznick's novel "The Invention of Hugo Cabret".

The movie has been nominated in the best picture, directing, sound editing, sound mixing, visual effects, writing (adapted screenplay), art direction, cinematography, costume design, editing and music (original score) categories.

India's other hope was the National award-winning Malayalam film "Adaminte Makan Abu" in the foreign language film category, but it failed to even find a place in the Oscar shortlist, released Jan 19. The final nominations for the category are "Bullhead" (Belgium), "Footnote" (Israel), "In Darkness" (Poland), "Monsieur Lazhar" (Canada) and "A Separation" (Iran).

Here's the list of other categories and their respective nominations:

Animated Feature Film
"A Cat in Paris" (Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli)
"Chico & Rita" (Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal)
"Kung Fu Panda 2" (Jennifer Yuh Nelson)
"Puss in Boots" (Chris Miller)
"Rango" (Gore Verbinski)

Art Direction
"The Artist" (Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould)
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" (Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan)
"Hugo" (Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo)
"Midnight in Paris" (Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Helene Dubreuil)
"War Horse" (Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales)

Cinematography
"The Artist" (Guillaume Schiffman)
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (Jeff Cronenweth)
"Hugo" (Robert Richardson)
"The Tree of Life" (Emmanuel Lubezki)
"War Horse" (Janusz Kaminski)

Costume Design
"Anonymous" (Lisy Christl)
"The Artist" (Mark Bridges)
"Hugo" (Sandy Powell)
"Jane Eyre" (Michael O'Connor)
"W.E." (Arianne Phillips)

Documentary (Feature)
"Hell and Back Again" (Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner)
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front" (Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman)
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" (Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs)
"Pina" (Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel)
"Undefeated" (TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas)

Documentary (Short Subject)
"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement" (Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin)
"God Is the Bigger Elvis" (Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson)
"Incident in New Baghdad" (James Spione)
"Saving Face" (Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy)
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" (Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen)

Film Editing
"The Artist" (Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius)
"The Descendants" (Kevin Tent)
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall) "Hugo" (Thelma Schoonmaker)
"Moneyball" (Christopher Tellefsen)

Makeup
"Albert Nobbs" (Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle)
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" (Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng)
"The Iron Lady" (Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland)

Music (Original Score)
"The Adventures of Tintin" (John Williams)
"The Artist" (Ludovic Bource)
"Hugo" (Howard Shore)
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Alberto Iglesias)
"War Horse" (John Williams)

Music (Original Song)
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" (Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie)
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" (Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated)
"Dimanche/Sunday" (Patrick Doyon)
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" (William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg)
"La Luna" (Enrico Casarosa)
"A Morning Stroll" (Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe)
"Wild Life" (Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby)

Short Film (Live Action)
"Pentecost" (Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane)
"Raju" (Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren)
"The Shore" (Terry George and Oorlagh George)
"Time Freak" (Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey)
"Tuba Atlantic" (Hallvar Witzø)

Sound Editing
"Drive" (Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis)
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (Ren Klyce)
"Hugo" (Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty)
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl)
"War Horse" (Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom)

Sound Mixing
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson)
"Hugo" (Tom Fleischman and John Midgley)
"Moneyball" (Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick)v "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin)v "War Horse" (Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson)

Visual Effects
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" (Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson)
"Hugo" (Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning)
"Real Steel" (Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg)
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett)
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier)

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"The Descendants" (Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon and Jim Rash)
"Hugo" (Screenplay by John Logan)
"The Ides of March" (Screenplay by George Clooney and Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon)
"Moneyball" (Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin)
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan)

Writing (Original Screenplay)
"The Artist" (Written by Michel Hazanavicius)
"Bridesmaids" (Written by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig)
"Margin Call" (Written by J.C. Chandor)
"Midnight in Paris" (Written by Woody Allen)
"A Separation" (Written by Asghar Farhadi)

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