By Subhash K. Jha: Film: Aurangzeb; Starring: Arjun Kapoor, Prithviraj, Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Amrita Singh, Swara Bhaskara, Sasheh Agha, Tanve Azmi; Directed by Atul Sabharwal; Rating: ****
Portraying his first-ever-gangster role in Balaji Motion Pictures’ Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Again , Imran Khan is drawing inspiration from films in the 80’s given that the film is set back in the day. The actor has been watching a lot of Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff films like Mashaal and Ram Lakhan to get under the skin of his character and to understand the old-school mannerisms and styling of characters that belong to that era. Says Imran Khan, “Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Again is a period film..So the characters had to fit in correctly…I watched a lot of films from the 80’s,including the ones with Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff in them to understand how things were back then”
Senior actors Rishi Kapoor and Jackie Shroff are impressed with their “Aurangzeb” co-actor Arjun Kapoor. While Rishi Kapoor lauds his “passion for work”, Jackie is impressed with his “talent”. Praising Arjun, Rishi said: “Any actor has to be focussed about his work, needs to have passion and dedication for his work.
Actor Arjun Kapoor, who plays double role in Yash Raj’s upcoming crime thriller “Aurangzeb”, wil also promote the film in double role. The makers of the film have decided to opt for a unique way of promotion, and urged Arjun to promote the film in double role for a strong impact
Filmmaker Kiran Rao, who made her directorial debut with “Dhobi Ghat” in 2011, says she prefers creating “challenging roles for women in films” over women-oriented movies. “I don’t believe in women-centric films, but I certainly believe that we should create films that have more challenging roles for women and I definitely will have that in all my films,” she told reporters here at an awards function here Thursday organised by Women In Film and Television (WIFT). “I would like to present women in all their diversity and colour.
Arjun Kapoor, who gives credit to Salman Khan for his foray into acting, says his mother Mona credits the superstar with seeing his potential.
Over the top pre-release publicity has become the norm in filmdom, but contrary to this, the promotions of crime thriller “Aurangzeb” have been low-key so far. But director Atul Sabharwal says as the release date gets closer, the promotions will get intense. “Aurangzeb”, a film from Yash Raj Film’s stable, is coming out May 17 but it has not created enough buzz despite featuring host of stars – from seasoned actors like Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff and Amrita Singh to youngsters Prithviraj Sukumaran, Arjun Kapoor and Saasha Agah
With new promotion techniques coming up these days, the team of forthcoming film “Aurangzeb” has decided to hold press meets to promote the thriller only at under-construction building sites here. Set in Gurgaon, the movie starring Arjun Kapoor in double role is about land mafia and features Jackie Shroff as a builder, while Rishi Kapoor plays a cop trying to nab him for being involved in illegal activities, hence the under-construction sites for press meets. According to sources, the filmmakers feel that such locations are appropriate for the new style of press conference to take place so that the interviewers will get the feel of being a part of the movie.
Since Sanjay Dutt has been given the three years jail sentence, almost every Bollywood actor is praying for him except maybe Nana Patekar who has went on to say that he won’t work with Sanju Baba again, which you can read here .
The producer of the upcoming flick, ‘ Aurangzeb’, Aditya Chopra not happy with the final cut of the film. The movie is directed by debutant Atul Sabharwal and it stars Arjun Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Jackie Shroff and Sasha Agha. According to our source, “ The promos of the film have been loved by everyone.
Mumbai, April 23 : Jackie Shroff says nobody in filmdom can match Madhuri Dixit’s grace.
While 2012 saw the debuts of some really talented Bollywood actors like Ayushmaan Khurrana, Arjun Kapoor and Varun Dhawan, 2013 will see a lot of new faces. From Jackie Shroff’s son to Tollywood star Ram Charan, 2013 promises better talent. Let’s take a look of 5 Bollywood actors who will make their debut this year.
MAdhuri Dixit, the dancing queen of bollywood, confessed that from all her co-stars it was toughest dancing with Jackie Shroff. A source said, While the shooting for the last episode of Jhalak Dikh Laga 5 was going on, Karan Johar made his co-judge Madhuri and special guest Sridevi, go through a rapid fire round. Karan asked them: “Which co-star was the most difficult to dance with – Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff or Sunny Deol?” The beautiful Sridevi said her brother in law Anil.
The Mumbaiya jargon is incredibly popular and quite a few of its expressions and terminology have become a part of life. As a matter of fact, the term ‘lagi huyi hai’, from which the title of this film LIFE KI TOH LAG GAYI has been obtained, is a universally widespread term.
Happenings: The first to arrive was Jackie Shroff who along with Bonny Duggal and Actor Mukesh Rishi was seen wishing Priyadarshan for his achievement.Akbar Khan was seen dancing and enjoying the musicRahul Rowail was seen discussing with ketan Desai and his wife about his new project
Vidhu Vinod Chopra Film Festival commenced from yesterday with the premiere of the filmmakers 1989 film Parinda. The show was graced by eminent political personalities as well as screen celebrities those who had been associated with Chopra and his ventures.
The one promo that generated tremendous buzz right at the beginning of the New Year 2012 was that of Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani . Right from its eerie depiction of Kolkata to the frenzied celebrations of Durga Pujo to the haunting background music, everything in the promo caught viewer’s attention immediately. And oh yes…how can forget that One Woman Army called Vidya Balan who looks all set to deliver yet another award winning performance as a pregnant lady in search of her missing husband in Kolkata
Jackie Shroff plays a pivotal role in Superstar Rajinikanth’s magnum opus ‘Kochadaiyaan’, a 3D flick that’s made ‘n’ number of headlines even before it went on floors, for reasons that need no talking about…
Cast: Kirron Kher, Jackie Shroff, Divya Dutta and Kanwaljeet Singh Rating: Director: Pammi Somal
What: Wedding reception of Venugopal Dhoots daughter Tanushree.
What: Wedding reception of Venugopal Dhoots daughter Tanushree. She married Vivek Biyani.Where: Turf Club, MumbaiWho: Shahrukh Khan, Sridevi and Boney Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor with mom Sunita, Yash and Pamela Chopra, Anil Sharma, Shravan Kumar, Sayali Bhagat, Bhagyashree, Himalaya, Rohit Roy, Shekhar Suman, Pritish Nandy, Poonam Dhillon, Prasoon Joshi, Jackie Shroff, Anu Malik, Rajpal Yadav, Ranjeet, Mukesh Rishi…..
What: Bryan Adams Live In ConcertWhere: MumbaiWhen: 13 FebWho: Rani Mukherjee, Deepika Padukone, Preity Zinta, Amrita Rao, Anushka Sharma, Ritesh Deshmukh, Shreyas Talpade, Deepti Talpade, Rajkumar Hirani, Javed Jaffrey, Arshad and Maria Warsi, Raveena Tandon, R. Madhavan, Gulshan Grover, Geeta Basra, Siddharth Mallya, Bobby Deol, Shaan, Aarti Chhabria, Minissha Lamba, Tanisha Mukherjee, Shobha De, Jackie Shroff…..
Villager Maadhu and his wife (Deepti Naval) have four daughters. An eunuch promises Maadhu that if he agrees to give one of his daughters to Goddness Yellamma, his next child would be a boy.
The release of Jackie Shroff starrer children’s film ‘Bhoot And Friends’ is reported to have postponed to 31st December 2010…
King of realistic films Madhur Bhandarkar had first tasted the action genre in 2004, when he came up with ‘Aan: Men at Work’, which had Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Sunil Shetty, Shatrughan Sinha, Jackie Shroff and Paresh Rawal….
The haunting voice that ordered the 13 inmates saying “Bigg Boss chahte hain …” is back and how! We are indeed referring to the reality show Bigg Boss, which is back with its fourth season. Sources close to Bollywood Hungama told us that, this year, there is a slight change in the format
Men will be men. Salman Khan has proved that with Dabangg and the super success of some of the recent films starring actors with close to 20 years experience has proven that
It’s a known fact that Kareena Kapoor is easily ruling from the top as far as the demand for a commercially viable glamorous actress with very good acting skills is concerned.