Friday 30 March 2018

7 Hours Is What It Took For Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor To Get Into 102 Not Out Look

102 Not Out will see Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor sharing screen space after a gap of 27 years. In the film, Mr. Bachchan will be seen playing Rishi Kapoor’s father. Considering the fact that both the actors have to play their character more than their actual age, a lot of prosthetics and makeup was used to make them look like their character’s age.

Director Umesh Shukla states that it would take his ageing protagonists a staggering seven hours for make-up every day. This would be followed by six hours of shooting. He says, “Initially, I thought they would get irritated with the long-winded process but the make-up actually helped them emote and complemented their characters really well. Both Amitabh sir and Rishi ji would walk onto the sets at 5 am with a different kind of energy and we would commence shooting after lunch and go on till 6 pm. At times, the shoot extended to 9 pm. But that mostly happened when we were in the midst of shooting a scene and wanted to can it in one shift for the sake of continuity,” says Umesh adding that the film’s team shot for nine nights in the 45-day schedule in Mumbai.

He further adds that while Bachchan’s dentures were manageable, Kapoor’s bald cap was a cause of concern. “Rishi ji, who plays a 70-year-old character, would feel extremely hot in it. Whenever he removed it, and I am not exaggerating, it looked like he was sweating by the glass. He had to wear that cap for at least 12 hours every day,” he revealed.

The film has been written by Saumya Joshi (director of the eponymous Gujarati play on which the film is based) and directed by Umesh Shukla.


A Sony Pictures Releasing International Production and worldwide distribution- 102 Not Out is Produced by SPE Films India, Treetop Entertainment and Umesh Shukla’s Benchmark Pictures. The film releases worldwide on 4th May 2018

Tuesday 27 March 2018

Sonu Sood joins the 'Simmba' gang!

After the big announcement of the leading lady Sara Ali Khan for 'Simmba', Sonu Sood is the latest entrant in the film putting an end to various rumors and speculations doing the rounds.

Sonu will be essaying an important character in the film and it's his first association with director Rohit Shetty.

Simmba marks the debut collaboration of Rohit Shetty and Karan Johar and undoubtedly the fresh leading pair of Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan.   

Reliance Entertainment presents, Rohit Shetty Picturez and Dharma Productions, Simmba is slated to release worldwide on 28th December, 2018

Monday 26 March 2018

Disney India expands localisation efforts with Avengers: Infinity War; ropes in Nation’s biggest villain Rana Daggubati to voice for Hollywood’s biggest villain



~ South Indian superstar Rana Daggubati will lend his voice for Thanos for the Telugu version of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War ~

Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War is the culmination to an unprecedented cinematic journey. 10 years in the making, it promises to be the Super Hero spectacle audiences have been waiting for. With the excitement around the release going through the roof, Disney India, in a move to expand its localisation efforts, has signed on South Indian superstar Rana Daggubati to lend his voice for Thanos for the Telugu dub of Avengers: Infinity War.

“This year marks a milestone for the Marvel Cinematic Universe as it turns 10 and to add to the excitement, we are releasing Avengers: Infinity War – the biggest Super Hero crossover one has ever seen. There isn’t anything bigger, more exciting and thrilling in the Super Hero realmwith all the Avengers, The Guardians of the Galaxy and their allies coming together to defend the universe from Thanos, which itself proves just how powerful he is. Keeping with the anticipation around the movie, we are offering our fans in South India an opportunity to experience the grandeur of the movie in a language that they prefer. With Rana Daggubati coming on board as the voice of Thanos, we are confident of reaching out to a wider audience base while retaining the magnitude and staying true to the ethos of the Marvel brand,” said Bikram Duggal, Executive Director and Head, Studio Entertainment, Disney India.
 
Actor Rana Daggubati, who recently finished dubbing for the movie added, “I've grown up reading Marvel Comics and Marvel movies with their intricately woven storylines have been some of my favourite movies to watch. It is fascinating to see how Marvel has created characters and stories that resonate so well with audiences across the globe, making movies at a scale that one had never before imagined. Characters such as Iron Man and Captain America have been my favourites so dubbing for Avengers: Infinity War is a thrill! Voicing for Thanos, a villain so powerful that some of the biggest superheroes have a tough time dealing with is an exciting experience!”

Disney India continues setting new standards for Hollywood in India. The studio had adopted a similar strategy for The Jungle Book in 2016, signing on a roster of A-List talent including Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan, Nana Patekar, Om Puri and Shefali Shah, to bring to life the famous characters in the Hindi version of Disney’s The Jungle Book. It was followed by roping in Varun Dhawan for Captain America in the movie Captain America Civil War. It wasn’t short of a casting coup! With a series of ground-breaking and unique localisation initiatives, these movies set new benchmarks and took over the box-office in India. Come April 27th, Disney is all set to take over the cinematic universe, yet again, with the phenomena that are Avengers: Infinity War. 
 
About Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War:
An unprecedented cinematic journey of 10 years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

Anthony and Joe Russo direct the film, which is produced by Kevin Feige. The movie stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlet Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Josh Brolin, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Renner, Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Olsen, Sebastian Stan, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Benedict Wong, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Pom Klementieff, Peter Dinklage, Benicio del Toro, Tom Holland, Anthony Mackie, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Paul Rudd, Don Cheadle, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tessa Thompson and Angela Bassett amongst others. 

Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War is set to release in India on the 27th of April, 2018 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D formats. 

Wednesday 21 March 2018

Khushali Kumar’s transformation for her upcoming project with Guru Randhawa shocked everyone!

The beautiful fashionista turned lead actor, Khushali Kumar is better known for her soulful performances in hit music video’s like ‘Mainu Ishq Da’, ‘ Mere Papa’ ‘Ik Yaad Purani’ Etc.. And yet again she proved her dedication when she lost 5 to 6 kg’s in a week’s time for an upcoming music video with singer and composer Guru Randhawa, her preparations surprised the whole team. Khushali’s first look from the talked about shoot are out and she is looking gorgeously beautiful, the music video is due to release soon.
  Well Guru himself is looking awestruck by his lead in the first images. And why not??
   The talented Khushali achieved never before success in the field of fashion when she dressed international megastar Shakira, two times Grammy award winner singer Leann Rimes, Carman Electra, spice girl Melanie B and styled for Justin Bieber's music video ‘Wait for a minute’. Her work has recently been recognized and rewarded by an award affiliated with Govt. of India’s Child and woman welfare ministry.
   But her creative aspirations have always been to be an actor which keeps getting her back to the silver screen, she has already teamed up with IFFA award winner singer and sister Tulsi Kumar and featured in hit singles. And now she is all set to make her Bollywood debut as few projects are already in pipeline.

Monday 19 March 2018

TV very popular Child Actor Ashnoor Kaur is now doing Anurag kashyap’s Manmarziyaan with Abhishek Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu


She is playing the character of Taapsee’s younger sister and currently shooting in Amritsar, Punjab. Her character is really similar to real life, bubbly naughty and chirpy, it’s a prominent and important character like Chutki of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. The best part is, she is playing same age (14 years) only, in the movie.

Ashnoor Kaur had done lots of serial as lead character (Child). Prithvi Vallabh,Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata hai, Mahadev , Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha, Jhansi Ki Rani, Sath Nibhana Sathiya, Shobha Somnath Ki, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain ,Mahabharat, Tum Sath Ho Jab Apne.

OUT NOW: The mesmerising trailer of Shoojit Sircar's October




The much-awaited trailer of Shoojit Sircar's October is out and has created immense anticipation amongst the audience. The film has Varun Dhawan in a never seen before avatar and will mark the Bollywood debut of actress Banita Sandhu. The film is a beautiful story of love visioned by Shoojit Sircar.

At the grand trailer launch yesterday Varun Dhawan did a special life through his social media while travelling to the theatre which was seen on the big screen by the media and all his fan who were invited to be part of his special day.

The intriguing trailer left everyone with goosebumps and wanting to watch more of this different shade of love. 

Present at the event were Director Shoojit Sircar, Varun Dhawan, Banita Sandhu, writer Juhi Chaturvedi and producer Ronnie Lahiri.

Varun and Banita also visited an all girl's college (Sophia College) post the event to show his lovely female fans the trailer and talk to them about their take on love!

Produced by Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar, October stars Varun Dhawan and Banita Sandhu. A Rising Sun Films Production, directed by Shoojit Sircar the film is set to release on 13th April 2018.

Friday 16 March 2018

Creative Eye's Gala Party on the launch of “Ishq Subhan Allah” on Zee Tv


Creative Eye Limited had its launch of a new program on Wednesday 14th March for its new offering “Ishq Subhan Allah” on prestigious Zee channel, to be telecast from Monday to Friday, five days a week at 10 pm.  To celebrate this Mega launch producer Dheeraj Kumar, Zuby Kochhar, Sunil Gupta hosted a party with their complete unit Creatives, Technicians & Artists. They were present to enjoy the telecast of the first episode.  The event and the launch started with the screening of the first episode live from Zee stable with a lot of energy and vibrancy.  



Once the telecast was over producer Dheeraj Kumar took to the mike and acknowledged the immense contribution of one and all to create this major product for the viewers in India and across the globe. He also thanked the director Vikram Ghai, Cameraman Dinesh Singh, Editor Dharmesh Patel, Writers Danish Javed and Anjum Abbas along with Ideation & Development Head Sandhya Riaz. Dheeraj Kumar further thanked project head, Asgar Ali, his team supervising producer Shailendra including all from the smallest technician to one and all present on the occasion. Dheeraj Kumar while expressing his gratitude to the head honcho’s of Zee TV Mr. Punit Goenka, Mr. Punit Mishra Mr. Deepak Rajadhyaksha, Ms. Charu, Mr. Yubaraj Bhattacharya and to their team for having their immense faith in Creative Eye Limited, he conveyed their good wishes for the success of the program to one and all present at the party.

Artist technician also acknowledged their gratitude towards the production house Creative Eye Limited, in response Sunil Gupta thanked them wholeheartedly. Producer Zuby Kochhar conveyed her good wishes for the great success of the show to the entire unit.

Later on, everybody took to the dancing floor with pulse setting music and they danced their heart content. A sumptuous dinner was arranged for the guest and everybody enjoyed the delicious dinner, specially prepared for the launch party. The party went on till the wee hours with the lot of Masti Dhamal for fun frolic in high spirits.

It was a feel-good factor for all of them as after the hard work of 8-9 months they have seen their efforts on screen. Ishq Subhan Allah will be a different series in a true sense and everyone believed in it. There were so many minds creative to the technician to production but everyone was in sync. It was a complete Ishq Subhan Allah Family – Creative Eye Ltd.  

Tuesday 13 March 2018

Meri Rockstar Wali Jeans will make you cry and dance at the same time


Susheel Jangira’s Award Winning short film “MERI ROCKSTAR WALI JEANS” has touched the right cords with its title track penned by Jangira, composed by Rahul Jain and sung by Suruchi Singh. Debutant writer-director Susheel Jangira recently launched the song and instantly it has garnered so many likes and views on the internet. The song is fresh and rhythmic with beautiful lyrics featuring Susheel Jangira, Taiyaba Mansuri and Chandrakala Satam.“We hardly have clean and appropriate film songs for young girls. This song is a perfect anthem for girls to sing and dance. Any girl of any age group can proudly sing and relate to it.” Said Jangira.

Jangira shot the song under constraint budget and without the luxury of expensive locations but still, the song is beautifully shot at the natural locations in Mumbai. “I give credit to my DOP Rohit Yewle, editor Milind Shriraam, Art and Production person Faiyaz Ali Khan and the stylist Harsha Parmar for making it possible for me. We were a small team of young people, we just managed to shoot the song, we shot without even having a sound system, My choreographer Gnyaneshwar Waghmare (Nanu) sang the lines loudly, sometimes I hum the song in my mind to walk on the beats holding the child artist’s hand. But at the end of the day, a song is all about meaningful lyrics and soulful music, no expensive set or costumes will work unless and until people want to listen to your song again and again. Lyrics and Music are the foundation for any song. Signs off Jangira.

Housefull 4 was never in the pipeline for Sonakshi Sinha

Sonakshi Sinha surely has many films in the pipeline and every now and then we keep hearing speculations about her signing some film. And one such recent rumour is that the actress doing Housefull 4. However, none of this is the truth.
Sonakshi will be shooting for Dabangg 3 around the same time as Housefull 4 goes on the floor. In fact, the actress does not have dates for Housefull4, as she will be shooting for the third part of the successful franchise Dabangg.

Monday 12 March 2018

Creative Eye Limited creates another milestone in family drama serial “ISHQ SUBHAN ALLAH” on “ZEE TV



Well know Production house Creative Eye Limited is coming up with their new show on the biggest entertainment channel “ZEE TV”. It is renowned for telecasting new and unique show which grabs the attention of the viewers. ZEE is coming up with a brand new show “ISHQ SUBHAN ALLAH” which is helmed by the Creative Eye Limited produced by Dheeraj Kumar, Zuby Kochhar, Sunil Gupta.
Storyline:- Ishq Subhan ALLAH is a Love Story of Kabeer and Zara, both are devout followers of Islam, who happen to interpret the ‘Quraan’ very differently. While Kabeer is a Maulvi who abides by the widely followed, traditional moral ethical code of conduct, Zara is a well-educated young woman who applies the teachings of Allah to a logical, liberal way of life-based on modern fundamentals of practicality, rationality, gender equality, justice and fairness.  Zara is first of the view that the triple Talaaq practice is un-Islamic as it has no mention in the Quran. In her belief, a talaaq is to be administered over a period of minimum 60 days, giving adequate opportunity for both parties to reconcile their differences.  Viewers will be taken on a gripping journey of what happens when destiny brings Zara and Kabeer – a liberal and a staunch hard-liner together in matrimony. In showcasing Zara and Kabeer’s starkly opposite schools of thought, Ishq Subhan Allah urges people to re-examine their own perspective and interpretations on religious practices and codes of conduct and bring an element of rationality to the way they understand and apply religion to their lives.

The project will be aired on “ZEE TV Channel” on 14th March 2018 .at 10 PM

Friday 9 March 2018

This is how Shoojit Sircar got Banita Sandhu for October....


While we are all gearing up for the trailer of the much-awaited film October, we wonder how the debutant actress Banita Sandhu, who will share screen space with Varun Dhawan was identified.

Little does anyone know that Shoojit Sircar and Banita have already worked together in a commercial before? The beautiful story telling of the Doublemint’s “Ek Ajnabee Haseena Se” song was directed by Shoojit Sircar and had Banita play the female lead. The entire song depicts love but only with expressions, which made a lot of when it was launched.

When Shoojit Sircar met her for the shoot of the ad, he was instantly convinced that Banita was the perfect choice for the film.

Shoojit Sircar shared, "Everyone was in awe of Banita from the chewing gum commercial which I had directed. While I was shooting the ad film, Juhi Chaturvedi and I were also working on the script of October. One day, I clicked a picture of Banita and sent it to Juhi saying, ‘She has the potential to fit into the character that we are looking at’.”

Once the script was completed and the director had finalised Varun Dhawan for the role, he reached out to Banita to ask her to join the October team. Shoojit further adds, "Juhi, Ronnie and I zeroed in on her and we're sure that, she is the girl we should go for. My casting director also felt that she was the right person for this character.”

And her performance in the film is so captivating, that, October will mark a huge milestone for Banita.

With all the anticipation around the film, the makers will be launching the trailer of the film early next week.

Produced by Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar, October stars Varun Dhawan and Banita Sandhu. A Rising Sun Films Production, directed by Shoojit Sircar the film is set to release on 13 April 2018.

Monday 5 March 2018

85-year old, Pushpa Joshi from Lucknow makes her debut with Ajay Devgn in 'Raid'


85-year old Lucknow woman, Pushpa Joshi prepares to take on a new challenge in life; making her feature film acting debut. She will be seen essaying the role of Saurabh Shukla's mother in the film 'Raid'.

The ace actor Ajay Devgn, who was shooting with Pushpa Joshi went out of the way to make her comfortable on the set. Infact he was very particular about his shooting schedules with her. He would even make sure that her scenes were given utmost priority and she would not have to wait on the set for her scene. Not just him, the whole cast and crew was very accommodating towards her and indeed took great care of her!

Talking about her casting, Director Raj Kumar Gupta says,” Pushpa Joshi was a darling on the set. Everyone wanted to be around her because she is charming,graceful and has a great sense of humour. She is 85- I was really flabbergasted by her professionalism. She remembered her lines, she was always smiling and was a bundle of energy. For me she is also a living example - if you want to do something from heart age is just a number. It was an absolute pleasure working with her and I wish her good health and good luck."

Truly, talent has no age and surely Pushpa Joshi will be appreciated by the industry fraternity and audiences.

Gulshan Kumar & Tseries present, A Panorama Studios Production, Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak, Raid is directed by Raj Kumar Gupta. The film releases on 16th March 2018.