Naseeruddin Shah’s class act!
Naseeruddin Shah is busy with his directorial venture,
Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota. If sources are to be believed, this venture is very Hollywoodish. “It has a unique concept of telling several stories simultaneously and then the inter-connectivity,” says a unit member. “The whole film is looking very classy.” Seems like the actor-turned-director picked up a lesson or two on filmmaking while acting in several international films, and that’s a good thing.
Hockey: Shah Rukh’s answer to Aamir?
Here’s some inside info on
Yashraj’s
Shah Rukh starrer. Apparently, the film revolves around hockey. Shah Rukh, we hear, plays a coach and is on the look out for eleven girls from all over the country who can form a strong team. Titled
Chakde and to be directed by
Shimit Amin (who did RGV’s
Ab Tak Chappan earlier), the film’s storyline immediately brings to mind the hit films based on sports -
Gurrinder Chaddha’s
Bend It Like Beckham and
Aamir Khan’s
Lagaan, which were also loosely based around football and cricket respectively. “One of the girls is a take off on the Udham Singh character which is so well known,” informs a source about
Chakde. That, we think, is bound to be hilarious. Now wonder if hockey is Shah Rukh’s answer to Aamir’s ‘criketing’
Lagaan?
Mallika Sherawat : almost nude!
Mallika Sherawat appears almost nude on the cover of a latest film magazine.
The Bollywood’s proverbial sex bomb has detonated again. This time she has posed for the cover of the magazine
Cineblitz, with nothing but a white sheet of cloth draped over her vital assets.
There is no doubt that the photo exposes Mallika’s sinuous curves to the hilt.
Mallika’s make-up for the snap was done by
Clint Fernandes, while
Rakhi Sawant was her stylist.
The magazine also features an article that compares Mallika to
Marilyn Monroe.
Well, if you remember, Mallika had tried to replicate the famous Marilyn Monroe’s skirt-flying pose in her movie
Kis Kis Ki Kismat.
Amitabh Bachchan as the revolutionary
If things go as planned, Bollywood superstar
Amitabh Bachchan will play the role of the lesser-known Indian revolutionary Gurdit Singh in
Deepa Mehta’s next movie.
Much has already been written about Deepa Mehta ’s project based on the ship Komagata Maru’s voyage from India to Canada and then back home in the year 1914.
The movie, titled
Exclusion, tells the tale of Indians who fled the country and sailed for Canada to escape persecution at the hands of the British in the early 20th century when India was still under the British rule. It was a voyage marked with tragedy. The Indians on the ship, Komagata Maru, weren’t allowed to enter Canada. A legal battle followed, which the Indians lost. Dejected and homeless, the ship sailed back to India. Upon reaching India the ship came under fire from the British forces.
Supermen to the rescue!
Here’s a co-incidence that is really interesting.
Akshay Kapoor and
Hrithik Roshan share more than just a summer release. Akshay who? Well, we’re talking about the lead actor of ace lensman-turned-producer
Subi Samuel’s debut film
Alag. Akshay too is going to wow the audience with some special powers on screen, just as Hrihtik will punch the competition away with his super powers in
Krrish. Incidentally, both Akshay and Hrithik have green, expressive eyes, a great body and are great dancers. But, says producer Subi, the resemblance ends there since the two films are not alike at all. Now we’ll have to wait and see whether Akshay and Hrithik team up to capture the box-office this summer!
The summer of sequels
This June, gear up for the sequels of two Bollywood blockbusters –
Koi Mil Gaya and
Hera-Pheri.
Krrish stars
Hrithik Roshan who plays the son of his character in
Koi Mil Gaya opposite
Priyanka Chopra. It also stars
Rekha and
Preity Zinta makes a special appearance.
And
Bipasha Basu makes a crackling entry into the already uproarious world of
Paresh Rawal (Baburao),
Akshay Kumar (Raju) and
Sunil Shetty (Shyam)-the trio in 2000's runaway hit
Hera Pheri.
Also in the pipeline for release this year are sequel of
Dhoom and probably
Munnabhai MBBS. In addition,
David Dhawan is working on Act II of
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi in a comic caper titled
Jaaneman. Even producer
Ektaa Kapoor is threatening to come back with episode two of the truly awful crass comedy,
Kyaa Kool Hai Hum.
