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Shree Ashthavinayak Cine Vision Ltd’s forthcoming movie Kidnap starring Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan and Minissha Lamba has been cleared by the Censor Board with UA certificate without even a single cut. The keenly awaited movie releases worldwide on 2nd October 2008 and has been directed by Sanjay Gadhvi of Dhoom fame.

Kidnap marks Imran’s second release after Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and would be shedding off his chocolate boy image, while Minissha is in for an all glam and sexy makeover. The story revolves around how Imran Khan kidnaps Sanjay Dutt’s daughter, played by Minissha Lamba, to settle old scores.

With such an interesting starcast and plot it is likely that the audiences are awaiting the film Kidnap to hit the screens.

It is my story. It is a story of an individual. It is a story of every individual who use public property in their routine run to earn a living and daily bread. Unknowingly the individual is put in a situation where he loses his loved ones, mental peace and more importantly his freedom

Movies like “A Wednesday” should inspire any individual who lives in Mumbai or for that matter any crowded city in the world. “A Wednesday” is a story of “You”, “a common man”, “a stupid common man”, “Aaam Aadmi”.

What happens if a common man takes a pledge to destroy the people who were involved in 1993, 2004 etc bomb blast. The movie catches pace from the very first minute.

First time in my life I have seen applause’s for a movie which is not so common! Naseeruddin Shah (A stupid common man) has done something that was expected from him i.e. a brilliant performance. Anupam Kher (Commissioner Prakash Rathod) has also done justice to the role. Jimmy Shergill, Amir Bashir and Deepal Shaw has done a good job!

I give this movie 10 / 10 for its theme, performance and a feeling of freedom that it gave me and to the audience when they were leaving the theatre!

“A Wednesday” - Great Work by Neeraj Pandey”

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Source: Google Official Blog
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For the first time in the history of the Indian film industry, the music launch of a film had been conceptualized as a televised event. The event was hosted by Seemanto Roy of Sahara One Motion Pictures, Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Motion Pictures Ltd and Suniel Shetty of Popcorn Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd, at the Intercontinental Grand in the suburbs. With some mind blowing performances by the stars this event was one grand affair and thronged by artists from Bollywood and few from television.

Seemanto Roy came in with beautiful wife Chandni Roy while Suniel Shetty played the perfect host, taking care of his guests and talking to the media. The compeers of the evening Rakshanda Khan and Sunil Pal were keeping the entire crowd in splits and entertaining to the hilt. Jeetendra was seen alongwith daughter Ekta while Tusshar Kapoor came straight from his shoots. Sanjay Dutt was accompanied by Manyata and were seen enjoying the function.

There was a continuous round of performances by various artists like Urmila Matondkar, Malaika Arora Khan, Dino Morea, Silk Route band and debut music director Chirantan Bhatt. A pregnant Samita Bangargi who joined later was evidently glowing and cheering when Ashish Chowdhary was performing with Neha Oberoi. Arjun Rampal was cheering his co-actors. The director of the movie Saurab Kabra was visibly excited, being a big day for him.

The sensational music is composed by Chirantan Bhatt with lyrics from Sarin Momin & Hamza Faruqui, and a dynamic list of singers. The music rights are with T Series and the dances have been choreographed Bosco, Ceasar, Harshal and Vithal.

The episode is to be aired soon on Star Plus. The peppy EMI Title track has been rendered by Sanjay Dutt, supported by Suzan, Earl, and Mahalaxmi Iyer. The song ‘Aaja’ is crooned by Shaan with backing Vocals by Suzan and Rishi. Mohit Chauhan has rendered his voice for the track in Baithe Rahe.

The much awaited sequel of the runaway hit Golmaal is finally here to once again entertain everyone! The first look of the film was unveiled to the media at Cinemax, Versova in the presence of the entire starcast along with producer and host Dhilin Mehta and director Rohit Shetty. Kareena Kapoor could unfortunately not attend as she is currently shooting in Ladakh for Raju Hirani’s next film and Amrita Arora couldn’t make it due to a prior commitment.

The dynamic emcee Maarisha invited the host Dhilin Mehta, director Rohit Shetty and the entire cast on the dais who then revealed the first look of the film. This was followed by promos of the film being shown to the press invitees. This included a special number ‘Tha Karke’ which thrilled the audience with its stunning shots. The song is one of the most expensive ones to be shot in Bollywood was partly inspired by none other than the stunts of superstar Rajnikant, as the director Rohit Shetty claimed. The glimpse of the film revealed it to be a fresh, lively and hilarious sequel, quite in line with the audience expectations.

The actors spoke about the film and how everyone enjoyed shooting for it. Ajay Devgan said ‘Golmaal Returns’ is not only as funny as the prequel but certains sections were funnier and would have the audience in splits. Arshad cheekily commented on how it wasn’t fair that only one woman got all their attention in the Golmaal. And he felt now all of them each had one actress to shower their attention on. Shreyas thanked Ajay for going out of his way to make him feel included and a part of the gang while Tusshar said he had a blast shooting for the film and he found it extremely challenging to express so much with no words at all. Celina who was looking pretty in a brown t-shirt said that the kids would love the film a lot while Anjana also talked about how much she enjoyed shooting for the film. The actors also praised the producer Dhilin Mehta for treating the entire film so lavishly with no expenses spared.

Rohit Shetty said there was no message he wanted to convey other than to relax and enjoy the film. The producer Dhilin Mehta also said how he wants to deliver bigger hits and like his last film, Jab We Met, he expects to achieve a bigger milestone with this film!

The film is produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. and stars Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Amrita Arora, Shreyas Talpade, Celina Jaitley, Tusshar Kapoor and Anjana Sukhani. The music of the film has been composed by Pritam and the Audio Rights are with T-Series.

Gulshan Grover dons a new look in the hindi movie ‘Karzzz’.

Gulshan Grover, who always has a penchant for experimenting with his looks and each time donning a new look, this time has turned to a total platinum look. The movie Karzzz is being directed by Satish Kaushik. Gulshan plays the role of the evil don Sir Judah (essayed by Premnath in the original flick) in the remake of Subhash Ghai’s flick.

To give him a unique personality, the producer Bhushan Kumar wanted the new Sir Judah to have an unmatched charisma with synergised styling.

The producer Bhushan Kumar left no stone unturned to give Gulshan the mean edge required for the role of Sir Judah. A big amount was spent on his entire look — hair, clothes, accessories etc which also includes a metallic hand. Gulshan Grover claims, “This is the most expensive look ever on any person. The get-up spend would be the first of its kind in a Hindi movie. My platinum look including the make-up and my metallic arm costs a bomb!”

The entire look was styled by Falguni Thakore, who wanted Grover to stand out. As a result he would be sporting a silver suit with silver rings on his fingers and silver earrings. To add to this, there is a silver beard, a metallic hand as well as silver tints on his dark glasses with just a red cravat to add some more spice. Falguni wanted to retain a element of curiosity about the character which would pose him as an enigma to a child as well as an adult. Since everyone has heard of Tin Man and Iron Man, it was decided to make him the Platinum Man!!!

Gulshan Grover was all excited about the look and is hoping the audiences will love it too!

Ultra Group has had in-depth understanding of the entertainment industry. With a well defined business strategy, the group has announced its foray into the lucrative film producing and distribution segment.

This year the company would be pumping in over 25 crore rupees for producing 6 marathi and 3 gujrati movies, holding the distribution rights to themselves. Next year they intend to more than double the investment producing hindi movies alongside the marathi and gujrati films.

Speaking on the topic Mr.SushilKumar Agrawal, Managing Director of Ultra Group said, ” We want to diversify into film producing and distribution.Our intent is to make and have quality content made available to the masses and also to establish our share in the media industry apart from what we are already known for. We have also acquired distribution rights for couple of Hollywood movies and would be doing so independantly under Ultra Group brand name. Also, at this juncture we would be trying to emulate Hollywood in terms of film merchandising, which is a very salient way of promoting and branding for a movie before it is launched. We had provided exclusive merchandising for the movie Love 2050, it was a good learning experience and we would like to explore it further in our home ventures as well.”

Producer Abdul Aziz Barudgar has announced the release date for Raama The Saviour on 27th November 2008. Directed by Hadi Abrar this film stars Sahil Khan in the title role with Tanushree Dutta. The movie is themed on children adventure.

Raama The Saviour is an adventure film shot in exotic jungles of Thailand with 6 children playing important roles. Foreign technicians have put together exciting actions with wild animals under expert action director Peter Heinz.

The greatest wrestler of all times Dilip Singh Rana ( The Great Khali ) who plays an important role in this film is planning to come to India during the release.

Director- Hadiali Abrar

Cast - 6 Kids,Tanushree Dutta( as Samara), Sahil Khan (as Raama), and Khali-The Great(from WWE)

Action director- Peter Heinz

Twentieth Century Fox and STAR, Asia’s leading media company, announced the formation of a joint venture, Fox STAR Studios, to produce world-class local-language films in Asia for worldwide distribution. The joint venture will make its first foray in India and soon expand into other markets including Greater China and South East Asia.

Jim Gianopoulos, Co-Chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, said, “The Fox-STAR joint venture is a great opportunity for us to create a strong presence in the Asian film industry and to extend the relationship across the region. The infrastructure provided by Twentieth Century Fox, along with STAR’s unmatched broadcasting and marketing network, gives Fox STAR Studios a distinctive edge in the business of film production and distribution. We at Fox are looking ahead to very exciting times with STAR for our business in that region.”

Paul Aiello, CEO of STAR said, “The formation of Fox STAR Studios marks a new milestone for STAR’s expansion into the business of filmed entertainment beyond television broadcasting and underscores our growing confidence in the marketplace, as well as our long-term commitment to the film industry in Asia. The combination of both of our companies’ resources and expertise will surely help bring greater entertainment options for movie lovers across the globe.”

The new venture will begin its maiden operation in India through Fox STAR Studios India with the appointment of Vijay Singh as its CEO. Fox STAR Studios India plans to produce Bollywood and Indian regional films. It will also build a national theatrical distribution footprint and enhanced capabilities in the home entertainment and digital media platforms in India while also leveraging Fox Theatrical Network’s global distribution strength across 44 countries worldwide.

Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox STAR Studios India said, “We are very excited about building on our relationships in Bollywood and making films which reflect the changing India. We are in discussion for producing not only traditional Bollywood films but also innovating and targeting emerging genres.”
“Our vision is to become a one-stop shop that encompasses film acquisition, development, marketing, production and distribution in India,” Mr. Singh added.

T Series is known for its devotional flair right from its inception. Now, T Series has been honoured with the music rights of devotional Hindi film on the miracles of Lord Ganesha, Vignaharta Shree Siddhivinayak.The music release of the film took place at the Siddhi Vinayak temple, Prabhadevi on 5 September 2008 at 6.30pm.

Singers Tulsi Kumar, Shankar Mahadevan, Shilpa Pai, Ravindra Bijoor, Ajeet Kohli, producer Rajiv Singhvi, Divya Dutta, Parmeet Sethi and Bappi Lahiri among others, graced the event.

Interestingly, this is the first time in the history of the nation that the Siddhivinayak Temple Trust has actually produced a film on Siddhivinayak in joint venture with Vistas Media Pvt Limited.
The film also includes very popular aartis of Siddhivinayak Temple that have been sung by all main pujaris of Siddhivinayak Temple in this film besides having the voices of eminent vocalists, Shankar Mahadevan, Tulsi Kumar, Shilpa Pai , Ravindra Bijoor, Ravindra Sakhi, the music is by Anil Mohile, Rajesh Johri has given the lyrics and Yashwant Ingavle is the director.

Currently, the Vignaharta Shree Siddhivinayak audios and CDs will be available at all leading stores at 50INR for CDs and 35INR for audio cassettes, keeping in mind that the music is for all classes of Siddhivinayak devotees alike. The main temple aarti is also available on ringtones and can be downloaded on the net as well. The film will be released post-Diwali. The film stars Divya Dutta, Parmeet Sethi, Ramesh Deo, Ashalata, Gracy Singh, Naveen Prabhakar among others.