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Even the Weirdest of Scripts Reach Bollywood Stars!
2008-04-01 06:29:00
Day in and day out, Bollywood actors have to face difficult, worst and weird scripts. Here are some of the worst or weirdest script offers given to Bollywood stars(and how they reacted to them): Akshay Kumar?s worst script offer: A director had come to Akshay Kumar with a script which was normal till the interval. After that the story goes like that the character played by Akshay goes to the jail and then some guy in the prison rapes him. Akshay Kumar was shocked. He told the director, ?Sir, all the best to you. But I am not doing this classic?. Hema Malini?s worst script offer: Once a director told Hema Malini that he had a superb script in which she would play Jeetendra?s wife in the film. He said that Jeetendra would die and a younger version would appear in a double role, as his son. The young looking Jeetendra would romance Rati Agnihotri, while Hema would be sitting in a wheel chair and watching the proceedings. Hema Malini asked him if Jeetendra could get a double ro...
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Movie Review Race: Race- Abbas Mustan in top form!
2008-03-24 20:16:00
In my previous post, I had stated how director duo Abbas Mustan badly needed to up their quality thanks to some of their last few flops. Race however can bring them again in the top league.Thriller directors Abbas Mustan have certainly hit gold with Race! Race is a heady thriller and easily one of the best movies on ?oneupmanship? in recent times. Many felt that this could be an original script but unfortunately it isn?t. Race has its origins in a lesser known 1998 Hollywood film Goodbye Lover which is as slow as a lame duck. But apna Race is a slick flick. Race follows a standard Abbas Mustan pattern of thrillers with characters revealing their murkier, darker side as the subject moves forth. Thankfully, the first half of Race is not boring as it was in some of the previous Abbas Mustan films. Some of their movies like Naqaab and Ajnabee could have well, omitted their first half-halves. Okay, let?s cut to the chase, I mean the Race..Race has Akshaye Khanna?s character follow...
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Abbas-Mustan need to RACE up now
2008-03-17 15:08:00
Thriller directors Abbas Mustan may still be the most wanted ones in the genre of suspense and thrillers but their quality is going down with every successive movie. I happened to see one of their earlier movies(their first suspense thriller) Khiladi on my DVD. The movie is simply mindblowing with the right elements of comedy and suspense. No wonder, it was a big hit when it released in 1992. iT still would have been a huge hit if it released now also. Khiladi is one of the best suspense movies in India. No one who has seen the movie for the first time can ever guess that the killer is Anant Mahadevan(okay I said it, big deal! Everyone has watched Khiladi) From a high on content, musical suspense Khiladi, Abbas Mustan followed it up with Baazigar in 1993 which pirouetted Shahrukh Khan to star status and earned him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award. Baazigar was good enough and the next Daraar(starring Arbaaz Khan who won the Best Filmfare Villain Award in 1996) was also pas...
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Aamir Khan to endorse Samsung Phones
2008-03-14 13:11:00
Today, 14 March?08 is the birthday of the supremely talented Aamir Khan . He turns 43 but still looks every bit in his 20s. The actor will don a bald pate for his role in Ghajini, which should release later this year. Aamir Khan will also be endorsing Samsung mobile phones. So it is Shahrukh Khan for Nokia, Hrithik Roshan for Sony Ericsson, Abhishek Bachchan for Motorola and now Aamir Khan for Samsung. Aamir Khan reportedly stated in a Rediff interview that he was convinced about the product and the brand. The amazing array of phones that were shown to Aamir has made him understand that Samsung phones are indeed way ahead of market in terms of sheer design, quality and technology. Aamir Khan?s deft craftsmanship is not transparent only in movies but they are also visible in his ad endorsements. Be it those Coke Ads with Aamir in different avatars, the Innova Ad or the touching Timex Ad, his ads do impress. Let?s hope there is something to look out for in the Samsun...
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Why it does not make sense to make historical movies in India
2008-03-12 21:05:00
We have seen it in Asoka. We have seen it in Rising-Mangal Pandey. We saw it happening all over again in Jodhaa Akbar. No doubt, Jodhaa Akbar was a well made movie, albeit a long length. But then historically themed movies never do the best business in India , barring Mughal-e-Azam of yesteryears. Historical movies in India are always embroiled in some sort of controversy. It has been always said that negative publicity is good publicity but it ain?t that good when people pull the movie down from the theatres and do not allow it to release under any cost. The mindset with historical movies is that youngsters are plain bored with historical stories and the older members of the populace always find something odd and conflicting in the story. While the younger generation hardly gives a damn, the older lots are generally the first ones to scream ?history is distorted, facts are convoluted?. Since historical facts cannot be readily and comprehensively verified, it is juicy fodder for c...
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Jodhaa Akbar, first hit of the year 2008?
2008-03-12 21:04:00
Jodhaa Akbar has by and large has elicited a mixed response from viewers. Jodhaa Akbar has reportedly had an 80 percent response week and earned Rs. 24.75 crore at the first week. Add to this, the overseas collection and Jodhaa Akbar has made Rs. 38.5 crore. Compare Jodhaa Akbar to the last year?s biggest blockbuster Om Shanti Om, and the movie stands nowhere near the picture ( no pun intended). The figure earned by Jodhaa Akbar, according to Times of India is lower than the low on intellect ?Welcome? that had a stupendous opening of Rs 39 crores within a matter of 5 days. From second week, Jodhaa Akbar has experienced a drop in collection but the movie continued unperturbed till last week. It is believed that the box office status of Jodhaa Akbar can be likened to the mixed bag hit of 2007, Guru.
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Similarity between Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan
2008-03-09 21:18:00
Both Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan are the show-stoppers of the nation. The King is different from the Ace but both have played a huge role in giving the most successful, interesting and entertaining films in the past 17 years. Let us look at the similarity between Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan: Both are superstars and equally popular.Both SRK and Aamir Khan have an average release of 2 movies every year.Both Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan have given their best performances with Ashtuosh Gowariker.Both of them looked stylish and hep in Farhan Akhtar's movies...Aamir for Dil Chahta Hai and SRK for Don-The Chase BeginsBoth are of the same age, 42.Both SRK and Aamir Khan gave two of the biggest hits of 2007-Om Shanti Om(SRK) and Taare Zameen Par(Aamir Khan)Both played different but successful roles in 2007-Aamir as a director and Shahrukh Khan as a producer.Both have had ?Kiran? in their lives-Shahrukh Khan ?on screen? Darr and Aamir Khan ?offscreen? (his wife)Dear readers, if you not...

Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar at Filmfare Awards
2008-03-05 20:57:00
I happened to lay my hand on the issue of Mid-day dated 28 Feb’ 2007, where Akshay Kumar was reported to have taken a dig at SRK’s expense and that a cold war was evident. I believed the story like many and being a person of average intelligence, became party to the rumors floating around. We understood how wrong we were when the 53rd Annual Filmfare awards 2008 was actually telecast on TV.Here is a pure case of journalism going over the top and exaggerating things. This may be a small matter; an inconsequential one but it just goes to show that print media can write just about anything(most of it untrue) to create sensationalism and spread wrong signals.On February 23rd’08 Mid-day, the famous newspaper in Mumbai reported that the digs made by Saif and Shahrukh went so far that Akshay Kumar was clearly irritated. According to the report by Mid-day, Akshay was so bugged by the comments that he actually took hold of the mike and said “Shah Rukh, your wife had called me yester...
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Filmfare Awards 2008 announced, 53RD Fair One Filmfare awards, it is really
2008-02-24 09:23:00
"I amfeeling likeMonjolika tonite" Filmfare awards 2008 are finally out. Akshay Kumar fans are in for disappointment as he did not win a single award. We had predicted that he?d get the Best Actor in a Comic Role for atleast one of the 5 back to back hits he had given. Sadly the category itself was scrapped out this time. It is ironical because comedy was the toast of the year 2007. Ditto for the Filmfare Award in a Negative Role, there was no award itself?God knows why, Viveik Oberoi and Arjun Rampal who were supposed to be favorites in this category have not got their due. Now for the report card. ?Shahrukh Khan won the Filmfare Best Actor award 2008 for his underplayed role of a hockey coach in Chak De India. This time Shahrukh Khan joins Dilip Kumar as the person who has won the highest number of Filmfare Best Actor awards ever. Kareena Kapooor won the Filmfare Best Actress Award 2008 for her role in Jab We Met. She got the awa...
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Filmfare Awards 2008...Stay tuned
2008-02-22 09:13:00
Our readers had made a calculated prediction on Filmfare Awards 2008 at Bollywood Trends. We have agreed, argued, disagreed, acknowledged, commented-in short,gave our views and take on how the awards should and would go. The day is finally arriving.Filmfare Awards 2008 will kick off on February 23, 2008 at Yashraj Studios , Andheri. The performances of Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi and Neil Nitin Mukesh are pre-recorded . Filmfare Awards 2008 will be telecast live on Sony TV on March 2. Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan will be hosting Filmfare Awards 2008. This is the third time, they will be doing this. The Saif-Shahrukh combination has always met with a thunderous response whenever they have hosted Filmfare Awards even in the past. It was a closely guarded secret about the female host would join SRK and Saif in hosting the Filmfare Awards 2008 awards but the cat is let out of the bag- Heyy Babby, it is Vidya Balan.
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Movie Review Jodhaa Akbar: Jodhaa Akbar has class but?.
2008-02-15 21:04:00
Many happy returns of the year(not just a day) for Ashtuosh Gowariker for directing Jodhaa Akbar very well. The movie did take a long time in its making but the outcome is worth it. However, quite expectedly, you cannot anticipate the masses to really love the movie. The first half of the movie is rather long(the movie itself is 3 and a half hours in length) and there are some scenes in the first half which seem to be long-drawn. They could well have been trimmed. Technicalities: Full marks to Ashutosh and his team including script writers K.P. Saxena and Haider Ali who have worked hard and meticulously to come up with the mood and the feel of the Moghul era at the screenplay level itself. Music by A.R.Rahman, including the background score is relevant and does not overwhelm the movie. The artwork by Nitin Desai is first-rate. But the main hero of the film is Ashutosh Gowariker who has shot some scenes with brilliance. The song picturizations including the title track ?Jalaludd...
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Aamir Khan in Delhi Belly
2008-02-14 20:51:00
Aamir is making a movie called Delhi Belly which will be directed by Swedish director Robert Nylund. As of now the movie is in the pre-production phase. The movie has an intriguing story set in the backdrop of Delhi. Aamir Khan in fact wanted to play the character called Nitin the movie. However Aamir has decided to take a chill-pill because the past few months have been quite hectic for him. He is spending more time in giving finishing touches to Ghajini and holidaying with his children Junaid and Aira

Five Point Someone to be made with Aamir Khan
2008-02-14 20:50:00
----> I am someone with 5 points!Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor will team up together for the first time in Raj Kumar Hirani?s film, an adaptation of the most successful youth novel in India Five Point Some. The book Five Point Someone written by Chetan Bhagat is pacy and humorous at the same time with a ?Dil Chahta Hai? feel to it. The story is about three guys Ryan, Alok and Hari(which may be played by Aamir Khan) who are trapped in a rut called IIT. It is a warm story about friendship and romance with an IIT background. The script the movie based on Five Point Someone had exchanged several hands. The role had first gone to Shahrukh Khan, who refused it later. It was rumored that SRK refused the movie because he did not like the allegation which Vidhu Vinod Chopra(who is the producer) about SRK?s movie Paheli. We don?t really know if SRK can do that but then the point is SRK walked out. The script then went to Ranbir Kapoor who was reportedly not happy with the role. As of now Aa...
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U, Me aur Hum inspired by the Notebook?
2008-02-14 20:48:00
Ajay Devgan has turned director with U, Me aur Hum. It will be a family show with Kajol and Ajay Devgan starring in the film. If reports and rumors are to be believed, U, Me aur Hum has been inspired by the Hollywood hit The Notebook . The script of the movie The Notebook is an adaptation of the novel ?The Notebook? written by Nicholas Spark. It is an epic romance of an old man who reads out from an old pale notebook to an old handicapped woman whom he regularly visits. The old man tells her of the story of a couple who were separated by World War II, and then reunited seven years later. Although her memory has given way, the words of the elder man awakens her to the cherished love they used to share. It remains to be seen how they have incorporated Indian elements in U, Me aur Hum. The mood of U, Me aur Hum is romantic with humor ingrained throughout the movie. Apart from the lead cast, th movie also stars Isha Sharvani, Sumeet Raghavan and Divya Dutta. Incidentally, the music...
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Will Jodhaa Akbar be a hit?
2008-02-09 18:13:00
Bollywood has not been known to be kind to movies that are based on history. Very less producers have taken risks with history based subjects. Except for Mughal-e-Azam, there hasn?t be any history based movie that has been a hit in India. When they tried history with Ashoka, Shahrukh Khan had to almost renounce his ?king? status. His production company lost a lot of money back to back in Phir Bhi Dil Hain Hindustani and Ashoka, and he played safe in his next production Chalte Chalte, which resurrected the Khan. Similarly, Aamir Khan met with disappointment when he touched history with The Rising-Mangal Pandey. Though the subject itself had very less research matter, Aamir Khan tried his best but the movie did not work. Aashutosh Gowariker, one of the best talents in Bollywood is touching the not-so touchy topic ?history? this time. Ashutosh delivered with Aamir Khan in Lagaan, scored with SRK in Swades and it remains to be seen if he can bring victory to Hrithik Roshan too with Jo...
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Will Darsheel Safary win the Filmfare Best Actor Award?
2008-02-09 16:15:00
In Filmfare Award 2008, A Calculated Prediction, I had predicted that Darsheel Safary would win the Best Actor Award for Taare Zameen Par this time breaking the trend of an adult actor winning the award everytime. Of course, the prediction has not yet come true..not yet; but there is a sure glimmer of hope that the little master Darsheel will sweep the Best Actor trophy this time?. And why shouldn?t he? The boy?s performance was simply the best. If I could find any other superlative word for the performance, I would have used that. Darsheel Safary has made the likes of L.K. Advani, Shatrughan Sinha weep with his performance. This is no child?s play to give such an impactful performance. Some of the high impact performances of Darsheel Safary are: 1. When he runs up the terrace of his building after bashing up(and getting bashed) with boys in his building. The way he winces in pain was quite realistic and made us go back to our childhood when we would get our noses smashed....

Vishal Shekhar-Deewangi Deewangi!!
2008-02-09 06:45:00
Vishal-Shekhar (Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani) are an upcoming successful music-director duo. Though they do not give music with the frequency of a Pritam, they still manage to cover a good amount of ground when it comes to music. The best thing you can get from a Vishal-Shekhar album is variety. They have composed the biggest selling music album of 2007-Om Shanti Om. The best thing about the album was that every song was unique and each of them catered to a different feel All the tracks became superhit, including Ajab si, Deewangi Deewangi, Main Agar Kahoon, Dastan-e-Om Shanti Om, Jag suna lagey, Dard-e-disco and also the background music of the film. The same amount of variety in music was visible in Salaam Namastey, Tara rum pum, Dus,Musafir, Golmaal and Bluffmaster. The USP of Vishal-Shekhar is the infectious danceable tracks and techno beats that simply make you feet groove. According to Farah khan, director of Om Shanti Om, she wanted a special music director for the ...

Pritam-Mr. Anytime, Mr.Anyhow of Music! The music man for all tastes!
2008-02-09 06:36:00
Trust Pritam to give you churning musical hits by the weeks. Pritam first composed music with Jeet for their friend Sanjay Gadhvi?s film Tere Liye. Later Jeet-Pritam gave music to Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hain,a Yash Raj also directed by Sanjay Gadhvi. After the split with Jeet, Pritam went solo and gave a couple of flops. But his fortunes swung when he gave music to Dhoom. Dhoom Machale became the anthem of the nation in the year 2004. Dhoom Machale became and is still the hottest ringtone ever. After Dhoom, Pritam dhoomed into the world of Bollywood music, giving hits after hits. This man is simply unstoppable as he gives music by hook or by crook (reading lifting tunes). Pritam gave hugely successful albums in the form of Gangster, Garam Masala, Chocolate, Bas Ek Pal, Apna Sapna Money Money, Woh Lamhe, Bhaagam Bhag, Dhoom 2, Life in a Metro, Bhool Bhulaiya and Jab We Met among others. Pritam?s next immediate release is Race. He also has the much awaited Singh Is Kinng in line M...
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Himesh Reshammiya-Singing Sensation and wizard of Music
2008-02-09 06:31:00
Himmesh Reshammiya may stop wearing a cap in his new movie Karzzz but then he is a man who has won several caps-of a music director, producer, singer and an actor. Himmesh Reshammiya is incidentally the favorite composer of A.R.Rahman. Though he has had a hit with his movie ?Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story,? we would like him to do what he does best-compose music.Himesh Reshammiya is probably the only music director who has the least charges of plagiarism cases against me. The talent music composer that he is , Himesh Reshammiya has always brought originality in his compositions. He boasts about giving more than ten options to one song. He says that he has a music bank of 1000 songs that are yet untouched. His songs may sound alike at times especially when he sings them(lol) but you cannot take credit from him for the fact that his music has been the mainstay of most films he has given music to. In fact, if you take a movie like Aksar or Aashiq Banaya Apne, there is nothing i...
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Shanker Ehsaan Loy, Bollywood's favorite Melody Moghuls
2008-02-09 06:21:00
Shankar Ehsaan Loy: Shankar Ehsaan Loy have been the most consistent music directors in India. You can always rely on SEL for consistency. Though A.R.Rahman is extremely gifted as a music composer, at times he can disappoint too as he did in Mr.Romeo, Kisna-The Warrior Poet, and Paheli. But not Shankar Ehsaan Loy, they have always come up with hummable compositions. Their strength lies in melody. Look at the title song of Kal Ho Na Ho, or ?maa? from Taare Zameen Par or ?meri duniya? from Heyy Babyy. Shankar Ehsaan Loy is also very effective in danceable songs and fast beat numbers. Some of the best fast danceable Shankar Ehsaan Loy numbers are ?It is the time to Disco?, ?Heyy Babyy(title song)?, ?Koi Kahe?(Dil Chahta Hai), Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (title song) and Aaj Ki Raat (Don-The Chase Begins). Kajra Re remains the best work of Shankar Ehsaan Loy till date and Aaj Ki Raat(Don-The Chase Begins) was the best song 2006. Best fast numbers of Shankar Ehsaan Loy: 5. Jhoom Barabar...
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Bollywood music director a.r.rahman, Hits of A.R.Rahman
2008-02-09 06:10:00
-----> I am the GURU of music because my tunes are always DIL SE !!A.R.Rahman is the musical genius of India, no two ways about it. He is among the top 25 all time top selling recording artistes of the world. A.R.Rahman began his career in 1991 composing ad jingles in a small studio near his home, called Panchathan Record Inn. In the year 1992, he showed some of his samples to Mani Ratnam, who was impressed gave the boy his first break. A.R. Rahman won the National Award for the best music for his first ever film Roja, a feat that was never achieved by any music composer before. AR Rahman has won national music awards four times, a record in itself-Minsaara Kanavu (Electric Dreams, Tamil) in 1997, Lagaan (Tax, Hindi) in 2002 and Kannathil Muthamittal (A Kiss on the Cheek, Tamil) in 2003) apart from Roja. A.R.Rahman debuted in Bollywood with the zingy music for Rangeela(1993) that redefined sound and music for Bollywood. His debut in Bollywood achieved him Filmfare Award for mu...
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Taare Zameen Par- As perfect as Aamir Khan
2008-02-01 22:09:00
Bollywood Trends is turning out more to be a blog for Taare Zameen Par, but guys ?n? gals, can?t help it-Taare Zameen Par is one of the finest movies of our generation. Today we deal with other movies that also dealt previously with mentally and/or physically challenged people but couldn?t get the box office reception that Aamir Khan 's Taare Zameen Par commanded: Iqbal(2005): One of the finest and creative film of 2006 directed by Nagesh Kukunoor. Starring Sheryas Talpade as the protagonist, it told a simple but inspiring tale of a cricket obsessed economically deprived deaf and mute youth who yearns to play for the Indian cricket team. It was the highest gross low-budget film of the year. Black(2005): Regarded by critics as Sanjay Leela Bhansali?s best work to date, it proved that a songless movie could work well too. The movie sparkled due to excellent performances of Rani Mukherjee, Amitabh Bachchan and Ayesha Kapoor. Rani played a deaf, dumb and blind character directed se...
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Dusky is sexy-Dusky Bollywood actresses are hot!
2008-01-26 10:54:00
Every second Bollywood heroine is dusky or wheatish. There is something about the dusky/wheatish complexion which makes these lovely Bollywood divas mysterious and hot. There was an era when dark colored complexion was relegated to arty, parallel cinema which the likes of Smita Patil graced. Now dusky is definitely in with a bevy of earthy-complexioned or dusky looking actresses like Bipasha Basu, Kajol, Priyanka Chopra, Sameera Reddy, Lara Dutta, Mallaika Arora, Sonali Kulkarni, Raima Sen, Konkona Sen, Tanushree Dutta, Koena Mitra, Nandita Das, Jiah Khan, Geeta Basra and Deepika Padukone. All of these actresses look divinely sexy and beautiful at the same time with their clay complexion inducing the fertile imagination of every man. To be fair(I don?t mean the complexion) every color has its own individuality, sensuality and speaciality. But there is something tangy, saucy and mysterious about a dusky complexion. It makes a woman look real, achievable and sensuous without looking...
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Taare Zameen Par versus Om Shanti Om: Will Taare Zameen Par overtake Om Sha
2008-01-21 05:39:00
Taare Zameen Par is poised to overtake the stupendous collections of Om Shanti Om . At the rate at which Taare Zameen Par is going; if it continues to do so in the near weeks, it will cross the collections of Om Shanti Om. The collections of Om Shanti Om are dwindling while Taare Zameen Par is still going fast and thick. Two releases which came in the way of Taare Zameen Par, Halla Bol and My name is Anthony Gonsalves proved to be damp squibs. The poignant time of the dyslexic child and the way in which Aamir Khan directed the movie has moved even the tough-hearted of the audience. Taare Zameen Par has collected Rs.770 milllion in its 4th week. Though it was a slow starter, the word of mouth publicity has taken the movie to new heights. The best thing is that the Aamir Khan did not market the movie the way Om Shanti Om marketed itself but still proved to be effective. The reason is purely due to the superior content in Taare Zameen Par. Plus Taare Zameen Par has tremendous repea...
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Career Blunders in Bollywood: Mistakes of Bollywood Stars who were the orig
2008-01-17 20:11:00
Shssssssssss......starwin, you are getting too personal....I mean too professional now!Bollywood stars original choices Let us look at how rejects of some actors made stars of others! Pradeep Sarkar was miffed over Vidya Balan having rejected Konkona Sens? role in Laga Chunari Mein Daag. The smart girl stuck to her role in Heyy Babby and rejected LCHD. The verdict was out: Vidya Balan had a cent percent success rate in Bollywood for 2007 with hits like Heyy Babyy and Bhool Bhulaiya . Good for her that she did not do LCMD! Now let us look at some of the career blunders, mistakes that actors and actresses of Bollywood have made. Let us look at the original choices of the hit Bollywood movies which were to star with actors who eventually walked away! Though they may say that bygones and bygones, they cannot refute the fact that these movies would have definitely made them bigger stars if not legends: Shahrukh Khan: Rejected Lagaan and Munnabhai MBSS. Wonder how bigger he?d have ri...
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Will Darsheel Safary win the Best Actor Award?
2008-01-11 05:28:00
I strongly feel that Darsheel Safary should win the best actor award for 2007 because one cannot judge an actor according to a particular age. A performance is a performance, regardless of age. If you go by public demand the performance which really moved people was the one of young Darsheel. To keep a separate category as the best child actor would be discounting his power house performance. It was an author backed role and Darsheel fitted the role to the hilt. If Haley Joel Osment can be given an Oscar nomination for the best actor for Sixth sense, so can Darsheel be nominated for the best actor award here. Hats off to Aamir Khan and Amol Gupte for guiding the boy adeptly and extracting the best out of him for Taare Zameen Par. I had a written an article to the effect in Mid-day, the Mumbai newspaper which has been published. Wish a lot of people take a note of this aspect.The year 2007 may have been a superb year for Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar with a 100 percent success r...
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Darsheel Safary-The chosen one
2008-01-11 05:21:00
Aamir Khan and his creative team has chosen Darsheel Safary from 4000 8 year old boys they considered for the role of Ishaan Awasthy in Taare Zameen Par. Aamir Khan found what he wanted in Green Lawns High School. Though Aamir Khan felt that the boy fitted the bill, his class teacher did not think so. Darsheel Safary one of the naughtiest boys in the class, had actually been suspended some days ago for being indisciplined. Well, this was what Aamir Khan wanted- a boy who oozed out his character somewhat in real life too. Aamir knew that Darsheel had it in him and decided he'd talk to the principal about taking the child for his project. Though the principal was in awe of Aamir, she felt it was not convenient to let the boy go due to academic reasons. Aamir convinced the principal that he's look after his studies and make sure that the boy's academic life would not be disrupted in any way possible. Doesn't it take a leaf from the scene in the movie itself? Remember Aamir Khan tr...

Darsheel Safary-The chosen one
2008-01-11 05:21:00
Aamir Khan and his creative team has chosen Darsheel Safary from 4000 8 year old boys they considered for the role of Ishaan Awasthy in Taare Zameen Par. Aamir Khan found what he wanted in Green Lawns High School. Though Aamir Khan felt that the boy fitted the bill, his class teacher did not think so. Darsheel Safary one of the naughtiest boys in the class, had actually been suspended some days ago for being indisciplined. Well, this was what Aamir Khan wanted- a boy who oozed out his character somewhat in real life too. Aamir knew that Darsheel had it in him and decided he'd talk to the principal about taking the child for his project. Though the principal was in awe of Aamir, she felt it was not convenient to let the boy go due to academic reasons. Aamir convinced the principal that he's look after his studies and make sure that the boy's academic life would not be disrupted in any way possible. Doesn't it take a leaf from the scene in the movie itself? Remember Aamir Khan tr...

Darsheel Safary-The star kid!
2008-01-11 05:14:00
The youngest heartthrob of Bollywood Darsheel Safary has really become a star with her flawless performance in Taare Zameen Par. Darsheel Safary has been flooded with a lot of offers which included a plum role in a movie by Vidhu Vinod Chopra,hosting a TV show for kids. Darsheel Safary has also been roped for a quality fashion brand that wants the kid to endorse its soon to be launched kids' apparel.Darsheel Safary who does not want to be bogged with too much analysis at a such a small age has left it to his parents and mentor Aamir Khan to take decisions for him. Darsheel's mother has said that since they do not have any fimi background, they'd seek the help of Aamir Khan Productions before making any decision. It is reported that Aamir has agreed to help them out and advise Darsheel Safary on the choice of movies as well as ad endorsement. The teacher-student relationship is in Taare Zameen Par has spiralled over to real life too! Darsheel Safary, the eleven year old boy is n...
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Bollywood Releases for the year 2008, Hot favorite Bollywood movies releasi
2008-01-04 15:35:00
Halla Bol: The first release of 2008 , releasing 11th Jan?2008 Halla Bol starring Ajay Devgan and Vidya Balan. The movie is directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi.It is inspired by Aamir Khan?s involvement in the Narmada Bachao Andolan. The movie shows Ajay Devgan rising to become a movie star, a perfectionist to the core. He then comes across a scenario where his social consciousness come to the fore and raises a voice against the injustice does. His views are maligned by political forces and a section of the media and he becomes a victim of acute criticism and scorn. Are you getting the similarity? Well to make it even more transparent, Ajay Devgan?s name is Sameer Khan (eeks!) Jodhaa Akbar: Jodhaa Akbar is a tale of allegiance marriage turned into true love. It is a slice of 16th century history involving the Moghul Emperor Akbar and his Hindu Rajput princess Aishwarya Rai(sorry?Jodhaa). The story is such that Akbar after annexing a lot of Hindu kingdom in his empire either tactful...
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