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Apoorva Lakhia shelled out $25,000 for Turkish dancer
2008-05-07 19:03:00 Mumbai, May 7 (IANS) Turkish ballet dancer Tanyeli charges a high $5,000 per day, but director Apoorva Lakhia still roped in the exorbitantly expensive dancer for a special song in “Mission Istanbul” with Zayed Khan. “We had to pay her $5,000 per day. The dance took five days,” Lakhia, who directed last year’s hit film “Shootout ...
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Apoorva Lakhia
2008-04-30 16:22:00 Apoorva Lakhia is one of those Indian directors who have done most of their initial projects in Hollywood as an assistant director. He started his career as an assistant director in the movie ?Kama Sutra: A tale of love? and then, left for Hollywood projects where he worked on movies like ?The ice storm?, ?A perfect murder? and ?Addicted to love?. Having earned exposure to great learning projects abroad, he came back to India to work as an assistant for Ashutosh Gowarikar?s Oscar nominated movie ?Lagaan: Once upon a time in India?. His resume caught the attention and fancy of many producers and he finally got the big break in 2002 with ?Mumbai se aaya mera dost? starring Bachchan Jr. His next movie saw the Big Bachchan joining the cast as he tried to remake ?Man of fire? in Bollywood as ?Ek ajnabee?. ?Shootout at Lokhandwala? became his most successful box office movie and was a multi-star cast with both the Bachchans appearing together this time. This movie was based on the life o...
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Abhishek And Viveik Oberoi To Work Together
2007-10-04 11:20:00 Apoorva Lakhia's Mission Istanbul will be interesting to watch not only because of the storyline but because it will also see Abhishek Bachchan and Viveik Oberoi sharing screen space. We wonder what Aishwarya has to say about that?Film's producer Suniel Shetty said that neither of them has any problems with it."Why should they have any problem? Abhishek is a thorough professional. He has no problem with anybody. And weren't they both part of Shootout At Lokhandwala?"They do have scenes together in Mission Istanbul. And I'm sure they'll do them splendidly. It's very unfair to bring in personal matters and question their professionalism, said Suniel.
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Sagarika Ghatge Not Doing Mission Istanbul
2007-09-18 12:35:00 Bad news for all Sagarika Ghatge ( Preeti Sabarwal from Chak De India) fans. The actress is not doing global espionage thriller Mission Istanbul as reported earlier. Director Apoorva Lakhia confirms this:"Not at all," explains Apoorva. "I don't know where that rumour started. Sagarika isn’t in Mission Istanbul. The only female lead we've finalized is Shreya Saran (who was recently seen with Emraan Hashmi in Awarapan). The other girl is still to be finalized."So what's the cast of Mission Istanbul so far? "It's Zayed Khan, Suniel Shetty, Viviek Oberoi, Shabbir Ahluwaila, Shreya Sharan and newcomer Niketan Dheer who’s character-actor Pankaj Dheer's 6-feet-something son and quite a discovery," informs Apu. And yes, contrary to skepticism, Abhishek Bachchan is putting in a guest appearance in Mission Istanbul."I have to have either Amitji or Abhishek, or preferably both in all my films," says Apoorva.
By: Our Bollywood
Sanjay Gupta Lambastes Apurva Lakhia
2007-09-14 11:42:00 Mumbai Mirror caught up with director Sanjay Gupta who talks about his falling out with Apurva Lakhia, and his relationship with the Bachchans and Sanjay Dutt.What went wrong between you and Apurva Lakhia?Problems started when I rejected the script of Mission Istanbul. Frankly, I thought it was a complete trash and I didn't want to produce it. In fact, when he took his idea to other producers they told him clearly that his film would see the light of the day only if I supported him. And I was just being practical. Who would want to invest money in a director who had films like Mumbai Se Aayaa Mera Dost and Ek Ajnabee to his credit? For Shootout at Lokhandwala, I gave him a script, a huge star cast, a huge budget and complete creative freedom.But Apurva claims that he hasn't been paidIt just shows how ungrateful he is. His payments have been ready for a long a time. He didn't come to collect his money, which amounts to Rs five lakh. We even dispatched a letter to him on A...
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Sagarika Ghatge In Mission Intanbul
2007-09-06 09:51:00 Sagarika Ghatge or Preeti Sabharwal as she is popularly known has caught everyone’s attention. The actress has now bagged the lead role in Mission Istanbul and will play a CIA agent who is married to Zayed Khan’s character. Vivek Oberoi, Sunil Shetty, Shabbir Ahluwalia and newcomer Nikitin Dheer also star in this action flick.
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Apoorva Lakhia's Mission Istanbul Boasts Of Huge Starcast
2007-06-27 10:37:00 Apoorva Lakhia is in the news for his upcoming film Mission Istanbul which promises to be action packed adventure with some big stars thrown in the mix. The movie will star Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Vivek Oberoi, Tusshar and television actor Shabbir Ahluwalia. The film is based on terrorism and will be shot in locales like Afghanistan, Srinagar, Mumbai and Istanbul.
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Ek Ajnabee (2005), re?. Apoorva Lakhia
2007-06-10 00:01:00 Troszk? czasu min??o zanim ten film obejrzeli?my. I pewnie d?ugo by jeszcze le?a? i kurz zbiera?, gdyby nie fakt, ?e zadzwoni?a do nas znajoma. Mieli?my si? umówi? na wspólne ogl?danie jakiego? filmu. Rzuci?a kilka tytu?ów, które w?a?nie kupi?a. Wszystko widzieli?my. Poza jednym. "Ek Ajnabee". G?ówn? rol? w filmie gra Amitabh Bachchan . Jego posta? to podstarza?y ?o?nierz, pu?kownik Suryaveer Singh . Jest on cz?owiekiem, dla którego ?ycie straci?o sens. Cierpi z powodu nieszcz??liwego zbiegu okoliczno?ci, który przydarzy? mu si? kiedy?, podczas jednej z misji - przypadkiem zabi? dwójk? dzieci. Teraz swoje smutki topi w alkoholu. Przyje?d?a do Bangkoku, do swojego dawnego podw?adnego (gra go Arjun Rampal ), który proponuje mu prac? - ma zosta? ochroniarzem Anamiki , córeczki bogatych indyjskich biznesmenów. W mie?cie wrze - fala porwa? dzieci bogatych indyjskich biznesmenów mo?e by? powodem do niepokojów rodziców Anamiki. Na pocz?tku Surya (takiego skrótu u?ywa po ra...
Movie Review: Shootout At Lokhandwala
2007-05-25 13:01:00 Another movie which was released today was the highly anticipated Shootout At Lokhandwala and looks like it lived up to all its hype. IndiaFM has reviewed the movie and here are some excerpts.Like KAANTE, MUSAFIR and ZINDA, SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA is dark and violent. In fact, the film begins with blood stains and concludes with blood-soaked bodies being carried to a van. The action is real and the impact this film makes in the penultimate 30 minutes is jaw-dropping.But there's a flip side too. You ought to have a strong stomach to absorb a film like SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA. If the raw action depicted on screen is very real, it could have a nauseating effect as well. Blood, gore and guns can be very off-putting, especially for families/ladies/those into feel-good, sunshine cinema.SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA is the story of Maya [Vivek Oberoi], who made extortion the buzzword in the early 90s, dared to disobey the 'Big Bhai' of the underworld and fought back a posse of police...
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Apoorva Lakhia-the man behind shootout at lokhandwala
2007-05-24 15:31:00 Shootout seems like a difficult film to shoot considering its mammoth star cast. It wasn’t difficult to shoot because we did our pre-production for over a year and we were much planned. In fact I finished the film in 59 days. My team is very efficient and we spent a lot of time planning it so that we wouldn’t have a problem later because if we messed up somewhere it would be very difficult to get the combination dates again. Who do you think will stand out from the crowd? I think everyone has equal opportunities and equal roles. We have tried very hard to give each actor a beginning, a middle and an end but I think in my perspective Tusshar will stand out mainly because he has never done a film like this before. Why do you say that? Because Tusshar is a chocolate boy. He has never done an anti-hero role. He has got a pretty violent role based on a real-life character. He is a sharpshooter who loses his temper at any given moment. The real person (Dilip Buwa) on whom ...
Apoorva Lakhia's Next Mission Istanbul Is About Bin Laden
2007-05-18 12:37:00 Director Apoorva Lakhia after Shootout at Lokhandwala will not take a break as the norm and will dive straight into his next project, titled Mission Istanbul. Mission Istanbul revolves around Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network, the Al-Qaeda! Lakhia with Sunil Shetty is busy these days short listing the cast and Bobby Deol is the only one who has been finalized.Says Lakhia, “After Shootout at Lokhandwala, Mission Istanbul is going to be my big film. I definitely have Bobby Deol aboard. The film needs four big heroes. And it has to be shot in Turkey, Afghanistan, Srinagar and Mumbai.”Of his relationship with Suniel, Lakhia says, “Our equation solidified on the sets of Shootout... Suniel is such a calming influence. Every time I’d get tense, he would come and place a hand on my shoulder. And he’s got a fabulous infrastructure and a great influence.” He has sourced out actors from Turkey and other Islamic nations who resemble some of the Al-Qae...
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