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Britney Spears Private Honeymoon Exposed Pictures

Fans of the sexy star can buy the album of 80 snaps of Britney and Kevin on their Fiji getaway - described as 'Exclusive Britney Spears honeymoon pictures never seen!' for 3,000 dollars.

"Very private photos of Britney and Kevin Federline on their honeymoon in Fiji. A true must have for Britney and Kevin fans. No photo copies, 80 real pics on CD," the seller was quoted by Femalefirst, as saying.

The singer has been plagued by private pictures being sold over the internet this year. In February, fake photos of the 'Sometimes' singer appeared on-line, claiming that the beautiful star had finally been persuaded to take up Playboy's 20million pound offer to pose nude.

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Karan Razdan Says Indians Don't Talk About Sex In Open! Really?

In a telephonic interview, KARAN RAZDAN tells JYOTHI VENKATESH that filmmaking is a creative process than directing TV serials, because in films no one is holding a gun against your head unlike TV which is a tough medium which is made even tougher by the choice of the subjects that the channels impose on the producer.

Now that your film Mittal V/s Mittal has seen the light of the day, how do you feel?

As a writer, I feel more relieved than as a director of Mittal V/s Mital because I had worked for a longer time on the subject as a writer though I had directed it for only a year.

There comes a time when you have to let go of your creation to the universe and let it fight its own battle. It is your own creation but now it has its own life and you no longer control it. Getting a film of yours released is almost like delivering your own baby.

Do you set out to drive any subtle message through your film?

To tell you the truth, I did not at all set out to reach through my film. More than trying to drive home a message, I just picked up a mirror and showed a part of society to the society.

This sordid part always used to remain covered, ignored and not at all talked about, because Indians do not talk of sex in the open. Marital rape is even bigger a taboo in India.

I took off the blanket from the truth and set out to show the society its gory reality. Beyond that, what the custodians of society want to do is entirely up to them.

What triggered off the idea to launch Mittal V/s Mittal which is about marital rape?

It is my business to investigate and research because I am a writer but today even an ordinary layman can go to any search engine and type marital rape in India and succeed in getting a lot of inputs about it.

I was disturbed by the bitter truth that till 2005, there was absolutely no law in India to control domestic violence. I started writing the subject in September 2004 but the Domestic Act 2005 came into practice only from 2006.

What is intriguing to note is the fact that strangely marital rape has been recognized and made punishable for three years only from International Women's Day this year.

How tough was it for you to cast the actors for the film?

I have always felt as a director that half your battle is won if you cast the right actors in the right roles. I knew that none of the glamorous heroines in Bollywood would be able to give authenticity to the role that Rituparna Sengupta has played in my film.

I needed an actress of substance. Since she is an actress who has won two national awards for acting, Rituparna has been able to lend certain integrity to the role. As far as casting Rohit Roy was concerned, I would say that I proved right because his was the most difficult role among all the four actors in my film.

I have always felt bad that a good looking actor like Rohit is yet to get his right due in spite of the fact that he is very talented.

What difference do you find between directing TV serials as well as feature films?

Filmmaking is a much more creative process than directing TV serials, because in films no one is holding a gun against your head and gives you your own pace to do your work, unlike TV which is a tough medium which is made even tougher by the choice of the subjects that the channels impose on the producer. All said and done, I'd only say that I do not have the patience to deal with TV.

How do you evaluate your growth in films as an actor, writer and director?

I feel that I have grown not only as an actor but also as a writer and director in my journey of the last twenty five years in the film industry.

Though I have to my credit as a writer films like Lakshman Rekha, Dilwale, Diljale, Qayamat, Time Machine and Deewane and films like Girl Friend, Umar, Eight Shani, Souten etc as a director, I feel that I have kind of turned stable only now.

I am slowly trying to find a firm footing by addressing various realities of life, as a writer as well as a director through my films.

Why do you think your films take a long time to see the light of the day?

It is my job to complete a film as a director and its release is not at all in my hands. My films like Roshni and Mr Bhatti Chutti Mein are yet to be released though they are ready.

While Roshni has new comers, Mr Bhatti Chutti Mein has Anupam Kher in the title role with a special appearance by none other than Amitabh Bachchan. It is a comedy film about how Mr Bhatti goes abroad on a chutti and his chutti goes haywire due to a sequence of events.

Where has the actor in you disappeared?

It is such a long time since I had faced the camera as an actor. It does not mean that I have run out of my passion as an actor.

I am in fact doing a ten minute role in Aagaah which I am not only producing under my banner Aartee Films but also directing. Aagaah, by the way, stars Atul Kulkarni and Rituparna Sengupta in the lead with Anupam Kher and Satish Kaushik in key roles. It is a super natural thriller with the backdrop of terrorism.

Censors Passed Male Smooch & A Shocking Morphed Nude Shot?

While the fate of the kissing scene between Rahul Bose and Arjun Mathur in Onir’s film Omar hangs in balance, Bengali filmmaker Sudipto Chattopadhyay’s gay kiss in Pankh featuring Maradona Rebello and Amit Purohit has been passed by the censors, untouched.

This would be the first time Hindi audiences will see two men kissing on screen. Madhur Bhandarkar had earlier deleted a male kiss featuring Samir Soni before submitting his film Fashion to the censors.

Not only that, a sequence where Maradona Rebello goes fully naked before his screen-mother Lilette Dubey has also been passed by the lately -liberalized censor board, albeit with the 19-year old actor's butt blurred.

The director Sudipto Chattopadhyay has no quibble with Vinayak Azad Regional Officer of the censor board.

Says Sudipto emphatically, "In fact Vinayak Azad has been very supportive. It's individual members of the jury who raised questions about the language and content.

Some words from the dialogues had to be beeped out. One lady in Burqa behaved as though the moral health of the nation would be destroyed by the deeds of my characters. Such hypocrisy has to stop."

Director Sudipto Chattopadhyay is extremely miffed at the lurid bent given to Pankh. “The so-called male kissing sequence is actually a molestation scene.

The young shocked disgusted hero Maradona is force-kissed by a drunken friend who assumes Maradona is gay.

The sequence is not titillating or erotic but filled with Maradona’s revulsion. But because the kiss came to light after Article 377 was repealed it was conveniently misconstrued.”

The nude sequence will qualify as the boldest ever in an Indian film. It comes at a time when the boy-hero must prove to his domineering mother that he is, after all, a man.

Says the director, “I’ve never spoken about this sequence before because the content is bound to be projected out of context. It’s actually the climactic moment when the hero Jerry (Maradona Rebello) can no longer bear with his mother’s taunts about his manhood.

Jerry takes off his trousers to show his mother that he has a d…k like any man. It’s shocking moment. We shot Maradona from the back. But he was fully nude in front of Lilette Dubey.”

The censorial boldness notwithstanding one wonders how Indian audiences would react to a film that subverts the traditional mother-child relationship and takes it kicking and screaming into the zone of sexual politics.

Kardashian's Sex Tape Is Ruining Her Love Life?

Baseballer Reggie Bush reportedly ended his relationship with reality show star Kim Kardashian because he was not happy with the sex tape she made with ex-boyfriend Ray J.

"Reggie's mom just could not get over the fact that Kim had a sex tape. Reggie and his family are very conservative, and he told Kim that a marriage is never going to happen between them because of the tape," contactmusic.com quoted a source as saying.

Kardashian is said to be regretting the video more than ever now. She feels she would still be with Reggie, if it had never been made public.

"She's still crazy about him. If she didn't have the sex tape, she could have been Mrs. Bush," source added.

Reggie and Kim's separation came less than a month after the couple, who had been dating for almost three years, reportedly bought a $4.8 million love nest together in Beverly Hills.

Hrithik Roshan Slaped To HOT Barbara Mori

Kites couple Hrithik Roshan and Barabra Mori are in news once again thanks to the smack on the latter's cheek. No, don't get us wrong, Hrithik didn't misbehave with the latin beauty but it was all a part of a scene.

Talking to a news daily about the Hrithik-Barbara chemistry, Anurag recalled a humorous event, “We were doing an intense scene which had a long dialogue. Towards the end, Barbara was supposed to slap Hrithik. We okayed the scene.

But Barbara asked me if it was possible to do a retake, because she wanted to slap Hrithik again. It was a prank, but I decided to play along. Duggu was very surprised when I told him we’d do the scene again because I’d already told him the earlier take was fine.”

Hrithik somehow got the whiff of it and towards the end of the shot he turned around and slapped Barbara.

“Barbara was shocked because just as she was about to slap him, Duggu ducked and slapped her instead. Then she realised that Hrithik had seen through her prank and everyone on the sets burst out laughing,” added Anurag with a laughter.

Asin Will Be Star Of James Cameron`s Next Film

The sizzling 24-year-old actress from south thinks that everyone in Bollywood is a 'commodity' who can be replaced by another at a moment's notice. And therefore there is the need for constant compromise.

Asin Thottumkal was speaking in the Youth Forum of the India Today Conclave 2010 here today on the topic 'Change: Idealism vs Reality' was at her candid best and said that values and integrity are compromised on a daily basis in the film industry.

Asin who was already a superstar in South Indian cinema when she debuted in Bollywood opposite superstar Aamir Khan in the 2008 blockbuster 'Ghajini' said that the only way to put the "soul" back into the industry was to stand up and say no to sub-standard products and practices.

"There can be many repercussions if you say no. As an actor it cam mean less endorsements, less visibility and less industry friends. But saying no to mediocre products is the only way to put the soul back into the industry," said Asin.

The actress who has not signed on any new projects after her second film 'London Dreams' starring Ajay Devgn and Salman Khan flopped at the box office said that she has always been choosy about her projects.

"There is a lot of pressure on me to sign movies. But one should believe in what one wants to do and it works for me," said Asin who shared the dias with actor Ranbeer Kapoor at the event.

James Cameron, who was also present at the The India Today Conclave 2010 later met her over the dinner and discussed cinema with her. Cameron confirmed to Asin that he is ready to make a film with Indian actors and the two even discussed the possibilities of collaborating on his film.

Talking about her experience she told a leading daily, “It was an experience of a lifetime for me to meet ‘the’ James Cameron. We spoke about cinema, both Hollywood and Bollywood. I was really fascinated that he knew so much about our industry. Though he has delivered two of the greatest films in history, I was surprised to see how modest he was.”

When asked about James’ plan of collaborating with Indian stars, Asin added, “I asked him if he was ready to make an Indian film and he said ‘certainly’. He also revealed that he was looking to take Indian actors in the movies he makes in future. But it is too premature to talk about anything because nothing has been confirmed from his side.”

Movie Review Of "Lahore"

Combining sports and politics is not an easy thing to do. But then it's not that difficult either considering the two are inextricably intertwined specially in the Asian sub-continent where Pakistani cricketers are forbidden from participating in Indian sports events and Indians don't get visas to visit across the border.

Debutant director Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan dares to visit the forbidden territory. Lahore is about sports and politics and characters from both the spheres getting embroiled in a terrible fight to finish.

The script accommodates a great deal of the sporting spirit as seen in the perspective of Indo-Pak politics. Within that ambitious framework Chauhan weaves in the human relationships that make a leap for warmth and then stay stuck in semi- sterility. The film has too much to say on sports, politics and human nature. It isn't able to say all of it in a lucid language.

Chauhan has chosen a unique sport like kickboxing to spotlight the process of cultural assimilation that underscores all the perverse politicking that goes on at the surface level between the two countries.

The Indian and Pakistani coaches played by Farouq Shaikh and Sabyasachi Chakavarty are seen to be sportingly at loggerheads, a bit like the coaches in Yashraj Films' Dil Bole Hadippa, though Lahore takes the spirit of sportsmanship across the border with more seriousness of purpose.

In the boxing ring the game gets deadly when the Indian kickboxing champion Sushant Singh is delivered a deadly blow by his Pakistani opponent. A churning-point in the narrative arrived at in restrained rhythms.

This is where Chauhan's narratives comes into its own. The dilemma of the deceased kickboxer's younger brother Veeru (newcomer Aanaahad) to preserve his sporting spirit in the midst of high-voltage mutually-destructive Indo-Pak politics is built into the plot with architectural astuteness.

Not all of the material outside the central conflict where Veeru forsakes cricket to pursue his slain brother's dream in the kickboxing arena, works on the scripting level.

Does Veeru only want to use the boxing ring to avenge his brother's death?

Though the characters falter in quantitative excess, the opposition of sports and politics and politics in sports is put into a persuasive perspective.

The rest of drama tends to get tedious mainly because there are too many characters swarming the Indo-Pak map. We see people from both countries trooping in to scarcely record their presence in the plot before dissolving in the unresolved space that occupies the No Man's Land.

Veeru's romantic attachment to the Pakistani girl (newcomer Shraddha Das) is skirted across in a few scenes where they exchange veiled pleasantries. Passion is seriously forfeited in the flurry of squeezing in a large canvas of characters.

It's in the kickboxing scenes that the film exudes blood sweat and tears. The debutant Aanahaad and his opponent Mukesh Rishi reveal a skill in the ring that cannot leave the audience unaffected. The newcomer does well in the sports scenes but needs to brush up his skills in the emotional moments.

Of the rest of the cast Nafisa Ali, Ashish Vidyarthi, the late Nirmal Pandey and several other talented actors are wasted in sketchy roles. The film's surface is over-populated. But its inner life suggests a sincerity of purpose.

Wayne Sharpe's background score and Neelabh Kaul's cinematography are first-rate.They add to the feeling of a film that goes beyond sports, but stops short of making a statement on life lived on the border of hostility.

Lahore is not only about kick-boxing. At times you wish it was.

Priyanka Chopra Caught LoveBirds Katrina Kaif & Ranbir Kapoor Red Handed?

Apart from media's prying eyes Ranbir and Katrina's love story had one special witness to it as well. And she was none other than Priyanka Chopra!

Last year when Karina's New Year holiday stint with Ranbir was exposed by a tabloid, she became extremely cautious and managed to prove everyone that she was in her home all the time and the rumours were all lies.

But one night, on her date with Ranbir, poor Kat ran into Priyanka Chopra. She panicked and assumed that now the news would get back home. Since then two actresses are not on talking terms.

Kat asked Kapoor to speak to her and convince her to keep their little secret. And no one found out.

Although Katrina's spokesperson refuted the news calling it 'ridiculous' and 'sheer rubbish' but it's now more than confirmed that Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina are in love and it was one of the major reasons for the actor's break-up with Deepika Padukone.

We also hear that the two visit each other's house very often but they are totally tight-lipped about their relationship.

Now that's what we call Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.

A Rare Side Of Kareena Kapoor's Life

There is a rare side to Kareena Kapoor that we seldom get to see. The actress who is known for her fat paychecks recently donated a cheque of Rs 3 Lakh to bring smiles to the residents of a remote village in Madhya Pradesh, who live in abject poverty.

Kareena was saddened to see the plight of the villagers, mostly weavers, when she visited it during the promotional campaign of her movie 3 Idiots.

In their true 'Atithi Devo Bhava' spirit, the villagers, though poor had shown tremendous hospitality by giving her an exquisite black sari with golden embroidery.

Bebo was also moved by the fact that the village had no electricity and the weavers worked at night in candle light. So she decided to make a donation of Rs 3 lakh to raise a solar energy plant and within two months the village will have electricity.

Confirming the news to a leading daily Kareena said, “I was a little shocked to see how these people work. At the end of the day it's our country and I learnt that there are about 100 villages in the country which have no electricity. I have handed over a cheque to the concerned authorities to build a solar energy plant.

"It's a nominal amount but it can bring smiles to many faces, which is why I wanted to do this. I am told that in about two months, the plant will be built and there will be electricity in Chanderi. I am also going to ask my friends in the film industry to come forward and make a difference,” she added.

Sushmita Sen Is In Love With Her Ex Lover

Sushmita Sen who is known for frequently moving on with her choice of men has taken a U-turn this time. The former Miss Universe has dumped Mudassar Aziz, who directed her in Dulha Mil Gaya, for her ex-flame Manav Menon.

The duo have been spotted together a couple of times in the past few days across the city. The ad filmmaker and Sush had broken up in 2007 due to 'incompatibility'. But now it seems the duo are back to being compatible.

Aaccording to an eye witnesses, Menon and Sen clearly seem more than just friends again.

"Sushmita and Manav were seen at a suburban restaurant in Khar. An eyewitness said, “Both looked very comfortable in each other's company. They were discussing something very animatedly.” he told a leading daily.

However, friends close to Sush reveals that Sushmita’s approach towards all ex-boyfriends including Vikram Bhatt, Sanjay Narang, Randeep Hooda, Manav Menon or Mudassar Aziz, in her life is that she always manages to keep them as friends even after breaking up with men them.

Talking to a newspaper Sush also said, "I always try to remain friends. Sometimes I succeed. But I am very single. If I wasn't, you would not have to figure it out.”

Diya Mirza Intends To Get Married Soon

She is flamboyant, vivacious, and most unconventional looking, yet she looks like the girl next door. Add to that her charm, and she becomes quite the personality.

Dia Mirza is quick to accept the fact that she does not have too many movies in her kitty, but adds that she is flattered that Arshad has kept his word by casting her in his home production, Hum Tum Aur Ghost.

"Arshad is a keen observer and seeker of talent. He told me some time ago that he thinks I am a sincere actor, having noticed the effort I put into every character I play. He also mentioned that he thought I have not been given my due, and he cast me, thus keeping his word.

He, too, has suffered. He would struggle every Friday. I am happy that his talent is now being applauded, " says the enthusiastic Dia.

A brief chat on parents, relationships, her man, puppy love, fashion, social assignments, and films, with the pretty Dia Mirza:

On her character in Hum Tum Aur Ghost - My character is pretty close to Gehna in Hum Tum Aur Ghost. In real life too I believe in being practical.

My mom always said, "You need to forget and forgive and always move ahead in life. One should not bear any grudges in life." I have never had any cat fights with anyone in the industry. I make friends with everyone I work with.

Some of my friends from the industry include Konkona Sen Sharma, Lara Dutta, and Sandhya Mridul. I have never felt intimidated, nor do I feel insecure. I believe in eternal love and peace, and in breathing fresh air.

On puppy love - Yes, I have had my share of puppy love! When I was in the seventh grade, this boy would catch butterflies for me, not knowing that this butterfly had a crush on him. (Laughs).

On her ideal man, and marriage - I would love a man with sound values - somebody who respects a woman's independence, who is honest, and can take life forward. I believe in the institution of marriage.

There should be no space for ego hassles in a marriage. Each partner should be able to take criticism and confrontation, and throw out of the window all the bad blood.

It is very sad to note that marriages do not work these days, and I believe that women are equally to blame. I intend to get married very soon.

On her relationships - I have had my share of relationships. For various reasons, they have not worked. Commitment, or the lack of it, has also played an important part in these relationships not working out.

On Parents and Relationships - I belong to parents from diverse religions, and I have been taught how to stay down to earth. Life has taught me to be very practical. I belong to a broken family and grew up in a hostel.

My mom has been responsible for bringing me up, and she is the one who has been my guide and mentor. My parents believe that in a relationship, if you are unable to carry it forward, then you may as well part ways. Remain good friends and be of some help to each other.

Belonging to the hostel kind of an environment, I have learnt how to tackle the ups and downs of life. You should have a positive attitude towards life.

Fitness Mantra - I am training extensively in martial arts. I have to sacrifice a lot - starting with avoiding yummy food. I try living on salads, fruits, juices, soups and discreetly-consumed meat. In addition, I work out rigorously at home.

Current Style Statement - I don't really follow trends. I believe in individualism. I applied my first cosmetic mascara when I was 17 - my mother wanted me to be simple and natural. However, over the years, I think I have developed a characteristic dressing sense. As I said, some things come naturally to some people.

On social work, especially work on spastic children - I feel very strongly about the plight and the integration of spastic children in regular mainstream education. I feel it is necessary that these children be a part of regular life and vice versa.

Why should they go to spastics schools? They have to be made one with society. They are not aware of the norms, ways, and behavior of the normal human beings.

For example, there was a blind girl in my school, and she was far more intelligent than the average kid. I think such kids deserve equal treatment.

I am on the board of the Coco-Cola Foundation, which, in collaboration with some NGOs, is promoting electricity in villages, and also promoting the green campaign.

Arshad and I have decided to promote the campaign to 'Save Paper', along with the promotional campaign of the film, Hum Tum Aur Ghost.

Love, Sex Aur Dhoka Is About Sex & Much More

Dibakar Banerjee's "Love, Sex Aur Dhoka" is grabbing eyeballs for its bold scenes. But debutant Raj Kumar says there's just one lovemaking scene in the film that deals with voyeurism in the society.

"The film is not only about sex. It's about all the three emotions - love, sex and dhoka (betrayal). Lovemaking scenes are an integral part of the film but there is lot more apart from it, " 25-year-old Raj Kumar, who plays an executive of a CCTV camera company in the movie, told.

Though Raj Kumar didn't reveal whether he is a part of the much-hyped lovemaking scenes or not, he feels audience will accept the movie when it hits screens Friday.

"We have very educated audience these days and they want to watch something different, basically some meaningful cinema. That's what our film offers and rest we will get to know after the release," he said.

The actor, who is a graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, got a chance to be a part of "Love, Sex Aur Dhoka" after clearing three rounds of audition. At that time his only drive was to be in Banerjee's film.

"I didn't exactly know the content of the film. For me, main thing was that this is Dibakar's film and whatever he makes, has to be meaningful. I have full faith in him. He is one of my favourite directors and I always wanted to work with him," said Raj Kumar.

Apart from the workshops, he did research for his character.

"My character's name is Adarsh Malhotra, who installs CCTV cameras in a departmental store and then whatever happens in the store can be seen with those cameras. I gathered information about different CCTV cameras and then worked on the nuances of the character like how he will walk, talk, etc., " he said.

But why not a conventional debut with a typical Bollywood potboiler?

"I am very fortunate that I got the chance to work with Dibakar. This is the time when Indian cinema is going through a positive change and I loved the script, especially my character, because it is very performance oriented."

Apart from "Love, Sex Aur Dhoka", Raj Kumar will also be seen in a film titled "Chittagong", being produced by Shonali Bose who made critically acclaimed movie "Amu".

Pooja Bedi Is Head Over Heels In love With Her New BoyFriend

There is a mystery man in Pooja Bedi's life. She wants to keep her relationship a secret and doesn't want to leak out anything except for the fact that his name starts from 'A'. She reveals that she met him at a social gathering about a month ago and they get along like a house on fire.

He spends time with her kids, showers her with roses, makes it a point to fly to whichever part of India she's in and takes her to romantic dates. Pooja now feels for him in the same way that he feels for her.

She admits that he once sent a massive creation that was made with a 1000 roses and that he sends her a rose everyday. She feels overwhelmed by romance for the first time in her life and states that even her friends are unaware of his identity and she only refers to him as 1000 roses.

Although Pooja seems head-over-heels in love with her man, she would like to give it some time. She feels she needs to think before taking a step as she has children and it could affect them. She feels that she needs at least 6 months before commitment and hopes she can make him happy.

Ranbir Is Taking Sharukh & Hrithik`s Legacy Forward

Actor Ranbir Kapoor, who has replaced superstar Shah Rukh Khan as the brand ambassador of Pepsi and actor Hrithik Roshan in ITC's John Players, feels obliged to get the opportunity to take forward their legacy.

"As far as replacement is concern, Shah Rukh Khan is a legend and his contribution to Pepsi was immense. I am taking forward his legacy. As far as John Players is concerned, Hrithik Roshan is a style icon for whom I have immense respect. I believe that I am fortunate enough to get a chance to take his legacy forward, " Ranbir told reporters after the logo launch of John Players at ITC Hotel here today.

Ranbir maintains that comfort should be the primary criteria while choosing clothes.

"It's not about wearing expensive or brands. It's something that makes you feel comfortable. There are no strict rules. It's about what you want to wear and how you carry it, " said Ranbir.

Ranbir admits that he is not brand conscious at all.

"I am not brand conscious at all. I don't understand fashion. God has been very kind to me that I could sign up with this brand and I hope my knowledge on fashion increases, " said Ranbir.

As most actors do, Ranbir would try to endorse this brand in his films as well.

"I hope so. I will try so that the producers take the help of John Players. The costume designers take clothes from John Players. All I can do is try, " said Ranbir.

Sanjay Bhansali Didn`t Wanted Hrithik To Make That Fake

Over the decades actors have learnt various skills for their characters. Dilip Kumar learnt to play the Sitar for Azad and Shabana Azmi learnt Karnatik sangeet for Morning Raga.

And while Ranbir Kapoor will learn to play the guitar for Imtiaz Ali's Rock Star, Hrithik Roshan has gone and learnt a skill which no other Indian actor (barring Kamal Haasan in the South) has learnt.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish features Hrithik in the role of a magician. A Ukranian magician has been specially called to teach Hrithik special magic tricks to make him look convincing.

Says a source, “Sanjay Bhansali didn't want Hrithik to fake the magic. Nor did he want the usual rabbit-from-the-hat kind of magic tricks. The director wanted the magic scenes with the magician to be really magical. A world-wide hunt was launched for a magician who would fit the bill. It had to be someone who would give Guzaarish ample time and establish a comfort level with Hrithik.”

Finally the right magician was found. The director put aside for the last most of the scenes showing Hrithik doing magician's tricks. Now that the rest of the shooting is over, the Ukranian magician arrives next month to work on the magician's tricks.

Says the source, “But the interesting part is, the Ukranian magician was in Mumbai for a brief spell to work with Hrithik. He taught Hrithik some of the coolest magic tricks, never seen in these parts.

Now Hrithik keeps his two sons entertained all the time. Now the elder one expects his father to be the official magician of the evening on the boy's next birthday.

If Hrithik wants an alternate career he can easily become a magician and give our P C Sorkars a run for their money.”

While choosing to remain mum over the 'magical' schedule next month Sanjay Leela Bhansali says, “A magician's participation is needed in the film. Beyond that Hrithik and I are hoping to create magic together, period.”

Katrina Kaif Collapses On The Sets

Katrina Kaif and her series of health problems have raised serious concern. The actress who have been advised bed rest twice in last couple of months fainted again on the sets of Farah Khan's 'Tees Maar Khan'.

The incident took place on Wednesday, at Malshej Ghat, where Katrina was getting ready for the schedule.

Talking to a news daily, a close source from the sets revealed, “She (Katrina) had barely finished makeup and walked on to the location, greeted her co-star Akshay Kumar and director Farah Khan when she collapsed…just like that!”

“No one knew quite what to do since the medical facilities in Malshej were hardly adequate. Akshay quickly called up Mumbai and a doctor was rushed to Malshej. By the time he arrived, Katrina was feeling better, though weak. Farah suggested they cancel her shooting for the day, but Katrina insisted on shooting in the second-half of the day’s schedule,” added the source.

Katrina has confirmed the news and is quoted as saying, “It’s okay, I just collapsed… It’s nothing serious... just low blood pressure because of the heat.” Earlier, she was admitted to the hospital because of stomach infection.

Manmohan Tiwari Told Rakhi Has Made A Joke Out Of Elesh

Sixteen suitors wooed Rakhi Sawant, one got engaged only to be left heartbroken but there's one man who is still smiling. Rishikesh's Manmohan Tiwari was one suitor who openly rejected Rakhi. His honest attitude drew praises from one and all. Perhaps, it's this attitude which has put him under spotlight again whereas his other colleagues are sulking.

Tiwari has bagged his first TV soap in Beyond Dreamz and Imagine TV's Jamuniya. However, the actor is faced with queries about Rakhi and the swayamvar. Tiwari though answers every query with aplomb. In an excusive chat with TellyCafe's Mayur Lookhar, Tiwary talks about his journey on Rakhi ka swayamvar, why he rejected the drama queen, his love for close friend Anjali and more. Read on.

Was Rakhi ka Swayamvar your ticket to tinsel town?
Absolutely! There's no two way about it. Despite my theatre experience, I was struggling to get to get a foothold in the industry. This was an opportunity that needn't be missed.

If you never wanted to marry Rakhi were you then deliberately looking to antagonize Rakhi on the show?
While I didn't want to marry her but I was firm in mind that if Rakhi chose me, I would have honoured that commitment. But the truth is did Rakhi really wanted to marry any one of us? Rakhi Sawant is a controversial and drama queen. One wouldn't like to associate himself with this image.

Having said that, don't you think the honest viewers of the country were taken for a ride?
Well, the viewers would have been cheated had I said that I wanted to marry Rakhi. She's an intelligent lady and I respect her decision to opt for a swayamvar. Everyone knows she's a firebrand and thus I didn't deem it fit to associate myself with a personality like her. That's why I quit the show.

Doesn't such a show make a mockery of the sacred institution of marriage?
No, I don't agree with this. Swayamvar have been part of our shastras. So, we've only revived the ancient tradition. What's good or right is a subjective matter. The viewers loved it so the debate should end there.

However, the sanctity of this swayamvar is questionable?
I can vouch for the channel and the production. Their intention was very noble. I can't say that about Rakhi. Look, she's made a joke out of Elesh (Parjunwala). It could so easily have been any one of us but I didn't let myself suffer this ignominy.

For a common man, the mere sight of Rakhi Sawant is frightening. How tough was it to convince yourself to participate in the show? Was your family supportive of this move?
Frankly speaking, I didn't give it much of a thought. As I said before, if it was in my destiny, I would have married her. I would have readily accepted it. My family though didn't approve of the decision at first instance. However, later on they accepted the fact if this was good for my career then so be it.

Rakhi had alleged that your family wanted a maid not a daughter-in-law. What's your response to this charge?
Well, my parents were asked what kind of a girl they'd prefer. All they said is that they wanted a daughter who can serve them just a cup of tea once every evening. Now is that asking for too much? Besides, Rishikesh is a land of Brahmins who needn't ask anyone for food. People themselves invite Brahmins to their house. Rakhi herself has experienced the wonderful hospitality of that place.

Ravi Kissen had alleged that you were seeing a girl named Anjali. Now that the show is long over, can you tell what relation do you have with her?
It was unethical on part of the show to drag an innocent girl into this. As a respected girl, her pride was hurt. I whole heartedly apologize to Anjali and her family. I was lamented for hiding about Anjali but here's a woman who was warming to 16 men. But I didn't complain. Anjali is an extremely beautiful person. As of now we're dear friends. She's an ideal partner one can ask for.

So, you love her but does she love you?
Yes, I do love her but I can't comment on what she feels about me. If God permits, then we might well get married.

What did you gain and lose from the show?
There have only been gains and no losses. As an aspiring actor, I got the breakthrough I wanted. Viewers liked my performance. Earlier, I was dying to be in front of one camera. Here there were 18 cameras surrounding me. What more could I have asked for?

Though the show has enabled you to bag a TV show, you're still being asked about Rakhi. Will you guys be ever able to get out of her shadow?
(Laughs). No one lives under other's shadow. Aapki sirf ek parchai hoti hai. However, credit needs to be given where it's due. Rakhi has a huge fan following across the country. Whatever happened between the two if us is history. I have great respect for her as a lady. We're still friends and do communicate with each other.

Coming to Jamunia, it's buzzed that the channel is fond of you and so they've gifted you this role. Is this true?
Yes, I don't deny that the channel is fond of me but I had to go the regular process of casting. I'm thankful to Imagine for having granted me this opportunity.

A young downtrodden girl being tied with an over aged Thakur has become a trend. Is there a fear that the show may not attract enough eyeballs?
It's premature to assume such a thing. In journalism, the same news is covered by all media but the readers/viewers will read the one which is presented well. It's the same for our show. A lot of people didn't give much chance to Rakhi ka swayamvar but the show crossed all expectations. We've got a good script and it's backed by good actors. I see no reason why it won't attract viewers.

Finally, have you set any goal for yourself in this profession?
Ah! One day I'd like to walk the red carpet at the Filmfare awards. Bollywood is the next destination. I'm sure my TV experience will help me find a break in Bollywood.

Kajol Is Again Pregnent

Seen the glow on Kajol's face, lately? It's not just about the success of her latest film My Name is Khan. We hear that the dusky beauty is reportedly pregnant again and the entire Devgan family is extremely ecstatic.

Kajol has already wrapped up a a major portion of Kumar Mangat's Toonpur Ka Superhero with Ajay and has finished shooting for Karan Johar's StepMom.

According to sources the promotional track of StepMom that was to be shot later is being wrapped up from March 20 in Mumbai because Kajol is participating in the song shoot. The film is slated for a July release and sources say the music video could very well have been shot later. However, keeping in mind Kajol’s decision not to do any work after March, the track is being shot now.

Adhering to the advice of her dearest hubby, Ajay Devgn, Kajol is managing her time well. Meanwhile, Ajay has also promised to work only in and around Mumbai, so that he could be within reach of his wife. Their first child Nysa is now 7 years old.

Here's wishing lots of luck to Ajay and Kajol.

Movie Review Of "Rokk"

Starring: Tanushree Dutta, Udita Goswami, Shaad Randhawa, Sachin Khedekar and Murli Sharma

Director: Rajesh Ranshinge

Rating: **

Anushka (Tanushree Dutta) is charged with the murder of her husband, Ravi (Sachin Khedekar), and sister-in-law, Nishita (Preeti).

Anushka is sent to a mental asylum but the fact is that she is possessed by the spirit of the dead girl, which resides in the new bungalow into which she, her husband and sister-in-law had moved on their first wedding anniversary. Her husband had there- after given in to her plea to leave the haunted house as she was being hounded by a ghost there.

But the ghost did not leave Anushka even in their old bungalow to which they had shifted. Ahana (Udita Goswami), the younger sister of Anushka, comes to Goa from Delhi to be by her sister’s side in her hour of need. She can’t locate her sister who has run away from the mental asylum. On probing, Ahana soon realises that it is a case of spirits and ghosts in which Anushka had got involved.

Unable to trace her sister, Ahana sets out to solve the mystery in a bid to clear her sister’s name. She seeks the help of CBI officer Ran veer (Shaad Randhawa) and the two even meet a tantrik, Vishwat ma (Arif Zakaria), who knows the entire story about the haunted house.

Vishwatma reveals the past of the haunted house to Ahana and Ranveer. This leads Ahana to Yashoda (Ashwini Kalsekar) who further elaborates the story.

What Ahana and Vish watma do thereafter is shown in the climax. Is Ahana able to trace Anushka and free her from the spirit? That is the suspense which is revealed in the latter part of the climax.

Rajesh Ranshinge’s story is routine and Haroon Rashid’s screenplay is confused and also one of convenience. The audience is not very clear about why Steve (Murali Sharma) wants the bungalow, about how Ravi had bought the bungalow, about why some people meet with instant death on encountering the spirit while others don’t die equally soon.

Also, it seems weird that Ahana goes about trying to solve the mystery of the ghost rather than locating her lost sister, which should have been her first priority. The first half moves at a fairly good pace and involves the viewer but the pace drops after interval. Too much footage has been given to the tantrik, and his portions are often boring.

The horror scenes are all very similar as a result of which the novelty factor dies down very fast. What are, however, good are the sound effects which create a chilly atmosphere at several places. That is to say, it is the sound which scares the audience more than the story and the scenes.

Udita Goswami does quite well. Tanushree Dutta is also fairly good. Shaad Randhawa needs to improve on his dialogue delivery and voice modulation.

His mannerisms are vill ainish although he is actually an in vestigating CBI officer. Arif Zakaria should’ve been far more effective. However, more than his acting (which is nice), it is his characterisation which is to be blamed for the lack of his effectiveness.

Ashwini Kalse kar leaves an impact. Sachin Khedekar does an average job. Murali Sharma is okay. Nishigandha Wad makes her presence felt in a brief role. Preeti is okay. Baby Akshita has acted ably. Imran Hashmi, Tarikesh Singh, Raju Pandit, Neha Bam and the others lend ordinary support.

Director Rajesh Ranshinge has left several questions unanswered because of which the audience is unable to experience to the fullest the thrill of a chilling suspense drama. Music (Sunil Singh) is a letdown. Background score is effective more because it is loud rather than due to its quality.

Joshy Anthony’s sound has the desired effect. Hanif Sheikh’s stunts and action scenes are okay. Camerawork (by Shakil Khan) is good. Art direction (Shree Kumar Nayar) is commonplace. Editing (Raju Kapadia) is not very sharp.

Rokkk is an ordinary fare which suffers on account of a confused screenplay. It will not be able to scare the audience enough to make the film’s distributors smile.

Movie Review Of " Hello Zindgi"

Starring: Mrunmayee Lagoo, Milind Gunajee, Kitu Gidwani, Neena Gupta, Kanlwajeet Singh

Directed by Raja Unnithan

Rating: ** ½

A rebellious teenage daughter Kavita of a traumatized couple doesn’t know what to do with her life. So she takes off on a journey away from home with a lonely neglected but brave middleaged woman to Goa where Kavita saves turtles…and herself.

Kavita goes home redeemed. We are not so sure about ourselves. We remain partly involved with largely distanced from this ambitious but flawed look at life through the eyes of teen rebellion.

Director Raja Unninathan has his heart at the right place. He creates a world of gossipy aimlessness sweaty parties tacky repartees and, ahem, one-night stands for Kavita. But the words sound more like replications of the emotional outbursts associated with the generation gap rather than actual situations created in a specific crisis.

A more authentic parent-child crisis would be the one in Ayan Mukerjee’s Wake Up Sid or better still the television soap Ladies Special where two very talented actors Shilpa Tulaskar and Sandeep Kulkarni played harassed parents grappling with a rebellious teenage daughter.

We empathized with their helplessness.

In Hello Zindagi Neena Gupta and Kanwaljeet Singh specially the latter are in fine form as Kavita’s parents.

The writing constantly lets all the actors down. The one performer who manages to hold her head above the material provided is Kitu Gidwani, Playing the dignified unloved but outwardly well-to-do wife Gidwani epitomizes grace under pressure.

Her section of the film with her indifferent though not cruel husband (Amit Behl) have some interesting moments, like the one where Gidwani goes into the kitchen to get coffee made by her husband, and then pours it quietly down the sink.

Gidwani’s journey to Goa with the rebellious Kavita is charted with affection. Very rarely do we get to see a movie so gentle and warm about female bonding over differing generations.

What Kitu Gidwani shares with the debutante Mrunmayee Lagoo echoes Jessica Tandy’s bonding with Brudget Fonda in Deepa Mehta’s Camilla.

Except that Gidwani and the girl don’t go skinny-dipping. The blackest spot in the film is its lack of sexual energy.

The character’s are almost unvariably frigid in their thoughts and desires. A thwarted indecisiveness runs across the narrative -profile rendering the characters weak and unconvincing.

The save-the-turtles message at the end seems forced.

Nonetheless there’s enough tenderness and warmth in the relationships shared by Mrunmayee with her screen-dad Kanwaljeet and with Kitu Gidwani to make the film worth a watch.

Hello Zindagi doesn’t bowl you over. But it makes you smile even when the debutant director displays that trite and selfsconscious social purpose that makes the film look like a documentary on how to save teenagers and turtles when they don’t want to be saved without drowning in the attempt.

Movie Review Of "Thanks Maa"

Starring: Master Shams, Master Salman, Master Fayyaz, Master Jaffar, Baby Almas, and a host of brilliant walk- on actors

Directed by Irfan Kamal

Rating: ****

He’s 12, and homeless. And he refuses to adopt the swaggering amorality of his friends on the street. They call him Municipal Ghatkopar because that’s the address where he was dumped as a child. But he prefers to be known as Salman Khan.

Salman, you fear may appear in this uplifting tale of street children with a mission. Happily, no Salman. Not in Thanks Maa.

Strongly reminiscent of Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay and far more resonantly representative of Mumbai’s slum kids than Slumdog Millionaire, Thanks Maa is a journey into lives that were born into despair.

Without the crutches of self-pity debutant director Irfan Kamal enters the world of the orphaned protagonist Municipality who on of those routine days of scavenging stealing and hanging around with his friends waiting for the next meal, comes across an abandoned little infant,

Before we can say ‘Hey Baby’ the narrations quickly swerves away from the cute and schmaltzy aspect of find- baby-will-coochie-coo kind of feel-good cinema to show the gritty harsh reality of life on the relentless streets of Mumbai and how toughens the tender ones. Real fast.

Director Irfan Kamal makes one helluva departure from convention.He cruises the crowded areas of Mumbai with an eye for stinging details.

The festive population of Mohammed Ali Road on a Friday evening, the red-light areas with their sleazy bustle, the beachsides with gay and normal couples making out in the dark, the goons and touts, cabbies and pimps, bereaved mother and unfaithful husband (Ranvir Shorey making the best of a ridiculous character), wanton women and kind men…the crowded canvas of Irfan Kamal’s film hints hectically at the savagely insensitive quality of life lived on the streets.

Our young hero refuses to be like the routine scum. “Main tere jaisa nahin hoon, ” he pleads and protests with his more street-wise pals, and sets off on a determined path to find the baby his lost mother.

It’s a heartbreaking enlightening journey undertaken by the director in a spirit of adventure discovery and tranquility. Teeming with characters Thanks Maa still preserves a core of stirring stillness at its centre.

Often you feel Thanks Maa is a romantic homage to the unbreakable spirit of Mumbai. But then you see the bitter and brutal truth about life on the fringes, as the young brave little hero is almost molested by the warden of the reformatory played by Alok Nath, moving so far away from his Sooraj Barjatya image of benign family values, you salute the actor for his gumption.

Thanks Maa is a tender yet ruthless look-see at a city that claims to have a place for everyone but somehow neglects looking after children who are vulnerable to every form of attack on the streets.

Quite frequently we look at Mumbai through the eyes of the little boy and his companions as they encounter a gallery of weirdos and wackos…an alcoholic hospital attendant (Raghuvir Yadav), a doped-out cabbie (Sanjay Mishra), a paedophilic reformatory warden (Alok Nath), a cheesy incestuous upperclass father (Yateen Karyekar, gives you the creeps), an imposing eunuch (Jalees Shrawani) who offers to take the baby out of Municipality’s shoulder…an offer the boy firmly refuses.

The young hero, heroic in the truest most basic sense of the word, and his shock and dismay when he finally finds the baby’s mother are so palpable they reverberate in our hearts long after the film is over.

The film has its flaws, the most glaring being the constant struggle to keep the homeless children’s story credibly contoured on the bustling streets.

In many sequences the young actor Master Shams can be seen carrying a doll instead of a baby.

Also, because of the inherently dramatic nature of the theme some of the characters and situations lose self-control. The kinky sado-masochistic customer in the brothel is clearly not in-sync with the rest of the characters.

The jagged edges do not undermine the film’s unique and thoroughly unorthodox blend of realism and social message.

While the veterans pitch in brave cameos that take the narrative forward to its heartbreaking conclusion, it’s the child actors who proudly occupy centre-stage.All of them are so in-character you wonder which came first, the slums or the camera!

With its hard unsparing situations and expletive-carpeted dialogues you’d expect to be repulsed by the world that Irfan Kamal brings on screen. Far from revulsion you are completely sucked into the Mumbai belonging to these street children.

Some of the editing (Amit Saxena) is uneven. But the camerawork (Ajayan Vincent) and background score (Ranjit Barot) add an extra dimension to this heartwarming tale of an orphan who won’t let another newly-born suffer his fate.

Thanks, Irfan Kamal.

Movie Review Of "Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge"

Starring Ajay Devgan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Paresh Rawal

Directed by Ashwini Dheer

Rating: ** ½

Be Ajay Devgan and Konkona Sen Sharma’s guest. Paresh Rawaail makes the first bonafide guest appearance in our cinema.

And what pest this guest is! So many films about the guest as an intruder. But this one takes the creak. And yes we do mean creak. The plot sets out portray the bin bulaye mehmaan as a pest rather than a guest and finally spends agonizing playing time portraying him as a messiah in a dhoti.

Trust Paresh Rawal to get into the skin of his character. From first frame to the last, Paresh has a blast.

He doesn’t let go of a single moment of joy in embracing the role of the unwanted guest in Mumbai’s very hectic self-absorbed nucleur family where, as Devgan says in his heated summing-up homily, even parents are not welcome after the first few days.What happened to good old-fashioned hospitality?

So how welcome is this film about an unwelcome guest? Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge has its entertaining moments. But it’s essentially a one-episode sitcom.

And you wonder how far the talented writer-director Ashwin Dheer will stretch this version of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Bawarchi about the quirky and persistent stranger who changes a family’s way of looking at life?

At mid-point director Dheer and his characters including the indefatigable Rawal run put of steam.

Post-interval the narration does a vivacious volte- face.Suddenly the boorish loudly burping belching and farting guest becomes a demi-god.

A saviour spreading sunshine across the 4-walls of Devgans’ well-appointed home. Rawal repairs all of Devgan and Konkona’s domestic and work-related problems and leaves their home after having spread enough goodwill to do away with the other pollutant emissions in the first-half.

Dheer’s writing is a skilled synthesis of satire and a strong message on the virtues of an extended family. Regrettably the passage from unwanted guest to Atithi-almost-dev is achieved with not enough anand in the transition.

Many passages of the film are designed as very little more than diversion and deflections indicating the fracture in family values easily reparable with some persuasion from an old-fashioned rustic guest with values that suggest a deep connection between the religious scriptures and common sense.

Get Ganpati Bappa to visit your living room and it’s all well for the world. Life in the cities is not that easy to fix. But no harm in creating interesting Mr Fix-Its on celluloid.

The flawed but watchable film goes through a series of cleverly orchestrated fable-like chapters, none uninteresting, but most of them repetitive beyond a point.The whole track featuring Paresh with ‘Kalia’ (Viju Khote) on the sets of a film gets tedious after a point.

Devgan and Konkona try to be funny. He is in –command of his comic world. She is above it.

Konkona Sen needs to drastically expand her repertoire of expressions from grimace and grin to more far-reaching expressions of suburban serenity.

There’s an interesting cameo by Satish Kaushik (playing a harried film director). And the funniest line comes from Kaushik when after repenting the way he allowed his wife to treat his mother Kaushik resolves to make a “Baghban type of film”

Atithi is just that. It starts off as a savage satire on the perils of hospitality but ends up as another Baghban.

Finally you aren’t watching a film about family ties but a film that ties up the family in reams and reams of comic chaos. Vulgarity and double-meanings strictly not admissible.

Movie Review Of "Road"

Starring: Abhay Deol, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Mohammed Faizal and Satish Kaushik

Director: Dev Benegal

Rating: *1/2

Road, Movie is about the journey of Vishnu (Abhay Deol) who travels miles in a very old truck which often breaks down along the way. Driving through the desert state of Rajasthan, he first befriends a young boy (Mohammed Faizal) who works as a helper in a roadside tea stall.

The boy hitches a ride with him as he wants to go to another village to hunt for a new job. When the truck breaks down for the first time, the boy walks a long distance in the barren land to hunt for a mechanic.

He finally gets one, Om (Satish Kaushik), who agrees to repair the truck on the condition that he would then hitch a ride to the village where a fair is being held.

Along the way, the three meet a gypsy woman (Tannishtha Chatterjee) who is walking in the scorching heat and has a small pouch of water. She shares the water with the thirsty threesome and also joins them in the truck. The truck, which doesn’t belong to Vishnu, has a touring cinema inside.

Vishnu uses the touring cinema in the truck to show movies to the villagers when he is in a tight spot. Om helps him in starting the dilapi dated projector and, in the process of showing movies in the villages, they also make money.

Vishnu is first confronted by a difficult policeman (Virendra Saxena) and later, by the water mafia (Yashpal Sharma and group) along the way, but he manages to save himself, his truck and his travelling friends, thanks to the touring talkies and to the hair-oil bottles he is carrying in cartons to sell at his destination.

He finds himself attracted to wards his woman passenger and they even get physical.

At one stop, Om passes away while enjoying a movie. Finally, it is time for Vishnu to bid the woman and the boy goodbye.

The story (Dev Benegal) offers hardly anything to the audience in India which is not used to watching such road films. Even the screenplay, penned by Dev Benegal himself, is so slow-moving that it actually tests the audience’s patience.

Even a climax in the traditional sense of the word is missing. Frankly, since the hero doesn’t set out on a great mission in the first place, the audience does not experience a feeling of fulfilment in the end, something the public in India is so used to experiencing in every film.

In the same sense, there is no heroism of the hero, Vishnu. Even fans of Abhay Deol and his kind of films would feel let down by the fare on offer. Dialogues (Dev Benegal) are natural and witty, but only at places.

Abhay Deol does a fine job and gets into the skin of his character. He is completely in synch with the mood of the film. Satish Kaushik is also just too natural. He endears himself to the audience with his raw audacity.

Tannishtha Chatterjee gets limited scope and is good. Mohammed Faizal is cute and supremely confident. Yashpal Sharma leaves a mark. Virendra Saxena is effective.

Michael Brook’s music and background score are good. Michel Amathieu’s cinemato graphy and Yaniv Dabach’s editing are nice. But on the whole, Road, Movie is too dull and dry to make an impact among the audience in India.

Movie Review Of " Right Ya Wrong"

Starring Sunny Deol, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen-Sharma, Esha Koppiker

Directed by Neerraj Pathak

Rating: ***

Don’t breathe. Don’t dare even blink. And please forget that visit to the loo. Damn, even the bag of popcorn will be forgotten on your clenched lap.

Right Yaaa Wrong is the surprise shocker of the year. If you’ve forgotten that jump-out-of-the-seat feeling then it’s time to nudge it awake again. Debutant director Neerraj Pathak deserves a welcoming salute. He puts together a thriller that’s as much a homage to Alfred Hitchcock and Brian da Palma as our own Abbas-Mustan.And Right Yaaa Wrong still emerges original and strong.

An intricate jigsaw that always stays a step ahead of the audience, Right Yaaa Wrong makes a penetrating comment on how the country’s legal system can be subverted in a clever hand. More importantly the taut and briskly-paced script suggests that the yin and yang concepts of right and wrong are not only ambivalent but also interchangeable when the context is right.

Sunny Deol, back in shape in every which way, plays a cop who in the first two reels loses the power to walk. But the narration simply sprints along through a series of unpredictable twists and turns that take the striking characters across a maze of intrigue and conspiracy.

Truly, the screenplay is far superior to its execution. And that’s entirely a comment on the above-average caliber of the writing.

Writers Girish Dhamija, Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan and Neerraj Pathak pack in a walloping punch in both pre- and post-interval hours.

The characters and their motivations address themselves to adventure-thriller-suspense would of James Hadley Chase and Sidney Sheldon.The men are brave and heroic, clever and fearless. Even when cuckolded Deol is dignified in the embrace of betrayal.

Editor Ashfaq Makrani juxtaposes moments of tense suspense with glimpses of heightened poignancy. This is murder in mellow shades.

The cop’s wife played by Esha Koppikhar is unabashedly wanton. Outwardly she’s the duty-bound cop’s home-bound wife with a perfect home and cute son (Ali Haji). Scratch the surface and there emerges a woman who’s sleeping with the cop’s kid-brother. Ouch. Where’s the couch???

Shades of Bipasha from Abbas-Mustan’s Race? Yes? But don’t let this hectic whodunit’s antecedents bother you. The storytelling takes wings from the word go. And we are swept ahead. As the characters go from ‘bed’ to worse.

However the people in Pathak’s pacy plot are so hurriedly propelled to their nemesis that we never get close enough to any of them to understand their inner world.

The depths are discarded for the dips and curves. The performances are even and well-informed. Sunny Deol in a role that requires him to sublimate his pain in a status of stoicism gets it just right.

Irrfan creates ample space for himself in a role that’s sketchy for starters but gathers substance as the yarn progresses. Konkona Sen Sharma as the stereotypical Sympathetic Shoulder gets rid of her set-expressions and comes up with a performance of restrained bravura in the courtroom.

And Esha Koppikhar plays the thankless role of the unfaithful wife and a disgraceful mother with much relish.

Here’s a film that extends the borders of morality. It does so in the commercial language without resorting to crass situations and dialogues. For fans of Sunny Deol’s fist-friendly image here’s the actor telling us that strength is sometimes a matter of holding back rather than letting it all hang out.

Minissha Lamba Have To Be Nothing Except Perfect Now

Working with Shyam Benegal is almost every serious actor's wish and when actress Minissha Lamba got a chance to do so, she says, she could be nothing but perfect. She terms their film "Well Done Abba" an "educative trip".

"Much before beginning to shoot for the film, I was sure about one thing that I couldn't let Shyam sir down. Here I was working with a man who has been directing for 35 years now so I had to be nothing but perfect with my performance," Minissha told.

With such a senior person calling the shots, wasn't it intimidating?

"Honestly, it wasn't intimidating because Shyam sir is a pro in working with actors. He knows how to take care of them and extract the best out of them. This is why I didn't even know how an entire month passed by and the shooting got over.

"More than him calling the shots, what was really unnerving was the kind of immense pressure that I had put myself into. For me, every day was a challenge as I had to give my very best," she said.

The film has been narrated in a comic and ironic vein. It is an engaging story of Armaan Ali (Boman Irani), a driver working in Mumbai. He takes leave for a month to find a husband for his teenage daughter (Minissha), who lives in a small locality close to Hyderabad.

Armaan Ali returns to work only after three months. His young employer wants to sack him but is persuaded to know the reason why Armaan got delayed.

Fascinated by the experience of working with Shyam Benegal, Minissha added: "'Well Done Abba' is told in a very simple, fun, light-hearted way. In any case, cinema is the reflection of society and in the same mould, this film too is quite tongue-in-cheek."

The film also stars Sameer Dattani (as Minissha's love interest), Ravi Kishan, Ila Arun, Salim Ghouse, Sonali Kulkarni, Rajit Kapoor, Yashpal Sharma and Ravi Jhankal.

"With such an ensemble cast in the film, you have to be on your toes all the time. There were some scenes in particular that were quite challenging and I didn't really know where I was and what I was doing.

But, as I said, Shyam sir gets it going for his actors at the end of the day. I can only say that working in 'Well Done Abba' was an educative trip for me and I only came back a little more well-versed in cinema," said Minissha.

A BIG Pictures production, the film has music by Shantanu Moitra. Earlier titled
"Abba Ka Kuan", this Shyam Benegal movie is set to release March 26.

Anybody Regreted Shahid Kapoor?

His last major love story, 'Jab We Met', was a huge success and while his 'Kismat Konnection' did well as well, it was his coming-of-age film 'Kaminey' that brought him to the top bracket. However, his semi auto biographical 'Chance Pe Dance' didn't quite entice the audience even though his act was unanimously appreciated by the audience.

While he would next be seen in 'Paathshala', one can't help but ask him this question - 'How badly disappointed was he when the film couldn't even manage a decent opening, let alone being rejected due to poor of word of mouth?'

"See, I have had 16-17 release in last 7 years out of which 5-6 have done very well, 3-4 have done just about ok whereas 5-6 have been rejected", Shahid goes on to reveal some statistics here, "So if you look at it, I have been enjoying a fairly balanced innings so far.

The entire team of 'Chance Pe Dance' gave 100% to it and now that the film hasn't worked, it is very important to recognise that acceptance hasn't come in."

While this does sound nice and diplomatic, one truly believes that he would have indeed seen this coming as far as the movie in question is concerned. After all for an actor who has been in the industry for long enough, gaps as seen in the film's script were glaring enough to go unnoticed.

"Sometimes you have great faith in something instinctively and this exactly was the case in 'Chance Pe Dance' as well.

Later when you become a part of a product, you have to give it your all till the day it releases. I committed myself fully to it and this is why you would have seen me promoting 'Chance Pe Dance' in a big way.

My job is to take a film to the audience and once the box office counter opens, it is audience that does the talking. I am happy to give a film my best shot but I don't hold any regret if I don't succeed. In fact I have never regretted doing any of my films ", Shahid gives an extended detailing here while maintaining a diplomatic stand.

Meanwhile, he is quite pleased that 'Paathshaala' is all set for 16th April release. Other than Ayesha Takia, who was last seen in 'Wanted', 'Paathshala' also stars Nana Patekar along with child artists Swini Khara, Ali Haji and Dwij Yadav.

Bollywood Star Shahrukh Told To Learn From Hollywood

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan Tuesday urged Indian filmmakers "to learn from Hollywood" and offered a three-point prescription which could help the globalization of Bollywood movies.

Speaking at the inaugural session of 'FICCI FRAMES-2010', Shah Rukh said that Indian filmmakers must learn screenplay writing techniques, visual effects and discipline in doing movie business from Hollywood.

"However, learning Hollywood screenplay and technology is not about losing the intrinsic quality of our stories. We must maintain our own cinematic individuality," he said.

Shah Rukh advocated formation of alliances with Hollywood to help the Indian film industry nurture its potentially different story format, the musical-drama format and "make us travel around the world".

Shah Rukh emphasized that "the sooner Indian filmmakers realize that screenplay is not an art form but a science, the faster Indian movies will globalize and Hollywood can exchange that know-how with India".

"The big investment we are looking for from Hollywood is the training of mechanics for running machines for visual effects. We need to develop people who can make us our own cheaper, better and faster softwares for filmmaking and have a special branch of trained visual effect teams and talent here," Shah Rukh added.

Stressing on discipline, Shah Rukh said that the Indian film industry needs to adopt from Hollywood the discipline and organisation with which it does its business.

"This organisation already exists in other Indian businesses, but is woefully lacking in the business of films," he pointed out.

"This (organisation) also needs to filter down to the film distribution systems based on their models and learn the science of marketing films," Shah Rukh added.

According to Shah Rukh, the knowledge that Hollywood could bring to Bollywood was a lot more essential than the investments it is already making in India.

"The time has come for having a symbiotic relationship where we can both feed off the knowledge that we have instead of just the movies. The economics will follow. Then, Bollywood and Hollywood together can have a global audience watching our movies," Shah Rukh said.

Arshad Don't Want To Standout Any Nonsense About Diya Mirza

Looks like all those rumours about Arshad Warsi and Dia Mirza being more than just friends are true. Arshad almost proved it recently when he showed his ire over a journalist's nasty remark.

The Hum Tum Aur Ghost actor-producer lost his cool when a reporter asked him why he had signed on Dia, a flop actress, for his maiden production venture. Arshad, who was being very cordial until then, started to reprimand and abuse the journalist.

He was about to raise his hand on the reporter but stopped himself on time. However, as he was still angry over it, he left for a smoke break and stormed out of there.

So, maybe Arshad and Dia are more than just co-stars. It certainly looks like it.

Aishwarya Rai Is The 50KG Taj Mahal?

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai made a rare appearance at an audio launch here and took many by surprise when she broke into fluent Tamil.

It wasn't just any audio launch but that of Tamil film "Rettaichuzhi" produced by Shankar, who is directing her opposite superstar Rajnikanth in "Endhiran: The Robot".

Draped in a white sari, Aishwarya was at her courteous best at Sathyam Cinemas Monday evening as she got up to greet veteran directors K. Balachander and Bharathiraaja who play pivotal roles in the film.

Shankar said it was great to have Aishwarya as she hardly attended audio launches. He recalled that the former beauty queen wasn't present for the launch of his "Jeans", one of her first hit films.

"When we explained to her the significance of 'Rettaichuzhi' and the cast of the film, she immediately agreed. It's not just her beauty but her commitment towards her profession, which has made her a great actress," Shankar said.

The audio cassettes and CDs of "Rettaichuzhi" were released by Aishwarya and accepted by noted lyricist Vairamuthu, who once described her as a "Taj Mahal weighing 50 kilograms" in one of his lyrics for the film "Jeans".

Aishwarya said she was proud to be part of the Tamil film fraternity and took many by surprise when she spoke in fluent Tamil and later switched backed to English.

"It's an honour for me to have been present at this place among legends like Balachander and Bharathiraaja and I feel proud about it. I also feel happy that a woman is treated so respectfully at a public function like this," she said.

"I can never forget the Tamil film industry and director Shankar in my life. Shankar's 'Jeans' was my first successful film. The many things I learnt during the making of the film gave me enough self-confidence that I could continue to act for a few more years.

"I feel even more proud to be part of Shankar's 'Endhiran' opposite superstar Rajnikanth...I watched a few songs and some sequences from 'Rettaichuzhi'...I think Karthick Raaja's music and tunes are excellent. I would surely watch the film in future, " Aishwarya added.

Preity Zinta Became Superstitious?

Preity Zinta seems to have turned superstitious. At least that's what it looks like from her attire.

The dimpled beauty was spotted at the domestic airport wearing all black. She also looked a little annoyed to see all of her staff members stuck to their phones.

However, what struck as odd about Preity was that she was wearing a number of precious stones, of every colour, one on each finger. Maybe she's really counting on her rings to push up her luck for the IPL tournament.

Especially because the Delhi Daredevils defeated her team, Kings XI Punjab on Saturday.

Well, whatever her reasons may be, we are certainly surprised by the change.

Sushmita Sen Is An Ultimate Babe For Sexy Amrita Rao

She has completely revamped her looks and broken out of her shy and coy image, but for actress Amrita Rao, her "Main Hoon Na" co-star Sushmita Sen is the ultimate style icon and someone she has grown up in awe of.

"According to me the most stylish person in Bollywood is none other than Sushmita Sen. I have grown up in awe of her since I was in school, " Amrita told here.

"Apart from that, I closely interacted with her during the making of 'Main Hoon Na' where I realised that apart from her outer personality, fashion element and her dressing sense, she has this wonderful inner personality and confidence and for me it is her innate charm that makes her the style icon she is, " Amrita told here.

The actress was in the capital to introduce the names of two designers - Namrata Joshipura and G. Pia Fleming - who will be showcasing an exclusive collection for Fiama Di Wills at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, starting March 24.

The actress sashayed down the ramp, first wearing a black and beige balloon dress designed by Fleming and then a purple short dress by Joshipura.

When asked about her personal style statement, Amrita said: "I like to customize fashion. A lot of times we see things on others and feel that it will look good on us too, but that's not the case always because each one of us has a different structure and different complexion so its very important to customise. Also fashion trends keep changing so its very important to be comfortable in what you wear."

Amrita was last seen in "Short Kut: The Con is On" and is now taking her time before she takes up anything else.

"I am interacting with some filmmakers and am going through some very interesting scripts. For me its important that I do some striking work right now. I have done a variety of roles and I want to go a step further. I want to be careful with what I take up now," she said.

A Bare Girl Making Love On Top Of A Man Will Be Blurred Now

Dibakar Banerjee's much talked-about Sex Love Aur Dokha went before the censor board today. The the controversial love scene showing a bare-backed girl on top of a man making love has been told to be blurred on screen.

In other words, Dibakar's couple will be seen by the audience making love as two blurred figures.

The director already miffed and mired in what he sees as unnecessary controversy refuses to be enraged even if so many recent Hindi films have had graphic love- making scenes. As for the female bare back during a love-making scene the censors liberally allowed that in Rensil d'Silva's Kurbaan lately.

Says Dibakar, “We had submitted a dvd of the film to the censorboard so they'd recommend cuts in advance and avoid dealys. The censor preview recommendation suggests that we blur the sex scene.

We were told this scene was too graphic and needed tempering. There's no way the censors could allow the love-making scene. We've clearly been told that even before the film is submitted for censoring.”

When asked how bare-backed love-making scenes have been allowed passed the censors recently and how the one in Love Sex Aur Dokha has been recommended toning down even before the film is submitted to the censors the director chooses to smile mysteriously.

“Ive been in principle against the film being perceived as a voyeur's delight. Love Sex Aur Dokha is not about sex sex and sex. Those who expect that will turn away disappointed.”

However in another more radical cut all reference to caste in a love story between a low-caste boy and a high-caste girl has been removed by the censorboard. This has infuriated Dibakar.

Says the director, “This completely changes the perspective of my story since now the caste-challenged love story is turned into a poor-boy-rich-girl romance. This not what I intended.”

Also, the song Tu nangi achi lagti hai which was modified on the audio cd to Tu gandi achi lagti hai has now been similarly modified in the film also.

Says Dibakar, “But no complaints. Considering the controversial content my film got away easily with little cuts and an ‘Adults' certificate.”

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