Aamir Khan to begin shoot for Dhoom: 3 soon

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who has been busy with his TV show Satyamev Jayate, will soon begin shooting for Dhoom 3 by the end of this month.

According to a report in Times Of India, Aamir will shoot his scenes in Chicago, because the producers want to keep his look a secret. Aamir is already training with Jackie Shroff's son Tiger to get that perfect look for his villainous role in the movie. (Read: Aamir Khan training with Jackie Shroff's son for Dhoom:3)

Uday Chopra, who was also in Dhoom and Dhoom 2 has already begun shooting and tweeted: "Today (Friday) Dhoom 3 officially begins with a pooja at YRF (Yash Raj Films)... for me, it begins with a killer leg workout. Guess that's my pooja."

Jackie Shroff, who is working with Aamir Khan 17 years after they appeared together in Rangeela, has also begun shooting for the much-awaited film. Read: 17 years after Rangeela, Jackie Shroff and Aamir in Dhoom:3

Produced by Aditya Chopra, the film is written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, who had also scripted the last two films.

The film also stars Katrina Kaif and usual suspects Abhishek Bachchan and Uday.



APABAD

Our Nepali Cinema is definitely at a stage of transition. 2012 will undoubtedly be the year of diverse cinema; be it love, family, drama and action, all of the genres are covered. Here is 'APABAD', another film to watch out for which will soon be hitting theatres near you from the 20th of April. The movie which has been directed by Subash Koirala stars two young actors who have been successful in creating a name for themselves in a short amount of time, Raj Ballav Koirala and Nisha Adhikari. Enough of the blabber, below is a short synopsis, a note from the director and few exclusive stills from APABAD.

My take, APABAD looks unlike the films that we are seeing currently in Nepali cinema. The stills and visual look feeds off a feeling that this is a film that will test the audience to think... to use our brains... whether that will be the case of the final product, I don't know. I predict this is a movie that will take the audience on a ride through the journey played out by Raj Ballav Koirala. His rough look has got many talking, maybe we'll see some award worthy performance. Let's wait till the 20th April.

Ferrari Ki Sawaari Movie Review

Comedy, the underdog, cricket and Raju Hirani – these are the things we absolutely love in Bollywood movies. And when we get them together in a single film, well it’s definitely a treat for us. Ferrari ki Sawaari is Rajesh Mapuskar’s  sweet take on the middle class and their dreams.

Kayo (Ritvik Sahore) is a talented kid who wants to be the next Sachin Tendulkar. His father Rustom (Sharmam Joshi), an RTO clerk, is a doting father who strongly believes that children learn what they see and hence always remain honest and follows the law. That’s until a training camp at Lords for the top players is announced. Sure that Kayo will be selected on the basis of his merit, Rustom doesn’t want his son to be deprived of this opportunity just because of his inability to pay the fees. A chance encounter with a wedding planner who must get a Ferrari for a corporator’s son’s wedding makes him choose between his principles and his child’s dream.

Rajesh Mapuskar’s Ferrari ki Sawaari has a very Hirani feel to it. Although Rajkumar Hirani has just written the dialogues – which are very simple and witty like they usually are – you feel a Munnabhai hangover to it. Even then, Mapuskar and Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s screenplay is full of sweet heartwarming moments filled with clean humor. And yes, sentiments and emotions. The story does get a little manipulative with the audience’s emotions, particularly in the second half which is why latter part of the movie gets a bit difficult to digest. It’s the characters though that are the life of this movie. Ritvik Sahore as Kayo is a very promising lad who portrays a very believable character of a son idolizing his father. Very few Bollywood movies actually provide child characters which are not too sweet or over-smart or plain irritating. Sharman, who has his first solo in the movie, plays a very simple guy caught between his son’s dreams and his father’s frustrations. Sharman’s character has a smile on his face throughout the movie, showcasing that no matter what, Rustom always believes that there’s a solution to every problem. Although his character graph is very inconsistent, and a bit unbelievable, he still makes for a very sweet lead. But the best no doubt is Boman Irani as Deboo who absolutely shines in his performance. Many might argue that being a Parsi himself, the character came naturally to him but the way he portrays the nuances of his character you connect with him and feel his anger and frustration. The scene where he meets his friend after 35 years is just brilliant.

The side cast is impressive too. There are a host of Marathi actors who play quite a few characters in the movie like the corporator and his family or Sachin’s help (Aakash Dabhade) and the watchman (Deepak Shirke) who provide the fun moments in the movie through their respective tracks. Satyadeep Mishra as Kayo’s coach and Seema Bhargav as the loud Punjabi wedding planner are good too. Paresh Rawal is amazing his in cameo as Dilip Dharmadhikari, Deboo’s old friend.
Ferrari ki Sawaari assures an entertaining ride throughout although it is more bumpy than it should have been. Nevertheless, such clean, heart tugging movies are fewer to come by which is why I would ask you to not miss it. I am sure the kids will love this Sawaari!

Aamir hopes 'Ferrari Ki Sawaari' beats '3 Idiots' success

Mumbai, June 15 (IANS) Sharman Joshi and Boman Irani starrer 'Ferrari Ki Sawari' hits the theatres Friday and Aamir Khan hopes that the film does so well at the box office that it beats the success of their movie "3 Idiots".
"I am here to wish the entire team. I am sure they have made a good film and Sharman is a nice actor and our wishes are with them. We want everyone who watched '3 Idiots' to watch 'Ferrari Ki Sawaari' also. We wish that this film goes far beyond '3 Idiots'," the 47-year-old said here Thursday at the premiere of the film.

'Ferrari Ki Sawaari' is Rajesh Mapuskar's directorial debut and has been produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
Rajkumar Hirani, who has edited the film, stated that the intention was to make a film for under Rs.100 crore.
"The film has not been made with the intention of crossing the Rs.100 crore mark. If that had been our intention, we would have been making at least one film a year. I take three years to make a film. If money was the intention, then every year we would have been making two films," said Hirani.
"Ferrari Ki Sawaari" tells the story of a father who will go to any length to fulfil his son's dream of becoming a cricketer.

Shah Rukh Khan finds it difficult to shoot in public

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is having a tough time shooting in London for Yash Chopra's film with Anushka Sharma. Since most of the scenes are being canned on the streets, crowd control is a cause of major concern.

In fact several fans have been following SRK's every move from the hotel where he is staying.

Due to the crowd, shooting is posing to be tough for the cameramen and the sound engineers.

Though adequate security measures are being taken to keep the crowd at bay, it is often resulting in stopping of the shoots.
As a result shooting of the film is taking place at a very slow pace, but nothing can be done as it is the demand of the script to shoot on the roads.

'Shanghai' gets mixed response at box office

 New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Dibakar Banerjee's "Shanghai" has opened to critical acclaim and mixed response at the box office. Trade pundits predict that the political drama will collect Rs.16 crore in the first three days of its release.

Made on a budget of Rs.19 crore, including marketing and promotion, "Shanghai", according to Banerjee, broke even before its release through the sale of its satellite and music rights.

The director also said that he had to recover only Rs.4.75 crore from theatrical release to be profitable, but with Rs.16 crore earnings, it is already a profitable venture.

Distributed by PVR Pictures, the film has been released with 1,200 prints and after witnessing a slow start on the first day, it picked up on the weekend.

"Friday was a little slow for 'Shanghai', but the movie picked up on Saturday and Sunday. We are expecting better response in the week ahead. Due to its serious nature, its more of a multiplex kind of film," Anant Verma, director and business head, DT Cinemas told IANS.

Rajesh Thadani, Multimedia Combines, Mumbai told IANS that the film had 15 to 20 per cent occupancy Friday. "Saturday was still better but not the way we expected. There was not a major pick up on Sunday either," he added.

Described as a slice of today's India, "Shanghai", which released Friday, boasts of a host of talented actors - from Bengali superstar Prosenjit to Bollywood actors Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi and Kalki Koechlin.

"Multiplexes have got a good response but single screen does not have much bookings. Theatres in South Delhi and Gurgaon have got good footfall. Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh got an opening of Rs.1.20 crore," Delhi based distributor Joginder Mahajan told IANS.

Vinay Choksey of VIP Exhibitors, Mumbai, supports Mahajan and said: "I opened with 20 to 25 percent occupancy Firday. Today also there has been an okay response."

The film is getting a tough fight from Akshay Kumar's "Rowdy Rathore" as the audiences preferring it over serious "Shanghai".

"It's vacation time, families are coming together for 'Rowdy Rathore", they don't want to watch a serious film like 'Shanghai'," said Mahajan.

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Sholay -- immortalised in 3D

Not too long ago, I read an inspiring compilation '16 Brilliant Movie Quotes from 16 Great Directors' on a blog.  

Although every single declaration for cinema there is nothing short of a Lothario expressing crushing love for his beloved, this one quotation by Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky resonated last Saturday afternoon when I attended a session of Cinema 100, a 3-day event to commemorate India cinema centenary at Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods International.

Tarkovsky says, 'Unlike all the other art forms, film is able to seize and render the passage of time, to stop it, almost to possess it in infinity. I'd say that film is the sculpting of time.'

I cannot explain the sense of awe and admiration I experience strolling through this 'sculpting' in a lingering corridor of posters, prints, facts and legends revealing carefully collected motifs of Hindi cinema's history.

Image: A scene from Sholay

Saif-Kareena's Weeding Fixed

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, B-town's hottest couple all set to tie the knot on October 16th 2012. The power-couple who have been dating for the last 6 years have often dismissed media speculations on their wedding. But the D-day for what's set to be Bollywood biggest wedding was confirmed by Saif's mother Sharmila to a news paper daily, "Yes, that's the date we have decided upon. There will be a reception, too, but not a very big one.