Hrithik Roshan,
considered one of the best dancers in Bollywood is seen doing some high
octane dance moves in his next 'Bang Bang' and his co-star Katrina Kaif says she had to try hard to match up to the actor.
The
31-year-old actress is playing the female lead in the action thriller,
which is the official remake of the Hollywood film 'Knight and Day'
starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.
"Dancing with Hrithik was
the biggest challenge. His flexibility is incredible. It is at a
different level altogether. You have to be really good to match up to
his energy. He has natural energy when he dances. It comes to him so
effortlessly," Katrina said during the launch of the title track of the
film here last night.
When asked who was the better dancer in the
song among the two, the 'Dhoom 3' actress said till the time of the
rehearsals she was doing fine, but Hrithik just blew everyone away
during the final shoot. Katrina Kaif says she had to try hard to match up to the actor. "I
was ok during rehearsals because Hrithik was not dancing! Finally when
we danced on the sets, we all know who danced better," said the actress,
adding the title song 'Bang Bang' is one of her favourite tracks.
'Bang
Bang' has been directed by Siddharth Raj Anand, who has previously
helmed 'Salaam Namaste', 'Ta Ra Rum Pum', 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' and
'Anjaana Anjaani'.
Siddharth is returning behind the lens after a
gap of four years and the director says 'Bang Bang' is a very important
project for him as he has invested a lot in the movie.
"It has
been a journey of blood, sweat and tears for me and a very difficult
one. I am very emotional right now and might cry because this is the
first time I am talking about all of it. But I am feeling happy now," he
said.
Hrithik is all praise for the director and said he is happy
that he chose to do this film, which he considers one of his best
movies till date.
"Normally I want to know every aspect in a film
before saying yes. But this time I didn't. This is the first film in my
life which surprised me. This film truly belongs to one man - Sid.
Everything he has done in this film is simply amazing.
"'Bang Bang' is one of my best films. I just saw the final rushes of the film and am very happy," Hrithik said.
The film also stars Danny Denzongpa, Jaaved Jaffrey and will hit theatres on October 2.
Even though Haider and Bang Bang are releasing the same day on October 2, Shahid Kapoor
who stars in the former isn't breaking out in to a sweat. Quite the
opposite: he feels confident the film will do well, according to a
daily.
As far is Bang Bang is concerned, Shahid hopes the film does well. Shahid feels Haider and Bang Bang are very different, so there's no possibility of a clash.
The
actor added that the two films are very different and have separate
things to offer the audience so there's no possibility of a clash, reads
the report.
Reportedly, Shahid also pointed out that the five-day
weekend will be able to handle two big banners better as opposed to a
three-day weekend where one movie inadvertently suffers.
After Ranbir Kapoor's look
in Roy was revealed only some time back, it's now Jacqueline
Fernandez's look in the film that has everyone talking. In this picture,
the actress looks pretty chic and stylish in unkempt, blow-dried hair
and white cotton dress. Jacqueline Fernandez's look in Roy is something like this. Photo: Twitter. According
to a leading daily, Jacqueline plays a double role in the film, of
which one falls in love with Ranbir, a writer-director; while the other
character, a filmmaker falls in love with Arjun Rampal. And here's how she achieved it. Photo: Twitter.
The
report adds that Jacqueline was almost replaced in the film due to date
issues (she was then working in Kick) but Ranbir vouched for her and
secured her spot. The film is reportedly being shot in Langkawi
presently.
The action-thriller is being directed by debutante Vikramjit Singh and
produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Divya Khosla Kumar. It is
said to release next February.
According to NDTV, Schwarzenegger said: "I want do your next movie. I came all the way from Hollywood for a job interview here.
"I want to do your next movie, OK? Maybe King Conan? How about that?"
The
star-studded launch event was attended by Shankar, South Indian actor
Vikram and Rajinikanth, who was seen applauding Schwarzenegger as he
made his announcement.
Vikram, who performed at the event said to
the Hollywood star: "Sir, it is such an honour to have you here. You
won't believe the legion of fans you have all over India, who are crazy
about you."
In the film, Vikram plays a character called Mr Tamil
Nadu, inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger's days as a bodybuilder and Mr
Universe.
Releasing this Diwali, I also stars British actors Amy Jackson and Upen Patel, with the soundtrack composed by A R Rahman.
Schwarzenegger is to take part in a one-off Q&A in London later this year, where he will be discussing his career with Jonathan Ross.
The In Conversation event takes place at the Lancaster London Hotel on Saturday, November 15.
Well, now you have a chance thanks to a Leeds girl who
has become one of the top casting agents for the world’s biggest and
most prolific film industry.
Naila Mughal, who grew up in north
Leeds and went to Allerton Grange school before moving to India’s
Tinseltown, is on the lookout for extras for a new film being shot in
the UK.
Filming for Welcome to Karachi will take place in Bradford between September 23 and October 2, as well as in London and Wales.
Naila
said: “We are shooting for Welcome to Karachi in Bradford and giving an
opportunity for locals to be part of the film as extras.
“We need extras of all ages to be part of the film.
“We have Bollywood stars like Arshad Warsi and Jacky Bhagnani in the film and it is produced by Vashu Bhagnani.
“This a great opportunity for locals to get involved and gain experience on the film set.”
It’s
not the first time Naila –who has top Bollywood stars like Shahrukh
Khan and Ajay Devgan on speed dial – has returned to her home county to
look for talent.
Her love affair with working in Bollywood started
at a young age, when she met her acting hero – and 80s superstar –
Mithun Chakrobarty.
To apply to take part, or for more
information, email naila-casting@hotmail.co.uk. Put ‘Bradford’ in the
subject box or sub-heading.
You can also call Malkit on 07931 019860 or visit: www.nailamughalartistes.com
Welcome to Karachi, with a plot focusing on global politics, is expected to be released in 2015.
Actor Aamir Khan
has always advocated the need to respect women. What got the actor to
bring this point up again was the recent debacle involving Deepika Padukone and a leading newspaper.
Like most of Bollywood, the actor too, lauded Deepika stance on the whole issue. Aamir Khan
In
a recent interview, too, to a leading daily, the actor said that the
portrayal of actresses as an 'item' in Hindi films needed to change.
Calling it an 'irresponsible' act on the behalf of filmmakers, the actor
said that he, too, is responsible.
The actor will soon be seen in his upcoming film PK, and in the latest season of his television show Satyamev Jayate.
NEW
DELHI — The actor Salman Khan is often referred to as Bollywood’s “bad
boy.” The 48-year-old movie star has appeared in 76 films over his
25-year career. In his movies, Mr. Khan plays physically powerful,
self-confident men with old-fashioned values — patriotic, religious, and
decorous toward women.
He has also attained notoriety for less chivalrous traits. In 2002, a former girlfriend, the actress Aishwarya Rai, accused him in a public statement
of physically and mentally abusing her, though she did not pursue legal
action. The same year, Mr. Khan was charged with allegedly running his
Land Rover, while drunk, over a group of people sleeping on a pavement
in Mumbai, killing one and injuring four. The trial is ongoing.
Over
the years, Mr. Khan has become not just a popular star — and one of the
highest paid Hindi actors — but also a contentious model for Indian
manhood. Mr. Khan’s effect on Indian men is now the subject of “Being Bhaijaan,” a new documentary by the directors Shabani Hassanwalia and Samreen Farooqui.
Photo
Mr. Khan in Ahmedabad, India, in January while on a tour to promote his movie “Jai Ho.”Credit
Ajit Solanki/Associated Press
The
film follows a group of young men in a small town who are modeling
themselves on Mr. Khan’s tough movie persona. The film opened at the
2014 edition of Open Frame, an
annual festival for documentaries, in New Delhi this month to an
enthusiastic reception. The men in “Being Bhaijaan” “reveal a yearning
for the personal freedom and single status that distinguishes Khan from
his peers,” wrote the film critic Nandini Ramnath in the Indian newspaper Mint. An article
in the Hindustan Times stated that “Being Bhaijaan” tries “to
understand what echo blockbuster-manufactured machismo has on the Indian
male already struggling with his identity in a globalised world.” The
directors are currently working toward a theatrical release of the film.
“Salman
Khan’s fans are mainly in small towns; his appeal is strongest for the
men who feel left behind in India’s race toward progress and
development,” said Ms. Hassanwalia in an interview at a coffee shop
here. To be like Mr. Khan was a way for these men, Ms. Hassanwalia said,
to deal with a compulsion toward material success — to “prove
themselves.”
Ms.
Hassanwalia and Ms. Farooqui wanted to make a film exploring how ideas
of masculinity in India were tied to Salman Khan fandom. In 2013, after
receiving a grant from the state-supported Public Service Broadcasting Trust, they started to look for diehard fans of Mr. Khan.
“Salman
Khan is old-fashioned. I am like him,” says Shan Ghosh, a 32-year-old
from Chhindwara, a small town in Madhya Pradesh, and the protagonist of
“Being Bhaijaan,” early on in the film. The filmmakers found Mr. Ghosh
on Facebook, while going through the “Jai Salman” (Hail Salman) group, a
collection of 40 women and men in Nagpur, the biggest city near
Chhindwara, that follow the actor (the group has since left Facebook for
WhatsApp).
Mr.
Ghosh has become their deserving leader. He works hard to approximate
Mr. Khan’s appearance, from the shape of his torso to the cut of his
jacket. He reveals it takes endless hours at the gym to achieve the same
exact cut in his upper arm as Mr. Khan, and that he sleeps only four
hours a night to make his eyes appear as droopy as the actor’s. He also
says he abstains from sex and won’t marry until Mr. Khan does. Looking
like Mr. Khan has its rewards: Mr. Ghosh earns his living by performing
to songs from Mr. Khan’s movies at local events. Following Mr. Khan’s
pre-performance ritual, Mr. Ghosh stops eating solids four days before a
show and cuts out salt two days in advance. He has other ways to make
money, he said, like investing in real estate and dabbling in jewelry
design. “Warren Buffett said that one must have five sources of income,
so that there are always back-ups,” he explains. It was because of his
ingenuity, Mr. Ghosh adds, that he was moving from “middle class to
upper class.”
If
he didn’t look like Mr. Khan, he reflects in another sequence in the
film, he would have ended up like any other man in Chhindwara, “with a
paunch, a small business, an ordinary life.”
The
film’s narrative centers on the forthcoming wedding of Mr. Ghosh’s
younger brother, a 28-year-old engineer with a nice salary package who
appears to be clearly more prized by the family. The filmmakers follow
Mr. Ghosh over a week as he prepares to give his brother “the best gift”
on the day of the wedding: a stage performance to Mr. Khan’s songs.
Over the course of the week, Mr. Ghosh talks to the camera, with
occasional urging from the filmmakers, about everything: friends, girls,
career, family, dreams, fears, and how Mr. Khan has shaped the way he
looks at the world.
The
film also follows two other members of the “Jai Salman” group in
Nagpur: Balram Gehani, a 25-year-old textile salesman, and Bhaskar
Hedaoo, an 18-year-old training to be a mechanic. There are sequences
that show the bonding between Mr. Ghosh and Mr. Gehani, the men vrooming
through the streets of Nagpur on their macho motorbikes, swinging
Mr.Khan-inspired metal-chain bracelets. None of the men address Mr.
Khan’s alleged criminal behavior in the film.
Ms.
Hassanwalia and Ms. Farooqui wanted to make the movie in part to
explore the attraction of Mr. Khan for these young people. “The youth
unemployment rate is the highest it’s ever been; it’s easier for
hopeless men to seek solace in Salman Khan, whose image, so often in a
police uniform, is that of a protector,” Ms. Hassanwalia explained.
In
a sequence from “Being Bhaijaan” that captures the mood in many
small-town cinemas in northern India on the first day of a Salman Khan
movie, an all-male crowd goes berserk when their hero struts onto the
screen, ripping their own clothes off while they hoot and dance in
complete abandon.
Mr.
Khan hasn’t reacted to the documentary yet. The filmmakers said they
tried to reach him repeatedly for an appearance in the film, but never
heard back from his team. In an interview
in 2010 with the film critic Mayank Shekhar, however, Mr. Khan said he
was aware of the degree to which he influenced small town men. “They
somewhere see themselves in me,” he said. “There are people who want to
be stars.”
Katrina Kaif says she had to try hard to match up to the actor.
