Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Now here’s a chor who robs just about everything — car, TV, music system, crockery, artefacts, furniture, even dry fruits, also a pomeranian. Whatever he can lay his hands on. Dibakar Banerjee’s OYE LUCKY! LUCKY OYE! is, reportedly, straight out of real life. A conman who gave sleepless nights to many a cop in Delhi.
A couple of summers ago, Shaad Ali’s BUNTY AUR BABLI focussed on two thieves, who went on a robbing spree, sporting a different guise every time they played the con game. OYE LUCKY! LUCKY OYE! traces the journey of a teenager who grew up in one of those crowded bylanes of Delhi and slowly and gradually took to the world of crime.
Sorry Bhai!
Director Onir has always defied stereotypes. Recall his first two films — MY BROTHER NIKHIL and BAS EK PAL. With SORRY BHAI!, Onir takes the road less travelled.
‘Come, fall in love… with you brother’s bride’, says the tagline of the film. Agreed, there must’ve been real-life instances of a guy falling in love with his bhabhi-to-be, but as a cinematic experience, a theme like this caters to a niche audience. The traditional ones, even with a modern outlook towards life, might not approve of this story in the first place.
Slumdog Millionaire bags 3 top awards at the British Independent Film Awards
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Danny Boyle’s latest offering Slumdog Millionaire has been making waves in the festival circuit for a while. Now the film, which opened across cinema halls in the US recently, has even managed to woo the American audiences. The film is performing extremely well at the US Box office and is now getting ready for its UK release.
The latest is that Slumdog Millionaire has managed to bag three top awards at the British Independent Film Awards. The film not just bagged the ‘Best Film’ award, but also earned Danny Boyle the ‘Best Director’ award while newcomer Dev Patel walked away with the ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ award.
Stars cancelled shoots in protest against terrorism
There’s a sense of shock and dismay in the film fraternity at what a handful of intruders have done to Mumbai last week. And no one is in the mood to return to work.
Shooting on Saturday was sporadic. Bipasha Basu shot for a song with Ahmed Khan and Leena Bajaj shot with Amitabh Bachchan for Teen Patti. Otherwise all was quiet on the shooting front.
Mira Nair who paid a handsome tribute to the city in Salaam Bombay is unable to talk about it. “I’ve no words at this moment. I pray for equanimity to prevail and that we don’t give in to hysteria.”
How did RGV join the CM during his official visit to the Taj hotel?
‘Armed with a degree in journalism, Purab Shastri truly believes that the media should be the check point for the people of a country, and therefore, it should report news, instead of manufacturing news. Purab’s thinking sets him apart from most youngsters of this country. While everyone is chasing their individual dreams, Purab aggressively wants to work towards a better India. Needless to say, a clash between Purab and the powers-that-be looks inevitable. It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong! Will Purab be one of the many who submit themselves to the media hypocrisy?’
Now you may be wondering whom we are talking about. Purab is Riteish Deshmukh who plays a journalist in Ram Gopal Varma’s biggest film to be released next year titled Rann. Now we all know that wherever RGV goes, controversy follows. That is exactly what happened yesterday in Mumbai and like Purab of Rann, there were many journalists who targeted both Ram Gopal Varma and Riteish Deshmukh on their shocking visit to The Taj Hotel with the Chief Minister of Mumbai Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh.