2009 August | Bollywood.TV Blog

Daddy Cool too cool to be a copy of Death at a Funeral!

This is to clarify reports appearing in certain sections of the press about the upcoming Hindi film "Daddy Cool" being a lift from the English film ‘Death at a Funeral’.

‘Daddy Cool’ comes from the makers of comedy capers like Masti…Dhamaal, the duo Indra Kumar and Ashok Thakeria and (Maruti Pictures) has duly obtained permission from the producers of the English film ("Death At A Funeral") to produce and release the film "Daddy Cool" across world.

Ranbir starts early with video blog promotions of ‘Wake Up Sid’

Dharma Productions in association with Bollywood Hungama, launched an exclusive set of Video Blogs on their forth coming film ‘Wake Up Sid’. The video blogs were unveiled on the website by Karan Johar, Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen and Ayaan Mukherjee, the cast and crew of Wake Up Sid.

Speaking on the occasion, Karan Johar, producer of ‘Wake Up Sid’ said, “Today marketing a film via the internet and mobile has become extremely important, especially if you want to communicate with a young audience. ‘Wake Up Sid’ specifically, is a film that youngsters will identify with. Therefore we want to capitalize on the space where these kids are today; everyone has access to at least a mobile phone or is accessing the internet.”

The day Gauahar’s wishes come true!

Gauahar always makes a wish list for her birthday; it’s almost like a resolution list that people make for New Year’s. Last year too she made a wish list and one of the things on her wish list was that she gets a good film offer to make her debut in.

And guess what? Her wish has been fulfilled this year and she will be making her debut in Yashraj’s “Rocket Singh– Salesman of the year”. She went through the whole grind of auditioning for the movie. She auditioned really hard and finally got selected.

Zeenat Aman ready to steal hearts again with Chura liya!

Remember Zeenat Aman’s super glam look in the song Chura liya from Yaadon Ki Barat? It was a look that she immortalized. So much so that it’s being relived now, and by none other than Zeenie herself! And hey, it’s not just the look but also the strumming of the guitar that is being revisited in the film Dunno Y…. Naa Jaane Kyon directed by Sanjay Sharma, which is her comeback project. Just that in that film she was being pursued and in this one she plays a glam mom. Well, the idea to give her a glam mum look was actor Kapil Sharma’s, who has also written the screenplay for the film. So, Kapil paid a lot of attention to her styling apart from stylist Rehan Shah and photographer Vicky Idnani. That’s not all, Zeenat had to embark on a stringent exercise regime to lose weight for the contemporary and glam role. And, the actress was only apprehensive about it because she has never played the role of a glam mum before.

It’s not just a glam role but Zeenat plays a woman of substance, as she plays the woman who supports her entire family single handedly after her husband in the film estranges her. The movie is also all set to bring back the glory of family drama genre that has been popularized by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Chaterjee. To be shot in Mumbai and Goa, the film will also star another yesteryear glam doll Helen, Rituparna Sengupta, Yuvraj, Hazel, Asha Sachdev and Maradona Rebello. This one is sure going to be family feast!

Ajay proposes mid air!

Trust Ajay Devgan to put in all the efforts for his next production. He has surely taken it to a completely different level, quite literally!

In his forthcoming movie All The Best, Ajay pulls off a stunt for his beloved played by none other than the sultry Bipasha Basu. He proposes to her in a suspended car mid air, eight feet above the ground!

But apparently the particular stunt took a lot of planning and efforts to get it perfect.

Ooh la la la… The Winner takes it all!

Ooh la la la… Do you have music in you– was an opportunity that both excited and challenged the ‘Best of the next’ Tamil and Telugu bands. It beckoned every musician who aimed to make it big and enthrall one and all… And out they came, performed and conquered.

Championed by The Mozart of Madras himself, Oscar winner, A.R.Rahman, Ooh La La La, a nationwide band talent hunt, aimed at bringing out the hidden talent of musicians worldwide and gave them a platform to perform.

BIG Music launches soulful music of Amol Palekar’s Samaantar

In today’s world of remix culture, the pure essence of soulful music, non-synthetic sound has been lost in oblivion. BIG Music is bringing back the eternal melodies, magical compositions seamlessly weaved in filmmaker Amol Palekar’s latest creation ‘SAMAANTAR’, a BIG Pictures production that is all set to release on September 4, 2009. The music for this Marathi magnum opus starring AMOL PALEKAR and SHARMILA TAGORE was released amid much fanfare at Cinemax Versova on Wednesday, August 12, 2009.

Present at the music launch of Samaantar was the film’s entire star cast and crew– Amol Palekar, Samir Dharmadhikari, Aishwarya Narkar, Radhika Apte, Sandip Mehta, Rishi Deshpande, Makarand Deshpande, Vandana Gupte, story, screenplay and dialogue writer Sandhya Gokhale, lyricist Kishore Kada aka Saumitra, music director Anand Modak. The film is about two parallel lives crossing each other in the twilight of life.

ishQ Bector makes Hollywood laugh!

ishQ Bector, the Aye Hip-Hopper cutie from our very own Bollywood tickled the audience funny bone in a 3 day IFC (Independent Film Channel) special series called ‘Bollywood Hero’. The series was well received by the critics and the fans alike. ishQ shared screen space with Hollywood funny man Chris Kattan and Neha Dhupia. ishQ’s character of a gay Bollywood choreographer was a hit and the fan mails haven’t stopped coming in since then!

The series was shot in Mumbai and was aired on 6th-8th August. “The shoot was really crazy”, says ishQ fondly. “I was initially not very sure about playing a gay dude, but the produces loved me in the screen test. I acted like a full on flamer! And I hit along with the team quite well after that!” he adds.  

Akriti Kakar goes Patriotic!

Young singer Akriti Kakar is exuberant! Well, she’s got a pretty good reason to be and that naturally gets her tickled pink! Akriti recently finished recording the revamped version of ‘Meri Desh Ki Dharti’ along with Daler Mehndi, for the upcoming film Kisaan. The original being sung by Manoj Kumar in the film ‘Upkaar’, was a big hit and almost became as famous as our National Anthem!

When we got in touch with the talented singer, she shared, “As a child when I was a part of Kalyan ji Anand ji’s little wonder troupe, we use to sing this one song in all our trips abroad, as well as India and I also remember meeting lyricist Gulshan Bawra, then. Today when I met the duo, I was so nostalgic. At the same time, I feel privileged to have lent my voice to such a historic score.”

‘3 Cities’ of Bombay Dub Orchestra mix Indian instruments with electronic!

Welcome, to a world of cinematic lushness, orchestral delights, global voices, rhythms, vintage synthesizers and electronic bleeps. This is Bombay Dub Orchestra– the remarkable debut album “3 Cities” from the U.K.-based duo of Garry Hughes and Andrew T. Mackay. This debut album “3 Cities” is launched by one of the largest music archive in India- Saregama.

Bombay Dub Orchestra is music that will stroke the senses and enamor the soul, with its uniquely brilliant crossover of orchestral arrangements, modern, lush beats and synthesizers and a heavy slant to the music of India. The name "Bombay Dub Orchestra" conjures up visions of the garish pop of Bollywood’s song-and-dance numbers, or the reverb-drenched, proto-psychedelic sounds of Jamaican dub, this music creates and sustains a very different mood.

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