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His latest film Jail has seen critical acclaim coming it’s way and is now entering it’s second week today. However, Madhur Bhandarkar is far from resting. In the ongoing 33rd Cairo International Film Festival in Egypt, his films have been invited under the section ‘Tribute to Indian Cinema’. This event would showcase retrospective of 5 films from the National Award winner filmmaker.

The films are Chandni Bar, Page3, Corporate, Traffic Signal and Fashion.

“Yes, it’s a big honour as very recently I had also travelled to Moscow International Film Festival for a similar retrospective. I would be leaving Mumbai on 16th November for Cairo”, confirmed Bhandarkar.

Some of the other prominent actors who are already attending the event are Salma Hayek, Lucy Liu, Samuel L. Jackson and Tom Berenger.

Meanwhile, all is not well on the personal front of Madhur Bhandarkar. Ghosts of the past are back to haunt him again as the years old case where an aspiring starlet had accused Madhur Bhandarkar of rape is back in limelight.

“I really don’t wish to comment on it since the matter is sub judice”, says Madhur Bhandarkar.

On being prodded further, all he was willing to say was, “It is a sensitive issue and let the law take its own course. People should just realise though that I have a mother, wife and a daughter at home, hence this case shouldn’t take the shape of trial by media. That’s my humble request to entire print and electronic media.”

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Dharma Productions in association with Hungama Digital Media, South Asia’s largest digital entertainment company, today

announced the launch of a Digital Promotion for their upcoming film Kurbaan. This is the first time where Dharma

Productions has launched an Online Game for the digital promotion of a film. The game is also available for users on their

mobile device. The campaign also includes the launch of a Social Networking Application (SNS) for users on Facebook and

Orkut. Kurbaan is being produced by Dharma Productions and UTV Motion Pictures and stars Saif Ali Khan, Kareena

Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Dia Mirza, Kirron Kher & Om Puri.

The Digital Promotions of Kurbaan give the audiences a sneak preview into the secret mission lead by Saif’s character

in the movie. Commenting on the initiatives, Neeraj Roy, MD & CEO, Hungama Digital Media said, “The theme of Kurbaan

is a perfect setting for an interactive digital campaign. These campaigns give the audience a chance to experience the

thrilling aspects of a movie before it hits the silver screen. At Hungama, we use our expertise on the digital media to

create concepts which will allow viewers to sample and consume content.”

Karan Johar, producer of Kurbaan also expressed his views, “Today, ‘digital’ has become a medium to connect worldwide

audiences with the stars and movie concepts. With the digital campaign for Kurbaan, we want to establish connect with

the audience and get them involved with the movie even before it releases. Through our association with Hungama we will be at

every digital touch point for the consumer over mobile and internet.”

The PC and Mobile Game developed for Kurbaan revolves around the secret mission which invites the audience to join

Saif Ali Khan’s squad. The game would require you to get on to the internet on your PC or mobile, hop on to the virtual car,

pick up the hints and point out the next location to finish the game. The winner will be rewarded with exclusive wallpapers

and ringtones.

Elaborating on Saif’s character, Rensil D’Silva, director of Kurbaan said, “Saif’s character in Kurbaan is not

just black or white, it has several shades. After playing a romantic-softie, audiences will enjoy the macho-action oriented

role that he essays in Kurbaan. The game and application ‘New York Rush’ will give the audiences a chance to catch-up on one

the most important situations of the movie.”

The Social Networking Application, ‘New York Rush’ is built around an integral portion of the film, where Saif’s character is

in the process of recruiting talented drivers for his squad. Users will have a chance to play a rookie driver attempting to

race against time and diffuse bombs across the city of New York. Successful completion of the mission will ensure the winner

a place on Saif’s squad who’s mission is to avert a major calamity.

Stars of the movie Kurbaan, Saif Ali Khan & Kareena Kapoor were also present at the press conference. “Hungama has

created an exciting concept which gives my character in Kurbaan an opportunity to interact with the audience. I’m

thrilled to know that I’ll have my very own squad which will help me in my secret mission,” expressed Saif who is also an

important character of the social networking application. Commenting on the digital promotions of the film, actor Kareena

Kapoor said, “Due to our hectic schedules we barely get to watch movie trailers and music videos. But thanks to the mobile

and the internet, we can keep ourselves updated on everything related to Bollywood. I’m glad that Hungama has created this

really exciting game and application for Kurbaan which will give the audiences something to look forward to before the

film releases on November 20.”

The mobile game will be available for users across telecom operators in India, the PC game is available on Gaming Hungama.com

and users can enjoy the SNS application on popular sites such as Facebook & Orkut.

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A Paa music event planned for Children’s Day in Mumbai with Vidya Balan, Abhishek Bachchan, director Balki and composer Ilaiyaaraja, has been cancelled, thanks to the work-obsessed composer who says he cannot tear himself away from his current work in Chennai to attend the function
Confirming this development Balki says, “We had planned a formal music launch on Children’s Day in Mumbai. But Raja Sir is busy doing the background score for Paa. In fact, I’m with him right now. He says there’s no way he would break his creative process to attend the function. We all respect his wishes. We’ve cancelled the formal music release.”

Now the music soundtrack of Paa simply hits outlets from tomorrow without a formal release.

For Children’s Day, Balki will release a number of messages from the Big B in the voice of the child Auro for kids all over the world.

Interestingly, Mr. Bachchan won’t appear in person for any of the promotional activities of Paa.

Informs Balki, “We’ll only be hearing him talk about the film in the voice of Auro in all the campaigns. He won’t be seen in person anywhere.”

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Closer on the heels of the Wake Up Sid - MNS row over the ‘Bombay-Mumbai’ do, comes yet another controversy. This time, it’s over the backless posters of Kareena Kapoor, from the forthcoming flick Kurbaan, which stars her beau Saif Ali Khan. This issue paved the way to more than 100 Shiv Sainiks as they came out on the streets and tore apart the posters of the said film, in the areas of Juhu, Marol and other parts of Andheri.

Speaking to Bollywood Hungama, Sena activist Jitendra Janawale from Juhu said that “The scene in question is totally against Maharashtra’s Hindu culture. No sooner the posters were put up all over the city, we got lots of complaints from people, esp. from the concerned parents of school children, stating that the said posters were in bad taste. We have anyways issued a strong warning to the filmmakers through the media. We want all the backless posters that have been put all over the city to be removed as soon as possible. Failing which, we shall protest against the film when it releases.”

Kurbaan stars Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Vivek Oberoi and is directed by debutant director Rensil D’Silva. The film releases next week.

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Since a the last few days, the legendary actor Om Puri was in the news, courtesy, the explosive revelations about his past, which has now taken the shape of a book (the biographical ‘Unlikely Hero: The Story Of Om Puri’), and that was penned by none other than his own wife Nandita Puri. Om Puri was so visibly upset with the revelations, that he spared no word to blast Nandita through a couple of leading tabloids.

The controversy started when his wife Nandita, who has written biography on Om Puri’s life, revealed his private moments and sexual encounters of the past in her book. Details like Om had sex with his maid Shanti at the age of 14 and that he had a longstanding liaison with a woman named Laxmi with whom Om was sexually and emotionally involved, were given out to media which fumed Om. In vengeance, he blasted off his wife in media for her decision to reveal these details. He said that his wife had reduced a very important and sacred part of his life to cheap and lurid gossip and that he had shared these dark secrets with her as all husbands do. If she chose to make them public at least she should’ve made sure to maintain a dignity about those experiences as they are a valuable part of his life and should’ve considered the standing he has in the society. The actor added that there was so much more to his life than this; hence why highlight those experiences of his life.

Now that the dust has settled down, Om Puri seems to be heavily regretting his decision to have spoken out so bitterly against his wife and her book. He said that he was very angry then, but now he deeply regretted his impulsive reaction as it has hurt his wife and his son Ishaan to no end.

Nevertheless, the actor is livid with the book’s publishers and says that actually they are to be blamed for sending out such sensitive aspects about his sexual encounters to the media. Om says his anger should have been projected at the publishers for trying to pre-sell his wife’s book by leaking out only the sexual episodes.

The irony of the situation was that the ‘blasting episode’ took place on Nandita’s birthday, a pain that Om is likely to carry throughout his life!

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Mallika Sherawat is surely making her presence felt in the Wild Wild West (in case you are still wondering we are referring to Hollywood darling). The actress, who is more often seen in Beverly Hills than Bandra these days, is hobnobbing with the biggest names of Hollywood.

Recently, Mallika was seen bonding with Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp. The duo met at legendary crooner Tom Waits’ daughter Kellisimone’s art opening in Santa Monica where Mallika was a special guest. Obviously Madame Sherawat was on top of the moon on meeting one of the world’s sexiest men. She said, “It was a great pleasure meeting one of America’s greatest actors. He’s even better looking in person and to top it all, he told me that he is really looking forward to watching the Hissss trailer. I’m sure it’ll give him sleepless nights!”

Decked up in a stylish designer black gown, Mallika particularly enjoyed the artwork of Miss Waits whose current political theme highlighted world politicians in compromising positions. Mallika’s new American film project, a romantic comedy set in the world of American politics, entitled Love, Barack has also been generating a lot of buzz.

Also seen with Miss Sherawat at the art opening was Hollywood studio director Jesse Dylan who is developing another new mainstream commercial American film for the Indian star.

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In his 6 years long career so far, Emraan Hashmi is yet to be seen in a conventional Bollywood cinema where the leading man is all correct and proper with a clean heart and no grey shades. Revelling in the kind of roles that he has picked for himself, Emraan has broken quite a few stereotypes and created his own place under the sun. He may still be awaiting his 50 crore hit, something which is pretty much a benchmark for any leading man to break into the top bracket today. However, Emraan is content that he is at least trying not to follow any conventional or tried and tested trends and is giving something new to the audience in each of his films. Emraan gets into a conversation with Joginder Tuteja and explains what makes his films different.

A Bollywood disaster movie - another first for you Emraan?
It’s a misconception that Tum Mile belongs to disaster movie genre. No, it is not. The Mumbai floods disaster is an integral part of the film’s plot, yes. But that doesn’t necessarily make the entire movie revolve around this single thread. There is so much more to Tum Mile. In fact the way I look at the film, it is mainly a love story with a disaster just acting as a catalyst to bring the two characters together. However, never once during the entire sequence of events would you miss the love between these two characters.

It is mainly a love story with a disaster just acting as a catalyst to bring the two characters together

From the promos though it appears that it is quite a turbulent relationship between the characters played by you and Soha. Moreover, one can sense that it’s not a sweet, simple and soft romantic hero that we would see in Tum Mile.
Well, if you are looking at a Raj and Rahul cinema here then Tum Mile is obviously not the one. The character I play is also much more real than a Raj or a Rahul that we have been exposed to. Instead of living in palatial mansions, this guy could be someone who lives next door. Tum Mile shows the times and tribulations in his life.

Can you elaborate further?
This guy is someone who is very real, very today. He is someone who has been quite ambitious in his life but has lost his way. He is still trying to find himself and still groping with the break in relationship with his girl (Soha Ali Khan) with whom he was so much in love at one point of time. Having said that, my chemistry with Soha shows in the film. The character that I play is my most romantic ever.

The character that I play is my most romantic ever

Seems like it must have been a cakewalk for you?
On the contrary it was quite a tiring experience, both physically and mentally. This was mainly because of the flood situation that had to be recreated. It was a difficult film to be made and hats off to Kunal (Deshmukh) for making it happen. During shooting, everyone from cast and crew used to stand in waist deep water for hours at stretch to give that perfect shot. When I saw the film, I was like ‘Wow man, how did we actually accomplish it all?!’ Credit must also go to the special effects guys who have done a brilliant job for the entire recreation.

Kunal says that the unfolding of proceedings is kept quite real…
That’s right. Every romance comes with a share of problems and the one here isn’t any different. One has to live up to the challenges. It’s situations like these that make this guy real and also makes the viewer out there feel that something like this could happen to him as well.

Pairing of Soha along with you has also raised quite a few eyebrows. It’s quite unconventional after all?
Well, if people feel so then it means that we have succeeded in our endeavour (smiles). Yes, we are shown as complete opposites on screen and for that to happen, we wanted to have the right actors. Everyone felt that Soha fitted in the bill while knowing pretty well throughout that I and her coming together would be quite unconventional. Also, the way it has turned out on screen, I am sure it is this very unpredictability around the pairing that would work in the film’s favour.

I am sure it is this very unpredictability around the pairing that would work in the film’s favour

But can one take grey shades away from Emraan?
It’s a welcome change to have absolutely no grey shades in my character this time around (laughs). In the past, I have played quite a lot of grey roles that have been liked by the audience. However, this one is completely white. Kunal told me that Tum Mile would take me to a next level. He had quite a few pointers to validate his claim. If not for him, I would have continued playing the kind of roles I have been successful in. Today when I look at the film in retrospect, I see where he was coming from. Working in Tum Mile has broadened my approach.

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Aao Wish Karein releases today and till yesterday, actor turned producer Aftab Shivdasani was busy supervising last minute nitty-gritty. He is one of the select few actors in the industry who has turned to production at such a young change. Playing the triple role of a producer, actor and a writer was something that Aftab hadn’t quite fathomed.

“I seriously feel whether 40 hours a day would have been good enough or not”, Aftab brings on a smile here as he anxiously awaited audience response to his first ever ‘baby’, “As a producer, you realise that time is of such an utmost importance.”

Even as an actor, Aftab was quite challenged since the character that he enacts required him to have the innocence and purity of a 12 year old boy even when he has turned 22 overnight. Quite a few actors may have feared slipping with such characterisation since there is a good probability of a role like this resulting in the protagonist merely relying on making funny faces or acting a little insane.

“That’s true”, agrees Aftab, “I had to walk a thin rope because there is a fine difference between playing a child and acting a little mad. I decided that let me just play it all simple rather than thinking or rehearsing too much around how a kid would look at things and behave. I am glad when I see the final cut of the film, since I know for sure that if I had given this portrayal too much of thought, it would have turned mechanical and made it look all practiced and rehearsed. It was good to come up with a natural act while just getting into the boots of a 12 year old kid.”

For this, Aftab made sure not to go overboard even once and keep his facial expressions, mannerisms and body language in check. With a subject like this where an overnight transformation happens to a human body (a 12 year old boy desires to turn into a young man and his wish is granted), Aao Wish Karein could have easily slipped into the Mr. Ya Miss zone where Aftab was converted into Antara Mali via a bad dream.

“While comedy there was slapstick, proceedings are completely subtle in Aao Wish Karein”, Aftab explains the difference, “There is no over the top act, no vulgarity or any mandatory jokes around manhood. Instead, the film retains its simplicity course and focuses primarily on the quest of this boy who wishes to woo his lady love.”

As the sole lead in the film, Aftab was also required to carry the entire film on his shoulders unlike quite a few multi starrers that he has been a part of. While being good in comedy is a given for him (Masti, Awara Paagal Deewana, De Taali), one awaits how Aao Wish Karein showcases a different facet of him as an emotional lover boy.

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Mukesh Bhatt’s Tum Mile takes a calamity that hit Mumbai in 2005 monsoons and tries to recreate the horror that the deluge brought with it. The protagonists of the film, played by Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan, are stuck in the deluge, as is the whole of the city.

Creating seamless, realistic digital effects for director Kunal Deshmukh was a tall order, but doing cinematically wide angle shots with such camera moves was an extra added attraction for the post-production studios who worked on Mukesh Bhatt’s.’ Tum Mile. “Kunal has a very astute eye,” said FutureWorks’ Abhishek De.
“It was important for the visual effects to look as though they were shot on real location on that rampageous day 26th July’05 in the middle of actual weather conditions. He didn’t want the film to take on a gimmicky visual-effects look.”

Visual-effects post-production house FutureWorks worked on the two shots set amidst the wide significant skylines of Mumbai, and worked hard on digital makeup for the city skyline and other atmospheric effects.

“Our team went with a hi-resolution still camera for shooting references and frames for creating the matte paintings of the Mumbai skylines. By shooting in digital hi-resolution format we could capture lot of actual life like details,” Abhishek said.

To support the hi-resolution matte paintings with the number of atmospheric and particle effect layers, the studio had to work with the horsepower of Autodesk’s latest Flame machines. Even that was difficult. “The kind of data that was flowing and way the layering was done was tremendous,” Gaurav Gupta (CEO, Futureworks) says. “So we had to upgrade our whole infrastructure and pipeline. We needed faster network speeds to move data around, massively beefed up servers, and - the most important thing - increase RAM power and add render nodes for fast background rendering.”

Along with Futureworks, Prime Focus has also done major work on the movie.

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