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The airline's Chairman Dr. Vijay Mallya has issued a statement to try and comfort shareholders. September 28, 2011. Dear Shareholders I would like to share with you the progress of Kingfisher Airlines Limited (“Kingfisher”)
Industrialist Vijay Mallya on Wednesday announced the exit of his spirits-to-aviation group from Kingfisher Red, the low-cost airline operations, and said a.
Paul di Resta has continued with his good performance which was witnessed throughout the Singapore Grand Prix. Vijay Mallya, Head Honcho of Force India though.
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Stocks of Vijay Mallya-controlled UB group slid as the conglomerate, which has announced to exit the low-cost airlines operations, continued to struggle with mounting debt. In Friday's market that saw the sensex slide 1.5%, Kingfisher Airlines was the
bodhidharma avatar for suriya in 7aam arivu
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He has been playing a character of Bodhidharma, who visits China to spread the Buddhism and martial arts. The first official trailer of the film released in Tamil language on Wednesday. The video suggests that the film is going to be one of the biggest
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There is talk that he is portraying Bodhidharma, a famous early evangelist of the Buddha who traveled from India to China and brought martial arts to the Shaolin Temple. This kinda fits, Bodhidharma, as history records, was most likely a Tamil Prince
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Nissan Introduces Sunny Sedan in India
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Nissan Sunny India. Nissan Sunny has just Unveiled in Mumbai, India.
I knew that I'd be taking one of those cars for a short spin today, and that car turned out to be a steel gray Nissan Sunny sedan. I was greeted by a gaping grille with a thick chrome outline and two sweeping headlamps that led me to the front door
I knew that I'd be taking one of those cars for a short spin today, and that car turned out to be a steel gray Nissan Sunny sedan. I was greeted by a gaping grille with a thick chrome outline and two sweeping headlamps that led me to the front door
Review: Vaagai Sooda Vaa is outdated
Galatta.com exclusively presents the review of director Sargunam's Vaagai Sooda Vaa which has Vimal and newcomer Iniya in lead roles.
An official announcement about this film is on the cards, when the top brass including the director and the lead stars involved in the film will be present. Meanwhile, Vimal is getting ready for his upcoming film 'Vaagai Sooda Vaa' a period drama set
Vaagai Sooda Vaa is branded as a romantic comedy and will have Sarkunam's trade mark simplistic comedy, infused with real life humor. And it has the Sarkunam regular Vimal, who played the wastrel from a village role in
If it was a rural tale of a callous youth in Kalavani, Vaagai Sooda Vaa is a different film. It is a period flick with Vimal Check out the Tamil movie review- Vaagai Sooda Vaa Movie Review. Story The movie is set in 1965 in a
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Telangana focus moves to Delhi
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Did Bollywood jump the gun?
John Abraham had been on the dormant mode for a while. But his latest release Force appears destined to strike gold, if not platinum, at the box-office. Salman Khan has given a series of huge hits: Wanted, Dabanng, Ready and Bodyguard. Ajay Devgn decided to resurrect his action-packed avatar for Singham, making coins clink at the cash counters nationwide.
There is a lesson here. And it has nothing to do with the obvious ones: for instance, that Bollywood looks Hollywood-ward. It does, so much so that Hollywood-inspired Bollywood films, the fact of a Hitch getting moulded into a Partner, constitutes a significant section of our ancient, medieval and modern cinematic history. The lesson is not even the fact that filmmakers in the Hindi film industry are looking towards the South for ideas, and recasting them into films that are rocking the box office.
Instead, what we have learned is this. Despite loud proclamations that filmmakers face the challenge of catering to a ‘mature’ audience that expects products with a difference, masala films retain their space in the list of viewers’ demands. Today’s film lover might gravitate towards the cinema hall to watch 3 Idiots, but he needs to have his dose of action, emotion, drama and melodrama. If the so-called ‘different’ films are relatable because of the reality of enhanced exposure, masala movies evoke a sense of identification with the Bollywood he has grown up with.
It won’t be unfair to affirm that not taking the spice-laden, action-packed, route more often was a strategic error made by the industry on the whole. Although films with predictable plots and structure – the Akshay Kumar comedies, for instance, till they started falling flat – continued to get made, returning to the past on a far more frequent basis had stopped being a collective marketing decision. Many filmmakers seemed to have made up their minds about what the viewers wanted. Such makers pushed the genre of action-laden masala thrillers into unwanted retirement, thinking that such films had outlived their utility.
The success of such hardcore potboilers proves how wrong they were. For, remakes, no remakes, the average Bollywood watcher has grown up on a diet of songs, dances, fights and wafer-thin stories. In their scheme of things, the hero is the one who wins and can do no wrong. In fact, even if he is wrong, some obscure and unrealistic factor eclipses his weaknesses and follies to ensure his eventual triumph. The heroine is a marionette with nothing much to do except look pretty all through. The villain is that guy who gets mauled. Other characters are glorified extras.
In today’s times, multiplex movies – most of them nowhere near as well-made as they are made out to be – cater to the palate of the relatively discerning viewer. Made with small budgets and lesser known actors, such films can make a decent packet if they are good or plain lucky. But when the maker looks at big budget films, he can take two routes. If he has a strong enough story that, fortunately, has a mass base, he can go all out and make the film.
The other route is to go for the tried and tested approach. Several recent successes have shown that the viewers are willing to lap up stereotypes. Because, somewhere within the recesses of his mind, the past is as alive and kicking as it ought to be.
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Housefull 2 release dates announced
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Force Movie Review
Force Movie Review
September 30, 2011 09:27:40 PM IST
By Martin D’Souza, Glamsham Editorial
This one is not for the faint-hearted. It leaves a bloody trail throughout and has an ending unlike the typical Bollywood flick. There’s Force and more force. Yes, it’s very forceful. It begins with John Abraham forcefully pumping to pulp a few baddies when a consignment deal goes wrong. He tries in vain to get rid of his ‘stuff’ but finds no dealer. It later turns out that he is a Narcotics officer in search of drug peddlers and suppliers.
John is ACP Yashvardhan. And he is not alone. He has in his team four crack officers. They stumble on an informer who helps them annihilate the big boys as well as clean the city of any ‘substance’. However, there’s a new ‘Boss’ on the scene and he is making merry with no competition in sight and demand for drugs at an all-time high. So who is this guy? Let’s welcome Vishnu, played by newcomer Vidyut Jamwal. You could safely say terror has a new name in Bollywood.
His performance leaves you zapped. Never has a villain been portrayed so fearless, so evil and so high on raw exuberance. This guy is deadly. He leaves a chill down your spine with his flawless performance as someone out to wipe the Narcotics team. Gabbar, you’ve got competition brother!
The narration is simple and action slick as director Nishikant Kamat gets the basics right. Throughout, he keeps the flow going, only once interjecting it with a song when the action moves to fifth gear. Otherwise he has a grip on the film throughout.
Once Yash and his team wipe out the drug dealers, and Vishnu enters the scene, the narcotics division is perplexed. However, they soon catch up with the new dealer and gun down Anna (Mukesh Rishi), Vishnu’s elder brother in a mall. To avenge his brother’s death, Vishnu engages in a blood bath, wiping out everything and everyone in his trail.
Just when you thought the film belonged to John Abraham, in walks Vidyut to wipe out all competition, literally. He has you gripped with his confident body language and fearless portrayal of a man on a mission.
Genelia D’Souza (Maya) as the chirpy girl, who falls in love with Yash, too, pitches in with a fine performance. Mohnish Bahl, Sandhya Mridul and the two officers who form the crack team also pull in their weight.
FORCE is handled well. It has a good storyline, some breathtaking action, cosy moments and a grand finale.
If you like to feel the rush of adrenaline, FORCE is for you.
Ratings : 3/5
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"Love Breakups Zindagi is like Pacman" – Cyrus Sahukar
“Love Breakups Zindagi is like Pacman” – Cyrus Sahukar
By Devansh Patel, September 30, 2011 – 13:22 IST
Of course, first impression can be deceptive. In Cyrus Sahukar’s case, so could second, third and fourth. Though he’d often come across as a waster
dope-fiend (he still doesn’t have dark circles. Wonder what he’s sniffing?) who had lucked out, whose casual sarcasm and proficiency with appalling language
had received an airing at just the right time to catch the public imagination, his rise was far more complex than that, involving a decade or more I’m
guessing, of hard work and a deep belief in his own abilities that was forged and encouraged by several significant others. Once going nowhere, he was
suddenly everywhere and today on to the big screen where more bucks are made on silly subjects (movies). But first things first! Cyrus is straight. Yes, and
there’s nothing such as ‘Stand Up comedians are gays’. I don’t even know where this came from. But the more Cyrus stands on your face or sits in front of
you, he’s surely putting that smile on your face again (Heath Ledger must be cursing him for what I know from up in the heaven). I’m assuming, unable to
continue falling back on his vast stock of jokes about girls, women, aunties with big t***, dope, beer and sex, he was forced to test himself as an actor
under the brightest spotlight. Given the man’s resourcefulness thus far, he went for it. Thus the result – Rang De Basanti, Delhi 6, Aisha and now
Love Breakups Zindagi. At well over six feet tall, it would be hard to miss Cyrus in a crowd. The good news is, he’s not trying to blend into the
crowd anyway. After all, he is that one actor who admits to having normal parents. UK’s Harrow Observer columnist meets a social philosopher aka an actor in
Bollywood named Cyrus Sahukar, who so consistently tells so many ugly and hilarious truths about the way we Indians live or pretend to live. Did I say
‘Indians’? Oops! Coz I meant ‘Indian actors’.
“I haven’t done anything that’s comic so far in my films”
Bro, I haven’t done
anything called ‘comedy’ in any of my movies. I’m confused now. I don’t even know whether I am a good actor as my career in movies has only begun three years
ago. Anyone who does television will tell you that the films are a completely different medium. I remember the day before I went to the Delhi 6 shoot,
I was told that working in a film like this is like working in forty films because I was getting to work with Om Puri, Waheeda Rahman, Abhishek Bachchan,
Rishi Kapoor and Pawan Malhotra. I never got off the sets. I didn’t shoot for twelve days but I was on set every day. That’s a real ‘hard on’ for me.
“Bizarrely, I’ve just come to realise that I’ve only done films in Delhi. I need to move out of Delhi now”
I’ve come from a school where I’ve learnt everything in an organic
way. Even in films, I do it to a certain extent. I constantly pick up things to add dignity to my characters. Bizarrely, I’ve just come to realise that I’ve
only done films in Delhi. I need to come out of Delhi – Rang De Basanti, Delhi 6, Aisha and now Love Breakups Zindagi (laughs). I’ve not got
one phone call from the Delhi Tourism saying, ‘Come Cyrus, at least have a Mango duet ice-cream’.
“I play Govind in LBZ but I like that he commits mistakes”
All characters I’ve played so
far in films are on the periphery. So Suresh was a sleazy photographer in Delhi 6 who I completely understand. And if you’ve got Suresh as Suresh
Menon, let me tell you that he too is a sleazy photographer (laughs). In fact, he did my first photo shoot (laughs). Randhir Gambhir is that one character I
love because finally I played a guy who had money. In Love Breakups Zindagi, I play Govind who I think is one character that’s braver than all the
others I’ve played. He represents a lot of us. Govind is a guy who has dedicated his life to living his father’s dream. He got married at a young age and it
didn’t work out. His second marriage didn’t work out too. He lives alone now and is in a corporate job after leaving his father’s empire. But the good thing
about Govind is that he is committing a lot of mistakes. In LBZ, I’m not smiling about anything because I’m tired and that might put a smile on your face,
who knows.
“There is a difference between being a comedian and being a clown”
Vir Das and Cyrus Broacha are
comedians. There is a difference between being a comedian and being a clown. There’s a Boman Irani who’ll do a funny movie, there’s a Robin Williams who’ll
do an insanely funny movie but he’ll also do a Good Will Hunting. The clown is the guy who slips on a banana peel and falls and everyone laughs. The
comedian is the one who told him to do so. The comedians are Charlie Chaplin, Jerry Lewis, Rowan Atkinson, etc who moved beyond, I think, in just getting
people to laugh.
“I am more interested in comedy that’s ‘mockumentary’ style which is basically not so animated all the time”
I don’t have a problem with any genre, especially comedy. I don’t mind
a Golmaal but have variety. It’s the business of comedy that talks. Comedians are also the people who write their own scripts, who do live events and
wear their own suits. I am willing to go any lengths to do comedy. Jim Carrey is a good example. He was so physical in what he did. But he is also very
smart. When Jim reached his peak he didn’t do movies that subjected him only to be a caricature. He did Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind, The Truman
Show, The Number 23, etc. I am more interested in comedy that’s ‘mockumentary’ style which is basically not so animated all the time.
“I find normal people funny”
I always find normal people funny. Like what you did before we sat down to do this interview. You came out of the room and were panicked and were having a
shocked expression for not finding your bag. In a minute you are asking amazing questions. You may not find this funny but I do. I don’t want to make people
laugh. I want the character to go through his journey and empathy and fun with that journey makes you laugh.
“Dia’s also taught me how to hug people because she thinks that I hug people as if they’ve got a rash”
Dia Mirza is hilarious. Dia is actually the least grumpy person I’ve
met in my life. She’s just not grumpy. For me it’s too disturbing to have someone who’s not grumpy. So I constantly try and get her into a grumpy mood.
Everyone in the morning is quiet but Dia is filled with the boundless amount of energy. Somehow I feel that I never give out the right reaction. Dia too
mentioned it to me. Dia’s also taught me how to hug people because she thinks that I hug people as if they’ve got a rash (laughs). I don’t like hugging
people but she’s taught me. She’s buoyant.
“Satyadeep Mishra is always in some weird yoga or a page 40 Kamasutra position”
Satyadeep Mishra is hilarious. While talking to you, if you are talking about anything, he starts bloody stretching yaar. He’s in this yoga stuff man! He
starts lifting his leg. By the time he has sort of stuck his leg around his neck and looks like some ball or doing page 40 from a Kamasutra, which is very
disturbing, when you are having a serious conversation about life and love. He is a very fine actor. Zayed, Satyadeep and I’ve spent a lot of time together.
“I haven’t met a more Parsi uncle than Zayed Khan”
Zayed keeps
telling me that I am like this old classic Parsi uncle. But honestly, I haven’t met a more Parsi uncle than him. He too is hilarious. Zayed thinks in
visuals. If you tell him that Mrs. Shilpa looks like Robin Williams, the fun lies in Zayed not knowing that Mrs. Shilpa has actually walked in. So he is
making this face signifying that it’s rude. But if he sees Mrs. Shilpa, he’ll laugh out loud and that happens four minutes after. He is overseeing the
visuals. He is the biggest revelation for me as a human being in the film. He has a part to him which is so sharing as a person that I was blown away. It’s
nice to work with people like Zayed.
“Sahil Sangha is so cool that I lost my cool”
Sahil Sangha is
the most focused person on set I’ve met. He knows everything about the film, inside out. In the middle of the film you can ask him anything. But the sad part
is that he never loses cool. So to irritate him I used to ask him random shit. Even though the shot is mid frame, I would ask him what shoes to wear so that
I get in my character. But he is so cool that I lost my cool. I can’t break Sahil Sangha. You call him at 3am and he has still got the same voice. Even if
you give the worst take ever, he will still say ‘Let’s do it again’ in the most humble of manners.
“Love Breakups Zindagi is like Pacman”
Love Breakups Zindagi is almost like a large waiting room. It’s a nice film. It’s like somebody is getting out of love, somebody is waiting for a
better break in life, somebody is saying, ‘Naukri acchi ho jaaye toh meri Life ho jaaye’, etc. Everybody is waiting for those points in life where they can
move left right up and down and make decisions. It’s more like Pacman as you say, yes (laughs). It’s a bizarre analogy.
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Review: Chargesheet
Chargesheet is a whodunit murder mystery from the renowned Navketan banner. Veteran actors on screen with legendary actor Dev Anand leading the list, naturally that is reason enough for anyone to go and watch the movie.
Set in the backdrop of the Bollywood-underworld nexus, Sultanbhai aka Naseeruddin Shah, an underworld don based in Dubai, loves his moll, a young babe, to distraction and to fulfil her desire to enter Bollywood, he commissions a film to be made just to launch her.
The team assembles in picturesque Mahabaleshwar. A well known director Mahesh (Jackie Shroff) and a scriptwriter (Milind Gunaji) are virtually on his payrolls and have to comply with his request of taking his beloved Maria as the heroine. Suraj, the current heartthrob, too has to agree.
Maria’s entry spells an unceremonious exit for Mini Singh, the erstwhile reigning heroine (Divya Dutta). Annoyed with this ouster, she threatens to expose Mahesh and Suraj, who have obviously had good times with her. Both of them have ugly fights with her and leave. They realise she has to be eliminated and a plot to kill her is hatched.
Sultanbhai instructs his trusted lieutenant, the one-eyed KK to give supari to a local guy, Tony. Gambhir Singh, a retired cop, enters to meet Mini Singh, his former daughter-in-law Reema, who bid goodbye to her little daughter and husband for the arc-lights.
A heated argument ensues. He too threatens to kill her. Mini Singh is suddenly shot. The needle of suspicion points to all three.
Gambhir Singh is outraged as his integrity is questioned by a corrupt police inspector Dhamle (Yashpal Sharma) who has been bought over by the don. Dhamle manipulates the chargesheet and thus lets the filmi duo go scot free. Gambhir Singh appeals to the home minister to let him investigate the case in seven days else he is ready to be hanged in public.
The investigation drags and has Dev Saab in the forefront of course. Expectedly so, he solves the murder mystery and emerges as the real hero of the film. In any case, he is the only one who still retains his charm and style.
Divya Dutta does Mini Singh to perfection. The younger breed of new actors is sincere but leaves no impact. Cham Cham (Devshi Khanduri) has shades of Zeenat Aman of Dev Saab’s Ishq Ishq Ishq with a guitar, short skirt etc. Yashpal Sharma as Dhamle is his usual self, a la GangaaJal kind of performance.
The treatment has old world sensibilities. The plot, though not predictable, is neither gripping nor is the music hummable. But unlike some of the movies made today, Chargesheet story and screenplay are good. With some literally titillating scenes liberally thrown in, this movie would definitely appeal to the mass front benchers. A must see if you have to.
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