Sep 102017
 

Indian cinema caters to the entire world; public has a huge appetite for our powerhouse and B-town has some wonderful people who make some stellar movies that don’t always compete with a Karan Johar movie at the box office, but leaves its mark on the world map. Film festivals are an amazing platform for such critically acclaimed work and here are some of the Indian movies which are making their mark and shining bright at the Toronto film festival:

1. The Brawler – Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Mukkabaaz’ tells the true story of a boxer who is trying to make his ends meet and also follow his passion to make it to the Indian National Boxing Championship.

indian movies at tiff© TIFF

2. Pahuna: The Little Visitors – Produced by our ‘desi’ girl Priyanka Chopra, the movie has received a standing ovation at the festival. The movie follows the lives of three Nepalese kids who make their way through Sikkim in search of their parents.

indian movies at tiff© TIFF

3. Village Rockstars: This one also has the flavours of the North East. The story tells the tale of a 10 year old girl who harbours a simple dream of making her own rock band.

indian movies at tiff© TIFF

4. Omerta- This is the brainchild of Hansal Mehta and tells the stark tale of Omar Saeed Sheikh, the man responsible behind the kidnapping and killing of famous journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. Rajkummar Rao is the lead so you have no doubts about the credibility.

indian movies at tiff© TIFF

5.Azmaish: A Journey Through The Subcontinent – This is a unique combination of a Pakistani director and Indian actor Kalki Koechlin. The movie has Kalki interview the commoners in both the countries and draw parallel of how life is in both the places.

indian movies at tiff© TIFF

6. The Hungry- This is Bornila Chatterjee’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Titus Adronicus’. Starring Naseeruddin Shah and Tisca Chopra, the movie tells the tale of greed, revenge and murder.

indian movies at tiff© TIFF

Next time someone tells you that our film industry is only about larger than life movies and dancing around trees, you know what to recommend them.

Sep 102017
 

Subtitles, voiceovers, translations or dubbing are an integral part of a movie, however things go haywire when people take things way more literally than they actually should. And when this happens, ‘Cheap Thrills’ becomes Sasti Masti, Harry Potter becomes Hari Puttar, Tyrion Lannister becomes Chotu Mama, and Jon Snow becomes Jagannath, ‘Hangover’ becomes ‘Oh Raat Sasuri’ and ‘Avatar’ becomes ‘Kasam Pandora Maiyya Ki’. Well, for those who still didn’t get the gist, we are talking about hilarious Bhojpuri titles, and other regional translations. We all have seen Bihari parody of ‘Game of Thrones’ and Punjabi version of ‘Spider Man’, this time around it is another classic show that got a desi tadka and we just don’t have words for it. The show is none other than our beloved ‘F.R.I.E.N.D.S’.

Check Out This Video Of ‘F.R.I.E.N.D.S' Dubbed In Punjabi© Warner Bros.

No matter how many times you watch ‘F.R.I.E.N.D.S’, this is one show that you can never get bored of. We just can’t get enough of the struggles of Rachel, Joey, Monica, Chandler, Ross and Phoebe and the hilarious solutions they came up with up with to solve the problems. Things only turn bizarre when they discuss those problems and crack jokes in Punjabi. This video is hilarious and I all honesty, you just cannot afford to give this a miss. Check out the video here. 

  

While you enjoy watching this video, here’s a recap of some the epic parodies made in regional language. How, can we forget our beloved Spider Man and his love interest Mary Jane Watson’s conversation after he save her life.   

 

And the mother of all videos is this, the Bihari parody of ‘Game Of Thrones’. This video is any given day better than the original one if the dialogues were the only thing taken into consideration. 

 

 

Sep 102017
 

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Savvy professional marketers have always known the impact of press releases and have been using them to the advantage of their employers and clients. We have been using them in our business for over 20 years now. Before the internet was available as a commercial medium, we would focus on the general news media as well as trade publications. Once we figured it out, we started using it so effectively that we were getting more press coverage than competitors who were 20 times larger than us. That meant we were getting promotional exposure worth tens of thousands of dollars – for FREE. Press Releases have been good for our business and they can be good for your business too.

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A reasonably internet savvy person creates his own news streams by subscribing to various feeds and getting them on his news reader. He can also set alerts that notify him when news are available in his area of interest. He decides what to read and when to read and does not want any editor to decide that for him. Your job is to present him information via feeds and reach him directly.

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Sep 102017
 

You might criticize us for digging old graves, but we still cannot get over the fact that some people in London left music maestro AR Rahman’s concert midway because he played a couple of Tamil songs. While some fail to appreciate good music, there are others who love it irrespective of the lyrics. We belong to the second category. Having said that, we don’t think there’s anyone who will disagree when we say that South Indian songs are one of the trippiest and peppy dance numbers, you just cannot stop yourself from grooving to it. And ‘Jimmiki Kammal’ from Mohanlal starrer ‘Velipadinte Pusthakam’ is one such number. Unless you were living under a rock, you would have definitely heard this song and slyly danced on it too. Well, you are not the only one who is tripping on it, American talk show host Jimmy Kimmel seems to love this song too. Here’s the official video of the song.

While we were busy grooving to this song, there was one guy who noticed the potential of these two becoming a classic example of Homonyms, given how they sound so strikingly similar. He took this opportunity and shared a video of a group of students from Kerala dancing on this song and asked Kimmel if he has heard this or not.

@jimmykimmel have you heard the song #jimmikiKammal 🙄https://t.co/Db4XT7eAyz

— varun s Kumar (@varun_s_kumar) 8 September 2017

As we all know the rest is history as Kimmel himself reacted to the tweet, saying he didn’t know of it earlier but now loves it.

not until now, but I love it! https://t.co/6Qv9StTdpY

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) 8 September 2017

Soon after Kimmel tweeted about the song, Twitter went in a frenzy and their reactions are as hilarious as they can get.

Wow Jimmy Kimmel as jimmiki kammal so funny.u shd telecast dis in ur late night show. Me and wife r
ur huge fans:) Request frm ur Indian fan

— Ramesh Asaithambi (@Rameshtamil) 8 September 2017

you will never forget this song once you know the meaning of the lyrics #jimmikkikammal

— Vinu CT (@vinuct) 9 September 2017

South Indian Sensation making sensation world wide…!!

— praveen mohan (@praveennavoday) 9 September 2017

The least did he know that he’s popular coz of this song in South IndiaðŸ˜?

— Madhu (@pikadhu) 9 September 2017

Now that Kimmel has listened to the song and loves it too, let’s hope that he plays it soon on his ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ show.

Sep 102017
 

The ‘Purge’ franchise has earned a lot of flak for its bold moves but gained a lot of success, thanks to its extensive blasphemous use of political allegory in the movies. The concept was bold, it was voyeuristic and sadist in nature, and the fact that many people love it, speaks a lot about how humans function.

purge island © Universal Pictures

Out of all the movies, it’s the first one that set the tone right, hitting people in the feels. Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey did a wonderful job after all.

If like many others, the first one was your favourite too, then this spells good news for you. James DeMonaco is coming up with ‘Purge: The Island’, the next instalment in the series and the best part about this is that it will pick up right from where the first one ended. More like a prequel to what actually happened before the purge night. This movie will tell the story of the first ever purge, which could mean more violence.

purge island © Universal Pictures

You know what’s even better? Monaco is also working on a TV show which will be set during seven years after the first purge. The series tackles larger issues like social and class division in a very dark manner. For those of you who are not familiar to the whole gruesome concept of the series, ‘Purge’ is set in a hypothetical world, America namely, where an annual ‘purge’ night is held. This means that all criminal activities are legal and allowed in a 12 hour window and the government doesn’t intervenes.

 

purge island © Universal Pictures

Watching the new Purge which will trace the history of how it all began will be a treat for the fans. The movie is all set to release July 4th, 2018.

Sep 102017
 

‘Game Of Thrones’ season 7 is over and so is our motivation and excitement to look forward to Mondays. While, most of us are still hung over the last episode, rejoicing Littlefinger’s death, grinning about Jon and Dany taking  incest to another level, and dreaming about the wight dragon Viserion crumbling The Wall, there’s one guy who went a step ahead and created something unimaginable and exceptionally brilliant to say the least. No we are not talking about any new fan theory; it is a new mashup aka cover that has now become internet’s favourite child.

‘Game Of Thrones' & Taylor Swift ‘Look What you Made Me Do' Mash Up© HBO

Taylor Swift recently released her latest, as people are calling it, revenge anthem ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ from her upcoming album ‘Reputation’ and since then people have officially lost their sh*t. While we were looking forward to covers of this epic song, we barely imagined someone to painstakingly go through each and every episode of Game of Thrones to create a mashup of this song. Let us all bow down to this YouTuber Matthijs Vlot, who edited the video with such perfection that we are kind of hooked to this version now, more than the original one.  

If Arya Stark and Olenna Tyrell saying “I don’t like you” does not give you Goosebumps, we wonder what can. In fact, many were quick to give Swift’s song a Westeros spin, calling it a song that’s most suited for Arya Stark, given how vengeful she is. This guy also made Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister, Arya Stark, Sansa Stark, and Olenna Tyrell, sing this revenge anthem better than Taylor Swift and for this he deserves all the respect in the world. 

Sep 102017
 

Well, the revised version of 90’s favourite song ‘Oonchi Hai Building’ from ‘Judwaa 2′ is finally out and people seem to love it. It’s just been three days and the song has garnered over 10 million views on Youtube and is still trending. 

judwaa © Fox Star India

Just like the original tune, the song is sung and composed by Anu Malik with Neha Kakkar joining the team, making us all nostalgic about Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Rambha. Man, that was one hell of a song and it still makes us groove. 

Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez and Taapsee Pannu star in the latest version and are damn entertaining. Everything in the song is almost the same; however, there is a slight change in the lyrics and that has created a ton of confusion. We bet many you might have heard a line in the song, ‘Mere Sagar wale raja’ that might have left you bewildered. 

You may have repeated the lyrics and just wondered who is ‘Sagar wale raja’? Still scratching your head? Well,  you ain’t alone!

I still didn’t understand why does this line exist – “Aaja mere sagar wale raja” :/ #OonchiHaiBuilding @Varun_dvn @Asli_Jacqueline

— Shraddha Mehta (@ShraddzM) September 7, 2017

#OonchiHaiBuilding is good but “mere sagar wale Raja” ye line kuch jami nahi @Varun_dvn

— GHALIB DANGER (@ghaalibdanger) September 8, 2017

 

Can anyone explain why the new #OonchiHaiBuilding has @iAmNehaKakkar singing “mere sagar wale raja” instead of “band baja leke aaja”?

— Savar (@SavarSuri) September 7, 2017

 

I first heard it as Aaja Aaja Aaja, mere Sagar wale Raja! And was like Wut!? Who Sagar!? 😂

— RAJA ki ALISHKA (@mainteriheroine) September 7, 2017

But finally the mystery was solved when people on Twitter spotted the mistake and clarified that it wasn’t ‘Sagar wale raja’ but ‘Swagger wale raja’! Makes a lot of sense now, doesn’t it?

Aaja aaja aaja mere swagger wale raja… 😋😋#OonchiHaiBuilding

— Mimansa Shekhar (@mimansashekhar) September 7, 2017

 

When it is “Mere swagger wale raja” instead if “mere sagar wale raja”…hindi songs these days… kaffi annoying #Judwaa2

— Gunjan Vaswani (@gtv58) September 8, 2017

 

Soon, Tapsee Pannu tweeted, putting a stamp down on the all confusion once and for all.

Aaja aaaaaaaja aaja mere “Swagger” wale Raja 😎

— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) September 6, 2017

judwaa © Fox Star India

Wee, looks like they’ve finally solved the mystery, huh? What do you guys think?

Sep 092017
 

Ranveer Singh is undoubtedly B-town’s favourite. The man goes beyond his way to entertain his fans and that is something we all love about him. From hilarious to quirky posts, Ranveer comes up with things that are beyond anyone’s imagination. But that being said that, there is truly no one in the industry who is as crazy and energetic as he is.

For a while now, the actor was busy shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmavati’. But now he is back and how! First, he shaved off his beard that he has maintained for his new character, Allaudin Khilji and fans seem to love this new look of his.

Ranveer Singh(c) Instagram

He also shared a post last night where he was seen grooving to a 90’s famous number, ‘Sarkaye Lo Khatiya Jada Lage’. Well, we are absolutely sure that the song has already made you nostalgic. After all, how can we forget B-town’s number 1 on-screen pair of Karisma and Govinda making us tap our feet to this peppy number?

Ranveer Singh captioned the video as, “YOLO SO LOLO #timepass @therealkarismakapoor @govinda_herono1.” Lolo indeed was impressed with the clip and shared it on her Instagram as well.

YOLO SO LOLO #timepass @therealkarismakapoor @govinda_herono1

A post shared by Ranveer Singh (@ranveersingh) on Sep 8, 2017 at 9:44am PDT

Ranveer brought back all those fantastic memories, reminding us of Govinda, jumping and dancing on a Khatiya, like a boss!

But ‘Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost’, as it seems that destiny wanted more. And soon Ranveer and Lolo both bumped into each other at the airport. And then something happened, as the two grooved together on the song once again, giving us major feels.

See who I met at the airport 😄#serendipity #airportspotting🕺�💃�#geekchic🤓�#aboutlastnight @ranveersingh

A post shared by KK (@therealkarismakapoor) on Sep 8, 2017 at 10:11pm PDT

 

Serendipity !!!! Courtesy Raja Babu !!!!! …. posted a random video from set today , and who I do meet at the airport two hours later!!!! Wow !!!! @therealkarismakapoor ðŸ˜? â?¤ï¸? #divineconnection #loloforlife

A post shared by Ranveer Singh (@ranveersingh) on Sep 8, 2017 at 1:53pm PDT

The only thing left for this to be perfect is if they managed to somehow rope in the godfather of the hip thrust, Govinda himself.

 

 

Sep 092017
 

Looks like social media’s new obsession is with Kangana Ranaut and people just can’t get enough of her. She always manages to grab eyeballs, be it for her amazing acting or for speaking her mind, fearlessly.

From starting the nepotism debate to personal barbs against people she’s deemed have hurt her, she’s not holding back at all. Just a few weeks ago, the sassy actor went and made some bold and explosive statements against Hrithik Roshan.

You have already seen the interviews that are going viral and what celebrities have to say about it. But, we have to admit that even we missed out some hilarious memes that are going around the Internet.

While B-town and its fans are still thinking about which side they’re going to pick, there are some who are showcasing their inner talent and tickling our funny bones instead.

For now let’s take a break from the Kangana-Hrithik controversy and enjoy these hilarious memes that will leave you in splits. Because… we can pick sides later on!

When you study really really hard and crack the entrance exam but ur friend enters the college through donation quota. pic.twitter.com/7Bo8HRL0k7

— Vipul Goyal (@HumorouslyVipul) September 8, 2017

My friends on hearing me studying in the #uk pic.twitter.com/ZKzLuplM8E

— Good boy Mudit 🦂 (@soccerrocker_ck) September 7, 2017

Pic 1 : when you see South Delhi Girl wearing Adidas originals

Pic 2 : when you look closely and it is Abidas Originals pic.twitter.com/0iOMpzzuFZ

— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) September 7, 2017

1. When your friend buy iphone
2. When your friend keeps boasting it on social media. pic.twitter.com/SV6Tu4Knip

— Dr. Batra (@hemantbatra0) September 7, 2017

When friend takes a Hotstar subscription to watch GoT pic.twitter.com/vDHxliF4t2

— Iyeronical (@LosingMotion) September 8, 2017

Me, looking at everyone sitting in office post 6 pm pic.twitter.com/XPQpy8Tz8Z

— Akshar (@AksharPathak) September 7, 2017

When someone orders a bisleri bottle in the restaurant. pic.twitter.com/VO3oRkB3PO

— Smoking Skills (@SmokingSkills_) September 7, 2017

Me: Sir mera padhai mein bilkul mn ni lagta

Teacher: pic.twitter.com/YELTOFpS72

— SuRaj ☠ï¸? (@Reifel_07) September 7, 2017

Friend :Main jio nahi chalata airtel ka net pack use karta hoon
Me: pic.twitter.com/XWjg6YjLoP

— Manish 🇮🇳 (@Man_isssh) September 7, 2017

When my friend says “Bhai dusre page me likh le, yahi page me likhna jaruri hai” pic.twitter.com/rfSx5PZJkp

— Devanshu 💯 (@FameFucking) September 7, 2017

She : what is your hobby ?

He : Coins collection.

She: pic.twitter.com/ocFmiGBl81

— Dr Privacy (@hitlerbai) September 7, 2017

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/M0bM9yj6ON

— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) September 7, 2017

We don’t know about the war going on here, but one thing is for sure, we will never be able to see Kangana’s allegations against Hrithik in same way again, all thanks to Twitter!  

Sep 092017
 

It’s Bollywood’s macho-man Akshay Kumar’s birthday today. While the whole world is busy wishing Akki in their own way, it is one particular message that has left everyone smiling from ear to ear.

You know you’re having a good time when you don’t realise how days have passed. Last day in paradise…making the most of it ðŸ˜?

A post shared by Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) on Nov 3, 2016 at 10:29am PDT

Twinkle Khanna has done it again, stealing the thunder from everyone. Though every celeb has given their best wishes to the actor, Mrs. Funnybones came up with something new this time and we just can’t stop obsessing over it.

The perfect getaway from the Mumbai heat, chilling quite literally with my partner in crime 🙂 #vacaymode #holidayvibes

A post shared by Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) on May 1, 2016 at 10:36pm PDT

Akshay and Twinkle are the cutest couple in B-town and keep giving us insane relationship goals. From sharing their memorable moments to talking about their ups and downs, they are just adorable. And now that her hubby has turned 50, how can we not expect something amazing from her?

Sometimes we do end up in the same boat if not on the same page #sailingaway

A post shared by Twinkle Khanna (@twinklerkhanna) on Jun 13, 2017 at 12:47am PDT

It’s not that she posted something lovey-dovey (that’s just not her style), but she has shared the cutest video on Instagram. Where their daughter can be heard asking Mr. Khiladi to act in various poses and he definitely follows the command. She also posted a heartfelt message, “Happy happy birthday to my best friend, the kindest man in the world, a wonderful father with the best ‘dancey face’ and Jeez all that hotness on top of it all 🙂 #HappyBirthdayMrK.”

Isn’t that so cute? Check out the adorable video that has left everyone in splits here:

Happy happy birthday to my best friend, the kindest man in the world, a wonderful father with the best ‘dancey face’ and Jeez all that hotness on top of it all 🙂 #HappyBirthdayMrK

A post shared by Twinkle Khanna (@twinklerkhanna) on Sep 9, 2017 at 12:03am PDT

Earlier, she also posted a photo of Akshay, builder Vikas Oberoi, Gayatri Joshi and herself (Swadesh actress), giving it a epic twist.

The birthday boys and their merry cheerleaders! #happybirthdayboys

A post shared by Twinkle Khanna (@twinklerkhanna) on Sep 8, 2017 at 12:09pm PDT

However, this isn’t the first time that power couple has left us filled with a ton of love. When it comes to Akshay, he is very straightforward and expresses his love in front of millions of people on social media.

Your love, humour and madness make me keep falling in love with you every single day…Happy birthday Tina, never change 😘

A post shared by Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) on Dec 29, 2016 at 4:03am PST

Though Twinkle has her unique way of expressing her feelings for her handsome husband that we love, love and love.

So now I can officially refer to him as my trophy husband 🙂 #NationalFilmAwards #Hurrah

A post shared by Twinkle Khanna (@twinklerkhanna) on May 3, 2017 at 7:44am PDT

 

Father and son busy making soufflé and layered white chocolate mousse for our dinner guests.I have trained my boys well 🙂 #dessertstory #sundayshenanigans

A post shared by Twinkle Khanna (@twinklerkhanna) on Aug 13, 2017 at 4:05am PDT

But then can we expect anything less from Mrs. Funnybones? Nope, no we can’t!