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In the year 1920, when India’s freedom movement was gaining momentum, one man firmly believed that the Britishers were not as bad as they were being made out to be.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The film’s plot is based on a Gujarati Play by the same name. Amitabh Bachchan will play a 102-year-old man and Rishi Kapoor will play his 75-year-old son.[4] The film story revolves around the 102-year-old man trying to break the oldest person record in the world, which in the film is held by a Chinese Man.
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Ever since she made her debut on Instagram, Katrina Kaif has been setting temperatures soaring with her oh-so-hot pictures and rigorous workout sessions.
But this click is sure to blow your mind! The ‘Jagga Jasoos’ actress shared a beautiful image on the photo-sharing platform, where she’s seen donning a royal blue brocade blouse paired with a bright yellow and pink saree. Wearing her hair back in a neat bun with flowers adorning it, she accessorised the look with a choker and jhumkas. The round pink bindi on her forehead completes the look.
3 out of 5 stars
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Julie 2 is an Hindi thriller film written, co-produced and directed by Deepak Shivdasani and produced by Vijay Nair.It features Raai Laxmi in the lead role which marks her debut in Hindi cinema.This is the sequel to Shivdasani’s earlier film Julie (2004).
Viju Shah composes the film’s score and soundtrack while Sameer Reddy handles the cinematography. Principal photography commenced in September 2015. Filming locations include Mumbai, Hyderabad and Dubai.
A simple girl rises to be a big star, but the story of her success is not without its dark side.
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Never one to mince words, actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha feels it is “too late” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to maintain silence on the blazing row over Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bollywood film “Padmavati”.
“On some level, I can understand the silence of my colleagues in the BJP. After all what can they say when the miscreants and fringe elements are given a free hand? Still I’d like to say it’s too late for our dynamic Prime Minister and the other high command to stay silent.
“‘Padmavati’ is a raging issue. And the fringe elements are openly issuing threats. How can the high command keep quiet when goons are threatening to behead Bhansali and Deepika Padukone? It’s time for our honourable Prime Minister to say ‘enough is enough’. If you give the goons a free reign, they will continue to cross limits in ways we wouldn’t be able to control,” Shatrughan said.
He is even less tolerant of the silence within the film industry.
“One of our country’s most precious filmmakers is being bullied and threatened. And all of them are looking the other way? What a shame! No one except Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar — who are always fearless in opposing injustice — has come out to condemn the violence.
“I can understand Bachchan saab’s (Amitabh Bachchan) silence. He has always been wary of getting into controversies. But what about the rest? Industry mein itna sannatta kyon (Why is there so much silence in the industry)?”
He feels Bhansali is partially to blame for the film industry’s silence.
“He has never come out to support anyone. Why should they stick their necks out now? Even after he was assaulted the first time (in Rajasthan), he did not file an FIR.”
Shatrughan feels it is okay to show “Padmavati” to those opposing its release.
“If you are honest in your intentions, why are you afraid to show the film to the doubters and protesters? Dikhado aur baat khatam karo (show it and end the issue).”
Actress Kangana Ranaut, who has been shooting for the biopic on Rani Laxmibai “Manikarnika”, has had her ligament torn while pulling a stunt.
“The accident took place when Kangana was performing the iconic scene in fort Mehrangarh, Jodhpur where Laxmi Bai jumps off a 40 feet wall with Damodar her child tied to her back on to a horse back,” Kangana’s spokesperson told IANS.
“Kangana didn’t land properly and in an attempt to save the kid from any injury, she ended up hurting her ankle. She was taken to a hospital immediately in the early morning hours as the crew was filming nights. The X ray was done and it turned out to be a ligament tear,” the spokesperson added.
With the rest of the filming stalled till Kangana gets well, the stunt that injured Kangana, ” was the last dangerous stunt” left to film.
“Kangana has been advised rest for one week till she has to keep the cast on. The crew will resume filming as soon as the cast comes off. She is almost done with her shoot, only had one more day to shoot there. Iconic war scene was being shot. Therefore the shoot has not been halted because of the injury,” said the spokesperson.
Directed by National Award winning director Krish, the film is scheduled for release on April 27 next year.
It also features Sonu Sood, Suresh Oberoi, Atul Kulkarni and Ankita Lokhande.
When it comes to expressing their admiration for each other openly – Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh top our chart. The much in love couple have never admitted to their relationship but have always given us major hints of their charismatic love story.
While Ranveer is excellently soaring up his perfect boyfriend image, this time Deepika also did not shy away from expressing her love for rumoured beau Ranveer Singh. In an interview, she expressed about Ranveer saying, “When we’re with each other, we don’t need anything or anyone else. We’re comfortable in each other’s presence. Sometimes it’s intelligent conversation, sometimes just silence, sometimes there’s a childlike innocence. We keep each other grounded. We are good in that sense”.
Deepika also revealed about her childhood desire to be a homemaker and while talking about starting a family with Ranveer she said, “I can’t put a year to it. Honestly, I’ve never been able to do anything that is time bound. I believe relationships have their way of unfolding. As far as my equation with him is concerned, I am sure that will unfold in its own manner. I can’t wait to be a homemaker. Because from the time I was a little girl, I’ve always wanted to be that. I’ve always wanted to start a family”.
Almost everyone is waiting for Deepika – Ranveer to tie the marriage knot but Deepika is in no hurry. She says, “Hmmm…and what would the next level be? It’s not obvious. I don’t know if marriage per se… Because I believe every relationship has its natural progression. I’m discovering that myself”.
We’re totally in love with this adorable pair! Are you’ll too?
The Shree Rajput Karni Sena on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, even though silent on the “Padmavati” row, must have had a role to play in the deferral of its release date from December 1.
As the Karni Sena continues to gather support in opposing the release of “Padmavati”, its patron-founder Lokendra Singh Kalvi said he was hopeful of increasing supporters from “four to 14” till director Sanjay Leela Bhansali announces a new release date for his historic drama.
Kalvi said even though the “Padmavati” makers have claimed they have “voluntarily” deferred the movie’s release, Modi would have had a “role” to play.
“The deferral of the release date has happened because of multiple roles people have played. CMs have a role, PM has a role, and most of all the social organisations who have been protesting aggressively and passionately have made it happen,” Kalvi told IANS.
“Padmavati” is in the eye of a storm following allegations that the movie distorts history about Rajput queen Padmavati, who is known to have committed Jauhar (self-immolation) to protect the honour of her community during the siege of Chittor in 1303.
At an earlier press conference here, Kalvi said he had already garnered the support of Chief Ministers of four states.
“I will make it from four to 14 till the next date is decided. I am meeting three more Chief Ministers in the next two days. This film will not run,” he said.
He said his appeal to Modi to “intervene” in the controversy was merely via the media. Do they plan to make a written appeal to Modi?
“We will make a written appeal to PM if there’s a need. I haven’t written any appeal to any Chief Minister or the Prime Minister… I am going to Maharashtra… They will ban it, I am confident,” Kalvi told IANS.
Karni Sena has been up in arms against Bhansali since he began shooting the film and had even assaulted him on the sets of his film in Jaipur last year over fears that the movie showcases objectionable scenes.
Now, it is calling for a ban.
Will the Karni Sena go to the Supreme Court? Kalvi told IANS: “There’s no need. We are in the people’s court and it has a lot of strength.”
But the apex court has already rejected two pleas regarding the stalling of the film. “Those were pleas by over-excited people who have no evidence,” Kalvi said.
Calling Bhansali a “repeat offender”, Kalvi said: “He does opposite of what he says and never does what he says. Why did they leave the section of genre in the censor board application form blank? He knew whether he writes historical or fiction, he will land in trouble.”
We were only at the warehouse of Dharma Productions in a cramped industrial area of Mumbai’s Goregaon East, but we wouldn’t have been more overwhelmed had we walked into a venue and Shah Rukh Khan came over with a glass of champagne and Anushka Sharma ushered us to a front row seat to a fashion show of all the costumes worn by the stars in their movies. They may not be there in person, but at the enormous Dharma warehouse you can feel their presence everywhere – they are there by name, by film and most importantly by their wardrobe.
The upper floor of the 13,000 sq ft, high-ceilinged warehouse has identical glass-front metal almirahs lined up in narrow aisles – it is like entering a vault of a large bank or storage company. The process feels even more so as we pass the big, intimidating glass case of keys in the office where Vishwas reigns supreme. He is the costume manager here who can tell you exactly where Alia Bhatt’s kurti from Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya is or Jaya Bachchan’s sari from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham hangs. He is just a smart man because he needn’t really memorise these things – there is an entire system of inventory on the computer that keeps track of every lehenga, leather jacket, slipper, sneaker or towel that passes through these doors.
It is staggering, this business of Bollywood – the enormous amounts of money, the stars, the gorgeous locations, the thronging fans and of course, the lavish costumes. People remember the movies they watch as much for the songs, the emotions, the dialogue and the stars as much as the costumes. Madhuri Dixit’s purple sari was as much a conversation piece as the song Didi Tera Dewar Deewana that was played and played at weddings all around in the 90s. What would a real Bollywood fan give to lay her hands on these iconic costumes, right?
A big question on our minds has always been, what is it that happens to these fabric pieces of Bollywood history once the film is canned? And who better, we thought, to ask that question than Karan Johar – from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to Ae Dil Hai Mushkil his movies have been as much about the fashion as the emotion. In an interview to Film Companion, he had said, “Clothes are my thing. I can’t help it. I buy things I don’t need, I buy things I can’t fit into, I am crazy. I don’t do drugs, I don’t smoke and drink, I just shop. And I live vicariously through the clothes my characters wear.”
We asked him to allow us take a peek into his film wardrobe, and what we got to see was a Bollywood archive in clothes – Katrina Kaif’s lehenga from her song Chikni Chameli, Alia Bhatt’s school jacket from Student of the Year, Ranbir Kapoor’s Louis Vuitton backpack from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, a separate trunk just full of Anushka Sharma’s beanies and boho handbags from the film, and a lot more. There is a military-style precise method to managing this madness – after the shooting is over every piece of garment used in a production is dry cleaned, packed up and sent here where it is photographed, numbered, tagged, inventoried and entered into the system along with name of movie, its colour and description. And you thought just making the film was the hard part.
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Those who are concerned that the pricey designer costumes just lie around or are thrown away once they are off Kareena Kapoor or Kajol’s back, needn’t worry. The proper inventory is for a reason – so that the garments can easily be found in good condition for reuse. There are trunks and cupboards full of accessories too – handbags, jewellery, shoes, belts etc. from every brand that you can think of. Shah Rukh Khan is of course above labels – we found the collars of his shirts from Dear Zindagi tagged ‘Specially crafted for SRK’.
The day we go there, winter coats and knitwear are lined up on a rack on the stylist’s orders for the shoot of an upcoming movie. “Background dancers and actors in future productions go on to use the clothes. Deepika Padukone’s lehenga from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani was turned into a sharara, saris are turned into dresses and reused. This is the sari Kajol wore in the last scene of K3G. So far we have changed the border and used it in at least 10 more Dharma movies,” Vishwas tells us, holding up a yellow ombre sari that looks kind of familiar – also giving us ideas on how to recycle and reuse our own wardrobe.
Shah Rukh Khan, who recently turned 52, is busy shooting for Anand L Rai’s film which also stars Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif in pivotal roles. Although lot of speculations are being made with regard to the title of the film, nothing has been confirmed as yet.
According to latest reports, Shah Rukh Khan is apparently planning to surprise his fans with the title of the film by New Year. His fans, who are eagerly waiting to see King Khan play a pint-sized character, have been referring to the project as ‘dwarf film’.
The Baadshah of Bollywood is reported to be playing a dwarf in the film due to which the film is expected to be high on VFX and the post-production to consume more time after the shoot is wrapped up.
Helmed by Himanshu Sharma, the film is scheduled to release on Christmas 2018.