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In what is being seen as the comeback plank of many industry superstars to the Yash Raj banner, ‘Tashan’ is already being seen and promoted as one of the biggest releases of 2008. The movie marks the return of Akshay Kumar( after Yeh Dillagi -1994 and Dil To Pagal Hai -1997), Kareena Kapoor( after Mujhse Dosti Karoge -2002) and Anil Kapoor( after Lamhe -1992) to the biggest production house in Bollywood. Along with the stylish Saif Ali Khan, they complete the star studded lineup of glamour and action in this movie, which is the maiden directorial venture of Vijay Krishna Acharya (credited with the screenplay of other Yash Raj hits like Dhoom and Dhoom 2). The movie is being produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra on behalf of Yash Raj Films, with Vishal-Shekhar providing the music.

Tashan, which stands for ‘style’ is believed to be a wholesome action commercial flick, with a brazen and overwhelming entertainment flavor. With plenty of twists, high powered performances, thrills, it’s expected to combine the age old Yash Raj Bollywood masala tinge with the fast paced story telling trend of new age cinema.

The film revolves around a recovery agent, ‘Bachchan Pandey’ played by Akshay Kumar, who is employed by a petty wannabe gangster ‘Bhaiyaji’ played by Anil Kapoor. Kareena Kapoor plays a glamorous lady who owes a large amount of money to ‘Bhaiyaji’. ‘Bachchan Pandey’ is therefore assigned by his boss to recover the money from Kareena. This sets off a chain of events, in which Kareena is tracked around the world by the former, leading to a racy narrative. Saif Ali Khan’s role is pretty well guarded, as is the unconventional theme of the film. But what is surely known is that the film will feature his son, Ibrahim, making his debut and reportedly playing his reel life son.

The exciting plot and theme apart, Tashan has also been in the news for the fashionable new looks that each of the lead cast are sporting. Saif’s being the most prominent with a moustache and a mane, Akshay with designer stubble and a very short haircut, Kareena Kapoor’s ultra slim look to fit into the sexy attires and bikinis for her role. Even the normally conventional looking Anil Kapoor will be seen with a heavy, handlebar moustache.

The film was shot in various locales across the world. Shooting commenced in June 2007 in Kerala (that set the stage for the Saif-Kareena real life romance), and thereafter in Laddakh and Rajasthan. Some portions were also done in and around the Fort area of Mumbai and on the banks of the river Ganges at Haridwar. Exotic settings in Greece were also used.

The prmos of the film has raised a lot of hype and interest. Infact a recent IndiaFM poll put Tashan as No. 1 on the list of “Most Awaited Movies of 2008”. The punchline of the film- “THE ISHTYLE….THE GOODLUCK…..THE PHARMOOLA” itself evinces a lot of attention. Hitting the cinemas on 25 April 2008, it remains to be seen if this flick is as stylish at the box office as it is believed to be.

Well every body heard of the name munnabhai and circuit. Every movie freak loved the 1st in the series munnabhai mbbs.It wasn’t enough, and then came the second which was bigger and larger than the first, not in size though but in entertainment Lage raho munna bhai. And from that moment people were craving for more. Now tell me who wouldn’t cash on this situation. So next in the series is all about our munna bhai going to America.

Trailer of movie: Munna Bhai Chale Amerika is out and Munna Bhai (Sanjay mama) and Circuit (Arshad) are seen learning English as they are leaving to America in this movie. There is a perfect comedy strip in the trailer and that helps the audience to get the exact idea about the movie is, how it is going to be for sure. Our very own people in Andhra Pradesh might be reminded of a comic character called parvateesham who sets off to a similar voyage to not America but to London.

Munna Bhai, with an history in impressing and influencing spectators with its so called performaces has set standard in both the first and the second part of the series. His shirts are also refreshingly good colored, and sanju looks really good in them. And after all the talk about the hero and the supporting hero how on earth can we forget about the actress?? Well the choice of actress in the movie is also to be talked off! The first movie had Gracy Singh,who was really graceful. Pleasing smile good personality ability to act and what not. Well, the first one was good, the second one even better. And I’m talking about none other than the gorgeous Kerala beauty Vidya Balan. She was terrific in the movie. After the great success of the the Lage Raho Munna Bhai and Munna Bhai MBBS , Munna bhai rose to become a brand name and this lead to whole new Munna Bhai sequels like James Bond or Harry Potter series. Now the originator Mr.Vidhu Vinod Chopra and the director being Mr.Raj Kumar Hirani have resumed performance on the third branch of the continuation Munna Bhai Chale America, plus they are all set to give the audience something more for sure.

The breathtaking idea to transport the two lead characters in the US took shape when the director Rajkumar Hirani saw that Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi were sitting together in a golf-cart in US. The contemplation of two jigri‘bhais’ being transported to US took Hirani’s picture. When Dutt came to be acquainted with this particular idea, he liked it a great deal and asked Hirani to definitely make a film lying on it. This is how Munnabhai Chale Amerika was born.

Aditya chopra’s latest venture rab ne bana di Jodi is being eagerly awaited by millions. He is all set to be back in the limelight with this new promising project of his. He is putting on the director’s cap after 8 yrs. His last directorial venture was mohabbatein starring shahrukh khan. Aditya chopra will make his new movie rab ne bana di jodi under the banner of “yash raj films” this time. The viewers are definitely hoping a visual treat. His legendary first movie diwale dulhaniya le jayenge has still not been forgotten by anyone. It created a record breaking history in bollywood. This movie again has shahrukh in it, which surely will be a major publicity factor for it. The combination of aditya chopra and shahrukh khan has proven to be a hit in the past.

As already mentioned shahrukh khan is the main hero of the movie. The female counterpart is yet to be finalized. The leading lady opposite to shahrukh will be a fresh new face. The search has already started for the new face who can fit the role in a perfect manner. It surely will be a dream debut for that lucky girl to be acting with aditya chopra and shahrukh khan together in one film. Aditya chopra will also be writing the script for this movie along with direction. The shooting of the movie will believed to commence from may 2008. aditya chopra is planning to rope in salim-sulaiman for the music of this movie. Salim- sulaiman have created good music in the past.

We can enjoy this movie mostly by the end of 2008, which is when it is expected to release. This is a good time for the release of the movie because of the holiday season for many of us.Aditya chopra had by choice taken this 8 year long break from direction. He was certainly not wasting time or talent doing nothing. He had been engaged in setting up the first studio model in India, which definitely would take “yash raj films” places. Simultaneously he was also busy with a lot of production activities. The movies which were produced under him over the recent past are hum tum, fanaa, salam namaste to name a few. He was the creative director of these movies. Along with all this he also had written many scripts in movies like veer zaara which was yash chopra’s directorial project. We surely are hoping for another record breaking movie just like dilwale dulahaniya le jayenge which still is been shown in theatres in Mumbai. The duo shahrukh khan and aditya chopra are all set to create magic once again.

The upcoming flick being made by Rakesh Roshan and filmkraft production pvt. Ltd. is an uproarious comedy movie Krazzy 4. Rakesh roshan has given the job of the director to jaideep sen. He was so struck by jaideep’s sincerity and commitment to his work that he has confided his coming movie into jaideep’s trusted hands.

This is the first film under filmkraft banner being directed by a person other than rakesh roshan. This shows how much trust has been put in this single person jaideep sen. Rajesh roshan has composed good music for this movie. He is an important part of the roshan camp for ages. His music has made a mark in bollywood.

The title says it all. It’s a total mad situation out there. Everyone is crazy about something or the other, few about money, few are craving for power, few are madly in love. they are all becoming insane. Arshad warsi plays the role of raja, who is a young guy who gets angry very easily. His anger is just not in his control and all hell is ready to break loose with raja around. The doctors have also given a name to this kind of behavior of raja, its called sporadic explosive disorder!

The role of Dr.Mukherji is being played by Irfan khan who is this complete doctor, very much concerned about neatness and orderliness around him. Now you must be wondering what is wrong with him. Well, he has this problem called obsessive compulsive disorder. He always wants to be in control of the situation, wants to be the captain always, but he is so possessed with this that he has no control over his own self. Rajpal yadav portrays the character of Gangadhar who is struggling and fighting over a cause that has been accomplished long back. He is basically living in the past with people like Gandhi and Nehru. In this process he has lost his own mind.

Suresh menon plays the role of the Dabboo. He is this endearing guy who is loved by everyone. All this is in spite of the fact that he has not spoken a word for years. He gets scared very easily, but is still the favorite of everyone. That’s why everybody is over cautious about dabboo. Raja has a girlfriend whose role has been played by Dia mirza. She is a TV reporter and is just not able to handle raja.

The role of Dr.Sonali has been played by juhi chawla, who is basically a psychiatrist who knows about the troubles of her patients. She is a sensible woman who works from her heart while treating her patients. Her husband is an industrialist R.K.Sanyal who is crazy about having power, and in the process of attaining power he creates difficult situation for his family. Zakir hussain is srivastav who is so involved in unlawful activities that he will crouch to any level, even murder.

If you are great movie buff, and would like to entertain yourself with some of the best and the latest flicks around, then one two three is just the right kind of movie for you, its basically a comedy flick with an element of suspense and thrill, the main protagonists are the three men from various parts of the country, and each of them having their own identity and the characterization also differs, but the entire drama and the problem starts because of one trait which they have in common and that is their name which happens to be the same for all the three, which is “laxmi naraynan”, this gives rise to a lot of confusions and the basic narration and the story line is found.

The movie kicks off with the brief introduction of the three characters, i.e. laxmi naraynan one two and the third, the first one of them is the role of an automobiles salesman, being taken up by the versatile actor Sunil shetty, whose primary concern all the time is to keep his boss pleasant and in the mean course his happiness of life gets lost, and he develops an irritable and a confused character. The second of them is the lofty tushar kapoor who dons the character of a young, dynamic and energetic shooter from the realms of the underworld and who is living to see the light of the day, when he will become the most popular don in the city, which was the unfulfilled wish of his dying mother. The third LAXMI narayan is the flamboyant paresh rawal, who is into the business of selling the bra and the kachaas , which he sells at a mobile car on the streets of the jostling chandni chowk. He is a poor man with the usual dream of making it into the list of some top riches of the city.

The story now sails along with all the three laxmi narayans reaching a common place with some work of their own, and have to catch up with different people concerning their profession, all the drama and the confusion crops up due to the exchange of their envelopes owing to the similarity of their names, which accounts for they meeting different people, now what happens next is any body’s guess. The narration further moves with some laugh riot and some intense chaos and confusion in stores which holds you and maintains your curiosity to know, what is gonna be next?

This film has a lot to offer the viewers in tern of the content and the comic sequences and the versatility of actors. But as far as the music of the movie goes it lacks in quantity and fails to make a mark and hence is unimpressive.

It can be called as one of the most awaited release of the year. One of the reasons can be stated as the presence of ash, abhi and big b together on screen for the first time post ash-abhi marriage. Who wouldn’t want to check the sizzling chemistry of the lead pair?

Checking out the story line it is the sequel of sarkar.Sarkar was enthused by the Hollywood flick The Godfather. However the new movie is original. The release of this movie was made-up to be in December. But our very own ramuji is unable to decide on a proper date after his box office disaster rgv ki aag.Our sources informed us that ramu doesn’t want his movie to clash with aushos mammoth jodha akbar in which ash again plays the lead role.ash (anita) plays a role of a business woman in sarkar raj.the movie is based on socio political subject. The movie revolves around a family called nagare.In the first movie the drama deals with a father and son relation during crisis but the second is based on a preset equation between them. As it’s a social subject there have been many rumors of it being linked up with the Narmada project. But ramu clearly clarifies that it’s not the case with sarkar raj.

In the movie ash and abhi(Shankar) play opposite roles.ash utterly trusts in making money from the common man and abhi makes money for people. Therefore it could be said that ash has got a liltle shade of negativity in her character. And there is no glamour part in anita s character so ash will be seen sans her make up.Thus their relation is based on divergence. And amitabh(subhash nagare) plays a key role of Mumbai politician.

Though there is an explanation from ramu there have been many rumors about the movie’s link up with the nandigram project. The west Bengal management decided that a chemical unit had to be set up for which a barrier had to be built.but the opposition came in the form of the villagers who completely opposed to the idea. Thus there was a big quarrel amongst the villagers and the police men.large number of people lost their lifes.

Most of the shooting of the film took place in ramoji film city of Hyderabad and some of the action sequences were filmed in Mumbai. The film is currently in post production state and Is expected to release in April or may. The movie is always surrounded by controversies. The recent one that’s doing rounds is that the movie release might be postponed further because amitabh wants some of the shots to be reshot.

Well we don’t know if its true or not. All we can do is wait for the release of the movie!

Here are few quotes from the top bollywood celebrities about their plans for this years Holi the festival of colours.

Amrita Rao: Nostalgic about Vrindavan
This Holi, in all possibility, I will be in Phuket. Unfortunately, last year I was shooting. However, I will never forget the time I had in Vrindavan where Holi is played with flowers and one is immersed up to the waist in water. It is simply divine and one is away from the artificial colours.

Riya Sen: Let’s play Holi!
I am very fond of Holi. There are many Holi parties happening and since I am not working this year, I will probably go to one of them. I don’t really mind getting wet for Holi.

Maliaka Arora-Khan: Out of town
I am not going to be in town this Holi as we are planning to go to Dubai. Nevertheless, I prefer to stay away from playing.

Celina Jaitley: Family friend and masti!
I will be celebrating with my parents and friends. Last year I had good fun with my friends, and I’m looking forward for the same this year as well.

Deepika Padukone: Colour me right!
I have got a hectic schedule around Holi. But I am still not going to miss out on playing the festival of colours.

Amrita Arora: Holi is not for me!
I am not really fond of playing Holi. I do not like getting wet unless it’s in the bathroom. I really dislike that colour on my face and hair.

Kim Sharma: Moody girl
Whether I play Holi or not depends solely on my mood on that day. So there are no fixed plans as yet. Sometimes, I just go freak out, yet there are times when I remain stuck in the house. Holi is fun.

Ayesha Takia: Scared about eggs!
Frankly speaking, I never play Holi. People throw all all sorts of weird things like eggs and oil paint and this really freaks me out.

Tulip Joshi: Bhang and colours!
I will have some friends coming over home. We will have a nice dinner or maybe lunch, and of course colours and bhangs are included.

As the theatrical trailer of Jodhaa Akbar is unveiled this week, Ashutosh Gowariker can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

“It’s been a grueling but rewarding time. I’ve been virtually sleeping on the sets. We have finally zeroed- in on January 25 as the date of release. It’s a good week because we get the full 3-day holiday weekend, Republic Day and all” says Ashutosh Gowariker.

Rang De Basanti was released during the same weekend two years ago. “Was it?” Ashutosh seems unaware of the coincidence. “It just seems like the right moment. It’s a pity we couldn’t make it on schedule on October 12.”

Ashutosh still has one song to shoot which he will do as soon as Aishwarya returns from Boston from shooting her Pink Panther movie.

The epic’s postponement has given two other biggish films Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and Bhool Bhulaiya to slip into the Eid Friday. “We aren’t attaching the trailer to any of the two films,” informs Ashutosh. “It goes into theatres independently.”

But it is just a coincidence that the Jodhaa Akbar trailer is being released during the same week that the film was earlier supposed to release? “You can call it a pleasant coincidence,” ends Ashutosh.

Cigarette smoking by actor-convict Sanjay Dutt, lodged at Yerawada prison, did not violate the jail rules governing the inmates, prison sources said on Monday.

Reacting to a media report, a Right to Information (RTI) activist has sought to know whether the actor was given a concession to smoke in jail premises, officials clarified that all inmates were entitled to the facility.

“All items that are kept in the jail canteen could be consumed freely by the inmates, cigarette being one of them”, sources added.

Meanwhile, a city-based human rights activist and lawyer Aseem Sarode, who recently met Dutt recommending him a course in Gandhian philosophy, has objected to a statement by public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam that Bollywood’s support campaign for the actor amounted to contempt of court.

“Nikam’s statement goes against Article 19 of the Constitution that guarantees right to freedom of expression”, he said.

Dutt, sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of six years in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blast trial, underwent a routine medical-check on Sunday. He was “fine” and had breakfast this morning, sources said.

We know about Rimi Sen that she is petite, pretty thing, but hold on…..looks can be deceiving.Rimi Sen, who rarely displays those typical girlie traits like other pretty’s. In fact, the bong bombshell doesn’t even flaunt a boyfriend, at least we haven’t got a whiff of any brewing romance in her life.What really turns on this gal are hot wheels. Yeah, while most filmis would prefer a classy Mercedes, apparently Rimi has gone ahead and bought a sporty BMW.And that’s not all enough . She doesn’t like being driven; she loves to have the whell in her control. And in trun drive the boys crazy. So all you guys dying to ‘take her for a ride’,can take a walk.