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Saturday 14 August 2010

News for bollywood movies // 14

Movie Review : Help

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 Rajeev Virani
 Ashutosh Pathak
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 Bobby Deol, Mugdha Godse, Sophie Handa, Shreyas Talpade
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Supernatural and horror films have something which is intriguing. There is a certain urge to know what is beyond our perception. But more often than not, the execution is not up to the mark. HELP is no exception.

Pia (Mugdha Godse) is married to filmmaker Vic (Bobby Deol). While going through a tumultuous relationship they unexpectedly have to rush to Mauritius after Pia's father has a heart attack. When she goes to her old home in Mauritius, Pia is confronted by her past. She had lost her five-year-old twin sister in an accident and now it seems that her spirit is back to take revenge. Taking the help of a renowned parapsychologist, Dr. Aditya Motwani (Shreyas Talpade), Vic now has task of getting to the bottom of the mystery and save her pregnant wife.

While the first half of Rajiv Virani's directorial debut HELP is slow, it picks up in the second half with a decent and unpredictable background story. Supposedly
inspired from the Hollywood film, MIRRORS, its climax has some chilling moments. There are some genuinely scary scenes like the one in which the ghost is crawling on a ceiling or the climax one involving mirrors. But they are too scanty leaving you asking for more. The scene showing a dead dog with its internal organs blown apart is utter gross. It has its share of flimsy moments. The standard formula of the protagonist not believing in ghosts initially, and later believing in supernatural powers and seeking help is shown in HELP too.







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There are some conspicuous flaws like there's no physical damage shown to Susan Alves' (Sophia Handa) body at her funeral, even though she died because of a brutal accident. Handicap Aditya who plays basketball on a wheelchair, drives a car and is also able to hit the brake and accelerator. Even the editing is filthy as the screen goes black numerous times for transition. A random song which has Vic whining just post interval is a complete deterrent.

Imagine this: After a heated argument with Vic, Pia informs him of her pregnancy. It completely changes Vic who hugs her and says that he can't live without her. How touching...not! Also, Dr. Aditya Motwani believes the spirit can do him no wrong until he has the 'holy water' with him. Haven't sprits evolved beyond that?

Mugdha Godse plays her part well. She looks smouldering hot in the bikini scene. Bobby Deol is decent. Shreyas Talpade is passable in his extended special appearance. Salim Fateh as Pia's father is average. And Sophia Handa as Pia's best friend, well can she act?

With a middling story but just a few scary moments, HELP ends up being an ordinary fare.

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Mallika Sherawat to do Hollywood horror flick

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Mallika Sherawat sure is full of surprises. Agreed, that her shape-shifting-snake stint in Hissss , with costumes complementing her body rather well, did scale her acting career to new heights but the actress is making further progress.

The key to success is versatility, it seems. Mallika has recently acquired the script of a horror film that she is very keen on acting in.

During the one-year course of her stay in the US, Mallika has come across several scripts from different writers. Amongst all of them, she has apparently loved the one that is supposed to be a horror story on reincarnation. Though the film will most probably be directed by a Hollywood director, it will have, Mallika tells us, a very Bollywood feel to it.

Mallika says, “I have heard the script of a horror film on reincarnation. It is currently in the developing process. When it is complete, one shall work on the director aspect.”

Like Hissss , which is supposed to be a typically Bollywood story but has been directed by Hollywood director Jennifer Lynch, this film too has a mish-mash of sorts. But an optimistic Mallika adds, “I have met so many writers and only one of them brought this lovely horror script to me.”

After signing a new film with Amitabh Bachchan, the horror film seems like the next best thing to Mallika. Though a bit homesick now, Mallika is looking forward to this new project. She says, “It’s been more than a year that I have been in the US but it has been fruitful. Thi

Budget films trump Bollywood hits in India

NDIA: India's Hindi film industry may be known for its glamour, and larger than life productions involving song and dance routines, but bucking the trend are two small budget films.

The movies, made with relatively unknown actors, have swept the box office collections, even as another big production released on the same day fell flat.

The movies "Udaan" and "Tere Bin Laden", do not have big names in their star cast list.

Yet their earnings continue to grow by the day.

"We have received more than what we expected and people are finding it very funny and interesting. I think, Abhishek has given a long decade to conceive the idea and he is also very happy, and the support and the feedback we are getting from media and from people of media, I just want to thank all of them," "Tere Bin Laden" lead actor Ali Zafar said.

"Tere Bin Laden", meaning "Without You Laden" grossed over a million dollars in India on its opening weekend.

It is a comical take on the mastermind behind the 9/11 terror strikes, Osama Bin Laden.

The movie, starring Pakistani pop singer Ali Zafar as the lead actor, is also enjoying a strong run internationally.

The other small budget critically acclaimed movie "Udaan" or "Flight" is about a small-town boy, who hasn't been home for eight years.

It examines the stormy relationship between a tyrannical father and his rebellious son.

"When the film was selected in Cannes, we were not expecting it, so we were very happy. The people of the selection committee said the same thing. They said this is one film from India that they have seen, that transcends boundaries, that will translate internationally, that will reach everywhere, and will have a much wider audience because it speaks to everyone from all over the world," "Udaan" producer Anurag Kashyap said.

Another film released at the same time – "Lamhaa" or "Moment" – is a complete loss, as far as the economics are concerned.


It stars glamorous actress, Bipasha Basu, and was shot in the picturesque Kashmir valley.

But the movie, which is a hard take on terrorism, is struggling to keep pace with its anti-thesis "Tere Bin Laden", a satire of the same theme.

The year 2010 has been relatively dull for Bollywood, with only a handful of hit movies. With the success of small budget films, many producers would have realised that it’s important to not underestimate the audience who appreciates a good story above everything else.

Small Budget, Big Wonders!

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Lately there has been a lot of chatter about small budget movies doing wonders at the box-office. The phenomenon has even caught Aamir Khan’s fancy with him placing his bet on smaller films, though hopefully not mediocre ones. The trend reminds one of small and low budget projects in an altogether different sector: the airlines industry’s celebrated low-frills travel experience which actually helped in carving a niche market for them, owing to the evolutional changes in India’s demography.


So the concept has been around for some time now and Bollywood too has been fondling with it. It has started showing positive results by way of small or low budget movies like ‘Udaan’ and ‘Tere Bin Laden’ being liked even as initially some low budget films like ‘Bheja Fry’, ‘Blue Umbrella’ weren’t really called hits, technically, but still earned appreciation from a select janta.

Hence, as the works of new age filmmakers are applauded at international film festivals like Cannes, Durban, Sundance etc., the growing interest in small films prodded me to explore the dynamics of the small, big films of B-town.

And it seems like the bleak times of Bollywood helped turned the arclights on smaller budget films to satiate audiences of various denominations. At a time when the industry is reeling under the impact of two of its biggest debacles - ‘Kites’ and ‘Raavan’- the multiplexes are silently celebrating and surviving on the collections of two smart films, ‘Tere Bin Laden’ and ‘Udaan’.

Out of the nine movies which have made money in the first seven months of 2010, four are what we can call small wonders, making it a much better success ratio for the under-Rs 6 crore, no-star films.

The first one was Abhishek Chaubey’s ‘Ishqiya’, starring Naseerudin Shah and Arshad Warsi as goons-on-the-run chacha-bhatija, both of whom fall for the same femme fatale played by Vidya Balan. Next came Dibakar Banerjee’s ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’ (LSD), which featured only newcomers and was made on a budget of less than Rs 2 crore using CCTVs and handy cams, making it an amazing success story just after the first weekend.

After LSD released a movie which garnered worldwide acclaim, it would not be wrong to say that Vikramadiyta Motwane’s ‘Udaan’ defined a new business model for the quintessential Bollywood hit. The film is but a classic example of a small movie which made it big beyond expectations as it was screened at Cannes this year and won good reviews.

Next in tow is my personal favourite, ‘Tere Bin Laden’ which scored with its intelligent comedy and the title song of the film ‘Ullu De Patthe’, which only inspired me to write a piece on those ignorant producers who are still to come out of the big-film-superstar myth at a time when small is both beautiful and business savvy.

All ‘Tere Bin Laden’ had is a smart storyline, an intelligent approach to filmmaking and a bunch of actors who were willing to infuse soul rather than image in their characters. One thing is clear: any producer who just wants to invest a gargantuan budget, minus a storyline and a script, is ‘Ullu da pattha’, destined to bite dust at the theaters.

The reason being that today’s audience wants something more than just the entertainment of seeing superstars dancing at plush locales with maudlin music. No one likes to see the same old stuff rolled in a new package anymore. Makers who did relate with the prevailing sentiments have made a difference.

If we look at the figures - ‘Tere Bin Laden’ grossed Rs.50 million all over India in the first three days from 344 screens. Though Anurag Kashyap`s `Udaan` got a lot of critical acclaim, the opening was just about fair but showed some uptick during the weekend.

Given the fact that budget for `Raavan` and ‘Kites’, (including cost of print and publicity) came at around Rs. 150 crores and Big Pictures (the worldwide distributors) had a total investment of Rs. 110 crores for ‘Raavan’, both the film’s gross avenue turned up to only around Rs. 90 crores, the numbers which makers never really expected for movies of such big canvas. Apparently, the numbers only help in ringing bells among producers that pumping in money is only good till the time they have a smart script. Or, else the movie is bound to fall flat.

Even established actors have understood this fact and that is the reason why someone like Aamir Khan produced Anusha Rizvi’s ‘Peepli Live’, a film about farmer suicides in India and the media and political imbroglio, that eventually went on to win the Durban Film Festival in South Africa. News has it that even Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment is producing Roshan Abbas’s ‘Always Kabhi Kabhi’, a high school film featuring four debutants.

This is not just good for the producers, but also for the scriptwriters, directors, music-makers and actors who would never get a Suraj Barjatya to hear them out, let alone give them a chance to perform. Big dreams of a new breed of creative professionals are being realized, courtesy small films.

Undoubtedly, the multiplex culture has ensured constant movement of audiences towards such movies as the earlier single-screens wouldn’t take the risk. This has also helped in the distribution of small budget films as the distributors and producers are no longer unsure of film reach, impact and box office collections.

As a matter of fact, in the past one or two years it has been observed that these small budget movies have done a much better job with audience reactions in comparison to big bucks Magnum Opus.

But like the troubled aviation sector which is doing a rethink on its no-frills model, will small budget flicks also fade away soon?

I don’t think so. India is such a market where there is place for everyone, provided that the players present what people want. While the investment in the airlines sector has only gone up due to various factors despite cheaper services on offer (making less than the expected profits), the opposite is true in cinema.

The costs have gone down while the profits have shot up. There is rarely a film that does not get even at the box office what with TV rights, merchandise, music etc compensating for the lack of audience interest.

I have a readymade bikini body: Mugdha Godse

,Mugdha Godse has been lucky in Bollywood, she has experimented with different genres and worked with leading stars and directors in Fashion, All The Best and Jail. And now the sexy actress wants to try her luck in the spirit world. People are going to literally call out for ‘Help’ says Mugdha who is starring with Bobby Deol in a horror film by that name which releases today, Friday the 13th/photo.cms?msid=6304498.

“There have been many scary films though none of them managed to spook people out, but I’m confident that I will do what others couldn’t in Help,” says the actress who’s plays a possessed character in the film. “Those who have seen Help have said that I’m not just a good-looking ghost, I scare people too,” adds Mugdha.

She believes that ghosts do exist. “I’ve not had any encounters with them yet, neither do I want to... I’m a big fattu, but I know that they are around. During the film’s promotion, I was needed to go to spooky places but I chickened out... what if I really got possessed,” asks the actress.

Mugdha’s ghostly act is yet to be seen, but her white bikini picture for the film did grab eyeballs. “I didn’t know that the bikini is still a novelty for people. I didn’t bat an eyelid before wearing it. Thankfully, I have a readymade bikini body and don’t have to slog it out at the last moment to look perfect,” says Mugdha.

There were also rumours that she’s done a hot kissing scene with Bobby. “There are some nice romantic scenes between us but no kissing scene. Bobby is a good friend and a fantastic actor. But then I make friends with all my co-stars,” says the friendly star. ,,,

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Bollywood icon Khan offers new face of Indian cinema

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LOS ANGELES — After forging a career as one of the biggest stars of lavish Bollywood movies, Aamir Khan is using his clout to bring a grittier vision of India to the big screen.
Khan, 45, the star of acclaimed films such as "3 Idiots" and "Ghajini," is the producer of "Peepli Live," a dark tragi-comedy about the hardships suffered by workers in contemporary rural India.
"Mainstream Indian cinema is larger than life and mainly musicals," Khan told AFP in an interview during a publicity event in Beverly Hills ahead of the worldwide release of "Peepli Live" on August 13.
"The style of story-telling is larger than life, with strong emotions. This film is unusual for Indian cinema as well, and it's a challenging film for the audience as well."
A household name in India, Khan remains a relative unknown in the United States, even if, during a press day in Los Angeles he retains the trappings of Bollywood superstardom: two bodyguards are stationed outside his suite, and anyone approaching the actor-director is subjected to a pat down.
Dressed casually in jeans and a T-shirt, however, Khan is anything but the caricature of a cosseted movie star, speaking freely as he offers his opinions on film and life in India.
Khan threw his considerable weight behind "Peepli Live" after reading first-time director Anusha Rizvi's script. Khan was hooked immediately.
"Indian films are more about fairytales. You have heroes, romance, action, big musicals," Khan explained. "It's not usual to have a very realistic setting for a movie in India."
"When I read the script I felt that this is a challenging film for mainstream Indian audiences. I also believed that it had the potential to engage audiences across the world.
"It's a human story, very funny, very entertaining, but also heartbreaking. It's a great window into rural life in India today. But I think that it's a story that resonates across cultures and across countries."
Convinced that the movie would find an audience beyond India, the film's producers invited staff at foreign consulates in Mumbai to attend test screenings. "They responded very well as well," Khan said.
Khan revealed that "Peepli Live" helped him understand rural India after living most of his life in the country's huge urban centers.
"The film, in fact, is about this growing divide between urban and rural India, and how as a society, we are concentrating all our resources, our energies, our emotions, our wealth towards cities," Khan said.
"And as a result, villages and rural India get completely neglected. They are almost invisible for us. And that's not good."
Khan though was happy to support a film that helps bring the plight of rural communities to a wider audience.
"I would like to use the strength I have as a mainstream Bollywood actor to be a platform for projects which have unusual and different things to say," he explained, adding he is not ready to turn his back on Bollywood just yet.
"I'm not fed up with mainstream cinema. I think they have a place of their own. It's great to see a good mainstream film which takes you on a journey which is very entertaining.
"But for me, to be attached to a film, I have to be excited about the script. And whether it's mainstream or not, it has to attach me, to move me, indulge me and entertain me.
"When I say entertain, I don't mean make me laugh. I mean make me think."
Peepli Live: Rural issues need not be boring,

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Real villages are so few and far between in Bollywood movies that it seems a daring step if a filmmaker decides to make a film on farmers' problems in the country.

But with Peepli Live debutante director Anusha Rizvi, who has also written the story, gives a beautiful story. Aamir Khan, film's producer, has said that the movie is not about farmers' suicide and he is right.

The issue here is beyond farmers' suicide. The film deals with the growing divide between two Indias and how one is shining at the cost of other. It is also Rizvi's tribute to Premchand's hero Hori from 'Godan', whose destiny remains unchanged even as the faces representing the power keep changing.

The political response and media frenzy surrounding Natha's suicide evoke many laughs but the pathos in the story ensures that the film conveys its message successfully.

Peepli Live begins with the story of simple minded farmer Natha (Omkar Das Manikpuri), who is talked into committing suicide by his brother Budhia (Raghubir Yadav) when they lose their land to the bank after failing to repay their debt. Budhia convinces his brother that their family will benefit as government has many relief benefits for the families of farmers who kill themselves.

Their drunken conversation is heard by a local journalist, who writes a story in his newspaper. Soon the TRP hungry news channels lap up the story because as one TV reporters puts it, "chance to cover a live suicide comes once in a while". Natha's impending death becomes a national obsession.

Natha finds himself in a new predicament: his every movement is tracked by prying cameras. He can't even go to bathroom without the cameras following him. While channels beam live and exclusive interviews with Natha's villager friends, no one has the time to ask whether he actually wants to die.

The film has no big Bollywood star except Aamir who is behind the screen as producer. Rizvi has picked up actors from Habib Tanvir's theatre group Naya Theatre and they have done an authentic job.

Actors like Omkar Das Manikpuri (Natha), Raghuvir Yadav (Budhia), Shalini Vatsa (Natha's wife Dhania), Farrukh Jaffar (Natha's mother), Malaika Shenoy (TV journalist), Vishal Sharma (TV journalist), Nowaz (A newspaper journalist) and Naseeruddin Shah in a small role of a shrewd politician, Salim Kidwai, are so comfortable in their character's skin that the actor and character meld into one.

Raghubir puts up a seasoned performance and Jaffar, who played Rekha's mother in the old Umrao Jaan is amazing as the loud-mouthed, beedi-smoking mother.

Shenoy, Sharma and Nowaz are satirical representations of the pressures of Indian journalism.

Rizvi also brings in local Badwai villagers in walk-on roles and they are brilliant and authentic.

The Habib Tanvir legacy is represented by his daughter Nageen and her soulful rendition of the Chattisgarhi folk song Chola Maati Ka. For those interested in fusion music, the film offers two Indian Ocean numbers Des Mera and Zindagi Se Darte Ho

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Photo News: Neha Dhupia poses with the Cup at Signature PowerPlay Golf Tournament launch

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MUMBAI, SEP 16: Bollywood actor Neha Dhupia poses with the Cup at the launch of Signature PowerPlay Golf Tournament 2009, in Mumbai on Wednesday (UNI Photo)
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Photo News: Farah Khan during the launch of 'And God Spoke in Numbers


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MUMBAI, SEP 18: Gittanjali Elizabeth Mordecai with Bollywood Director and Choreographer Farah Khan at Oxford Bookstore during the launch of 'And God Spoke in Numbers' in Mumbai on Friday (UNI Photo)

Photo News: Misti Mukherjee celebrates dual birthday party


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MUMBAI, SEP 17: Bollywood actress Misti Mukherjee celebrates dual birthday party along with Sameer Dattani and Sushant Singh at Enigma in JW Marriot, in Mumbai on Thursday (UNI Photo)

Photo News: Misti Mukherjee at her birthday party at Enigma

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MUMBAI, SEP 17: A close friend giving kiss to Bollywood actress Misti Mukherjee at her birthday party at Enigma in JW Marriot Hotel, in Mumbai on Thursday (UNI Photo

Photo News: Actors Govinda, Lara Dutta promotes 'Do Knot Disturb'

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NEW DELHI, SEP 15: Actors Govinda and Lara Dutta at a press conference to promote their film "Do Knot Disturb' in New Delhi on Tuesday (UNI Photo)

Photo News: Ayesha Takia arriving at B 'n D Best Hair Styling and Make-up Award

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MUMBAI, SEP 9 : Actor Ayesha Takia arriving at B 'n D Best Hair Styling and Make-up Award 2009in Mumbai on Tuesday night (UNI Photo)

Photo News: Kareena Kapoor at B n' D Best Hair Styling and Make-up Award

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MUMBAI, SEP 9 : Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor at B n' D Best Hair Styling and Make-up Award 2009 (Hair Styling and Make-up Competition for three days was held at Rajiv Gandhi Institute) in Mumbai on Tuesday night (UNI Photo)

Photo News: Priyanka Chopra at 'save the children' campaign

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