KRISHNA AUR KANS declared Tax Free in six states!

'Krishna aur Kans', 3D animated feature film, has been declared tax-free in six states including Maharashtra, while other states are considering the proposal resulting in advance block bookings, a company official said Friday.

Produced by Reliance Animation, the film, which released Friday, has been declared tax-free in Punjab, Rajasthan, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal besides Maharashtra.

Other states like Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh are also considering the proposal.

"We are thankful to all the state governments for such overwhelming support towards the film for the cause. We want every family in our country to celebrate Janmashtami with 'Krishna aur Kans' and enjoy the adventures and pranks of their favourite Krishna," said Ashish S.K., executive producer of the film and CEO, Reliance Animation.

Janmashtami is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Krishna and it falls Aug 10 this year.

"Schools across the states have started doing block bookings of the shows for their students. Even corporate, social groups and clubs in various cities across the country have done block bookings for their employees and members. Also, religious organisations have made bulk bookings," Ashish said.

Positioned as India's first animated family entertainer, 'Krishna aur Kans' is set to appeal kids along with their parents and grandparents.

The songs of the film are composed by Shantanu Moitra, with lyrics by Swanand Kirkire and sung by Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal and Sunidhi Chauhan.

Actors like Juhi Chawla, Manoj Bajpayee, Om Puri, Anupam Kher, A.K. Hangal and Mukesh Khanna have lent their voices to the characters in the film.

The film, director by Vikram Veturi, has seen 1,200 artists working over five years.

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Katrina to endorse Berger paints?

Katrina Kaif is one girl who has everything going her way. She has been walking with her head held high, courtesy the BO collections of her latest films as well as the market positioning of the brands that she has been associated with.

After having practically endorsed every brand under the sun, reliable sources said that Katrina Kaif has been now signed up as the brand ambassador of Berger paints.

The official announcement of the same is being awaited.

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Satyamev Jayate Episode 13 Review combines everything for season finale

Loved by most, criticised by many, but ignored by none Satyamev Jayate began 13 weeks ago with the aim to bring about a change in the society, to encourage mass debate about pressing issues, unmask social evils and to bring back Sunday morning family television. It will be wrong to say that the show did not contribute in some ways to a few policies and initiatives, but after the first few episodes, that spirit seemed to have fizzled out.

On July 29 it aired its last episode ‘We The People’. Justice, liberty, equality and fraternity – the principles that are the basis of the Constitution of India became the basis of SJ’s last episode, a theme that was maybe a little too vast to be dealt with in one and a half hour.

Sunday’s episode seemed like Aamir Khan tried to include everything that could not be covered in the first 12 episodes. And the result? A mess.

Each issue was large and heavy enough to have an episode entirely to itself. A myriad of evils were thrown at the audience, from discrimination on the basis of religion, denial of right to education, to corruption. Case studies after case studies were brought in and dealt with in a matter of minutes.

We were introduced to Piramal and Trupti Desai, a couple who started a home for children who were orphaned in the Gujarat earthquake and the riots. The Desais took it upon themselves to teach the children principles of equality and friendship irrespective of caste and religion.

Sunitha Krishnan, a woman who had been through a trauma of being gang raped at the age of 16 came on the sets and spoke about her work involving rehabilitation of women rescued from the paws of flesh trade. The difficulties faced by these women trying to survive independently in a society that rejects their very existence highlighted the failure of a system that promises its citizens the right to a dignified life.

The episode also covered the story of 19-year-old Babar Ali who individually upholds the law that assures right to education for all, by teaching those children in his village who do not enjoy the privilege of going to school.

All this and much more was done in a matter of one and a half hours (or less if you count the advertisements and the song at the end). Khan urged every individual to not just depend on the government, but personally ‘follow the path laid out by the Constitution of our country’ and help those who are less fortunate.

The stories, though inspirational and remarkable, are one-off cases and, in the opinion of this reviewer, do little to help a country that is in severe need of the government abiding by the principles of the preamble, quoted in the show.Instead of letting the government off the hook, one could ask why this is not being done. But instead, the show ended with Khan talking about a better future and a happier tomorrow for the next generation.

Of all Satyamev Jayate episodes, this was the least impactful. A show that started on a note of euphoria, ended ‘not with a bang but a whimper’.

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Joker - Kafirana Official HD Full Song Video feat. Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Chitrangda Singh

"Kafirana" is the Official HD Full song of "Joker"
Song Name: Kafirana
Featuring: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Chitrangda Singh
Singer: Sunidhi Chauhan, Adarsh Shinde
Composer: Gaurav Dagaonkar
Lyrics: Shirish Kunder
Director: Shirish Kunder

Movie releases on 31st Aug, 2012. The film is an "out of this world" comedy about an NRI (Akshay Kumar) and his beautiful wife (Sonakshi Sinha) who return home to discover that their village has dropped off the map of India. To put it back on the world's radar they must now forge an unlikely alliance of crazy villagers & aliens that will turn their village into the biggest "tamasha" the universe has ever seen!


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Heroine - Official Trailer - Kareena Kapoor | Arjun Rampal | Randeep Hooda

Watch the official trailer of "Heroine" which releases on 21st September, 2012. The film is based on the life and times of a superstar heroine from the dream factory we call 'Bollywood'. The film is a daring, shocking, glamorous, scandalous behind the scenes account of the reality behind the world of glitz and glamour that our film stars inhabit.

Cast Crew :- Kareena Kapoor , Arjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda, Shahana Goswami
Directed By :- Madhur Bhandarkar
Produced By :- UTV Motion Pictures, Bhandarkar Entertainment
Music By :- Salim-Sulaiman


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Rajkumar Hirani's P.K. to release on Christmas 2013

After striking gold at the Box Office in December 2009 with 3 Idiots, the team of Aamir Khan and director Rajkumar Hirani are back once again with their next titled P.K. However, what's interesting is the fact that just like 3 Idiots, P.K. too will have a Christmas release in December 2013.

Interestingly, the director has booked his release date even before the shoot of the film has begun. Rajkumar Hirani, who will also be producing P.K. , has specially booked the release date of 25 December 2013 as he wants to stick to his 3 Idiots lucky date. 

P.K. will have Aamir Khan paired opposite Anushka Sharma for the first time ever. It's also going to be the first Rajkumar Hirani film which will be shot abroad in Hungary. 

Looks like Aamir and Raju are all set to recreate Box Office history yet again with P.K. in Christmas 2013.

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'Cocktail' BoxOffice Report

COCKTAIL showed considerable decline in its second weekend. However, the film has amassed a good total in its first 10 days on the strength of its robust Week 1 business ... BILLA-2 [Tamil] fell sharply in the key markets ... EEGA [Telugu] continues to fly high. The film has crossed the $ 1 million mark in U.S.A., which is no small achievement ... THATTATHIN MARAYATHU [Malayalam] is decent in U.K. on limited screens.

Weekend: July 20 - 22, 2012.

U.K. & IRELAND BOX-OFFICE

• COCKTAIL: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 69,959 on 58 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,206. Total: £ 5,54,697 [Rs. 4.82 crores].


• BOL BACHCHAN: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 13,453 on 13 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,035. Total: £ 3,87,252 [Rs. 3.36 crores].


• JATT & JULIET [Punjabi]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected £ 6,994 on 4 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,749. Total: £ 1,31,624 [Rs. 1.14 crores].


• BILLA-2 [Tamil]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 5,512 on 13 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 424. Total: £ 1,00,506 [Rs. 87.34 lacs].


• THATTATHIN MARAYATHU [Malayalam]: In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 4,725 [Rs. 4.11 lacs] on 6 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 788.


• TERI MERI KAHAANI: In its fifth weekend, the film has collected £ 625 on 1 screen. Total: £ 4,39,375 [Rs. 3.82 crores].

U.S.A. BOX-OFFICE

• COCKTAIL: In its second weekend, the film has collected $ 1,72,174 on 96 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 1,793. Total: $ 10,27,121 [Rs. 5.75 crores].


• BOL BACHCHAN: In its third weekend, the film has collected $ 69,046 on 48 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 1,438. Total: $ 11,56,093 [Rs. 6.47 crores].


• PATANG: In its sixth weekend, the film has collected $ 2,431 on 1 screen. Total: $ 27,872 [Rs. 15.60 lacs].


Note:- The figures mentioned below of *all* films are of *reported screens* only. The totals could be much higher. 

• EEGA [Telugu]: In its third weekend, the film has collected $ 57,356 on 29 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 1,978. Total: $ 10,12,955 [Rs. 5.67 crores].


• BILLA-2 [Tamil]: In its second weekend, the film has collected $ 4,938 on 13 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 380. Total: $ 1,30,314 [Rs. 72.94 lacs].


• NAAN EE [Tamil]: In its third weekend, the film has collected $ 40 on 1 screen. Total: $ 14,443 [Rs. 8.08 lacs].

U.A.E. BOX-OFFICE

• BOL BACHCHAN: In its third weekend, the film has collected AED 2,03,948. Total: AED 34,50,042 [Rs. 5.26 crores].

G.C.C. BOX-OFFICE
[Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait] 

• BOL BACHCHAN: The total stands at $ 2,16,695 [Rs. 1.21 crores] after the third weekend [17 days].

AUSTRALIA BOX-OFFICE

• COCKTAIL: In its second weekend, the film has collected A$ 53,608 on 16 screens, with the per screen average working out to A$ 3,351. Total: A$ 3,00,054 [Rs. 1.73 crores].


• BOL BACHCHAN: In its third weekend, the film has collected A$ 10,367 on 10 screens, with the per screen average working out to A$ 1,037. Total: A$ 3,34,183 [Rs. 1.92 crores].


• BILLA-2 [Tamil]: In its second weekend, the film has collected A$ 1,879 on 5 screens, with the per screen average working out to A$ 376. Total: A$ 55,268 [Rs. 31.80 lacs].


• JATT & JULIET [Punjabi]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected A$ 1,865 on 10 screens, with the per screen average working out to A$ 187. Total: A$ 4,55,020 [Rs. 2.62 crores].

NEW ZEALAND BOX-OFFICE

• COCKTAIL: In its second weekend, the film has collected NZ$ 11,833 on 7 screens, with the per screen average working out to NZ$ 1,690. Total: NZ$ 65,518 [Rs. 28.97 lacs].


• BOL BACHCHAN: In its third weekend, the film has collected NZ$ 5,844 on 6 screens, with the per screen average working out to NZ$ 974. Total: NZ$ 1,65,953 [Rs. 73.38 lacs].

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HEROINE FIRST LOOK POSTER | PLOT

After his incredible run of women-centric films from Chandni Bar, Page 3, Satta and Corporate to the blockbuster Fashion, Madhur Bhandarkar now turns his lens inwards and presents his most ambitious work yet - Heroine. The film is based on the life and times of a superstar heroine from the dream factory we call 'Bollywood'. The film is a daring, shocking, glamorous, scandalous behind the scenes account of the reality behind the world of glitz and glamour that our film stars inhabit. For a country obsessed with films and film stars, Heroine will take audiences on a voyeuristic journey to see what really goes on behind the closed doors of make up rooms and vanity vans. It will give them a chance to go beyond the gorgeous smiles and politically correct quotes, to see what really happens in the lives of India's sweethearts. The bitching and the politics, the secrets and the lies, the incredible highs of fame and the lonely depths of failure.

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Priyanka to shoot 'Zanjeer' remake starting September

Director Apoorva Lakhia, who recently finished the first schedule of the remake of 1973 film "Zanjeer", says actress Priyanka Chopra will join the crew in September.

"We have finished the first schedule for the film. Now the second schedule will start from September. Priyanka and Arjun Rampal will join the crew then," Lakhia told IANS.

"We are planning to finish the shoot of 'Zanjeer' by November, and it is scheduled for release in 2013," he added.

The director recently shot few scenes in Bangkok with Mahie Gilland Prakash Raj.

"We shot few scenes with Mahie, who is playing Mona Darling and Prakash Raj, who is playing a negative role. It was a wonderful experience shooting with them. Both are unbelievable actors.

"Mahie is looking very sexy and modern in the film," said Lakhia, who has earlier helmed movies like "Shootout at Lokhandwala" and "Mission Istanbul".

Produced by Amit Mehra, the "Zanjeer" remake features southern star Ram Charan Teja as the male lead. He will reprise megastar Amitabh Bachchan's role in the movie.

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Abhay Deol to star in Vibhu Puri's Bambai Fairy Tale

The buzz is that Abhay Deol is all set to star in debutant director Vibhu Puri's Bambai Fairy Tale. It is a period love story set in the city of dreams, Mumbai. Apparently, Abhay will not only star in the film but also produce it. 

It's been a while since we last saw Abhay in an out and out romantic film. Defying his chocolate hero looks, the actor has been quite choosy about doing a love story. Even though he debuted in Imtiaz Ali'sSocha Na Tha which was a romantic film, he has rarely been seen in one after, barring Anurag Kashyap's Dev D and the forgettable Aisha. His last film Shanghai was a political thriller. So it will be a nice change to see him in a romantic avatar once again. 

A source close to Abhay reveals, "After Shanghai, Abhay was looking to do something entirely different. He loves to experiment with his image. When he heard the narration of Vibhu's story, he loved the idea. After a few meetings, the actor green lighted the project. He is also keen on producing the film but the talks are still on." 

Reportedly, Vibhu, the writer of Saawariya, was supposed to make his directorial debut with Chenab Gandhi. Unfortunately, the film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rajeev Khandelwal and Vidya Balan film got shelved due to the fallout with his producer, Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Interestingly, Bhansali's next, Ram Leela, is also a period love story set in Gujarat.

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Anil Kapoor to attend Olympics

London is gearing up for the biggest extravaganza- The 2012 Olympics which is scheduled to begin later this month. Recently we told you about Karan Johar attending the Olympics in London and now there's news that even Anil Kapoor would also be seen at the same event.

Anil, who is currently shooting for Sanjay Gupta'sShootout at Wadala, has taken a few days off from shoot to attend the Olympics. The actor was invited by Hollywood filmmaker Danny Boyle to attend the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics on 27th July. Danny is in-charge of directing the spectacular opening ceremony. However, Anil not only got an invite from Danny but also received an invite from famous steel tycoon Laxmi Mittal who is one of the sponsors of the event.

Anil is very keen on attending the action filled sports event and would be joining Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh and filmmaker Karan Johar as the few celebrated Indians who have got a special invite to attend the London Olympics. The actor has even planned to meet all the Indian players participating in the various games.

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Salman to endorse footwear brand

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is on an endorsement spree. After signing on as the face of energy capsules Revital, the actor has now signed on to be a brand ambassador a new, hi-fashion range of Hawaii slippers for footwear brand Relaxo.Salman features in a TV commercial for the brand."I'm glad to be doing this commercial as it is focused on the concept of strength, and completely suits my persona," Salman said in a statement.In the ad, the actor will be seen saving different girls from life-threatening situations while flaunting the footwear, and thus reinforcing the idea of style and strength."Salman, the heartthrob of India, depicts strength, attitude and style, thus making him the perfect blend for being the brand ambassador of Hawaii slippers," said Gaurav Dua, executive director, Relaxo Footwears Ltd.Other brands being endorsed by Salman are Mountain Dew and innerwear brand Dixcy Scott, among others.

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Banjaara - Song - Ek Tha Tiger - Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif

Banjaara - Song - Ek Tha Tiger - Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif 

Starring: Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif

Releasing: 15 August 2012

Produced by: Aditya Chopra

Directed by: Kabir Khan


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Mashallah - Song - Ek Tha Tiger - Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif

Mashallah - Song - Ek Tha Tiger - Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif

Starring: Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif

Releasing: 15 August 2012

Singers: Wajid, Shreya Ghoshal

Music: Sajid - Wajid

Lyrics: Kausar Munir

Produced by: Aditya Chopra

Directed by: Kabir Khan


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The Dark Knight Rises Movie Review

RATING 4.5 OUT OF 5

One man who deserves to be accredited for having given the Batman series a grand facelift is Christopher Nolan. Its not easy to keep a franchise going and making every film better than its predecessor. Undoubtedly, Nolans been a champion in this department and has been successfully giving us films that well cherish for a lifetime. His latest film The Dark Knight Rise is not a masterpiece but a great film thatll make his fans go gaga.

Eight years have gone by since the demise of Harvey Dent, a crime-fighting, loyal cop who lost his life for the people of Gotham. People are celebrating Harvey Dent day in his memory however rumor has it Batman is pinned for the murder of Dent and thats why hes been in hiding for a while. Meanwhile, a new Terrorist leader, Bane, has risen from the dead to conquer the city of Gotham and turn all its citizens to ash. The only one who could save the city from turning in to a graveyard is Batman, and nobodys seen him in eight years. Batman should join hands with the cunning jewel thief aka Catwoman and an honest cop, John Blake aka Robin along with Commissioner James Gordon to save Gotham.

The film is yet again carried by few of its characters; the key ones who are some way or the other connected to each other and therefore make the proceedings interesting. For example; Bane was also trained by Ras Al Ghul, who also trained Bruce back in the days however Bane was excommunicated from the league and now hes out seeking vengeance. The story is intelligently carried forward by the Nolan brothers, connecting every possible dot together to make sense. However one might feel the story was little too long but thankfully the film keeps you hooked throughout.

The first half of the film is nicely spent developing the character of Batman. His comeback from long absence not only delights the city residents but the audience likewise. The second half gets even more exciting; it completely supersedes the first in every possible way. Bane makes Batman go through the similar kind of pain he went through and therefore puts him in a place that gave him strength and hope. When the world around him is been torn in to pieces by Bane, Bruce spends time stirring up confidence by building hope and resistance and when all is about to end, The Dark Knight Rises. Brilliant! The twist in the climax is what you never expected from Nolan, and it explains everything and makes your every penny worth it.

Bane aka Tom Hardy is maniacal and devastating. At one point, you feel as though Bane has taken over Gotham and Batman but thats where TDKR exactly becomes one of the best films of the recent past. I was under the impression that after having seen the trailers of TDKR, I might actually like Bane more than the Joker but undoubtedly thats not the case. Bane was strong and powerful but the Joker was the nastiest of all and thats thats what made one of the most likable characters in the franchise. Bale as the Batman spends quality time trying to put himself together while the world around is convinced that he was responsible for the death of Harvey Dent. Bales character required lot of perseverance and you see it all in his performance.

Anne as the Catwoman adds style and wit to the film. Shes exactly opposite to the Batman and shes swift and extremely funny. Blake aka Joseph Gordon, the righteous cop whose only mission is to save Gotham with or without Batman shines in his role. One might feel his role may be sidetracked due to the presence of many others but its just a feeling and it passes when you reach the climax. Michael Caine aka Alfred, the Bats loyal servant plays his part as quietly as expected but hes the strongest of all because had it not been for him, Bruce wouldve never returned as the Batman.

Marion aka Miranda packs a powerful performance which youll only realize after you finish the movie. Her role is driven by its purpose and merely by acting. Morgan Freeman aka Lucius Fox gives what hes best at yet another mean machine this time one that takes off. Not to forget Gary aka Commissoner Gordon in his hapless role whose strength is his belief in Batman.

The Dark Knight Rises is spearheaded by one man Christopher Nolan who undoubtedly steals all limelight and makes youre watching experience a memorable one. Nolan keeps everything intact and doesnt leave any loose ends. All characters get their due time to explain who they are thus leaving no room for any criticism.




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Challo Driver Movie Review

The story is that of a puritanical slave-driver-with-a-heart ArjunKapoor (played by Mr directorVickrant Mahajan himself) and a typical Punjabi girl with an attitude Tanaya Malhotra (Kainaz Motivala).Tanaya, in need of money in order to start her own adventure travel agency, slips into the driver' s seat to play chauffeur to Arjun and that is what the entire film revolves around, a woman doing a man's job and dealing with the verbal sexual harassment that follows women stepping out of conventional roles.

I’m sure the film was supposed to be a comment on feminism and the film stays true to it in quite a few ways but slips again and again in order to make it the typical Mills&Boons saga it turns out to be.

The film progresses as a very simple straight-up tale of love slowly blooming between the two (who didn't see that coming), In fact it is so simple that Mahajan doesn't even bother introducing a harrowing enough twist to give the story any depth. I don't know whether to appreciate the simplicity of it, or yawn.

The film is categorised as a "romcom" (romantic comedy). Now, is it a 'rom'? Yes most definitely, the romance is just waiting to happen from the very first scene, but is it a 'com'? Only the scenes involving Manoj Pahwa, who gives a hilarious performance as Tanaya's loud and obnoxious Pappuuncle from Jalandhar who starts all his sentences with "oye..", qualify as comedy.

The performances are strictly average. After her strong performance inRagini MMS, the bar was set high but Motivala, sadly, falls short. While there are moments where she is charming, she looks too made up and delivers her dialogues like an 8-year-old in a school play. Mahajan should have stuck to direction and let an actual actor with actual acting skills take the lead. Prem Chopra is okay but not worth going on about, and what VJ Juhiis doing in the film with her blank face and flat dialogue delivery is beyond me.

The concept behind Challo Driver is decent enough but a bad script, uninspiringperformances and the dialogues ruin what could have been a feel-good flick.

Should you watch this film? No. There must be better ways to spend your time.


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GATTU Movie Review

Films with children as the main characters are no longer a rarity. Thank god for that! It’s imperative that our cinema cultivate a culture of entertainment that children can empathise with without the content becoming overpowering in its message-mongering motivations

Gattu is a delicately-threaded morality tale about a poor little boy, never sorry for himself, except when play-acting the role of the bereft waif to get his way, who is taken in by his uncle (Naresh Kumar, brilliantly in character).Now here’s where the subtle often slyly humorous film gets tangled. It tells us that contrary to stereotypical expectations, the uncle is no slave-driving villain. He has his good and bad moments with the kid. Gattu tells us there are no black and white zones to bring up underprivileged children. While child labour is prohibited, it can also be a way of providing sustenance for homeless kids. While Gattu longs for a school education, he uses the academic premise to hoodwink the students and teachers to implement his own devious plans.

While on the surface Gattu is a breezy blithe and effervescent look-see at the pangs and pin-pricks of growing-up at the grassroots, under the surface it ponders sensibly on the question of raising a poor child with dignity outside the rarefied precincts of a school. All the kids, specially Mohammad Samadin the title role, are delightful in their natural ability to own the camera space. Director Rajan Khosa enters the world of innocence with devious intent. He penetrates the surface of juvenile guilelessness to explore the cunning that often underlines the machinations of the the very young. Gattu portrays heart-warming moments within and outside the school premise. While making a fervent pitch for every child to attend school, the narrative never misses out on a chance for a bit of fun on the fringes.

Gattu is an endearing peep into a child’s life as he struggles with intuitive intelligence to bring together the two incompatible worlds of poverty and the solace of schooling. Mohammad Samad as the boy who who would fly higher than a kite is a prized find. Sandesh Shandilya’s ebullient songs and music brings its own spot of sunshine in this not-to-be-missed tale about coming of age.

Gattu carries forward the recent trend of sensible, intelligent funny and moving films about child protagonists, namely Taare Zameen Par, I Am Kalam and Stanley Ka Dabba. Add one more film to that luminous list of cinema on little wonders.

Rating: ***

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Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai: Movie Review

 

Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai is a satire on the formulaic functioning of the Indian film industry. In the film, Suniel Shetty plays a budding filmmaker who tells the lead heroine of his film to underplay while on camera. Sadly every actor in this film goes over the top. The film ridicules every formula in filmmaking from item numbers to rain songs but while doing so it conveniently resorts to them as well. It emphasizes how a picture can start as a pure plot but is often muddled with an overkill of external elements like action, emotion, sex, romance, family drama, foreign locations, et al. But while saying so, the film itself falls prey of these peripheral portions.

The story is about Amar Joshi (Suniel Shetty) who learns filmmaking from London and aspires to make a film in Bollywood. He writes script about a rape victim protagonist and wants to make a realistic film on it. However, the inflexible attitude of the impractical filmmaker keeps him jobless in Bollywood for months. Until he stumbles upon a random PR Agent (Rakesh Bedi), who agrees to produce his film. But Amar's struggle doesn't end there as his storyline is altered day in and day out over commercial considerations, till the point that his film ends up turning a different product altogether.

To be fair to the film, writer-director Rajnish Raj Thakur chooses a promising theme but unfortunately doesn't have the aptitude to craft it into a fine film. Like Zoya Akhtar's Luck By Chance or Chandan Arora's Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon that took a look at the film industry from the point of view of an actor and an actress respectively, this one had the potential to be the director's POV of the predetermined film world. Unfortunately Rajnish Thakur lacks the sensibility and sensitivity to come anywhere close to those masterpieces.

The director does employ characters that one would often associate with film industry from an asinine actress (Udita Gosami), her interfering mother (Neena Gupta), an underworld financer (Deepak Shirke), a confused producer (Rakesh Bedi), an 'inspired' music director (Suresh Menon), a masala -maker writer (Om Puri) - but sadly he ends up making caricatures of each of them. Not only do the actors ham, they end up as exaggerated and extreme characters. At several instances esp. in the first half, Thakur stereotypes Bollywood as an industry full of nymphomaniacs or superstitious people. With Thakur's typecast, uninformed, one-dimensional and, more or less, fictitious view of the industry, it seems like a frog-in-the-well syndrome.

Despite the immense comic potential in its subject matter, the film falters due to the director's lack of sense of humour. He isn't sensibly able to pull off a spoof nor does he have the sensitivity for a smart satire. Rather the film resorts to almost every element that it spoofs thereby making a mockery of itself. While it mercifully steers away from being a slapstick, the loud and hysterical acts cause much harm.

It's almost a decade since Suniel Shetty gets to play the solo lead (if you ignore the unmemorableRed Alert). He is the only one who underplays in the film while everyone else hams. Rajpal Yadav is boisterous but his broken English lines occasionally induce laughter. Rakesh Bedi, despite an awfully fake moustache, is endurable. Om Puri and Neena Gupta are plain average.Udita Goswami, Shyan Munshi and Shawar Ali can't act for nuts.

In the end, the idealistic Amar Joshi does get manipulated by the big bad world of Bollywood and thrives in mediocrity. We just hope the audience doesn't fall for such tackiness!

Verdict: Average
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Son Of Sardaar | Official Theatrical Trailer

'Son Of Sardaar' theatrical trailer ft. Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha and Juhi Chawla.


Ashwini Dhir's 'Son of Sardaar' starring Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha and Juhi Chawla and produced by Ajay Devgn Ffilms, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and YRV Infra & Media (P) Ltd.Production is slated for a Diwali release! The film promises to be a complete entertainer with never seen before festival fun and dhamaal for audiences!

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Have the Villains in THOR: THE DARK WORLD Been Revealed?

Production on Marvel’s sequel to Thor is set to get underway very shortly in London, and we’re starting to get an idea of what to expect from the superhero follow-up.  The studio officially announced the sequel’s title, Thor: The Dark World, at Comic-Con last week and fans began wondering what the subtitle could be referencing.  Mads Mikkelsen was in talks to play the film’s villain, but subsequently had to drop out of the running due to scheduling issues with the NBC series Hannibal.  The nature of that villain was unknown, but now thanks to an obscure interview we may have been clued in to what baddies Thor will face in his big screen return.  Hit the jump for more.


Over a month ago, the folks over at I Review Too (via CBM) conducted an interview with stunt man James Grogan.  The interview was only recently picked up by major outlets, but for good reason.


Now the Dark World subtitle is starting to make a bit more sense.  It seems to be referencing the Dark Elves, which would infer that the villain of the film would be the Dark Elves’ leader,Malekith the Accursed.  Marvel’s Kevin Feigehas been saying all along that the Thor sequel would further explore other realms in the Thoruniverse as well as more of Asgard, so this elf storyline is in keeping with that idea.  The Dark Elves in the comics are humanoid creatures, so they wouldn’t necessarily need a heavy amount of makeup like the Frost Giants in Thor.  Here’s a rundown of Malekith’s abilities, via Wikipedia: 


We know that Tom Hiddleston is returning as Loki in The Dark World, and a popular comics storyline has Malekith the Accursed teaming up with Loki to track down the Casket of Ancient Winters.  Sounds about right.  Though nothing’s been confirmed, I wouldn’t be shocked if Malekith ends up being the main villain in Thor 2.  Directed by Alan Taylor, the film is slated for release on November 8th, 2013.

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