The unveiling of India Today Travel Plus South Special Issue

With the handsome & very popular television star Vivian Dsena

Having just finished a very popular show Madhubala-Ek Ishq Ek Junoon.on Colors TV, where he appeared as the charismatic Rishabh Kundra (RK) the cover personality of Travel Plus, South Special, television actor Vivian Dsena took time out to fly into Bengaluru to do a quick weekend getaway and let the magazine capture his experience.

Television being an extremely hectic medium, Vivian says he hardly gets me-time. But when he does, he loves to travel. He has a huge wish-list and he says “one day I will make time for it all!” Married  to TV actress Vahbiz Dorabjee, the couple manages to find time for quick getaways together and often with a bunch of close friends.

But in the immediate future he wants to travel to Kerala and experience the backwaters. These brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast of Kerala state in southern India have long fascinated me, says Vivian. He dreams about quaint villages like Alumkadavu, where the first houseboats in India were built. Located north of Kollam district, the waft of coir and wood is always in the air of this village. It is a major centre for the construction of kettuvalloms(traditional rice barges) which are later modified into houseboats for travellers. About fishermen casting their weblike nets into the lakes and pulling out the most amazing catch ever! The freshest seafood cooked right before you and the most amazing lush green surroundings where the river, sea and lakes merge into infinity…

About Travel Plus

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Prithvi Shaw

Kunal Nayyar's Cricket Documentary child prodigy Prithvi Shaw gets record breaking 36 lakh sports deal!!

The rising cricketer who will be seen in the upcoming documentary gets mega sports deal

One of the most popular and acclaimed Indian faces in Hollywood, the tv show Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar who plays scientist Rajesh Koothrapalli in the award winning show, has voiced and produced a prolific documentary on Cricket, and after many festival laurels, it is finally releasing in theaters in October. The documentary BEYOND ALL BOUNDARIES is presented by Enlighten Films directed by Sushrat Jain and tells the stories of three ordinary Indians, a penniless superfan, a boy superstar and a girl cricketer, for each of whom cricket is a lifeline. One of the people the documentary follows is 14-year old cricket prodigy Prithvi Shaw who is breaking several long-standing Mumbai school records in batting. Coaches, players, and even local politicians speak about him in hushed tones, convinced he is the next Indian cricket superstar.

And in what’s fantastic news for the team, Young Prithvi Shaw who had shown glimpses of his huge potential when he slammed a record 546 while playing for Rizvi Springfield in an interschool game in the Harris Shield here last year has landed a deal worth Rs 36 lakh with cricket equipment manufacturers SG, which has had greats like Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag endorsing their brand in the past!!

Prithvi will receive this sponsorship over a six-year period.

“I am extremely thrilled about this fantastic piece of news for Prithvi. He was one of the three main subjects of our documentary feature, Beyond All Boundaries.  Our film captures not just the amazing 2011 World Cup win but the stories of three remarkable Indians for whom the sport of cricket was a salvation of sorts. We spent a lot of time with Prithvi during the making of the film, interviewing him and everyone around him, including his father, following Prithvi as he spent hours upon hours training relentlessly to become a better cricketer.   I’m delighted to finally be bringing the film to Indian audiences, who will now be able to get a glimpse of Prithvi's life before all the successes - all the struggle and passion that goes into making a young cricketer.  As you will see in the film, Prithvi and his father have fought some tremendous odds and hardships so he can pursue his dream and fulfill his rare cricketing promise, and they deserve every bit the good fortune that has come their way.  It's a great story behind the scenes of Indian cricket.” says an elated Director Sushrut Jain

The film had its World Premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival in April 2013. It subsequently screened at the Arclight theaters in Hollywood as an official selection at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA), the premiere festival of Indian cinema in the world. At IFFLA, Beyond All Boundaries won both the Audience and Jury Awards for Best Documentary Feature. And after all the acclaim, the Documentary is finally hitting Indian theatres!!

Khoobsurat review by ANIZ FILMVALA

Khoobsurat

review by 

ANIZ FILMVALA

*****

Sonam Kapoor’s fantasy trip to utopia goes awry, papa Kapoors dream for little princess to reign bollywood diva remains disgruntled.

Director Shashanka Ghosh famously scorns the timeless cinematic experience of original ‘Khoobsurat’ Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee the pasha of family drama who created benchmark of social epic movies in 70’s and 80’s.

Manju [ Rekha in old Khubsoorat] is Milli [Sonam Kapoor] she boozes, she lets her hair down and smooches the leading man Vikram Rathore [Fawad Khan] without any inhibition. Haphazardly sketched characters from the original and twisted for a modern look the movie has a confused screenplay wavering from the original to new adaptative.

Sonam Kapoor is at the helm from one frame to other leaving little space to the neighbor imported from Pakistan ‘Fawad Khan’. This actor has marked his entry for sure but ultimately its Sneha Khanwalkar the music director who has taken away all the limelight by giving some funkiest track ‘"Engine Ki Seeti"  “ Maa Ka Phone” and the rural of Rajasthan adds to the glitter.

Strictly not recommended for the audience who have experienced the  golden era of Hindi Movies which are never going to be re-lived on silver screen by any other film makers.

Cast

Sonam Kapoor as Dr. Milli Chakravarty

Fawad Khan as Vikram Rathore

Prosenjit Chatterjee

Kirron Kher as Manju Chakravarty

Ratna Pathak as Nirmala Devi Rathore

Aamir Raza Hussain

Aditi Rao Hydari as Kiara

Lauren's Never-Say-Die Spirit

International dancing sensation Lauren Gottlieb, who we’ve had the pleasure of watching again this season on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, has been hospitalized. Lauren, who shot to fame after the success of ABCD (Any Body Can Dance), and blew our socks off on the television reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is suffering from kidney stone. With this season of Jhalak coming to an end, Lauren is scheduled for one more performance before the finale. When asked if she is going to take rest her reply was, “The show must go on”. Hats off to Lauren’s dedication.

Lauren’s sheer dedication proves that she is a real artist.

The Maze Runner review by ANIZ FILMVALA

The Maze Runner

 review by

 ANIZ FILMVALA 

***** 

A sci- fi action thriller film ‘The Maze Runner’ directed by Wes Ball, based on James Dashner's book ‘The Maze Runner’ is the first installment of this series.

Well the world has faced one more catastrophe produced by the sun coming more closure to mother earth the result a challenge to the humans in how to survive the horrendous situation.

The film opens with a cleverly crafted scene with astonishing sound design where Thomas [Dylan O'Brien] is dramatically transported by a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D.  In a strange location called Maze where he is been sent for confinement with other existing inmate of Maze.

Thomas and other prisoners are similarly in quandary of who has been the force behind their traumatic chastising; the race begins to solve the mystery behind the door which opens every morning giving challenge to every runner to find a way out to escape but nobody can cross the jumble of the confusing Maze.

Thomas and his cohorts have to cross the mystifying walls of Maze which has the deadly Grievers guarding the borders as nobody can flee easily.

The novelty lies in creating the Maze with excellent production design and the situation when one of the mates tries to escape while racing with the time out of shutting the doors of the prison, it will leave you flabbergasted

Unnerving and gripping with steady trepidation of will they make it or not? Surely can keep you on the edge of the seat.

The climax is baffling as it leaves midway of the rescue to be continued for a sequel to come next.

Cast

Dylan O'Brien as Thomas

Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt

Kaya Scodelario as Teresa Agnes

Ki Hong Lee as Minho

Will Poulter as Gally

Aml Ameen as Alby

Blake Cooper as Chuck

Alexander Flores as Winston

Jacob Latimore as Jeff

Chris Sheffield as Ben

Dexter Darden as Frypan

Randall D. Cunningham as Clint

Joe Adler as Zart

Patricia Clarkson as Chancellor Ava Paige

A Walk among the Tombstones review by ANIZ FILMVALA

A Walk among the Tombstones

review by 

ANIZ FILMVALA

 *****

Directed by Scott Frank

Taken star Liam Neeson forays into one more mission with equilibrium and panache which has a resemblance of his preceding movie.

Set in the year 1998 Former NYPD cop Matthew Scudder [Liam Neeson] is hired by a drug dealer Kenny Kristo [Dan Stevens] to unearth the slaughterer of his wife. While on his investigation he befriend with a teenage black boy TJ [Bradley] who helps in the research of past crime news reports in a library. As he develops some traces to reach the mysterious killer, one more horrifying incident of a young girl being abducted comes on his pursuit adding more woe.

Ultimately Scudder gets the evidence of two perverts Albert [Thompson] and Ray [Harbour] a gay couple are responsible for the gruesome killings of Kenny’s wife and the kidnapping of the young girl, thus he lays a plan in how to give away the ransom amount without any errors and harm and get the girl back.

With focus to the key characters the movie evolves well and gives some nerve wrecking experience.

A completely Liam Neeson film with intelligently crafted action and thrills to watch with patience.

Cast

Liam Neeson as Matthew Scudder

Dan Stevens as Kenny Kristo

Sebastian Roché as Yuri Landau

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Loogan

David Harbour as Ray

Eric Nelsen as Howie

Brian "Astro" Bradley as TJ

Katrina at the Bang Bang title song launch

Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif's Bang Bang seems to not stop surprising people.

The film has been buzzing with the exciting action and the burning romance which has been seen in the teaser and songs of the film.

But this time around the Bang Bang title song has proved to be jaw dropping.

The first press conference for the film was held yesterday where the Bang Bang title song got launched.

The song had the stunning pair doing some outstanding dance moves and looking sizzling hot. Hrithik gave a memento to MJ doing some of his classic moves.

The song not only gather eyeballs but an exciting applause by the media present there who is all to eager for the release of the film.

Now all we can do is wait for 2nd October.

Hrithik-Katrina dance their heart out in Bang Bang title track​

 

 

Hrithik-Katrina dance their heart out in Bang Bang title track

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The dance/party track sees them at their smouldering best

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Siddharth Anand's action romance Bang Bang is unveiled another ace and this time is it the dance/party title track called Bang Bang. While Hrithik Roshan has paid a tribute to Michael Jackson, Katrina Kaif is at her sizzling best matching steps with Hrithik in this sensual dance number.

Siddharth Anand says, "This is the song I've been waiting for audiences to see and hear! It's an outstanding song! Things don't get much better than this!"

Talking about dancing Michael's iconic dance moves, Hrithik says, "I have idolised Michael Jackson since the time I first moved to a dance beat. I remember learning the moves through play pause mode for hours. I love his style and energy so when Bosco and Siddharth said Micheal Jackson, at first I thought there's no way I could match up, but then I reframed that and did it for my love for him in my own style, my own way and where there is love, there is no fear. That made it fun. The Bang Bang title track itself is outstanding which empowered me further. It's my ode to the inspiration he has been. This is an out-an-out dance/party track. It's high on glamour, scale and Katrina and I have danced our hearts out."

And the gorgeous Katrina Kaif feels Bang Bang is the best song of the album. She says, "I absolutely love this track. I think it's an amazing song to dance to. Vishal-Shekhar and Sid have done an incredible job I gave them a big hug. The video has Hrithik doing the famous MJ moves, Bosco and Caesar have done a great job in visualising and executing a visually different video, and I had

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 much fun. This is definitely my favourite track from the album."

Produced by Fox Star Studios, Bang Bang releases on October 2.
Here it is -#Bangbangtitletrack
http://youtu.be/SCsdXuGHw6g

एक नई पोर्न स्टार की बॉलीवुड मेंदस्तक

एक नई पोर्न स्टार की बॉलीवुड मेंदस्तक

ब्रिटिश अखबार 'ईस्टर्न आई' केमुताबिक एशिया की टॉप 50 सेक्सी महिला केरूप मेंअपनी जगह बना चुकी इंडो-ब्रिटिश पोर्न स्टार

शांति डायनामाइट अब 'आई लव दुबई' हिंदी फीचर फिल्म केसाथ बॉलीवुड मेंअपनेअभिनय की शुरुआत करनेजा रही हैं. शांति की तुलना

अक्सर उनकेसामान्य पोर्नोग्राफिक बैकग्राउंड की वजह सेजिस्म 2 की अदाकारा और कनाडा की पूर्व पोर्न स्टार सनी लियोन सेकी

जाती है.

शांति नेअपनेएक बयान मेंकहा कि "मैंअपनी पहली हिंदी फिल्म 'आई लव दुबई' मेंअपनी भूमिका को लेकर काफी उत्साहित हूँ. इस फिल्म

मेंमुझेप्रसिद्ध लेखक इकराम अख्तर केसाथ काम करनेका मौका मिला."

शांति डायनामाइट फिल्म की मुख्य नायिका है. बिग बॉस फेम एजाज खान भी इस फिल्म का एक हिस्सा हैं. यह इकराम अख्तर की पहली

निर्देशित फिल्म हैजिन्होंनेरेडी, थैंक यू, नो प्रॉब्लम, चल मेरेभाई, आदि कई सुपरहिट बॉलीवुड फिल्मोंका लेखन किया है.
A new porn star in Bollywood!


Indo-Britsh porn star Shanti Dynamite is making her acting debut in Bollywood with ‘I Love Dubai.’ She has been adjudged as one of the 50 Sexiest Woman of Asia by British Newspaper ‘Eastern Eye’. Shanti is often compared to Jism 2 star and Canadian former pornographic actress Sunny Leone because of their common professional background.

“I am really very excited about my role in ‘I Love Dubai’ and to work with such an exceptional writer Ikram Akhtar on his directorial debut and my bollywood debut,” the actress said in a statement.

Shanti Dynamite is the film’s leading lady. Ajaz Khan is also a part of this movie. This movie is the directorial debut of Ikram Akhtar who is the writer of many bollywood blockbusters like Ready, Thank You, No Problem, Chal Mere Bhai, etc.

16th MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL

16^th MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL SET TO RISE LIKE A PHOENIX

·         Over 185 films from more than 65 countries to be screened

·         USD 200,000 to be awarded as cash prizes

·         Celebrated French Actor Catherine Deneuve to be conferred with the Lifetime Achievement award. Mumbai Film Festival to a selection of her movies

·         Special Master Classes by internationally acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle and director-writer Mahamat Saleh Haroun

·         India Gold Jury president will be noted Serbian director Goran Paskaljevic

·         Eminent jury for Dimensions Mumbai competition comprises directors Gauri Shinde, Satish Kaushik, Homi Adajania, actors Huma Qureshi and critic Rajeev Masand

·         Celebration of Arab Cinema | Celebration of 100 years of MOSFILMS studio

·         | Rendez-vous with French cinema |

·         Mumbai Film Mart to be held from 15-17 October with a focus on Remake rights

·         Special panels to be hosted by noted author and critic Anupama Chopra and Film Companion

 Mumbai, September 17, 2014: The 16^th edition of the Mumbai film festival organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) will be held from 14-21 October 2014 at PVR Cinemas as the main venue and Liberty Cinemas at Marine lines as the satellite venue.

This year’s annual film fiesta is supported by Cinestaan Film Company, promoted by Anand Mahindra and Rohit Khattar, producer Manish Mundra, industry stalwarts Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Bhushan Kumar, Actors Aamir Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Rajkumar Rao, Rahul Bose, directors Karan Johar, Rajkumar Hirani, Anurag Kashyap, Hansal Mehta, designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, producer Vivek Kajaria, industrialists Niraj Bajaj, Sandeep Raheja, Yogesh Lakhani of Bright Outdoor, Filmmaker Shakun Batra , Ford Foundation and noted author and critic Anupama Chopra and several more film patrons and movie lovers. Leading jewelry designer Varuna D Jani will specially design the trophies for this year’s edition of the Mumbai Film Festival. Additionally, Hindustan Times and Radio One will support this year’s edition of the festival.

The 16^th Mumbai film festival’s impressive line-up of over 185 movies and other highlights were revealed today at the curtain raiser press conference held at the Novotel Hotel in the presence of Mr. Amit Khanna, Trustee, MAMI, Ms. Anupama Chopra, Film Critic and Creative Advisor, 16th Mumbai Film Festival, Mr. Srinivasan Narayanan, Festival Director, Mumbai Film Festival along with various dignitaries from the Indian Entertainment industry including ace film makers and trustees of MAMI Kiran Rao, Farhan Akhtar, Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap.

Globally acclaimed French actor Catherine Deneuve known for her iconic roles in films such as ‘Repulsion’ (1965), ‘Belle de Jour’ (1967) and ‘Tristana’ (1970) and more recently in ‘Dancer in the Dark’ (2000) and ‘8 Women’ (2002), will be conferred with Lifetime Achievement award to an international personality for her remarkable contribution to the world cinema. Mumbai Film Festival will screen a selection of her movies as a tribute to this great artist.

The India Gold Jury president will be noted Serbian director Goran Paskaljevic.

 ‘Dimensions Mumbai’ competition jury will comprise of leading film directors Gauri Shinde, known for her directional debut ‘English Vinglish’, multi talented actor, director and film maker Satish Kaushik, acclaimed director Homi Adajania who has helmed films such as ‘Cocktail’, ‘Being Cyrus’ and more recently ‘Finding Fanny’, actor Huma Qureshi and noted critic Rajeev Masand.

This year too the festival has announced its signature Mumbai Film Mart to be held from 15-17 October 2014. The film mart will lay special focus on remake rights of foreign films in India. The Mart will see participation by leading Buyers, Sales Agents and Distributors focused on Indian Cinema from France, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, UK and USA amongst others, some of whom are arriving in India to carry out business for the first time.  The first Remake Market, initiated by Unifrance and LaFabrique films will be held on 15th and 16th of October.

Some of the Key films include Xavier Dolans’ ‘Mommy’ , Mike Leigh’s ‘Mr.Turner’, Ken Loach’s ‘Jimmy’s Hall’, ‘Boyhood’ by Richard Linklater, Dardenne brothers’ ‘Two days, One Night’, Kim Ki Duk’s ‘One on One’, Yoji Yamadas ‘The Little House’, Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Goodbye to Language’ and ‘Party Girl’ by Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq among various others.

In addition to this, 25 Arab films will be presented to mark a special spotlight on Arab Cinema tracing the landmark films and filmmakers starting from the 50s. Besides, the best of contemporary French cinema will be celebrated as part of ‘Rendez-vous with French Cinema’ section in association with the Embassy of France in India and Unifrance.

Noted author and critic Anupama Chopra will host panel discussions with esteemed guests from the industry.

Furthermore, the Music Composers Lab will take place for the second consecutive year at Mumbai Film festival. The lab is being presented by Abbey Road Studios in association with PRS for Music.

A series of restored films will also be presented at the 16^th Mumbai Film Festival, paying tribute to some of the classics, presented as part of the restored classics section of the festival.

Side bar events of the festival include master classes by internationally acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle, of the fame of ‘Paranoid Park’, ‘Lady in the water’, ‘Psycho’, ‘In the Mood for love’ and ‘Chunking Express’ among others; and noted director and writer Mahamat Saleh Haroun known for his work film creations ‘Girgis’, ‘Bye Bye Africa’, ‘A Screaming Man’ and many more.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Srinivasan Narayanan, Festival Director, Mumbai Film Festival, said, “This year’s festival stands testimony to the deep-rooted belief of the film fraternity and film lovers in this event. The much anticipated festival would not have been possible without the incredible support from industry stalwarts, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, RajKumar Hirani, Manish Mundra, Mr. Anand Mahindra and Mr. Rohit Khattar and most of all Ms. Anupama Chopra’s passion and hard work at every step of organizing this mega event. We are elated to see this kind of support and are thankful to everyone who have contributed in their own way to make this festival rise like a phoenix.”

The event was drawn to a close with thanks to the main supporters and special thanks to the Government of Maharashtra, Venue Partner: The Novotel Hotel, Liberty Cinemas, PVR Cinemas.

Shankars ‘I’

Shankars ‘I’ sets a new YouTube record – crosses 2 million views in 24 hrs!

Director Shankar who is known for path breaking movies like Gentleman, Kadhalan, Indian, Enthiran, Anniyan, & Nanban presents the tailor of his much awaited film ‘I' produced by Aascar Films’ V.Ravichandran, featuring Superstar Vikram along with the gorgeous Amy Jackson. The trailer on Sony Music India’s YouTube channel has clocked over 2 million views in 24 hours, the fastest for even a Bollywood film, a feat achieved by no Indian Director before

Adding on, Ashok Parwani, Head South , Sony Music India said, “This is a first for us too, we have not witnessed such a huge pick up for any trailer. ‘I’ will set new benchmarks across film industry’s and we are proud to be associated with the magnum opus”

The music launch in Chennai was the talk of the nation with Hollywood Star Arnold Schwarzenegger as the chief guest at the spectacle. The evening witnessed a bevy of stars from the film industry. Grammy Award winner A R Rahman‘s music had the stadium of 5000 fans mesmerized. Additionally the suave actor Vikram’s performance left everyone spell bound.

Weta Workshop, the company behind Peter Jackson's film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, has worked on the digital make-up and background arts for the film. ‘Epic’, ‘World Class’ and ‘Technically Brilliant’ is what the entire industry has reviewed the trailer as! The addition of music by Grammy Award winner A R Rahman promises to make the film a must watch!  Set to release in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam and in all major Indian languages, ‘I’ will be the first Indian film to be dubbed into Chinese!

Vishal Bhardwaj's films Maqbool, Omkara and Haider being made into Books

Vishal Bhardwaj's attraction for Shakespeare is undeniable and we all know how he has adapted three of his plays into films.

Maqbool was an adaptation of Macbeth, Omkara of Othello and Shakespeare's toughest play, Hamlet, is being adapted into Haider.

Ever since filmmakers of the world are working towards period cinema, good books and bestsellers have been the favourite source for film scripts.
However with Vishal the turnaround is doubly commendable because, filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj's three film scripts adapted from Shakespeare are going to be published as books themselves. 

The prestigious Harper Collins Publishers will publish the script of the trilogy of Maqbool, Omkara and Haider. 

If Shakespeare had to be alive today, we are sure he would have been proud of his extremely talented admirer and follower, Vishal Bhardwaj. 

“Money is wasted on 100 crs budget film” – Rhea Chakraborty

Be careful not to call SONALI CABLE a small budget film when you meet Rhea Chakraborty, the doe-eyed lass will give you an earful! Rhea says, “Sonali Cable is not a low budget film, it’s a normal budget film. I don’t think of any movie as big or small, after all what matters is content of the film. I have seen many times in 100Crs films there is no content, in short only money is wasted.”

The doe-eyed lass insists, she loves her masala entertainers but “Films like Sonali Cable also should be made. In our film there is everything what audience wants to see. According to me films like Sonali Cable are career changing films and only few get such chance, I am happy that I did this film”

SONALI CABLE, starring Rhea Chakraborty, Ali Fazal, Anupam Kher,  Raghav Juyal, Swanand Kirkire and Smita Jaykar. The film is written and directed by Charudutt Acharya, produced by Ramesh Sippy, Rohan Sippy, Roopa de Choudhury and Kamia Mulhotra, under the banner of Ramesh Sippy Entertainment in association with Bombay Mania Production Pvt. Ltd. and is a PVR Pictures release. SONALI CABLE is slated for 17th October 2014

Kunal Kapoor stayed in Odisha to prepare for his role

Kunal Kapoor has worked really hard to prepare for his role for his upcoming film KAUN KITNE PAANI MEIN. The actor actually took it upon himself to travel all the way to Odisha and understand the water scarcity concerns that plague the state.

When asked Kunal about it, he says, “Our film deals with the water crisis in the Balangir district of the state. Director Nila Madhab Panda decided that a stay there will help me understand the condition of the region better."

Kunal, who plays a prince in the film, also stayed there for a week at Sailashree Palace in that area to identify with the region's traditions and culture. This trip of the actor has ensured that he now sees Odisha in an altogether different light.

T-Series fourth hit in a trot

T-Series fourth film this year- Creature 3D, has scored yet another hit in their kitty. Bhushan Kumar’s company T-Series has given its fourth hit in a row and is successful back to back in experimenting with different genres.

Last year T-Series gave the industry one of its biggest musical hit love story Aashiqui 2. This year, it started with a youth romantic  Yaariyan, followed by a social satire Bhoothnath Returns, revenge drama Hate Story 2 and now India’s first sci fi creature film Creature 3D.

Says Bhushan, “In my opinion, Creature 3D worked because it gave the audience to watch its first home grown creature. The film not only scared you but also gave you VFX par Hollywood standards.”

The film satellite rights were sold  for 12 crore and earned a weekend collection of 11.34 crore. The movie has already recovered it’s  cost of 18 crore. The movie’s  music and overseas collection gave them 6 crore.

“We are glad that our audience accepted and liked India’s first Creature film and gave us such good numbers. The film in the first week with the music and satellite rights has given us major profits” added Bhushan.

India’s first sci fi Creature film has garnered a lot of love and appreciation from the Indian audience. T-series who is known for experimenting with different genre of films has created their own new property- India’s first creature film.

Being India’s first creature film, T-series did its in-depth study and research to produce it for the Indian cinema.  The film’s VFX were in par with Hollywood standards and it has established the brand as India’s first creature film and own this successful franchise.

The producer was pleasantly surprised with the overwhelming response from the kids. The 3D effects were the icing on the cake for the children who have always looked forward to the Hollywood creature films. With the Indian creature being liked and appreciated by audience one can expect a sequel to this hit franchise.