Susi Ganesh's 'Shortcut Romeo' was premiered at Cannes Film Festival

Shortcut Romeo premiered at Cannes Film Festival

Susi Ganesh's 'Shortcut Romeo' was premiered at Cannes Film Festival in the non-competition section yesterday. This film will always hold special memories for the Tamil director.

Shortcut Romeo, is a remake of Susi Ganesh's Tamil film, Thiruttu Payale, which was a commercial success and a box office hit. Thiruttu Payale, won Susi Ganesh the Tamil Nadu state’s Best Film award in 2006.

“It is a great opportunity for me to showcase Bollywood cinema to an international audience when we are celebrating 100 Years of Indian Cinema across the world,” said Ganesh prior to leaving for Cannes.

While the core of the story from Thiruttu Payale has been retained in the Bollywood version, Susi Ganesh said that he has made some changes, like adding more nuances to the characters and given them more screen space in Hindi.

Shortcut Romeo features Neil Nitin Mukesh, Ameesha Patel and Puja Gupta which slated to release on 21st June, 2013.

Ship Of Theseus Trailer Launch

Kiran Rao has embarked on a new journey where she wants to nurture talent and filmmakers. 

Kiran Rao saw Ship of Theseus the film and decided to present the film. 

Present at the event were Kiran Rao, Siddharth Roy Kapur of UTV (who are distributing the film), Anand Gandhi (director) and Mukesh Shah (who has produced the film). 

Soha Ali Khan shoots in Pataudi house for 'War Chhod Naa Yaar'

Soha Ali Khan shoots in Pataudi house for 'War Chhod Naa Yaar'

Soha Ali Khan will be seen playing a journalist in India's first war comedy 'War Chhod Naa Yaar'. The actress is very excited as for the first time she has got an opportunity to work in her own house, tha Pataudi house.

As per sources from the sets, "The director wanted something very different and while searching for places they found Pataudi house apt for the scene."

'War Chhod Naa Yaar' is produced by AOPL. Entertainment. Pvt. Ltd. The film also features Sharman Joshi and Javed Jaffery.

WHITE HOUSE DOWN Worldwide release: 28-Jun-13

WHITE HOUSE DOWN

Worldwide release: 28-Jun-13   

Genre: Action thriller    

Director: Roland Emmerich         

Cast: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins and James Woods

In Columbia Pictures’ White House Down, Capitol Policeman John Cale (Channing Tatum) has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx).  Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group.  Now, with the nation’s government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

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BATTLE OF THE YEAR Release date: 15-Nov-13

BATTLE OF THE YEAR

Release date: 15-Nov-13

Director: Benson Lee     

Cast: Josh Holloway, Laz Alonso, Josh Peck, Caity Lotz and Chris Brown as Rooster

Battle of the Year is the Olympics of break dancing, a tournament held every year that attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans haven’t won in fifteen years. Los Angeles Hip Hop mogul and former B-Boy Dante (Alonso) wants to put the country that started the Sport back on top. He enlists his hard-luck friend Blake (Holloway), who was a championship basketball coach, to coach his team. Armed with the theory that the right coach can make any team champions, they assemble a Dream Team of all the best b-boys across the country. With only three months until Battle of the Year, Blake has to use every tactic he knows to get twelve talented individuals to come together as a team if they're going to bring the Trophy back to America where it started. Inspired by the actual World championship held yearly in France.

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MAN OF STEEL - Latest Action Packed Trailer!

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'Mere Haule Dost'. Writer/Director: NitinRaghunath

SCREENINGS

London Asian Film Festival March 12^th, 2013

Writer/Director:

NitinRaghunath is a California based tech professional. He studied design and film and started his career as a copywriter.He has worked as a photographer, filmmaker, designer and mobile engineer. Since 2002, he has been making ads & corporate films, music videos and shorts. His first feature, ‘Turjya’ had a limited release and his shorts have been a part of film festivals in the US. His most recent short was a part of Court Metrage (Short film corner) at the 64th Cannes Film Festival in 2011. Nitin likes to entertain & wants to make quirky entertaining films.

Producer:

Pramida Posanipalli is a California based business professional. She studied business management at Stony Brook University in New York.

Her expertise lies in finance, operations, analytics & portfolio management.

Taking a year sabbatical from her career meant taking on the role of producer of 'Mere Haule Dost'. As a producer, she has been involved in the film's financial planning, building the team, operations, project coordination, scheduling, post-production coordination & oversight and now marketing the film. Her passion for cinema began over 10 years ago when she first attended the Indian International film festival in Delhi. 

Name of main actors as specific character (Biography) 

Anirudh Loka, plays the part of 'Bheja' is a Hyderabadi who loves to toy around with technology, understand the inner workings of yoga & meditation & hopes to one day master the guitar he's been practicing for the past 2 years! He recently graduated from college with a degree in engineering, did a kick ass job in computer science and is looking forward to put his coding skills in action. In the meantime, he's put his passion for acting into Mere Haule Dost!

Raghu Garlapati, who plays the part of ‘Mota’ is truly those lovable characters that can get things done! He dabbles in the stock market and is the go to person to get all things done in Hyderabad and beyond. He has friends in every corner of the city pursuing all walks of life. If ever in need for a clinic location to shoot at, finding actors, the most affordable poster printing services and more, Raghu is the man to help you out!

RishitSamala, who plays the part of ‘Paisa’ is one those calm, composed and mature boys who will always be there for you. He is a Hyderabadi who has graduated with a degree in computer science. He is now in Illinois pursuing a Masters degree in Computer Science and we hear that he is having a fabulous time out there.

Aadil Abedi is a Londoner and plays the part of ‘Bong’. He graduated from acting school at the Lee Strasberg institute in New York. He has been passionate about film & theater since childhood. We were lucky to have found him in Hyderabad when he was visiting for a short while. He lives in London working on expanding his opportunities there. He is also an artist who has specialized in Arabic calligraphy and is now venturing into other traditional art forms.

Having roots in Maharastra, KiranGadalay& family have been settled in Hyderabad for generations. It took quite sometime searching to find ‘Dada’ character & finally found find him. He is a recent engineering graduate specializing in Electronics 

‘Mere Haule Dost’ to bring fun Hyderabadi flavor to cinemas this June PVR Director’s Rare to release Nitin Raghunath’s movie on 7th June

‘Mere Haule Dost’ to bring fun Hyderabadi flavor to cinemas this June 

PVR Director’s Rare to release Nitin Raghunath’s movie on 7^th June

        

Mumbai, May 14th, 2013: PVR Director’s Rare is all set to bring a fun and quirky movie ‘Mere Haule Dost’ on 7th June, 2013. The movie is directed by Nitin Raghunath, a California based tech professional who has earlier made films like ‘Turjya’, 'Kashish'(Selected for Cannes Short film Corner 2011) & ‘Explorer’ (San Francisco Short Film Festival).

Mere Haule Dost is a coming of age movie set against the backdrop of lives of five laid-back friends in the city of Hyderabad. It’s an exhilarating journey of friendship, girls, parties, bikes, madness and their thrill for the Himalayan bike rally. It all starts with the fascination of these eccentric friends with the Himalayan Bike Rally, which they want to participate in. Given their messed-up lives, it doesn’t come easy for these young boys to cough up money for the trip. It is a lighthearted depiction of self discovery, adventure, growing up, friendships and optimism.

Speaking on the release, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Bijli, JMD, PVR Ltd. said “Mere Haule Dost is an interesting addition to the Director’s Rare portfolio. Our aim always is to bring new and different kind of cinema to our patrons. I hope ‘Mere Haule Dost’ strikes a chord with the independent cinema loving audience.

Director of the movie, Nitin Raghunath said, “Mere Haule Dost is a young adult film that I envisioned when I was in college. I wanted to make something that was not too stylistic but yet had elements of nostalgia and the vibe of a studio sitcom. As a storyteller, I am interested in sci-fi & action adventure subjects but this was a conscious effort to tell a story that was 360 degree opposite of what I normally engage with.  I hope the audience sees this film as a refreshing take on the young adult film genre and has fun following these quirky characters around.”

The movie stars Anirudh Loka, Raghuvardhan Garlapati, Aadil Abedi, Rishit Samala, Kiran Gadalay, Preeti Gupta, Catherine Fallows, Zainab Lax, Yantisha Singh, Harika Vedula, Babita Punetha, Natasha Pamnani, Anand Natesh.

Mere Haule Dost! Will release on June 7th, 2013 through the PVR Director’s Rare banner.

Official Trailer Link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef9aWKf-M3U

About PVR Director’s Rare

PVR Director’s Rare is an alternate programming initiative of PVR Limited focused on showcasing an exquisite undiscovered cinematic gem every week.  The banner also works as a spring board encouraging the theatrical exhibition of Indian Independent cinema and niche content.

Launched in October 2011, PVR Director's Rare has done the India theatrical release of 28 critically acclaimed films which includes the re-release of the digitally restored version of Kundan Shah’s  JAANE BHI DO YAARO, Mira Nair’s landmark debut feature SALAAM BOMBAY!, Sai Parnjaype’s cult classic CHASHME BUDDOOR, national award winning film ANHEY GHORHEY DA DAAN, India’s first collaborative feature film THE LAST ACT with Royal Stag Large Short Films (also known as Project 12.12.12 with Anurag Kashyap), Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s CELLULOID MAN,  Stevan Riley's documentary on West Indies cricket team - FIRE IN BABYLON, Faiza Khan's award winning documentary on the cottage film industry of Malegaon - SUPERMEN OF MALEGAON, Aamir Bashir's HARUD dealing with the human side of the situation in Kashmir in a manner that we rarely see in Indian cinema.

Upcoming lineup includes Jahnu Baruah’s BAANDHON, Michael Haneke’s AMOUR, Dylan Mohan Gray’s FIRE IN THE BLOOD etc.

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Warner Bros. Pictures’ soon to be released ‘Hangover 3’

‘Hangover 3’

It’s been two years.  Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms) and Doug (Justin Bartha) are happily living uneventful lives at home.  Tattoos have been lasered off, files purged.  The last they heard from disaster-magnet Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong), he’d been tossed into a Thai prison and, with him out of the way, the guys have very nearly recovered from their nights prowling the seamy side of Las Vegas in a roofie’d haze, and being kidnapped, shot at, and chased by drug-dealing mobsters in Bangkok. 

The only member of the Wolfpack who’s not content is Alan (Zach Galifianakis).  Still lacking a sense of purpose, the group’s black sheep has ditched his meds and given into his natural impulses in a big way—which, for Alan, means no boundaries, no filters and no judgment—until a personal crisis forces him to finally seek the help he needs.

And who better than his three best friends to make sure he takes the first step.

This time, there’s no bachelor party.  No wedding.  What could possibly go wrong?   But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.

“The Hangover Part III” is the epic conclusion to an incomparable odyssey of mayhem and bad decisions, in which the guys must finish what they started by going back to where it all began: Las Vegas.

One way or another…it all ends here.

From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes “The Hangover Part III,” the third and final film in director Todd Phillips’ record-shattering comedy trilogy.

“The Hangover Part III” reunites stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha as Phil, Stu, Alan and Doug.  Also returning to the cast are Ken Jeong as Leslie Chow; Heather Graham as Stu’s first wife, Jade; and Jeffrey Tambor as Alan’s father, Sid.  Joining the ensemble for the first time is John Goodman, starring as the guys’ new nightmare, Marshall.

Todd Phillips directs from a screenplay he wrote with Craig Mazin, who previously collaborated with him on the screenplay for “The Hangover Part II.”   The film is produced by Phillips and Dan Goldberg, with Thomas Tull, Scott Budnick, Chris Bender and J.C. Spink serving as executive producers.  The film also reunited key members of Todd Phillips’ creative team from the first two films: director of photography Lawrence Sher, editor Debra Neil-Fisher and costume designer Louise Mingenbach.  They are joined by production designer Maher Ahmad (“Gangster Squad”) and editor Jeff Groth (“Project X”).  The music is composed by Christophe Beck, who created the scores for “The Hangover” and “The Hangover Part II.”

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Green Hat Films Production of a Todd Phillips Movie: “The Hangover Part III.”  It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

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DAR Film Distribution acquires theatrical release rights of Universal Pictures’ ‘Fast & Furious 6’

DAR Film Distribution acquires theatrical release   rights of Universal Pictures’ ‘Fast & Furious 6’

·   The film is stars actors like Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez

·     To release in India on 23rd May 2013

Mumbai, 17th May 2013: DAR Film Distribution a division of DAR Media Pvt. Ltd has acquired all India theatrical rights of Universal Pictures ‘Fast & Furious 6’ starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, along with Jordana Brewster (Fast & Furious), Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar, Resident Evil). The film is directed by Justin Lin, (of the Fast & Furious franchise).

Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast of all-stars as the global blockbuster franchise built on speed races to its next continent in Fast & Furious 6. Reuniting for their most high-stakes adventure yet, fan favorites Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and Elsa Pataky are joined by badass series newcomers Luke Evans and Gina Carano.

Building on the worldwide blockbuster success of Fast Five and taking the action, stunts and narrative to even greater heights, Fast & Furious 6 sees director Justin Lin back behind the camera for the fourth time.  He is supported by longtime producers Neal H. Moritz and Vin Diesel, who welcome producer Clayton Townsend back to the series. 

Commenting on the acquisition, Murli Chhatwani, Head of Distribution, DAR Media said “After the success of The Dark Knight Rises and 'Oblivion', we are extremely excited to announce ‘Fast & Furious 6’ as our next Hollywood release. Being associated with this franchise is definitely something to look forward to. The franchise itself has an amazing fan following in India and we are confident that the new sequel would add on to its phenomenal following here”.

 ‘Fast & Furious 6’ is all set to hit the theatres in India on 23rd April 2013.

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About DAR Media Pvt. Ltd.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of DAR Capital Group, DAR Media Private Limited (DAR) was established as a result of the Group’s strong leveraging in the burgeoning Indian Media & Entertainment industry. In addition to film production DAR, through is Distribution arm DAR Distributors, is also focused on producing, acquiring and distributing quality content in Hindi and other regional languages, as well as, International content in the Indian market apart from offering fully fledged distribution and syndication support to in house productions.

Rajpal Yadav shoots with Bharti Sharma on Brothel set for Hari Kripa Films "Babuji Ek Ticket Bambai"

Rajpal Yadav shoots with Bharti Sharma on Brothel set for Hari Kripa Films

"Babuji Ek Ticket Bambai"

After shooting in Bhopal for 17 days, now film is being shot at Almeda Bunglow, Yari Road, Andheri (west), on a lavish set of Brothel (prostitution area) where Rajpal, Bharti Sharma along with many junior artist will be participating. Scene was Bharti Sharma is lost in Mumbai and somehow Rajpal gets an hint that she is in this particular brothel whose Madame is Sudha Chandran and Rajpal comes there in her search. This schedule will go on for 15 days in various locals of Mumbai.

Rajpal Yadav is playing role of a unemployed youth, Yashpal Sharma is in character of minister, Mushtaq Khan as PA of minister and Milind Gunaji is in role of zamindar. According to director Arvind Tripathi story of this film narrates the painful situation of women’s of Bedni community, how they are being exploited by powerful politician and businessman of society.

Being Produced by K.K.Mundhada with Piyush Mundhada as co-producer, direction by Arvind Tripathi, story by Nazir Qureshi with screenplay & dialogues by Masood Mirza, music by Nikhil, Umesh & Parveen, lyrics by Kumar & Haidar Nazmi, cinematography by Surya Mishra, choreography by Pappu Khanna, Saroj Khan and Sailesh Kohli, action by Laddan Quereshi, costume by Manohar Teli,and art director is Nazeer Sheikh. Songs have been rendered by Shaan, Mamta Sharma, Jaspinder Narula and Raghuveer Yadav.

Film Stars Rajpal Yadav & Bharti Sharma in lead role with Yashpal Sharma, Milind Gunanji, Sudha Chandran, Ehsaan Khan, Mushtaq Khan & Kiran Sharad.

Faraz Haider consulted Army official for ‘War Chhod Na Yaar’

Faraz Haider consulted Army official for ‘War Chhod Na Yaar’

The debutant director is very confident about India’s first war comedy ‘War Chhod Na Yaar’ starring Sharman Joshi, Soha Ali Khan and Javed Jaffery. The film is a satire and Faraz has taken all the necessary steps to avoid complications. As it is a war comedy, he has consulted army officials.

Commenting on the same Faraz says, “I don’t think I will hurt anyone’s sentiments as I have consulted the army officials. Initially they had some doubts but after listening to the scenes and the story they were convinced. They could also connect with the film in a big way.”

“It is a patriotic film and talks about the soldiers of both India and Pakistan. We have tried to bring their life on the celluloid in a very humorous way without hurting anyone”, Faraz 

“Neil got me ‘Shortcut Romeo”, says Puja Gupta

“Neil got me ‘Shortcut Romeo”, says Puja Gupta

Puja Gupta will be seen in Susi Ganesh’s ‘Shortcut Romeo’ sharing screen space with Neil Nitin Mukesh and Ameesha Patel. The actress is all praises for Neil as he got her the role in ‘Shortcut Romeo’ after seeing her performance in her debut film, ‘Faltu’.

Commenting on the same, Puja says, “Neil saw me in my first film and liked my work. He fixed up my meeting with Susi Ganesh who didn’t even audition me. I’m really thankful to Neil for getting me this role as it has shaped up very well and I’m happy with it.” 

She further adds, “Neil also helped me with my acting and expressions. He enacted all the expressions and emotions.”

'Shortcut Romeo' is a remake of Susi Ganesh's super hit Tamil film 'Thiruttu Payale'. It will release on 21st June, 2013.

PVR Director’s Rare is all set to bring a fun and quirky movie ‘Mere Haule Dost’ on 7th June, 2013.

‘Mere Haule Dost’ to bring fun Hyderabadi flavor to cinemas this June 

PVR Director’s Rare to release Nitin Raghunath’s movie on 7^th June

        

Mumbai, May 14th, 2013:

PVR Director’s Rare is all set to bring a fun and quirky movie ‘Mere Haule Dost’ on 7th June, 2013. The movie is directed by Nitin Raghunath, a California based tech professional who has earlier made films like ‘Turjya’, 'Kashish'(Selected for Cannes Short film Corner 2011) & ‘Explorer’ (San Francisco Short Film Festival).

Mere Haule Dost is a coming of age movie set against the backdrop of lives of five laid-back friends in the city of Hyderabad. It’s an exhilarating journey of friendship, girls, parties, bikes, madness and their thrill for the Himalayan bike rally. It all starts with the fascination of these eccentric friends with the Himalayan Bike Rally, which they want to participate in. Given their messed-up lives, it doesn’t come easy for these young boys to cough up money for the trip. It is a lighthearted depiction of self discovery, adventure, growing up, friendships and optimism.

Speaking on the release, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Bijli, JMD, PVR Ltd. said “Mere Haule Dost is an interesting addition to the Director’s Rare portfolio. Our aim always is to bring new and different kind of cinema to our patrons. I hope ‘Mere Haule Dost’ strikes a chord with the independent cinema loving audience.

Director of the movie, Nitin Raghunath said, “Mere Haule Dost is a young adult film that I envisioned when I was in college. I wanted to make something that was not too stylistic but yet had elements of nostalgia and the vibe of a studio sitcom. As a storyteller, I am interested in sci-fi & action adventure subjects but this was a conscious effort to tell a story that was 360 degree opposite of what I normally engage with.  I hope the audience sees this film as a refreshing take on the young adult film genre and has fun following these quirky characters around.”

The movie stars Anirudh Loka, Raghuvardhan Garlapati, Aadil Abedi, Rishit Samala, Kiran Gadalay, Preeti Gupta, Catherine Fallows, Zainab Lax, Yantisha Singh, Harika Vedula, Babita Punetha, Natasha Pamnani, Anand Natesh.

Mere Haule Dost! Will release on June 7th, 2013 through the PVR Director’s Rare banner.

Official Trailer Link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef9aWKf-M3U

About PVR Director’s Rare

PVR Director’s Rare is an alternate programming initiative of PVR Limited focused on showcasing an exquisite undiscovered cinematic gem every week.  The banner also works as a spring board encouraging the theatrical exhibition of Indian Independent cinema and niche content.

Launched in October 2011, PVR Director's Rare has done the India theatrical release of 28 critically acclaimed films which includes the re-release of the digitally restored version of Kundan Shah’s  JAANE BHI DO YAARO, Mira Nair’s landmark debut feature SALAAM BOMBAY!, Sai Parnjaype’s cult classic CHASHME BUDDOOR, national award winning film ANHEY GHORHEY DA DAAN, India’s first collaborative feature film THE LAST ACT with Royal Stag Large Short Films (also known as Project 12.12.12 with Anurag Kashyap), Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s CELLULOID MAN,  Stevan Riley's documentary on West Indies cricket team - FIRE IN BABYLON, Faiza Khan's award winning documentary on the cottage film industry of Malegaon - SUPERMEN OF MALEGAON, Aamir Bashir's HARUD dealing with the human side of the situation in Kashmir in a manner that we rarely see in Indian cinema.

Upcoming lineup includes Jahnu Baruah’s BAANDHON, Michael Haneke’s AMOUR, Dylan Mohan Gray’s FIRE IN THE BLOOD etc.

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Neil Nitin Mukesh will be seen in a fighting sequence with tribes of Kenya in Susi Ganesh’s ‘Shorcut Romeo’.

No ropes for Neil’s fight in ‘Shortcut Romeo’

Neil Nitin Mukesh will be seen in a fighting sequence with tribes of Kenya in Susi Ganesh’s ‘Shorcut Romeo’. For this particular scene no ropes or fighting equipments were used. The action in the film is much superior to the action which Neil has done in his previous films.

Talking about the fight sequence, Director Susi Ganesh says, “For the first time any Bollywood filmmaker has explored Kenya. It is difficult to shoot in this country as we didn’t get vanity vans or air conditioned cars. In the scene, Neil had to fight with the tribes without using ropes or any fighting equipment. Even without these equipments the scenes have come out beautifully.”

'Shortcut Romeo' is a remake of Susi Ganesh's super hit Tamil film 'Thiruttu Payale'. It will release on 21st June, 2013.