Baal Veer and Spider-Man join forces against evil

Baal Veer and Spider-Man join forces against evil

Baal Veer is a prominent fantasy TV series on SAB TV that entertains kids and takes them into magical trips to fairyland. Baal Veer will now partner with another kid mega icon, the one and only Spider-Man himself, in anticipation of the release of the blockbuster movie The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on May 1^st in theatres in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

In the epic and fantasy driven tale, Dev Joshi plays Baal Veer, a savior of children and protects the innocent from evil powers. He is the ideal superhero in all aspects and teaches kids to respect others and always be honest and lead a truthful life. In the ongoing track of Baal Veer, Spider-Man will mark his presence and do what he does best - join forces with him to save a group of children from evil doers.

Dev Joshi said, “When my director told me that Spider-Man will be making an appearance on my show initially I thought he was playing a trick on me. Later on, when I saw that Spider-Man was truly a part of the act, I was overjoyed. I am a huge fan of Spider-man and have a vast collection of his comics, action figures and posters. There are a lot of superheroes in the comic universe, but my favorite one has always been Spider-Man. I truly like all his super-powers of climbing walls, scaling sky scrapers and super human strength. It was a dream come true for me to share screen space with my favorite superhero. I hope such opportunities come my way more often.”

Watch Baal Veer and Spider-Man join forces to fight the forces of evil.

Tune-in to Baal Veer from Monday to Saturday at 8 pm only on SAB TV

Tarzan : The legend starts here review by ANIZ FILMVALA

Tarzan : The legend starts here 

 review by 

ANIZ FILMVALA 

 *****

German Director Reinhard Klooss latest adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan tale is a simple and technical marvel of modern animation, truly a visual delight for 100 minutes.

Basic story of Tarzan voice of Kellan Lutz [son of Alice Greystoke and John Greystoke voice of Jaime Ray Newman and Mark Deklin] is left stranded in African jungles after his parents were perished in a crusade of preserving the nature from trepidation of energy industry.

Raised by a gorilla Kala Tarzan’s habitat becomes the jungle and he grow up’s with the nature and animals around to protect him.

Almost a decade into a jungle life, Tarzan comes across gorgeous and beautiful Jane Porter voice of Spencer Locke, his first contact with a human gives him acuity to communicate and identify who he is.

As Jane revisit the jungle with industrialist William Clayton voice of Joe Cappelletti after some years her relationship with Tarzan is regenerated and blossoms.

But Joe is in search for the energy mines which Tarzan’s father had explored years back.

Next loads of action and thrill as who will save the jungle from Joe’s menacing intentions to acquire the mine.

Tarzan fans have little to celebrate as the animation gives a miss to the macho image of his six packs and muscle as what Tarzan is about. But Kids just sit back and enjoy your vacation with this age Tarzan, caz’s its made for you.  

Cast

Kellan Lutz as Tarzan,

Craig Garner as 4-year-old Tarzan

Anton Zetterholm as a teenage Tarzan

Spencer Locke as Jane Porter

Jaime Ray Newman as Alice Greystoke

Robert Capron as Derek

Mark Deklin as John Greystoke

Joe Cappelletti (voice) as William Clayton

Brian Huskey as Smith

Faton Millanaj as Miles

Maximilian Nepomuk Allgeier

Navi Mumbai International Film Festival (NMIFF) spreads wings with International collaborations

Navi Mumbai International Film Festival (NMIFF) spreads wings with International collaborations

~ NMIFF has associated with International film festivals of London, Spain and France ~

Mumbai, April, 2014: The second edition of Navi Mumbai International Film Festival (NMIFF) has done a business tie up with International Filmmaker festival of world cinema London, The Madrid International Film Festival Spain and St Tropez International Film Festival France. Navi Mumbai International Film Festival (NMIFF) will be the exclusive agency in India for these festivals for film entries and a sister concern in business of films promotions and publicity.

 “NMIFF is extremely thrilled to partner with these international film festivals. We will also be providing an international platform to independent and emerging film-makers to showcase their work to the European audience through our collaboration.” says Founder and Managing Director, Mr Sachin Khanna.

The idea to collaborate with the international festivals had germinated during the first edition of NMIFF to showcase the talent and creativity of film makers at a global level. The collaboration will enable NMIFF to interact with film-makers across the globe and connect the Indian film makers to the international market. NMIFF will play a key role in promoting and distributing Indian films at the global level through the business tie-up.

Anup Soni & Smita Bansal's hit pair comes together for a new play "HUM DO HAMARE WOH"

Anup Soni & Smita Bansal's hit pair comes together for a new play
"HUM DO HAMARE WOH"

The play 'HUM DO HAMARE WOH' which will premiere on 27th April has a unique pairing of Anup Soni and Smita Bansal who are a couple in the hit TV Serial Balika Vadhu.

The makers have done a casting coup by bringing the hit pair of TV on stage. Smita Bansal says, "I love doing theater. It’s a very comical role and after a long time I am playing a comedy character. The scripting is done very nicely. Anup Soni is a very spontaneous actor and the audience will enjoy watching us together."

Anup Soni adds, "This is the first commercial play I am doing. The humour is very good and audiences will surely like to see me in the play. The perception of people that I do only serious plays will change after this. Working with Smita is a pleasure."

Writer and Producer Sanjay Jha says, "It's a unique play with lot of humour. Anup Soni and Smita are known TV stars and very good actors. People will be surprised to see them doing comedy and that is the novelty. The re-marriage and divorce situation would generate comic situations."


The Play Story

The subject throws light on the blind belief which most of the people have in their individual lives on elements which do not have any base or constructive reasons. A couple (Samir and Saloni), who lived almost one and half decade together, suddenly reach a point of a divorce. Samir who is going to die after a few days announces Saloni’s re-marriage plans. His drunkard friend (Dheeraj) supports him in his decision and calls for various candidates for Saloni. Unknowingly a friend (Vineet) of Saloni enters the house as a guest and comes to know about the declaration made by Samir. Samir is under a great influence of one famous baba called ‘Komal Baba’ who has announced Samir’s death after 15 days. Samir and Dheeraj both decide to select Vineet, Saloni’s friend, to be her life partner for the rest of her life. Saloni doesn’t have any grief after hearing her husband’s death news! And therefore she starts preparing for her re-marriage with Vineet very happily. Here the black humour starts on stage especially when a salesman called ‘Divangat Atma’ enters. He is a salesman of nothing but a death celebration and event management company. He tries his best to sell his products and services after hearing Samir’s death news till the audience is revealed the fact by way of Komal Baba’s entry that Samir is not going to die. In these various confusions and roller coaster what will be Saloni’s decision? What will happen to Samir? And what will be the state of mind of Vineet? All such various questions unfold the mystery of the entire story.

And to conclude "HUM DO HAMARE WOH" throws a wonderful social message to the audience in a hilarious way.

Cast : Anup Soni, Smita Bansal, Prasad Khandekar, Sachin Parikh, Jay Chaubey, Durgesh Dwivedi

Director - Prasad Khandekar
Producers - Theater people Pvt. Ltd.
Asst. Dir. - Jay Chaubey
Music - Sushil Kamble
Light - Pratik Redij
Set - Jaysukh Ravrani
Play Venue- Rangsharda Bandra 7.45 on Sunday 27th April 2014

Following in the footsteps of Salman Khan, who wears a bracelet for good luck, Tiger Shroff sports a taviz.

Following in the footsteps of Salman Khan, who wears a bracelet for good luck, Tiger Shroff sports a taviz.

Tiger shroff has been spotted wearing a taviz in a lot of events these days. Be it the trailer launch of his film Heropanti or the recent film screening he has gone the actor has been flaunting his lucky charm.

We were quite intrigue to figure out the idea behind it only to find out Tiger’s emotional connect with the taviz. The lucky charm was given to the actor by a family member who is very close to the actor.

He has been wearing the lucky charm since for the person who has given it to him. The family member is a spiritual person who believes in numerology.

Since the time the actor has been wearing the taviz, he has never removed it. The actor will be seen wearing the same in his upcoming film too.

Aditya Roy Kapur is extremely comfortable in smart casual.

Aditya Roy Kapur is extremely comfortable in smart casual.

Aditya Roy Kapur one of the young guns is extremely comfortable with his body and is always comfortable wearing shorts and shirts.

Aditya from his television days has been very trendy and dresses a lot like the youth of today.

The actor is not particular about color  palette and effortlessly looks as dashing as ever.

Not without Sajid !

It was Sajid Nadiadwala who first bought the rights to make a film on the book 2 States. Karan Johar had approached Sajid to be his partner in the film.

And now that the film has done extremely well, Sajid Nadiadwala is very proud to be associated with the film from the very beginning and for the longest time.

The response of the film has been so good, that it surely calls for a huge celebration.

However, the celebration of 2 States is totally incomplete if Sajid Nadiadwala, who has spearheaded this successful project wouldn't be here.

So, Karan Johar has called Sajid Nadiadwala to congratulate him on their triumphant partnership as well as to specifically mention how the success party of 2 States will not happen till he is back from Poland, where he is currently shooting his next film, Kick with Salman Khan.

It has been a fantastic year for Sajid Nadiadwala with both his films, Highway and 2 States getting massive response and acclaim.

Heropanti, starring another young talent, Tiger Shroff is Sajid Nadiadwala’s upcoming next and looks very promising.

Sajid confirms the news and adds, “Karan did call me and told me that the party won’t take place till I am back.”

After Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor To Lend Support To Rouble Nagi.

सलमान खान के बाद अब सोनम कपूर रूबल नागी को कर रही है सपोर्ट।

सोनम हमेशा से ही अलग अलग कैम्पेन को तहे दिल से सपोर्ट करती रही है, इतना ही नहीं अपने जन्मदिन पर भी वे अपने फैंस से कैंसर पीडितो के लिए ऑर्गन डोनेट करने का प्रचार कर रही थी और इस बार वे अब रूबल नागी आर्ट फाउंडेशन को पुरे मन से सपोर्ट कर रही है यह संस्था गरीब और वंचित बच्चों के लिए पुरे देश में विविध शिविरों का आयोजन करते है।

    सोनम इस नेक कार्य के लिए अप्रैल के मध्य में दिल्ली जाएँगी वे वहा पर  फाउंडेशन के बच्चों को मिलेगी तथा उनसे बाते करेंगी और बच्चों द्वारा किये किये जाने वाले कला के प्रदर्शन को देखेंगी।

  इससे पहले रूबल नागी को सलमान खान ने सपोर्ट किया था और अब सोनम कपूर सपोर्ट कर रही है जो की सलमान खान को उनके अच्छे कामो की तारीफ करती है। 

     रूबल नागी आर्ट फाउंडेशन को सपोर्ट करने वाली बड़ी लिस्ट है जिस में सलमान खान,सोहिल खान है और अब नए स्टार्स में सोनम कपूर जुडी है अब वे इसके द्वारा खान फैमिली से भी एक तरह से जुड़ गयी है। फ़िलहाल सोनम अरबाज़ खान प्रोडक्शंस की फिल्म डॉली की डोली शूट कर रही है, सोनम के ब्रांड के कमिटमेन्ट्स शूट और उनके व्यस्त शेडूल के बावजूद वे वंचित बच्चो के लिए समय निकाल कर सपोर्ट कर रही है और क्रिएटिव कला को प्रोहत्साहन दे रही है।

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After Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor To Lend Support To Rouble Nagi.

Sonam Kapoor who has always worn her heart on her sleeve and voiced her support to various campaigns ,be it encouraging her fans to donate to the Ogaan Cancer Foundation for her birthday or campaigning for the cause of breast cancer, this time around ,has lent her full hearted support to the Rouble Nagi Art Foundation -one that runs  art camps for underprivileged kids across the country.

Sonam will travel to Delhi in the second half of April to encourage the children of the foundation and interact with them as they exhibit their art work.

The Rouble Nagi Art Foundation was earlier supported by Salman Khan , an actor Sonam deeply admires for his philanthropic work.

Says a source, "The RNAF has a steady list of supporters including Salman and Sohail Khan , Sonam is the newest star face to be associated with the foundation given the warm equation she shares with the Khan family.She is currently working on Arbaaz Khan production's Dolly Ki Dholi and despite being busy with her professional commitments be it her films or brands ,Sonam was extremely keen on attending the exhibition to meet with the children there and lend her support to bring attention to a cause that helps underprivileged kids try their hand at creative artworks."

Salman Khan to hang from the 40th floor for Kick

Salman Khan gave the entire unit a scare of their lives for a couple of hours. He chose to do the high risk action sequence on his own. Salman Khan who is currently shooting in Poland, left the entire unit on tender hooks for around 5 hours till he finished shooting a pivotal sequence for Kick. 

With all safety precautions taken by the unit, it was still extremely risky for Salman Khan to hang from the 40th floor of the tallest building in Poland. Palace of Culture and Science is a huge tourist attraction and always has hundreds of visitors on a given day. While the unit was able to cordon off a very small area below the building as they were shooting the facade from a long distance, hundreds of fans were standing to cheer and clap every shot that was being taken. 

The interesting thing was that every movement of Salman Khan was met with a laugh, a collective sigh and a lot of claps. 

Sajid Nadiadwala confirms and adds Salman Khan was incredible. 

Sajid Nadiadwala's Kick is Salman Khan's release on Eid this year. 

Sachiin Joshi is a Big Brother now!

Sachiin Joshi an actor-producer-entrepreneur has his plate full.  He recently signed the telugu remake of Aashiqui 2 and has now got his hands in charity as well. Big Brother foundation is an initiative by Sachiin Joshi which aims at helping the people in the rural areas and bridging the gap between the rural and urban. The idea is to provide people in rural areas with basic necessities be it medical care, installing hand pumps, opening schools etc. One village will be picked from each area and would be aided, making it a hub for the other villages nearby.  

When contacted Sachiin Joshi, he said “ I have been fortunate enough to be born and brought up in a well off family, but there are so many underprivileged people in country especially in rural India who are deprived of basic necessities. Big Brother strives to inspire and motivate people to contribute at a personal level. Big Brother hopes to make the changes at a grass root level as I strongly believe that villages are the heart of the country. We are in talks with the panchayats of various villages in Gujarat and Maharashtra to start this activity soon!”

The name Big Brother is conceptualized keeping in mind the Indian traditional values where one looks up to the elder brother after father in the family.

Mighty Raju, popular children’s TV show now as a film - Mighty Raju- Rio Calling

Mighty Raju, popular children’s TV show now as a film - Mighty Raju- Rio Calling

Makers of Chhota Bheem all set to release Mighty Raju- Rio Calling this May 2014

Mumbai, 21^st April:-  Makers of Chhota Bheem Green Gold Animation, are thrilled to introduce their  second most popular television character Mighty Raju as a theatrical release titled Mighty Raju- Rio Calling. The film is all set to release during the school summer holidays in May. The tagline of the film is ‘Soccer, Samba and Samosas’ and the story is based in the beautiful city of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil taking Mighty Raju away from this home town of ‘Aryanagar’.

Mighty Raju today has become a much loved character for children on television. The show is aired on Pogo channel every weekend in a one hour format.  Mighty Raju, Rio Calling is the third film from Green Gold’s roster, the earlier two being Chhota Bheem & the Curse of Damyaan and Chhota Bheem & the Throne of Bali.

With a fan following across the age groups of 4 – 10 years and the success of the earlier two releases, Green Gold Animation decided to release this film to entertain the kids this May.

Moby (Raju’s Pet), Cheeky (Raju’s Robot), Julie, Swamy( Raju’s  Father), Sandhya (Raju’sMother),  Karati (Evil Scientist) who are the key characters of Mighty Raju Television show will feature alongside additional characters such as Daniel, Lucas, Maria and Don Pedro in the film.

Talking about the film, the Director, Rajiv Chilaka said, “The FIFA world cup football is scheduled from June 2014 in Brazil and the entire world would be watching it. I wanted to make a football based film for children and hence decided that it is best to set the film in Rio, Brazil. A team of about 20 creative artists from Green Gold went to Rio De Janeiro and did the recce for the movie. It only made better business sense to carry forth one of our characters into the film instead of creating a fresh one. After a lot of brain storming we decided to take Mighty Raju to Rio. I’m extremely excited about the release of this film as it also marks an opening for our international endeavours”.

An exclusive line of merchandise such as roller skates, protective equipments, cap, cushion covers, foil balloons, footballs, finger football game, a wide array of T- Shirts, Mighty Raju action figure and Mighty Raju- Rio Calling costume have been created which are available at  Green Gold Stores across the country.

Brief Synopsis- About Mighty Raju

Mighty Raju, the four year old kid with super powers travels to Rio, Brazil as his father Swamy has been given a special assignment by the government of India. Raju’s mother, Sandhya is very happy to go there but Raju is very skeptical and feels that he will miss all his friends. Mighty Raju begins to like Rio and joins a school over there, but gets bullied by Daniel at the school and gets teased that he doesn’t know about how to play football. Raju meets Maria and befriends her. He comes to know that she is the daughter of the Don of Rio- Don Pedro.

Raju begins to experience strange phenomenon and keeps losing his super powers for short durations of time. Meanwhile, his dad is trying to solve the puzzle of banks in Rio being robbed by the means of computers. Eventually, Mighty Raju learns to play football and his school team reaches the final of the inter-school tournament. In this film all his wits and powers are put to the test in a pulse-racing face-off against nasty soccer rivals, gun-toting Mafia dons and deadly Capoeira fighters, all set out to strike him down. Will Mighty Raju emerge victorious?

About Green Gold Animations Pvt. Ltd.

Established in 2001, Green Gold Animation Pvt. Ltd, has earned the unique distinction of being the No.1 Indian 2D animation, original content provider among kid’s channels which includes Pogo, Cartoon Network, Disney and Hungama. Green Gold is the creator and producer of Chhota Bheem, Mighty Raju, Krishna Balram, Chhor Police, Luv Kushh. Green Gold set up its Licensing and Merchandising division in 2008. Today with over 100 authorized licensees and winning the Star Retail award consecutive for two years, the division has grown phenomenally both in size and reputation.

The company set up stores under their flagship brand Green Gold Stores in 2011 as one stop shop to make all the products available under one roof. There are 26 exclusive Green Gold stores spread across 16 cities in India and growing.

Green Gold created Green Gold Pictures in 2012 which has produced and successfully managed theatrical release of two Chhota Bheem films entitled “Chhota Bheem & the Curse of Damyaan” in 2012 and “Chhota Bheem & The Throne of Bali” in 2013. In May 2014 its gearing up for the release of Mighty Raju film, entitled “Mighty Raju Rio Calling”

Tiger Shroff & Kriti Sanon kiss in Heropanti

After Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt locked their lips in their debut film, Student of The Year, we see yet another pair of debutants doing a lip lock.

Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon who will be seen making their debut in Sajid Nadiadwala’s Heropanti, kiss in one of the songs of the film, that was shot recently.

Over time, both Tiger and Kriti have started sharing an excellent rapport with each other so it was easier for them to do this at this point.

Everyone who saw the shot was very happy with it and thought that the duo share a very good chemistry with each other.

Shahrukh Khan’s Roommate Is Bollywood Buff

Shahrukh Khan’s Roommate Is Bollywood Buff

Sharib Hashmi may be a new name in Bollywood but he had made a lasting impression on the audiences mind as Shah Rukh Khan’s Pakistani roommate in Yash Chopra’s Jab Tak Hai Jaan. 

Apart from sharing screen space with Shah Rukh, Sharib is currently excited about the release of his upcoming film Filmistaan where he plays the lead protagonist. The film has already won awards at various festivals including  Busan International Film Festival where it won the special Jury Mention Award and the most prestigious National Award . 

Filmistaan is a hilarious laugh riot and is about a Bollywood buff who is a wanna be actor. Sunny, (Sharib Hashmi) goes with an American crew to remote areas in Rajasthan to work on a documentary film only to find himself being held hostage by Pakistani Terrorist. What happens later is a riot as Sunny unleashes his Bollywood side. 

Filmistaan, directed by debutant director Nitin Kakkar and Produced by Shringar Films, under the banner of UTV Spotboy , is set to release on 6th June 2014

http://bit.ly/FilmistaanTrailer

Synopsis:

In Mumbai, affable Bollywood buff and wanna-be-actor Sunny, who works as an assistant director, fantasizes on becoming a heart-throb star. However, at every audition he is summarily thrown out. Undeterred, he goes with an American crew to remote areas in Rajasthan to work on a documentary. One day an Islamic terrorist group kidnaps him for the American crew-member. Sunny finds himself on enemy border amidst guns and pathani-clad guards, who decide to keep him hostage until they locate their original target.  The house In which he is confined belongs to a Pakistani, whose trade stems from pirated Hindi films, which he brings back every time he crosses the border. Soon, the two factions realize that they share a human and cultural bond. The film shows how cinema can be the universal panacea for co-existence.

Dreamers Campaign: Kuch Sapne Sone Nahi Dete

Dreams is what director Amole Gupte believed in when he made  his   upcoming film  Hawaa Hawaai  which has the tag line “Kuch Sapne Sone Nahi Dete”.

The film starring Saqib Saleem and Partho Gupte is all about dreams of a young boy and his coach who has faith in him.  The film's trailer  has already garnered a lot of appreciation so much that many leading film celebrities  have come together to share and talk about the dreams that didn’t let them sleep in what is truly a unique initiative to reach out to the audiences called the Dreamers Campaign.

Speaking about dreams, Vidya Balan who recently received the Padmashri award says today she has achieved all the success because she believed in her dreams. “Please listen to your inner voice as nobody knows more about you than yourself” she states.  

While Filmmaker turned actor Farhan Akhtar adds “When you achieve your dream, you will find that there’s lot more fuel lying there for you”.

Iconic actor Boman Irani on the other hand firmly states to, “Be Careful of what you dream of because you will get it someday.”

Renowned gold medalist and archer Deepika Kumari says, “Try to make the most of what you have and give your 100 percent,  whereas cricketer Yuvraj Singh feels that it is important to believe in oneself, “Remember to believe in yourself and have a never say die attitude in life” he quotes.  

If these celebrities could achieve their goals because they believed in their dreams, we can always strive to work hard towards achieving our dreams too.

Sidharth Malhotra takes a break

After back to back shooting schedules, young actor, Sidharth Malhotra is taking a 10 day break and flying off to a far off destination.

For the first time after he started his film career, he will be taking a 10 days holiday in New York.

Sidharth Malhotra, who made his big debut with Student of The Year, went on to his next projects Hasee Toh Phasee and Ek Villain one after the other and without taking any break.

He has been either training, shooting films or brands.

The actor received immense appreciation for his performance in Hasee Toh Phasee and directly got into preparing for Ek Villain, which shows a drastic change in his performance. From the rom-com HTP, he went on to becoming intense in Ek Villain.

It is a much deserved break for the young actor after 3 years and he was keen to take some time off and relax before starting preparing for his next.

Aditya Roy Kapur, who will next be seen in YRF’s upcoming film, Dawat-e-Ishq,

Aditya Roy Kapur, who will next be seen in YRF’s upcoming film, Dawat-e-Ishq, opposite Parineeti Chopra, will have to go through a look change for his film, Fitoor.

The young actor’s looks in both his film is going to be very different. Dawat-e-Ishq is a food related film where he will be seen playing a chef.

His look in this film is more muscular. During the shoot of the film the actor had to even eat a lot of delicious food.

Currently, Aditya is on his way to lose some weight for his film Fitoor. His look is going to be opposite of the Dawat-E-Ishq look.  Opposite Katrina Kaif, the actor will be seen more on the leaner side.

And for the same, the actor has started hitting into the gym and working towards it before starting the shoot of Fitoor.

Internet queen Poonam Pandey takes on model Jen Selter

Internet queen Poonam Pandey takes on model Jen Selter

Internet Starlet Poonam Pandey has taken on international model and fitness freak Jen Selter big time.  The actress openly challenged Selter who takes great pride in her booty. On a social networking site Poonam said, "You just don't need the lower body in good shape, even the upper one counts," and has a picture of Poonam showcasing her prime assets.
A source revealed, "Poonam has a huge fan following on social network. When she learnt of Jen Selter was doing something similar, posting pics of her booty, to up her fan following, Poonam challenged her to it with a Video she will be uploading soon."