MUMBAI MANTRA TO NURTURE 100 STORYTELLERS

MUMBAI MANTRA - CINERISE SCREENWRITING PROGRAMME

·         A rare and valuable opportunity for 100 Indian screenwriters.

·         Selected screenwriters to be mentored by renowned Indian and international writers and directors

·         2-day Screenwriting Workshop-cum-Interactions shall be conducted in major cities across the county. 

·         A 5-day residential lab for 12-15 selected writers at a resort destination.

·         Screenwriter-Producer Interface: The programme will culminate with a Pitching Event, a rare opportunity for screenwriters to pitch their scripts to studios, producers, directors, film festival programmers-curators, and other interested entities.

Mumbai, October 2014: Mumbai Mantra kicks off the second phase of the Mumbai Mantra-CineRise Screenwriting Programme: 100 Storytellers A Year with a panel discussion on Why is there such a dearth of good scripts in India? on October 17th at the ongoing Mumbai Film Festival. This panel was moderated by the Convenor of the Mumbai Mantra CineRise Screenwriting initiative, Anjum Rajabali who was joined by some of the Mentors for this initiative, which included Vishal Bhardwaj, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Vikramaditya Motwane, Shridhar Raghavan and Sriram Raghavan,

Mumbai Mantra received an overwhelming 550 stories from aspiring and new screenwriters for this programme, not just from across the country but around the world.

Of these, 100 will be shortlisted for a one-on-one intensive interaction on their stories, with senior screenwriters, at screenwriting workshops to be organized at different centers in India.

The first day of the workshop will be open to every enthusiast (for a nominal fee), including applicants who did not make it to the top 100. The workshop will offer valuable guidance on screenwriting to participants, so that they may continue to pursue their creative passion in writing scripts, equipped with better knowledge, and hopefully get into the top 100 next year.

Based on the feedback on their story, the screenwriters would then submit a complete screenplay draft which would be reviewed by a Selection Advisory Committee. After an intensive screening and evaluation, 12-15 (or more, if there are many deserving screenplays) will make it to the Mumbai Mantra CineRise 100 Script Lab.

These writers will then be mentored on their screenplays at the Lab by senior and renowned Indian screenwriters and writer-directors including the ones on the panel above as well as international screenwriters.

Rohit Khattar, Chairman, Mumbai Mantra said, “Our aim is to reach across to every storyteller who has a dream to see her/his vision on big screen. These screenplays (and even those that do not get selected as finalists), shall be part of the CineRise Script Bank and may still get attention from Producers in the future. India is a land of stories and we would like to provide a platform to these stories so that they can travel and cut across barriers.”

The Screenwriting Programme is designed as a detailed step-by-step process of nurturing, which will have 8 defined stages of creative intervention from mentors.

Anjum Rajabali, the Convenor of the Mumbai Mantra CineRise Screenwriting Programme says, “It is our belief that there are many undiscovered talented potential screenwriters out there who could do with some guidance, and a platform to get their work noticed and picked up. Mumbai Mantra’s CineRise-100 is an ambitious initiative to reach out to them, in a bid to turn them into professional screenwriters. The Indian film industry is continuously on the lookout for well-written engaging scripts, based on any kind of interesting stories.”

After the workshop, these 100 screenwriters shall have 2 months to submit the first draft of their screenplays. From among these, 12 to 15 will make it to the final selection, and will be sent to the Mentors and other experienced readers, for detailed evaluation and feedback.

Based on that, the respective writers will have 1 month to send in the second drafts of their screenplays, which will then be discussed in 4-5 exhaustive one-on-ones with the Mentors, at the residential Script Lab. Mentors of course will be renowned Indian and international screenwriters and writer-directors.

A valid complaint of screenwriters is that even if they have a competent worthy script, they find it near-impossible to connect with producers. Being sensitive to this difficulty, Mumbai Mantra’s CineRise 100 will extend its programme to an SPI event (Screenwriter-Producer Interface) in Mumbai, where these writers will get a chance to meet with studio heads, independent producers, directors, film festival directors & curators and other interested parties, and pitch the final drafts of their scripts to them. This is clearly one of the highlights of the CineRise-100 programme.

Says Aparna Purohit, Head – Creative Initiatives, Mumbai Mantra, “We believe that this initiative is a stepping stone in igniting a story-telling revolution in the country. Our mission is clear: To invite and encourage brave new talented voices to participate in shaping the future of Indian cinema!”

About Mumbai Mantra

Mumbai Mantra Media Ltd, the Media & Entertainment vertical of the Mahindra Group, is actively evaluating opportunities in content and infrastructure in the domestic as well as international media and entertainment space.

Mumbai Mantra has also made a commitment towards providing a platform for independent voices in Indian cinema to champion an emerging generation of exciting filmmakers. The first step was a multifaceted 3-year collaboration with the Sundance Institute founded by Robert Redford. This included the Mumbai Mantra | Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab in India and the Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards, awarded annually at the Sundance Film Festival. 16 Filmmakers have been awarded and 25 Screenwriting fellows have been selected through the last 3 Screenwriting Labs. Post this, a new initiative Mumbai Mantra CineRise: 100 Storytellers a Year has just been announced, which shall help nurture more and more new writers annually.

About Mahindra

The Mahindra Group focuses on enabling people to rise through solutions that power mobility, drive rural prosperity, enhance urban lifestyles and increase business efficiency.

A USD 16.5 billion multinational group based in Mumbai, India, Mahindra employs more than 180,000 people in over 100 countries. Mahindra operates in the key industries that drive economic growth, enjoying a leadership position in tractors, utility vehicles, information technology, financial services  and vacation ownership. In addition, Mahindra enjoys a strong presence in the agribusiness, aerospace, components, consulting services, defence, energy, industrial equipment, logistics, real estate, retail, steel, commercial vehicles and two wheeler industries.

In 2014, Mahindra featured on the Forbes Global 2000, a comprehensive listing of the world’s largest, most powerful public companies, as measured by revenue, profit, assets and market value. The Mahindra Group also received the Financial Times ‘Boldness in Business’ Award in the ‘Emerging Markets’ category in 2013. Visit us at www.mahindra.com

Shraddha Kapoor, a lucky charm!

 
After the success of  Aashiqui 2 and Ek Villian, with Haider not only Vishal Bhardwaj has completed it’s hatrick but so has Shraddha. It’s been 2 weeks since film has released and the audience is still applauding the actor's work.
 
In an interview Shraddha herself said that Haider is Shahid’s film , but yet audience loved Arshia a lot in the film, that left Shraddha surprised.
 
On this Shraddha says, "From the time Vishal sir offered me the role of Arshia I was in love with the character and really worked hard for it, I am happy people loved Arshia. I am very glad that 2014 is going to get over with the success of Haider. I feel more than being lucky its about hard work".

Aamir Khan and his Bhojpuri teacher, inseparable for two years.

Aamir Khan is known to get into the skin of his character. This time around too he has been doing something very different for his upcoming film P.K.

The actor went through an extended training to learn Bhojpuri for the film.

The language in the film plays a key role. Aamir came up with the idea of having Bhojpuri as it will add a quirky and humorous touch to the character and at the same time people would be able to understand most of it.

The ace actor had been specially preparing for learning Bhojpuri since two years under the Bhojpuri TV writer, Shanti Bhushan who taught the actor the nuances of the language. They specially worked on the language and diction to perfect it.

They would try and practice in between shoots and schedules of the film because the language is very tricky to learn and requires certain diction.

Aamir too has put in a lot of effort to perfect the language, and has created a lot of buzz by trying something different with this film.

When contacted, Shanti Bhushan said, “ Rajuji ( Hirani, director) called me at Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s office and informed me about it. They gave me the dialogues of Pk and asked me to convert it to the Bhojpuri- Hindi language, which audience can understand. Apart from teaching Bhojpuri, 

I gave the required diction training to Aamir at his house for two months where he used to write the altered dialogues according to his convenience.

Since Aamir felt he would need me in case he got stuck while shooting he asked me to also accompany him during shoots. Aamir is so dedicated that he used to learn and rehearse his lines during the break or even while getting ready. 

I remember last year once when he had to attend an event in Pune where he was meeting the Dalai Lama, he asked me to join him during that journey so that he could spend his travel time to learn the language better. Aamir loves the language and ‘ Tukur tukur’ that he says in the trailer is his favourite Bhojpuri word.”

P.K will be the second project that will bring together Rajkumar Hirani and Aamir Khan.

Bangistan wraps up shoot

Farhan Akhtar and Riteish Deshmukh’s Excel Entertainment’s Bangistan wrapped up shoot this week.

The Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez and Pulkit Samrat starrer was extensively shot in Poland.

The film is a satire about two guys, one a Hindu and the other a Muslim who are aiming to be suicide bombers.

Bangistan is scheduled to release in mid 2015.

Workout time

Workout time in the gym can also have some fun elements too... Here are few images of the young fame of Bollywood,  Varun Dhawan and Mohit Marwah having some 'FUN' after a great workout! with the famous fitness trainer Prashant Sawant.

Shraddha Kapoor to perform at the Kashmir Relief Fund.

Shraddha Kapoor, who is basking in immense love & appreciation for her performance in Haider, will be performing at the Kashmir Relief Fund.

Shraddha Kapoor, who made her singing debut with Galliyan in Ek Villain, will be singing the songs from her films at the event.

Her singing has been appreciated by one and all. Shraddha who comes from a musical family also sung a kashmiri folk song, Do Jahaan in her recent release Haider.

The actress who is currently busy shooting for ABCD 2 , removed time specially from her shoot schedule for the fund raiser.

The Kashmir Relief Fund is an event to raise money for the flood stricken people of Kashmir.

Shradhha has a very special connect with Kashmir as she extensively shot for Haider in Kashmir recently.

When the actress was approached to perform at the event, she immediately agreed for it without giving it second thoughts. Kashmir is very close to Shraddha’s heart and she wanted to do her own little bit to help the victims in Kashmir.

John abraham launches HTC range of smart phones.

HTC’S ‘DOUBLE EXPOSURE’LAUNCH REDEFINES MOBILE IMAGING

HTC Desire EYE,EYEExperience and Zoe herald new era for mobileimaging and beyond

Mumbai, October 17,2014 - HTC, a global leader in technology innovation and design,today unleashed a new era ofinnovation and an exciting newdirection for the business in India, with the introduction of a suite of breakthrough imaging products. Changing the face of mobile photography HTC launched, RE, aremarkable little camera, the HTC Desire Eye, a brand new category-shifting phone, the HTC EYE™ Experience, enhanced imaging software,and Zoe™, a collaborative video editing community.

“Today, at HTC we are once more excited to introduce revolutionary new products for our consumers. As a leading innovator in the mobile space, our mission is to continually innovate and introduce intuitive products that set benchmarks for the industry,” saidChia-Lin Chang, President of Global Sales and Chief Financial Officer, HTC. “Back in 1997, we allowed people to leave their laptops at home in favour of powerful, pocket-sized computing smartphones. Today we are taking a similar leap forward, where we are combining incredible hardware with unrivalledsoftware. At HTC we have reinvented the way we think about imaging; by taking you from behind the viewfinder and putting you back where you belong, at the heart of the action.”

“We are very happy to be the partner of choice for HTC and offer our customers the opportunity to be the first to own the Desire Eye. We are customer obsessed and always  focus on ensuring that customers have a delightful shopping experience every time they shop with us.Mobile phones are one of the fastest growing product lines on Amazon.in and we see this as a great opportunity to offer customers across India the ease, convenience & joy of experiencing the HTC Desire Eye,”said Mr. Samir Kumar, Director Category Management, Amazon India.

HTC Desire EYE: Simply the best selfies

Continuing HTC’sheritage of breakthrough smartphone innovation,today also sees the launch of the company’s new top-of-the-range HTC Desire model, the HTC Desire EYE. With one of the best front-facing cameras availableon the market today,and software that puts you center frame and looking your best, the HTC Desire EYE captures life’s big and small moments in perfect clarity. Sporting market-leading 13MP front and rear cameras for detailed image quality that allows you to zoom, crop and print without compromise,the HTC Desire EYE is fully equipped for those who love to take great photos, videos and selfies.BSI sensors capturecrisp photos, even in low-light conditions, and intelligent dual-LED flash on both cameras providesflattering, natural toneswhen ambient light levels drop further.

Three dedicated microphones take HTC’s signatureaudio quality to even greater heights, ensuring crystal clear voice and video calling whatever is going on around you.HTC BoomSound™and astunning 13.2 cms (5.2 inch) Full HD display combine to make the HTC Desire EYE the ultimate multimedia companion and the perfect way to view your photos and videos.

The bold, bright, dual-colour,waterproof[1]unibody design is not only stylish but ensures that capturing your best side is as simple as possible, with a dedicated two-step camera key for focus, and capture providing comfortable, instant access to great shots, even one-handed.

Featuring HTC’s new HTC EYE Experience and Zoe, with a Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 801 processor and high-speed 4G connectivity, editing and sharing your best shots will also be smooth and effortless, wherever you are.

HTC EYE Experience: Designed for you

It’s not just about the hardware though.The HTC EYE Experience takes mobile imaging software into anew league with uniquefeatures guaranteed to make you look your best.

Taking video chat and conference calls to a new level of quality and performance,The HTC EYE Experience’s face tracking keeps you perfectly framed at all times. And because staying in touch means more than just talking to a single person, up to four people in the same roomcan also be tracked comfortably, with each face cropped and positioned on the screen for maximum clarity. So enjoy the freedom and flexibility of services like Skype without worrying about exactly where you or your friends are standing, as the camera will follow everyone.Want to share even more on the move? The option of screen sharing brings desktop functionality to smartphone-based video chat for the first time.

The HTC EYE Experience opens up a new world of creative opportunity, thanks tothe newSplit Capture function. Combiningsimultaneous photos and videos taken on the front and back cameras into one split-screen image or video, thiscreates a new selfie experience, allowing you document your journey and your reactionwithout relying on thumbnail views. Crop-Me-In places you at the heart of the action by cropping you from the image or video taken with the front-facing camera and positioning it within the scene captured by the main camera, opening the door to more extreme, exciting selfies and videos[2]. Voice Selfie removes the need for awkward hand contortions by enabling you to trigger the shutter release with a simple command. Simply “say cheese” as soon as you’ve struck the perfect pose or trigger the video recording with “action” or “rolling” commands.

Popular additions to the HTC Desire 820 are also included in theHTC EYE Experience such asface fusion, the feature thatallows you to merge your face with that of a friend or celebrity for a completely original look and Live Makeup,where you canset the desired level of skin smoothing and preview the effect in real-time before the image is captured.

Zoe:Life asyouexperience it

With the new Zoe collaborative video-editingapp it’s easy to remix your photos and videos into stylish highlight reels, with beautiful themes and soundtracks that can be shared⁵. Allowing friends to remix their content with yours, Zoe creates the ultimate highlight video for all to enjoy and share through their favorite social networks.

Zoe 1.0 brings flexibility to the community, enabling short, medium and long Zoes that can be made up of just a couple of still images, or an entire series of video clips, with its new content engine[3] making it easy to present small numbers of clips or even individual images in an interesting, visually stunning way.

Integrating fully with RE,Zoe video highlights are automatically generated and ready to share. There is no need to edit, no need to sync to your PC, just simply upload them with a single touch. Available free of charge on Android now and coming on iOS later this year, Zoe 1.0 ushers in the next generation of creative social networking.

Availability

The HTC Desire EYEwill be available exclusively in India on Amazon.in

HTC EYE Experience features will roll out to the following models (full feature list to be confirmed at roll-out): HTC One (M7), HTC One (M8), HTC One E8, HTC One mini, HTC One mini 2, HTC One max, HTC Desire 816, HTC Desire 820 and HTC Butterfly 2 in the coming months.

About HTC

Founded in 1997, HTC Corp. (HTC) is the creator of many award-winning mobile devices and industry firsts. By putting people at the center of everything it does, HTC pushes the boundaries of design and technology to create innovative and personal experiences for consumers around the globe. HTC's portfolio includes smartphones and tablets powered by the HTC Sense® user experience. HTC is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE: 2498). For more information, please visit www.htc.com.

Farah Khan’s HNY has been passed with U certificate

“HAPPY NEW YEAR”TO “U”

This Diwali is only getting bigger and bigger! Not just the film trade who’s banking on this year’s Diwali big release Happy New Year to do its magic at the ticket counter but also the audience is looking forward to this film to get entertained and make their festivities Happier.

Taking the happiness quotient forward here’s the news that Farah Khan’s HNY has been passed with U certificate by the Censor Board of Certification.

“We, at RCE, have always believed in making a film which can be enjoyed by one and all. And with U certificate attached to the film it is only going to enhanced the potential and appeal right from the kids to youngsters to adults. From the day Farah and I decided to make Happy New Year, we wanted it to be a wholesome family entertainer and now with Censor’s U certificate on it, we can proudly say that this Diwali go out with your family and watch Happy New Year because as the title the film is a happy one,” shares Shah Rukh Khan.

“I always believed in making an entertaining film to be enjoyed by not just one section or age-group but everyone. I always keep this in mind even when I’m writing or bringing my writing material to the celluloid. This Diwali, I as a director bring this Family Wholesome Entertainment and I hope that Happy New Year will make this a Happy Diwali for every family,” says Farah Khan.

Happy New Year stars DeepikaPadukone, Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan,BomanIrani, SonuSood and Vivaan Shah.The film, produced by Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd and directed by Farah Khan. The film is all set to release on 24^th October. 

Sex Tape review by ANIZ FILMVALA

Sex Tape

review by

ANIZ FILMVALA

*****

Explicit, outrageously funny and erotic in humor but the big scissor of Indian censor has gone kaput in swallowing the steamy portion and leaving only imagination for us of just getting the sneak peak.

As a reviewer I cannot write a full length view of the actual portion which has been cut and films ingenious plot [sex tape] which I did not have the access to.
This is the portion of the story which will be the price of your ticket and rest you can see it on your home theater [if you are lucky to get an uncut version].

Jay [Jason Segel] and Annie [Cameron Diaz] live their libido with full excitement and have sex anytime anywhere, one night Jay struggle to get an erection but in vain, Annie proposes of having sex in almost all position and makes it into a sex tape to thrive more excitement into their fading passion. All hell break lose when accidentally the video is synchronized in a group of people including one who is a king pin of You Porn. The couple goes berserk of erasing the video from the iPods which are in their know-how, also they have to deal with a neighbor's son who threatens to upload their sex tape if he is not paid a bribe of $25,000. As almost they succeed of erasing the sex video from all their neighborhood system the last being the YouPorn headquarters which they have to deal with.

Cameron Diaz is bold and sexy and does the role with grace and simplicity, Jason Segel significantly depicts the restlessness of a over obsessed sex starved hubby. The film would have been a worth watch if the ‘SEX TAPE’ was uncut.

Cast
Cameron Diaz as Annie
Jason Segel as Jay
Rob Corddry as Robbie
Ellie Kemper as Tess
Rob Lowe as Hank Rosenbaum
Nat Faxon as Max
Nancy Lenehan as Linda
Randall Park as Edward
Dave "Gruber" Allen as Mailman
J0ack Black as the owner of YouPorn

एमिरेट्स पैलेस में शूट होने वाली पहली फिल्म होगी वेलकम बॅक।

फ़िरोज़ नाडीआड़वाला की आगमी फिल्म वेलकम बॅक को जनवरी में प्रदर्शित करने की तैयारी की जा रही है, हालही है इस फिल्म का शूट अबु धाबी के एमिरेट्स पैलेस में हुआ।  

​रॉयल फैमिली को कई बार संपर्क करने के पश्चात उस लोकेशन पर शूट होनेवाली वेलकम बॅक यह फिल्म बॉलीवुड की पहली फिल्म बन गयी है ,यह हर किसी को ​शूटिंग करने की अनुमति नहीं दी जाती। पुरे वर्ल्ड में वेलकम बॅक दूसरी फिल्म है जिसका का शूट एमिरेट्स पैलेस में हुआ है , इस से पहले हॉलीवुड की फिल्म फ़ास्ट एंड फ्यूरियस ७ ही शूट की जा सकी है। 

सूत्रों की माने तो पैलेस को डोम यह भाग अबु धाबी के रॉयल फॅमिली का है ,जो की इस फिल्म में नसीरुद्दीन शाह का लिविंग रूम दिखाया गया है। 

फिल्म के निर्माता फ़िरोज़ नाडीआड़वाला इस खबर की पुष्टि करते है की " फ़ास्ट एंड फ्यूरियस ७ के बाद सिर्फ वेलकम बॅक ही है जो की अबुधाबी के 

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एमिरेट्स पैलेस में शूट हुई है। 

​जॉन अब्राहम , श्रुति हसन , नाना पाटेकर , अनिल कपूर , परेश रावल , नसीरुद्दीन शहा ​, डिपंल कपाड़िया ,शाइनी आहूजा और अंकिता श्रीवास्तव अभिनीत तथा अनीस बाज़मी निर्देशित तथा फ़िरोज़ नाडीआड़वाला निर्मित फिल्म वेलकम बॅक २०१५ में जनवरी में सभी सिनेमा घरो में प्रदर्शित होगी। 

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Welcome Back – the first Bollywood film to have shot at the Emirates Palace.

Firoz A Nadiadwala’s Welcome Back which is scheduled to release in January recently shot at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.

While several have approached the royal family to shoot at the location,Welcome Back is the first Bollywood film to get the permission to shoot in the palace,not to mention, the second film in the world after Fast and Furious 7 to have shot at the Emirates Palace.

Sources confirm that the dome area of the palace owned by the Abu Dhabi royal family will be shown as Naseeruddin Shah’s living room in the film.

Confirming the news said producer Firoz A Nadiadwala , “After Fast and Furious 7, Welcome Back is the first film to have been shot at the splendid Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.”

Produced by Firoz A Nadiadwala,Welcome Back directed by Anees Bazmee is scheduled to release January 2015. The film stars John Abraham,Shruti Haasan,Nana Patekar,Anil Kapoor ,Paresh Rawal,Naseeruddin Shah,Dimple Kapadia,Shiney Ahuja and Ankita Srivastava.

Minissha Lamba

Bollywood actress and now a Big Boss contestant in season 8, Minissha Lamba is one contestant who has always played the game in a much dignified manner.

Minissha who was very subtle in the earlier episodes on the show is very vocal and opinionated when she needs to be. She is one contestant who always puts her foot down when required and lets things pass by when needed. That is exactly what happened in Big Boss earlier this week when Arya on national television apologized to her after the heated episode they had last week with Salman on he making a statement that they were in a relationship before the show. Minissha just nodded and accepted his apology rather than making a big noise and any kind of drama. She has proven that she believes in bygones be bygones.

Not only now, but Minissha has proven herself time and again on the show! Yesterday’s episode witnessed wild card entry contestant and the captain of this week Ali Quli Mirza asking Gautam Gulati to nominate one contestant who he feels does not give their 100% to the show and switch places with him, he took Minissha’s name. Minissha immediately accepted the challenge stating that she doesn't put her nose in household chores which are already divided to others in the house and this might have been taken wrongly by Gautam. She has switched places with him and now will be one of the three contestants who will not enjoy any luxury in the house. Big Boss ke ghar main kuch bhi ho sakta hai!

Minissha has held her cards close to chest and is playing very skilfully. Her simplicity and her capability to handle things in a mature manner have made her viewer’s favorite in no time.

Minissha is so far so good in the game and looks to be very promising girl in the Big Boss house,  winner or not a winner only time will tell but a smart and simple player for sure. Minissha is certainly not Good girl gone bad but good girl gone better!

Atyachaar...Bigg Boss Style!

After purchasing some luxury items to sustain themselves in the house for another week, Bigg Boss introduces the 'Atyachaar Task' in an attempt to bowl a googly at the contestants. The Atyachaar task is an opportunity for the current servants of the Bigg Boss House, i.e. Pritam, Gautam and Puneet to nominate another contestant to take their place as a new servant.

Now, Pritam, Puneet and Gautam have the task of convincing captain Ali Quli Mirza about why they should be replaced and also nominate someone who will take their place as the new 'daas' for the season. The rest of the contestants are horrified upon learning this because any of them could be easy targets for the current servants. After careful deliberation while taking into consideration their personal vendettas, the three servants finally announced the names of those contestants that they have selected to take their place. But, as always, Bigg Boss changes the game by giving Ali the power to approve or reject the names suggested to him. 

Trying to be fair, Ali asks the contestants about their views on the contestants who have been selected. Further, the selected the contestants are also given a chance to present a case and justify why they must not be selected as the new servants. While most are glad about dodging the bullet, Aarya voices his opinion that Soni, who has been nominated by Pritam, should not be made a servant owing to her ill-health. In fact, Aarya goes on to say that he would not mind taking her place as the servant since he has enjoyed many a luxury in the past 4 weeks! 

Will Ali take up Aarya on his offer and make him a new servant or will Soni be the new servant despite being unwell? Who will be the other two contestants to be also be nominated as the new servants?

To know more, don't miss Bigg Boss Season 8, every day at 9.00 PM only on COLORS!

Ranbir Kapoor impresses music Director Pritam with his commitment to work.

"Ranbir and I share a long association and now, I am composing for his home production, Jagga Jasoos. He came to me a few weeks ago asking me to compose a theme anthem for his football club Mumbai FC. I initially assumed it was a song and I composed it as such with Amitabh Bhattacharya composing the lyrics. When he dropped in at my recording studio last Saturday to hear it, he told me he didn't want a song," Shared Pritam, with no remorse about the song Ranbir scrapped. Explaining why no remorse, Pritam stated, “He told me he would use it in one of his films. He then sat with Amitabh and me for two hours and stated what he exactly wanted - an anthem which the crowds can chant without music and clap to as one. He was very clear that it shouldn't sound like a song and wanted it to be without music. It was really simple to compose this song. The best part of the experience was, that by the end of it, I understood that there's a director in Ranbir and that he'd soon become one. The way he took charge of the whole thing and recorded the anthem was fantastic - just a day before his club played the match in Kolkata. Ranbir knows what he wants exactly and guided us accordingly.” The fuzzy-haired music director  who recently returned from his much needed vacation claimed he was totally impressed to his how musically inclined his good friend and associate was… 

Sanjay Leela Bhansali praises Shraddha Kapoor for Haider

Young actress Shraddha Kapoor has been basking in all the love and appreciation that has been coming her way from all quarters for her performance in Haider.

Amidst all the positive feedback and congratulatory calls and messages she had been receiving, there was one very special one that came her way from Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

The ace director who had recently watched Haider was called her to tell her how he absolutely loved her performance in the film.

He also told Shraddha something that made her grin and sounded music to her ears.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali told her how Shraddha reminds him of Padmini Kolhapure, who is also her aunt.

Shraddha was elated to have received such a high praise from the lauded filmmaker and his words will stay with her for life.

The young actress played the role of a Kashmiri girl who had to emote with her eyes.

Her eyes were also the reason she was cast for the film. The actress has received accolades for her moving performance in the film.

उंगली फिल्म के ओपनिंग प्रोमो से दर्शक हुए प्रभावित।

उंगली फिल्म का ओपनिंग प्रोमो आ चूका है और इस प्रोमो देख दर्शक खासा प्रभावित हुए है।  इस प्रोमो में यह दिखाई दिया है की इमरान हाश्मी ऑटोरिक्शा वाले को कही आने के लिए पूछते है लेकिन ऑटोवाला कहता है लम्बा भाड़ा , यह सुनकर इमरान कहते है देता हु तुम्हे लम्बा भाड़ा , यह कह कर इमरान उस ऑटो वाले को बांधकर ऑटो के साथ दिल्ली  ट्रैन में भेज  पहुंचा देते है। सीन दर्शक और आम लोगो के भा रहा है वे भी कुछ ऐसा करने की सोच  रहे है , ऑटो वाले  फिल्म की लाइन भी सुना रहे है। लोग सोशल मीडिया पर पोस्ट कर रहे है की यह आईडिया काम कर रही है और साथ हिउ फिल्म के निर्देशक रेन्सिल डिसल्वा को पर्सन मैसेज भी मिल रहे है।   

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Ungli promo impacts the audience the opening scene of Ungli promo has Emraan Hasmi asking rikshaw guy and he refuses saying lamba bhada and he send him to delhi.People have started using the same line in real life.It seen people are using this Ungli moment in real life.People are posting on social networking sides that this Ungli idea is working.Even Rensil is getting lot of personal message on this.

Director Tigmanshu Dhulia

Director Tigmanshu Dhulia and Irrfan Khan come together for Rose Movies.

Rose Movies has managed to pull off a major coup .Producers Goldie Behl and Shrishti Arya recently signed the successful combination of director Tigmanshu Dhulia and Irrfan Khan after the stupendous success of Paan Singh Tomar - While the makers remain tight-lipped about the details of the film ,sources reveal that work has already started on the script and the rest of the cast is yet to be finalized.

When contacted said producer Goldie Behl, " It's too soon to talk about it but yes something is in the pipeline with Tigmanshu Dhulia and Irrfan Khan and we are excited to collaborate with them".

Old master's poem coming back

In times when text messages and tweets are keeping conversations going, suddenly the poignant slow verses of Poets like Faiz Ahmed Faiz are finding their way into entertainment. We heard his words spreading the tint in Vishal Bharadwaj’s HAIDER with ‘Gulon mein rang bhare…’ and now, director Vivek Agnihotri is taken not one but two of his best works for his film BUDDHA IN A TRAFFIC JAM.

“Faiz has been a very big part of my growing up, and everything that I have learnt from listening to him has made me who I am. I have dedicated this film to Faiz and so it was completely required that I have something of his work in the film. I have taken two of his best ‘Chand roz aur meri jaan…’ and ‘Bekaar Kutte’ and juxtaposed violence with making love in the film,” informed Agnihotri.

Not only has the filmmaker brought alive Faiz for young india, he has gone about making an attempt to meet his relatives and get the rights legally, “Ours was a small budget film, but I needed to go through this whole process the correct way, though people tell me that I could have just used it and not bothered with going about the permissions, but as I said, I needed them connected to the film, like Faiz connects me to myself!”

Aditya overwhelmed with response of Daawat-e-Ishq

IshqAfter Aashiqui 2, Aditya Roy Kapur has delivered a superb performance in YRF’s Daawat-e-Ishq. And the actor is overwhelmed by the response he has received to this film.

Aditya brilliantly portrayed the role of a Lucknowi chef in the film. He completely got into the skin of his character.

He not only completely transformed his look, with a short hair cut, printed shirts and surma, but also worked on getting the local accent right.

Aditya is truly versatile as he has played a completely different character in Daawat-e-Ishq. In Aashiqui 2 he played a cool, urban guy, while he has pulled off a Lucknowi chef in Daawat-e-Ishq.

And his portrayal of a Lucknowi chef has garnered a tremendous response from the critics as well as audiences.

The actor has also received positive feedback from a lot of people from the industry and he is overwhelmed by the phenomenal response coming his way.

Kriti Sanon learns Karate for Singh is Bling

Kriti Sanon who made her big debut with Sajid Nadiadwala's Heropanti, will soon be seen sharing screen space with Akshay Kumar in Singh is Bling.

Kriti has already started prepping for the film.

The actress who was earlier learning salsa for the film, is now taking karate lessons for same. Kriti's role requires her to perform a lot of action scenes, for which she is training under karate expert Mehul Vora.

We have always seen Akshay Kumar do a lot of action for his films, but this time around we will get to see his heroine execute some intense action scenes.

Kriti Sanon is training hard and is very excited for the film.