CLUB 60 review by ANIZ FILMVALA

 CLUB 60

 review by

 ANIZ FILMVALA

 *****

 

STORY

A glance at Manu bhai Shah (Raghubir Yadav), and he appears peculiar in his outfit, crazy in his behavior, flamboyant in his style, loud and funny in his conversation, and overbearing in his relations! With  colored hair, trimmed French beard, colorful t-shirts with slogans (inappropriate for his age), GUCCI glares and i-pod plug-ins; when he enters the tennis ground of the club he shouts in his inimitable style of gujrati mixed marathi accent.."public..audience (sounding as odience)”. He moves around in a red colored open jeep and thrives on wine, women and friends. He lives life unapologetically.  He and his gang which includes Dhillon (Sharat saxena), Mansukhani (Satish shah),  Zafar (Tinnu anand) and Sinha (Vineet Kumar) are a group of irrepressible 'five' whose lives revolve around a tennis court in a club called CLUB 60. They can drive anyone crazy by their antics. They play, fight, abuse, bitch and can even put youngsters, half their age, to shame when they talk of wine, women and sex.

Story of club 60 unfolds when Dr Tareek sheikh (Farooque Sheikh), a neuro surgeon, suffering from acute depression after the death of his only son, shifts to Mumbai from Pune with his wife Dr Sayara (Sarika). A chance encounter of suave Dr Sheikh with the flamboyant, talkative, funny and overbearing Manu bhai, who stays in the same building, snowballs into Dr Sheik’s forced and reluctant entry into the club 60's gang of five. But is Manu bhai and his gang just a chunk of some well-to-do crazy and fun-loving people or is there something more to them under their colorful and playful facade? We explore it along with Dr Sheikh as slowly and steadily his reluctant participation in Manu bhai's 'gang of five', makes him fall in love with ‘life’ again.

CRITIC VIEW.

‘CLUB 60’ is a slice of life served with lots of agony and masti,a film, a script comes very rare to touch your soul and gives you a inspiration to live what ever condition you are or life creates.

 

Director Sanjay Tripathy  gives us a 360 degree view of six friends each having a grief of their past though living life with full positive approach.

Farooq Sheikh and Sarika as a doctor couple give a very competent performance, reeling under a depressive shock of loosing their only son in U.S city.

A stupendous performance by Raghubir Yadav [Manubhai],as a importunate member of Club 60 ,a crusader on a vengeance to fight all the odds which life has given him,he is the only source to enthrall and pump cheerfulness to rest of his gang in ‘Club 60 ‘.

Supported by elaborate cast Dhillon (Sharat saxena), Mansukhani (Satish shah),  Zafar (Tinnu anand) and Sinha (Vineet Kumar) do add gusto to this film.

Sanjay Tripathy undeniably deserves a standing ovation for this attempt to give us back the humour and a taste of life which some forgotten genius of 60’s and 70’s Bollywood Director had given.

Strictly recommended for audience who are in search for a matured and no nonsense cinema.

Starring	Farooq Sheikh, Sarika, Raghubir Yadav, Satish Shah, Tinnu Anand, Sharat Saxena, Vineet Kumar
Directed By	Sanjay Tripathy
Written By	Sanjay Tripathy
Screenplay By	Sanjay Tripathy
Produced By	Kavee Kumar, Vineet Yadav

 

Navi Mumbai to gear up for its first ever film festival Navi Mumbai International Film Festival (NMIFF) to be held from 31st Jan to 2nd Feb

Navi Mumbai to gear up for its first ever film festival

 Navi Mumbai International Film Festival (NMIFF) to be held from

 31^st Jan to 2^nd Feb

Mumbai, December, 2013: Navi Mumbai, known as the satellite city to Mumbai, will hold its first ever Film Festival, Navi Mumbai International Film Festival (NMIFF) on 31^st January to 2^nd February 2014. The festival will be held at the DY Patil Auditorium in Nerul, one of the largest auditoriums in the city. Founded with the idea to showcase the talent & creativity of filmmakers, NMIFF (Navi Mumbai International Film Festival) will give a global exposure to these budding film makers.

The film-goers will have a repository of fine movies of different taste & calibers from across the globe, to enjoy under the sky of this beautiful city. The festival is open to film makers from across the globe, and appreciates all genres of film making.The films to be screened have been slotted in three categories - student shorts, professional shorts and feature films. These categories are inclusive of short films, AD films, animation, documentaries, music videos and social awareness films. NMIFF will be screening around 22 movies throughout the three days of the festival.The winners will be selected by a panel of esteemed jury members and awarded with cash prizes and trophies.

Sachin Khanna, Festival founder and Chairman, NMIFF said, “NMIFF is determined to providing an international platform to talented filmmakers. We want Navi Mumbai to be highlighted as International spot which is yet deprived of any festival like this. This will expose local talent too of the area on world map. This is our first year and we have already received an overwhelming response and are looking forward to a great three day festival showcasing some of the best films.”

The registration for passes can be made online on the film festival’s website at http://www.nmiff.in

Warring over food?? for Arshad & Soha while filming 'Mr. Joe B Carvalho'

Warring over food?? for Arshad & Soha while filming 'Mr. Joe B Carvalho'

Versatile actor Arshad Warsi will soon be seen in BR Entertainment’s upcoming detective comedy film Mr. Joe B Carvalho starring Soha Ali Khan & Javed Jaffrey!

Not many are aware that Arshad is a big foodie & loves eating Indian authentic food like the tandoori rotis, chicken, mutter-paneer & makes sure that everyone around him also has their tummy full and eat yummy food!

Incidentally while Arshad & Soha were shooting for the film in Bangalore & Goa, Arshad would always have his plate full with all the Indian delicacies and on the other hand Soha who is a fitness freak would always be eating her boiled vegetables with no salt.

During the initial stages of filming Arshad, Soha would eat food together during the lunch breaks, but soon Arshad started having a loss of appetite, informs a source from the Production Team. He further adds Arshad stopped having lunch with Soha because he was unable to digest his food as Soha would only eat her boiled vegetables and hardly anything else. We all would joke around on the sets, It was a hilarious scene to see the duo eating on the same table but poles apart!!

But seeing Soha’s svelte figure we certainly know that all the hard work she has done, it has certainly paid off and she is one of the fittest actresses we have in B-Town today!!

Produced by Bhola Ram Malviya & Shital Malviya and Directed by Samir Tiwari

Mr. Joe B Carvalho starring Arshad Warsi, Soha Ali Khan, Javed Jaffrey, releases on 3^rd January, 2014!!

Leonardo DiCaprio's 3rd time attempt to visit India

Leonardo DiCaprio's 3rd time attempt to visit India

After having made news 3 years ago for being in talks to visit India for a project on Tiger conservation, Leonardo DiCaprio was in news earlier this year with rumors doing the rounds that the actor was to visit India for promotions of The Great Gatsby. Not surprisingly, Leonardo who is widely appreciated in India has relooked once again to visit India soon. He recently said in a press statement, "I plan to visit India soon" just before the release date of his next, the Wolf of Wall street was delayed by over a month. Now scheduled to release on 25th December, the film follows the real life incident of Stelfort, a famous uprise and fall of a wall street stock broker who used fraudulent methods to rise to the top. While many would assume, that Leo might visit for his film promotions. Its actually a different strategy altogether.

While the film releases in India on 25th, Leo will only visit India, come first week of January. This move comes in with a purpose to get Leonardo to meet the nations most promising entrepreneurs. Leo who sincerely believes that the character on who's life the film is based is a huge role model for the youth of today in terms of enterprising skills. Leo has learnt that India is a country booming with young firms and startups and hence felt more than an obvious promotion of the movie, a platform to interact with such a young crowd of young enthusiasts would be a far better connect and a great opportunity.

Now all one can hope is that all works well as we hear that the distributors,of the film in India have already started to make backend arrangements for a likely visit from Leonardo DiCaprio

Salman Khan and Aamir Khan friendship is a known fact.

Salman Khan and Aamir Khan friendship is a known fact. 

Last night, Salman Khan made a big statement by wearing Aamir Khan's bowler hat in Big Boss. 

Salman Khan was sported wearing the hat while doing his links for Big Boss. 

Aamir Khan and the hat have been inseparable. 

Aamir Khan started wearing the hat last year to become comfortable with the hat which he wears in the film, Dhoom3. 

Even now that the film's shooting is over Aamir has been spotted wearing the hat where ever he goes. 

Looks like everyone including the BIG Khan's are caught in Dhoom 3 frenzy.

Govinda’s latest Album : ‘GORI TERE NAINA’ with 4 songs.

Govinda’s latest Album : ‘GORI TERE NAINA’ with 4 songs.

Bollywood actor Govinda lent his voice and penned the lyrics for his maiden music album titled 'Gori Tere Naina' that also marks the veteran actor’s foray into music as a Lyricist, Singer and Producer. This is his 1^st independent non film Music Album.

The four song album includes 'Pinto Party Da Mood', an upbeat party number, while another song in the compilation - ‘Gori Tere Naina’ is a Romanatic song. All have the essence of what Govinda as an entertainer and performer stands for.

Besides him, the songs also feature television actor Puja Banerjee (Parvati of Devon Mein Dev Mahadev). The album has been composed by Shamir Tandon.

MSM Motion Pictures & Vashu Bhagnani present "Youngistan" !

MSM Motion Pictures & Vashu Bhagnani present "Youngistan" ! 

 MSM Motion Pictures in association with Vashu Bhagnani's Pooja Entertainment & Films Ltd announce "Youngistan”, a love story set in the backdrop of Indian politics starring Jackky Bhagnani, Neha Sharma, Farooq Shaikh & Boman Irani.

Talking about the film NP Singh, COO, Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. says, "It’s always great to associate with a film that looks to do much more than to entertain - Youngistan is entertaining while being inspiring. MSM Motion Picture aims to create meaningful cinema and this film is a strong step in that direction. We are happy to be working with Vashuji in making this happen".

While the first schedule of the film has been shot overseas and Lucknow, the second schedule of the film will go on floors soon at the picturesque Taj Mahal in Agra making it the ideal locale to launch the film and its unique campaign titled "Yo Youngistan Go Youngistan". Uttar Pradesh lends itself very nicely to this film that has a political backdrop. To add to it, Agra, a symbol of power and love supplements the entire setting. Yo Youngistan Go Youngistan is a ground rally that will travel across the country and collect youth pledges and will also see several youth icons from various walks of life join Jackky Bhagnani in getting the young Indians to pledge to vote. Without being preachy the campaign intends to inspire the youth of India to believe that “Likes don’t change the world. Votes do.”The campaign will also generate findings on the change Young India wishes to see in their policies and their politicians.

Says Director Syed Ahmad Afzal,“Youngistan is essentially a love story set in the back drop of contemporary Indian politics. The story revolves around a young and high profile couple caught up in a highly political environment.This couple in some way represents the progressive youth of this nation, which is willing to make its voice heard. Hence the campaign; through which we would like to create awareness for the youth of this nation.”

Says Youngistan star Jackky Bhagnani, “For me as the name suggests Youngistan stands for the youth by the youth and of the youth of India. The film is a common live story in a very uncommon premise ".

Producer Vashu Bhagnani says, “When Jackky and Afzal came up to me with this subject which I thought had the potential to be a commercial success and at the same time could be inspiring for the youth of this nation. MSM Motion Pictures and Pooja Films together will leave no stone unturned taking Youngistan the film and the inherent message across India. I’d like to thank the UP government for all their support. I’m sure post this film, UP will be a preferred shooting location.”

  

Says Neha Sharma, “The film for me is an unusual yet entertaining take on politics in our country. Youngistan keeps it entertaining, watchable, and yet has the right doses of drama and emotion. It’s a film made by a bright young crew that has an interesting perspective on politics. And yes there is a beautiful relatable love story too."

MSM Motion Pictures & Pooja Entertainment's Youngistan is scheduled to release May 1st 2014.

About MSM

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) backs Multi Screen Media Private Limited, which is India’s leading television network. It comprises of Sony Entertainment Television (SET), one of India's leading Hindi general entertainment television channels; MAX, India's premium Hindi movies and special events channel; SAB, a family comedy entertainment channel; PIX, the English movie channel; MIX a refreshing Hindi music channel, SIX, India’s Premier Sports Entertainment Channel and Sony LIV - the Digital Entertainment Channel. Multi-Screen Media’s channels are available across the Globe and influence over 400 million viewers in the Indian sub-continent, and the South Asian Diaspora worldwide. The One Alliance - a joint venture between Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. and Discovery Communications India is the distribution arm and The One Alliance bouquet includes SET, SAB, MAX, PIX, MIX,SIX, AXN, ANIMAX, DISCOVERY CHANNEL, ANIMAL PLANET, TLC, DISCOVERY SCIENCE, DISCOVERY TURBO, DISCOVERY CHANNEL TAMIL, DISCOVERY KIDS, AATH, AAJ TAK, HEADLINES TODAY, TEZ, NEO SPORTS, NEO PRIME, TIMES NOW, MOVIES NOW, ET NOW, ZOOM, SET HD, SIX HD AND DISCOVERY HD WORLD.

MSM Motion Pictures is a division of Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. It is committed to offering high quality and differentiated content through its movies.

Stan Lee to be a part of TEDxGateway for the first time in Mumbai ~ To discuss his first Indian Superhero, CHAKRA THE INVINCIBLE! ~

Mumbai, December, 2013: Stan Lee, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of POW! Entertainment and the co-creator of some of the world’s most popular superheroes including Spider-Man™, X-Men™, Fantastic Four™, Iron Man™, Hulk™, The Avengers™, and many others will discuss his first original superhero for India, ‘Chakra The Invincible, at the 4^th edition of TEDxGateway. This will be Stan Lee’s First TEDx talk anywhere in the world.

Chakra The Invincible, a new animated film that recently launched on Cartoon Network India, was created by Stan at POW! Entertainment, working with director, Sharad Devarajan and Graphic India.

TEDxGateway will showcase an exclusive video from legendary creator, Stan Lee, entitled “Secrets of Great Superheroes.” Through the video, the comic book legend will reveal his process and storytelling secrets for making great superhero characters.

                

Commenting on the project Stan Lee said, “The incredible story of Chakra, one of my latest and most exciting superhero creations promises to captivate audiences in India and around the world with his adventures. I am thrilled to share some of my thoughts on creating great superheroes with the wonderful audience at TEDxGateway."

                

The 4th edition of TEDxGateway comprises of speakers like Dr Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India, Pushpa Basnet, Nepali woman, who has been working to promote the rights of children living behind bars with their incarcerated parents, Franz Gastler, co-founder of Yuwa which uses football to combat child marriage, illiteracy and human trafficking, Jonathan Rives, a poet and multimedia artist from New York City, Steve Winter, Director of Media for Panthera and photographer with National Geographic, and others.

Dhoom 3 promises to be special in all sense. Aamir Khan in a Dhoom franchise in a never seen before avtaar.

Dhoom 3 promises to be special in all sense. Aamir Khan in a Dhoom franchise in a never seen before avtaar.

Even the songs of Dhoom 3 have a different flavor. Dhoom 1 and Dhoom 2 were known for its foot tapping and popular music.

Dhoom 3 has something additional to it. All the songs have a Sufi touch, a lot more soulful and everlasting.

The Sufi element in the song is very unlike the other Dhoom songs which are peppy and high on energy

Pritam has changed the music track to make it more in tandem with the film

Malang, the new song has a strong Sufi taste incorporated in its rendering. In fact almost all songs will have Sufi music as a layering.

Audiences are pleasantly surprised and even in its 30 second format the song is being appreciated.

Pritam has surprised the audience with a tune which has both pace and yet in vibe it is very Sufi in nature. Malang and even the other songs of the film have the Sufi flavour embedded.

Spokesperson of the film share “It was not a conscious move to add the Sufi element. Creative pieces have a journey of their own. The songs have turned out beautiful and everyone is ecstatic about it.”

Salman Khan and Aamir Khan friendship is a known fact.

Salman Khan and Aamir Khan friendship is a known fact. 

Last night, Salman Khan made a big statement by wearing Aamir Khan's bowler hat in Big Boss. 

Salman Khan was sported wearing the hat while doing his links for Big Boss. 

Aamir Khan and the hat have been inseparable. 

Aamir Khan started wearing the hat last year to become comfortable with the hat which he wears in the film, Dhoom3. 

Even now that the film's shooting is over Aamir has been spotted wearing the hat where ever he goes. 

Looks like everyone including the BIG Khan's are caught in Dhoom 3 frenzy.

Doli Armano ki Party

Salman Khan is having a release almost after one and year. Longest gap he has ever had. Jai Ho would be his next release after Ek Tha Tiger.

Salman Khan is having a release almost after one and year. Longest gap he has ever had. Jai Ho would be his next release after Ek Tha Tiger. 

Salman Khan and Sohail Khan have come up with a unique idea for the first trailer launch of Jai Ho. Khan brothers were keen to have a something special. 

The actor is all set to launch the trailer/first look of his forthcoming film. The makers of the film however have a unique plan of launching the trailer of Salman's next. The film's trailer would be launched amongst with the general fans and audience. The trailer would be launched at the single screen theater, Chandan on the 5th of December.

This will be the first time the trailer would be presented at a public platform and his fans will be able to witness and give him first hand reaction on the same.

Rather than only showing it to the media, Salman will also get a chance to interact with his fans.
 
Salman has a huge fan base who have been eagerly waiting to his film to launch

This way, the makers will reach directly to a common man and will receive a feedback straight from the audience.

Salman's Jai Ho is a story of an upright common man who is fighting a solitary war against corruption and injustice.

Trailer of Jai Ho will be released with media on 5th Dec. 

Spokesperson confirms the news. Yes Salman Khan wants people to be there at the launch of the trailer on 5th Dec.