Life of Crime reveiw by ANIZ FILMVALA

Life of Crime 

reveiw by 

ANIZ FILMVALA 

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If criminals are over ambitious to their impromptu skills, the result is mockery of a crime. Set in 1978 Louis [John Hawkes] and Ordell [Yasiin Bey] are petty criminals on the streets of Greenwich Connecticut, to get rich quickly they plan a kidnapping of a rich socialite Mickey [Jennifer Aniston] and they succeed but are they going to get the big ransom amount of a million dollar from her distraught husband Frank (Tim Robbins) who has already send her the divorcé papers  but is unknown of her being hostage to the goons.

Next the two have to chart out a new plan to backup their quandary before their time runs out.

The film is a classic adaptation from Elmore Leonard's The Switch. The gone era of seventies is stylishly depicted.

Precisely on a slow pace, subtle comical situation and not so great witty lines drags the entertainment value of watching the movie. Directed by Daniel Schechter’ Life of Crime’ is an average comical crime thriller.

Cast

Jennifer Aniston as Mickey Dawson

Yasiin Bey as Ordell Robbie

Isla Fisher as Melanie Ralston

Will Forte as Marshall Taylor

Mark Boone Jr. as Richard

Tim Robbins as Frank Dawson

John Hawkes as Louis Gara

Charlie Tahan as Bo Dawson

Seana Kofoed as Kay

Chyna Layne as Loretta

Clea Lewis as Tyra Taylor

Jenna Nye as Shelly Taylor

Alex Ladove as Pamela Taylor

Leonard Robinson as Officer Dixon

R. Marcus Taylor as Borsalino

Kevin Corrigan as Ray

Sonam in her upcoming movie 'Khoobsurat'

Tiger Shroff hosts a special party on MJ's Birthday

Tiger Shroff who is an ardent MJ fan had a special get together on the pop king’s birthday.

Tiger Shroff’s admiration for the singing legend has been evident. He has been seen performing the classic moves of the singer at various events. The actor even has made a tribute video in honor of Michael Jackson.

Tiger who is not a party person organized a special get together to celebrate the legend’s birthday, 29th August along with his few friends.

He had called a couple of friends over for dinner where they spend the evening listening to MJ classics.

The actor even took on to the social media to wish MJ sharing an identical image of the classic pose of MJ from the tribute video.

Richa ​'s First look ​revealed!

​After weeks and weeks of speculation, the over worked rumour mills have come to a stop with it being finally revealed that Richa Chadha will indeed essay the role of Paro in Sudhir Mishra's next.

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handra Chatterjee's novel. The shoot will last for over a period of one month in the city of the Nawabs where the cast and crew have been put to a rigorous task to finish the first schedule with Richa before the rest of the cast arrives. Richa arrived in the city on Monday and  immediately reached the set for the first take of the film. After several adaptations of the famous novel, we are anticipating a fresh take on the story, Sudhir Mishra style! 

AMRITAA DASGUPTA,

A new bollywood hot diva

AMRITAA DASGUPTA, a bengali hot diva from the fashion world step into bollywood and all set to sizzle people around in her upcoming 'debut'movie THE LAST HORROR wherein she plays a female main protogonist. The story of the movie is about the war and the struggle for life and justice between human and the evil power. She justified the role and she has a mesmeric charm to catch hold of everyone's interest with her all so glam look in her debut. The film director Salim Raza choose this talent for the best future of the movie....so lets catch hold of your breath and wait for the release.

इको फ्रेंडली गणेश जी

अभिनेता विवेक ओबेरॉय के घर के इको फ्रेंडली गणेश जी का विसर्जन किया गया। 

​हर साल गिनेचुने बॉलीवुड सितारों के घर गणेशोत्सव के दरम्यान गणेश विराजमान होते  है , ​हर साल की तरह इस साल भी अभिनेता विवेक ओबेरॉय इनके निवास्थान में भी ५ दिन के गणेश जी विराजमान हुए थे , कल ५ वे दिन गणेश जी का विसर्जन बहुत ही भाउक हो कर किया गया और अगले साल जल्दी पधारने की कामना की गयी। 

‘I Love Dubai’

Adult Star Shanti Dynamite and actor Ajaz Khan unveils the first look of the movie ‘I Love Dubai’

Adult star Shanti Dynamite, director Ikram Akhtar and actor Ajaz Khan unveils the first look of their movie ‘I LOVE DUBAI.’ The movie is produced by Sanjay under the Wow Filmwaale banner.

Ikram Akhtar is doing his first directorial debut with the movie ‘I LOVE DUBAI’ who is the writer of many bollywood blockbusters like Ready, Thank You, No Problem, Chal Mere Bhai, etc.

The story is about young, sexy, crazy, insane, smart and cool group of 9 girls and 8 boys who got selected for DIDC (Dubai International Drama Contest) by their college to perform the college’s act in Dubai, and when they reach Dubai, they find opportunities, freedom, night-life, charm, fun and love. Everything was going perfect but one day comes which changes their life…! They get all they ever wanted in the land of opportunities ‘Dubai’.

The cast of the movie includes adult star Shanti Dynamite, Ajaz Khan, Ranjeev Bugga, etc.

The movie is scheduled to go on floor from October onwards.

Manav’s Monkey Mania in Baal Veer

Manav’s Monkey Mania in Baal Veer

Baal Veer is a fantastical TV show where superhero - Baal Veer takes all of its viewers on an adventurous trip to Parilok. Baal Veer is the savior of Parilok and children protecting them from the evil intentions of evil Paris and denizens of the dark. Baal Veer and his set of friends counter evil and negative intentions of evil forces and uphold natural justice and order of the system.

In the ongoing track, the wish fulfilling tree – Kalpavriksha needs to be found by the fairies and destroyed before any chaos ensues. Unaware of the tree’s prowess, friends of Baal Veer have landed themselves in trouble by wishing for a weird request unknowingly and transforming Manav played by Rudra Soni into a monkey. On the sets of Baal Veer, the transformation of Rudra into a monkey was truly detailed and spectacular. His look was accentuated to the heights of perfection which made it difficult to know who the monkey character was. Some visitors on the set clicked selfies and photos with Rudra due to his unique monkey look.

Will Baal Veer’s magic prove effective in retrieving Manav back into his human form?

To find out tune in to Baal Veer as the epic battle between good and evil unfolds from Monday to Friday at 8 pm only on SAB TV!

'Sin City 2'

Upcoming movie 'Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For' based on Frank Miller's epic graphic novels. Co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, the movie boasts of a star-studded star cast including Jessica Alba, Eva Green, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Josh Brolin, Lady Gaga, Bruce Willis among others. MVP Entertainment India is set to release the movie in Indian theaters in 3D.
Synopsis: The co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller reunite to bring Miller's visually stunning Sin City graphic novels back to the screen in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Weaving together two of Miller's classic stories with original tales written especially for the sequel, the town's most hard boiled citizens cross paths with some of its more notorious inhabitants. We see Dwight McCarthy (Josh Brolin) struggle as he is wrapped up in the thralls of femme fatale, Ava (Eva Green) and Johnny (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a cocky gambler; disguise a darker mission to destroy the biggest villain in Sin City, Senator Roark (Powers Boothe) at his own game. In the vicinity, Marv (Mickey Rourke) regains consciousness on a highway overlooking the Projects, surrounded by several dead young men, and is determined to remember how he got there while exotic dancer Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) struggling to cope with John Hartigan's (Bruce Willis) selfless suicide, goes insane and no longer a damsel in distress, the now black-haired and scarred Nancy is out for blood.

Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani watch Mardaani.

YRF’s Mardaani has opened to a fantastic reaction from one and all. Rani has been inundated with calls. Rani has been flooded with calls where a lot of people have been inquiring and expressing their wish to watch the film.

Among them are also Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani who were extremely keen to watch the film.

The subject as well as the promos of the film generated a lot of interest among them to watch the film.

There was a special screening of the film for them on Saturday and they had a lot of positive things to say about the film.

The film has been snowballing even at the box office, growing by positive word of mouth.

Rani is personally elated with all the feedback. She is glad that the film is making a connect with people and hopeful that it will make a difference.

'Mehrooni'

Royal Stag Large Short Films presents 'Mehrooni', a short film by Faraz Ali

Royal Stag Large Short Films will be releasing “Mehrooni”, starring Sharib Hashmi and  Kristine Zedek, in the 1st week of September.  For the lovers of the short movies, LSF platform had decided to re-release the film on their platform.

Royal stag Large Short Films(LSF) is a unique platform which gives  movie lovers a distinct experience in the form of watching his favorite director’s cut from a hub of Indian short films created by the Brand. This exclusive entrance came into existence in the year 2012 and gives the audience the window to enjoy short films made by large acclaimed directors. It also gives budding film makers a platform to showcase their short films with large ideas. It is a vehicle to submit Indian short film makers to the international festival circuit.

Directors like Anurag Kashyap , Sudhir Mishra, Chakri Toleti and Samar Khan have already been roped in to make short films of their own for this platform. This was done so that the aspiring filmmakers get inspiration and are able to showcase their films on the same platform as these established filmmakers. The brand became even larger, when they released their feature film 'The Last Act' which gave 12 aspiring Directors their feature debut. This project from the date of its inception was called project 12.12.12 by the brand. 12 aspiring directors, from 12 different cities of India, made this film together and the film released on December 12th 2012!

“Mehrooni,” written and directed by Faraz Ali, is the story of a maroon sweater which is knitted in Mumbai and it grows in Mumbai. It’s becomes the symbol of an unexceptional couple’s journey, struggling to keep their love alive, and survive life in the modern world. The song is sung by Rekha Bhardwaj, her melodious voice is crooning in the background,  Music by Arijit Datta,  Cinematographer - Neeraj Tewari, Editor- J.D & Rahul Bajaj and Produced by - Abbas Syed & Imtiyaz Shaikh.

On the occasion actor Sharib Hashmi, says, “Mehrooni has been widely appreciated on the social media and I feel proud to be a part of such a beautiful short film. People have stopped me on the road and have asked me "you have done a good job in that train wala movie". I will cherish 'Mehrooni' all my life. And I am really excited now that LSF is re-releasing Mehrooni. The more it reaches the people the more excited I will be.” Mehrooni portrays Simple Love in a Busy World, which still exists but we don’t see it.

In just three years Large Short Films has over 5.10+ Followers on their FB page. Their short films 'Kirchiyaan' directed by Sudhir Mishra, 'Waisi Waali Khushi' directed by Samar Khan, 'That Day After Everyday' directed by Anurag Kashyap, 'Khamoshiyan' directed by Abhijit Das garnered massive views and likes from the audience. LSF now presents 'Mehrooni'

Creature 3D promotional song

Creature 3D promotional song shot by Surveen Chawla and Rajniesh Duggal.

The promotions of Vikram Bhatt's Creature 3D, starring Bipasha Basu and Pakistani actor Imran Abbas Naqvi, is in full swing and the makers have shot a new promotional track for the film as a new Marketing strategy. The track ' Saavan aaya hai' is a passionate number and was shot in Mumbai in two days with Rajniesh Duggall and Surveen Chawla.

A source close to the film says,' Rajniesh and Surveen have recently shot for a promotional video for Creature 3D. The song is a passionate track and has been voiced by Arko and Arijit Singh. Rajniesh, who has worked with Vikram in films like 1920, Phhir and Dangerous Ishhq, did this promotional video without asking any questions. Vikram just requested him to shoot for the video and he immediately agreed. And he hasn't charged absolutely nothing for the track.'

The source further adds,' Rajniesh, who is quite shy in real life, had to do a passionate scene with Surveen. Surveen, who was last seen in Hate Story 2, is quite bold and confident in front of the camera, thanks to the exposure she had in the film. She was quite capable of pulling off an intimate scene, but Rajniesh on the other hand was quite shy. Usually, it is always the male actors who have to pacify their female co- stars during intimate scenes. But this time, it was the other way round as Surveen made Rajniesh comfortable. But considering the professional that he is, after a couple of takes Rajniesh was quite comfortable during the entire sequence.'

The track has turned out exactly as envisioned. Rajniesh and Surveen were quite comfortable with each other and their chemistry has come out very well on screen.

Creature 3D, starring Bipasha Basu and Imran Abbas, directed by Vikram Bhatt, produced under the banner of T-series, is slated for 12^th September 2014 release.

Deepika Padukone is not in the price rack race

Deepika Padukone is currently the highest paid actress in Bollywood. With five back-to-back hits to her credit, she is having a dream run at the box office.

She is raking in the big bucks, but all this is only the byproduct of the fact that she is an excellent actress and brilliant performer.

Deepika personally is not in the price rack race. She does not take movie decisions based on monetary gains.

Her sheer priority is good scripts that helps her push the envelop as an actor. She only takes up roles that excite her and challenge her to do even better.

Deepika’s performance in her recent films has been outstanding due to which she has been receiving excellent film offers.

She gives her work hundred percent and her hard work reflects in all the work she does.

SURVEEN CHAWLA DENIES THE REPORTS OF TURNING INTO PRODUCER.

There have been reports that Surveen Chawla is all set to turn producer, the reality is that she has no intentions of turning into producer any time soon.

According to reports, Surveen was planning on producing a Bollywood film called Nil, directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, who is wife of director Nitesh Tiwari, who recently directed the Bhoothnath Returns.

When asked Surveen about the reports she denies them, she says,' I am not turning a producer. I am only focussed on my acting career. My Bollywood journey has just begun and I have no time or the mental space to venture into anything else. Hold your horses, guys. If and when I do attempt on doing so, I will be more than happy to break the news myself.' 

Life Of Crime.releasing on 5th september

5th Jagran Film Festival

The Finale of 5th Jagran Film Festival to be held in Mumbai

 ~5^th Jagran Film Festival to be held in Mumbai from 22^nd to 28^th September, 2014~

India’s only travelling film festival; Jagran Film Festival will now reach its concluding stage after travelling across 15 cities in India. The festival will reach its last leg and conclude in Mumbai from 22^nd September, 2014 to 28^th September, 2014 at PVR Cinemas, Andheri and PVR Cinemas, Juhu.

The festival presents an exciting line up of films in diverse genres from every corner of the world. The festival will feature films under several sections: Cinema of the Uprising, International Competition, Indian Showcase and Country Focus (Cyprus). The Indian Showcase and the International Short Film Competition have 25 entries each from over 35 countries jointly. The jury members will

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 meet during the festival and the results will be announced in Mumbai in the presence of a star-studded audience.

Under the section “Cinema of the Uprising” the festival seeks to bring alive the strife and struggles of human beings, social groups and the human race in general which rose against oppression and torture, taming of the human spirit, freedom, liberty and other human values. This special section brings together seven features, four international and three Indian, dedicated to the fight to free human lives and minds. Movies one should not miss at Jagran Film Festival are Do beegha zameen, Bandini, Oscar nominated film: Outside the law, Barbarians, A patriotic man and Break loose.

Under the category Country Focus, an eclectic mix of Cyprus Cinema will be screened for the audience. Apart from this, Thirteen International films across the world will make their Asian debut at the 5^th Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai.

The Jagran Film Festival has been synonymous with broadened imagination and empowerment. Apart from showcasing films from Indian and international cinema, an integral part of the festival are the Master Class and Workshops where eminent filmmakers and film personalities take you through the journey of filmmaking.

Conceptualized to bring world-class cinema to its intended audience, Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai 2014 will be bigger and better. At the festival, film lovers spread across the length and breadth of India would get an opportunity to enjoy a good mix of feature, short and documentary films, along with student films.

Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene is Releasing on 9th January 2015

Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene produced by Akhilesh Jain and directed by Gurmeet Singh starring Zayed Khan, Tina Desai, Ranvijay Singh.

Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene’, a comic thriller and they recently shot a song titled ‘Selfiyaan’, which shot at a studio in Goregaon east recently. Choreographed by Ganesh Hegde, ‘Selfiyan’.  Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene is now slated to release on January 9, 2015.

Rannvijay's love making scene in 3 AM

In the upcoming horror flick 3 AM, Rannvijay Singh has an explicit love making scene opposite Anindita Nayar.

It is a very intense scene and Rannvijay was extremely nervous about it.

Since he had to bare his body for the scene, he ensured that he looks flawless. In fact, he trained for 3 months especially for the scene to get the perfect body.

He went on a rigorous workout schedule involving cardio and weight training. He also went on a rigid diet to sculpt his body.

Rannvijay worked really hard and his hard work has paid off. Rannvijay has set the screen on fire with the sizzling love making scene.

The spine chilling movie also stars Salil Acharya and Kavin Dave.

Produced by Handprint Pictures and Essel Vision Productions Ltd., it is slated for release on September 26th. 

16th MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL

CAMPAIGN FOR 16^th MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL GAINS MOMENTUM

 RAISES 1.5 CRORES IN TWO DAYS

Cinestaan Film Company, promoted by Anand Mahindra and Rohit Khattar, angel producer Manish Mundra and industry stalwarts Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani step in with their support

Mumbai, September 1, 2014: Since the news report of the annual Mumbai Film Festivals’ prospectively being called off, the viral campaign to save the festival started on social media has gained tremendous momentum.

The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) that organizes the annual Mumbai film festival, has found supporters inCinestaan Film Company, promoted by Anand Mahindra and Rohit Khattar who have committed Rs.60 Lakhs.

 “Anand (Mahindra) & I believe that a Festival as important as this should not belong to one Sponsor or Studio. As the youngest Film Studio, we would appeal to the larger Studios, Production Houses and, in fact, to all film lovers in Mumbai to take joint ownership. This is OUR Festival and even the smallest contribution would help fulfill our mission. The Mumbai Film Festival has become an integral part of our cinema heritage and as an industry we need to come together to raise it to new heights and nurture it together. "Said Rohit Khattar, Chairman, Cinestaan Film Company,

The industry at large has pledged their support in ensuring the 16^th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival will yet again be marked on the regions cultural and festival calendar.

Well known producer-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani, producers Manish Mundra, Vivek Kajaria and Nilesh Navlakha, director Hansal Mehta and noted author and critic Anupama Chopra amongst numerous others have turned guardian angels for the festival.

Since the campaign’s commencement on Social Media on Saturday, the campaign #pledge4MAMI has raised close to Rupees 1.5 crore of the 5 crore budget from the mentioned industry professionals.

Speaking on these developments, festival director, Mr. Srinivasan Narayan said, “I am extremely happy and humbled with the response that we have been getting from the film industry and film lovers in the city at large. We are delighted and grateful to Cinestaan Film Company, Anand Mahindra, Rohit Khattar and Manish Mundra for their generous contribution. Also we are extremely thankful to Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Anupama Chopra, Vivek Kajaria and others for ensuring that the festival rises like a Phoenix. Today for the first time ever it truly feels that the Mumbai Film Festival belongs to the patrons and lovers of the festival. I thank each and every one of those who strive to ensure that the festival continues to present the best of World cinema to our Indian audiences”

To contribute, please visit http://www.mumbaifilmfest.org/pledge . To contribute via cheque, please write todirector@mumbaifilmfest.com. The cheque will be collected by a festival representative. All donations to Mumbai Film Festival is covered under the 80G of the income tax act.

About Mumbai Film Festival:

The Mumbai Film Festival is organized by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) - a Trust comprised of Indian film industry stalwarts, was founded in 1997 by late filmmaker Shri Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Noted filmmaker Shri Shyam Benegal heads the body that consists of film directors including: Veteran film maker Ramesh Sippy, Director Sudhir Mishra, young directors Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, Umesh Kulkarni, Kiran Rao, Vikramaditya Motwane and Farhan Akhtar, publisher Navin Berry and producer-director-lyricist Amit Khanna.

Sidharth Malhotra does not believe in steroids

Sidharth doesn't believe in steroids and had to work harder to put 8 KGS of muscle weight for Warrior.

Basking in the success of Ek Villian, Sidharth has already started training full fledged for his next film titled Warrior.

The actor gained about 8 kgs and has beefed up to get into the skin of his character.

The film goes on floors in September so he only had a couple of weeks for gaining weight and prep.

Sidharth plays the role of a mixed martial arts fighter and he has to put on muscle weight for his role.

Sidharth works out dedicatedly and has been pumping iron. Simultaneously he is on a very rich protein diet and he has to eat every hour and maintain an elaborate diet chart.

While Sidharth has always been a fitness enthusiast he is yet getting to learn a great deal while adhering to this regime.

Besides diet he does a lot of weight lifting in order to get the right physique and has also been training in martial arts to get his movements correct.

Sidharth has a well-built and toned body. He is excited to be playing a warrior and is doing everything he can to play the part perfectly.