2 States

2 States

Love marriages around the world are simple. Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. They get married. In India, there are few more steps...

Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. Girl’s family has to love the boy. Boy’s family has to love the girl. Girl’s family has to love the boy’s family. Boy’s family has to love the girl’s family.

And if the boy and girl still love each other, they get married.

2 States is a story about a journey of one such couple, Krish Malhotra and Ananya Swaminathan. They meet at the IIM-Ahmedabad and during the course they fall in love. Complications arise after the course comes to an end and they decide to get married. Krish and Ananya belong to two different states of India. Krish, a North Indian Punjabi boy from Delhi, and Ananya, a Tamilian Brahmin from Chennai. They take a conscious decision; till their parents don’t agree they won’t get married. Everything goes down hill when the parents meet. There is a cultural clash and the parents oppose the wedding. To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple faces a tough battle in front of them. For its easy to fight and rebel, but much harder to convince.

Will Krish and Ananya’s love for each other sustain the battles? Will they manage to convince their parents and make it to their wedding?  The film thus is a humorous take on inter community marriages in India.

CAST

Arjun Kapoor             -Krish Malhotra

Alia Bhatt               -Ananya Swaminathan

Amrita Singh             -Kavita Malhotra - Krish’s Mother

Revathy                  -Radha - Ananya’s Mother

Ronit Roy           -Vikram Malhotra - Krish’s Father

Shiv Subrahmanyam        -Shiv Swaminathan - Ananya’s Father

CREW

                           

Directed by                        ABHISHEK VARMAN

Producers                          SAJID NADIADWALA

KARAN JOHAR

Co Producer                        APOORVA MEHTA

Director of Photography            BINOD PRADHAN

Production Design                  AMRITA MAHAL NAKAI

Editor                             NAMRATA RAO

Associate Producer (NGEPL)         RAKESH MADHOTRA

Executive Producer                PRAVIN KHAIRNAR

Supervising Producer               MARIJKE deSOUZA

Music                              SHANKAR EHSAAN LOY

Lyrics                             AMITABH BHATTACHARYA

Sound Design                       ALI MERCHANT

Costume Designers                  MANISH MALHOTRA

SHIRAZ SIDDIQUE

                                   NATASCHA CHARAK & NIKITA MOHANTY

Adapted to Screenplay by           ABHISHEK VARMAN

Dialogues by                       HUSSAIN DALAL

Based on the best selling novel

“2 States:

The Story of My Marriage” by       CHETAN BHAGAT

Choreographer                      REMO D’SOUZA

Casting Director                   NANDINI SHRIKENT

Background Score                   TUBBY – PARIK

Media Consultant                   HYPE

Visual Promotions                  RAVI PADDA & BINNY PADDA

Publicity Design                   MARCHING ANTS

  

KRISH MALHOTRA - Arjun Kapoor

A tall, erudite, Punjabi boy next door, aware of his reality, duty and ambition yet, lost in a distant world – as he hopes to become a writer someday. A writer, compassionate about the world around him… a world where he wants to make a difference with his words… without being preachy.

Raised by an overbearing Punjabi mother and an alcoholic father, theonly reason Krish is home, is for his mother. They find the solace of a family with each other. He would not do anything against her wishes or do something that would hurt her.

However, much to the chagrin of his mother, Krish falls in love with Ananya, a Tamilian girl, whose nonchalance over his caste or community and encouragement to pursue his dream to become a writer, wins him over.

Krish knows his mother will not be happy with his choice of a “Madrasan” and that Ananya’s parents will not be forthcoming either. However insurmountable the task of overcoming the obstacles of the borders, states, communities and cultures… he will fight for his love… but will he succeed?

ANANYA SWAMINATHAN – Alia Bhatt

Intelligent, confident and beautiful, Ananya Swaminathan is the eldest child of a middle class Tamil-Brahmin family from Chennai. Full of ambition and youthful energy, she rejects conventional outlooks on relationships, cultivating instead, her own unique viewpoint. She has unwavering faith in her ideas of right and wrong and no qualms in standing up for what she believes in.

Even though the cast, creed and community of the person she wants to marry are immaterial to her, she holds great value in the consent and happiness of her more traditional parents.

Ananya navigates the complex journey of falling in love with Krish, familial opposition, the madness of an unfamiliar Punjabi family and the imbalance between tradition and her own conviction, leading her to question everything she has so far believed about love and marriage… and her dreams of a life with Krish.

KAVITA MALHOTRA – Amrita Singh

A Punjabi matriarch, obsessively protective of her son, bigoted and prejudiced but completely unaware of it. As a respite from her abusive husband, her hopes and dreams are rested on her only son Krish that he will marry someone from within the Punjabi community with a fat dowry she can then boast of.She hopes this would elevate her social standing that always gets questioned due to her estranged relationship with her husband.

The struggle between her own wish and her unconditional love for her son’s happiness puts her in a dilemma whether to listen to her heart or succumb to the falsity of “marriage within the community” devoid of love that she yearns from her own.

VIKRAM MALHOTRA – Ronit Roy

A proud, reticent, retired military man, impeccably dressed and dignified but defeated by life and failed by his own misgivings, Vikram Malhotra struggles to balance his worsening alcohol abuse and its strain on his relationship with his wife and son. He distances himself from his filial duties but he quietly observes the tumultuous events unfold in his son’s life.

RADHA SWAMINATHAN - Revathy

Tucked within the many folds of her crisp Kanjeevaram, Radha, a quiet, inward, charming, devoted mother, smoulders with a deep desire to fulfill her long cherished dream of being a singer. She raises her daughter Ananya to be free-spirited, elegant and dignified, all the qualities she herself espouses. However, she is rattled by her daughter’s wish to marry a Punjabi lad. She knows that Ananya will never go against her wishes but she also knows that her one wrong decision can alter the fate of her daughter’s happiness.

SHIV SWAMINATHAN – ShivSubrahmanyam

A stoic, disgruntled at work but content with life, a righteous Tamilian Brahmin, whose daughter Ananya, is the apple of his eye. A look and a smile from her is enough to make him acquiesce to all her demands, except her wish to marry Krish. Never insulting or abusive, he tries to resist bonding with Krish, who goes out of his way to win his future father-in-law. Would Krish’s feigned interest in Carnatic music and a sneaked peg of whiskey be enough to strike a deal with the hard to please Mr. Swaminathan?

“ 3 Days To Kill”, releasing on 14th March 2014.

“ 3 Days To Kill”, releasing on 14th March 2014.  

Starring – Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen, Amber Heard.

Director – McG

A dying CIA agent trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter is offered an experimental drug that could save his life in exchange for one last assignment. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBnKYDDDq8 

Shraddha Kapoor met a solider who fought at the Kargil war

Shraddha Kapoor, who was shooting for the second schedule of Haider in Kashmir, recently got a chance to meet and interact with one of the officers who fought the Kargil War.

When the actress was shooting there, she happened to meet one of the officers, Rashid War and briefly spoke to him about his experiences.

Listening to the officer’s story first hand was an emotional experience for Shraddha Kapoor. She had only heard and read lots about this heavily impactful war.

But to hear about it from the officer himself was a different experience altogether.

When contacted Shraddha Kapoor, she confirmed the news and said,  “It was lovely to meet and chat with the Kargil officer as he was sharing his experiences with me.”

Shraddha Kapoor has been shooting for Haider and The Villain currently.

Press Conference of Bewakoofiyan at Welingkar collage

The fresh pair of Bewakoofiyan, Sonam Kapoor and Ayushmann Khurrana had their first press meet yesterday at Welingkar Collage.

Keeping the concept of the movie as the theme of a presentation, the duo presented a fun and interesting concepts of money, love and office romance. 

They announced the job contest that will be conducted through the film and the winner will get the job of a senior marketing executive at YRF.

Keeping their humor high, the two interacted with the media and the college students.

Go Ghost Hunting With Pritam, Pyaare Aur Woh, On SAB TV

Go Ghost Hunting With Pritam, Pyaare Aur Woh, On SAB TV

India’s First ‘Ghost Buster’ Horror Comedy Set to Enthrall Audiences

28^th February, 2014, Mumbai:

Have you ever actually seen a Ghost …..

Have you been brave enough to talk to a Ghost …..

Have you even been the hero to really catch a Ghost …..

You can now experience all this & more on the new Horror Comedy show, Pritam, Pyaare Aur Woh, which promises to be a rib-tickling delight along with a few spooks & scares, and debuts on SAB TV at 7:30pm on Monday, March 3, 2014.

In a completely new treatment to the subject of Ghosts, something that has captivated the psyche for generations across the country, India’s first ‘Ghost Buster’ show, revolves around two endearing brothers Pritam, played by Siddharth Sagar and Pyaare, portrayed by Prasad Barve, who accidentally and unknowingly, get famous, solving ghost buster cases.

Speaking about Pritam Pyaare Aur Woh, Mr. Anooj Kapoor, Senior EVP and Business Head, SAB TV, says, “We have made Horror Comedy before & it had been very successful for us. There is a strong recall for this genre and hence we decided to bring this genre back on air in an all new & contemporary treatment. Pritam & Pyaare are all set to be India’s favorite Ghost Busters!”

In the show, Pritam & Pyaare, solve a ghost buster case accidentally, at the first instance and earn appreciation for it. Taking that seriously, they then setup a laboratory where they research & create useless yet unique gadgets to solve cases involving ghosts, which though are actually of no use in trapping ghosts. However, incidents happen accidentally and the cases get solved even when their gadgets fail or are forgotten at home, which only get Pritam and Pyaare to think that this has happened because of them & their favorite gadgets!

Pritam & Pyaare, who often have arguments with each other in their popular “tit-for-tat” fight routine, are supported by Tiku Talsania who plays the character of Tiku, a rich business man who is married to Gogi, their young pretty sister.  Played by Parineeta Bothakur, Gogi loves her brothers and on her request Tiku always forgives Pritam & Pyaare, and does not throw them out of the house, even though he hates them from the bottom of his heart, for putting him into trouble every time with their ghost busting cases.

Tiku has a beautiful, charming and young female secretary Mary, played by Tapasya, who has instructions to always be with Pritam and Pyaare, to keep an eye on them & avoid blunders. On the other hand, both Pritam and Pyaare keep trying their luck to impress Mary, who smartly gets her work done, while keeping them at bay. Tiku has to contend with his mother-in-law Nimmi Gulati, portrayed by Daljeet Soundh, who lives in the same household & is given to hallucinations, which Tiku just bears out of respect for an elderly woman.

The show features Rajesh Kumar as the vampire ‘Dara Koyla’, India’s first tall, lean, aristocratic- looking ghost, who speaks with immaculate dignity. Immaculately styled in black, with a magnificent flowing black & black cape, Dara is a vampire, can morph into a bat at will and also has the ability to hypnotize his victims. He is afraid of sunlight, sleeps in his coffin through the day to awaken only once the sun sets. He is aided and helped in his gothic mansion by Dumroo, the hunchback, played by Sukesh Anand and Hatuba, the monster, portrayed by Madan.

Tune in to watch Pritam & Pyaare, send a chill down your spine, while making you roll with laughter in India’s first ‘ghost buster’ horror-comedy, Pritam Pyaare Aur Woh, starting from 03^rd March, 2014; Monday to Friday at 7.30 pm only on SAB TV.

About SAB TV

SAB TV is a part of the network of Television channels owned by Multi Screen Media. SAB TV is India’s only family comedy entertainment channel with a core brand promise of ‘Asli Mazaa SAB ke Saath Aata Hai’. SAB with its impressive lineup of innovative programs and light-hearted content ranging from daily family comedy to path breaking concepts like silent comedy shows is dedicated to promoting an enjoyable “family-viewing” experience. Its programming mix includes Baalveer,Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, Chidiya Ghar, Jeannie Aur Juju, Lapataganj Ek Baar Phir, FIR and features classic films over the weekends. For its differentiated programming and healthy entertainment SAB TV has also won the Brand Leadership award in Media & Entertainment space.

ढिश्कियाऊं फ़िल्म में नवोदित अभिनेत्री आएशा के साथ हरमन कि जमी जोड़ी।

ढिश्कियाऊं फ़िल्म में नवोदित अभिनेत्री आएशा के साथ हरमन कि जमी जोड़ी।

ढिश्कियाऊं फ़िल्म से बॉलीवुड में प्रदार्पण कर रही अभिनेत्री आएशा कि जोड़ी इस फ़िल्म के अभिनेता इनसे काफी जैम रही है दोनों ही कलकारों के बिच एक अच्छी बॉन्डिंग हो गयी है। श्रेया के बारे में बताये तो वह इस फ़िल्म में और एक रोल अदा कर रही है और वह  स्टाइलिश का जी हा इस फ़िल्म स्टाइलिश भी श्रेया ही है।

हरमन ने श्रेया को कभी भी न्यू कमर नहीं समझा बल्कि उन्हें यह लगा कि श्रेया पहले १० फिल्म्स कर चुकी हो।इस फ़िल्म में अच्छी केमिस्ट्री के लिए दोनों ने काफी वर्कशॉप साथ में किये है।    

NAKSHATRA’s Feature Film ‘TERA MERA TEDHA MEDHA’

NAKSHATRA’s Feature Film ‘TERA MERA TEDHA MEDHA’

(Planned Release 2^nd half of 2014)

Story, Direction & Music: CHITTARANJAN TRIPATHY

Producer: SANJIV CHOPRA; Executive Producer: ESHNA CHOPRA

Production Unit: NAKSHATRA SLIMFILMS (a unit of Nakshatra Cineaste Pvt. Ltd.)

DOP: Sanjeev Mohapatra; Production Design & Costumes: Puja Sharma;

Editor: Rajendra Mahapatra; Additional dialogues: Manoj Santoshi;

Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire (national awardee), Ritesh Shah & others;

Synopsis

TERA MERA TEDHA MEDHA is quirky-topsy-turvy romantic comedy influenced by Planetary Disposition. It is a love story of two young struggling painters, the Rajan (Rahul Bagga) & Kamini (Geetika Tyagi), intertwined with the affect of two powerful planets Shani (Rajesh Sharma) and Mangal (Chittaranjan). Hilarious events erupt when jilted lover, young and vivacious Swati (Reema Worah), enters Rajan’s life. What would Shani-Mangal do next?

Top Team

Director: CHITTARANJAN TRIPATHY, an award-winning multifaceted NSD alumnus, Theatre, TV & Film Writer-Director-Composer (severally awarded 2007 Oriya feature film ‘Dhauli Express’ & widely acclaimed ‘Mukhyamantri’).

DOP: SANJEEV MOHAPATRA, an award-winning FTII alumnus, TV & Film Cinematographer (Best Cinematography 2010 for Oriya film ‘Swyamsidha’).

Producer: SANJIV CHOPRA, EP of award winning 2009 film ‘Chintu Ji’

Executive Producer: ESHNA CHOPRA, Production team of ‘Student of the Year’, 2012; ‘Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola’, 2013; and in-production Fox’s ‘Bang Bang’.

Main Filmography of Top Cast:

Rahul Bagga: Mastram, May 2014; Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, 2012; In-production ‘Miss Tanakpur Hazir Ho’.

Geetika Tyagi: One by Two, 2014; What the Fish, 2013; Aatma, 2013. In-production Kranti Kanade’s new multi-lingual film.

Rajesh Sharma: Ghanchkkar, 2013; Special Chabbis, 2013;  Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, 2012; B.A. Pass, 2012; The Dirty Picture, 2011; Chillar Party, 2011; No One Killed Jesica, 2011; Ishqiya, 2010.

Producer Sanjiv Chopra’s Quote: “TMTM is the first-of-its-kind film which through a satirical comedy unravels the dirt within the field of art and beliefs & helplessness against planetary influences.”

ऑटोरिक्शा में सवार होगी सन्नी लियॉन।

 ऑटोरिक्शा में सवार होगी सन्नी लियॉन। 

   बॉलीवुड में प्रमोशन के लिए काफी नायाब तरीके खोजे जाते है नयी कल्पनाये सामने आती है और उससे लोगो को एक मनोरंजन का डोज मिल जाता है। रागिनी एम् एम् एस २ इस फ़िल्म के प्रमोशन के लिए सन्नी लियॉन पहली बार ऑटोरिक्शा में सवार होगी सिर्फ सवार ही नहीं होगी शायद ऑटो भी चला ले यह सब होगा १ मार्च को अँधेरी स्थित कंट्री क्लब के नजदीक इस प्रमोशनल अभियान के तहत मुंबई में करीब ५० ऑटो पर लिखा होगा "दो में ज्यादा मजा है" क्यूंकि यह रागिनी एम् एम् एस २ है। इस फ़िल्म के गाने "बेबी डॉल और चार बोतल वोडका"फ़िल्म प्रदर्शित होने से पहले ही हिट हो चुके है। 

Shyam Benegal Back on TV After 25 Years with a Mini-Series Produced by Rajya Sabha Television

Shyam Benegal Back on TV After 25 Years with a Mini-Series Produced by Rajya Sabha Television

~ ’SAMVIDHAAN – The Making of the Constitution of India’ is a 10 part mini- series ~

~ Starts March 2, 2014, Every Sunday at 10AM and Repeat Telecast at 10PM ~

Mumbai, March 2014: One of the India’s most prolific and awarded filmmakers Shyam Benegal is back on Television, 25 years after his landmark TV Series ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’. Samvidhaan – The Making of the Constitution of India is a 10 part mini-series produced by Rajya Sabha Television and directed by Shyam Benegal. The series goes on air beginning March 2 at 10AM with a repeat telecast at 10PM every Sunday on RajyaSabha TV.

Written by Shama Zaidi and Atul Tiwari from a concept by Rajya Sabha Television, the series stars Sachin Khedekar as Dr B R Ambedkar, Neeraj Kabi as Mahatma Gandhi, Dalip Tahil as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Utkarsh Majumdar as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra Gupta as Dr Rajendra Prasad, Tom Alter as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Rajeshwari Sachdev as Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Narendra Jha as Qaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Divya Dutta as Shrimati Purnima Benerji and Ila Arun as Hansa Mehta among 150 others in the series.

Shyam Benegal says, “The making of India’s Constitution is an incredible story of almost impossible dimensions. It is a story of perennial relevance. I am fortunate to have got the chance to narrate this story for television.”

 “The story that is India and the story ‘of’ India and its birth has rarely been told. And the story of the birth of this rich and diverse country begins with the framing of our Constitution. At Rajya Sabha Television our endeavour is to create programs that document contemporary history of Independent India. ‘Samvidhaan’ (the making of the Constitution of India) was a natural progress in this journey,” says Gurdeep Singh Sappal, CEO Rajya Sabha Television, who has produced the series.

After more than a year and a half of extensive research during which the writing also commenced, Samvidhaan went on the floor in August 2013. Over a 1000 people have been directly involved in the making of this serial and has 150 experienced film and television actors.

Yeh hai Bakrapur to release on 25th April

Yeh hai Bakrapur to release on 25th April

Yeh Hai Bakrapur, written and directed by Janaki Vishwanathan, produced by Ramesh S. Arunachalam, is slated for 25th April, 2014 release.

Yeh Hai Bakrapur starring Anshuman Jha, Asif Basra, Amit Sial, Utkarsha Majumdar, Faiz Mohammad, Suruchi Aulakh and Yoshika Verma is a social satire and eye opener on the state against backdrop of rural India

Bakrapur's music is from the famous Indian Rock Band 'Agnee', Cinematographer - Abinanadan Ramanujam and Editor - Hemanti Sarkar. After premiering at Goteborg International film festival in Sweden and at Mumbai International Film Festival, Yeh Hai Bakrapur is set release. 

Janaki Vishwanathan is a National award winning filmmaker with two Tamil Films and several documentaries to her credit.