Titli Team part of FICCI event at Cannes

Titli is the only film that has got an official entry to Cannes from India.

Not just that, FICCI also opened its Indian Pavilion and did their first panel discussion with the Titli team.

Avatar Panesar from YRF, Kanu Behl the director of Titli, Shashank Arora, Ranvir Shorey and Guneet Monga, the international sales agent for Titli were present for the panel discussion.

Panel discussion was followed by a cocktail party that was hosted by FICCI in honour of Titli.

Entire Indian contingent including film makers and actors were present to congratulate and honour Titli's achievement. To be selected as one of the 18 films in Uncertain Regard is a huge achievement.

Kanu Behl at the panel discussion was heard saying that "The film had to be accidental – the edit and the execution was designed that way."

"Its the best written work to have come to me and I had to do this and grabbed it with both hands" says Ranvir Shorey.

"While YRF and DBP may appear to be very different companies on the face of it, the fact is that both are only driven by one vision – to see, good stories told better on screen… Everything stems from the creative – commerce only comes in to the equation later" says Avtar.

 

 

Deepika Padukone wanted to celebrate the first anniversary of YJHD, but cancelled it for a family trip

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani completes one year on 31st May 2014 and Deepika Padukone wishes she could have been here on the anniversary of the film.

Deepika Padukone was very keen to celebrate the one year anniversary of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani with her YJHD team as the film is extremely special with her working with Karan and Ayan for first time. All of them - Kalki, Aditya, Kunal, Ranbir & Ayan all became good friends while shooting the film.

However the actress will not be able to do so as she takes off for her month long vacation with her family.

It has been a busy year for the actress and before she gets into yet another busy year shooting films back to back, she planned this trip.

The entire team had a blast shooting the film and would love to have got together to celebrate the most loved film of the year.

Especially the simplicity and innocence with which Deepika portrayed her character in the film,it is most remembered apart from her Om Shanti Om character. Her fans constantly refer to her as Naina.
Spokesperson of Deepika confirmed the news and shared, "YJHD is a very special film for Deepika and she is thinking of a special way to mark the occasion "

Shraddha Kapoor approached by music companies

Shraddha Kapoor who played the dynamic singer in Aashiqui 2 gained a lot of success from the film. Taking her character forward in her real life the actress is also debuting with singing in her upcoming film Ek Villain.

The actress has impressed a lot of people from the industry who have got a chance to listen to her song which she has sung in her upcoming film.

So much so that the actress has been approached by a few music companies to get Shraddha on board to sing for them. But the actress wants to focus on acting as it is the beginning of her career.

Not many know Shraddha comes from a music family. A lot of her family members are singers. Shraddha herself is a trained singer.

LAPATAGANJ IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT ROHITASH

LAPATAGANJ IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT ROHITASH

Lapataganj – Ek Baar Phir is a lively TV series which shows daily life happenings in a small village and the funny happenings amongst the different families that reside in it.

Rohitash Gaud plays the character of Mukundilal Sughandhilal Gupta, an upright government clerk with a refined set of moral values. Mukundi is an intelligent person and is always helpful towards his neighbours and other village folks. In the on-going track, a fake god-man comes to Lapataganj and proclaims that the Hanuman statue situated in the village is of historical importance and a temple needs to be built around it. The real agenda of the fake god-man is to oust Mukundi from Lapataganj.  The atmosphere on sets and on the show was pretty gloomy with mixed feelings on whether or not Mukundi will really leave, since the character is inseparable and synonymous with Lapataganj.

Rohitash said, “As per the recent track, a fake god-man tries to oust me from Lapataganj and almost succeeds in his dastardly endeavour. During the shoot, I was sitting along with a few other co-stars and they were discussing how different Lapataganj would be without Mukundi’s presence. Some of them said that Mukundi is the backbone of Lapataganj in a way as the character is upright and idealistic in his thoughts and actions. I was elated when my co-actors shared their thoughts about the role that I play in Lapataganj. ”

Tune into Lapataganj – Ek Baar Phir to catch all the fun and comedy, from Monday to Friday at 10 pm only on SAB TV!

Fading Gigolo review by ANIZ FILMVALA

Fading Gigolo

 review by 

ANIZ FILMVALA

 *****

Getting paid for sex with Sharon Stone!! yes acclaimed Actor and Director John Turturro will take you on a Fantasy trip accompanied by Veteran Actor Woody Allen as a royal pimp to crack a deal with the most desired women in this universe.

A middle aged guy Fioravante [Turturro] obnoxiously gets into a sex trade by Murray [Woody Allen] for making fast money. First client seem to be a rich dermatologist [Sharon Stone] but with a lonely life and seeking pleasure by crossing all barrier of conservative society. 

Next a rich lonely lady Selima [Sofía Vergara] naughty and full of wild desire gets the screen sweat, and goes on when next Avigal [Vanessa Paradis] a Jew widow and a mother to six children’s gets hooked into the indecent proposal which Murray gives her.

Lust becomes love in this tryout of fun n frolic sex trade.

Turturro definitely has taken a deep dive into a Fading Men’s mental trauma of longing for easy sex and yes again getting rewarded by the Hot Babes is applaud able.

Hollywood has panache of selling dreams to world and they precisely do that. Film not suitable for weak hearted tsk tsk.

Cast

John Turturro as Fioravante

Woody Allen as Murray

Sharon Stone as Dr. Parker

Sofía Vergara as Selima

Vanessa Paradis as Avigal

Liev Schreiber as Dovi

Max Casella as Guy at Counter

David Margulies as Chief Rebbe

Aurélie Claudel as Tai Chi woman

Godzilla review by ANIZ FILMVALA

Godzilla 

review by 

ANIZ FILMVALA 

*****

The film starts in sometime 1999 where Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston) a nuclear plant supervisor and his wife Sandra (Juliette Binoche) are trapped in a plant when a massive explosion occurs. As Joe escapes unhurt Sandra is locked behind the lethal radiation.

Back in present day their son Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is an explosive ordinance disposal technician and a Lieutenant in the United States Navy receives a call from the US consulate that Joe has been arrested for a his mysterious behavior at a quarantine area near a nuclear plant at Janjira in Japan. As Joe wants his son to believe something is being secretly guarded at the Janjira disaster. Together they discover the area is not infected by any radiation in mayhem they are arrested by the Japanese troupe and are taken to a undisclosed location where a team of scientist are experimenting on a massive creature. As they activate a device to exterminate it the creature uses its aptitude to turn on a form of electro-magnetic pulse and creates a massive destruction in the catastrophic attempt many are killed Joe who is also injured perishes while the American Navy rescues them.

Admiral William Stenz (David Strathairn) who is on a mission to track and obliterate the creature MUTO [Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism] In between as Ford is investigated about his father’s report he reveals that he had tracked a form of sound from the Janjira area that MUTO was communicating with something.

As the military disembarks the devastated warehouse they find a MUTO which is more destructive and lethal and is heading towards Las Vegas.

Meanwhile Ford is taken to Honolulu to catch a flight back home. A search team discovers the forest of Hawaii is a source of nuclear feed for the MUTO. Then starts the destruction of the MUTO and Godzilla emerges with a roar and fights the MUTO as they leave Hawaii and head towards San Francisco as the second MUTO is a female and that the two are coming together for mate at San Francisco to breed.

The military tries to tempt the two MUTOs into the ocean with a plan to kill them with a nuclear strike, Serizawa and Graham suggest using Godzilla to eliminate MUTO henceforth Stenz approves the risky mission.

Godzilla kills the MUTO with his radioactive breath, as the climax nears Godzilla roars and returns to the sea giving a sigh of relief to the force and people.

A mammoth entertainment with larger than life imagination is what you see in this latest version of Godzilla. Director Gareth Edwards gives you all big screen pleasure with everything at place, best visual effects and astounding sound effects.160 million dollar creature’s will spellbound you throughout the entire film surely a experience not be missed.

Cast

Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Lieutenant Ford Brody

Ken Watanabe as Dr. Ichiro Serizawa

Elizabeth Olsen as Elle Brody

Juliette Binoche as Sandra

Sally Hawkins as Dr. Vivienne Graham

David Strathairn as Admiral William Stenz

Bryan Cranston as Joe Brody

Jee Bhar Ke Jee Le launches Nidhi Dutta and Ajit Sodhi

Jee Bhar Ke Jee Le launches Nidhi Dutta and Ajit Sodhi

Jee Bhar Ke Jee Le, will be directed by debutatnt director Binoy Gandhi and produced by Nidhi dutta & Binidya Dutta under JP Dutta's new banner J. P. Gene. And will go on floor by May end.

 

Jee Bhar Ke Jee Le launches new faces Nidhi Dutta and Ajit Sodhi.  Supporting cast includes Taaha Shah, Sagarika Ghatge, Diganth Manchale, Vivan Bhatena. 

Music is by Sangeet & Sidharth  Haldipur, Story and Dialogues by Mahavir Ghongade, Cinematography by Yogesh Jani. Binoy Gandhi  has earlier assisted on Darna Mana Hai, Fanaa and Ta Ra Rum Pum. 

Jee Bhar Ke Jee Le is about bond between three friends who can go to any extent to make each other happy . 

Titli Team at Cannes

Director Kanu Behl and debut actor Shashank Arora whose film Titli will be screened at Cannes this year walked the red carpet yesterday for the screening of Grace of Monaco which was the opening film at the festival.

Titli’ is selected in the Un Certain Regard Section. It will be screened with 18 others films in the category.

Titli brings together Dibakar Banerjee and Yash Raj Films who are known for their niche and commercial films,

Titli is the only selection from India this year. The only other Indian film that has featured uncertain regards was Udaan.

The film is about Titli, the youngest member of a violent car-jacking brotherhood plots a desperate bid to escape the 'family' business.

The lead actors Shashank Arora and Shivani Raghuvanshi will be debuting in the film along with Ranvir Shorey and Amit Sial who will play the elder brother of Titli in the film.

 

Titli heading for Cannes

Before the departure yesterday, Dibakar Banerjee and Kanu Behl celebrated the entry of Titli at Cannes.

Dibakar Banerjee and Yash Raj Films' Titli’ is selected in the Un Certain Regard Section. It will be screened with 18 others films in the category.

They also unveiled the first look of the film.

Also preset at the event was Guneet Monga who will help in the international sales, promotion and festival strategies for "Titli".

Titli is the only selection from India this year.The only other Indian film that has featured uncertain regards was Udaan.

Directed by Kanu Behl, the film is in the badlands of Delhi's dystopic underbelly about Titli, the youngest member of a violent car-jacking brotherhood plots a desperate bid to escape the 'family' business.

Raj Kumar Rao, Mahesh Bhatt, Hansal Mehta and Arijit Singh at Radio Mirchi studio for the promotion of their upcoming movie Citylights.

Kajol wants to watch Mighty Raju- Rio Calling with her children

Kajol wants to watch Mighty Raju- Rio Calling with her children

Kajol was honoured with Mighty Mom award by the makers of Mighty Raju, Rio calling and now she wants to take her children to watch the film. Her office contacted the makers to figure out if there is a special show before the release of the the film. With the censor clearance coming in and a clean U rating the organizers are mighty excited to hold a special show for Kajol, her kids, their friends and a lot more Bollywood industry kids.

A source close to the production confirmed the development, “Yes we did get inquiries from Kajol’s office on the show and very keen to host her. She had recently graced our trailer showcase and music launch and we have honoured her with a Mighty Mom award. We would love to hold a special show for her.

Kajol’s association with Mighty Raju goes a while back when she bumped into the mascot at FiCCI Frames and was absolutely thrilled seeing it. Her office contacted the makers to bring the mascot over to her Juhu office to meet Yug.  Hence the Director, Rajiv Chilaka and Producer , Samir Jain sent Chhota Bheem and Mighty Raju mascot to their office. Both Yug and Kajol spent some time with the mascots and they were very happy to have Bheem and Raju over.

Quote from Kajol :

On receiving the mighty Mom award, Kajol commented, “Well I don’t know if I’m a mighty mother or not but yes I have always maintained that my children are my foremost priority and responsibility. As for Green Gold, I would like to thank the team for naming me Mighty Mom. Mighty Raju and Chhota Bheem are a part of my living room, so I’m quite excited about this film. I know for a fact that these are great shows that are not just entertaining but have a sense of learning and value system attached. They get a peek into our culture, mythology and roots through an interesting narrative which I appreciate”.

Quote from Rajiv Chilaka, Director, Mighty Raju- Rio Calling

Speaking about the occasion Rajiv  Chilaka, the director of the film said, “It is an honour to have Kajol with us. We at Green Gold are absolutely convinced that Kajol is the perfect role model mother balancing profession with family so we decided to honour her with the Mighty Mom award.  It is a perfect timing as well, Mother’s day is just around the corner. Our content is for children and we want to reach out to discerning mothers so that they are aware of our offerings 

Brief Synopsis- Mighty Raju- Rio Calling

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

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

Release Date- 16th May 2014

When two Superheroes meet!

When two Superheroes meet!

Who wants to know what happens when two super heroes meet and fight crime!? High energies and powers combined with style is what we saw when Mighty Raju met Baal Veer.

Mighty Raju, another popular character by Green Gold Animation, is a 4 year old Super Hero in the modern day fictional city of Aryanagar. The series revolves around the adventures of 'Mighty Little Hero' who blends brain and brawn to vanquish his enemies. Edgy sci-fi action, adventure and comedy make his endeavours mighty entertaining for all of us. But what makes Might Raju the slickest super hero of Indian animation are his gadgets. Greater the wrath of the super-villains, mightier are his inventions!

Baal Veer, is a kids based super hero show. It talks about a wonderland, Pari lok, where all the fairies reside. There are numerous fairies in Pari lok and each pari has her own basic characteristic according to their name. He is a human who is taken to Pari lok by fairies. Baal veer is blessed with the power of the 6 fairies and with those powers he helps Manav and Meher and other kids in fighting against their fears.

Mighty Raju’s appearance on the Tv show is a part of the ongoing promotions for the movie ‘Mighty Raju Rio Calling’. In the Tv show Mighty Raju will be seen helping Baal Veer and his friends to defeat the bad guys. Fans will get a sneak peek into the character of the naughty Raju as he fights villians in a  football face-off and eventually wins over the bad guys.

You can catch Mighty Raju make his first ever special appearance on Baal Veer tonight at 8pm on SAB TV.