Amitabh Bachchan and Mumbai Terror

Dec 04, 2008 No Comments »

There is a difference between reel life and real life. A Bollywood star may be capable enough to tackle 20 men alone on the silver screen but when it comes to real life, he is just another individual on the street like you and me.

This was reveal by none other than the Super Star of the Millennium Amitabh Bachchan himself. While writing a post on his blog Mr. Bachchan revealed that he was so shaken by what happened in Mumbai on Wednesday night that he did something , which he never imagined to do in this life at least – he slept with a loaded gun under his pillow.

Sharing his experiences of the fateful night Big B writes, ‘I am ashamed to say this and now afraid to share this now with the rest of the cyber world that last night, as the events of the terror attacks unfolded in front of me I did something for the first time and one that I had hoped never ever to be in a situation to do. Before retiring for the night, I pulled out my licensed .32 revolver, loaded it and put in under my pillow’.

Mr. Bachchan said he was glued to television set till late in the night on Wednesday when the terrorist attack took place in Mumbai, watching the incidents unfold. He also said that he was proud of all the security men who fought so bravely for the city of Mumbai and Mumbaikers. In his post, Mr. Bachchan has also spoken very highly of and congratulated all the journalists, who covered the event even while putting their own life in danger.

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Rab Ne Banna Di Jodi and Secrecy!

Dec 04, 2008 No Comments »

It seems like the closely guarded secret of Yashraj Films is no more a secret after all. Its out in the open.
According to the sources and rumors going round in Bollywood, a desperate attempt made by the Yashraj banner to keep the storyline of Rab Ne Banna Di Jodi under wrap hasn’t really worked. Despite all attempt being made by Yashraj, they haven’t been able to hold back the story of the film until the date of release. The breaking news for movie lovers is that the film is a love story between an old man and a young woman.

It may be recalled here that Yash Chopra had made another film with similar storyline in early 90’s called Lamhe, which proved to be a disaster at the Box Office.

Although the good news for Yash Raj banner is that the first screening of the film, which the production house held for their close friends and well-wishers, proved to be a hit as those who watched the film simply loved it.

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Bollywood Stars and Mumbai Terror!

Dec 04, 2008 No Comments »

Though, the widespread loss of life, devastation and destruction that it has led to is a matter of great concern, the positive aspect of the recent terror attacks has been that it has united the country with all Indians irrespective of their caste, creed, color and religion, condemning these attacks in one voice.

Bollywood has been no different since people associated with the film industry, have left behind their narrow and selfish ideology and come forward to condemn the attack on Mumbai in one voice.

Condemning the attack, then famous actor, social activist and Member of Parliament Shabana Azmi condoled the death of the police officers who lost their life in the combat operation and hoped that stern action would be taken to ensure that such incident are not repeated again.

Another member of Parliament Hema Malini said that it is horrifying to think that the city has become so unsafe for common men. She expressed hope that Mumbai will be a better place to live in during the times to come.

Aamir Khan while writing a post on his blog to express his views about the incident wrote that terrorists are sick people who actually have no religion. Giving his condolence to the families of soldiers who had died in this operation, Aamir praised them for lying their life to save Mumbai. Aamir also hoped that no one uses the present situation for their selfish political gains.

Shilpa Shetty said that though she had slept early on that particular night, she got the scare of her life when her friends called her up and inquired about her safety. Shilpa said on hearing the news, even she couldn’t think of anything else but call all her friends to know about their safety.

Raveena Tandon also said that she was sitting in a restaurant when she got a call from a friend to inquire about her safety. Its then that she got the news of a terrorist attack on Mumbai. Raveena too said that she could only think about calling her friends to inquire about their safety at that point of time.

Other film stars too expressed their concern over the terrorist attack. Whereas some stars like Rahul Bose expressed deep shock and anguished over what has happened, others like Ashard Warasi said that they were confident and hopeful that the security forces will do the needful to get the city back to normal.

Terror Attack In Mumbai & Bollywood

Dec 04, 2008 No Comments »

When the entire city was gripped by fear and anxiety after the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, some Bollywood stars decide to set an example in these testing times.

Reports suggest that though the Bollywood film industry was kept shut for a day after the terrorist attacks took place in the city, actors like Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Katrina Kaif and Sameera Reddy decided they were not going to be bogged down by what had happened. These actors, who were suppose to shoot for the movie De Dhana Dhan on Thursday, November 27 2008, decided to call up mov ie’s director Priyadarshan and asked him to continue the shooting as per the schedule.

Now, that’s what you call setting an example. We all need to show the same spirit while fighting the menace posed in front of the society like terrorism.

Year 2008 for A. R. Rahman!

Dec 04, 2008 No Comments »

Definitely, though it has been a good year for Bollywood lovers otherwise also with many movies doing great business, it has also been great year for Bollywood music lovers with the king of Hindi film music world A R Rehman coming out with as many as 5 albums for his fans.

The maestro started the year with songs like Azeem O Shaan Shehenshah and Jashn Baharaa from the melodious Jodha Akbarr which did doing very well on the charts. If that wasn’t enough, then came the sensational music of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, which by all means was the most exceptional music created by this legendary composer in recent times. Unlike the usual compositions of A R Rehman, which do take a certain amount of time to get popular and noticed, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na had chart bursting numbers like Nazrein Mila Na Nazrein ChuraNa and Pappu can’t Dance, which became an instant hit equally with the masses and the classes.

Of course, when Rehman would look back at 2008, he will also think of the complex feelings that the year gave him. Just at the time when Rehman was being praised all over with the music of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na doing so well, he had to suffer the failure of his album Ada. Though the expectations from A R Rehman are always sky high, after the sensational success of the music of Bombay Dreams, people await his non-film albums with the same amount of eagerness as they do for the film soundtracks.

But, as it has always been the case with his career, Rehman has bounced back with the music of Yuvraaj. Though the film might not be doing that well, but the music of the film seems to be catching up slowly and steadily. And, with the music of Ghajini catching up, there seems to be more in store for Rehman fans this year.

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Anil kapoor & Subhash Ghai

Dec 04, 2008 No Comments »

Anil kapoor has said that he never reads the script while signing a Subhash Ghai Film. The actor who has been part of Hindi film industry for the last 25 years says, he has complete faith in Ghai’s ability as a director.

Anil, who is working in Subhash Ghai’s Yuvraaj says he owes much of his success to Subhas Ghai who gave him a film like Ram Lakhan, a milestone in Anil’s acting career. Anil has worked in seven films that have been either produced or directed by Subhash Ghai. Apart from Ram Lakhan, other projects like Meri Jung and Karma, where both joined hands, were super success at the Box Office.

Still Anil, what you need to remember is that Subhash Ghai also gave you films like Black And White, his last release at the Box Office. So, beware Anil sometimes even blind faith may also be not too good.

A R Rehman and Delhi Elections!

Nov 28, 2008 No Comments »

The music Maestro A R Rehman is entering election arena. No, No. don’t get it wrong. He is not contesting any election. Neither is he going to campaign for any political party. Rather, A R rehman is going to work for the Election Commission to create a sense of responsibility among voters to vote. According to reports the office of Chief Election commissioner of Delhi, the music composer is going to create a composition urging the Delhites to come out and cast their vote in the upcoming assembly elections in the state. Although it is has not been finalized as yet, along with the composition, Rehman may also be asked to give a message to the voter in the same context.

Giving details about the need of this campaign, the state election commission has said that it is a cause of great concern that the voters turnout in the metropolitan National Capital state of the country has fallen over the years. Each time elections take place in the city, as compared to the previous occasion, the voters turnout has been less. Reports from the commission and media also suggest that it is the socio-economically influential sections of voters in the city, who are the least interested in casting their vote. Rehm an’s campaign will try out a humorous approach to create a sense of shame among these and other 12 section of voters who hardly ever vote.

The Delhi election commission also plans to use the sizzling numbers from A R Rehman ‘s latest blockbuster Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Pappu Can’t Dance to encourage voters to use their voting power

So. If you think that A R Rehman and his music is cool, take his advise and vote on 29th November.
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Bollywood too is Affected by Terror Attack

Nov 27, 2008 No Comments »

Even as Mumbai comes to terms with the terrorists attacks, the Mumbai film industry is not isolated from its effect and along with the rest of the city, it also has to bear the burns of this horrifying incident.

Acting upon the orders issued by the Maharashtra state government, all singled screened and multiplexes stopped screening of films for a day in Mumbai on Thursday. The state government had advised all cinema owners to stop screening the films unless and until it takes proper security measures for the security of cinema goers. With the attack on seven-star hotels, the government may have felt that even cinema halls may not be a good place to visit in the city for the time being.

Keeping in mind the kind of stress and chaos the city and its residence went through, it seems all shooting and dubbing schedules for the day were also cancelled.

Bollywood and Terror Attack in Mumbai!

Nov 27, 2008 No Comments »

It seems that terrorist groups, irrespective of which community and religion they may belong to, have a new way of hitting the headlines of newspapers, television channels and other media like the internet- by strike busy and densely populated areas of big cities of the country like Delhi, Mumbai, Lakhnow, Ahmedabad and Bangaluru.

Where as when it comes to a city like Delhi, where people are said to be selfish and self-centered in their attitude, such attacks don’t seem to affect many. Fortunately or unfortunately, on the particular day when the last three major incidents took place in the national capital, this reporter has been on road and has witnessed, irrespective of what was going on, people moved on with their daily lives without caring much.

But, its always good to see that when it comes to critical situations like this, Mumbaikars always come out to help each other in the hour of need. This is especially true with regard to the Bolywood film industry, which is based in that city only. Although, it is a well-established fact that going by their reputation as crowd pullers and celebrities whom ordinary men like you and me listen to, Bollywood stars have always lent a helping hand as and when needed, but whenever it comes to Mumbai, the home of Bollywood, the stars always put in that extra bit of effort. The situation will be no different this time around.

Despite the fact that one of the main links between Bollywood and government (Political Circles), Mr. Sunil Dutt, who also took keen interest in social causes, is no more with us today, surely the present situation is going to bring many other Bollywood stars in forefront to lend a helping hand to bring their city back on its feet.

Ghajini Causing Trobles to Comman (Wo)man?

Nov 23, 2008 No Comments »

Though it is unintentional on his part, Amir Khan’s Ghajni look of late has got a few people into serious trouble.

The latest causality in this regard has been a lady who has had to suffer because she has been receiving endless unwanted phone calls because Amir’s outlook in Ghajini. This despite the fact the fact she has nothing to do either with Aamir or this film, which is scheduled to release in December end.

As per the story line of the film, the character played by Amir suffers frequent memory loss in the movie and therefore notes down all his important information, including important phone numbers on his body. Though the Ghajini team also apprehended before hand only that a real number may harm someone and therefore tried to make sure that the number written on Aamir’s body is a random number. But, it so happen that one of the number devised by an assistant director of the film which has been used as tattoo on Amir’s body, co-incidentally happened to be a working phone number of some Dr. Surekha Verma.

Earlier also, there have been a few incidents where Aamir’s Ghajini look led to a few serious problems. In one such case in Bangalore, some college professors refused to teach a bunch of boys, who shaved their head similar to Aamir famous hair-cut in Ghajini alleging that it distracted their concentration. As a result, not only the Ghajini hair-cut got banned in the concerned college campus but Aamir had to answer quite a few questions to make his side clear.

Well, coming back to the telephone number issue, the producer of Ghajini has now not only apologized to Dr. Surekha Verma for the inconvenience caused to her but has also offered her to get a new connection with a new number if the lady so desires.
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