No prizes for guessing. And the butt of the bashing, Karan Johar, could actually ask RGV to guide Imraan Khan a bit. Ok, this is not clear to you at all, is it?
Karan Johar is on a roll… to break the mould, albeit his own. After Wake Up Sid, he’s now trying his hand with something like a self-parody in I Hate Love Stories. It’s a movie about a film director who only makes mushy movies (again, no prizes) and his two assistants, one of whom hates love stories, and hence the title.
Imraan plays the role of the assistant who hates love stories, and I think he could bring a lot more colour to his character if he had a word with Ram Gopal Verma on the nuances of how to hate love stories and their modern-day creator, KJo. RGV has made KJo-bashing a fine art, after all.
Come to think of it, if Karan had asked RGV to help out, I am sure Ramu would have done it for free, too. He’s not one to miss an opportunity to rag mush-man Karan, eh? In fact, the entire movie should have been handled by RGV, and then KJo could get back by doing a I Hate To Scream or I Don’t Like Dead People movie… Hmm, this time KJo has stolen the thunder from crusty ol’ RGV. Better spoof yourself gently than let your enemy no. 1 do it, eh KJo? You never know what kind of hard-to-take punches he might come up with to knock out your giant-sized ego.
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Given his track record of making movies inspired by real life, I had been wondering what Madhur Bhandarkar’s next movie Jail would be based on. And it now turns out that at least some of the inspiration is from the infamous BMW case of Sanjeev Nanda and Alistair Pereira.
Now, this is what I like about this guy. He has the guts and the will to handle a tough, real subject. Something, which we can never expect from the likes of Karan Johar and company. Even Ram Gopal Verma’s movies, for that matter, dish out doses of un-reality, albeit in the realm of the gory and the mysterious. He did give us some good ones like Kaun and Bhooth, for instance, and Rangeela, of course, but lately he has lost his touch, and keeps losing it more with every subsequent film.
Anyway, Bhandarkar keeps exploring the life each one of us lives, and never fails to surface with something that shakes us up. Of course, he does make it filmy, can’t blame him for that though. No one wants to watch documentaries, and everyone wants BO success in order to survive.
So, I am actually looking forward to Jail, stuffed as I am with regular Bollywood fare like Love Aaj Kal, etc. Also, in this age of ‘made-up reality’ shows, I’m choking for something that I won’t find too hard to believe.
But Bhandarkar is snipping Jail ruthlessly here and there to appease the dreadful Indian Censor Board. After doing away with a nude scene of Neil Nitin Mukesh, he’s also left a masturbation scene out, it seems. Let’s pray that in his efforts to compromise, we don’t end up with something that looks like it’s a hybrid between KJo and RGV’s creations. Argh!
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Moon Madness? NASA Has To Point Out Mega-Success To Bickering ISRO Scientists
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India’s maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 experienced serious technical difficulties taking along with it any last shred of solidarity our country’s brightest minds could ever boast of. We found fault with the sun, and even pointed fingers at each other for supposed miscalculations and bloated promises, without so much as even sparing a thought for the enormous breakthrough this mission really was… at least in terms of scientific advancement.
It took a full-fledged press release by NASA to remind us of the spectacular success we had achieved, all thanks to the hundreds of brilliant, diligent minds at work at ISRO, which signified a milestone accomplishment in space study, not just for India, but for mankind as a whole.
Our so-called failed mission discovered water molecules on the surface of the moon, dispelling all prior notions that the moon was a barren, arid rock.
In NASA’s very own words:
We want to thank ISRO for making the discovery possible. The moon till now was thought to be a very dry surface with lot of rocks. Discovery of water on the moon is a major leap in our knowledge of the moon. NASA’s instruments helped finding the water molecules in collaboration with ISRO.”
Why is water on the moon so remarkable?
Well, for one, it opens up the possibility of growing vegetation on Earth’s natural satellite, an accomplishment that can open up doors for lunar colonies in the not-so-distant future. So, all you Asimov buffs… the future has arrived. And we have none other than ISRO and Chandrayaan-1 to thank for this very important finding.
So, instead of ruining the sweet taste of success with sour blame-games, let’s celebrate our country’s true moment in the sun. ISRO, please stop bickering long enough to take a well-deserved bow!
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I’m kind of at a loss of words to describe this phenomeon called Rakhee Sawant. Her many Swayamvars, fake parenting gigs, and in-your-face cleavage… I wouldn’t blink an eyelid at any of that, not any more at least.
But her latest status as a self-declared emissary of Jesus Christ has me stumped. And I’m totally zapped by her originality. There’s so many questions I’m dying to ask her. Here goes:
- Why Jesus? Why poor Jesus? Somehow, I can accept Krishna as Rakhee’s preferred diety, but Jesus…? Hasn’t he suffered enough for humanity already?
- Please do not act in this show, if you can do that one small favour for us. Please don’t take it in your head to be Mother Mary, and such. We’ll get really mixed up, and I’m not sure if we’ll ever be able to recover from such trauma.
- You say you have got a research team in place now. Errr, what exactly are they going to tell the world about Jesus that we already don’t know?
- Have you, in any way, been inspired by the success of Dan Brown’s books? (I hope to God the answer is no!) If yes, do you have any idea what kind of work actually went behind the success?
- If not, can you please tell us what exactly made you go ‘holy’, all of a sudden? I can’t take this curiosity, really.
Rakhee, may I suggest an innovative game/reality show, the theme of which will be something like, ‘Guess what’s on Rakhee’s mind’ or ‘What will Rakhee come up with next?’ Categories can include: “Making X-Rated Videos”; “Shameless Fame and Money Hustling”; “New Ways To Get Cheap Publicity” and “Poor Emasculated Elesh”.
And by the way, any news of Elesh, a guy you once used to know?
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Seems as if ‘Katrina Kaif‘ has been twittering away merrily discussing scripts with fans and even promising to consider future projects with people from the industry. Problem is…. this is not the real Katrina Kaif but an impersonator who has set up a Twitter account using Kat’s identity. When Katrina (the real one) came to know about it, she was shocked. She has officially released a statement declaring that she does not have any account on Twitter and there is someone else who is using her identity and creating all the confusion.
Now we wonder who might be the culprit? An unknown fan perhaps or maybe a Bollywood insider who has a Twitter fixation and lots of time on his/her hands? (Did Priyanka, Karan Johar, Gul Panag and Mallika Sherawat just log off very quickly?).
Much as we empathize, we hope that Kat and her handlers won’t make too much of this incident and squeeze it dry for every iota of cheap publicity and fan sympathy it can generate. We’re so tired of the Bollywood bratpack and their followers blowing every little teacup storm out of proportion, trying to create big empty dramas out of frivolous, non-events. Spare us the ‘”breaking news repetitious nausea” on this one okay people?
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To a lot of movie fans, Shahid Kapoor‘s character Charlie in the hit movie Kaminey came through as someone who was gay…someone who wanted or had more than a business relationship with his buddy and handsome partner in crime Mikhail. The vibes were very strong. Were these simply two good actors or was there something more that the director wanted to portray?
I can just imagine the conversation Vishal Bhardwaj may have had with Shahid, explaining the character to him …
Vishal: Dude I think Charlie and Mikhail are a couple
Shahid: Like Abhishek and John?
Vishal: No like Abhishek and Aishwarya
Shahid: ????? ‘Scuse me?
Vishal: Nah Forget it!
The question is… did Vishal want to make Charlie and Mikhail a couple? Or did Shahid unconsciously project the unspoken attraction envisioned by Vishal Bhardwaj? Is this why so many people sensed the gay undertones in the the Spiderman scene when both of them roll over each other?
They had even plan to run off together when they make a pile of money. Very, very romantic wouldn’t you say?
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No one can forget the desperate one-upmanship done by Amir and Shah Rukh when Gajini and Rabb Ney were slated for release at the same time. Shah Rukh Khan aka “The biggest brand in the country” and Aamir Khan “I am an idiot and Shah Rukh is intelligent” battled it out rather publicly while promoting their films. It got so heated they named dogs after their rivals!
Surprisingly though, hothead bad boy Salman has chosen a more sophisticated way of promoting his film Wanted. He refuses to talk about the other two Khans to avoid anything that distracts the focus on his movie. He is more accommodating to journalists and has even linked promos with charities like the NGO Umang in Jaipur.
Seems like along with hair loss Salman has gained maturity and wisdom. Maybe the hair doctors who did the hair transplants in Dubai must have secretly tinkered with his brain cells a bit during the operations ’cause Sallu is finally showing some signs of good judgment and good taste.
Way to go Sallu…long overdue for our balding, middle aged, vendetta-carrying Bollywood baddie. Hope it lasts for the remaining few years of his career.
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Smiles and camraderie eh ladies?
Put two aging and feuding beauty queens together, in the same movie and you’ll expect feathers to fly right? Well nothing of the sort happened when Sushmita Sen and Lara Dutta were given co-starring roles in the David Dhawan comedy Do Knot Disturb.
Thankfully both self-appointed divas realised that no one’s really interested in exploiting some old, stale catfight that may have happened years ago (yawn…who cares?) and were able able to push aside their differences and give professional performances. Good move ladies. You are no longer in your prime and neither one of you counts as an A list, in-demand actress.
You must have realized that with sexy, young controversial tarts and starlets clawing their way into the Bollywood limelight, it is best that you practice some age-appropriate behaviour and act with dignity and self-respect. It might earn you some much-needed acting roles in the future and it saved us from having to endure another dull, insignificant and media-overblown hype story about nothing at all.
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Pritam Chakraborty is a worried man. The composer who is well known for his incurable tendency to blatantly lift and rehash other composers’ music only to shamelessly market it as his own, recently had the tables turn on him.
That’s right… the rip-off king was finally beaten at his own game by Pakistani singer-composer Nouman Javaid. The song in question was specially ‘created’ and ‘composed’ by Pritam babu for Mahesh Bhatt’s forthcoming venture Tum Mile. To make matters worse, even before Pritam could claim his moment in the sun, Nouman released a music video and several lengthy interviews claiming ownership to the track.
Pritam claims that he tried a ‘dummy recording’ with Nouman, whom he also collaborated with for another Mahesh Bhatt flick named Jashnn, but decided not to use the track because ‘his voice was inappropriate’. So, Pritamda went ahead and re-recorded the track with Kay Kay… only to find that his brain child was now being flaunted on Youtube.com!
Ever heard about that snippy little thing called karma, Pritam? Yes, the same little thing that comes back to thump you over the head when you least expect it? Maybe now you know what all those immensely talented composers and genuine musicians felt like, when you so shamelessly paraded their work as your own?
Given your not-so-impressive track record, it’s highly doubtful that any filmmaker would want to risk their hard-earned money on you, especially when there are so many legal tangles like copyright laws and hefty damage law suits involved. Maybe, just maybe, if you’d had a stellar track record, people would be more understanding of this so-called ‘unfortunate incident’, what say?
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Shirish Kunder – whose only claim to fame thus far is hitching up with the garrulous Farah Khan – is trying so hard to prove that he actually has some reason to keep gate-crashing and freeloading at Page 3 parties, he’s busy registering a bunch of totally insane (to the point of plain idiotic) film names.
Curious? Here’s a sneak peek at some of the bombshell duds the Shirish Kunder Film Company is planning to assault millions of unsuspecting junta with, in the near future:
- Animals
- Banjo Party
- Bachelor of Love (I swear I didn’t make this up!)
- Muscle Power
- Son of a Gun
- Technicolor
- Triple Cross
Don’t blink and doubt yourselves. You read it correctly. The obvious question that comes to mind…. did this dude stop taking his medication? We all know that Farah Khan wears the pants in the house, at least when it comes to directing painful cheesy debacles like Main Hoon Na and dishing out nonsensical potshots at older, much more credible actors. So, when Madame Khan is busy nursing a set of twins, it’s obvious that the endless stream of party invitations and free booze must be drying up… which is why Shirish bhai has turned to Quentin Terantino and Robert Rodriguez for inspiration. For those of you who still don’t catch on, the duo are famous for their very innovative (bizarre even) movie titles like: Faster, Pussycat Kill Kill; Curdled; Shorts; Inglorious Basterds and Reservoir Dogs.
The difference however, is that most of these movies actually have two little things that all Shirish Kunder productions have been missing thus far – a great plotline and terrific acting.
So Mr. Kunder, spare yourself the expense of registering such inane names for your productions. At this stage, you should be more concerned about who you’re going to rope in to act for movies called Bachelor of Love and Son of a Gun, because I’m sure that ditzy as they may be, our Bollywood bimbos can still comprehend English well enough (or at least know people who can read and explain to them) to know the difference between quirky/artsy and plain IDIOTIC/STUPID. And please get back on your medication before the mental health officers read that list and come sniffing around.
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