'The Good Road' beats 'The Lunchbox' To Oscars

Producer-cinematographer Amitabh Singh is elated that his film "The Good Road" is India's official entry to Oscars next year and thinks that it stands a good chance to be in the top five.

"We couldn't believe this... It is a dream come true. It took a while for us to believe it. Winning a national award was a big achievement and now this second big achievement.

I feel our film stands a good chance to make it to top five," Singh told PTI.

The Gujarati film directed by debutant director Gyan Correa is a lost-and-found story of a small boy.

It won a National Award for Best Gujarati-language film this year. The film was released in July this year in Gujarat.

The film is produced by National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), and stars Keval Katrodia as seven-year-old Aditya who loses his way in the desert of Kutch.

It also stars Sonali Kulkarni and actor Ajay Gehi as Aditya's parents.

"Making this film was challenge for us but with the result that we are getting now we are quite happy with it. We would definitely like the film to reach maximum people. It is the property of NFDC and they are the best people to propagate the film on other platforms," Singh said.

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- Unknown Updated at: Monday, September 23, 2013

Big B to play a Pakistani

The latest buzz is thst Bollywood’s Superstar Amitabh Bachchan will be playing the role of a Pakistani citizen in his next movie. The movie will be the directorial debut of Oscar winning sound designer Resul Pookutty.

Resul, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the film Slumdog Millionaire. He has worked in Hollywood, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam films. He provided sound to 2008’s blockbuster Ghajini.

Resul always wanted to get into direction and wished to cast Big B in his first movie. It was his old classmate Amitabh Singh who approached him with a script for a movie. It is said that the script’s subject touched Resul so much that he immediately decided to direct it with Mr. Bachchan in it.

Resul said, “I have approached Mr Bachchan for the film that I want to direct. The character is from another country. But it is not a political film. It’s an extremely humane subject that touches the lives of people on both sides of the border.”

According to the sources the film doesn’t talk about the two countries’ issues with each other but is about the sensitive topic of father –son relationship.

Meanwhile Big B is busy with Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 7.

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- Unknown Updated at: Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Hollywood’s Natalie Portman asking Saif Ali Khan for an apology

When news of Saif working on a film project with Oscar winner Natalie Portman were doing rounds in the Bollywood industry  another news of the Hollywood actress threatening to sue the Nawaab for spreading false news have surfaced.

 

"A love story we are working on... It's a secret...We are doing a film with Natalie Portman,” texted the Bollywood actor to a leading Indian newspaper, last week. However when probed for further details he remained mum and avoided to disclose any information. It was said that the movie will be a romantic-comedy.

With Cocktail getting the thumbs up from the viewers, Saif stated that he hopes to continue doing romcom even after ten years. "I hope I can do romantic films at the age of 50. There is no age for romance. If the story is nice and the character suits you then why not do it. It is not like you can do only action films at a certain age.

As long as you look good doing the part, there should not be any problem," Saif said in an interview. 

If the news of his movie with the Hollywood actress would have been true, then Saif Ali Khan would have been the second Indian actor to work with Natalie in a movie. The Black Swan star had previously worked with Irrfan Khan in an anthology film- New York, I Love You, joining several love stories set in one of the most loved cities of the world, New York itself!

Everything seemed right until the legal team of No strings attached actress got on the phone and threatened Khan with a law suit. Well, it seems news travelled to the star, who was completely unaware to the fact that such a movie was in the works.

The team wanted Saif Ali Khan to apologise for using the actress’s name for false publicity.

Later the Bollywood star took back his words and was quoted saying: “It was a joke, I am sorry. It’s just that I am very annoyed with speculations on all the aspects of my life. If this goes on, I might just start making up stories like these to entertain myself. Hope people will understand that.”

Hey Saif, if you want to make fun next time, better stick to your Bollywood co-stars to avoid such kind of trouble!

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- Unknown Updated at: Sunday, July 29, 2012

Rajnikanth turns singer

After Dhanush now its Superstar Rajnikanth's turn to sing. Rajini will now be heard singing in his upcoming film Kochadaiyaan.

Rajinikanth has recited the verses in his inimitable style while Bollywood Oscar winner Rahman has sung the song. The lyrics have been written by Vairamuthu who is one of the top lyricists in Tamil cinema. It is said that the song isn't a typical filmy song but has some classical overtunes.

Rajni was last singing the song 'Adikuthu Kuluru' in his voice for the Tamil film Mannan in the year 1992. 

Kochadaiyaan is an upcoming Tamil period film to be directed by Soundarya R. Ashwin and written by K. S. Ravikumar. It is a story of a prince who is the devotee of Lord Shiva. The film will feature Rajinikanth alongside an ensemble cast, including R. Sarathkumar, Aadhi, Deepika Padukone, Shobana, Rukmini Vijayakumar, Jackie Shroff and Nassar. The film, which is expected to be shot with motion capture in 3D, will have cinematography handled by Rajiv Menon whilst background score and soundtrack will be composed by A. R. Rahman. It will also release in Hindi, Telugu, Japanese and English. It is india's first film to use Performance capture technology.

Author : Suja , a management trainee, programmer, movie enthusiast and a fashion critic who loves to enjoy each moment of her life and is crazy  about music! (suja@indiaviolet.com)   

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- Unknown Updated at: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Why Did Mallika Sherawat Miss the Oscars?

Its been a while since Mallika Sherawat has been trying her luck in Hollywood. It is said that she was to attend the Oscar awards (84th Academy Awards) this year but her busy schedule kept her from attending the same. 

Designer Ashley Rebello who is also very close friend of Mallika had even designed something for her to wear on the red carpet. Though she has made an appearance at the awards in 2011, this time around her plan was to meet studio executives and lobby for interesting work as nothing much happened on the film front after the debacle of her debut Hollywood film Politics Of Love.

Mallika couldn't attend the Oscar night because she flew down to India. What was the reason behind her staying away from the most glitzy award function of the year ? 'WORK COMMITMENTS'. She came all the way from Los Angeles on Monday morning to shoot an item song titled Laila Laila for Priyadarshan's Tezz. (So one thing is for sure, the producer has won over the argument which took place a few weeks back between the producer & director of Tezz and now what we need to know is that is Sameera Reddy also a part of the song?)

This time Oscars was devoid of all the beautiful faces from Bollywood who so far had been a regular affair. AR Rahman and Anil Ambani, were present at the Oscars at the famous Kodak theatre.

Author : Suja , a management trainee, programmer, movie enthusiast and a fashion critic who loves to enjoy each moment of her life and is crazy  about music! She calls herself the freak!

(suja@indiaviolet.com)

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- Unknown Updated at: Thursday, March 01, 2012

A.R Rahman part of the Oscar Band !!!

46 year old Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman who performed at the Academy Awards last year, returned to the prestigious award ceremony as a part of the Oscar band at the 84th Academy Awards which was held on February 26th, 2012.

Rahman posted on his Facebook fan page, "Oscar sangamam - If you are watching the Oscars live, catch our Oscar super band headed by Hans Zimmer perform tonight." He even posted a picture with his co-performers, who performed throughout Sunday night’s ceremony.

Last year he had performed his tracks from the film 127 Hours at the Oscars. At the 84th Academy Awards, The Dark Knight Rises composer Hans Zimmer was the show's musical consultant with Pharell Williams.

Rahman who won two golden statuettes for best original score and best original song (“Jai ho”) for the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” in 2009, pleased the audience throughout Sunday night's ceremony with his instrumentals and vocals.

Other performances at the ceremony also included Esperanza Spalding’s rendition of Louis Armstrong’s “What a wonderful world” as a tribute to the entertainers who died during the past year which included Jane Russell, Whitney Houston, Elizabeth Taylor and Etta James.

There was also a performance by circus arts and street entertainment group Cirque du Soleil. They took on an old-school cinema theme, performing backflips in bell-boy outfits, cocktail dresses and tuxedos.

Author : Suja , a management trainee, programmer, movie enthusiast and a fashion critic who loves to enjoy each moment of her life and is crazy  about music! She calls herself the freak!
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- Unknown Updated at: Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Hugh Jackman and His Son!

ugh Jackman who personified 'the Wolverine' in the x-men series was opening his heart at the press conference. He said that his son was embarrassed by his act in a recent event. The 42 year old actor is married to the famous actress Deborra-Lee Furness is blessed with two kids, the 11 year old boy named Oscan and Eva, the six year old daughter. The event of embarrassment happened at Toronto.

Jackman said, "I just did this one man show in Toronto, there's an early song where I'm talking about how I like to dance, but I'm wolverine - its a funny fun thing" He continued, "I was dancing and was a bit of goofball, watching this my son turned to my wife and said 'My dad is so embarrassing', my son feels that I am embarrassing".

The actor is awaiting his new flick 'Real Steel' (trailer).

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- Unknown Updated at: Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Freida Pinto Not Married!

The strong rumor about Frieda Pinto's marriage has been broken by herself. The news was that Frieda is going to marry her first co-star Dev Patel, the couple had acted together in the movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' and they have been thick friends since then. The talents of both actors were highly appreciated during the time and was an attraction to the Oscar circle. The closeness of the two had brought about this rumor which had been quite seriously taken in by everyone.

Yesterday, Frieda mentioned that she is still single and the news about her marriage is false!

She said that she were good friends and she had one of the best times of her life while shooting for Slumdog millionaire, and this bond with Dev Patel is stronger than any other friendship she have. But she mentioned that they are still separate and the answer to marriage question was no, but she also teased the media by mentioning that it doesn't mean that she wont marry him later!

So be it her DNA test (more) or the latest news, she does seem to be keeping in touch with the media and more importantly keeping the limelight!

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- Unknown Updated at: Friday, August 12, 2011