Bollywood : Chennai Express:Film publicity has become a monster, says Rohit Shetty

New Delhi: Rohit Shetty is not new to the 100 crore club but the 'Chennai Express' director says the new benchmark means film publicity gets bigger everyday.

New Delhi: Rohit Shetty is not new to the 100 crore club but the 'Chennai Express' director says the new benchmark means film publicity gets bigger everyday.

The director, whose last two releases 'Singham' and 'Bol Bachchan' crossed the magic figure at the box office, has been frantically promoting 'Chennai Express' with its actors Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone everywhere.

"Film publicity has become a monster. I keep joking with my team that a film should have two directors like directed by and promoted by. It almost takes two months to promote a film and then you have to deal with so many speculations. You have to live with that and fight that. You are losing sleep even before the Friday," Shetty told PTI.

The director, 40, is famous for his slightly over-the-top films like 'Golmaal', 'All the Best' and 'Singham'.

He has so far managed to win the heart of his audience despite often not getting good reviews, thus earning the tag of 'critic proof'. But Shetty is aware that he has to break his own record with his upcoming release to prove himself at the box office. "This 100 crore thing has become a burden for me now. If my film makes 99.9 crores, it will be a hit but people will say 'Oh, it did not make 100 crores'. The scary part about our job is that it depends on a Friday. With two Fridays gone, you are back to where you started," says the director, who was in the city to promote the film, releasing this Friday.

'Chennai Express' is releasing with 3700 prints in India and the solo release is slated to earn the added bonus of a festive Weekend due to Eid. It is also getting a wide release in countries like Germany, UK and US.

Multiplexes have decided to increase the ticket price for the SRK starrer but Shetty is confident that his audience will come to watch the film.

"I may look insane to make the kind of movies I make but children love my films and they are clean entertainers. I know that a middle class family is spending extra on watching this film so I want them to enjoy it. It is very important for me as a director."...

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John Abraham’s vanity van & Ayushman’s Car attacked by a political party

On Sunday 29th July, members of political party said to be MNS activists attacked Rohan Sippy’s film set. They tried to damage John Abraham’s vanity van and Ayushman Khurana’s BMW.

The incident occurred at Garden Foods and Wafers factory in Borivali suburbs. An argument between a watchman of the factory and Ravindra More, a driver of MNS MLA Pravin Darekar took place when the watchman stopped More from entering a private road which runs through the factory where Rohan Sippy's crew were present for a movie shoot picturising on Khurana.

The lane is many times used as a shortcut by people and More wanted to do the same. Since there was a film shoot going on during that time of the day the watchmen restricted More from entering the lane.

Furious by such behavior Ravindra More left and returned back with a pack of 10- 15 MNS activists with him. According to the reports the activists smashed almost 20 vehicles.

“The group saw the movie set in the premises and destroyed it. It was Sippy's set. The group also damaged many vehicles parked there. Two persons have sustained injuries in the incident and are currently undergoing treatment at Bhagwati Hospital," said the cops

Soon after the ruckus took place, the police took control of the region and started patrolling.

 "We have formed seven teams to trace the people involved in the Sunday afternoon incident. Already, we have detained several people for questioning in the case, “quoted the Commissioner of police, North region, Sunil Paraskar.

A complaint of rioting and causing damage to property has been registered at Kasturba Marg police station and the extent of the damage is being evaluated.

Meanwhile, reports say that people belonging to film fraternity are planning to meet Maharashtra’s chief minister Prithviraj Chavan to discuss about the repeated attacks on the industry sets by political parties.

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- Unknown Updated at: Friday, August 03, 2012

Kareena Takes a dig at rival Katrina Kaif

Ever since the theatrical trailer of Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine has been released everyone is talking about Kareena Kapoor. But what seem to be more interesting than the trailer are the rumours that are doing the rounds in the industry. If what seems to be true, news of Kareena taking a dig at Katrina Kaif are spreading like fire!  Sources say, the Chammak chalo said to a journalist that some actress in the film industry make name and fame riding piggyback on their boyfriend. She also went on to say that the passport of the actress should be checked for name, age and country of origin. 

Wait! Before raising your eyebrows just let me tell you that it’s not Kareena but Madhur who has managed these dialogues for his movie Heroine!  Phew! Bhandarkar is known for the one-liners in his movie and this is also a part of it.  The dialogues are the reply to a journalist by Mahi Arora, the character played by Bebo in the movie. After listening to these dialogues there is no doubt you could think of only one actress to relate them to!  Sources say Kareena was reluctant to say these lines but Madhur convinced her saying that it’s not about a specific person but about those several aspiring actresses who come to India to try their luck in films.

At one place Kareena takes a dig at the media too, where she says, “Aap media waalon ko film scripts likhnee chahiye. Heroine ne gadi lee toh businessman ne gift kar di, diamond khareeda toh engagement ho gayi, hospital gayi checkup ke liye toh abortion ho gaya, LA gayi toh plastic surgery karva lee, or God forbid Dubai gayi toh uska rate card bann jata hai.”

Heroine is set to be released on September 12. The movie is about a Bollywood actress, her journey to stardom, her success and her failures. Kareena Kapoor plays the main lead. The film also casts Arjun Rampal and Randeep Hooda, who play the role of actor and cricketer respectively.

Originally the first choice for her role, Bebo was hesitant to take on the project when Bhandarkar approached her with the film's brief initial idea. She explained reservations about the criticism her character might evoke as well as the intimate sequences with several of her co-stars, and was subsequently replaced by Aishwarya Rai. Several days after production began, Rai left the film due to her pregnancy, and Bhandarkar re-approached Kapoor with the film. Once the director reinforced his faith in her, she agreed to do the film when she was handed the completed script. Prior to being cast in Heroine, Bhandarkar approached Kapoor with Page 3 and Corporate, both of which she could not do due to prior commitments. Kareena, who described her character as being "bipolar and schizophrenic", refrained from taking on any other projects as she found Heroine to be "very aggressive and tiring".

Well, Kareena surely doesn’t seem to be complaining after getting such rave reviews for her movie’s trailer. But what about the trouble she might face after saying such dialogues? Till now Katrina has never retaliated to the comments of other actresses on her. So will she keep mum this time too? Bebo was always in good relations with Salman. Wonder how Sallu Bhai will react to this?!

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