Amitabh To Counter Aamir’s Thanda with Oye Bubbly

We have already told you about the new ‘Thanda Matlab Coca-Cola’ ad featuring Amir, all set to hit the TV screens during the first week of April.

To counter it, their rivals Pepsi have roped in Amitabh Bachchan, who along with the entire Indian cricket team will feature in an extensively shot promo ‘Oye Bubbly’.

The promo which has music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and its climax will have the famous Indian huddle with Amitabh showing/teaching the Indian cricket team his own style of batting and the entire team ducking for cover, as he swings the willow!

Page 3 an insight on girth in Film Industry

Watching “Page 3″ today evening has deeply disturbed me. I don’t intend this to be a movie review but on the whole it perfectly resonates my earlier post on the Indian media. The depths to which some people have dragged down the whole scenario.
Admittedly, the storyline has punch and the contrasts are brought out very clearly. At times the whole movie seems to be blown over in magnitude but it has somewhat confirmed what I always knew. The movie does challenge the established beliefs and ideas. It leaves one with a deep sense of discomfort and uneasiness. Of course people do tend to forget the issue at hand very easily.

The major problem is that at the rate which society is loosing its values and stagnating in a moral crass, we need films like these to hold up the mirror against such issues. The important pertinent point here is that why do such things happen if at all they happen. The primary reason I can think of is the inferiority complexes that these people suffer from.

Maladjustment to the surroundings and escapism is prevalent in every human being. However, it depends on the degree to which one can face the reality. Drugs offer one way of escaping which tends to pull one down in the quicksand from where there is no final escape. Coexistent depression and lack of ideation is another prominent feature. If this is the way some humans decide to live their lives, well then the fact is let them. Why would one attach any degree of glamour to it? (more…)

Movie Preview: My Brother Nikhil

Starring: juhi Chawla, Sanjay Suri, Purab Kohli, Victor Banerjee, Lillete Dubey
Direction: Onir

My Brother Nikhil looks at the HIV/AIDS issue in Goa in the ’80s, when not much was known about the pandemic/virulent disease. The misconceptions about the ailment and how it affected not just an individual, but his entire family, has been narrated in the most profoundly moving manner.

My Brother Nikhil works for the emotional quotient it has to offer. It’s a touching tale of a person who wants to live. Powerful and poignant, this is a lump-in-your-throat film! (more…)

Rekha does an Item Number

Move over Ishas, Yanas and make way for the ultimate diva of Bollywood for an Item Number.

According to the buzz Vidhu Vinod Chopra has signed none other than Rekha herself for a ‘vintage item number’ in his up coming magnum opus Parineeta. Reportedly Chopra tested Rekha for over three days for the item number, the first in her career. “I love her but needed to get the best out of her and give her my best,” says Chopra.

Parineeta is expected to hit theatres on May 20. The movie stars Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan and introduces debutant Vidya Balan.

Gemini Ganesan passes away

Actress Rekha’s father and noted South star Gemini Ganesan, 84, passed away early this morning in Chennai.

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Tuesday condoled the death of Tamil film star Gemini Ganesan.

In a message to Ganesan’s family, Kalam said: “Gemini Ganesan was one of the most famous actors who strode across the stage of South Indian cinema. In a career spanning more than half a century, he brought joy and happiness to thousands of fans and cinema goers through his roles, which were full of passion and emotion.” (more…)

Mahesh Bhatt offers to remove Kissing scene from Nazar

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt sees the Rs.10 million fine slapped by Pakistan on actress Meera as a “conspiracy” and is ready to drop the kissing scene involving her out of “Nazar” if it helps end the controversy.

“The news of the fine on her has come as a shock. When an Indian newspaper published it, the Pakistani authorities denied it but I have just been told by the actress that the fine stands,” Bhatt told.

“The objective behind my movie ‘Nazar’ is to strengthen relationships between the two countries and that should be appreciated” he said. (more…)

With Dhoom and Yuva we can find strong chemistry between new pairs like Abhishek-Rani Ajay-Esha .. Esha’s chemistry with Ajay Devgan seems to be of the ’strong.

When asked about it She reflects”That’s exactly why people find something so warm and believable about our pairing. We do have a strange chemistry. Ajay is such a good actor that with him I don’t act, I just react to what he’s doing. I guess that’s what makes us so natural.”

Watchout for the same pair in “Main Aisa Hi Hoon” releasing soon.

Meanwhile, director Milan Luthria was looking for a newcomer to cast opposite John Abraham in his Nana Patekar-John Abraham starrer to be produced by Ramesh Sippy.

The buzz is that Esha Deol has been signed to play the female lead. This is the first time that John and Esha have been cast together. In ‘Dhoom’, Esha was opposite Uday Chopra.