Kalyug which is ready to hit theatres on December 9 is another movie from the Bhatt champ. The entire team of Kalyug was in the capital to promote the new flick.

Mohit Suri of Zeher fame has directed the movie and lead casts are Emraan Hashmi, Deepal Shaw, Kunal Kemu and Smilie Suri (sister of Mohit).

Here Kunal Kemu (Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke, Raja Hindustani, Zakhm) who has worked as a child artist in many films, play the hero for the first time, “I play a Kashmiri. On his honeymoon, he and his wife (played by Smilie Suri) are caught on a Web camera, fitted by the porn mafia. The wife then commits suicide and the boy decides to take revenge.”
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Home Delivery story:

Sunny Malhotra (Vivek Oberoi) is a young writer, largely popular for his agony uncle column in The Times of Hindustan. He is working on the screenplay of film director Karan Johar. Jenny (Ayesha Takia) is his fiancée but he is dating Maya (Mahima Chaudhary). Michael Burnett (Boman Irani) is a pizza delivery boy. One Diwali eve, Burnett lands up at Malhotras house, delivering him more than just a pizza.

Sujoy Ghoshs Home Delivery is a cameo fest and the character of each one goes like this…

Juhi Chawla (newspaper editor), Suneil Shetty (part of an elevator group), Naseeruddin Shah (part of the music video), Sanjay Suri (passer-by), Shayan Munshi (customer at the pizza joint), Peeya Rai Chowdhary (works at the pizza joint), Karan Johar and Abhishek Bachchan (play themselves), and Sanjay Dutt (playback singer).

The film will release on 2 December 2005.

This New Year Eve will see the release of Ram Gopal Verma’s forthcoming ‘Darwaza Bandh Rakho’. The flick has been planned for a December 30 release.

It’s a black comedy that is stated to be the first of its kind. Darwaza Bandh Rakho revolves around a hostage situation involving 40 characters. Directed by Chakravarthy (Satya), the film has been shot entirely in an apartment.

The movie stars Aaftab Shivdasani, Isha Sharvani, Manisha Koirala, Chunky Pandey, Gulshan Grover, Divya Dutta, Ishrat Ali and Snehal Dabi.

Chunkey plays the role of a mysterious chauffeur and Manisha Koirala will play Chunkey’s love interest in the film. Aftab will be seen with Subhash Ghai discovery Isha Sharvani. Aftab will also be seen soon in RGV’s next Raakh.

Here comes a thriller shot in London during Christmas Eve.

Debutante director Vivek Agnihotri discloses, “It’s about seven people who’ve chosen to live in a foreign land to make or break their lives.”

Anil Kapoor plays an ace lawyer; Sunil Shetly is an obsessed lover; Irfan Khan, a righteous thinker; Arshad Warsi, a playboy; Tanushree Dutta, a temptress; Emran Hashmi, a passionate musician; and Sushma Reddy, a down-on-her-luck journalist.

Cast: Anupam Kher, Urmila Matondkar
Director: Jahnu Barua

Anupam Kher turns producer with this ambitious film directed by 10-time National Award winning Assamese director Jahnu Barua.

Not in the mood to court controversy, Kher isn’t letting anyone talk about the film yet. The seasoned actor plays a complicated character while Urmila Matondkar is his daughter.

Kher says, “When Baruah approached me to play this role, I was more than happy. It’s a role any actor would die for.” At one point, Kher had wanted to play Gandhi in Richard Attenborough’s masterpiece, but lost the chance.

Cast: Lucky Ali, Meera
Director: Lucky Ali

Better known as a singer, Lucky Ali is one moody person who does films very selectively. Kasak is one such rarity, featuring Pakistani actress Meera. What prompted him to sign the film?

“After Kaante and Sur, I got offers that did not click with my mindset. But when this film was offered to me, I was free, and the subject appealed to me as well. My role is that of Amar, a male nurse, who becomes rich and marries Anjali, the woman he loves. But she marries him only for money. The film is about how Amar deals with the situation.”

Ali says about Meera, “Our chemistry worked, and made the intimate scenes happening.”

Meera takes offence when described as “bold” in Nazar (her debut) and in Kasak. “I do a role which suits me,” she says. “If we have to show a relationship between husband and wife, then the bedroom needs to be incorporated.

Back in 1996, when Peter Jackson was expected to (re)make King Kong after ‘The Frighteners’, his deal at the time was a $6.5 million salary plus bonuses. Post ‘Lord of the Rings’, however, the deal was far more lucrative, with $20 million up front against 20 per cent of the gross.

Jackson’s movie is based upon the original idea by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace for the classic 1933 film that inspired a few sequels over the years, as well as a 1976 remake starring Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange and Charles Grodin. King Kong and the various dinosaurs in the new movie have been created using CGI (computer generated imagery) animation.

The film stars Andy Serkis (photo-mapping basis for Kong’s face and movements), Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody and Jack Black.