Mallika Sherawat’s latest release ‘Shaadi Se Pehle’ might not be getting good response at the box office but it hasn’t been able to affect the actress name and fame. The sex siren is soon going to play the Goldie Hawn’s role from Private Benjamin in a plum Hollywood remake project produced by Ravi Walia.

Being a comedy, the film is aptly titled ‘Fauj Mein Mauj’ and will be directed by debutant Murli Nagavalli, who so far has been assistant to Priyadarshan. Mallika will again play the role of a sex bomb in this film too.

The director confirmed, “Yes, I’m directing Mallika in Fauj Mein Mauj.” Talking about his inspiration from Hollywood flick he said, “It has been changed to suit the Indian audiences. The film is a comedy along the lines of the Police Academy series, but set in the army it’s a story of what happens when a sexy young woman joins the army.” On a note of caution he added, “I’m not making fun of anyone, but just making a humorous film. It’s a fictional story.” (more…)

Movie Review: Shaadi Se Pehle

What happens in the mind of most of the couples before marriage (Shaadi Se Pehle)? Confusion, fright, panic and misunderstandings. And this is what director Satish Kaushik wanted to reflect through this light entertainer. But don’t pull your hopes too high because apart from the top star cast (Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, Aftab Shivdasani, Mallika Sherawat, Rajpal Yadav, Boman Irani, Anupam Kher and Sunil Shetty) and interesting story, the movie is like a luke-warm shower which you might not find too alluring.

Story:
Ashish Kapoor (Akshay Khanna) and Rani (Ayesha Takia) is a couple who are pretty much in love with each other. Ashish has a problem. He tries to stop even the slightest level of tension, by popping a pill to control his shaken nerves. This comes to the notice of Rani’s family members who in turn try to separate them. And if that was not enough for Ashish, there is his friend Rohit (Aftab Shivdasani) who wants Rani to be his, so keep trying to create confusion between lovers. Despite all this, Rani genuinely loves Ashish and sticks to him.

However, when Ashish goes to visit his doctor, he misunderstands the doctor’s diagnosis of hypertension to cancer and thinks that he has only one year to live. (more…)

It has come to our knowledge that when Mallika Sherawat was offered Shaadi se Pehle initially she was apprehensive about doing the film and at one stage refused the offer. Why? She wasn’t quite sure of playing second fiddle in the film.

Also the sex bomb after getting too much attention from international front (her tiny-winy role in The Myth) and accolades from Time magazine had started taking herself too seriously. She had even started hoping for different roles, other than what she was offered at that moment.

So even though she was excited about the prospect of doing a film with Mukta Arts she wasn’t sure. At that moment the director of Shaadi Se Pehle, Satish Kaushik and her secretary Kalim convinced her doing the film. They advised her to continue playing a sex bomb in a couple of movies and then work towards being a serious actor. (more…)

Subhash Ghai ‘Shaadi se Pehle’, Saawan Kumar Tak’s ‘Saawan - the Love Season’ and Pankaj Parashar’s ‘Banaras - A Mystic Love Story’ are ready for competition as all these films are releasing this Thursday (06.04.2006) on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navmi.

It keeps happening every once in a while that filmmakers try to outwit each other by releasing their films a day or two before a conventional Friday to encash on the holidays.

What’s interesting is that Saawan Kumar who way back in 1993 released his thriller ‘Khalnaika’ along with Subhash Ghai’s ‘Khalnayak’ which created a sort of controversy (Ghai had accused him of cashing in on the popularity of his film), has no apprehension even this time too to schedule his romantic thriller on the same day as the release of Mukta Arts film. (more…)

Unlike other actors, Akshaye Khanna understands his co-star of ‘Shaadi Se Pehle’, Mallika Sherawat very well and finds that the sizzling actress gets misunderstood by many. Besides that he talks about his forthcoming films.

You’re known to be choosy, so how come you’re going to be seen in five films now?

It's not a question of being choosy. It's about finding roles that excite me. This time I liked all the five scripts. There's so much work happening in our film industry. Just how much of that work is worth doing depends entirely on an individual actor. I was suddenly offered stuff that I found terribly exciting.

And you are doing a comedy with Mallika Sherawat!

Why not? I think Mallika Sherawat is misunderstood. I'm not saying her image is entirely misleading. There's never any fire without smoke. But just because she has done certain films in the past of a particular kind, it doesn't mean that everything she does now will be of the same quality. She wants to move away from her image and this film is a good starting point. (more…)

Akshay Khanna says that Shaadi Se Pehle is one of the best comedies of Indian cinema.

A long gap after Hulchul

I didn’t take a break. I was doing a film, produced by Anil Kapoor (Gandhi, My Father). That film took exactly a year to complete. After Hulchul I did that film and I signed Shaadi Se Pehle after that. But this movie got over fast and is releasing first.

Reunion with Mukta Arts

I have a special relationship with Mukta. Subhash Ghai is like my father. Whenever he thinks that I am suitable for any role or I can justify with the character, he signs me. I have worked with him earlier and I would like to continue to work with Subhashji in future.

Shaadi Se Pehle experience

I would not like to reveal much about his film but I can assure you that it’s one of the best comedies of Indian cinema. (more…)

It will sound shocking but it’s true! Sexy Mallika Sherawat who has no qualms exposing on screen is playing an international super model that does no skin show in a film.

Only Bollywood films can portray this kind of ideas. And it is none other than Subhash Ghai’s film ‘Shaadi Se Pehle’, directed by Satish Kaushik.

The director himself revealed, “Mallika who plays the role of an international super model in Shaadi Se Pehle, sans skin show. She has carried her role as an international diva so beautifully and that too without exposing” (more…)