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Bollywood’s empress Aishwarya Rai has been silent for the last couple of seasons. She didn’t feature in any Bollywood flick in 2009. Last year, she was seen in just one film: Hollywood’s Pink Panther. But in 2010, the tigress is all set to roar again with four films lined up for release: Raavan, Endhiran, Action Replay and Guzaarish, collectively costing over Rs. 300 crores. Let’s take a look at the lady’s projects!
First comes Raavan, Mani Ratnam’s most ambitious bilingual project. Raavan, said to be the modern adaptation of the epic Ramayana, revolves around Ravana, the ruler of Lanka, who kidnapped Sita. The story culminates with Sita taking the side of Ravana instead of Rama, who suspects her chastity after having spent so much time in Ravana’s custody. Vikram plays the villain. Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are the lead pair in Hindi, while Vikram will play the lead opposite Aishwarya in Tamil. Music is by Oscar winning A.R. Rahman.
Then comes the big budget sci-fi film Endhiran, starring Southern Superstar Rajinikanth. The film is said to be made at a budget of Rs. 125 crores. Endhiran, directed by Kollywood’s master filmmaker S. Shankar, is also is special for its choreography by Prabhu Deva. Lyrics by Vairamuthu, art direction by Sabu Cyril and cinematography by Ratnavelu comprise a regular Shankar team. The stylish director has also roped in Oscar winner Resul Pookutty for sound effects; it is also said that a unique sound effect has been created for the film. The story of Endhiran is set in the future, when new and bizarre fashion fads would come into existence. Music is by Oscar winning A.R. Rahman.
Action Replay, starring Akshay Kumar, is a time-travel tale in the 1950s and its storyline is based on an eponymous 1994 Gujarati play. Director Vipul Shah has emphasized a lot on the lead actors’ retro looks in the movie.
And finally, the most anticipated film of the year Guzaarish, which also marks the comeback of renowned director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and the much-loved, screen-scorching pair of Aishwarya-Hrithik. The film’s script is fresh; a married nurse (Ash) falls in love with a paraplegic man (Hrithik Roshan).
New India Music with a Touch of Electron
You will have heard teasers of this genre, set for explosion, within the more classic India and imbibe songs of 2009. If you liked it, get to know names like:
* Free Energy – inspired by late 1970s-early 1980s classic rock, they’ll give you the type of strain you’d go on an agency trip to. Think AC/DC, and Thin Lizzy
* Two Door Cinema Club – a young newborn India imbibe penalization trio who’ve toured with well famous names like The Wombats
* land Horn Rebellion – a great newborn elector-pop threesome featuring two brothers from Milwaukee, who’ve managed everything from recording to releasing themselves
* Wild Beasts – they’ve been compared to the brilliant Manganese and already raved most for their crazy and playful sounds, plus they’re amazing live.
* City – from Manchester in the UK, these guys have already had numerous appearances in top festivals and on TV. And they deserve it – creating sounds you can endeavor over and over again, city really defense out amongst the genre.
India Music Pop Folk – A New Genre
Again, more ‘traditional’ folk styles were even creeping into mainstream penalization in 2009, but is set to feature heavily throughout newborn India penalization imbibe and some rock in 2010 and beyond. Hurry up and and get listening to these people for great newborn India imbibes penalization with folksy undertones:
* Owen Pallet – previously going by the name Final Fantasy, Owen Pallet is a composer, a violinist, a singer, and an all-round great artist when it comes to fusing folk penalization with newborn indeed imbibe penalization sounds
* Dan Manda – Tunes named this guy Best New Artist in 2009 and now Vancouver’s newest and favorite indeed folk-rock artist is going orbicular – we can’t get sufficiency of his music.
Aladin’s team will repaint the damaged portions of the walls where their posters had been put up
The protest against Aladin posters being put up on the graffiti wall painted for the Wall Project, on Senapati Bapat Marg, has now led Aladin’s team to rectify their mistake. The posters were pulled off, but the wall had already been damaged.
So, director Sujoy Gosh, music directors Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani and the lead pair Ritesh Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandez have decided to repaint the wall where the movie posters were put up. The team will paint the wall today.
The posters were immediately removed when the complaint from concerned citizens reached the producers. Director Sujoy Ghosh commented on the incident, “We don’t know who put up the posters on these walls.
I completely agree that it was wrong. It is unfortunate that our film posters were put up there. We thought that we should make up for the damage. Then one of the guys in the team suggested that we should repaint the walls and Vishal agreed as well.”
Sujoy also apologised for the mistake, “We are sorry for the inconvenience. If I had it my way, this would never have happened.”
Being beautiful may not always work in your favour. This ringed true for Bipasha while she was shooting for her film
LAMHAA in Kashmir.
It so happened that during her shoot in Kashmir the security around her was so tight that she was completely surrounded by the men in uniform. With the beauty surrounded by the men, the situation became a bit intimidating for the actress and her discomfiture was quite vivid in her expression.
Sensing the predicament of his actress, the producer of the film Bunty Walia came to Bips rescue and ordered the security to leave her alone.
Speaking about the incident, Walia says, “Actually, it was after a long time that a full fledged shooting of such a large scale was happening in Kashmir. So, the crowds used to gather whenever we went out to shoot. Consequently our security was also beefed up to deal with the swelling crowds that used to throng the sets. On this particular day, when Bipasha was surrounded by security men, I could sense her discomfort at this heightened security blanket around her and had to intervene. Finally, the actress breathed a sigh of relief when the security around her was relaxed.”
LAMHAA is one of the few films that has been shot in Kashmir over the years and is slated to release early next year.