Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara First Look

Here we go, Zindagi Na Milege Dobara stars Hrithik Rosha, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Kareena Kapoor, and Kalki Koechlin. Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milege Dobara or ZNMD first teaser poster released got positive reply yesterday. ZNMD the movie poster looks like inspired from the of 2005 Hollywood film Lords Of Dogtown. Excel Entertainment producing this film, whose last week release Game was a sank at the box office.

Lords of Dogtown is a 2005 biographical film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, written by Stacy Peralta. The film is based on the story of “The Z-Boys”, an influential group of skateboarders who revolutionized the sport.

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Abhay Deol engaged to Preeti Desai

The buzz has it that Bollywood actor Abhay Deol has secretly gotten engaged with his beauty queen girlfriend Preeti Desai, former Miss Great Britain, whom he has been dating for quite some time.Abhay and Preeti have been dating for quite sometime. It is believed that in the presence of close relatives and friends, Preeti and Abhay exchanged rings.

They met each other at the success bash of ‘Dev D’ in 2009. UK born Preeti Desai shifted her base to Mumbai to make a mark in Bollywood. Preeti and Abhay have been living together in Mumbai after Preeti shifted to Mumbai.

Recently, Preeti hit the headlines for shooting an intimate scene with her American- Indian co- star, Sendhil Ramamurthy for her debut venture, ‘Shor In The City’ to be produced by Balaji production house.

It is assumed that the duo is reluctant to make their engagement public as Preeti has just now kick started her acting career. They feel that the news of their engagement can have a negative effect on their career.

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Aisha : Movie Review by Taran Adarsh

AISHA holds appeal for the youth mainly and there's a strong likelihood that this segment of movie-going audience will fall for its charms.

Recall the age-old adage: Marriages are made in heaven. Consummated on earth. But haven't we encountered lots of people in real life who try to set things up between friends/acquaintances? In fact, they take upon themselves to make matches and meddle in other people's affairs. That, in a nutshell, is the plotline of AISHA.

Let's get one thing straight. You are not exploring virgin territory with AISHA. 'Emma', the Jane Austen novel, has been adapted on film and television in the past. Although first published in 1815, almost 200 years ago, director Rajshree Ojha and writer Devika Bhagat transport the characters from this novel to present-day New Delhi. But the essence remains the same: A simple plot and an equally simplistic love story.

Unlike most love stories that we've witnessed on Hindi screen, there's no heavy-duty dramebaazi in AISHA, no major hurdles to cross, no parental opposition to encounter, no major conflicts to solve. The director and writer remain faithful to the novel, which prompts you to ponder, wish the relationships were so uncomplicated in today's times.

But there's a flipside as well. The film runs a little longer [although the running time is 2 hours] and gets painfully slow in some portions. Besides, AISHA lacks the depth of passion and that could be because the makers were trying to make something lighter and breezier. Sweeping the minor complaints aside, AISHA is watchable for two factors mainly: Neat performances, especially by Sonam Kapoor and Amit Trivedi's super musical score.

Final word? The romantic buried inside all of us may respond to AISHA well.

Aisha [Sonam Kapoor] is a girl with a simple diktat -- everyone's business is her business. Arjun [Abhay Deol] is a boy with even a simpler set of beliefs -- Aisha should mind her own business. Caught in the Delhi upper class world with its own set of social rules, Aisha navigates her world with a great sense of style and even greater optimism.

Caught in her web are her best friend Pinky [Ira Dubey], the small-town girl Shefali [Amrita Puri], the West Delhi boy Randhir [Cyrus Sahukar] and the hunk Dhruv [Arunoday Singh]. Aisha will make sure everyone dances to her tune. And all Arjun wants to do is disentangle that web and get Aisha out of an impending sticky mess.

Director Rajshree Ojha and writer Devika Bhagat introduce the principal characters at the very outset and within minutes, you know their traits as well. The entire first hour is filled with the assorted characters interacting with one another and technically speaking, there's hardly any movement in the story. In fact, the first hour is more of a collage of incidents and moments put together on a beautiful canvas.

But the wheels start moving towards the post-interval portions, when the lead characters [Abhay, Sonam] suffer from pangs of jealousy and the remaining characters find themselves at crossroads as far as relationships are concerned. From this point onwards, AISHA gets more and more engaging. Note the confrontation sequence between Sonam and Amrita, which leads to a bitter outburst by the latter. Note the sequence when Sonam professes love for Abhay at a marriage reception, only to realise later that she had walked into a wrong venue. Note the finale, which is very Mills & Boon type of culmination. Well penned and well executed sequences!

Director Rajshree Ojha has handled several moments well, but how one wishes she would've spruced up the proceedings by coming straight to the point, instead of depicting Abhay and Sonam in sulking moods in several sequences of the second hour. Also, from the writing point of view, Cyrus and Ira Dubey suddenly realise that they are made for each other. Why this sudden pyaar? Didn't they detest each other? Loving the same musician doesn't imply you are made for each other! There had to be a scene or two to indicate that they are drawn towards each other.

The production design [Shruti Gupte] is impressive. The film bears a striking look all through. The styling of all characters is up to the mark. The costume designers [Pernia Qureshi and Kunal Rawal] deserve full marks for choosing/making the trendy outfits. Diego Rodriguez's cinematography is appealing. Music composer Amit Trivedi is in form, displaying his versatility in various numbers such as 'Shaam', 'Suno Aisha' and 'Gal Mitthi Mitthi Bol'.

AISHA is sure to open eyes to the talent of its leading lady Sonam Kapoor, who gives face, form and expression to Aisha. She displays the essential characteristic of an actress who has the ability to shift quickly and effectively from one emotion to another. She can cry, look wistful and deliver a biting line with equal believability. Abhay Deol is a complete natural and the fact comes to the fore yet again as you watch AISHA. Although Sonam has an author-backed role, Abhay underplays his part well and registers a strong impact in several scenes.

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Suno Aisha' Full Song Promo' (Music Video) - Aisha Movie - Sonam Kapoor

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Suno Aisha

The film is based Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma.

The novel has been earlier adapted by Hollywood filmmakers Douglas McGrath (featuring Gwyneth Paltrow) and Diarmuid Lawrence (featuring Kate Beckinsale).

Sonam (Aisha, Emma) is a beautiful, vivacious and intelligent, though 'slightly' spoiled, young woman.

Abhay Deol (Arjun Barman, Mr. Knightly) is an investment banker and Emma's close friend and critic.

Aisha is obsessed with match making. She tries to fix Arjun with a girl even as she unconsciously falls in love him. Arjun is smitten by Aisha but keeps his love for her secret until jealously drives Aisha to realize that she too loves him.

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Check out the new poster of ‘Aisha’

Take a look at the new poster of ‘Aisha’. It looks so very fresh and full of fun. Can’t wait to watch the movie..


Aisha as in Sonam plays the cupid for people while, Arjun, as in Abhay Deol plays a confident Wharton graduate whom Aisha finds annoying and irritating.

Aisha is set to release on August 6th.

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Film Previews: Road, Movie and Rokkk

Abhay Deol, arguably the most talented of the Deol clan struck gold with his recent release 'Dev D', which turned out to be a box office success and redefined Hindi film viewing in the country.

The story of 'Dev D' was conceived by Abhay, and apart from garnering overwhelmingly positive reviews, the film generated a cult following and also won key Filmfare awards. Over the past few years Abhay has acted in offbeat, acclaimed gems like 'Manorama Six Feet Under', 'Ek Chalis Ki Last Local', 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'. Now Abhay is back with another unconventional film titled 'Road, Movie', directed by Dev Benegal. In the film Abhay plays a man who seeks salvation by screening films across a desert. 'Road, Movie' also stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik and newbie Mohammed Faizal Usmani.

"Road, Movie is a celebration of cinema. It's actually a film that you are watching within a film. It plays upon how important it (cinema) is to us and how it is treated and accepted. It is a journey of cinema," Abhay was quoted as saying, "It's very enjoyable, much more light and not serious and preachy. We don't make any great statements with this film. It's just totally made to enjoy the ride," he said. To research for the film, director Benegal (no relation to Shyam Benegal) travelled for a year with a transient cinema troupe that showcased different films in rural Rajasthan villages. The desert footage was ultimately taken from the Kutch District of Gujarat and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. 'Road, Movie' was screened at the 2009 Tokyo International Film Festival and also at Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Film Festival last year. The film releases this Friday, the 5th of March.

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Katrina Kaif's wardrobe malfunction

Katrina Kaif who is said to have charged 50 Lac for 20 minutes almost met with a wardrobe malfunction at a high profile sangeet party of Radhika Singhal and Saurabh Dhoot (Industrialist) at a bungalow on Amrita Shergill Marg. Katrina was in the Capital on Wednesday to receive an achievement award.

A reliable source reveals, “Things went kaput when Katrina almost met with a wardrobe malfunction. The star pocketed Rs. 50 Lakhs for her 20-minute performance.

The star was so engrossed that she didn't realize that her choli had malfunctioned exposing her lower torso. The front bencher guests managed to grab some of Kats stills on their cameras.

“Kat's enthusiastic and sexy dance routine with Saurabh went down well with the crowd, including Radhika, who happily surrendered her partner at Kat's request, ” source adds.

Also present at the occasion were music director duo Vishal and Shekhar who performed too.

Actors Abhay Deol and Nikhil Dwivedi and filmmaker Navdeep Singh were among the 1, 500 guests present at the pre-wedding bash celebrating the match between families of two prominent industrialists of Delhi.  

 

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Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol Survived Fatal Accident on the Set of ‘Aisha’

Bollywood’s young and upcoming stars Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol survived a dreadful accident on the sets of their movie ‘Aisha’.

The unfortunate incident happened when the actor duo were shooting at Goregaon’s Filmistan Studios. The Fire broke out at the studio where Sonam and Abhay were shooting for ‘Aisha’, the Hindi version of Jean Austin’s famous novel ‘EMMA’.

According to the reporters, there were no serious injuries though two technicians suffered minor injuries.

A source revealed, “The fire broke out at noon due to an electrical problem. Luckily, as the shoot was already wrapped up, there weren’t many people present on the sets. The fire brigade was immediately called and they reached the sets within a few minutes. The fire did not spread much and the place was immediately evacuated.”

The producer of the film ‘Aisha’ Rhea Kapoor told reporters, “Due to an electric fault, there was a small fire on the sets of ‘Aisha’ which was curbed within 15 minutes. The place was evacuated and nobody was seriously hurt. There was no major damage on the sets. We will resume shooting in a couple of days.”

According to the fire brigade officials, “A small did break out on the sets in Filmistan. The curtains and electrical wire on the sets were damaged. Since it is such a huge studio, four to five trucks were dispatched as precaution.”

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Movie Review : Dev D

DEV D is NO SMOKING II. Does one elaborate more?

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There's a major difference between K.L. Saigal, Dilip Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan and Abhay Deol's Devdas. The first three films were faithful to Sarat Chandra's legendary novella, while Anurag Kashyap's deviant take on Devdas is contemporary and in the process, differs from the original work.

In Kashyap's DEV D, Dev is into drugs and vodka. Paro sends her nude pic to Dev via email and later, wants Dev to have sex with her in the fields. Chanda, a hooker, indulges in phone sex mainly. Clearly, Kashyap's Dev, Paro and Chanda are audacious and rebellious.

There's no harm if you pick up an enticing story and tell it your way, but Kashyap goes a bit too far, crosses all limits and tends to get abstract once again. And that's the reason for DEV D's downfall.

To Kashyap's credit, a number of individualistic scenes are interestingly handled. Unfortunately, the proceedings gyrate from absorbing to boring to yawn-inducing. The writing [screenplay: Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane] lacks consistency.

So what's the final word? Does Kashyap redeem himself after the boring and listless NO SMOKING? Unfortunately, he doesn't. Watching DEV D is akin to doing atyachaar on oneself!

Son of a rich industrialist, who is sent away to London when he was 12, Dev [Abhay Deol] returns to his hometown and to Paro [Mahi Gill], his childhood sweetheart. Inseparable as they seem, a misunderstanding puts their lives in a tizzy; Paro is married off to someone else and Dev goes into severe depression.

Not one to take on responsibilities for his acts, Dev digs deep into drugs and alcohol for salvation. He stays away from home, but his finances still come from a doting father.

Lenny [Kalki] likes to live her life on the edge -- a rich student with a penchant for adventure. After a devastating MMS scandal, she's abandoned by her family and is forced into isolation. As a runaway, she finds shelter with Chunni, a pimp. With great determination and inner strength she adopts an alter ego -- Chanda.

As Chanda, she gets to be a high profile escort by night, while Lenny remains a college student by day. At this juncture, Dev enters her life…

Despite the fact that you know the basic plotline of DEV D even before the reels begin to unfold, what you're keen to know is, how has Kashyap executed the subject? The sequences between Dev and Paro at the start are captivating and the volatile relationship they share makes you realize that Kashyap is on the right track. Note the altercation between Dev and Paro, which prompts Paro to marry Bhuvan, who's much older to her, besides being a father of two.

Post Paro's marriage, DEV D starts going downhill. Lenny/Chanda's MMS scandal is straight out of life and the reasons that make her turn into a hooker are well explained. But the sequences between Dev and Chanda lack fizz. Equally sad are the scenes between Dev and Chunni. Besides, there's not much movement in the story after a point and the goings-on get boring. The journey to the climax is prolonged and tedious.

Amit Trivedi's music sounds good to the ears. 'Emosanal Attyachaar' is already popular, besides a couple of other songs ['Nayan Tarse' and 'Pardesi']. But there're too many songs in the narrative. Rajeev Ravi's cinematography captures the rustic look of North India well.

Abhay Deol is natural. Mahi is decent, while Kalki shows sparks in a few scenes only. The balance cast, including the actor playing Chunni, are strictly okay.

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Dev D's new trauma: Abhay's no salesman

Abhay Deol’s Dev D is all set for release next week. But the hatke actor says he finds it difficult to promote his films. In fact he says he hates doing it.

“Can I risk saying that the part of films I hate most, is promoting it? It's not about the ego, it's not about projecting an image, it's not about being lazy or anything else you might think. The truth is, I love making movies but I just don't have it in me to sell them. I am an actor not a salesman, but most people seem to think that the two are one and the same,” writes Abhay on his blog, “I find promoting extremely tiring. It basically means I have to answer the same questions (and there are usually three at the most) a 1000 times, in the span of 8 to 9 hours. It usually goes like this - What is the film about? How was it working with the director? and Are you having/had an affair with the actress?”

Deol goes on to add that the real interest of the reporter lies in wanting to know about the actor’s love life rather than his work. “While they have to ask the first two questions, they are most interested in the third one and the rest of the interview almost always focuses on that. With a scandalous headline to match! No wonder most people perceive actors to be sex-starved maniacs.”

“I'm in this business because I love it. Besides the fact that I was never good at anything else, I actually find satisfaction at the end of a long day at the office (which could be anywhere within the country or the globe). I love entertaining people and taking them away from reality for the few hours that a film lasts. I love making them dig deep within their conscience and making them perhaps re-evaluate their lives or even their values. Most of all, I like being in someone else's shoes. It helps me understand myself that much more,” he adds.

The actor says that it is quite tough for to deal with all the attention as he is fiercely private about his life. “We live in a world that is obsessed with celebrity and celebrity lifestyle. I am a very private person and cringe at attention but if I don't get recognized then that simply means no one is watching my work. So recognition is essential but what I find hard to deal with is obsession. Nothing makes me happier than someone coming up to me and saying, "we saw your film and loved it", and nothing makes me blush more than someone wanting to take my picture and my autograph and my phone number,” he says.

And for all his detractors, Deol has a simple message. “I'm so tempted to write about my journey within the industry. About facing prejudice more than the average person, of trying to keep my individuality in the face of an industry that only wants to mould you in the image of a "hero". Of trying to do films that everyone says, "won't work", or with directors that the producers and distributors will not support. But it won't serve any purpose because five films down, that has become my strength and people and critics have responded positively. There are those who say that I have it easy because I am the only one doing the kind of films I do. I'd like them to try and get to do what I have done. If I am reaping the benefits today, it is only because I have been through the worst.”

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