Bhoot Police' team is all set to roll the last schedule in Jaisalmer!

The highly anticipated spooky adventure has created a massive buzz ever since its announcement. 'Bhoot Police' crew and the lead actors Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Kapoor along with the producer Ramesh Taurani left for their final schedule today, the team clicked a group picture on a chartered flight.

 

‘Bhoot Police’ finished almost 75% of the film post lockdown amidst the pandemic in the scenic locales of Dalhousie and Dharamshala. The team is expected to complete the last schedule of the film in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan this month. 

 

The lead cast of the film includes Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Yami Gautam and Jaaved Jaaferi. The movie is helmed by Pavan Kirpalani and produced by Ramesh Taurani and Akshai Puri.

 

While the other details around the film are heavily under wraps, this exciting, spooky adventure will indeed be a treat for the viewers in summers.

 

With the film's last shooting schedule underway watch this space for further updates on this exciting project!

 

Tips Industries Ltd in association with 12th Street Entertainment presents 'Bhoot Police', directed by Pavan Kirpalani. Produced by Ramesh Taurani, Akshai Puri and co-produced by Jaya Taurani

Team #Nikamma calls it a wrap!

 

Varun Dhawan commence shoot for Bhushan Kumar and Remo D'Souza's Dance film in Punjab

sj

The most anticipated film of the year, Bhushan Kumar and Remo D'Souza's yet to be titled dance musical which features Varun Dhawan as the lead will commence the seven day long schedule today in Punjab. The team which includes, Bhushan Kumar, Remo D'souza, Varun Dhawan and Lizelle D’souza, visited the Golden Temple yesterday on landing in Amritsar.

Bhushan Kumar shares, “We’ve got a lot of positive energy from the temple and are now geared up for the shoot. It’s an exciting project for our music label to be associated with, since being a dance film it has scope for a lot of songs. We have 12 in all and Sachin–Jigar’s album will be a mix of original, folk and recreated songs,”

Bhushan Kumar furthered added that they will be shooting for a Punjabi wedding song, followed by a few emotional sequences featuring Varun and his reel life family. After this, they will fly off to London for a 40-day schedule that begins on February 10.

The film opens on November 8. “I’ve known Varun’s father and his brother Rohit since a long time. I share a friendly equation with him as well. Varun has a great sense of script and music, he is involved in every aspect of filmmaking,” asserted Bhushan who is producing the film with Remo’s wife, Lizelle D’souza.

Bhushan confirms that the film is not part of any franchise and that they will reveal the title soon. “It’s a completely original concept which we are planning to spin into a franchise,” he stated.

Shraddha Kapoor who will be seen sharing the screen with Varun again is currently learning different dance forms with Remo’s team and will join the unit in London. Nora Fatehi also plays a pivotal role.

India’s biggest dance film is directed by Remo D’Souza produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Lizelle D’Souza starring Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor.

The much-awaited political drama; The Accidental Prime Minister complete its shoot

The very first look of The Accidental Prime Minister got some extolling reviews all across the nation, Anupam Kher as Manmohan Singh was undoubtedly one of the best makeovers that the country witnessed. The political drama is based on the memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh.

The shoot of the movie is finally finished with the entire cast being on the board. Anupam Kher is in the primary role, featuring as Dr. Manmohan Singh. Akshaye Khanna will be playing the role of the Indian Policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, followed by Munish Bhardwaj as Kapil Sibbal, Anil Rastogi as Shivraj Patil, Aahna Kumra as Priyanka Gandhi, Arjun Mathur as Rahul Gandhi, Vijay Kumar as Bhairao Singh, Vimal Verma as Laloo Prasad Yadav, Shiv Subrahmanyam as P.Chindambram, Manoj Tiger as Aman Singh,Naval Shukla as Yashwant Sinha.

The movie also features Ajit Satbhai as Narsimha Rao, Divya Seth Shah as Gursharan Kaur, Sunil Kothari as APJ Abdul Kalam, Suzzane Bernet as Sonia Gandhi and Pradip Chakrabarti as Pranab Mukherjee.

The actors and their respective looks have created enough buzz for the audience to demand more from this political drama. Debutant Director  Vijay Ratnakar Gutte spoke, “We are enthralled by the reviews we have gotten so far with the looks of the characters. It has only made us work hard and kingpin better towards delivering this product”

The script is written by Vijay Gutte and Mayank Tewari; Tewari recently won the Asian Film Awards for India’s official Oscar’s entry -  Newton.

The creative producer of the film is Hansal Mehta and the movie is produced by Bohra Bros. 'The Accidental Prime Minister' is slated to release on December 21, 2018.

It’s a wrap for Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi

It’s a wrap for the cast and crew of Eros International and Colour Yellow Productions’ Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi (HPBJ) in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

After making a grand announcement of the movie in October last year, filmmaker Mudassar Aziz has shot the movie across the beautiful locations of Amritsar followed by the final shooting schedule in Kuala Lumpur.

HPBJ is a sequel to the 2016 laughter riot, Happy Bhag Jayegi featuring Diana Penty in the lead role along with Abhay Deol, Ali Fazal and Jimmy Shergill.

In an attempt to take the original starring Sonakshi Sinha as the new Happy along with the original character played by Diana Penty, Jimmy Shergill, Piyush Mishra and Ali Fazal, to the next level and the audience on a roller-coaster ride, producer Aanand L Rai is looking forward to take it to the audience this August.

Says Mudassar, “It’s quite a happy and an emotional moment for everyone associated with Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi. It has been an enriching experience shooting the film. I’ll definitely miss my ‘Happy’ team and always cherish the moments working on the movie, which is very close to my heart.”

Behind the scenes pictures: Kalyan Jewellers Shoot- Katrina Kaif

Kalyan Jewellers has announced the appointment of film actor Katrina Kaif as its global brand ambassador, and she will be the face of Kalyan’s existing and soon to launch product portfolios.

Ramesh Kalyanaraman, Executive Director, Marketing and Operations of Kalyan Jewellers said, “On behalf of Kalyan Jewellers we welcome Katrina Kaif. Katrina personifies brand Kalyan’s attributes of style and elegance. She epitomizes the quintessential woman of today –confident, progressive and with the courage of her conviction.

 Katrina has set her own path with sheer hard work, akin to Kalyan’s own growth trajectory. She has built a significant fan base not only in India but globally. This new association will enable us to explore new avenues to engage with our customers as we script our future growth strategy in India and globally.’’

‘’We would like to sincerely thank Ms. Sonam Kapoor for augmenting the product propositions of brand Kalyan over the past two years and helping strengthening its status as one of India’s most trusted jewellery brand,’’ Kalyanaraman added.

Katrina will endorse Kalyan’s jewellery collections and will also be part of Kalyan Jewellers’ customer engagement programmes across its showrooms in India and West Asia.

In India she will predominantly feature in the company’s communication campaigns, especially in the Northern and Western markets.

Katrina joins an eclectic group of Kalyan brand ambassadors including Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Nagarjuna, Prabhu, Shivaraj Kumar and Manju Warrier.

Sanjay Dutt begins shooting for the second schedule of 'Torbaaz' in Bishkek

While the teaser of Rajkumar Hirani’s upcoming film Sanju with Ranbir Kapoor playing Sanjay Dutt onscreen has taken the social media by storm, and now Dutt is busy shooting a month-long schedule for his next upcoming film 'Torbaaz' in Kyrgyzstan.

Dressed in his usual stylish self, the actor posted his picture on Instagram while sporting a cool scarf to match the outdoors as he started shooting for the film in the capital city of Bishkek yesterday. The actor is essaying the role of an army officer in the film which is directed by award-winning director Girish Malik & produced by ace filmmaker Rahul Mittra. Presented by Raju Chadha, 'Torbaaz' will also feature Nargis Fakhri, Rahul Dev & Rahul Mittra in pivotal roles.

The story revolves around suicide bomber kids in Afghanistan and is already being talked about for its high content & world class cinematic experience. Incidentally, Rahul Mittra & Girish Malik are the first Indian filmmakers to shoot in the picturesque country of Kyrgyzstan.

PALTAN crew shoots a patriotic song on Republic Day

What better way to mark India’s Republic Day than shooting a song dedicated to our honourable Indian Army? To commemorate the Republic Day (26th January, 2018), the cast and crew of J P Dutta’s PALTAN will be shooting a patriotic song dedicated to soldiers who fight to safeguard the country’s honour. It’s learnt that the cast and crew including director J P Dutta and actors Sonu Sood, Arjun Rampal, Harshvardhan Rane, Luv Sinha, Siddhant Kapoor, Gurmeet Choudhary and Jackie Shroff will be visiting Chandigarh on 25th January so that they can shoot the song from 26th January onwards. Since the patriotic song features soldiers from the real army, the makers feel privileged to shoot it on the same day. A source informs, “The team of PALTAN is quite excited to shoot the song since it pays tribute to the Indian Army on the Republic Day. The song brings back the successful lyricist-composer Javed Akhtar and Anu Malik who has previously worked on songs in war dramas including Border and LOC:Kargil. The team of PALTAN will be stationed in Chandigarh for an extensive last schedule.”"It's an inspirational song that will remind people of songs like Sandese Aate Hain from Border," the source adds. Without divulging more details about the song, Nidhi Dutta says, “The song that we will be shooting is about our country, brave soldiers and their families because behind every soldier guarding the border there is a family which supports them and let them go so that they can protect their countrymen and make other families secure.” 

Produced by JP Films and presented by Zee Studios, PALTAN is scheduled for a summer 2018 release

Kajol begins shoot for her next film

Kajol began shooting for her upcoming movie Eela (tentative title) yesterday which is directed by Pradeep Sarkar at Yash Raj Studio, Andheri. A pooja was conducted by the entire cast and crew before the camera rolled for the first shot which has the actor enacting a scene of returning home.The movie is produced by Ajay Devgn and Jayantilal Gada (Pen India Limited)

Salman Khan's Tiger Zinda Hai COPIES Liam Neeson's The Grey

The latest promo trailer of Tiger Zinda Hai (a sequel to the blockbuster Ek Tha Tiger) has Salman Khan fighting wolves in snow-clad terrain. It reminds us of the fantastically shot scenes with wolves in Liam Neeson's Hollywood hit The Grey. So much so, that some Hollywood fans might term the sequences as copied. Even Salman's get-up with a woolen cap and leather jacket in some scenes match. Though of course, on the whole, the films would have completely different plots. The clips which begin with Salman skiing like James Bond and Van Damme; being chased by a pack of four wolves. They end with him being attacked head-on by a wolf, while he tries to defend himself with axes. Though the end of the Bollywood promo is as vague as the climax of the Hollywood survival-flick, we are quite sure 'Tiger' Salman will survive, whether Liam Neeson did or didn't (wink). After all, our superheroes never die in a fight. Do they? "The scenes seem to have been wonderfully shot and look realistic and convincing. Even if a little inspiration has been taken from Hollywood films like The Grey or The Revenant (where Leonardo DiCaprio fights and gets mauled by a bear), I don't think it should attract controversy," remarks Bollywood's only PR guru Dale Bhagwagar. Now, we all know that humans have no chance of surviving a hand-to-hand fight with wolves. So does Dale think Salman would survive? "Tiger zinda hai, woh kaafi nahin hai kya?" asks the PR expert as he grins. "Salman's giving great money-making hits to our industry. So if he's having a desi Tiger franchise like James Bond, Jason Bourne, xXx, Harry Palmer, Taken or the Mission Impossible series; what's the harm! The more the merrier," concludes the public relations specialist.

Tiger Zinda Hai : 5 countries, 1 massive action entertainer

Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif starrer Tiger Zinda Hai has shot in five different countries across the world to capture a gripping, explosive and entertaining story. An espionage drama, the film’s protagonists - Tiger and Zoya - travel to five different countries, fighting against the odds to fulfill their life-threatening mission. A dramatic journey of 2 intelligence agents, the film is huge in scale and the director Ali Abbas Zafar wanted the expanse of the movie to come out through Tiger’s adventures across Austria, Greece, Morocco, Abu Dhabi and India. 

Director Ali Abbas Zafar explains, “To meet the scale of the film, we had to travel to four different countries for different reasons. Certain landscapes needed to become a part of the film, so we had to go to Austria to get the snow-covered mountains. We also had to go to Morocco to feature crucial fight sequences of horseback riding. The country’s landscape and topography brings a certain texture to these sequences. It also has horses trained for some fight sequences, as many Hollywood films like Troy, and Mummy Returns. Greece was absolutely picturesque and was

the perfect location to shoot the celebratory anthem ‘Swag Se Karenge Sabka Swagat’.  Abu Dhabi gave us desert terrain. We got great support from the Abu Dhabi government be it locations, production, army and air-force requirement. They helped us create larger than life action drama sequences. We also shot a couple of scenes in North and South block, Delhi. Overall, each location has huge significance and is part of turning points in the film’s script.” 

Keeping in mind its aim to deliver the biggest action adventure of 2017 that are at par with international standards, YRF’s Tiger Zinda Hai team engaged with film crews that have handled major Hollywood films in each foreign location. So expect some jaw-dropping fights and thrills in this Salman Khan starrer. Tiger Zinda Hai will hit theatres on December 22.

It’s A Wrap for Yash Raj Films’ Salman- Katrina Starrer Tiger Zinda Hai

YRF’s mega flick Tiger Zinda Hai starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif has wrapped up shooting with an elaborate schedule in Abu Dhabi. Shot for over 60 days in the Emirate, this spy drama has elaborate action sequences filmed here. Action coordinator Tom Struthers of the Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises fame has worked on this film with director Ali Abbas Zafar. Zafar elaborated, “Shooting for Tiger Zinda Hai was gruelling, challenging and a whole lot of fun. We’ve shot across pristine, relatively unseen locations in Austria, Morocco and shot on a huge lot in Abu Dhabi along with other spots. Right from the infrastructure, to the support that the local military has given us, shooting here was smooth and a great collaborative experience. Tiger and Zoya’s second outing is going to be larger than life, and the shoot lives up to that.”With the principle shoot completed, only a song remains to be filmed for the film. A sequel to the record breaking blockbuster Ek Tha Tiger, Tiger Zinda Hai has filmed across global locations on a lavish, visually impressive scale and has worked with famed international technicians. Set to hit theatres on December 22, this is the big Christmas release for 2017.

Punit Malhotra shares his experience of directing B- Town’s power couple SRK and Gauri in an ad

Punit Malhotra, who shot for a commercial with superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his better half, Gauri says "Its an honour to direct them together. Malhotra’s effusive display of emotions is understandable — it’s no mean feat to bring the King of Romance and his real- life romance together on screen.

As a project for Dharma ; . : , a creative outfit which allows in- house directors to work on ads, Malhotra took on the ambitious assignment of shooting the couple.

How is the real- life chemistry between BTown’s power couple? “ Dreamy, easy and every bit beautiful — just what the world would imagine them to be. People have never seen Shah Rukh sir and Gauri ma’am in this light,” the director says.

While Khan is, needless to say, a natural in front of camera, the star wife refrains from facing the arc lights.

Malhotra reveals that Khan made sure that his wife was comfortable in front of the camera. “ Before Gauri ma’am faced the camera, Shah Rukh sir would run her through the shot.

During her shots, he would sit somewhere close and give her cues. I wanted to capture the chemistry of a husband and wife, who have been married for years. It’s sweet how they know each other’s habits like the back of their hand.” Malhotra agrees that convincing the star wife for the commercial wasn’t easy. It took Gauri’s good friend Karan Johar to change her mind. “ She was apprehensive initially, but barely took any time to warm up. Everyone on set was familiar with her and that put her at ease.” The superstar and his wife send out a strong message with this ad. “ We show the man of the house doing all the work. We wanted to take the division of labour in a marriage to the next level.”

'अर्जुन पंडित' के गीत पर नाचे 'पोस्टर बॉयज'

दर्शकों को याद होगी सनी देओल की १९९९ में रिलीज़ हिट एक्शन फिल्म अर्जुन पंडित और उसके गीत कुडियां शहर दियां की।  इस गीत को दलेर मेहंदी ने गाया था और इसका फिल्मांकन क्लब डांस के बतौर आइटम सॉंग जैसा था।  १७ साल बाद इतिहास खुद को दोहरा रहा है।  फिल्म अर्जुन पंडित के हीरो सनी देओल की पोस्टर बॉयज है।  दलेर मेहंदी ने इस गीत को नेहा कक्कड़ के साथ खुद गाया है। इसे तनिष्क बागची ने रीक्रिएट किया है।  गीत के कोरियोग्राफर गणेश आचार्य है।  इस गीत को सनी देओल के साथ बॉबी देओल और श्रेयस तलपडे पर फिल्माया गया है।  यहाँ बताते चलें कि पोस्टर बॉयज निर्माता और अभिनेता श्रेयस तलपडे की हिट मराठी फिल्म पोस्टर बॉयज की हिंदी रीमेक फिल्म है।  

Akshay Kumar's look for Gold. Started shooting for the film today

And It's A Wrap For Hichki Shoot!

Shraddha Kapoor Shoots For Last Schedule Of ‘Haseena Parkar’ In Pune

Shraddha Kapoor, who will be next seen playing the lead role in Apoorva Lakhia’s upcoming film ‘Haseena Parkar’, which is based on the life of dreaded don Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parkar, is shooting for the last schedule of the film in Pune.A source attached to the film said, “Shraddha spent Tuesday canning her portions, which include a court sequence at Deccan College and a theatre in the vicinity that were cordoned off for the shoot. The college has been converted into a court for the shoot. When Shraddha was informed that the shoot is happening in Pune, she was excited to travel by road as she has fond memories of the city. As a child, she would often travel to the city by road to visit her late maternal grandparents who lived there.” We also have learned that the film will be wrapped up in the coming couple of days.Directed by Apoorva Lakhia, ‘Haseena Parkar’, which stars Shraddha’s brother Siddhanth Kapoor as Dawood Ibrahim, is being presented by Swiss Entertainment and has been produced by Nahid Khan.

Kajol Gave the Clap for Nana Patekar’s Film

The untitled marathi film is a thriller and went on floors on 7th May, sunday when Kajol gave the clap. Ajay took to social media to wish the team good luck while he was busy shooting for Gomaal Again in Filmistaan studios but was present on set along with Kajol and his parents Veeru and Veena Devgan.Nana Patekar is the lead actor in the film which is to be directed by Satish Rajwade.The film's other star cast includes Sumeet Raghvan popularly known as Sahil from Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, and actress Iravati Harshe.The film is produced by Ajay Devgn Ffilms (Ajay Devgn) & Abhinav Shuklaa & Manish Mishra - Watergate Motion Pictures in association with Shree Gajanan Chitra, Cinematography by Suhas Gujarati and Production Design by Aparna Raina

Vivek Oberoi in action mode on the sets of Vivegam

Actor-philanthropist Vivek Oberoi is currently shooting for his debut Tamil movie, Vivegam in Serbia and braved extreme cold temperatures which rain into minus 12 degrees.The action-thriller, co-written and directed by Siva, features South stars Ajith, Kajal Aggarwal and Akshara Haasan, as leads with Vivek stepping into the role of the villain.It’s more of an antihero character,” Vivek pointed out, adding that he has been riding battle tanks and shooting high-voltage stunts at the Belgrade Air Force base in minus 12 degrees.Made at a mega budget of Rs 120 crores, Vivegam features high-octane action sequences choreographed by world renowned action director and crew who have also worked on several Hollywood blockbusters.Vivek, who recently shot daredevil action sequences at Belgrade Air Force base in Serbia, is excited to share the screen space alongside South superstar Ajith Kumar in Vivegam, considered as one of the most awaited films of this year.

Judwaa 2 takes over London

Judwaa 2 cast including Varun Dhawan and Taapsee Pannu have begun shooting in London and if their social media is anything to go by it sure is gonna be one heck of a fun ride.  Recently Varun Dhawan and Taapsee Pannu began rehearsals for the reprise version of Oonchi Hai Building of the original track from the film Judwaa. The song is been choreographed by Bosco-Ceaser who is not letting his stars Varun and Taapsee to leave any stone unturned and getting the best result out of them. Both the actors are brilliant dancers and are currently shooting for the film in the University of London. From what we see on social media, after PINK and Naam Shabana we will see Taapsee in a whole new avatar!