DHOOM:3 RELEASE SHIFTED TO 2013

The much awaited release of DHOOM:3 has now beenshifted to 2013. This has been necessitated because of various production andpost-production considerations.
While the shoot begins fromend-November 2011, we anticipate a demanding 10 to 11 months of intenseshooting with concurrent post-production, which will stretch beyond. This willprobably be cutting it too fine for a Christmas 2012 release.
In view of this and keeping theinterest of the audience expectations from DHOOM:3, both Aditya Chopra and Vijay KrishnaAcharya (Victor) in consultation with Aamir, have decided to delay the releaseof the film to 2013.
Speaking about this, Victor said,“DHOOM:3is very dear to all of us as well as to its audience who expect only the bestfrom the franchise. While the shooting will finish in time, we expect thepost-production to take much longer. We are trying our best to give one of thefinest cinematic experiences to our discerning audience and therefore did notwant to compromise the quality of the film just to meet the releasedate.”
Produced by Aditya Chopra, DHOOM:3 will be written anddirected by Vijay Krishna Acharya, who has written DHOOM 1 & 2. He has also written and directed Tashan.
Both Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra will continue intheir now iconic roles of Jai Dixit and Ali.
Look forward to DHOOM:3 in 2013!

Boney Kapoor's ISHQZAADE

ISHAQZAADE

Ishaqzaade hain jitne fasano mein, milte hain kahan ab jahanon mein

Rising from the ashes of hooliganism and small town clan wars, comes the love story of a passion ignited by hatred.

Two people. Born to hate. Destined to love.

Yash Raj Films next project, "ISHAQZAADE", written and directed by Habib Faisal and produced by Aditya Chopra, will now see the launch of Arjun Kapoor along with Parineeti Chopra, in lead roles. Shooting has started from today and the movie is scheduled for a May 2012 release.
Follow the story of the ishaqzaade’s as their turbulent journey unfolds in the often unrealistic and daunting political confines of rural India.

The Team

Habib Faisal, the award winning director of Do Dooni Chaar and an award winning writer (Band Baaja Baaraat), has also put together a team of immensely talented people, all with tremendous critical acclaim:

Hemant Chaturvedi (Company - 2002, Maqbool - 2004 & Kurbaan - 2009) is the DOP.

Amit Trivedi (National & Filmfare Award for Dev:D and Filmfare Award for Udaan - 2010 & acclaimed musical score for No One Killed Jessica - 2011) is composing the music with lyrics by Kausar Munir (Tashan - 2008).

Mukund Gupta, who won the award for best Production Designer for Do Dooni Chaar, is doing the production design.

Aarti Bajaj (Do Dooni Chaar - 2010, Jab We Met - 2007, Dev:D - 2009, No One Killed Jessica - 2011, Rockstar – 2011, apart from several others) will be editing the film.

Rekha & Chinni Prakash, National Award winners for Jodhaa Akbar and with a long list of outstanding achievements credited to their names over the years, will be choreographing the film.

And Sham Kaushal, greatly respected and much awarded for Krrish and Kaminey, is the action director.

MOD

Synopsis 
Mod is a heartfelt, emotional love story between two completely mismatched people. 
Aranya (Ayesha Takia Azmi), a “full-of-life” 25 yr old, lives in the sleepy and idyllic hill station, Ganga. The little town is the home of many colourful characters – Ashok Mahadeo (Raghubir Yadav), Aranya’s whacky father who is the head of the local fan club of Kishore Kumar, the fiery Gayatri Garg (Tanve Azmi), “GG”, her aunt, friend, and confidant, who runs a restaurant and is a mother figure to Aranya, chubby Gangaram (Nikhil Ratnaparkhi), the local shopkeeper who harbours feelings for Aranya and Ashok’s music band, the ever present Kishore Bhakts. 
Aranya’s mother left to pursue bigger dreams in the city when Aranya was a little girl and both father and daughter hope that one day she will return. They wait dutifully everyday to see if the lone train that passes by their house will bring her back. Aranya runs a watch epair store, a legacy handed down by her mother to support her father and herself. 
One day a total stranger, Andy (Rannvijay Singh Singha), lands up at her doorstep to have his watch fixed. He is painfully shy, but keeps returning day after day to have his water logged watch repaired. As payment he leaves a 100 rupee note in the form of an origami swan. Aranya slowly warms up to this quirky stranger and through a series of meetings and against all odds they fall in love.  
But who is Andy? Where is he from? And what is his past? 
As Aranya discovers the truth about Andy, the film heads to an exciting and emotional climax in the strongest tradition of great love stories. 
When love happens, life takes a turn...
Nagesh Kukunoor – Director’s Profile
A chemical engineer by profession, Nagesh Kukunoor gave up his lucrative career as an environmental consultant in Atlanta and using his personal savings wrote, produced, acted and directed his immensely successful debut film, Hyderabad Blues, which went on to become the largest grossing low budget Indian film in English. Some of its box office records in India were astounding given the fact that the film was not what was traditionally defined as “commercial” in Indian filmdom. It ran to full houses for 31 weeks in Mumbai, 28 weeks in Hyderabad and 28 weeks in Bangalore. In addition, the film has been to several international festivals winning audience awards at the Peachtree International Film Festival in Atlanta and the Rhode Island Film Festival. With its commercial box-office success in India, Nagesh has created a new genre in Indian cinema - the indie film that breaks the traditional barrier of both commercial and art cinema.
Rockford, a coming of age story of any boarding school going kid, his second film also written and directed by him, follows the same style of film making- of telling empathetic stories that are real and every day, as well as entertaining. Besides its tour of several film festivals, beginning with the Austin Film Festival in 1999, the film was also commercially successful, doing over 16 weeks of business in India.
Bollywood Calling, the filmmaker’s third film, stars Om Puri and Naveen Nischol in the lead. This film also had a very successful commercial run in India and other countries with Indian Diaspora. His next film 3 Deewarein is another ‘genre bender’ on the Indian movie front combining elements of drama and mystery and boasting of an impressive star cast of Naseeruddin Shah and two of India’s biggest Hindi stars Jackie Shroff and Juhi Chawla. The film has been acclaimed critically in India and abroad. It also won the writer-director, Nagesh, a premier Indian award, Film Fare award, in the best original story category.
Hyderabad Blues-2: Rearranged Marriage, the fifth film from the director, is a sequel to Hyderabad Blues, a film that started it all. Picking up six years from where it left off, HB2 also casts Nagesh in its lead.
Iqbal, featuring Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad and Shreyas Talpade, is an inspiring story of a deaf mute boy from a small town in rural India who dreams of making it to the Indian cricket team. Released in 2005, the film was a huge box office success and has been included as mandatory reading in many middle school text books. This film won the National Award and many awards for the director and acting awards for the cast.
Loosely based on a true incident, Nagesh’s next film ‘Dor’, starring Shreyas Talpade, Ayesha Takia, is a story of two women of different worlds coming together. This film received rave reviews, was a runaway success at box office and screened at many international festivals.
His Bombay to Bangkok, again starring Shreyas Talpade and Lena Christensen, is a whacky romantic comedy released in early 2008.
In 2009, shifting gears yet again, Nagesh tackled the action thriller genre about a man with the ability to see the past in 8 X 10 Tasveer starring Akshay Kumar.
Nagesh’s latest film Aashayein opened in August of 2010 to rave reviews and tells the story of a man who learns to live life all over again when he realizes he has ninety days left to live.
Filmography:

> Hyderbad Blues (1998)	> Iqbal (2005)
> Rockford (1999)	> Dor (2006)
> Bollywood Calling (2001)	> Bombay to Bangkok (2008)
> 3 Deewarein (2003)	> 8x10 Tasveer (2009)
> Hyderabad Blues-2 (2004)	> Aashayein (2010)

Director’s note:
I said I would never make a love story because I felt that there was nothing interesting to add. Guess I was wrong. In Mod, I found a story that epitomized my sense of love and old fashioned romance.
I set the story of Mod in the hills of Ooty, Coonoor and Kotagiri, in the fictional town of Ganga – my idea of a small town in Utopian India. The production design and locations made Ganga a town that one reads in fairy tale love stories – pretty, fable-esque yet real and above all innocent. Combining over 40 locations we created this magical place where Aranya could fall in love with Andy.
The winter months were cold but this added to the backdrop of the film. The cold added another dimension to the songs that were shot at night – it is quite difficult to be romantic and in love in sub zero temperatures. We shot straight for 42 difficult days wrapping the film towards the end of March.
I had the best time ever directing the crop of actors on this film.
Ayesha, who I rate as one of the finest actresses in the country today brought Aranya to life a hundred fold better than I could have ever imagined. Her grasp of the character and the core of every scene only made my job easier. Tanve Azmi brought her grace and finesse to the role of Gayatri Garg and created the perfect aunt cum friend to Aranya. Raghubir Yadav made Ashok whacky and memorable as only Raghubir can. In addition hi magical voice added serious depth and reality to the character. The surprise was clearly Rannvijay Singh.
Known for his macho image on MTV, it was a joy to see his honesty and sensitive side that made Andy completely believable. Supported by a host of other actors like Ananth Mahadevan, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi, Rushad Rana and Prateeksha Lonkar, the script truly came to life.
Finally the music! Tapas Relia, my music director, created magic with 4 memorable tracks. From the romantic Tu Hi Tu, to the heart rending Chand Pal Ke Hamsafar to the whacky Aaj Main Ho Gayi Jawaan, he’s given Mod a solid footing to stand on. After all every good romantic Indian film depends on its music to truly make it shine!
It’s been a long journey but well worth it.
I truly look forward to sharing this experience with the audience.
Nagesh Kukunoor
Cast & Crew
Principal Cast:
Aranya : Ayesha Takia Azmi
Andy : Rannvijay Singh Singha
Ashok Mahadeo : Raghubir Yadav
Gayatri Garg : Tanve Azmi
Gangaram : Nikhil Ratnaparkhi
Dr. Reddy : Ananth Mahadevan
Crew
Art Director : Haris Umar Khan
Costumes Designer : Aparna Shah
Sound Designer : Vipin Bhati
Film Editor : Sanjib Datta
Lyrics : Mir Ali Husain
Music and Background score : Tapas Relia
Executive Producer : Devika Bahudhanam
Director of Photography : Chirantan Das
Producers : Elahe Hiptoola & Nagesh Kukunoor
Producer : Sujit Kumar Singh
Written and Directed : Nagesh Kukunoor 
Shreya Entertainment Background
Shreya Entertainment returns to Bollywood with the Nagesh Kukunoor directed ‘Mod’, starring Ayesha Takia Azmi in the lead with VJ turned actor Rannvijay Singh Singha. The film release is scheduled during September/October 2011. The company had previously produced some of Bollywood’s more popular films such as: Jism, Paap, Rog, Yakeen, and Holiday. 
Shreya Entertainment is also focusing on the delivery of audio and audio-visual content to users via mainly digital platforms [such as, wireless, broadband/online, IPTV, and DTH. Content includes: Television programmes, Movies [Bollywood, regional, and Hollywood], Special interest programmes [wellness, cookery, reality, spiritual, nature, wildlife, and humor, among others], and various genres of Indian and International music. Meanwhile, Shreya Events, as part of Shreya Entertainment, is a provider and a promoter of events and events management solutions. More information can be obtained from: www.shreyaevents.in.

Deepika gets proposed to by her fan!

21 year old engineering student, Varun Raj has always had the hots for Deepika Padukone. So much so, that his biggest dream is to marry her! His dream was fulfilled, well almost, when he got the chance to live her life for one whole day!
The Dehradun based lad never once doubted his ability to woo the gorgeous siren. When informed that Deepika was on her way to meet him, he decorated the entire room with flowers and ‘Will you marry me?’ banners. When Deepika finally walked into the room, she was showered with flowers and Varun went down on his knees and proposed to her. What’s more! He even offered her a ring. The unassuming lass happily accepted the ring (but wore it herself). She hugged Varun and the two even did a ball dance to romantic music playing in the background. Varun was left speechless!

NEXT EID ''EK THA TIGER''

Yash Raj Films’romantic thriller, Ektha Tiger, which was scheduled for a 1st June releasewill now release in theatres worldwide on EID 2012.
Since Aamir Khan wanted to release his nextfilm, directed by Reema Kagti, on 1st June, he requested Salman Khan & Aditya Chopra to shift Ek tha Tiger to accommodate this release.Given the close relationship and mutual respect they share for one another,both Adi and Salman were happy to oblige and shift the release to Eid.
Directed by Kabir Khan and Produced by Aditya Chopra, the film stars Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif in thelead roles.
The film is based on astory by Aditya Chopra and the Screenplay & Dialogues have been written byKabir Khan and Neelesh Misra. Aseem Mishra, who has worked with Kabir on New York,is the DOP. The music will be scored by Suhail Sen.
The film is currently shootingin Dublin from where it moves on to Turkeyfor its next schedule.