ANUPAM KHER’S NEXT DIRECTORIAL - I WENT SHOPPING FOR ROBERT DE NIRO

Anupam Kherannounces his next directorial venture; I Went Shopping For Robert De Niro, a 29 minute short film, in honour of his Oscar Nominated Silver Linings Playbook co star. He has also produced the film under his banner Actor Prepares Mumbai, named after his acting school. “I have been wanting to direct a film for the past one year. When I came back from the USA after completing Silver Lining’s Playbook, Yamini, the writer of the short film, narrated the concept to me and I thought it is a wonderful story and I wanted to tell it. I decided to direct and produce it.” says Kher who is currently riding high on the success of Special 26.

“Ashok Pandey is like the proverbial Stork for me”-Sanjay Mishra

 Sanjay Mishra played a pivotal central character of Puttan Pal in Ashok Pandey produced 'Phas Gaye Re Obama' and his first child Pall was born before the release of that film. In fact he had gotten married when he had signed the film. Now he is playing Puttan Pal, a man possessed to fighting mehengai,in Ashok Pandey’s second film ‘Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga...’ releasing on 8^th March, he is expecting his second child end February. “This is so weird. Everytime his film is to release, I get a child. So many other films have come and gone without any population increase in my house, but once again Ashok’s second film is coming and so has come my second child. Now I have to think whether I should do his third film or not. Me and my wife are perfectly happy with two. Three will become too many,” laughs Sanjay Mishra. According to him he had been a free bird till he met Ashok, and now he has hathkadee & bedi and is tied down to matrimonial bliss. "Aate daal, aur Doodh ka bhav pata chal gaya hai mujhe," he comments

REVEL FILMS, the makers of successful film 'Phas Gaye Re Obama' now bring you “Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga...”releasing all over on 8^th March 2013. The story is a hilarious and satirical take on Mehngai (inflation) through a middle class family from a small North Indian City. The family, crushed under the burden of Mehngai tries to deal with it through an ingenious idea, not realizing the problems they would get tangled into as a result of this idea. It is a comical journey of this family battling these issues.

The ensemble star cast of the film includes artistes like Sanjay Mishra, Vishwa Mohan Badola, Zakir Hussain, Pragati, Sitaram Panchal, Ranjan Chhabra, Disha, Paritosh Sand and Pramod Pathak.

Produced by Ashok Pandey and Directed by Anshul Sharma, the story is written by Rupesh Thapliyal & Vijay Manral while DOP of the film is Fasahat Khan. Music for the film is given by Manish J 'Tipu' and lyrics are done by Naveen Tyagi. Marketing Head is Bhavesh Thakkar. All India theatrical rights are with DAR.

मोयेथाई में कैलाश खेर

पिछले दिनों तीसरा मोयेथाई राष्ट्रीय चैम्पियनशिप स्पोर्ट्स काम्प्लेक्स कांदिवली, मुंबई में सम्पन्न हुआ. इस अवसर पर लोकप्रिय गायक कैलाश खेर, सोनल सहगल, रजनीश दुग्गलऔर नरेश कामथ आदि भी उपस्थित थे .

महाराष्ट्र की टीम 6 स्वर्ण, 12 रजत और 5 कांस्य पदकोंके साथ विजेता घोषित हुई. इस प्रतियोगिता में कुल 12 टीमों ने हिस्सा लिया था. मोयेथाई के विश्व चैंपियन बाला शेट्टी भी इस अवसर पर उपस्थित थे और सभीखिलाड़ियों की होंसला आफजाईकर रहे थे ।

विजेता टीम को पदक देते समय कैलाश खेर ने कहा कि,"यहऐसीकला है, जो 18 वीं सदी से ही हमारे से जुडी हुई है. भगवान राम के समय में भी यह कला लोकप्रिय थी एक बार फिर यह हम सभी के सामने है, मुझे आशा है कि यहखेल फिर से हमारे देश में अधिक से अधिक लोकप्रिय होगा. "

Sunny Leone denies rape statement

Actress Sunny Leone has denied making any statement on rape on her twitter account. A section of the online media was abuzz with the news that Sunny had tweeted that “Rape is surprise sex.”

But then that was only after one, Kamaal Rashid Khan had mentioned on his twitter timeline that Sunny had said something to this effect. Kamaal Khan tweeted the above on January 31, when Sunny was busy filming ‘Ragini MMS-2’ in Mumbai.

Some sections of the online media, in an urge to jump the gun, did not verify the same, and ran the news that Sunny had deleted the tweet after putting it up.

“In normal cases, I would have ignored this man’s tweet. But it became an issue and I am not insensitive. Being a woman, I am not one to make a loose comment on rape. At a time when the country is in the aftermath of what happened in New Delhi, it is disgusting for someone to make a joke out of this. I strongly condemn the man’s incorrect and insensitive statement and his false accusation of me having made a callous remark like that,” says Sunny, who has sent a written complaint to the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of the Mumbai Police, urging action.

The actress was earlier approached for a role by Kamaal Rashid Khan and she had refused the same. “I was informed by my manager and husband that this man had earlier offered me a film. We had refused. Maybe this is his way of getting back at us,” remarks Leone.
pls see tweet proving that kamal had tweeted it

WHY ONLY KAMAL? I TOO DESERVE JUSTICE, SAYS DAM999 DIRECTOR SOHAN ROY!

‘I too deserve Justice” says Sohan Roy, the director of DAM999, at Jaipur International Film Festival. He was commenting about the lifting of the possible ban exerted on ‘Vishwaroopa’ by Tamil Nadu government.

“I am happy for Kamal that he may see a possible light for his movie “Vishwaroopa” in Tamil Nadu, in fact he should see it through. But why only am I sidelined .Why my movie DAM999 which is struggling for the last 2 years to get released is still being ignored by the same government?
Tamil Nadu government had banned the release of DAM999 in Tamil Nadu in fear of causing political unrest in the state. The entire controversy was deeply rooted in the political tug of war between the State of Tamilnadu and Kerala over the Mullapperiyar dam.
‘Vishwaroopa’ was banned because of the protest raised by the Muslim community against certain provocative religious contents in the film. DAM999 has raised a social issue into the mainstream which is only concerned about the safety threats associated with age old dams. The viewer community who had watched the Malayalam and English version of DAM 999 are of the opinion that there is no such scene which could have caused issues between the states .The director is upset with the fact that the Govt was reluctant to even watch the movie screening in spite of many requests by the producers of the movie who are from Kerala.
‘I have got great respect for Kamal Hassan. He is a great actor and filmmaker. I too pray for him. But don’t you think I am also a human and I too deserve justice. I have lost crores of money by not getting a release. At least let me get some justice.”
Released on 25^th November 2011, DAM999, a tribute to the 1975 Banqiao Dam disaster in China which claimed 250,000 innocent lives, was banned in the state of Tamil Nadu on unruly grounds.
The movie gained 5 Oscar selections in 3 categories (Original Score, Original Songs and Best Picture), won 2 Global Music Awards (GMA) and was well appreciated at various film festivals across the world including the ongoing Jaipur film festival where it was screened to a packed audience. The latest international recognition came when Sohan Roy was awarded “Star Award for achievement in film industry of Asia” at the International Film Festival Antigua Barbuda. DAM999 made history as the first ever Indian Movie to be selected for screening at Golden Rooster film festival popularly known as the ‘Chinese Oscars’. Out of 25 films from 18 countries competing for Golden Rooster Awards this year, DAM999 was honored to represent India at the film festival.