Ali Zafar meets with Jean Claude Van Damme at Cannes

Ali Zafar who recently traveled to the French Riviera for the 66^th Cannes Film Festival happened to meet with one of his idols , the legendary Jean Claude Van Damme who is one of the most popular action stars of all time.

Ali bumped into the star at an after-party at one of the Festival’s events and couldn’t contain his excitement – Says Ali, “We met at a party where the music was too loud. We mostly spoke in actions; and he’s an action hero,” .

After attending the special film screenings at the Cannes festival and discovering the exotic French Riviera, actor-singer Ali Zafar plans to fly to Monaco with his friends to celebrate his 33^rd birthday.He eagerly awaits this holiday as after the extremely hectic schedule of Chashme Baddoor and Aman ki Asha, this is going to be his first breather in a very long time -

Richa Chadda -Bollywood's go-to Gangster girl

Richa Chadda is fast gaining the reputation of a gangster's favorite girl -Right from Gangs of Wasseypur ,Fukrey to Tamanchay ,Richa has proved to be extremely lucky and has always been the first choice for the roles that are being chalked out in the gangster/thug genre - Says a source, "While most actresses are looking for roles that are glamorous and always show them in good light,Richa is an actress who does not back the herd mentality and is keen on doing roles that push the envelope and require her to leave all inhibitions and focus on her acting,,,,She is being approached for all the lady-gangster roles since very few have managed to find the kind of success she has in the genre".

“It’s very inspiring to see Rahman’s enthusiasm for music” says Raanjhanaa director Aanand L Rai

Constantly shuffling between LA,Mumbai and Chennai Oscar winner A.R Rahman who is at the moment living out of his suitcase is ensuring that the music of Eros International’s Raanjhanaa gets the time and attention it deserves even if that means composing the music and background score while in LA.

Confirms the Raanjhanaa director Aanand Rai, “It’s very encouraging and inspiring to see Rahman’s enthusiasm about the music. We’re done with the songs and now he’s working with on the background score from LA. .We’re on the phone together constantly getting the right lines and notes into place for the background music.”

All praise for the music maestro says the director, “For Rahman Raanjhanaa is like his first score. After all these years he hasn’t lost his enthusiasm and passion for his music. He is in a different continent. But he is constantly connecting with me on the music. The background music is shaping up even when we are not together in the same city. Working long-distance on the music Raanjhanaa has proved very rewarding to my project.”

With music composed by A.R Rahman, Eros International’s Raanjhanaa directed by Aanand L Rai, starring Dhanush , Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol is scheduled to release 21st June 2013.

MUSE TO PERFORM LIVE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 2 AS PART OF THE MASSIVE GLOBAL PREMIERE OF “WORLD WAR Z” IN LONDON

 

Paramount Pictures has teamed up with Grammy Award-winning British band Muse to feature the band’s music in the new film “WORLD WAR Z.”  The tracks are from Muse’s latest albumThe 2nd Law.  Following the film’s world premiere in London’s Leicester Square on Sunday, June 2, Muse will perform live from Horse Guards Parade Ground, St. James’s Park.  Tickets for the live performance will be available Tuesday, May 28 at 9:00 a.m. BST.  For more information and for tickets, please visit http://www.worldwarz.co.uk/MUSE 

“WORLD WAR Z” revolves around an ex-United Nations investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.  Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos and James Badge Dale. 

Since forming in 1994, Muse has released six studio albums selling upwards of 15 million albums worldwide. The band earned its highest-ever debut on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart when “The 2nd Law” bowed at No. 2 a week after its October 2 release. Madness, the first single from the album, was No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Chart for 19 weeks, breaking the previous record set in 2007. The “2nd Law” and “Madness” received two Grammy Nominations this year. The group’s last album, The Resistance, reached No. 1 in 19 countries around the world, and they have won numerous awards including a Best Rock Album Grammy Award and an American Music Award for The Resistance. 

“WORLD WAR Z” is directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan and Drew Goddard & Damon Lindelof, and screen story by Matthew Michael Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski.  Based on the novel by Max Brooks. Produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Ian Bryce.  

“WORLD WAR Z” is in theaters June 21, 2013. 

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Meera & Aryeman refused to dub for Bhadaas

How would it be possible to not have some spice while making a film with Pakistani Actress Meera in it.

During the first three days shoot of Ajay Yadav directed film ‘Bhadaas’ went on smoothly but on the fourth day first glitch hit him. First it was Meera, who started complaining about the scenes and that she will not be doing many of them. “This is when we had discussed the script scene by scene and she had agreed to all. Then only we had signed her on but she started acting pricey,” comments Ajay Yadav. Later she agreed and shot the sequences but this was not the end of his owes with this moody actress. Once shoot was done she refused to dub for his film. “I had to file a case of non-cooperation with Versova Police Station and now my case is pending at Andheri Court. However my major dilemma was when this virus of non-cooperation was passed on to Aryeman Ramsey also. I was shocked when even he started throwing tantrums on the sets and finally refused to dub for my film,” says a visibly irritated director. He sent numerous messages to Aryeman, tried calling him but to no avail. “It is surprising because actresses are known to be a little finicky but actors? And Aryeman? Anyways I am all set to release my film, with or without their support.”

Produced under the banner of SERENE FILMS and directed by Ajay Yadav, the psycho thriller Hindi film ‘BHADAAS’ is releasing all over on 14^th June 2013. With the star cast of Aryeman Ramse, Meera, Ahsutosh Kaushik, Shree Rajput, Ananth Mahadevan, Rudra Kaushish, Mohini Neelkanth and  Mushtaq Khan, it is the story of a young girl Daisy, Police inspector Vijay and Assistant Commissioner’s daughter Neha. Every night of full Moon, men start disappearing, creating a panic.  A trap is laid to catch the killer red handed.

Produced, Written and directed by Ajay Yadav, DOP for BHADAAS is Mukesh Maru, Editors are Karan Varia & Vaibhav Waman, Associate Director is Kumar Acharya and it is Co- produced by Vijay Yadan & Vandana Singh. Music of the film is given by Shabab Azmi while Lyrics are by Israr Ansari.