Film Udyog Se

सोमवार, 26 जून 2017

Golden Period 1950-60s with Trinity of Dilip- Raj-Dev triumphant at Osian’s Greatest Indian Show on Earth 2

Mughal-e-Azam remains favourite of serious Memorabilia collectors

“The value of film memorabilia is there till the time technology replaced hand-painted posters and showcards with printed ones. If we had not placed credible financial value on these related objects of our film culture, the desire to preserve, love and respect our cinematic heritage would have been much more difficult to emerge,” said Neville Tuli, Chairman - The Osian's Group. His words rang through Osian's The Greatest Indian Show On Earth 2 - Vintage Film Memorabilia, Publicity Materials & Arts Auction where film lovers from the world over flocked to take home a piece of Indian cinematic history to be hopefully preserved forever.

Dilip Kumar's rare set of an original watercolour, mixed media and collage showcard artworks of Ram Aur Shyam that saw the actor in a first double role, sold for Rs.3,36,000. Kranti unique 12-sheeter teaser went for Rs.3,00,000. Sohrab Modi's Sikender sepia-toned photographic stills mounted on lobby cards sold for Rs.78,000. Mehboob Khan's Andaz hoarding with Raj-Dilip-Nargis portraits sold for Rs.1,20,000. A Kal Aaj Aur Kal six-sheeter poster of three generations of the Kapoor Family sold for Rs.54,400 while a Bobby Golden Jubilee trophy sold for Rs.74,400. Dilip Kumar's Mela's rare set of 6 original mixed-media collage artworks sold for Rs.48,000. Aan stills, a set of 4, sold for Rs.52,800, to name a few.

Rare Artworks from the later 1990s onwards period such as Shah Rukh Khan's doodle, ink on paper, sold for Rs.1,20,000 while Aamir Khan's frontal portrait in poster paint on cardboard in Mangal Pandey by Balakrishna sold for 64,500 while MF Husain's Gaja Gajamini in Paris photographic collage and ink on paper sold for Rs.1,44,000. The price of all works can be seen at www.osianama.com.

At the auction, original Artworks by Satyajit Ray, Mani Kaul, jostled for space with film legend, Dilip Kumar; the cinematic epic, Mughal-E-Azam, to the unique jubilee trophies of Bobby, Deewar, Heera and others; from original publicity-material art for Andaz (1949), Anari (1959), Guide (1965), Deewaar (1973) and others to rare vintage twelve and six-sheeter posters of Kranti (1981), Silsila (1981), Kal Aaj aur Kal (1971) and others; to rare posters, showcards, lobby cards, photographic stills from the golden 1950’s period to the era of Amitabh Bachchan to the current trinity of Salman-Shah Rukh and Aamir.

Osian’s Chairman, Neville Tuli, highlights the role of auctions in this preservation process: “Today centers of research, museums, archives, collections, related to not just Indian film but all cinemas will emerge deeper and faster with India as a potential hub. It is not very far away when the finest scholars and researchers will flock to India to understand the profound role the cinematic and related arts have played in developing culture and a thousand influences thereon. The auctions have facilitated this journey just like Film Festivals facilitate a film appreciation culture. One has to only see the growth of the Hollywood memorabilia market to understand the vast energies that get energized when the film fraternity, media and the public work in unity to respect one’s history, and hence one’s current creativity.”

Aarambh special screening at Copa

Kartika Nair

Touted as the Bahubali of television, Goldie Behl’s much-awaited historical fantasy Aarambh, produced by Srishti Behl premiered on 24th June, 2017 on Star Plus.

K.V Vijayendra Prasad with Goldie Behl

The show is written by K.V Vijayendra Prasad, who has written blockbusters including Bahubali, Bahubali 2 and many more. His grand idea of bringing the era of Aryans and Dravidians to life was woven into words in Aarambh.

Goldie Bhel with Sonali Bendre

With its interesting cast, brilliant narrative and stellar performances by the lead actors Rajniesh Duggal and Kartika Nair, Goldie Behl’s highly-anticipated historical fantasy on Star Plus, has received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike.

Tanvi Thakkar: All the 6 screens playing my film were houseful

Actress Tanvi Thakkar, whose Gujarati film ‘Aav Taru Kari Nakhu’ released this month, is quite happy with the response she got for her role. She says, “The response to ‘Aav Taru Kari Nakhu’ is amazing. Since it's a family entertainer for all classes and age groups, all kinds of people are liking and appreciating the film.”

In fact, the actress was overjoyed when she saw how well her film is being received in Gujarati speaking states. Recalling an incident, she says, “The film is running very successfully in Gujarat. When I went to a multiplex in Ahmedabad, all the 6 screens playing my film were houseful and people were laughing and hooting throughout. It felt so good to see your film being appreciated by the audience.”

Tanvi had a ball of a time working with her co-actors Aditya Kapadia, Tiku Talsania and Amar Upadhyay. About Aditya, she says, “Aditya and I have worked in the past in a show called ‘Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum’, where we played siblings. He is very quick and delivers his best in no time. I am always amazed watching him perform.” Watching Tiku Talsania perform was also a fun experience for her. She shares, “Tiku Talsania has a great sense of comedy. It is always a pleasure to see him perform. But what's most amazing about him is how much he loves his craft. He was shuffling between his plays and this film, so he would travel every day between Ahmedabad and Surat, but there was not one complain or groan from him. It shows that he is in love with what he does. Amar, too, is a very confident actor. That's one thing I really admire about him.”

As an actor, Tanvi is not at all choosy and says that the medium does not matter to her until the role she is essaying is fulfilling. She revealed, “Bollywood or television or digital or ads I am in here to act and whatever interests me I would do that. I always believe it's better to shine on television than do a foolish role in a film. But if I do get a good film, then why not? Also, wow that my Gujarati has improved, I would definitely like to do a lot more work. As an actor, I wouldn't like to do limited kind of roles. I want to do from comedy to drama, from an urban to rural films. And, now that my Gujarati has improved, I would definitely like to do a lot more work.”

Way to go, Tanvi. We are sure we will be seeing a lot more of you from now on!

Baba Siddique & Zeeshan Siddique host their annual Iftaari celebration

It's that time of the year again where the biggest and most influential names meet under the same roof at Baba Siddique & Zeeshan Siddique's annual Iftaar dinner.The popular politician along with son Zeeshan, hosted his 9th annual Iftaar bash at the Taj Lands End Gardens, Bandra which saw some of the biggest names in cinema, business, politics, medicine ,law and people from all walks of life came together.

The Iftaar saw a host of celebrities from the Indian film industry including superstars Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, Salman's family Salim Khan and Sohail Khan, sisters Alvira Agnihotri and Arpita Khan Sharma and their spouses Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma and baby Ahil, Preity Zinta, Kabir Khan, Mini Mathur, Sooraj Pancholi, Huma Qureshi, Daboo Ratani, Ileana D'cruz, Nidhhi Agerwal, Abbas Mastan, Rajkummar Rao, Sonu Sood, Maniesh Paul, Amyra Dastur, Kiara Advani, Gurmeet Choudhary, Neetu Chandra, Freddy Daruwala, Manish Malhotra, Jay Bhanushali, Mahhi Vij Aamir Ali, Sajid, Wajid, Rhea Chakraborty, Mustafa Burmawala, Puj Banerjee, Krushna Abhishek, Kashmira Shah, Himesh Reshammiya, Shama Sikander, Ankita Lokhande, Ragini Khanna, Aarti Singh, The Moranis, Anees Bazmee, Bhushan Kumar, Kishan Kumar, Sajid Farhan, Sajid Nadiadwala, Aditya Pancholi, Rashmi Desai, Upen Patel, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Swapnil Joshi, Akruti Nagpal, Sonali Raut, Suha Gezen, Aalim Hakim, Shanu Hakim, Mukesh Chhabra, Niketan Madhok ,Vaibhav Tatwadi among others.

Others from the field of politics to attend included Sushil Kumar Shinde, Prithviraj Chauhan, Ashok Chauhan, Mohan Prakash , Pratap Sarnaik, Sachin Ahir, Vishwajeet Kadam, and many more.