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Rana & Bipasha Link-up False

Aditi Ruhi — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:33:32 +0000

Rana Daggubati, the son of film producer, D. Suresh Babu, and one of the lead characters in Rohan Sippy’s Dum Maaro Dum, has been paired with Bipasha Basu. The fresh chemistry looks great on screen and the promos lend credibility to it. To top that off, Rana and Bipasha got along very well during the shoot and anybody could see the comfort level as Bipasha helped ease Rana into his first Hindi movie by helping him with his lines and nervousness.

Given Rana’s single status and the chemistry between the two, rumors of their link-up have surfaced. But Bipasha has been seeing John Abraham for over 8 years now and has gone through the relationship with a fair amount of controversies to come out stronger and more comfortable with Abraham. This particular instance is the same.

Also, Rana was quick to squash the rumors via Twitter claiming, “I have immense respect for Bipasha as a co-star and it’s embarrassing that people should think otherwise. Don’t know where the rumors keep creeping up over and over again!” Looks like he is not one to let the gossip be part of the hype around the movie and doesn’t want to be part in causing a rift between Bipasha and John.

Dum Maaro Dum releases April 22nd and stars Abhishek Bachchan, Prateik Babbar, Bipasha Basu, & Rana Daggubati with a special appearance from Deepika Padukone.

The Next X-Men, Jackman & SRK?

Aditi Ruhi — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:54:15 +0000

March 23rd to the 25th saw the prestigious FICCI Frames convention, which focuses on media and entertainment. Frames is a three-day convention bringing together over 2000 Indian and 800 foreign delegates from all avenues of entertainment and movies. The three days saw some of the stars of Bollywood taking part in the sessions and presentations. The end of FICCI Frames saw a great, funny, dynamic between SRK and Hugh Jackman, the X-Men star. SRK has always loved super hero movies and that is clearly evident with his production releasing this year, Ra.One with Kareena Kapoor. He’s hired the best from Hollywood to make the effects look real and has spared no penny. So when Hugh Jackman and SRK shared the same stage at FICCI, the prior claimed to be a big fan of the movie, Wolverine, and said, “I have seen a lot of Hugh’s films and also his work on TV. I loved Wolverine the most and during our discussion just a while back, Hugh offered me to be part of the next X-Men installment. I told him I am in. I would definitely love to do X-Men with him.”

Now before people get excited, this was the regular quipping that audiences are used to from SRK, especially during award shows. Except this time, Jackman was quick to respond back in his own humorous way by correcting SRK, “Well, Oh! I just asked you to finance the film.”

Even though this turned out to be a joke, we bet fans would be extremely interested in seeing the combination of Jackman & SRK on screen! And with collaborations between the two movie industries are increasing nowadays, this certainly is something worth exploring.

Actor Navin Nischol Passes Away

Aditi Ruhi — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:40:31 +0000

On March 19, 2011, on his way to a friend’s Holi party, Navin Nischol passed away as a result of a heart attack. He was 65 years old.

In 1968, Navin Nischol received the first gold medal from the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII). He went on to become an actor who was famous in the 70s for movies such as Victoria No. 203 (1972) and Dhund (1973). After several commercially successful movies he switched over to character roles and television. One of his most famous television serials was a popular comedy in 1993 Dekh Bhai Dekh,, which was set in Mumbai featuring an extended family with Shekhar Suman & Farida Jalal as co-stars.

The last movie he was seen in was Break Ke Baad (2010) as Imran Khan’s father, Jeet Gulati.

His colleagues at FTII and in the film and television fraternity alike remember him fondly. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

Scene By Scene: Akaash Breaks Down in Dil Chahta Hai

Aditi Ruhi — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:21:44 +0000

Picking your favorite scene is like picking your favorite child. Now I don’t have the latter, far from it, but I use the comparison simply to illustrate the difficulty the task poses. However, when I sat down to think about it a moment, I was surprised my favorite movie, DDLJ, didn’t come immediately to mind. Instead, the one that came to mind immediately was Dil Chahta Hai.

The Scene
Akaash, played by Aamir Khan, is in Australia, alone, with the looming reality that the girl that he’s in love with is about to get married to another. He comes back to his apartment after an uninspired and distracted day’s worth of work only to pick up the phone and call his friend, Sameer (Saif Ali Khan). Except to his surprise, he calls Sid (Akshaye Khanna), who because of personal problems, he doesn’t speak with anymore. He’s caught off guard when Sid’s mom picks up the phone and after deferring puts the phone down and completely breaks down. Akaash’s father calls immediately after and correctly deciphers Akaash’s loneliness and troubles and asks him to come back home.

What Makes It So Special
* Sigh * I need a moment…

Ok. This scene gets to me every time I watch it. And I must have watched it entirely too many times than anyone should admit. There’s a reason for it however…

Let me begin with the movie for I believe it provides a context for why I love the scene so much. This was a very coming of age, turn of the century movie. Dil Chahta Hai came out in 2001 and heralded a type of Indian cinema which was more stylized, practical, and most importantly, relatable to the younger generations. The characters had true-to-life dialogues and circumstances, which made empathizing with them so much easier. Akaash was the ever confident, doesn’t believe in love, bravado filled youth we love to hate. Sameer was the lovable guy who thought he was in love with every new girl he met. And Sid was the self-reflective, quieter, and more demure part of the group. When Akaash and Sid have that fight, my heart broke for such a beautiful friendship that was over an issue not communicated and agreed upon between the two friends from the beginning.

Getting back to the scene, when Akaash breaks down, all of that confidence, jokes, and smiles gives way to the one thing that we never thought would happen to him – falling in love. The scene before shows an awkward dinner where Akaash openly shows his discomfort with being around Shalini (Preity Zinta), her fianc