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Looking forward to Bollywood in 2008

31st Dec 2007  22.20 IST
By Aparajita Ghosh  

Hindi film industry will keep its stride to greater milestones in year 2008.

After a critically-acclaimed Bollywood film Taare Zameen Par and comedy ceries like ‘Hey Baby’, ‘Partner’ and ‘Welcome’ rocking the box office in 2007 , 2008 will witness a return of big action thrillers on the Bollywood scene.

Year 2007 saw Bollywood filmmakers attempting to break the shackles of the past, defy the set stereotypes and dabble in experimentation. Some of these experiments may have failed but what is laudable is the newfound spirit to make different and better films. This spirit is likely to continue next year.

January will be the month of actor Ajay Devgan. The first big release of the year would be Rajkumar Santoshi’s Halla Bol, a film that tackles a socially relevant subject. This would be followed by another Devgan-starrer Sunday, a comedy starring a host of talented actors. Later in the year, we would also see Devgan making his directorial debut in U Me Aur Hum which has him pairing with wife Kajol.

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In February will come the film we all have been waiting for long – Jodhaa Akbar, starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai . In March, Hrithik may shoot for an item number in his dad’s production venture Krazzy 4. Later in the year, if his injured knee is fully healed, Hrithik will begin shooting for another home production to be directed by Anurag Basu.

The first half of the year will also see Saif Ali Khan in two films – Race with Bipasha Basu and Tashan with Kareena Kapoor. The actor will also shoot for Kunal Kohli’s next film for Yashraj banner with Rani Mukherjee.

Speaking of Yashraj, Bipasha will be seen playing the leading lady of newcomer Ranbir Kapoor in another production of the banner to be directed by Siddharth Anand.

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Superstar Amitabh Bachchan will be seen in a number of superhuman roles in flicks – Aladdin in which he plays a genie, Bhootnath in which he plays a ghost, God Tussi Great Ho in which he plays god. And there is also Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar Raj which brings Amitabh, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai together again after the Kajrare song. This time the three Bachchans would be seen in neatly etched roles.

The junior Bachchan will be seen in a superhero flick called Drona , which is presently in production stages. Abhishek has already begun shooting Rakeysh Mehra’s Dilli 6 with Sonam Kapoor . He will also make a special appearance in director Apoorva Lakhia’s film Mission Istanbul which has Vivek Oberoi in main role.

After Abhishek and Vivek, it is natural to jump to Salman Khan who will have quite an eventful 2008 with Boney Kapoor’s thriller Wanted Dead And Alive , ‘God Tussi Great Ho’, Hello (cameo appearance), Subhash Ghai’s Main Yuvraj with Katrina Kaif and a home production Main Aur Mrs Khanna with Kareena Kapoor.

Compared to 2007, which saw her in one film ( Jab We Met ), 2008 will be a busy year for Bebo. She will be seen playing a suspicious housewife in Golmaal Returns , a fearless bimbo in ‘Tashan’ and a high society girl in 'Kambakht Ishq' opposite Akshay.

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Akshay Kumar , the darling of masses, will take a break from comedy in ‘Tashan’. He will also shoot for an action thriller called ‘Chandni Chowk To China’. Akki will return to comedy in Singh Is King and to romance in ‘Kambakht Ishq’. But the most unusual film he will be seen in 2008 will be Nagesh Kukunoor’s supernatural thriller 'Eight By Ten', said to be inspired from Manoj Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Sixth Sense’.

Nagesh directs another mainstream star John Abraham in a celluloid drama called Aashayein – a story of a reckless gambler who discovers that he has few days left to live. John will also shoot for Deepa Mehta’s film Luna in early 2008.

Aamir Khan , who had a terrific ending of 2007 with Taare Zameen Par , will be seen in the Hindi remake of Tamil hit Ghajini . He will also produce a campus romance called Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and an English film called Delhi Belly . The actor might also do a film with Rajkumar Hirani.

Among other stars, Priyanka Chopra will be seen in Love Story 2050 with beau Harman Baweja. Vidya Balan pairs with Shahid Kapur in Lucky Charm . Sanjay Dutt will be seen in Easy Monthly Installment and might begin the next film in the Munnbhai series. Sanju will also launch his own production house in 2008.

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"Fashion"
Madhur Bhadarkar who is famous Bollywood director for making realistic movies is now making movie, Fashion. Previously he made Chandni Baar, Page3, Traffic Signal and Corporate. Chandni Baar This moving 2001 drama from Madhur Bhandarkar stars Tabu as Mumtaz, a young bride who takes a job as an erotic dancer to support her no-good husband, and soon becomes entangled with gangsters--with tragic consequences for her and, years later, her children. Starring were Tabbu and Atul Kulkarni. Page3: Madhur Bhandarkar’s movie ‘Page 3’ takes a candid look into the lives of celebrities and stars that adorn the third page of newspaper. Starring in this movie as Konkona Sen Sharma, Boman Irani, Tara Sharma, Atul Kulkarni, Sandhya Mridul. Corporate: After exposing the underbelly of the glitterati in Page 3 , filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar now steps into the boardroom. In his latest film ‘Corporate’, Bhandarkar takes a dig at the corporate world and exposes the depravity that has become an intrinsic part of the business culture in the times of cutthroat competition. Starring were Bipasha Basu, Kay Kay Menon, Minissha Lamba, Sammir Dattani,Rajat Kapoor, Raj Babbar.Traffic Signal which exposes the life of a common man on the streets of Mumbaiand Corporate.

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Priyanka Chopra toiling to lose weight for Fashion as required by the director of the film.Priyanka’s co-stars in the film are Kangana Ranaut and Mugdha Godse. As is the case with Bhandarkar’s films, this movie too will feature some real people from the world of Indian fashion industry. Ace fashion designer Rohit Bal will do the styling of the characters in the film.

And last but not the least, Shah Rukh Khan , who claims to be “jobless” nowadays, is expected to sign a number of films early next year.

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Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) As in any given year, 2008 will see a mixed bag from Bollywood.

"Love Story 2050"

Director: Harry Baweja
Producer: Pammi Baweja
Banner: Baweja Movies
Music Director: Anu Malik
Star Cast: Harman Baweja, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Archana Puran Singh, Harsh Vasisht, Mehezabeen Sarela, Rachit Trehan, Karan Verma
Release Date: July 4, 2008

Get ready for a sneak-peek into the future as Harry Baweja is all set to take you for a ride in his time machine. Yes, we are talking about the film, Love Story 2050, which is a sci-fi movie, due for release on 4th July 2008. The producer of the film is Pammi Baweja, while the story is written by Harry Baweja himself. The music of the film has been given by none other than the music king, Anu Malik. The exuberant start cast includes debutant Harman Baweja, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Archana Puran Singh, Harsh Vasisht, Mehezabeen Sarela, Rachit Trehan and Karan Verma.

The film is about a young boy named Karan, who believes in living life on his own terms and conditions, without any rules. On the other hand, Sana (Priyanka Chopra) is a coy girl, who lives life by the rules. This gives rise to a magical love story between the two. Then we have Karan’s uncle, Dr Yatinder Khanna (Boman Irani), an eccentric scientist who has toiled for years to create the biggest invention of his life, a time machine. As the time machine finally becomes functional, Sana expresses her wish to travel to Mumbai in future. With this, the three of them, along with Rahul and Thea (Sana’s younger brother and sister), land in Mumbai in the year 2050. To their amazement, the face of the city has been completely transformed by soaring 200-storied sky-scraper buildings, flying cars, sky rails and extensive application of robotics. However, following a series of twist and turns, Karan finds himself separated from Sana. In her quest to find his love, OT, a femme robot and Boo, a robotic teddy bear, play distinct roles in bringing them together.
Giving yet another twist in the story is Dr. Hoshi, a demigod of the future, who threatens OT and Boo, preventing them from helping Karan. This is followed by a struggle, which will finally decide Karan’s destiny. So, if you want to know, whether Karan is finally able to win his love and move back in time, don’t miss the high action, science thriller in the theatres near you. For now, we can just hope that the Indian audience appreciates the efforts of Baweja’s, who have tried to serve something new & fresh, instead of the stale masala movies of the past.
Courtesty:http://www.iloveindia.com

"Jaane tu ya jaane na"

Opposites attract. But they do repel as well. Such is the story of Jai and Aditi, the protagonists of ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’.

The movie introduces Aamir Khan’s nephew Imran Khan opposite Genelia D'Souza , who has already acted in a couple of Bollywood films.

Set in a college campus, the film is a tale of friendship, bonding and love. It is about discovering love in one’s heart.

Imran Khan as Jai Singh Rathore

Jai is a Rajput, but he can’t even kill an ant. He is perhaps the most non-violent Rajput you would find in either side of the Aravallis.

Genelia as Aditi

Aditi is the diametric opposite of Jai. She is violent and over-passionate. The most unfortunate thing a person can do is pick a fight with her. When Aditi shoots off her mouth, there is no stopping her.

Synopsis:

For all the right reasons, Jai thinks Aditi’s parents should have rinsed her mouth with soap when she was a kid. Then, perhaps, she would have been mellower.

On the other hand, Aditi thinks Jai is a coward. There is nothing Rajput-like in him.

Two distinct personalities at the same place and same time. Heaven seems to have mixed up apples with oranges.

And there are others as well in the campus group. There is Rotlu who weeps secretly for Aditi. There is Bombs whose heart throbs for Jai. There is Jiggy who applies golden mascara to his hair. And there is Shaleen, the ever-enthusiastic guitar player.

Everybody thinks Jai and Aditi are perfect for each other despite their contrasting personalities. But do Aditi and Jai think so?

Do they really know what their hearts desire? Will they find love in each other?

‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’ marks the directorial debut of Abbas Tyrewala who has written films like Maqbool , Munnabhai MBBS and Main Hoon Na .

The movie also brought back the prodigal director Mansoor Khan from his self-chosen hibernation. Mansoor is the film’s producer along with Aamir Khan .

The film’s music is given by A R Rahman while the songs are written by Abbas Tyrewala.

The movie also has special appearances by a host of actors like Naseeruddin Shah , Arbaaz Khan , Sohail Khan , Arshad Warsi and Paresh Rawal .

‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’ will hit the theatres on July 4, 2008.

Courtesy: http://www.apunkachoice.com

"Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic"

After Hum Tum and Tara Rum Pum again a good romantic chemistry between Saif and Rani.

Starring

Director : Kunal Kohli
Lyricist : Prasoon Joshi
Musician : Shankar Ehsaan Loy

Story

Ranbeer Talwar (Saif Ali Khan), one of the country's top industrialists, is a loner, not out of his free will but just because he lost everyone, he ever loved. Life turns around 360 degrees when he faces the most uncomfortable situation of his life. In a very unusual court verdict, he is to look after four orphan children.
Unfortunately, the orphans hate him and want revenge from him for some reason and Ranbeer cannot meet their eye for certain reasons. The children do not want to live with a man they hate and they go ahead to make it quite evident. Their life together is very unhappy, one day they pray to God for help, and he does help them. He sends his most mischievous, childlike, lovable angle to the rescue, with a mission to bring Ranbeer and the kids together.
Geeta (Rani Mukherjee) comes cycling down a rainbow... and bursts into Ranbeer's house as the self-proclaimed new nanny. And then starts the roller coaster ride of fun, emotions, magic and love.
An angel who doesn't know what love is, A man who always lost love, 4 orphans who need love all come together to bring you a film with fun, excitement, masti, tears, magic and love truly...
...Thoda Pyar, Thoda Magic!

Courtesy: http://www.chakpak.com

"De Taali"

Director: E Niwas
Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh, Saurabh Shukla, Pawan Malhotra, Ayesha Takia, Rimi Sen, Satish Shah, Anupam Kher and Mukul Dev

De Taali has reached the theaters and the verdict is out - there is nothing in this film that makes you feel like giving a clap (taali). One of the major faults with the movie is its story, or rather the lack of it. On top of that, the movie changes momentum every now and then, throwing you completely out of track. The predictability of the script acts like the final nail in the coffin. The editing is not up to the mark, with continuity between the scenes often found lacking. Though the screenplay takes off to a good start initially, it fails miserably in the end. The only solace in the film is Riteish Deshmukh, who seems to be turning out a master of comedy. If it wasn’t for him, the audience wouldn’t even have the solace of occasional laughs. As for Ayesha Takia, she is getting better day by day. Aftab Shivdasani, otherwise a fine actor, did not seem to have his heart in the film. Rimi Sen, as the con-woman, is quite convincing and definitely gives a good performance. The only thing that we now wonder is that what was Anupam Kher doing in the film? His great talent has been miserably wasted.

De Taali Pre-release Review
Get ready to lose yourself in the world of love, laughter and friendship. We are talking about the film ‘De Taali’, scheduled to be released on 20th June 2008. Falling in the genre of comedy/ romance, the movie is directed by E Niwas and produced by Ravi Walia. It will be released under the banner of Rising Star Entertainment. Its music directors are Shekhar Ravjiani and Vishal Dadlani, who has also provided the lyrics, along with Abbas Tyrewala. The star cast of De Taali includes Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh, Saurabh Shukla, Pawan Malhotra, Ayesha Takia, Rimi Sen, Satish Shah, Anupam Kher and Mukul Dev. The story of ‘De Taali’ revolves around the life of three friends Abhishek - Abhi (Aftab Shivdasani), Amrita - Amu (Ayesha Takia) and Paglu (Ritesh Deshmukh). They are very close to each other, despite the differences, and form an integral part of each others lives. Abhi is a rich guy, who keeps falling in love with almost every beautiful girl he comes across. Paglu, true to his name, keeps on making weird plans and being excited about them. Amongst the trio, it is Amu who is the sweetest and always keeps tending to Abhi’s broken heart. Amu and Paglu always remain concerned about Abhi - that he might make a very wrong choice one day, as far as girls are concerned. Unknown to her, Amu’s feelings for Abhi are slowly turning from mere friendship to love. However, as time passes, she becomes aware of her own feelings and also starts believing that even Abhi considers her more than a friend. The illusion is broken when Abhi tells her and Paglu about Kartika (Rimi Sen), a hot babe who has just made an entry into his life.
Paglu, being aware of Amu’s feelings for Abhi, starts concocting plans to bring the two closer. He is busy in formulating one or the other plan to make Abhi notice Amu as someone more than just a friend. At the same time, Paglu and Amu also come to know that Kartika is a con-woman trying to take advantage of the innocent Abhi. Will Paglu and Amu be able to bring the real face of Kartika before Abhi? Will Amu be able to win the love of Abhi? What will happen to Paglu? Wait for 20th June, when all questions will beanswered with the release of the movie.

Courtesy: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com

Aamir

Director: Raj Kumar Gupta
Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal
Rating: ** ½

From the outset, Aamir starts off as an intriguing thriller about a common man forced into criminal exploitation in the course of a day. Aamir Ali (Rajeev Khandelwal) lands at the Mumbai airport only to discover that his family has been kidnapped and he has been turned scapegoat by an extremist group to indulge in a heinous crime. From there starts his journey in the beleaguered by-lanes of Mumbai city as he keeps running on the tunes of the terrorists with no clue about their stealthy mission. By the time he awakes to his assignment, realization strikes that he has been embroiled in a bombing conspiracy. The basic premise of the film is engaging enough with its suspense-thriller setup. The screenplay adopts a blitzkrieg technique of uninterrupted bombardment of a series of scenes that are high, both, on the shock value and realistic treatment. But the thrills are backed on the much-exploited motive of the victimized Muslim that we have come across for the zillionth time this year post a slew of films like Black and White, Shaurya, Khuda Kay Liye, Hope and a Little Sugar that dealt with the issue on varying intensities. Though this one doesn't implement a moral outlook towards the issue till the climax and refrains from getting preachy, a déjà vu factor does seep in the script. The disturbing camera movements by Alphonse Roy as well as the erratic background score by Amit Trivedi elevate the effect on a subconscious level. Filming sequences at actual locations from the lean lanes of Dongri to the shoddy guest houses of Bandra show Mumbai in an entirely different outlook. Director Raj Kumar Gupta refrains from resorting to the regular formula of a romance angle, song-n-dance track, item numbers, et al and attempts to tread a distinctive path. But as the proceedings progress towards the climax, the film seems to lose fizz. Aamir suffers from the regular thriller setback of an interesting built-up but a lackluster culmination. Also a major blemish of the film is it fails to explain why Aamir was specifically chosen for the terrorist activity when the radical group having a deep network could have effortlessly employed any of their henchmen on the task. One wonders the relevance of a solitary flashback scene shot in London (or was it an excuse for the crew for an official foreign trip) which is as uncalled-for as the use of a single expletive that the film could have conveniently done without. From the almost anonymous but able cast, Rajeev Khandelwal comes up with a restrained and natural performance of a troubled common man. Gajrao Rao comes up with an equally competent act as the vicious villain.

Aamir is opulent on ideation but is not as rich on execution and most importantly culmination.
Courtesy: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com

"Tashan"

Tashan (English: Style) is an Indian Bollywood film starring Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Anil Kapoor in the lead roles. Produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra under Yash Raj Films, the film, which released on April 25, 2008, marks the directorial debut of Vijay Krishna Acharya who wrote the screenplay and dialogues for films like Dhoom (2004) and Dhoom 2 (2006).

Synopsis
In the beginning, we see Jimmy Cliff (Saif Ali Khan), a call center executive who also teaches English, as the narrator. Pooja Singh (Kareena Kapoor) shows up outside his class and says she needs private tutoring. Without any hesitation, Jimmy quickly agrees as he has already fallen in love with her; he later finds out that Pooja's boss Bhaiyyaji (Anil Kapoor) is the one that has to be tutored. As their love grows, Pooja reveals that she is only working for Bhaiyyaji to pay her debts and then go to Haridwar for her father's funeral. They decide to steal Bhaiyyaji's money and run away. The couple succeed in their mission, and Jimmy asks Pooja to guard the money while he goes to the call center. As featured in the film: Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan (l-r) in their respective roles At the call centre, Jimmy learns that Bhaiyyaji is a maverick gangster who enjoys killing people and goes home to warn Pooja. Unexpectedly, Pooja has run away with all the money. Bhaiyyaji hires Bachchan Pande (Akshay Kumar), a gangster to catch Jimmy. After getting caught, Jimmy and Bachchan head towards Haridwar to find Pooja and recover Bhaiyyaji's money. When they reach there, Pooja sees them and runs away. Unable to find Pooja there, Jimmy and Bachchan set off to find her again. While on the road, the duo get into a silly fight about the radio station and get in an accident, where their car falls into the water. Along with Jimmy and Bachchan, Pooja comes out of the water too. She tells them that she has hid the money in several different places. Jimmy and Pooja decide to run away with the money with the help of Bachchan. The duo decide that Pooja should seduce Bachchan just like how she did to Jimmy. While on their journey to recover the money, Pooja and Bachchan find out that they are each other's childhood love, and they both fall in love. After recovering all of the money, Bachchan decides to leave with it, not knowing that Jimmy has replaced the money with stones. Then Pooja realizes what he has done, she tells Jimmy the truth about Bhaiyyaji killing her father. To save Bachchan, Pooja and Jimmy head to Bhaiyyaji's lair with the money. When they get there, Jimmy pretends to betray Pooja and slaps Bachchan. He tells Bhaiyyaji to give him his gun so that he could kill Bachchan. After getting the gun, Jimmy instead points it to Bhaiyyaji and takes him as hostage. He heads towards a car with Pooja and Bachchan following him. Surrounded by lots of men with guns, Bhaiyyaji manages to jump out of the car and everybody begins shooting at them. After a lengthy fight scene, Bhaiyyaji is killed by Pooja stabbing him with a knife. In the end, Jimmy opens up his own call centre, where only girls work, and Bachchan and Pooja get married.

Cast
Akshay Kumar as Bachchan Pande
Saif Ali Khan as Jeetender Kumar Makhwana (Jimmy Cliff)
Kareena Kapoor as Pooja Singh
Anil Kapoor as Lakhan Singh Ballebaaz (Bhaiyyaji)
Sanjay Mishra as
Manoj Pahwa as
Yashpal Sharma as ACP K.S. Hooda

Crew
Producer: Yash Raj Films
Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Story: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Cinematography: Ayananka Bose
Lyrics: Piyush Mishra, Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Dutt Guptan & Kausar Munir
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant
Editing: Rameshwar S. Bhagat
Sound Design: Ali Merchant
Production Design: Fayyaz Badruddin (YRF - Design Cell)
Executive Producers: Aashish Singh & Sanjay Shivalkar
Art Director: Sukant Panigrahy
Costume Design: Aki Narula
Courtesy: en.wikipedia.org

"Race"

Director : Abbas-Mastan
Musician : Pritam

Music Album : Race

'Race' races to the top
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Abbas Mastan’s thriller ‘Race’ is a story of two brothers – one of them plays to win, while the other one plays to defeat.

Much-awaited Jodha Akbar has finally released!!!

Catch the true love on 15th Feb, next to the Valentine's day of 2008. Much-awaited Jodha Akbar has finally released!!!    

Its a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha.

Jodha Akbar' will be Hrithik and Aishwarya's second flick ...... Another slow and soothing number, this one relies on the catchy combination.

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"Tashan"

Yash Raj Films is all set to kick off the year 2008 in splendid style through “TASHAN”. The movie directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya
'Tashan' has three big comebacks
Saif and Amrita's son to make debut in Tashan

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'U Me Aur Hum' set for clash with 'Krazzy 4'
28th Feb 2008  

Ajay Devgan’s directorial debut is on a collision course with Rakesh Roshan’s home production.

A lull has taken over the theatres as the month of March (which sees lowest turnout at box-office due to the school and college exams) approaches. The lull will be broken by a tornado in April when Fridays would be crammed with Bollywood releases.
April 11 will see the release of two big films – ‘U Me Aur Hum’ and ‘Krazzy 4’.

U Me Aur Hum marks the return of Ajay Devgan and Kajol together as a pair after a long gap of eight years. The film is also Devgan’s directorial debut. All this, coupled with the film’s feelgood theme, has roused quite a curiosity about ‘U Me Aur Hum’.

And feeling the heat is Rakesh Roshan whose home production Krazy 4 has no big stars in main roles ( Arshad Warsi , Irrfan Khan , Suresh Menon, Rajpal Yadav and Juhi Chawla ) and is directed by a newcomer named Jaideep Raja Sen.

Clearly, ‘U Me Aur Hum’ has an upper hand over ‘Krazzy 4’.

In fact, reports have it that Roshan senior has got in touch with Devgan to discuss any possible way to avoid the clash between the two films. But Devgan couldn’t make any adjustment because the marketing and distribution plans have already been drawn for his film.

On the other hand, Roshan senior also cannot postpone his film even by a week because it would then get sandwiched between two big movies – ‘U Me Aur Hum’ (on April 11) and Yashraj Films Tashan (on April 25).

For the time being it appears that the clash between Devgan’s and Roshan’s films is inevitable.

"Halla Bol"
The year's first major release "Halla Bol", which is based on politics, has a fair amount of action. Both director Rajkumar Santoshi and the film's lead star, Ajay Devgan, are known to thrive on action films. Actress Vidya Balan played as Ajay Devgan's lady.
"I have gone all the way to send my message across through this film and this is that social change is not possible unless everybody puts in their bit to bring in the change instead of expecting others to do so. Yes, movie has some action scenes to carry it forward to its logical conclusion," said Santoshi.

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"My Name is Anthony Gonsalves".
Also being released this Friday is the Mithun Chakraborty starrer "My Name is Anthony Gonsalves". Nikhil Dwivedi’s debut film My Name is Anthony Gonsalves, has not yet released, but the man is surely creating a buzz in the industry. Though Nikhil has managed to keep safe distance from the media till the release date of his film comes close, we haven’t forgotten that Nikhil is one upcoming debutants. Unlike, other newcomers who generally debut with equally unknown costars, Nikhil is one those courageous actors who will share the screen space with some biggest stars in the industry in his very first film. My Name is Anthony Gonsalves stars Amrita Rao as Nikhil’s lady love and the evergreen and simply – refusing- to-age Mithun Chakraborty. The film is directed by E. Niwas and produced by Sahara Motion Pictures, with its scintillating music by none other than Pritam!

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"Bombay to Bankok"
Director Nagesh Kukunoor and actor Shreyas Talpade team up for third film in a row. After Iqbal and Dor which were very sensitive movies telling the story of a deaf-mute boy who harbors a dream of making to the Indian Cricket team as a pace bowler and story of two women – one who undertakes a long journey to save her love, its a third movie of both. In the season of brainless comedies, Nagesh Kukunoor’s rom-com ‘Bombay To Bangkok’ strives to be different. And it is indeed different to the extent that you will scowl at the “funny” scenes, and laugh at those meant to be serious.
Starring in the movie as Shreyas Talpade, Naseeruddin Shah, Lena Christensen.

"Sunday"
Thankfully, ‘Sunday’ is not a senseless comedy like Welcome . It doesn’t string one gag after another without any direction to the story. ‘Sunday’ does have an engaging tale, a murder mystery, at its heart. Around it revolves the humour – a healthy cocktail of situational comedy and plain slapstick. Add to it some stunts, action and romance. And voila, you have the recipe for a true-blue masala entertainer. That is what ‘Sunday’ is.

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Akshay Kumar, who scored with comedy last year, will don his old action garb in Percept Picture Company's "8X10". The movie, directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, is essentially a suspense thriller.
Kukunoor's other movie for Percept Picture Company is also due for release this year. "Aashayein" has John Abraham playing a gambler who is on the verge of death.

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"Jodhaa-Akbar"
Releasing in the beginning of the year will be Ashutosh Gowarikar’s much awaited magnum opus ‘Jodha Akbar’, dealing with the “never told before” love story between Mughal emperor Akbar and his Hindu queen Jodhabai. Featuring the ‘hot’ pairing of Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai, the lavishly mounted period film is the most awaited film of the year.
A major movie that is eliciting a mixed response in trade circles is UTV Motion Pictures' "Jodhaa-Akbar", due for a Feb 15 release. This Rs.400 million period movie, directed and co-produced by Ashutosh Gowarikar, is based on the romance between Emperor Akbar and Rajput princess Jodhabai and has Hrithik Roshan and Aishwariya Rai playing the protagonists.

The questions being asked is if the audience will accept a period drama in today's times and whether they will accept Hrithik playing a historical character.
But otherwise "Jodhaa-Akbar" is expected to be a sheer spectacle to watch.UTV also has

"Dilli 6"
"Dilli 6" due for release after "Jodhaa-Akbar". Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, the movie has Abhishek Bachchan teaming up with Sonam Kapoor for the first time.

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"Alibaug"
Sanjay Gupta's long-delayed "Alibaug", starring Sanjay Dutt and Diya Mirza, will finally be released this year. Sanjay Dutt plays the role of a professor in the movie.

"Alladin"
The year will see Amitabh Bachchan featuring in a fantasy movie in Sujoy Ghosh's "Alladin". A modern version of the Arabian Night's tale, the movie also has Sanjay Dutt and Riteish Deshmukh.

Amitabh and Shah Rukh Khan will be seen sharing screen space again in Ravi Chopra's "Bhootnath". The Big B plays a ghost in the movie. Chopra's another film, "Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai", is also scheduled for release this year.

Leading the action hero brigade in 2008 will be Bollywood’s original “khiladi” and the industry’s new “Mr Dependable” Akshay Kumar. Akshay, who last year tickled many a funny bone with his successful shot at comedy with ‘Hey Baby’, ‘Namaste London’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiya’ and ‘Welcome’, will this year return to his “first love” - action.

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"Chandni Chowk to China"
After Sony Pictures, Warner Bros will try to consolidate its presence in India with its co-production venture with producer Ramesh Sippy in "Chandni Chowk to China", an action-adventure film, starring Akshay and directed by Nikhil Advani.‘Chandni Chowk to China’, the third actioner in which Akshay Kumar will feature is being directed by filmmaker Nikhil Advani.‘Chandni Chowk to China’, which is touted to be a account of Akshay’s own life, will have Bollywood’s new hot favourite Deepika Padukone in the female lead.

"Drona", "Sarkaar Raaj"
The year will see another fantasy film releasing in Goldie Behl's "Drona" in which Abhishek plays a superhero opposite Priyanka Chopra.

After his career best performance in Mani Rathnam’s ‘Guru’, which had both cinegoers as well as film critics raving, Bollywood heartthrob Abhishek Bachchan will also be seen in an “action hero” avataar this year in childhood buddy Goldie Behl’s ‘Drona’ and Ramgopal Verma’s ‘Sarkaar Raaj’. While ‘Drona’, scheduled for release this Summer, features Abhishek in the role of a superhero, Ramgopal Verma’s ‘Sarkaar Raaj’, to be release at the same time, pairs him with his real life sweetheart Aishwarya Rai.

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"Ghajni"
After "Taare Zameen Par", another Amir Khaan starrer to look forward to this year is "Ghajni", a thriller, produced by Allu Arvind and directed by A.R. Murugadoss.

Aamir will this year be seen in the Hindi remake of the Tamil superhit ‘Ghajini’. In fact, he is reported to have undergone strenuous workouts to develop six pack abs for his role in the film, which is also being produced by him.

Also donning the action hero mantle this year will be superstar Aamir Khan, who is still basking in the huge accolades and overwhelming audience response to his directorial debut venture ‘Taare Zameen Par’, which seeks to stir the conscience of society over ”carefree childhood lost under the pressure of the societal norms”.

"Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na"
Also releasing in February will be the Aamir Khan produced "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na", which introduces to the silver screen Aamir’s nephew Imraan Khan. Featured opposite him is Pune girl Manjari Phadnis (earlier seen in ‘Rok Sako to Rok Lo’, ‘Faltu’ and ‘Mumbai Salsa’). ‘Jaane Tu Yaa Jaane Na’ also marks the directorial debut of Abbas Tyrewala (scriptwriter of ‘Munnabhai MBBS’).

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"Krazzy 4","Karzzzz","God Tussi Great Ho"
Others major movies lined up for release in 2008 include Rakesh Roshan's "Krazzy 4", director Satish Kaushik's "Karzzzz", Rumi Jaffrey's "God Tussi Great Ho".

Suniel Shetty's co-productions with Balaji Telefilms, "E.M.I" and "Mission Istanbul", Madhur Bhandarkar's "Fashion", Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision's "Golmaal Returns" and "Kidnap", Aziz Mirza's "Kismet Konnection", Harry Baweja's "Love Story 2050", Abbas-Mastan's "Race", Yash Raj Films' animation movie "Roadside Romeo", a co-production with Walt Disney Pictures, and "Tashan", Anil Kapoor's "Shortcut", Akshay-Katrina Kaif starrer action-comedy "Singh is King" and Subhash Ghai's "Yuvraaj".

"Singh Is King"
Vipul Shah’s ‘Singh Is King’, an action comedy scheduled for release in August this year, will feature Akshay alongside Katrina, Neha Dhupia and Vinay Pathak, ‘Tashan’, Akshay’s first film with the Yashraj banner after a gap of 11 years since ‘Dil To Paagal Hai’, features him oposite Kareena Kapoor.

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"Tanshan","Race"

The year will also see the veteran actor Anil Kapoor, who sent cinegoers laughing in the aisles with his comic act of the don Majnubhai in Anees Bazmee’s ‘Welcome’, change gears to action roles in Abbas Mastan’s ‘Race’, Subhash Ghai’s ‘Black and White’ and Yashraj films’ ‘Tashan’.

While ‘Race’, an action thriller featuring Anil alongside Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu and Katrina Kaif, will hit theatres in March, Subhash Ghai’s ‘Black and White’, an action thriller in the backdrop of terrorism, will release in theatres in April.

Incidentally, ‘Race' and ‘Tashan’ will also have Saif Ali Khan done the ‘action hero’ mantle after his “not so successful” outings in ‘Ta Ra Rum Pum’ and ‘Eklavya’ last year.

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"Wanted Dead or Alive"
Not to be left behind, teenage heartthrob Salman Khan too will feature in an action thriller ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’. The film, a remake of the South Indian hit ‘Pokhiri’, features Salman alongside Ayesha Takia and yesteryears’ action star Vinod Khanna. It also marks the Hindi film directorial debut of Prabhu Deva.

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On an average, Rs.200 million has gone into producing each of these films. How much the market will fetch? Distributors have refused to do any guesswork. Obviously.

"Each producer may say his is the best film of the lot. We know how much each venture is worth. But no distributor can say how much revenue a film may generate at the box-office. There is no foolproof way for value evaluation. But at all times, we hope for the best," said a spokesman of Studio 18.

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Fashion designer Manish Malhotra to make a film in 2008
23rd Dec 2007  11.55 IST
By Agencies  

Fashion designer Manish Malhotra plans to lock the film script for his first directorial venture in 2008, which will have the look of the cinema of the 1970s.

“I plan to lock the script in 2008 and ask the stars to work in my directorial debut in showbiz,” Manish is quoted by a news agency. Disclosing about the kind of film he planned to make, Manish said: “I want to make a film that I would love to see. My intention is not to change the film industry. My film will have the look of the '70s because that's the kind of cinema I grew up on.”

Asked about his designs on Bollywood stars in current projects, he said: “I am designing clothes for Kajol in U Me Aur Hum which Ajay Devgan is directing, and Kareena Kapoor for Golmaal Returns .

Besides, there's Karan Johar's untitled production starring Priyanka Chopra and Kunal Kohli's film for Yash Raj Productions starring Saif Ali Khan , Rani Mukherjee and Amisha Patel .”

The favourite fashion designer of many Bollywood actresses like Kareena Kapoor and Urmila Matondkar, Manish has also designed clothes for bigwigs Shah Rukh Khan , Amitabh Bachchan , Akshay Kumar and even Rajnikant in the recent Tamil blockbuster Sivaji .

When asked why does he dress up men for films only, he dismissed it as a mere misconception.

"I do design clothes for men through my label Manish Malhotra but I am so much happier doing it for women. You can do so much more with them. There's make-up, hair. But I do agree that the ratio of my work for women is more than that for men.”

Asked about which male superstar among Shah Rukh, Amitabh and Rajnikant gave him the most satisfaction as a designer, Manish replied diplomatically, "I enjoy every moment of my work. Eventually, it's about everybody."

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