Sunday, 11 September 2011

MAUSAM.

Actor Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor starrer New Hindi Movie Titled ‘Mausam’. Directed by Pankaj Kapoor . Producer Sheetal Vinod Talwar Produced this Movie. This movie is full length of drama and romance.
Mausam will be soon released on September 16 , 2011.
Watch the Trailer video of new Hindi movie ‘Mausam’. Bollywood Actor Shahid Kapoor’s Mausam Movie  HQ Official Trailer.

Shahid Kapoor charges over R15 crore for his films, but the actor hasn’t taken a penny for his upcoming film Mausam.

Directed by his father Pankaj Kapur, the film has been made on a budget of RXXX crore. But, the 30-year-old actor clarifies that his fees did not add to the expenses. “It is such a big and expensive film that I didn’t want the burden of my fees to fall on the film’s budget. We’ve worked out a structure of sorts, so that my payment is not a burden on the film as of now,” says Shahid while on a visit to the Capital. Does that mean he's following a profit sharing model like the Khans. "Please contact my accountant for more details," he says.

Shahid has had a spate of bad luck with international events recently. In August, the music launch of the film in London was cancelled due to the riots in  the city, and his live performance at Times Square, New Jersey, was called off after hurricane Irene struck. He now has his fingers crossed that all will go well with Mausam’s  scheduled premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Friday.

But, the film has reached a stumbling block. Based on the Indian Air Force, a seqeuence in the film needs to reworked after the IAF objected to it. “Certain special effects and computer graphics were added during post-production and that's come under scrutiny. But it’s a 30 second sequence and hopefully will be rectified in time.” Though he is pragmatic about the cancelled events, he adds, “I’m not making plans for Toronto as of now.”

For him, the best part about his role as Squadron Leader Harinder (Harry) Singh was getting to fly an F16 and the worst was having to maintain a moustache! “It is the most difficult thing to maintain! I used to cut myself while trimming everyday. And I will never keep one in the future again,” says Shahid, all smiles now that he’s back to his clean shaven avatar.



Thursday, 8 September 2011

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan.

ProducerYash Chopra
 DirectorAli Abbas Zafar
 MusicSohail Sen
 WriterAli Abbas Zafar
 LyricsIrshad Kamil
 Release Date09-Sep-2011
The warm and loud 'Mere Brother Ki Dulhan' is surprisingly a larger than life, fun filled, romantic comedy that has all the hues of a zesty cotton candy formula.






Ali Abbas Zafar, the debutant director of this conventional love story, starring Imran- Katrina –Ali Zafar, was apparently inspired by the matrimonial advertisements in newspapers, as the film revolves around a young brother diligently looking for an ideal bride for his elder brother.
This is the first time that Imran and Katrina have shared screen space and the audiences have been looking forward to seeing them on screen.
Recently the actress confessed that MBKD has all the essence of Dharmendra-Amitabh’s Chupke Chupke with the spirit of the present day generation.
Cast and Crew
Presented by Yash Raj Films, ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’ produced by Aditya Chopra is a largely fun filled film with love and emotions interspersed with genuine moments.
Shot in Delhi, Chandigarh, Agra, Mussoorie, Haridwar, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, 'Mere Brother Ki Dulhan' features Tara D’Souza and Kanwaljit Singh in pivotal supporting roles. John Abraham would be seen in a surprising cameo making a friendly appearance in the film.
The story and screenplay of MBKD has been constructed by director Ali Abbas Zafar, while the cinematography has been rendered by Sudeep Chatterjee.
Sohail Sen has composed the high, thumping and peppy music of MBKD and the lyrics have been penned by Irshad Kamil.
Incidentally Pakistani singer and MBKD actor Ali Zafar has sung ‘Madhubala’ in the movie with genuine flair.
Synopsis
The story spins on the axis of two brothers Luv Agnihotri (Ali Zafar) and Kush Agnihotri (Imran Khan). From an urban middle class family the elder brother, an investment banker by profession lives in London, while Kush works as a film assistant.
Luv after having had a string of love affairs finally decides to settle down with an ideal Indian girl. Incidentally Kush has been assigned the task of finding a perfect bride for his elder brother. And in the midst of his search he encounters zany girl Dimple Dixit (Katrina Kaif), who is also from London.
During the course of time, Kush apparently falls in love with his brother’s bride even as marriage celebrations for his brother's impending wedding are in full swing.
Will Kush be able to confess his love to Dimple is what follows in MBKD and from here begins the film’s journey, filled with funny twists and incidents.
Certainly worth a watch.

 














Wednesday, 7 September 2011

Straw Dogs.



Director Rod Lurie is aware of the fury headed his way this fall. Considering he started his career as a film critic, he very well should be. Remakes are a sore enough subject with movie fans, but when a filmmaker takes a shot at an outright classic, they’re only setting themselves up for extra scorn and scrutiny. So it was with perhaps some level of preemptive confidence that Joblo.com was invited to the set of STRAW DOGS way back in October 2009 to get an early look at this update of Sam Peckinpah’s controversial film
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If you’re not familiar with the original STRAW DOGS (pick up the Criterion DVD here) it tells the story of a young couple—David, a quiet American played by Dustin Hoffman, and Amy, an immature British flirt played by Susan George—who move back to her old hometown in northern England. While the wealthy, intellectual husband is resented by the small town, his wife stirs up some old feelings in the brutish men of her past. This all comes to an emotional climax when Amy is sexually assaulted by the men, leading the non-confrontational David to make a violent stand to protect his wife and his home. 

Notorious for its disturbing rape scene and underlying misogyny, STRAW DOGS doesn't seem like an obvious choice for a do-over other than its timeless revenge plot. When we suggested that the majority of the under-40s crowd had probably never heard of the original, star James Marsden joked: "We’re banking on that. I’m basically aping Hoffman in this movie. Don’t tell them this is a remake." A few other brave souls are joining him on this gamble, including Kate Bosworth as Amy, "True Blood" hunk Alexander Skarsgard as Amy's ex-flame Charlie, and James Woods as Tom Heddon, the villainous leader of the Straw Dogs. (That's what the remake, in literal fashion, refers to the four hometown boys turned violent attackers.) While that casting does seem to suggest a change in dynamic from the original characters, for the most part the 2011 version follows the same basic story, save for moving the location to Black water, Mississippi and making David a hotshot Hollywood writer and his wife an actress. Transplanting the story to the Deep South does make a decent amount of sense; the exclusive small town community vibe and fierce confederate pride should be ripe for tension. (Lorie jokingly summed up his take on the setting as "God, guns, football and fried food.") And as for the meta addition of Hollywood—well, let's hope the actors can play actors. 



We arrived on a sunny Friday in Shreveport, Louisiana, a magical land filled with casinos, drive-thru daiquiri stands and movie making. Stage works Studios was home to previous shoots that included THE MIST and MR. BROOKS, and we made our way to the production offices to wait as we perused walls covered in storyboards. STRAW DOGS is a more action-heavy movie than anything Lorie has done before (THE CONTENDER, RESURRECTING THE CHAMP), and he had clearly planned everything out thoroughly. (He also has the very capable second unit director Mic Rodgers at his disposal, who's shot everything from APOCALYPTIC to the FAST AND FURIOUS movies.)

The scene we were there to watch ironically happened to be the most faithful to the original, according to Luria—the part where David invites the Straw Dogs in to his house to hang his bear trap. (Foreshadowing at its best!) Lorie gave us our own headphones and monitor in video village, so we could actually see and hear everything play out, as well as play Peeping Tom in between takes. The mood was light and fun (I heard at least one “that’s what she said” joke), but as soon as the cameras rolled, things got serious. 



DRIVE




Nicolas Winding Ref Drive works across time and genre.  It’s set in present-day Laos Angele, uses an 80s score and soundtrack, features a tragic 50s nor protagonist, and wraps everyone up in archetypical figures that manage to feel fresh through strong performances and gorgeous cinematography.  It’s a film that confidently walks the line between alienating its audience with bold choices but it never strays so far into the obtuse or the strange that you lose the hard-boiled crime story simmering underneath.  It constantly challenges the audience to look away with its intensity, its thoughtfulness, and its brutality, but it’s too damn entertaining to look away.




Like all great nor protagonists, the Driver (Ryan Gosling) has a code and it makes him good at his job.  He’s a stunt-driver by day, but at night his true driving talent shines when he works as a wheel man.  He can outrun his pursuers when necessary, but his real strength is in his reserve and patience in the face of danger.  While he attempts to keep others at a distance, he eventually warms up to his neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan) and her young son Benedicto.  When Irene’s husband Standard Gabriel (Oscar Isaac) gets out of prison, he comes home and owes protection money to bad folks.  The Driver decides he’ll help Gabriel on a job in order to protect Irene and Benedicto, but matters then fall apart as shady figures Noni (Ron Perl man) and Bernie Rose (Albert Brooks) come into play.  Like all great nor protagonists, The Driver breaks from his code to do something honorable and it leads to his downfall.

Movie Name: Drive 
Director: Nicolas Winding Ref n
Genres: Action, Drama
Star Cast: Albert Brooks, Bryan Scranton, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Ryan Gosling.
Release Date: 16 September 2011
Synopsis: A Hollywood stuntman (Ryan Gosling) who moonlights as a getaway driver for thieves finds that a price has been put on his head after a failed robbery.

DRIVE.




In recent years, Gosling has become one of Hollywood’s most respected actors and in Drive he turns in a career-best performance.  He plays the characters’ emotions close to the vest and tries to convey as much as possible with minor expressions.  What’s remarkable is that he’s able to craft such a rich and interesting character without playing it all on the surface and then has to show how the identity deteriorates over the course of the film.  It’s a bizarre mix of nobility, detachment, and violent madness but Gosling brings it all together to make an utterly compelling character who holds your attention in every single frame.
Telling a cinematic story from the POV of its protagonist isn’t simply a matter of doing a POV-shot and Gosling isn’t the only one who inhabits the Driver’s calm exterior and explosive rage.  Refn matches Gosling’s performance shot for shot and it’s beautiful to see an actor’s delivery and a director’s vision work in such perfect harmony.  However, when the Driver starts to emotionally unravel and struggles to understand his own identity, Refn keeps his cool and manages to balance the insanity of the action with the pathos of the main character.

                                                           

The film is filled with great performances but despite having heavyweights like Carey Mulligan and Bryan Cranston in the cast, the biggest characters are played by Gosling and Brooks.  They’re the real powerhouses and I have to give Brooks his due.  You have never seen him play a character like this before and he’s tremendous as a villain who’s beguiling, intelligent, and absolutely ruthless.  In some ways, The Driver and Rose are two sides of the same coin in terms of their personalities and their ethics, but that’s an essay for another time.


Plenty of essays could be written about Drive.  It’s the rare film where I immediately wanted to watch it again, but would like to pause it and scribble down plenty of notes.  So many great ideas swirl around hard-boiled crime story and you can get lost dissecting it as a character piece, as a product of genre cinema, or even breaking down the cleverness of the cinematography.  Sometimes the visuals become overt like when the lights in the elevator dim and the Driver and Irene have their first kiss.  Other times it sneaks in like when Irene tells the Driver that her husband is getting out of jail and we can see a red light reflected off their faces.  Every shot is purposeful and well-constructed that you just want to take the movie frame-by-frame and sit in awe.
I’ve been a fan of Refn ever since watch the Pusher trilogy and Bronson, but his American-debut is his strongest film yet.  As he did with his previous films, he takes a simple genre (in this case an action-crime flick) and twists its conventions and rethinks its possibilities and comes away with a magnificent reinvention.  Drive is an exhilarating ride where the thrills are as raw and intense as the emotions.

Friday, 2 September 2011

WARRIOR.



The ingredients here congeal into a gooey mess that is not without amusing moments thanks to a what-the-hell attitude that seems to have permeated the set. Certainly, the designers, cinematographer and digital crew went to town with an exotic ambiance, a kind of Arizona by way to the Mongolian desert that features arresting matte paintings and fabulous skies behind a desolate town that looks like nobody could possibly live there. The actors, other than South Korean star Jane Dong Gun, take turns mugging for all they’re worth, with Geoffrey Rush and Danny Huston going toe-to-toe in a scenery-chewing contest. You can almost see wood splinters and nails spewing from their mouths.
The multicultural mash-up pivots around the Korean star playing an Asian warrior and the world’s greatest swordsman. He flees to the American desert to escape his own murderous clan when he refuses to slaughter the last remaining member of a rival bunch, a baby girl. He is, a narrator explains in the beginning, “a warrior with empty eyes,” which may also be a description of Jane acting style. To be fair, this is his first English-language movie, and when he occasionally speaks, he acquits himself adequately before the movie reverts to combat mode.

Thursday, 1 September 2011

RASCALS.





Rascals Cast: Ajay Devgn, Kangana Renault,Sanjay Dutt,Arjun Rampal,Chunky Pandey,Satish Kaushik,Lisa Haydon
Rascals Producer: Sanjay Dutt,Sanjay Ahluwalia,Vinay Choksey
Rascals Director: David Dhawan
Rascals Release date: 26 October 2011
Rascals 2011 Hindi Movie Preview:
Sunjay Dutt Productions movie Rascals will be released in 26 October 2011. Co-producers of this comedy/action movie are Sanjay Dutt, Sanjay Ahluwalia and Vinay Choksey. Director of Rascals is famous comedy director of Hindi Cinema David Dhawan.
Rascal is the fist project of Sunjay Dutt as producer in which he is playing leading role with Ajay Devgan. Complete Star cast and crew of Rascals includes Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Kangna Ranaut, Arjun Rampal, Chunky Pandey and Satish Kaushik. Music Directors of Rascals are Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani.
The Story or Plot of Rascals revolves around Sunjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan. These two conmen trying to out-scheme eath other in very interesting and surprising way. During the course of their competition and conspiracies against each other you can enjoy many funny situations in this comedy movie.
Rascals is mega comdey movie of year 2011 and due to presence of super stars like Sunjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan we can expect a good entertainment from this coming movie of sunjay dutt.