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Shararat in May
Gurudev Bhalla’s film, tentatively titled Shararat,
will be Abhishek Bachchan’s next release — the
film will hit theatres in May. Presented by Jayantilal
Gada and produced by Suraj Bhalla under the banner of
Work Station, it is directed by Gurudev Bhalla with music
by Sajid-Wajid, and has model Hrishitaa Bhatt as leading
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Germany toasts Studio Link
Studio Link, the leading publicity designers who have
won the Screen Videocon Awards twice, have added one
more feather to their cap — the Silver Medal at
the first ever The Best of the World’s Biggest
Calendars held in Germany recently. The Studio Link’s
calendar, “The Journey of Life,” painted in
eye-catching detail, depicts the philosophy of the Vedas
— on life in four stages. The award was presented
on February 19.
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Abhishek to play Azad
Abhishek Bachchan is to play Chandrashekhar Azad in
a multimillion dollar Hollywood production, The Last
Revolutionary. The film, to be directed by Priyadarshan,
has music by AR Rahman and sets designed by Sabu Cyril.
The film will be produced by Columbia Tristar in association
with Ripples Picture Entertainment.
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Surinder Kapoor, AIFPC chief
Surinder Kapoor was unanimously elected president of
the All India Film Producers Council at its 22nd AGM
on February 28. Other office bearers are Pahlaj Nihalani,
Ramesh Taurani and Yash Chopra.
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Aankh Micholi rolls
Dream Merchants Enterprises’ Aankh Micholi, jointly
produced by Nitin Manmohan and Ram Gopal Varma, was launched
on March 3 with an 18-day shoot. Directed by debutant
Taufeeq Baraskar, the film stars Nana Patekar, Urmila
Matondkar and Saif Ali Khan and has music by Sandesh Shandilya. |
Docufest
Vaastav on March 8
The three-day documentary film festival, Vaastav —
The Reality, opens at The Club, Mumbai on March 8. Coinciding
with the International Women’s Day (March 8), the
festival hopes to bring about an awareness of women’s
issues in India. |
Japan
invites Waheeda
Waheeda Rehman is a special invitee to the Japan Film
Festival which will screen a Guru Dutt retrospective.
Waheeda is the heroine of five of the seven films Guru
Dutt made. A Waheeda retrospective is also being planned
by the Bimal Roy Foundation in Mumbai where Waheeda will
be felicitated. |
Mohabbatein
audio crosses milestone
HMV celebrated the sale of over 50 lakh cassettes of Yash
Chopra’s Mohabbatein. Harish Dayani, of HMV, in whose
house the celebrations were held, denied there was a downward
trend in the sales of audio cassettes. |
Varma to sign Mohan Lal?
Ram Gopal Varma is attempting a casting coup: talks are
on with Mohan Lal, the superstar of Malayalam cinema,
for a Hindi film to co-star Ajay Devgan. |
BBC
Award for Gulshan
Gulshan Grover has won the BBC Asia Award for his contribution
to cinema. The award will be presented to him by the Prime
Minister of UK, Tony Blair on March 25. |
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