Wednesday 14 March 2012
Poonam Pandey finally shows her topless picture
Mumbai: Poonam Pandey, who has been raising claims to throw away her clothes to appear fully naked since the days of the Cricket World Cup 2011 but did not go topless through she has been letting the masses see majority of her nude body, has eventually went topless.Poonam Panedy, Kingfisher calendar model who was an ordinary model who no one knew before the world cup, came into limelight and turned to be a forced celebrity (forced in a sense that she has nothing to claim to be a celeb but turned a celebrity due to her skin show and topless claims) during the days of ICC cricketing world cup last year. India won the cup but she did not strip naked before the team since she was not given the permission by BCCI and the authorities. Well, she succeeded in her efforts to hog the limelight.
Post world cup, she has been spicing up the fans with her bolder acts by going semi nude, showing nearly naked pictures on twitter and flaunting her nearly nude body under showers in visuals and the things like that. But the fans wanted to see her in birth suit, the demand was high as she herself had injected it into the masses. Thus to fulfill their demands, she eventually went topless and showed the people her nude pictures on twitter recently.
She let the masses see her in nude by the time India won against Sri Lanka during the ongoing Tri-Series at Hobart.
Poonam, 20, conducted a survey on twitter where she asked her fans if they wanted to see her without bikini. Later Pandey posted her topless picture on the site giving it title that finally she showed her nude picture on public demand. She also thanked the people to love her much. She warned the people below 18 years of age not to see her nude picture.
Katrina and SRK’s Untitled Movie To Be Called London Ishq
The King Khan has worked with almost all the leading ladies of Bollywood. However, this is his first with Katrina Kaif. The film is Yash Chopra’s current project and is likely to be called ‘London Ishq’. The film has SRK and Kat as the leading pair and is anticipated to be this year’s largest release.The film, previously titled ‘Production 45’ is being extensively shot in London. The lead pair has been shooting various song sequences for the last two weeks. The choreographer is reportedly Vaibhavi Merchant. The film is also gossiped to feature a track by A.R. Rahman that is being filmed in an anonymous site somewhere in Central London. This track is likely to be a beat track.
However, the title of the film, has struck up a controversy. Preity Zinta’s comeback film, which she is shooting in France currently, has a similar title- ‘Ishqk in Paris’. It was learnt that Chopra had also been considering the title Hum London Me Mile for his film.
Although nothing had been officially announced by the Chopras, a lot of pictures of Shak Rukh and Katrina surfaced online. And now Yash Raj Films has also released some images showing SRK and Kat from the shooting sites.
Yash Chopra’s ambitious project has been slated for a Diwali release worldwide.
Boldness of today’s Bollywood heroines
Earnings of Kahaani as of 11th March 2012 is INR 13.50 crores
Among the two major releases this ‘Holi’ week is Director Sujoy Ghosh’s much anticipated film ‘Kahaani’. Although the movie promos seemed quite interesting and catchy, it has disappointed the traders as it opened to a below-average response even in the multiplexes.
The plex occupancy improved later in the evening but it is still below the 50% mark. Because of its Calcutta connect, it has done well in Bengal, despite the Holi festivities.
In Mumbai, the response was lukewarm, but as the day progressed, collections improved. Gujarat had a different story to tell. The film has not done as well as the hype that was created. It has been able to garner just around Rs. 10 lacs, which makes it doubtful that the collections will rise.
In many other cities, Kahaani was rated between a meager 10-15% record collection. Industry experts conclude that although Kahaani is faring better than the other Holi release, Chaar Din Ki Chandni, it has not been able to collect more than 20-22 lacs in its first day.
The film is basically about a pregnant woman, Vidya Bagchi, who comes down to Calcutta to hunt for her missing husband, Arnab Bagchi. Whether or not the film will improve at the box office collections depends on whether the film is liked by the audiences.
Though hyped a lot even receiving a lot of positive reviews did the movie little good at the box office. Here is the territorial breakdown for the total collection of Kahaani on day 1.
Mumbai – 95 lakhs
Delhi/UP – 50 lakhs
East Punjab – 19 lakhs
West Bengal – 30 lakhs
CP Berar – 9 lakhs
CI – 7 lakhs
Rajasthan – 9 lakhs
Nizam – 10 lakhs
Mysore – 20 lakhs
Others – 10 lakhs
TOTAL – 2.59 crore
The first day total of the film thus came down to a mere 2.59 crores. About 88 lacks was a decent collection for the paid previews of the film on thursday. Come Friday and the movie did show a considerable growth with generating a mere 2.95 crores net at the box office. Having released at a big scale of about 1000 screens it might seem a decent collection but far more was expected from thisVidya Balan starrer. The total collection of the film as of now stands at 3.83 crores. It is expected to wrap up the weekend collection at about 9 crores net.
Updates:
Irrespective of the fact that Kahaani is perhaps not as ‘entertaining’ as that of The Dirty Pictures, Vidya Balan’s acting in the film is drawing a decent crowd to the theaters. Saturday saw a massive boost in the films box office collection with about 4.75 crores. Sunday saw an even higher box office of 5.25 crores. The weekend seems to have given a massive boost to the film’s box office collection and the first weekend collection of the film now stands at 13.50 crores net. The movie is expected to make a decent pace in the week to follow too.
Kahaani Box Office Collections – Reports and Earnings
Earnings of Kahaani as of 11th March 2012 is INR 13.50 crores
Among the two major releases this ‘Holi’ week is Director Sujoy Ghosh’s much anticipated film ‘Kahaani’. Although the movie promos seemed quite interesting and catchy, it has disappointed the traders as it opened to a below-average response even in the multiplexes.
The plex occupancy improved later in the evening but it is still below the 50% mark. Because of its Calcutta connect, it has done well in Bengal, despite the Holi festivities.
In Mumbai, the response was lukewarm, but as the day progressed, collections improved. Gujarat had a different story to tell. The film has not done as well as the hype that was created. It has been able to garner just around Rs. 10 lacs, which makes it doubtful that the collections will rise.
In many other cities, Kahaani was rated between a meager 10-15% record collection. Industry experts conclude that although Kahaani is faring better than the other Holi release, Chaar Din Ki Chandni, it has not been able to collect more than 20-22 lacs in its first day.
The film is basically about a pregnant woman, Vidya Bagchi, who comes down to Calcutta to hunt for her missing husband, Arnab Bagchi. Whether or not the film will improve at the box office collections depends on whether the film is liked by the audiences.
Though hyped a lot even receiving a lot of positive reviews did the movie little good at the box office. Here is the territorial breakdown for the total collection of Kahaani on day 1.
Mumbai – 95 lakhs
Delhi/UP – 50 lakhs
East Punjab – 19 lakhs
West Bengal – 30 lakhs
CP Berar – 9 lakhs
CI – 7 lakhs
Rajasthan – 9 lakhs
Nizam – 10 lakhs
Mysore – 20 lakhs
Others – 10 lakhs
TOTAL – 2.59 crore
The first day total of the film thus came down to a mere 2.59 crores. About 88 lacks was a decent collection for the paid previews of the film on thursday. Come Friday and the movie did show a considerable growth with generating a mere 2.95 crores net at the box office. Having released at a big scale of about 1000 screens it might seem a decent collection but far more was expected from this Vidya Balan starrer. The total collection of the film as of now stands at 3.83 crores. It is expected to wrap up the weekend collection at about 9 crores net.
Updates:
Irrespective of the fact that Kahaani is perhaps not as ‘entertaining’ as that of The Dirty Pictures, Vidya Balan’s acting in the film is drawing a decent crowd to the theaters. Saturday saw a massive boost in the films box office collection with about 4.75 crores. Sunday saw an even higher box office of 5.25 crores. The weekend seems to have given a massive boost to the film’s box office collection and the first weekend collection of the film now stands at 13.50 crores net. The movie is expected to make a decent pace in the week to follow too.
Among the two major releases this ‘Holi’ week is Director Sujoy Ghosh’s much anticipated film ‘Kahaani’. Although the movie promos seemed quite interesting and catchy, it has disappointed the traders as it opened to a below-average response even in the multiplexes.
The plex occupancy improved later in the evening but it is still below the 50% mark. Because of its Calcutta connect, it has done well in Bengal, despite the Holi festivities.
In Mumbai, the response was lukewarm, but as the day progressed, collections improved. Gujarat had a different story to tell. The film has not done as well as the hype that was created. It has been able to garner just around Rs. 10 lacs, which makes it doubtful that the collections will rise.
In many other cities, Kahaani was rated between a meager 10-15% record collection. Industry experts conclude that although Kahaani is faring better than the other Holi release, Chaar Din Ki Chandni, it has not been able to collect more than 20-22 lacs in its first day.
The film is basically about a pregnant woman, Vidya Bagchi, who comes down to Calcutta to hunt for her missing husband, Arnab Bagchi. Whether or not the film will improve at the box office collections depends on whether the film is liked by the audiences.
Though hyped a lot even receiving a lot of positive reviews did the movie little good at the box office. Here is the territorial breakdown for the total collection of Kahaani on day 1.
Mumbai – 95 lakhs
Delhi/UP – 50 lakhs
East Punjab – 19 lakhs
West Bengal – 30 lakhs
CP Berar – 9 lakhs
CI – 7 lakhs
Rajasthan – 9 lakhs
Nizam – 10 lakhs
Mysore – 20 lakhs
Others – 10 lakhs
TOTAL – 2.59 crore
The first day total of the film thus came down to a mere 2.59 crores. About 88 lacks was a decent collection for the paid previews of the film on thursday. Come Friday and the movie did show a considerable growth with generating a mere 2.95 crores net at the box office. Having released at a big scale of about 1000 screens it might seem a decent collection but far more was expected from this Vidya Balan starrer. The total collection of the film as of now stands at 3.83 crores. It is expected to wrap up the weekend collection at about 9 crores net.
Updates:
Irrespective of the fact that Kahaani is perhaps not as ‘entertaining’ as that of The Dirty Pictures, Vidya Balan’s acting in the film is drawing a decent crowd to the theaters. Saturday saw a massive boost in the films box office collection with about 4.75 crores. Sunday saw an even higher box office of 5.25 crores. The weekend seems to have given a massive boost to the film’s box office collection and the first weekend collection of the film now stands at 13.50 crores net. The movie is expected to make a decent pace in the week to follow too.
Agent Vinod – Music Review
Music Album: Agent Vinod (T-Series)
Music Critic: Subho Das
Music: Pritam Chakraborty
Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya & Neelesh Misra
Director: Sriram Raghavan / Producer: Saif Ali Khan (Illuminati Films)
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor
Saif Ali Khan’s Agent Vinod, the much publicized Bollywood whodunit written and directed by Sriram Raghavan, has been making news much before its release – for it music! This suspense-action film is about the adventures of an Indian agent before he gets killed in Russia. But the hoo-ha is around the inclusion of the all-time favorite Boney-M number “Rasputin” – which gets a new vehicle in this officially approved Bollywood adaptation – thanks to music director Pritam.
This is not the first time that “Rasputin” has inspired Indian film music. A long time ago, Jatin-Lalit used the tune for the song, “Sachchi Yeh Kahaani Hai” in Kundan Shah’s Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993) sung in a nightclub and picturized on none other than Shah Rukh Khan. Fast forward 20 years, and Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan, Vijeta Pandit of that song are replaced by Neeraj Shreedhar, Aditi Singh Sharma, Shefali Alvares, and Barbie Amod for “I Will Do the Talking Tonight” in the Moscow nightclub sequence of Agent Vinod.
However, Pritam told the Press that his song is based on the Serbian folk song “Ruse Kose Curo Imas,” which originally inspired Boney-M’s “Rasputin.” He also cites a Turkish song “Uskudar’a Gider Iken” and a Bengali Nazrul Geet “Shukno Patar Nupur Paaye” that have shades of the same folk melody.
It is striking that there are as many as four versions of the same song – “Raabta” in this album. Here I am not talking about remixes and reprises but versions of the same songs sung by different singers. I have no idea which ones will get finally picked for the film, but it’s good for the singers of today that they at least get featured on the music CDs. Similarly, you have two great singers crooning the other good composition of the album – “Dil Mera Muft Ka.” Is it Pritam’s back-up tactics or a necessity for the film? I think it’s T-Series that wants to give you more music for your money!
There is crop of at least four fresh or relatively new singers that may need introduction here:
First, Nandini Srikar, who has done hundreds of ad jingles and recently sang for Ra.One (2011), and before that in Holiday and Chalte Chalte. Besides being a prolific and trained Indian and Western classical singer, guitarist and composer, Nandini is a Post Graduate in Math and holds a degree in Information and Systems Management. Hear her out in the superb “Dil Mera Muft Ka!”
Second, Hamsika, another trained Carnatic singer, who many of you may have seen in two of the most popular music reality shows of the 1990s from Zee TV – Close Up Antakshari anchored by Annu Kapoor and Sa Re Ga Ma hosted by Sonu Nigam. Her real break came with Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Eklavya (2007) in which she sang the popular song “Chanda Re.” Her most recent chart-topper is “Chhammak Chhallo” with Akon for Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One. She features in two versions of the best romantic number of the film – “Raabta”
Third, Joi Barua, an Assamese musician and lead vocalist of the band “Joi,” who has previously sang for Udaan and Dev D. He is one of the male voices of “Raabta” in Agent Vinod.
However, the real find of this album is the young Arijit Singh from Murshidabad, West Bengal – a top favorite singer of the Sony Entertainment Television’s music reality program Fame Gurukul (2005). His vocals in “Raabta” will tell you that he is a trained classical singer and a very gifted one. Arijit is one singer to watch out for in Pritam’s music in Agent Vinod.
How does the various tracks in this album sound? Let’s listen:
Music Critic: Subho Das
Music: Pritam Chakraborty
Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya & Neelesh Misra
Director: Sriram Raghavan / Producer: Saif Ali Khan (Illuminati Films)
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor
Saif Ali Khan’s Agent Vinod, the much publicized Bollywood whodunit written and directed by Sriram Raghavan, has been making news much before its release – for it music! This suspense-action film is about the adventures of an Indian agent before he gets killed in Russia. But the hoo-ha is around the inclusion of the all-time favorite Boney-M number “Rasputin” – which gets a new vehicle in this officially approved Bollywood adaptation – thanks to music director Pritam.
This is not the first time that “Rasputin” has inspired Indian film music. A long time ago, Jatin-Lalit used the tune for the song, “Sachchi Yeh Kahaani Hai” in Kundan Shah’s Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993) sung in a nightclub and picturized on none other than Shah Rukh Khan. Fast forward 20 years, and Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan, Vijeta Pandit of that song are replaced by Neeraj Shreedhar, Aditi Singh Sharma, Shefali Alvares, and Barbie Amod for “I Will Do the Talking Tonight” in the Moscow nightclub sequence of Agent Vinod.
However, Pritam told the Press that his song is based on the Serbian folk song “Ruse Kose Curo Imas,” which originally inspired Boney-M’s “Rasputin.” He also cites a Turkish song “Uskudar’a Gider Iken” and a Bengali Nazrul Geet “Shukno Patar Nupur Paaye” that have shades of the same folk melody.
It is striking that there are as many as four versions of the same song – “Raabta” in this album. Here I am not talking about remixes and reprises but versions of the same songs sung by different singers. I have no idea which ones will get finally picked for the film, but it’s good for the singers of today that they at least get featured on the music CDs. Similarly, you have two great singers crooning the other good composition of the album – “Dil Mera Muft Ka.” Is it Pritam’s back-up tactics or a necessity for the film? I think it’s T-Series that wants to give you more music for your money!
There is crop of at least four fresh or relatively new singers that may need introduction here:
First, Nandini Srikar, who has done hundreds of ad jingles and recently sang for Ra.One (2011), and before that in Holiday and Chalte Chalte. Besides being a prolific and trained Indian and Western classical singer, guitarist and composer, Nandini is a Post Graduate in Math and holds a degree in Information and Systems Management. Hear her out in the superb “Dil Mera Muft Ka!”
Second, Hamsika, another trained Carnatic singer, who many of you may have seen in two of the most popular music reality shows of the 1990s from Zee TV – Close Up Antakshari anchored by Annu Kapoor and Sa Re Ga Ma hosted by Sonu Nigam. Her real break came with Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Eklavya (2007) in which she sang the popular song “Chanda Re.” Her most recent chart-topper is “Chhammak Chhallo” with Akon for Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One. She features in two versions of the best romantic number of the film – “Raabta”
Third, Joi Barua, an Assamese musician and lead vocalist of the band “Joi,” who has previously sang for Udaan and Dev D. He is one of the male voices of “Raabta” in Agent Vinod.
However, the real find of this album is the young Arijit Singh from Murshidabad, West Bengal – a top favorite singer of the Sony Entertainment Television’s music reality program Fame Gurukul (2005). His vocals in “Raabta” will tell you that he is a trained classical singer and a very gifted one. Arijit is one singer to watch out for in Pritam’s music in Agent Vinod.
How does the various tracks in this album sound? Let’s listen:
Kahaani: Why the film doesn't work for me
Rituparna Chatterjee IBNLive.com | 12-Mar 11:48 AM
New Delhi: This post has huge spoilers. If you haven't watched Kahaani yet, don't read beyond this line. There is no doubting that the straightforward thriller by director Sujoy Ghosh is surprisingly slick in its approach to details. In style and subtext it's a fallback on the genius of Satyajit Ray's film adaptation of his own detective fiction. Yet the film stops just inches short of earning its place in history due to its gaping plotholes and a climax that is a deep bow to mainstream Bollywood.
The image of actor Abir Chatterjee, an established name in the Bengali film industry, inside a metro compartment searching for a bag based on a tip-off about a potential terror attack on the city, is planted in one of the early sequences. An intentional spoiler, since his name is not mentioned again in the entire film until Vidya Bagchi reveals herself.
But the fact that you have seen his face and have wondered who he is throughout the film despite the director attempting to throw you off with the many twists and turns, works against the plot. The nagging feeling that he is somehow intrinsic to the story gradually grows on you, and in the silent cinema theatre you mentally start adding up the clues. That is never a good thing for a crime thriller whose investment capital is the suspense.
Mainstream neo-noir films play around with the intrigue and the moral consequences of the parts played by their protagonists. Kahaani as a film goes a step beyond that and establishes the central character as a crafty mercenary driven by vengeance and righteous rage. But I doubt the logic that went into justifying her act by implanting a false memory of her husband in the audience's mind.
The sequence where she almost gets pushed on to the tracks in front of an incoming train had been the highpoint of the trailer. The actual sequence fizzles out as a simple stunt. But I find it odd that minutes after when she meets a cop who sympathises with her, she fails to mention an event that could have almost got her killed. Saswata Chatterjee is superb as the contract assassin, too bad his story wasn't given the same loving care that Parambrata Chatterjee's was.
You know the story so far. Vidya Bagchi, the heavily pregnant wife of the mysterious Arnab Bagchi, travels to Kolkata looking for her missing husband who seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth. The attention to details is stunning.
In her awkward gait, her visible discomfort with her body in the dust and grime of Kolkata, (the Durga Puja season in October is when the city is usually extremely humid) and the inside of one of the many cheap guest houses dotting the bylanes of the city, both Vidya Balan, playing Vidya Bagchi, and Ghosh have put up a formidable show in anesthetization of the location and the character.
It's easy to believe in Parambrata who plays a rookie cop who begins to fall in love with Vidya setting aside his obligation to the force and his own moral dilemma to help her. But aiding her in picking locks at government offices after hours clashes horribly with common sense. No cop would ever do that, no matter how noble the cause or how involved he is with the victim. I hate to nag, but it isn't that easy to pick a heavy old fashioned iron padlock with a hair pin. At least not outside Bollywood.
The climax to what I thought was a clever film came as a huge dampener. Having finished her 'job' in the city she runs away as a team of IB officials and the police reach the scene of crime. The film should have ended there leaving the audiences guessing her identity. Is she a hired assassin? Is she an IB insider? The diabolic twist at that juncture got underplayed by capitulating to what is crassly referred to as "what the Indian audiences demand" from a Hindi film.
What follows is a sobfest, a repeat of a candle light vigil scene from Balan's earlier film No One Killed Jessica and the apologetic explanation of why she does what she does. Justifying her action comes across more as an effort to appease the Indian morality than explain the twists. That is why Kahaani, despite being a refreshingly original film, falls short of immortality.
New Delhi: This post has huge spoilers. If you haven't watched Kahaani yet, don't read beyond this line. There is no doubting that the straightforward thriller by director Sujoy Ghosh is surprisingly slick in its approach to details. In style and subtext it's a fallback on the genius of Satyajit Ray's film adaptation of his own detective fiction. Yet the film stops just inches short of earning its place in history due to its gaping plotholes and a climax that is a deep bow to mainstream Bollywood.
The image of actor Abir Chatterjee, an established name in the Bengali film industry, inside a metro compartment searching for a bag based on a tip-off about a potential terror attack on the city, is planted in one of the early sequences. An intentional spoiler, since his name is not mentioned again in the entire film until Vidya Bagchi reveals herself.
But the fact that you have seen his face and have wondered who he is throughout the film despite the director attempting to throw you off with the many twists and turns, works against the plot. The nagging feeling that he is somehow intrinsic to the story gradually grows on you, and in the silent cinema theatre you mentally start adding up the clues. That is never a good thing for a crime thriller whose investment capital is the suspense.
Mainstream neo-noir films play around with the intrigue and the moral consequences of the parts played by their protagonists. Kahaani as a film goes a step beyond that and establishes the central character as a crafty mercenary driven by vengeance and righteous rage. But I doubt the logic that went into justifying her act by implanting a false memory of her husband in the audience's mind.
The sequence where she almost gets pushed on to the tracks in front of an incoming train had been the highpoint of the trailer. The actual sequence fizzles out as a simple stunt. But I find it odd that minutes after when she meets a cop who sympathises with her, she fails to mention an event that could have almost got her killed. Saswata Chatterjee is superb as the contract assassin, too bad his story wasn't given the same loving care that Parambrata Chatterjee's was.
You know the story so far. Vidya Bagchi, the heavily pregnant wife of the mysterious Arnab Bagchi, travels to Kolkata looking for her missing husband who seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth. The attention to details is stunning.
In her awkward gait, her visible discomfort with her body in the dust and grime of Kolkata, (the Durga Puja season in October is when the city is usually extremely humid) and the inside of one of the many cheap guest houses dotting the bylanes of the city, both Vidya Balan, playing Vidya Bagchi, and Ghosh have put up a formidable show in anesthetization of the location and the character.
It's easy to believe in Parambrata who plays a rookie cop who begins to fall in love with Vidya setting aside his obligation to the force and his own moral dilemma to help her. But aiding her in picking locks at government offices after hours clashes horribly with common sense. No cop would ever do that, no matter how noble the cause or how involved he is with the victim. I hate to nag, but it isn't that easy to pick a heavy old fashioned iron padlock with a hair pin. At least not outside Bollywood.
The climax to what I thought was a clever film came as a huge dampener. Having finished her 'job' in the city she runs away as a team of IB officials and the police reach the scene of crime. The film should have ended there leaving the audiences guessing her identity. Is she a hired assassin? Is she an IB insider? The diabolic twist at that juncture got underplayed by capitulating to what is crassly referred to as "what the Indian audiences demand" from a Hindi film.
What follows is a sobfest, a repeat of a candle light vigil scene from Balan's earlier film No One Killed Jessica and the apologetic explanation of why she does what she does. Justifying her action comes across more as an effort to appease the Indian morality than explain the twists. That is why Kahaani, despite being a refreshingly original film, falls short of immortality.
'CID' completes 15 years: Daya, lash gayee kahan?
News24u | 13-Mar 20:14 PM
New Delhi: At the time when 'Saas-Bahu' soaps and reality shows occupy most of the prime time, Sony Entertainment Television's 'C.I.D.' has successfully completed 15 years.
Many shows tried to copy its format, but could not stay on-air for long. Obviously, there is only one ACP Pradyuman. Along with his extremely smart team, which includes Abhijeet, Daya, Fredricks and Dr RP Salunkhe, ACP Pradyuman has been entertaining us from years now.
The team who claims to be like a family off screen is still busy solving murder mysteries. During an interview sometime back, Shivaji Satam better known as ACP Pradyuman said, "We do not put on any air like other celebrities do. We are just like any other middle class family."
New Delhi: At the time when 'Saas-Bahu' soaps and reality shows occupy most of the prime time, Sony Entertainment Television's 'C.I.D.' has successfully completed 15 years.
Many shows tried to copy its format, but could not stay on-air for long. Obviously, there is only one ACP Pradyuman. Along with his extremely smart team, which includes Abhijeet, Daya, Fredricks and Dr RP Salunkhe, ACP Pradyuman has been entertaining us from years now.
The team who claims to be like a family off screen is still busy solving murder mysteries. During an interview sometime back, Shivaji Satam better known as ACP Pradyuman said, "We do not put on any air like other celebrities do. We are just like any other middle class family."
Pay me a rupee more than Shah Rukh: Salman
Mid-Day.com | 14-Mar 12:31 AM
Mumbai: While a lot has been said and written about the rivalry between Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, the story looks like it's getting more interesting by the day. The recent buzz is that Salman wants to be paid a rupee more for his film with a big production house than what they are paying SRK for his upcoming movie with Katrina Kaif.
Surprisingly, this information has come out at a time when SRK has already started shooting for the Yash Chopra film, while Salman has almost finished filming the Kabir Khan directed venture.
Race to the top
"Before Salman committed to the movie, he asked Aditya Chopra to pay him a rupee more than what SRK was being paid for Yashji's film," says our source, adding that Aditya couldn't promise this then as he's also asking for a percentage of the profit as part of his remuneration. "Aditya explained to him that his percentage of profit share depended on how much the film makes on release.
And no one can say for sure whose film will collect how much at the box office." Salman felt relieved when Aditya reassured him that they'd give him as fair a deal as he gets with any other filmmaker. "So Salman need not worry about being shortchanged as compared to SRK," pointed out our source.
Changing terms
Apparently, the three Khans are said to be getting a fixed fee of not less than Rs 15 crore each. "The Chopras weren't known to pay anyone's market price earlier. But with the change in the industry, they've agreed to the Khan's fees being divided into a fixed amount and a share in the profits," said our informer.
About this, our first source reasons, "With back-to-back Rs 100 crore plus earners like 'Dabangg', 'Ready' and 'Bodyguard', Salman knows he's the biggest draw in India. So in keeping with his drawing power at the domestic box-office, if he's asking for a rupee more, he's not being unreasonable. Is he?"
Buzz is that the three Khans are being paid the same fixed fee upfront. However, who earns the most will be seen when the final India net figures are tabled.
Insecure of Aamir too?
Interestingly, there's another angle to this one-upmanship of the fees between the three Khans with reference to their movies with Chopra's production house. Another industry veteran tells us that when Salman was asked to sign the contract for the Kabir Khan film, he asked to see the kind of deal they had worked with Aamir, for their action thriller.
"It seems Salman was keen to see the kind of terms his friend was getting for the action thriller franchisee film that also features Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra," said our source. Not to be left behind, before committing to Yash Chopra's directorial venture with Katrina and Anushka Sharma, SRK wanted to be apprised of the terms and conditions Aamir and Salman had finalised with the banner.
"Considering that SRK has been long associated with the Chopras, he can't afford to let Aamir and Salman get a better deal than him. So he too was signed on for the same terms as Aamir," explains our source.
Rs 1 rules
Not surprisingly, ego issues between stars over money matters are not new. Industry sources tell us that the demand for a rupee more were first made many years ago. Apparently, Manmohan Desai was once confronted with this dilemma when he cast Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna in 'Amar Akbar Anthony'. "Their rivalry was at the peak then and each wanted to be paid more than the other. Eventually, Amitabh Bachchan walked off with a fatter pay cheque," says an old source.
Kishore Kumar made no secret of his eccentricities. Known to be a miser, he charged a whopping amount of Rs 15,000 per song back then. However, he took Rs 1 less than what Lata Mangeshkar charged, as a mark of respect towards her.
Mumbai: While a lot has been said and written about the rivalry between Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, the story looks like it's getting more interesting by the day. The recent buzz is that Salman wants to be paid a rupee more for his film with a big production house than what they are paying SRK for his upcoming movie with Katrina Kaif.
Surprisingly, this information has come out at a time when SRK has already started shooting for the Yash Chopra film, while Salman has almost finished filming the Kabir Khan directed venture.
Race to the top
"Before Salman committed to the movie, he asked Aditya Chopra to pay him a rupee more than what SRK was being paid for Yashji's film," says our source, adding that Aditya couldn't promise this then as he's also asking for a percentage of the profit as part of his remuneration. "Aditya explained to him that his percentage of profit share depended on how much the film makes on release.
And no one can say for sure whose film will collect how much at the box office." Salman felt relieved when Aditya reassured him that they'd give him as fair a deal as he gets with any other filmmaker. "So Salman need not worry about being shortchanged as compared to SRK," pointed out our source.
Changing terms
Apparently, the three Khans are said to be getting a fixed fee of not less than Rs 15 crore each. "The Chopras weren't known to pay anyone's market price earlier. But with the change in the industry, they've agreed to the Khan's fees being divided into a fixed amount and a share in the profits," said our informer.
About this, our first source reasons, "With back-to-back Rs 100 crore plus earners like 'Dabangg', 'Ready' and 'Bodyguard', Salman knows he's the biggest draw in India. So in keeping with his drawing power at the domestic box-office, if he's asking for a rupee more, he's not being unreasonable. Is he?"
Buzz is that the three Khans are being paid the same fixed fee upfront. However, who earns the most will be seen when the final India net figures are tabled.
Insecure of Aamir too?
Interestingly, there's another angle to this one-upmanship of the fees between the three Khans with reference to their movies with Chopra's production house. Another industry veteran tells us that when Salman was asked to sign the contract for the Kabir Khan film, he asked to see the kind of deal they had worked with Aamir, for their action thriller.
"It seems Salman was keen to see the kind of terms his friend was getting for the action thriller franchisee film that also features Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra," said our source. Not to be left behind, before committing to Yash Chopra's directorial venture with Katrina and Anushka Sharma, SRK wanted to be apprised of the terms and conditions Aamir and Salman had finalised with the banner.
"Considering that SRK has been long associated with the Chopras, he can't afford to let Aamir and Salman get a better deal than him. So he too was signed on for the same terms as Aamir," explains our source.
Rs 1 rules
Not surprisingly, ego issues between stars over money matters are not new. Industry sources tell us that the demand for a rupee more were first made many years ago. Apparently, Manmohan Desai was once confronted with this dilemma when he cast Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna in 'Amar Akbar Anthony'. "Their rivalry was at the peak then and each wanted to be paid more than the other. Eventually, Amitabh Bachchan walked off with a fatter pay cheque," says an old source.
Kishore Kumar made no secret of his eccentricities. Known to be a miser, he charged a whopping amount of Rs 15,000 per song back then. However, he took Rs 1 less than what Lata Mangeshkar charged, as a mark of respect towards her.
Bahuguna sworn in as new Uttarakhand CM
Vijay Bahuguna has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. It was a short ceremony on Tuesday evening, with only Mr Bahuguna taking oath. Getting his government together is likely to be less simple - in resolutely appointing Mr Bahuguna the Congress has ignored the loud rebellion of veteran leader Harish Rawat, who says he should be CM and claims he has the support of many Congress MLAs. Less than half of the Congress' 32 MLAs attended the ceremony in Dehradun. Many of them were reportedly in Delhi with the sulking Mr Rawat, who has been looked over before by the party leadership, and has written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. He is said to have threatened to quit the party. Mr Rawat scoffs at his party saying that not too many MLAs support him. "The Congress General Secretary said Harish Rawat has the support of just six MLAs...so if that were true how come only eight Congress MLAs attended the swearing-in ceremony? Where were the rest? My point has been proved," he said to NDTV on Tuesday evening. Mr Bahuguna, whose problems seem to have only just begun, said before being sworn in, "This is a family matter and will be solved within the family...We will convince everyone...This party is like the Himalayas, it can't be broken."
The battle's on for control of the video dial tone
Cisco Systems Inc's attempt to convince a European court to impose tougher conditions on Microsoft Corp's acquisition of Skype signals that technology companies are gearing up to battle for control of what some say is the next big thing: videoconferencing. As the networking giant scrambles to safeguard its market leadership and ownership of a technology that is crossing over from business into the consumer world, rival players like Polycom Inc and Citrix Systems Inc are devising their own user-friendly solutions. All will contend with Microsoft, which analysts say plans to integrate Skype into its products, potentially boosting the allure of its software and a future crop of Windows devices. The teleconferencing market is small, but its growing popularity among consumers and its widening use in mobile phones make this struggle -- waged through courts, mergers and regulators -- a crucial one. "Video is the new world ..., and you will see lots of acquisitions, lots of lawsuits, and those who are behind will use patent litigation," said Krish Ramakrishnan, chief executive officer of videoconferencing service Blue Jeans Network. Research firm Infonetics forecast that video would be the top trend in telecoms. The global enterprise videoconferencing market will hit $5 billion in 2015 compared with $2.2 billion in 2010.
A twist on Aamir Khan's birthday
Hours before Aamir Khan turns 47, the big news breaks. Talaash, his psychological thriller due to release in June, has been postponed to November 30. Aamir Khan is one of the producers of the film; the others are Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar. Talaash, directed by Reema Kagti, also stars Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherji. Ostensibly, the release date has been postponed keeping in mind Aamir Khan's debut on TV, also slated for June. Given the extensive and innovative promotions which Aamir undertakes for each of his films, the reason to shift dates is credible. Or is it? Dig a little deeper. In Pics: Aamir Khan turns 47 On the other side, old rival Shah Rukh Khan is neck-deep in filming his big Diwali release - the untitled Yash Raj film with Katrina Kaif. If their first-time together
Kareena Kapoor at the domestic airport on Tuesday
Our eyes popped when our photographer sent us this and the following photos of Kareena Kapoor at the domestic airport on Tuesday. It's not often one sees stars without their hangers-on. Kareena, in these pics, could well be any other traveller (she was returning from Goa). Except that she isn't - she is Kareena! Kareena Kapoor, will be seen in Agent Vinod opposite beau Saif Ali Khan, releasing on 23rd March, 2012.
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