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:
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