Emran Hashmi and Kareena will be seen in Ekta Kapoor's Movie

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Emraan Hashmi has signed probably the biggest movie of his career as a solo hero. He will star opposite Kareena Kapoor in the joint production of Karan Johar and Ekta Kapoor. It will be the first time that these two top banners: Dharma and Balaji productions are collaborating to produce a movie. Also for the first time Emraan Hashmi will be working with Dharma and Kareena Kapoor will be working with Balaji productions. Kareena has done many films under Dharma banner though which include 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham', 'We Are Family' and 'Ek Main Aur Ek Tu'. Emraan has worked with Balaji Motion Pictures in 'Once Upon a Time in Mumbai' and 'The Dirty Picture'.

Akshay Roy will be making his debut as a director with this movie. The flick is said to be a love story with a twist. Reportedly Deepika Padukone was getting considered for the female lead earlier. The movie will be a love triangle and one more female lead will be announced soon. The movie will be a big leap in the career of Emraan who is slowly marching towards superstardom. Film is going on floors in September 2013 and it will release in the first half of 2014.

Shahrukh Khan has been offered by Hafiz Saeed

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Lahor:Chairperson of Pakistan's Banned outfit jamaatud Dawa Hafiz Saeed said on Saturday that he wool Welcome Shahrukh Khan in Pakistan if he unsafe in India.

Hafiz gave the statement in a time when Khan seemed to be in problem in India as he was facing criticism from Hindu extremists over being Muslim.

Earleir Khan in this interview to as American magazine saif Muslims had to face discrimination in India and he himself faced the same problem many times.He aslo revealed that many politicians asked him to go back to his native homeland, Pakistan after 9/11 incident.

Khan showed worries about the future of his children in the interview.

Taliing to a private Pakistan news channel, Express News, Hafiz said that if Khan felt  undafe in his country I would not only welcome him but also support him for his settlement in Pakistan.

 

5 unexpected and non-deserving box office failures of 3 Khans

For more than 2 decades now, Indian Hindi film industry is being ruled by the 3 mega Khans - Aamir, Shahrukh and Salman. All the three have been consistently successful and have delivered numerous blockbusters over the years. While some of their 'average' movies have done exceptionally well at the box-office, some of their exceptionally good films have gone unnoticed at the ticket window.Here is my list of 5 such movies, featuring the 3 legends, which deserved a lot more success than what they got when they were released.

1. Andaz Apna Apna: A superbly written mad comedy, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, which featured Aamir and Salman together for the first and probably the last time. The movie has attained cult status over the years and is amongst the biggest all time hits in the DVD and satellite markets. All characters and dialogues are so popular now, that it’s hard to believe that the film didn’t do well at the box-office.

2. Swades: Swades(meaning Our Country) is a brilliantly directed patriotic saga highlighting the issue of brain drain and is directed by Ashutosh Gowariker after his Oscar nominated Lagaan. When it got released, it got rave reviews from the critics but it was criticized for it’s length and lack of entertainment value. Swades was a rare box-office failure for SRK, who as Mohan Bhargav, delivered arguably the best performance of his career.

3. Akele Hum Akele Tum: It was the third and most probably the last outing of Aamir Khan and his director uncle Mansoor Khan after the super success of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. Akele Hum Akele Tum is a superb portrayal of a sensitive relationship between husband and wife. The performances by Aamir, Manisha and even the child actors were outstanding. This movie has some of the best romantic tracks composed by Anu Malik.

4. Khamoshi – The Musical: Khamoshi, which marked the debut of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, was nothing short of a classic. The musical plot was unique and wonderfully directed. Salman, Manisha, Nana, Seema Biswas and Helen were fabulous in their respective roles. Also the songs composed by Jatin Lalit lived upto the musical theme. Despite all these ingredients, Khamoshi remained total Khamosh at the box office.

5. Dil Se: Dil Se is yet another fantastic movie based on terrorism by ace director Mani Rathnam, after the success of Roja and Bombay. Manisha Koirala, unfortunately, is featuring in this unwanted list for the third time. The movie was stylishly shot and A.R. Rahman compositions for Dil Se were probably his best to date.

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Bollywood always Copycats

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In the Indian Cinema, Scripts and songs being ripped off is old news, now even movie posters are being copied!!

Here comes another commodity to be copied by us. Bollywood Movie Posters!!

Call it sheer laziness or whatever else, in India there is rich literature and so many talented people yet mainstream cinema go for copying, get inspired by Hollywood. There are movie clippings and posters of so many  films that are totally an inspiration of Hollywood as it seems what are film industry is doing then apart from creating mere facsimiles out of the west. We all know that there is no dearth of content here. It's only a question of shortcut that the filmmakers take because they want a ready script. We've always been inspired from the west. Lifting has been here since the 1940s.

There is no harm in copying the scripts as there might be a large amount of people in India who don't watch Hollywood movies and hence to bestow variety in the flicks, our directors do so. Also another reason could be that Bollywood makes more than 200 films in an year. So bringing a different idea or story could be strenuous and laborious.

"The biggest motivation for making a successful movie is that it brings money and appreciation. So filmmakers go for a tried and tested formula by taking inspiration from Hollywood. Otherwise there are only a very few talented writers who've come out with original content... it's actually not about writers" said a director not wanted to be named.

Apart from the posters, there are a number of movies which are copied from Hollywood. Some of the famous ones are Hum Tum(Harry Met Sally), Murder(The Unfaithful), Agneepath(Scarface), Ghajni(Memento) and Ek Main Ek TU(What happens in Vegas) and many more.

Sherlyn to dance with 50 nude dancers for Kamasutra

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This Playboy girl has been in news ever since anybody heard her name. Now the actress will apparently be filmed with 50 other nude dancers in a music track from Rupesh Paul's film on Kamasutra.

This project on Kamasutra 3D was announced by director Rupesh Patel at the Cannes Film Festival this year. The song will be shot in Rajasthan, but the makers are tight-lipped about the exact location of the shoot. This one will be choreographed by Saroj Khan and the veteran is planning to give the dancers some really aesthetic steps.The director states, "The song is based in the 14th century and we are all excited about it. Saroj ji will be choreographing it first. Post that, we will get a music director to give music to the track. It will be quite unique. The song will essay a sage demonstrating various Kamasutra positions. We have kept our location under wraps." Asking on where did he get such bold dancers from, Paul exclaimed, “There is no agency who supplies dancers. We had to visit various dance academies and convince each and every dancer.”

Talking about how difficult the subject was for him, “India is known as a land of Kamasutra. The epic erotica is as significant as Gita or Ramayana. It is pathetic to relate this ancient scripture to porn,” he said. “If you go to Paris, every coffee shop will have an abridged version of Kamasutra. The ancient scriptures are read and appreciated by millions of people abroad and we never owned it. It is such a shame,” added Paul. 

Race 2 second day Total Net Collections

After a huge opening day which was less expected, Race 2 is all set for another huge day. Today is a National holiday for " Republic Day of India ". The morning shows are already showing great occupancy and this will continue till late night shows as tomorrow is Sunday so people are relaxed and specially families will plan for evening and night shows.

The major multiplexes have shown massive occupancy while Single screens are also good. The second day Saturday collections of Race 2 are expected to be 17-19 crore and most probably if night shows are even more better than the morning shows, than 20 crore is also possible.

The response of the film is below expectations. The audience feedback ( Public Response ) is mixed which will result in low collections in weekdays. The opening is a grand one because of the brand " RACE " and a wide release of 3188 screens all across India. Race 2 is having the third widest release after Dabangg 2 ( 3505 screens ) and Ek Tha Tiger ( 3300 screens ).

Bookmark ( save ) this page for the regular updates of Second day Box Office collections of Race 2. Exact collections will be updated on this page tomorrow afternoon when producers will announce the collections officially.

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Race 2 1st day collections

Source: E-One India.

Hindi movie Race 2 starring Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham and Anil Kapoor in leads, has got fantastic opening at the Indian Box Office, beating another new release Akaash Vani. The Abbas-Mastan directed action thriller has beaten the first day collection record of Saif's previous releases like Agent Vinod and Cocktail and John's last releases like Force and Housefull 2. The much-talked about and much-hyped movie Race 2 debuted with a superb response with its occupancy ranging between 70% and 80% in the morning and matinee shows. The action thriller showed further improvement in its business in the evening and night shows. It has collected Rs 15.12 crores nett at the domestic Box Office on the first day of its release on Friday. Race 2 has done wonderful collection in all areas of the country. Trade expert Taran Adarsh tweeted, "#Race2 territorial breakup: Mumbai 5.25 cr, DelhiUP 3.10 cr, Punjab 1.25 cr, CP 75 lacs, CI 57 lacs, Rajasthan 1.05 cr, Nizam 80 lacs, Mysore 90 lacs, TNK 30 lacs, WB 55 lacs, Bihar 25 lacs, Assam 15 lacs, Odisha 20 lacs. Total: 15.12 cr nett." Saif Ali Khan's 2012 releases like Agent Vinod and Cocktail had collected Rs 9.8 crores and Rs 11 crores nett respectively at the domestic Box Office on the first day of their release. Whereas John Abraham's 2012 release Housefull 2 and 2011 release Force had collected Rs 14 crores and Rs 5 crores respectively at the desi Box Office on their opening days. Now, Race 2 has become the biggest opener in their acting career. Race 2 is a sequel to the big hit movie Race and it is a multi-starrer movie featuring Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez, Anil Kapoor and Ameesha Patel in leads. The film had a huge amount of promotion prior its release. Its promos - videos and posters had created lot of curiosity among the film goers. Despite getting mixed reviews from film critics, it has got positive response from the viewers. However, Saturday is the Republican day holiday, which is expected to take the collection of Race 2 upwards further. Trade experts feel that the movie will cross Rs 50 crore mark at the domestic Box Office in the first weekend. It should be seen whether it would reach this mark. Stay locked to this space to know the first weekend collection of Race 2.

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