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- Dhadang Dhang Song from Rowdy Rathore (3) { May go well with the theme or content of the film as i have watched the original but if you look at it as just... } – May 21, 5:30 AM
- Dhadang Dhang Song from Rowdy Rathore (3) { The tune is catchy but I don't like the picturization with Akshay in those colored pants. The song has a 90s vibe to it and... } – May 21, 12:58 AM
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- SOTD: Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees (1) { RIP } – May 20, 11:10 PM
- Cocktail Theatrical Trailer (6) { So pritam used another popular punjabi song this will make honey Singh big we will see him more in BW } – May 20, 10:44 PM
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} – May 20, 10:25 PM - Satyamev Jayate Full Episode 3 (8) { Watched the full episode. Liked the sting operation story the best because it had a positive/inspiring message for everyone. I know Aamir did not say... } – May 20, 6:20 PM
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- Cocktail Theatrical Trailer (6) { milind - katrina doesnt pick up slutty roles like deepika,u see deepika in LAK,BKB, and now this.She almost borders slutiness.and she over exposes at wrong... } – May 20, 4:05 PM
- Satyamev Jayate First Episode not in Top 10 (6) { DG........SJ.....lut gayaa,perfectionist lut gaya. } – May 20, 3:47 PM
- Arnab Goswami on SRK's Ugly Spat (13) { Arnab is to journalism what Rakhi Sawant is to Page 3 } – May 20, 3:45 PM
- Cocktail Theatrical Trailer (6) { Babaji, What about a KAT in a scene like in The Postman Never Rings Twice. REAL DEAL! } – May 20, 3:42 PM
- Cocktail First Look Poster (1) { good poster. } – May 20, 3:16 PM
- Cocktail Theatrical Trailer (6) { the girls are good looking.For some reason either deepika picks up or filmmakers give her slutty roles.But my concern is why does she try such... } – May 20, 3:16 PM
- Arnab Goswami on SRK's Ugly Spat (13) { SRK's interview after the win against Pune. } – May 20, 3:08 PM
- Satyamev Jayate Full Episode 3 (8) { after second episode(some lack of research) .i already thought that the show is falling...but after watching 20th may episode...i can say that it retained its... } – May 20, 3:08 PM
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1.Pranoy Roy although is highly opiniated atleast allows its guests to talk. 2.Arnab Goswami... } – May 20, 12:43 PM - Satyamev Jayate First Episode not in Top 10 (6) { How many channels it is simultaneously being telecast ?? Last time one content simultaneously telecast in 3 channels and it cloacked a TRP of 39..That... } – May 20, 12:37 PM
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Opening TRP of top stars on TV shows
Amitabh Bachchan KBC – 2 (August 2005) – 11.1
Shahrukh Khan in KBC ( Jan 2007) – 9.3
Salman Khan Dus Ka Dum (June 2008) – 3.35
Akshay Kumar Khatron ke Khiladi (July 2008) – unavailable
Hrithik Roshan Just dance (June 2011) – 4.7
Aamir Khan Satyamev Jayate (May 2012) – 4.27 ( rating only for metros,all India figures awaited)
Reference links:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-01-23/india/27871143_1_shah-rukh-khan-amitabh-bachchan-hot-seat
http://www.indiantelevision.com/tvr/indextam.php4?startperiod=07/08/2005&endperiod=13/08/2005
http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-hrithik-rules-small-screen-2383586.html
http://www.indiantelevision.com/mam/headlines/y2k12/may/maymam53.php
http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k8/july/july144.php
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Tagged Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan, shahrukh khan
Magadheera vs Gadar : which is more WTF?
Presenting two OTT action scenes from two of the biggest blockbusters in Indian Cinema.What is your pick?
1) Magadheera:
It is amusing how the other fighters watch the hero beating each dude one by one!
2) Gadar:
A dude is uarmed (except for the handpump!) and he beats the crap out of whole pak public,many of whom are armed! It happens only in Indian cinema!
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Tagged action, Gadar, Magadheera, Ram Charan Teja, S.S. Rajamouli, Sunny Deol
Collection of cult dialogues : Veergati
If there is one film that can challenge Sholays cult dialogues,then Veergati is the one that comes to my mind.Salman Khans little talked about gem of 1995 is my most favourite salman film.Yes it was inspired by Nana Patekars krantiveer a lot in both characterisation of the lead as well as the basic premise to some extent.While Krantiveer was made in response to Mumbai riots in 1992,Veergati was more like a follow up to Krantiveer.In Karan Arjun also Salman played a similar character where he overshadowed srk.
Below are some of my favourite dialogues in the film:
1) (Salman is accused of attempting murder)
“Dafa 302 likh ke takhti ko hare ped pe taang do to woh bhi sookh jaata hai”
2) (Salman’s response to Inspector who tries to sympathise with Constable’s son)
“Naam Neelkanth….lekin tumne woh zehere nahi piya jo mere rag rag mein hai.Philhaal yahi kaafi hai ki main hawaldaaar ka beta nahi”
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Tagged Saeed Jaffrey, Salman Khan, veergati
SOTD : Tong Hua – Guang Liang
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Tagged Guang Liang, Song of the Day, SOTD, Tong Hua
Nirmal Baba ke parvachan — Part 1
Nirmal Baba ke parvachan sammellan me aapka swaagat hai..
nirmal baba internet pe baitha chann vyaqtioyo ko chunenge jinka bhagaya aaj khulne vala hai
orr unhe unke bure samhe se chhutkara paane ka smadhaan milega..
Nirmal Babe (ki jai): haan aap iconic writer aap khade ho jayie…
mike pakkad lijiye.. arey galle me mat daliye stethoscope nahi hai..
preshaani bolne se pehle boliye.. jai ho aamir khan ki..
Milind: jaiiii (with trembling voice) ho aaaameeeeer ( with almost tears coming out of eyes) khan ki…
Baba mujhe NG se ban kar diya gaya hai…
Nirmal Baba (ki jai): woh to mere chhote bhai ko bhai kar diya gaya hai.. nikamma mujh par gaya hai ek dummm heheheh (kisne kaha tha wikipage banane ko)
Milind ji aap kaun se hero ke fan hai..
Milind: Baba.. the King SRK ka..
N Baba: dekhiya SRK ka time kharaab chal raha hai uski vajah se aapka bhi samay kaaafi namakool hai.. aap aisa kijiye aamir ke fan ban jayie aap par kripa ho jayegi..
Milind (went to commit suicide)
Nirmal Baba: aap khade ho jayie.. jinhone ne NG se alag hokar site banayi thi..
sputnik: baba mein.
N Baba: arey nahi abhi aapka time bhi aayega (aapka bhi sattu ki tarah naam roshan hoga)..
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Housefull 2 has the 17th biggest day ever on the 3rd last friday from 15.5 days after release : BOI
Saturday 21st April 2012 11.30 IST
Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network
Housefull 2 has the 17th biggest day collection of all time on the 3rd last friday from 15 and half days since the release of the film as it collects around 0.15 crore nett. The only films in the history of Hindi cinema which have collected more than Housefull 2 on this occasion are :
Three Idiots ,Dabangg,Bodyguard,Agneepath,Ready,Ra.one,Don2,Golmaal3,Ghajini,Rajneeti,znmd,singham,rnbdj,wanted,MNIK and Housefull 1.
It beats the likes of Action Replayy,Tees maar khan, Desi boys, De dana dan, Khatta meetha, CCTC,blue which were in between the 0.01-0.0075 crore nett region.
Housefull 2 collected around 0.02 crore nett in in East Punjab inspite of a state holiday. The major revenue-spewing circuits like CPCI and Rajasthan belt was also super strong. Collections in South and West Bengal have come down more but that is because there were no state holidays in those places and also were steady compared to Thursday.
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Tagged Boxoffice, Exclusive, Housefull 2
Hits and Misses of the First Quarter of 2012: BollywoodHungama
March ending is the favourite buzz word of people from the world of finance as it marks the end of the financial year. However, for us B-town folks, the last date of March marks the end of the first quarter of watching films released in the new year. The last 3 months have been a mixed bag for Bollywood with some films striking gold at the B.O. while others falling like a pack of cards. Bollywood Hungama’s Nikhil Ramsubramaniam gives a brief snapshot at the Hits and Misses of the first quarter of 2012. Read on…
HITS
Agneepath
Karan Johar took the risk of remaking his father’s cult classic Agneepath and even had the guts to hand over the directorial reins to a debutant director Karan Malhotra but boy did he deliver. The film saw some power-packed performances from Hrithik Roshan as Vijay Dinanath Chauhan and Sanjay Dutt as the evil Kancha Cheena. But the real surprise was Rishi Kapoor as Rauf Lala playing the meanest character he has ever portrayed. This one was a blockbuster from the word go and ‘Chikni Chameli’ rage only added to the collections even more.
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
Dharma Productions’ struck gold once again when young debutant director Shakun Batra managed to make an unconventional yet feel-good love story in Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu.
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Tagged Agent Vinod, Agneepath, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Kahaani, Paan Singh Tomar, Players, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
Srk’s Cultural significance : Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke – Tera Naam Lene Ki
I had somehow missed this gem of a song from srk.A copied romantic track from Hum Tumhaare hai sanam (which is a cult classic in its own right )which in normal circumstances would have been shot with the lead pair srk and raveena.The director thought of going the non-commercial way and decided to show us the puppy love of srk-raveena as kids.Now it would have been fine except that the kid is using Kumar Sanus voiceover and the video looks like a soft child porn!may be the director wanted us to show how srk’s romantic films had social impact on the young generation at that time.We are aware of species of srk fan who have seen cheesefests like DTPH 75 times and those who think DDLJ is cult romantic cinema.srk had converted a lot of potentially worthy citizens such majnus in their teens itself.Nowadays they are busy writing reflections on banned forums.Have a look at the song though.
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Tagged Kumar Sanu, Raveena Tandon, Shah Rukh Khan, Tera Naam Lene Ki, Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke
Sanu ik Pal Chain – Legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (late) with a young Rahat Fateh Ali khan!
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Tagged Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Sanu Ik Pal Chain
Veergati Salman Khan Best Fight Scene Ever
Veergati is one of the lesser known gem of a film in Salman Khan’s career. It could be called Salman’s Agneepath so to speak! Some really witty dialogue writing and excellent characterization of each cast. To many,this is Salman’s best performance by a mile. Sadly the film did not get the BO success it deserved mostly due to low promotion and small names associated with the film. It is true that it was inspired somewhat from the hugely successful Krantiveer which came an year earlier. But Veergati has much merit of its own. If you don’t believe me, watch it for yourself. If released today, it can do 100 cr in one week itself!
Here I am presenting the intro scene of Salman in the film.
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Tagged best fight scene, Exclusive, Krantiveer, Salman Khan, veergati
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi – Akshay at his best!
There is a Mohra, a Khiladi, Khakee and for some even Tashan but for me , Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi remains Akshay Kumar’s best film as a star-actor. KKK is the film where Akshay has that Tony Jaa-like moments where the hero’s action skills rise above the script. In fact such films are tailor-made to show-off the skills of the lead actor. No doubt,The film was a superhit at the box-office. Akshay I always believe is more of a “physical actor”. In those days in the 90s when crap used to be shown in the name of action, Akshay brought a very refreshing and realistic style. His spinning back kicks and cat leaps were noticeable in many of his early films and got lapped up by the audiences who had good taste in action, making him famous as the Khiladi of Bollywood.
Too bad he got stuck up with comedy later and is now struggling in the genre. But all is not lost, Rowdy Rathore is coming soon and reports say that Akshay took some Combat Karate training for it. CCTC was a bad lost opportunity.Hopefully RR will do justice to his talent.
Two of my favourite scenes from the film:
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Tagged action, Akshay Kumar, best, Khakee, Khiladi, khiladiyon ka khiladi, Mohra, Tashan
Hate Story Theatrical Trailer – For Adults Only
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Tagged Gulshan Devaiya, Hate Story, Nikhil Dwivedi, Paoli Dam, Promos, Theatrical Trailer, Trailer, Trailers, Vikram Bhatt, Vivek Agnihotri
SRK-KATRINA FILM TITLED ‘LONDON ISHQ’
Yash Chopra is currently directing this year’s most anticipated film in London with Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif.
The film which was called ‘Production 45’ by Yash Raj Films has finally been titled.
BollyNews UK has learnt that Yash Raj Films has chosen ‘London Ishq’ as the title of the film. Reportedly, the production house decided on the title from three choices. The title ‘Hum London Mein Mile’ was also considered for the film.
It can be noted here that Preity Zinta’s comeback film which she is currently shooting in France has a similar title; ‘Ishqk in Paris’.
Shah Rukh and Katrina have been filming different song sequences with choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant for the last two weeks here in the capital. An A.R Rahman track that is being shot at an undisclosed location in Central London for the last three days is reportedly a club song.
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Tagged Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif, London Ishq, Shah Rukh Khan, Yash Chopra, Yash Chopra's Next
Filmstreet Journal verdicts of recent films
Why Was Players A No-win At The B-O?
* All India theatrical rights were sold to Ginni Arts for `26C as MG (Minimum Guarantee) and `9C Refundable Advance
* Ginni Arts sold various circuits to sub-distributors and recovered around `8C as MG and retained key areas like Bombay Circuit, Delhi-UP, East Punjab
Revenue
India Theatrical: `26C
Overseas: `2C
Satellite: `14C
Music: `2.5C
Home Video: `1C
Total Revenue: `44.5C
* Total Cost (Production + Prints and Publicity) `68C approx
* Loss of `12C to Principal distributor and sub-distributors
Who is the ultimate loser?
Both producers Viacom Pictures plus Burmawala Bros lost heavily with Players.
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Most stupid scene of Guru
I think much before Raavan,the acclaimed director Mani Ratnam had crossed all limits of ridiculousness in the climax of Guru.Check this scene and just think how stupid could the writer think the audience are!
Guru is saying dont charge me excise duty,custom duty bcos i hv majority of indians as my companys shareholders.and he is actually defending his act of crime.and by looting the government by avioiding taxes,he is indirectly causing more trouble to economy. and then he says he values “money” lol
He says govt has problem wiht his growth,dude govt doesnt hv problem with ur growth but with ur criminal acitivyt of avioding taxation n bribery and finally mani ratnam should be ashamed of using mahatma gandhi as reference to make guru look rebel.How on earth can a freedom fight be equal to avoiding of taxes and bribery!
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Tagged Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Guru, Mani Ratnam, The Aviator
Agneepath has 57 crores profits
Cost : 75 cr (60 in India + 15 in overseas)including PnP
Satellite :35 (after tax)
Music/dvd/dth :12 cr
Non-theatrical revenue: 47 cr
Distributor share for recovery: 75 – 47 = 28 cr
India nett in 5 weeks: 126 cr ( DS of 56% = 70.56 cr)
Overseas gross : 32 cr (DS of 45% = 14.4 cr)
Total DS = 70.6 + 14.4 = 85 cr
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Tagged Agneepath, Boxoffice, Hrithik Roshan, Karan Johar, Karan Malhotra, Komal Nahta, Priyanka Chopra, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Taran Adarsh
Kader Khan turns educationist
As an entertainment reporter in the 1990s, travelling to Hyderabad to cover the shooting of a Govinda film was as common as travelling from Bandra to Churchgate.
More often than not it would be for one of the No.1 films (Hero, Coolie, Anari) and another fixture on the sets would be Kader Khan, who would be there as a co-actor and dialogue writer.
We didn’t realise it then, but the combination was writing film history as they ad-libbed and smart-assed their way to creating a whole new genre that is still known as the Govinda genre.
Dialogue from those films is still repeated and everyone who has cracked up at them has a favourite.
All this is in my mind as I go to meet Kader Khan (65), who hasn’t been seen in the movies for some time having seemingly passed his sell-by date as have so many wonderful entertainers of that decade. I couldn’t be more wrong.
Kader Khan is neither down, nor out. He has just seamlessly progressed to the next phase of his life with the very ambitious project of creating an entire syllabus from nursery to post graduation in Islamic studies which will be taught in Madrasas.
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Tagged Agneepath, bollywood, dialogues, Kader khan, khan
PR jugglery of Talaash
The first news for Talaash was about Reliance having acquired the film from Excel-Aamir (the producers) for Rs 90cr
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Aamir-Khan-scores-Rs-90-crore-deal/articleshow/11696477.cms
This news was mainly to heat up the film among trade.
The next news item came after the promo was launched.This time the PR quoted ‘budget’ figures of 40 cr instead of selling price(90 cr).
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Aamir-Khan-starrer-Talaash-s-1st-teaser-out/Article1-802823.aspx
The latest news item is funnier.This time they talked about how they have not sold the movie to (sub)distributors.The mistake on their part is that they gave quote of Reliance!
http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/no-talaash-for-distributors/
So as things stand,Talaash which was made on a production budget of 40 cr was sold to Reliance at 90cr.Reliance however has not sold the rights to sub distributors and are waiting till the release period gets near.
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Tagged Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukherji, Reema Kagti
