Cutting Chai with Bhawana Somaaya - Day 314

Gudi Padva is here

31.03.14

A busy Sunday, watched Manoj Joshi’s very popular Man Madde Tya Medo at Bhaidas, a real treat for a house-full audience at Bhaidas Hall in Vile Parle. Manoj Joshi is the most happening actor in present times and will be the first choice for filmmakers looking for a replacement for Farooque Shaikh.

In the evening I attended Hindi curtain raiser of magnum opus Kochadaiiyaan starring superstar Rajinikanth. Attached is a picture clicked with the superstar sometime in the 80s at a party hosted by a magazine I edited.Today is Maharashtrian New Year Gudi Padva and it falls in the Chaitra month of Hindu calendar. The festival is welcomed with an upturned kalash placed on top of a stick and covered with a silk sari decorated in flowers. This pole is hung on every household and the family begins the day with a powder of jaggery, ginger and neem leaves – a little sweet, a little sour and a little bitter because happiness is valued after sorrow and conflict.On this auspicious day actor and filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar gives the clap for new film Janiva to launch his son Satya Manjrekar!

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Youngistan for youth

28.03.14

Vashu Bhagnani produced aur Syed Ahmed Afzal likhi directed Youngistan Hindustan ke naujawan PradhanMantri ki kahani hain.

Abhimanyu Kaul yaane Jacky Bhagnani, Tokyo ki badi company ke liye video games banata hain aur ek shandaar apartment mein apni girl friend Anvita, yaane Neha Sharma ke saath rehta hain.

Ek din Jacky ko ghar bulaya jaata hain, airport se directly aspatal aur kuch dinon ke baad, apne mahroom pita Pradhan Mantri Bomani Irani ki jagah naye PM chunne hain!

Ab club ke badle cabinet, jeans ke badle Sherwani aur Facebook ke badle public rally- 28 saal ke software engineer ki zindagi badal jaati hain!

Film ka first half refreshing hain, shayad isliye kyon ki iske pehle humne pradhan mantri ko insaan ki tarha kabhi nahi dekha.

 Jacky Bhagnani Pradhan Mantri ki bhumika mein ek saadgi aur sahajta laate hain jo dil ko chhoo jaati hain.

Premika Anvita mein kuch khaas baat hain aur aap unko utna hi pasand karte ho jitna ki Pradhan Mantri.

Film ka sabse manjha hua performance Pradhan Mantri  ke PO Akbar yaane Farooque Shaikh ka hain. Shaikh ke sirf frame mein hone se har scene ko chaar chand lag jaate hain!

Youngistaan aaj ke Hindustan ke naujawan ka drishtikon hain aur iss anokhi soch aur sandesh ka shrrey jaata hain director Syeed Ahmed ko, jinhone kuch naya karne ka shaas jataya.

Youngistaan ko Big Entertainment Ratings milte hain 3 stars jisme se 1 star sirf Farooque Shaikh ke liye hain.

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Dishkiyaan senseless

Shilpa Shetty/ Eros International produced aur Sanamjeet Singh Talwar directed Dishkiyaaon ek aur underworld ki kahani hain aur shayad ab tak ki sabhi crime world ki filmon mein sabse banavti bhi!

Vickey ko bachpan mein uske class ka ladka roz zalil karta tha,  jisse badla lene ke liye, Vickey gangster ban jaata hain!

Kahani ka na sarr hain na paon. Samajh mein nahi aata ki Vickey apni kahani Sunny Deol ko kyon sunata hain…?

 Kyon ek gang doosri gang ke peeche hain aur ek gunda doosre gunde ke khoon ka pyaasa…?

Rocky ko Vickey chahiye, Vickey ko Tony, Khan ko Khaleefa, Khaleefa ko Gujjar aur Gujjar ko saara shehar!

Aisa lagta hain ki kissi ko kissi se koi real conflict nahi hain aur writer/ director saare characters ko bade parde par yuhhin, tahalaane laaye hain!!

Dil chahta hain ki kaash humare paas bhi revolver hota aur hum bhi sab ko yuhhin dishkiyaan kar dete!

Dishkiyoon ko itni mehnat aur paise kharch karne ke liye Big Entertainment ratings milta hain 1 star.

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Show business back stories 1

 27.03.14

Another story equally amusing is about superstar Amitabh Bachchan behaving like a kid on the 

sets of Bhootnath Returns. It is said that a while ago the unit was shooting final patches at a location where the vehicles had to cross a construction blockage before reaching the venue. Bachchan endured the road blockage for a few days and then came up with a novel idea. He carried his automated scooter in his car dickey; as a result as soon as he arrived at the blockage, his staff extracted the scooter from the dickey and placed it on the road. Circled by his bouncers Bachchan slipped out of the car on to the scooter and rode on the scooter through the debris into the set much to the amusement of the security and those around him. Have you ever heard of a superstar riding on a scooter, I have not, and not one who plays a ghost in a film!

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Show business back stories 1      

26.03.14

 

The back stories of show business are always more interesting than what we see on screen. Recently director Sajid Khan while shooting Humshakal in Mauritius noticed that his actors were a bit home sick and decided to cheer them up by inviting Kareena Kapoor and Genelia D’souza to visit the sets. It was meant to be a surprise and the actors were so happy on spotting their partners that the wives declared to throw a party for the unit. It was a super party and director Sajid Khan declared to take it a step further and announce a holiday the nest day!

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