I was feeling a little rusty : Madhuri

The original diva of Bollywood talks about her career, kids and forthcoming film.
Are you happy to be back home?

I have always said, I am a Mumbaichi mulgi and will remain the same. As far as coming to Mumbai is concerned, it's always a delight. I have been visiting the city regularly. It's just that I was not interacting with the media or giving any interviews. It's strange, people think if I am not giving interviews I am not visiting home (laughs).

How does it feel to working after a five-year break?

Oh, it was wonderful. Initially, I was a bit apprehensive on the first day, but once I was on the sets, it was fine. I was feeling a little rusty, but after shooting for two hours, I was back in form again.

Are you apprehensive about the fact that you don't have a male lead in Aaja Nachle?

I am not nervous at all. I think the story is unique and people will appreciate my performance. We must think positive.

It seems that you agreed to take up this film because you get to play a dancer. How far is it true?

Bingo! You would have won a jackpot if this had been the question. (Giggles) Jokes apart, I think you are correct. I play Diya in Aaja Nachle, an extremely strong and independent woman. She runs away from home with her boyfriend to New York. There she realises that the person she ran away with has changed. She is a choreographer by profession. When she returns, she finds people have changed. It’s the way she fights all odds that makes Divya so special.

You look the same Madhuri Dixit even after five years. Tell us about your look in the film?

I am playing the woman who has spent 10 years abroad. She is a choreographer who struggles in a man's world kind of a thing. She's not delicate so she has to look her part throughout the movie. I think that was the biggest challenge for Manish Malhotra to match my look with the character.

So how do your kids react when they see their mom's posters all over?

I think Yashraj has gone all out to promote the film, and that's the best part about working with a prestigious production house, which takes care of everything. Whenever my kids would travel with me, they would see the poster and scream, "Mom that's you!" This time I didn't get them with me, because they have their classes.

Do you cook for your kids?

Yes, I do that often. In fact, I enjoy making food for them. My kids love dosas, and most of the time I try and make different kinds of dosas. They also love the typical Marathi varan bhaat and in Punjabi cuisine they love chicken tikka. So, I make sure they taste all kinds of food. By the way, Chinese cuisine is something which everyone in our family loves!

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When people call me sexy I get shy : SRK

WORLD'S SEXIEST ASIAN
Goa: CNN-IBN's Entertainment Editor, Rajeev Masand, caught up with King Khan at the International Film Festival of India and quizzed him about everything from Om Shanti Om to being voted the sexiest man in Asia.

Rajeev Masand: You've been a cine freak all your life, so did you attend a lot of film festivals when you were in Delhi and when you were training to be an actor, during your growing up days?

Shah Rukh Khan: Yes, earlier in Delhi, there used to be a lot of international festivals and they used to be competitive. But I never attended as an invited guest. I used to be one of the ushers. The theatre groups used to give us between Rs 50 and Rs 100 for ushering people inside. This is the first time I have been invited to a film festival.

Rajeev Masand: Very few people know that your latest film, Om Shanti Om has been invited by the Berlin Film Festival. Are you going there in February?

Shah Rukh Khan: I don't have the details but yes, that is what our international film distributor said, that we have been invited.

Rajeev Masand: It's really interesting that a film festival like Berlin, which is meant to be a serious film festival, has invited a film that really celebrates the glory of mainstream masala film making. So is that sort of an indication that Bollywood is becoming immensely popular?

Shah Rukh Khan: Well, I think Om Shanti Om is a seriously funny film so there is a part seriousness there and so I think its okay to go to the Berlin Film Festival and showcase a film like it.

Rajeev Masand: The UK paper, The Eastern Eye, has voted you the sexiest Asian alive. Give me a final word on this.

Shah Rukh Khan: As hard as I am trying to be the chief guest of an international film festival and be serious, you declare me the sexiest Asian and make me look rather flippant again. Just when I thought I could be an actor, you've taken my chance of roles in serious cinema away again. I don't think it's amusing. I get very shy and embarrassed when someone calls me sexy.



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BHOOL BHULAIYAA - Priyadarshan - Akshay Team movie

Bhool Bhulaiyaa is a perfect blend of thrill and humor revealing undiscovered dimensions of human psychology which many of us could never even have imagined.
This is a movie by Priyadarshan, Akshay. This movie is an interesting thriller comedy grips the audience's interests by the mysterious turn of events. It is a remake of the Malayalam hit MANICHITRATHAZHU, is a complete departure from Priyan's films.



Bhool Bhulaiyaa is an interesting thriller-comic story by Priyadarshan which amuses and simultaneously grips the audience's interests by the mysterious twists of events. The story line of this film is about the conservative and superstitious people of a small village.In this story Badri (Manoj Joshi) is the head of a Brahmin family whose ancestral palace is believed to be haunted. One day, Siddharth (Shiney Ahuja) and Avni (Vidya Balan), the son and daughter-in-law of Badri's elder brother come to their native village from America. Events turn when some unnatural events start taking place inside the palace. The blame comes to on Radha (Amisha Patel) who is the adopted child of Badri. Suddenly a psychatrist from America, Dr. Aditya (Akshay Kumar) appears into the scene. He is Siddharth's friend and uses modern analytical techniques to find out the culprit and solve the mystery. The story becomes a roller coaster ride from this point onwards. Bhool Bhulaiyaa story is a perfect blend of thrill and humor revealing undiscovered dimensions of human psychology which many of us could never even have imagined.

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No Country For Old Men

Based on the acclaimed novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy. The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug- runners and small towns have become free-fire zones. The story begins when Llewelyn Moss (BROLIN) finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law - in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell (JONES) - can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers - in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives (BARDEM) - the film simultaneously strips down the American crime drama and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines.

This Drama Rating R and expected to be in Theatres on November 9th, 2007. The Drama was directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen and crew members are Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin.

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Kavya Madhavan as Nasraani in Joshy's Filim

Joshy's new film Nasraani was much in the news for the specialty of its lead, which had Kavya Madhavan playing the female lead for the first time opposite Mammootty. The latest news is that Kavya has backed out from doing the film.

The presence of a strong second heroine seems to be the reason for Kavya for not doing the film. No one has suggested earlier about the presence of another heroine in the film. But now after the pooja, Ranjitheettan made clear about my role in the film which has less prominence compared to the other female character.

"I had done these types of characters many times before. I prefer to share the lead with Mammootty in a more important role, next time. That's why I thought it better not to become a part of the film. I have even given back the advance, that I had for the film", said Kavya about the new developments.

Source: Keralaonline

Hathaway - Anne Jacqueline

Anne Jacqueline "Annie" Hathaway is an American film and stage actress. Hathaway made her debut under the guidance of Disney, when she starred in the comedic-oriented film The Princess Diaries (2001) opposite Julie Andrews. In the following three years Hathaway continued appearing in Disney-directed films such as Ella Enchanted and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (both 2004). Hathaway took more creative control over her image with her next projects and co-starred in the mature-themed Havoc and Brokeback Mountain (both 2005) and her contract with Disney was terminated afterward. The following year, Hathaway starred opposite Meryl Streep in the screen adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada (2006). Her acting-style is frequently compared to that of Judy Garland, Julia Roberts, and Audrey Hepburn, and she cites Hepburn as her favorite actress and Streep as her idol.
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Dileep start his own film soon

Dileep is an good actor. To start with the Vinodayatara which is doing good business. Then there is his film July 4th by Joshy which releases on July 4th. The film has Roma and Mangala starring opposite him. After that he is doing a Blessy film that will be shot at Kolkota in which heroine is Meera Jasmine.

Then there is signed Mulla by Lal Jose, starring Gopika in the female lead. Lal Creations has signed him for a film with script penned by Rafi Mecartin, to be directed by Rajasenan. He has also signed a film by Jose Thomas and Sibi-Udayan team. Soon after completing all these films, he intends to start his film with Sandhya Mohan.

Dileeps says "I didn't even dream of such a success. God is working so many iracles". Watching Movies is the Dileep's favourite hobby. He never selects the movies to watch and is interested in all types and languages of films. However comedy and action movies are his favourites.

Julia Loktev's "Day Night Day Night"

There's no doubt that filmmaker Julia Loktev makes quite an impression with her debut feature "Day Night Day Night," which shows off her expertise at oblique storytelling and subjective suspense. Yet the bigger questions of why "Day Night Day Night" exists, and what tensions it's capitalizing on cannot be ignored. An artfully minimalist take on a world exploded into maximal fear and loathing, Loktev's tiny-budgeted digital video follows a nameless girl (Luisa Williams) of unspecified ethnicity as she arrives at Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City and begins preparing for a suicide bombing mission। All this information is disseminated in a clinical, dispassionate tone, maintaining a strict point-of-view from shot to shot. Stranded with the girl, whose hollowed, haunted eyes are our only moral barometer in this bare, beige world of seedy hotel rooms and city streets, we're forced to adopt her perspective, while also, due to her anonymity, remaining wholly outside of her emotional experience.
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Chotta Mumbai - A Hotchpotch

Chotta Mumbai, directed by Anwar Rasheed with Mohanlal and Bhavana in the lead roles, opened to packed houses. With all ingredients of a mass entertainer, this movie laced with humour stars Siddique and Jagathy in prominent roles. The movie witnessed unprecedented crowds in theatres. Mohanlal has made a right beginning this year with Chotta Mumbai. Despite in wafer thin plot which is a letdown is definitely, the film manages to grip your heart with its no melodramatic content and rave performances from the lead. Landing on a mass formula movie, director Anwar Rasheed has steered the flick with clear dictation overpowering even the star equations. Truly a director's film, which make you just sit back, relax and enjoy, rather than searching for its logic. The story set in the Fort Kochi-Mattancherry area tells about a few happy go-lucky guys from the Chotta Mumbai Street who is into anything for making money.