We haven’t seen him since Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016) and we haven’t seen her since Raees (2017)! Yet, Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan have left a great impact on the Indian audience. The two, after TV shows and films, are all set to come together for yet another commercial. Being one of Pakistan’s most loved couples, their on screen endorsement campaigns are always a welcome treat for audiences!
And now we have caught a glimpse of the said commercial. Although the details of the same are being kept under wraps, we hear that the ad is for a realtor firm in Islamabad. It is currently said to be shot in Poland. Fans of the two actors have gone berserk on social media by sharing Instagram stories of the two actors about their Poland shenanigans.
The super dapper and elegant avatars of the actor-actress duo in this commercial are definitely all set to win hearts yet again! And if you want to see the Humsafar couple back in action, here’s a glimpse of the boomerang videos and pictures from the sets of the commercial.
Even though the two haven’t acted together in any Bollywood film, they gained momentum as a popular on screen Jodi in India after the popularity of their Pakistani show Humsafar which was aired on Zee Zindagi.
Expressing her happiness over getting an opportunity to interact with some dignitaries from the global entertainment industry, Mahira Khan expressed how honoured she was to share the stage with such great personas.
It is twisty and wacky! That’s what the posters of Mental Hai Kya clearly indicated. Followed by the release of the dark yet quirky posters of Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao from the film, here is another bit of news that will leave you surprised! Amyra Dastur plays the love interest of Rajkummar.
Fans of the film Queen were happy to see the lead pair of the film return in Mental Hai Kya, albeit in a different avatar. But now, it seems amongst the many twists, one is that his romantic interest lies in Amyra. Whether it later falls on Kangana or no, is something only the makers can answer as of now.
However, what we do know is that even though Amyra is not the leading lady of the film, her character is supposed to be quite crucial in the film. Sources close to the actress said, “The story was so intriguing that she [Amyra] said yes to the film right away. All her three films have been announced back to back this year putting her into the list of busiest actors of Bollywood. Amyra slowly and steadily is carving her own path which will surely take her places.”
Speaking on Amyra, we saw the actress last seen in the Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Roy Kapur starrer Kaalakaandi earlier this year. Another film in the pipeline is Leena Yadav’s Rajma Chawal where she plays the rebellious love interest of Rishi Kapoor’s on-screen son. The actress has already completed the shoot of the same.
Recently it was announced that she will be playing the love interest of Ali Fazal in the remake of Telugu super hit film Prasthanam, titled as Prasthaanam in Hindi remake alongside Sanjay Dutt.
As for Mental Hai Kya, the film produced by Ekta Kapoor in association with Shailesh R Singh. It marks the Bollywood directorial debut of Prakash Kovelamudi.
The prime banner of Hindi cinema, Yash Raj Films, which has grown from strength to strength over the decades, had one more virtue: it was the citadel of romance. Was, we say, because time has brought in dynamic changes.
Its founder, veteran Yash Chopra, may not have started out with love stories when he began his directorial career in 1959 with his brother B.R. Chopra’s production Dhool Ka Phool. When he branched out with Yash Raj Films, it was with the classic romance Daag in 1973.
And over time, Yash Chopra began an affair with love stories as varied and classic as Kabhi Kabhie, Doosara Aadmi and even in a way Noorie (both of which he only produced), Silsila (despite its failure to get back its investment), Chandni (the film he decided to make after a flop run by following his heart instead of prevalent market trends), Lamhe—his career-boldest film as director, Darr (despite the angle of the obsessed lover), Dil To Pagal Hai and the cross-border romance Veer-Zaara. He also presented Aaina and Yeh Dillagi, which were modest romances.
Above all, Yash Chopra produced Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, one of the ultimate classics of the 1990s, which has a relatable quotient even today. Like this film, Mohabbatein and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, which followed, were all written and directed by his son Aditya Chopra. Yash Chopra stuck to his romantic formula till the end, when he made his swan song Jab Tak Hai Jaan, though his trademark magical love seemed missing in this 2012 film. His love stories, complete with heroines draped in sarees singing in exotic Swiss locations, were usually anointed with at least good music, and Jab Tak Hai Jaan, also missed the boat there.
Early experiments with crime
Yash Chopra always directed varied films. When his social Aadmi Aur Insaan was delayed, he adopted a foreign play into the gritty suspense drama Ittefaq, shot it within a month, without songs, and scored a big hit in 1969. In 1973, he adapted and Indianized a James Hadley Chase novel into Joshila. Though the film bombed, it forged a lasting alliance with producer-distributor Gulshan Rai, and their next was the blockbuster crime drama, Deewaar, a premium Salim-Javed script.
In the 1980s, when the director went through his only but long low phase, his misadventures included Mashaal and Vijay, family socials spiked with crime, a formula also employed in his production, Sawaal. These films religiously followed the ethos of that era—big stars with scripts catering to their egos, mediocre music and political and crime angles. None did well, causing Chopra to finally introspect, cock a snook at trends and go in for romance with Chandni, reinstating his prestige and that of his banner, and replenishing his soul.
In sync with trends
When Aditya Chopra took over the reins, he personally preferred to follow his father’s romantic footsteps as a director, but the shrewd filmmaker knew that times (as in audience) had changed. Viewers wanted variety, and crime was always a viable alternative. Yash Raj Films was bankrolling three or more films every year. So while the Hum Tum-Salaam Namaste-Mere Brother Ki Dulhan kind of cinema also came in, Aditya experimented with crime as well.
His first and standout experiment was the 2004 Dhoom, a caper film about a lovable baddie and two different-as-salt-and-pepper cops. Wanting in his heart to make a series, but unwilling to put in a big investment, Aditya cast Abhishek Bachchan (who had never had a hit), John Abraham (who had only Jism, whose success was attributed more to Bipasha Basu) and his own brother Uday Chopra, with Esha Deol (who had had no hit) and Rimi Sen. A new music director (Pritam) was assigned, along with a zero-hit track-record director, Sanjay Gadhvi.
That Dhoom literally created a dhoom (sensation) was an understatement. Everything about it became cult—the songs, the bikes, the stylized action, the pair of cops and the cast. Happy that his conviction paid off, Aditya made the successively bigger and more successful Dhoom 2 and Dhoom 3 with bigger villains (Hrithik Roshan and ‘two’ Aamir Khans respectively).
Encouraged by the first Dhoom, Aditya launched the heist drama Bunty Aur Babli, another winner, and four more diverse action movies besides Dhoom 2. Fanaa was the love story of a terrorist, Kabul Express addressed terrorism in a docu-drama style, New York built in a love triangle plus terrorism in America and Tashan was dark and desi. The first three were winners, though Kabul Express had to be content with winning just critical acclaim.
But the film that really changed the script for the future, providing YRF a new and trendy roadmap was Ek Tha Tiger (2012). YRF’s first association with the new box office favourite, Salman Khan. This was an espionage drama where a Veer-Zaara-like cross-border romance (this time between an Indian agent and a Pakistani spy) was the icing on the action-studded cake.
The kind of mega-bucks …Tiger made was historic—it was their first film ever to cross Rs 100 crore, and, officially, stood a teeny-weeny bit short of Rs. 200 cr. YRF’s period crime drama Gunday did well by its own scale. But Aurangzeb (on crime within a family, largely) and Kill/Dil (a cocktail of friendship, love and crime) again showed that dated ‘80s-ish concepts would not work now.
YRF had begun to flirt continuously with crime now. Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!, cashing in the classic and iconic-in-Bengal detective of a bygone era, was a disaster, Mardaani on a female cop with social overtones did tepid business; Fan, a loopy story of a lookalike (!!) fan of a star who wants to punish his idol was a calamity despite Shah Rukh Khan, and Bank Chor and Qaidi Band, with humble approaches to crime, barely registered.
The road ahead was confirmed, on the contrary, by Dhoom 3 and Tiger Zinda Hai, YRF’s first Rs. 250-plus and Rs. 300-plus crore grossing films. Aditya had made his choice now: small films for the bread-and-butter, but big actioners for the banquet!
And so now, the small confections to come from YRF, like Sui Dhaaga (despite Varun Dhawan) and Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraarwill be the side portions: for YRF is cooking up mega-feasts that will dominate their repertoire and have them assimilating nutritious money all the way to the bank: Thugs Of Hindostan (with the never-before excitement-generating combo of Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan, with Katrina Kaif as bonus), Shamshera (with Ranbir Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt at daggers drawn with each other) and the untitled Hrithik Roshan-Tiger Shroff actioner whose USP will be a fight sequence between them.
And it is only a matter of time (and script), we guess, before the next Salman Khan biggie is worked out and announced. Yes, YRF, now, is where the love for big-time action is!
Not too long ago we had reported that Kajol will be taking off to Singapore. It wasn’t just to spend summer time with her daughter Nysa but also for something important. It was to unveil her first wax statue at Madame Tussauds.
Today, the Bollywood section of the Madame Tussauds in Singapore welcomed their new guest Kajol. For the unveiling ceremony, accompanying her was also her daughter Nysa. Earlier we had mentioned that Nysa is in the city for her higher studies. The actress looked elegant in her saree-dress during her appearance. She was seen twinning with her daughter who too chose a black outfit for the special occasion.
If reports are to be believed, fans of Kajol were given an opportunity to meet and interact with the actress. And we are sure they were enthralled to see their idol amidst them! Excited about the moment and thrilled about having her daughter join her at the red carpet, the actress also posted about it on social media.
Kajol, who was last seen in the South film VIP 2, is gearing up for her next Bollywood film – the Pradeep Sarkar directorial tentatively titled Eela. Hailing from a filmy family, the actress has won about six Filmfare Awards in her career. She holds the record of longest running film in theatres, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge wherein she co-starred with Shah Rukh Khan. Her popularity with the superstar Khan has led to many blockbusters like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham among others.
This is the story of a woman ALPANA, daughter to a Minister of Women Welfare of U.P. living in Kanpur to whom respect and honor was her pride. ALPANA falls in love with an Engineer” DEV” the son of Mahuvadi Head In India, whose family lived in Jarkhand. ALPANA and
This is the story of a woman ALPANA, daughter to a Minister of Women Welfare of U.P. living in Kanpur to whom respect and honor was her pride. ALPANA falls in love with an Engineer” DEV” the son of Mahuvadi Head In India, whose family lived in Jarkhand. ALPANA and Dev get married against the wish of their families and settle in Goa. Yash the closest friend to Dev is an CBI officer, who has always been there for Dev and ALPANA at their good times and bad. Although happily married with her love partner she was always cursed with the choicest of abuses such as inauspicious witch, infertile bitch etc for not having a child. It was her husband who had a low sperm count, due to which she was unable to conceive. She never revealed about it before anyone as it would have meant demeaning her husband in front of everyone, especially his own parents. So, she took the entire blame upon herself quite willingly. ALPANA was harassed by almost everyone ranging from her mother, in-laws to her neighbors. Since ALPANA and Dev were in love and respected each other a lot they would never think about leaving each other although forced by their parents and in laws. Her husband was quite supportive of her and loved her to the core, no matter what.
ALPANA was a poet and children were her poetry, very fond of children she involved herself into a NGO to pass her time and help the kids.
On a dark night in absence of her husband, ALPANA gets raped and gets to know that she is pregnant. Although it was the happiest moment which she longed for, the same time her emotions were in turmoil. The circumstances were such, that she unwillingly had to accept the child or else her marriage could have been in danger since her in laws were against it, but she was still bent upon to find out the culprit.
Will she be able to know the culprit? Will she succeed in getting justice? What will happen to the child?
90s fans, your prayers have been answered as Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder are finally starring in a rom-com together. The first trailer for Destination Wedding has arrived online and puts the Bram Stoker's Dracula stars in a very different situation as two people who detest one another that are stuck attending a wedding together. Here's a brief synopsis for the movie, per IMDB.
"The story of two miserable and unpleasant wedding guests, Lindsay and Frank, who develop a mutual affection despite themselves."
The trailer paints a picture of Keanu Reeves' Frank, who is cynical and sarcastic, alongside Winona Ryder as Lindsay, who isn't having it and still has a bright-eyed view of the world despite having had her fair share of troubles. This very much looks like a prototypical 90s romantic comedy with two stars who were very big and popular in that era. And the trailer even has a bobcat. Or maybe a cougar. Destination Wedding comes from writer director Victor Levin. He doesn't have a ton of experience as a director, but has worked as a writer and producer on shows like Mad About You and Mad Men. here's what he had to say about working with Ryder and Reeves on the movie.
"As a fan, I have such longstanding love for both of them and for their work, so it feels really good to see them together again. And as a filmmaker, I have the benefit of their having known each other for so long. They have superb natural chemistry together, which is so important for a love story."
Both Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder are having something of a career resurgence as of late. Ryder owes her success to Netflix's Stranger Things, which is heading into its third season, while Reeves has had great luck with the John Wick franchise, which just began production on its third and final chapter. This certainly represents a major change in tone from those projects but is something they both appear to be perfectly comfortable with. Victor Levin also talked a bit about how wonderful it was working with both of them together on set.
"Keanu and Winona are stars for a reason: they have huge talent and skill, and they work very hard. But they also keep it fun. They rehearsed their dialogue together, helped each other, made everybody laugh, they were delightful. They are the movie. It's about their characters and the healing power of love and laughter."
Aside from Dracula, the pair has also been featured on screen together in 2006's A Scanner Darkly and 2009's The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. This may not be the kind of thing one must rush to a theater to see, but it feels destined for a weeknight watch on Netflix, or whatever streaming service it inevitably ends up on, in the future. In addition to the first trailer for Destination Wedding, which arrives in theaters on August 24, you can check out an image from the movie, courtesy of People magazine, for yourself below.
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