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Director Raj V. Shetty says his romantic venture, 'Love Exchange' beautifully blends two diverse cultures in an entertaining, lively and convincing manner while capturing the essence of romance at the same time. "'Love Exchange' brings two different cultures to mix together in a light-hearted way. In the film, the lovers are asked to learn each other's culture so that they can have a better life post marriage. And that's why I think people from every culture will love the movie," Shetty said. The main protagonists played by Mohit Madan and Jyoti Sharma belong to Maharashtrian and Punjabi families respectively. Adapting to one another's cultures is not an easy task, hence the families decide that both of them would spend three months at their would-be in-laws' homes separately to get familiar with the opposite cultures, the director said. About the fresh pair of actors, Shetty said: "After finishing my script, I realised that it requires fresh faces and I then zeroed down the hero and heroine. Both Mohit and Jyoti have good camera sense and the chemistry between them is apt." 'Love Exchange' produced by Nadia Ali Shirazi, under the banner Winds of Change Entertainment, releases on October 30.
Cultural exchanges vital for Indian cinema's growth: Amala
Amala Akkineni, who reigned over the southern film industry as a leading lady in the 1990s, says a consistent channel for "cultural exchange" is very important to surge ahead in the world of cinema. "Cultural exchange is very important. I would quote like to Kamal Hassan by saying that if there is no exchange, then Indian cinema will be restricted to a pool of ideas. And it is crucial to educate the audience," Amala said at a session of Film Bazaar, on the sidelines of the International Film Festival of India, here on Monday. The wife of southern superstar Nagarjuna stressed that making the audience educated about new subjects is a crucial aspect of filmmaking. "We need to tell the audience about international context and we can do this by taking it to them through travel talkies, an idea given by Hassan. We can show international cinema dubbed with subtitles and take it to the audience so that they are receptive to new ideas," she added. Amala spoke at length about things that can be done to come on par with international cinematic standards, while addressing a session named "Skill development in film industry: Standardized training techniques" here. The actress, who even played a pivotal role in Bollywood film "Hamari Adhuri Kahani", also emphasised that good and regional cinema has been "swallowed by giant mainstream cinema". Thus, she pointed out at a need to create an individual identity for vernacular films. "We must remember that each region has its own socio-political environment. Malayalam film industry has a very advanced script writing and script accepting audience; their scripts are so far ahead than the southern film world. Good cinema has been swallowed by the giant of mainstream cinema. But we need to bring in the identity and charm of regional industry," she said. Amala also noted that a global sensitivity needs to be developed among those willing to be a part of the film industry. A director of Annapurna International School for Film and Media, Amala even criticised the number game of the film industry. "Nobody prepares you for the release date of the movie. Nagarjuna has done over 90 films, and still it's like having a heart attack before the release of the film. In the middle of this chaos, where is the research and development," questioned the actress, who has worked in Tamil and Telugu films like "Shiva", "Satya", "Pushpak" and "Nirnayam". Amala added that for skill development in India, "we first need to recognise existing skill sets and polish them, so that they can train others. We also need to compensate them for their effort and time". She even said that the teaching imparted should be with no hidden agenda and for the good of cinema, adding that when it comes to skill development in the industry, Indians are lagging behind the world by 200 years.
Saif-Kareena exchange vows?
Now now this one is really hot! The rumor mills are churning even faster this time with the story of Saif and his girl friend Kareena Kapoor entering into wedlock. There were reports lately that Saif and Kareena were having an argument because of Sallu, but this news puts and end to all that. If rumors are to be believed, it is said that Saif and Kareena got married at Saif residence in Bandra on Wednesday. Saif and Kareena created a surge when they were spotted in public and Saif had confirmed that he was seeing Bebo. As a development Saif had the name of his maiden tattooed on his arm in Devanagri script, which was in full view when he performed live with the famous band Parikarma a few weeks back. Kareena recently was seen sporting a ring on her finger. It has just been three months into the relationship and now it seems that 37-year-old Saif has finally met his match when he exchanged marriage vows with his 27-year-old lady love Kareena Kapoor. Saif who has been very secretive with his previous affairs has chosen to differ this time around. He is also believed to have gifted his new bride with a BMW. Though all this is creating big waves in the Bollywood circle, the hero, Saif Ali Khan has strictly denied his marriage with the Kapoor girl. Saif has expressed grief, about all these rumors about him putting him and his family in bad light, in an interview given to a private TV news channel today.
Aishwarya- new "VOGUE" enchantress
Aishwarya Rai managed to squeeze out enough time for a photo shoot during her short stay in London for the last leg of the Unforgettable World Tour led by Amitabh Bachchan. The photo shoot was done for the October issue of the famous fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue. This issue of the magazine will be very high on the glamour quotient as it has been termed as the glamour issue. The ace fashion photographer Farrokh Chothia was the man in charge of the photo session. Aishwarya was to participate for the Vogue photo shoot last month. But then she fell sick. Aishwarya had to keep her word as she had already given a promise of posing for the Vogue cover to Anaita Shorff Adajania who is the fashion director of the magazine as well as a leading costume designer of Bollywood The reason why the photos were taken in haste at London and not in Mumbai was due Anaita being pregnant and her insistence for completing the shoot before her delivery and also because of Aiswarya's pending commitments. Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Podukone, Bipasha Basu and Preity Zinta are the other Tinsel Town beauties who have appeared in the cover of Vogue before.
Sadha has a film each with Shreyas Talpade, Sush' ex-beau
All our girls are going to Bollywood. It is indeed good news and makes us real proud. Though she had a dud in Takkari, Sadha is doing well for herself as she is shooting for a film with Shreyas Talpade. The film is a horror flick and Sadha will be making her Bollywood debut with it. Earlier, her film Aparichitudu was dubbed into Hindi. But that is not all. Sadha also has another film in her kitty with Randeep Hooda. Apparently, Hooda, who is Sushmita Sen's ex-beau, will be making his directorial debut in Bollywood with the film.
Aishwarya- new "VOGUE" enchantress
Aishwarya Rai managed to squeeze out enough time for a photo shoot during her short stay in London for the last leg of the Unforgettable World Tour led by Amitabh Bachchan. The photo shoot was done for the October issue of the famous fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue. This issue of the magazine will be very high on the glamour quotient as it has been termed as the glamour issue. The ace fashion photographer Farrokh Chothia was the man in charge of the photo session. Aishwarya was to participate for the Vogue photo shoot last month. But then she fell sick. Aishwarya had to keep her word as she had already given a promise of posing for the Vogue cover to Anaita Shorff Adajania who is the fashion director of the magazine as well as a leading costume designer of Bollywood The reason why the photos were taken in haste at London and not in Mumbai was due Anaita being pregnant and her insistence for completing the shoot before her delivery and also because of Aiswarya's pending commitments. Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Podukone, Bipasha Basu and Preity Zinta are the other Tinsel Town beauties who have appeared in the cover of Vogue before.