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Boney Kapoor has called filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma "crazy", "bonkers" and a "pervert" for openly sharing his admiration for the producer's wife Sridevi. But that hasn't deterred RGV from praising the actress' "thundering thighs". Varma has made a reference to Sridevi and her beauty in his autobiography "Gun & Thighs". At the book's launch, he even shared how to see the actress make tea in Kapoor's kitchen was a "letdown". The comments have irked Kapoor, who has reportedly called the filmmaker "crazy, bonkers and a man with a perverted mindset". Varma in turn defended himself by advising that the producer should read the chapter before commenting on him. "My advise to Boney is to read my full article in 'Guns and Thighs' on Sridevi-ji before spewing venom on me," he wrote on Twitter, adding that he respects the "English Vinglish" actress as a fan. "I as a fan have more respect for Srideviji than what Boney has for her as a wife... Only Srideviji will know the truth of this in her heart." Varma, who has done films like "Kshana Kshanam" and "Govinda Govinda" with Sridevi, commented that the actress's popularity is not only because of her acting talent but also because of her "thundering thighs". "Srideviji's fame is not only because of her acting capacity but it's also because of her thundering thighs -- top critics of 'Himmatwala time'... If only acting talent is a measure for stardom, why wasn't Smita Patil bigger than Sridevi-ji... The thunder thighs made the difference," he wrote. "I respect Srideviji for her thighs, her smile, her acting talent, her sensitivity, her persona and above all I respect her love for Boney," he added.
Shraddha wishes her 'superhero' grows younger, crazier
Calling her father actor Shakti Kapoor a "superhero" on his 57th birthday on Thursday, "Ek Villain" actress Shraddha Kapoor hopes he grows younger! "Happy birthday Baapu!!! #MySuperHero. Here's to growing younger and crazier," Shraddha tweeted along with a photograph of herself and Shakti with their mouth and eyes wide open. Mostly known for playing negative characters in films like "Himmatwala" and Hero", the "Andaz Apna Apna" actor is also popular for his comic skills.
Sajid Khan has had enough, stop criticising him: Sajid-Farhad
Director duo Sajid-Farhad, who is stepping into Sajid Khan's shoes to direct "Housefull 3", say the former has been trashed enough and it is time to let him be. Ever since Sajid Khan's latest directorial venture "Humshakals" hit the screens, not just the critics, but the film's cast including Saif Ali Khan and Bipasha Basu, too panned him. Sajid said that "it's getting too much for Sajid Khan... it's enough... just let him be now." "Everybody has to face downfall and the same goes for us as well. If he has given two flops, one should not forget the three hits that he had delivered. "We should stop criticising Sajid and move on. It's just a bad phase (for him), that's it," he added. After a fruitful start with "Hey Babyy", followed by successes like "Housefull" and "Housefull 2", Sajid Khan had his first set back when his "Himmatwala" remake bombed and now the failure of “Humshakals” has added to his woes. Sajid-Farhad, who directed Akshay Kumar starrer "Entertainment", will direct "Housefull 3", but say they have no issues with Sajid Khan. Farhad said: "Just because we are directing 'Housefull 3' that doesn't mean there is any tension between us. In fact, we got a call from (producer) Sajid Nadiadwala to direct the film. We will start shooting from early next year and since it's a big brand, we will not take it for granted." "Housefull 3" will feature Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh among others.
It's a visual delight to watch Akshay perform: Tamannah
Tamannah Bhatia, who is busy shooting with Akshay Kumar for "It's Entertainment", says it's a "visual delight" to watch Akshay perform in front of the camera. "It's really inspiring to sit back and watch Akshay perform in front of the camera. It is a visual delight," the actress told reporters Sunday on the sidelines of a photo shoot for a sari brand. "Whenever he has given any kind of input into a scene, it's always for the betterment of the scene. It's a day-to-day learning experience working with him. "We have shot a lot for 'It's Entertainment' in Bangkok and we are still shooting for it. It has been absolute amazing experience," added the actress. Meanwhile, Tamannah is also enjoying shooting for Sajid Khan's "Humshakals", a remake of 1982 cult comedy "Angoor". In the film, she has teamed up with Saif Ali Khan. The actress had entered Bollywood with Sajid's "Himmatwala" which had Ajay Devgn in the lead.
"I managed to attain the status of Nagarjunas chamcha" - RGV
In 'Sarkar' Selvar Mani says 'Jiske paas power hai uska wrong bhi right ho jata hai'. I believe it's not so much because of power alone but it can also be due to your own personal attitude towards life. Somewhere in this blog I mentioned that whenever life decides something for me, I immediately take a decision on top of that so that I always managed to make it work for me one way or the other. Once I decided to start my video library 'Movie House' at Ameerpet, with the Rs.20,000/- capital I got, I went about trying to buy quality types of video films and in the process I trusted a friend's father who deals in it and he sold me faulty tapes worth Rs.10,000/- which either don't play or get stuck in the video players, thereby reducing my capital to half even before I started. So by the time I started my shop I barely had a 100 workable tapes. Also every one concerned told me that it was a very bad idea to start a shop in the Ameerpet area as it's predominantly a lower middle/middle class population who lives there who cannot afford a VCR. And also that it can't compete with a library called 'Fantasy' which used to be on the Punjagutta Road as the rich Banjara Hills crowd only patronize that library. Once it started my library became so successful within a month and Fantasy went out of business in a few months. Now the same theorists said that these days everybody owns a VCR. Also 'Movie House' has a better parking space than 'Fantasy' etc. So the point is we can have a theory for anything after the fact. If it didn't work they would have said 'we told you so' and if it works they give a new theory and also they will conveniently forget what they said earlier. Likewise even for my film decisions from the beginning till today I keep getting these expert opinions and advises of what I should do and not. They told me 'Daud' will be a blockbuster because it's Sanjay Dutt after 'Khalnayak', Urmila and Rehman after 'Rangeela' and they advised me to shelve 'Satya' on the basis of who wants to see sweaty looking faces in dirty locations. The same people advised me not to do 'Aag' and my other failures too and today they will all remember what they said about 'Aag' etc and conveniently forget about what they said about 'Daud' and 'Satya'. It's not that my beliefs went right either. Apart from my trust in my friend's father I trusted on about 20 people I knew who had VCRs who I was sure will give me business. The business went to 100 cassettes per day but the 20 never came and if some did come they didn't pay money on account of their closeness with me. So eventually what worked is neither their belief nor mine. Random things keep happening completely out of your control but still your control can be in what you can do in an out of control situation. My real success I believe is in my ability to make decisions and implement them super fast. Anyway coming back to the video library, I used to narrate the story of each and every film to my customers depending on what taste they have. In due course of time they became so addicted to the way I present a story, quite a few of them used to say that my narration was better than the film. So I sat behind the counter of the shop for about 8 months doing a fantastic business financially, and with just one high point of being arrested and put in the Punjagutta Police station lock-up for pirating Amitabh Bachchan's 'Aakhri Raasta'. That was my first stint with how the Police were up close and i made friends with them and studied their psychology and later put that understanding to use in my cop films. Incidentally if anyone who lives in the Ameerpet area is interested about my 'Movie House' shop in Ameerpet center which I gave up when 'Shiva' started, now runs as 'Rajdoot Sweet Home'. Coming back to the 'wrong is right' story one day I overheard my father telling someone that Venket the brother of Nagarjuna is looking a for a story for a film as they have K.Raghvendra Rao (of 'Himmatwala' fame) signed. Surendra his brother-in-law was a customer at my shop and through him I managed to get an appointment with Venket. I told him the story of Raatri (Raat) which he said won't work in the Telugu market and asked me if I can write a story for a hero to be told to Raghvendra Rao. So I went back and in about an hour I wrote a one-line order of 'Shiva' borrowing from my own experiences in college and also liberally from Govind Nihalani's 'Ardh Satya', Rahul Rawail's 'Arjun' and Dilip Shanker's 'Kaalchakra'. Venkat liked the story very much and he took me to narrate it to Raghvendra Rao. Mr.Rao said it sounds like an experimental film with no drama in it. I thought maybe he knows what he is talking about since he is so highly successful and asked him if I can rework on it. As I was trying to rework it, I happened to see his film 'Kaliyuga Pandavruh' and I suddenly realized how he must be seeing 'Shiva'. I immediately gave up the idea of being a story writer and went and told Venket the same. I also told him that I would like to assist some director if they all feel it is so important to do that to be able to direct. Surendra with whom I have become a little close by then was starting a film with director B.Gopal called 'Collector Gari Abbayi' starring Nagarjuna and his dad A.N.R. So I formally joined as a 5th Assistant to B.Gopal who was very very busy in another film which he was finishing. So I started attending script sessions with 2 writers Komannapalli Ganapati Rao and Suryadevara Rammohan Rao on the script of 'Collector Gari Abbayi'. In the course of overhearing their script discussions with Surendra I used to come up with ideas and suggestions which visibly had an effect on all three of them. Within a few days Surendra started sending a car to pick me up which was a huge jump from my bus and occasional rides on my father's scooter life style. By the time Gopal was ready to shoot the film I rose quite a lot in both Surendra's and Venket's eyes but I did not meet Nagarjune yet. Mr.Gopal and his assistants used to feel visibly uncomfortable with my proximity to the producers considering that I was merely a fifth assistant. Also in those days assistant directors were expected to be very subservient. My attitude and my speaking in English used to understandably turn them off to the extent that when one day Surendra was having a discussion with Mr.Gopal to cut the budget, he suggested to removing me as one of the cuts. Also in just about a week I proved to be the worst assistant director ever by often loosing clapboards and continuity books. So Surendra asked me to lay off and just hang around the set without taking any responsibilities which worked out fantastically for me and because of me being free on the set I slowly started developing a rapport with Nagarjuna who started shooting by then. Nagarjuna used to be pretty impressed with my narrative skills and also my cinematic sense but he himself was not in a very strong position because after the success of his first film 'Vikram' which many attributed it to being because of A.N.R's son's first film, he had a string of flops and he was no position to make a decision to give me a film. So in the film industry I managed to attain the status of Nagarjuna's chamcha and the worst assistant director ever and also as a guy with a huge attitude problem with no hope for the future. Meanwhile I left my video shop to my staff and they cheated me royally and the business went for a toss. All the 'we told you so' guys appeared back and lectured me on how in chasing a foolish dream I went horribly wrong. And then I turned that wrong into right by making 'Shiva' happen. To be Continued...... By Ram Gopal Varma
Big day for Sridevi
The evergreen beauty queen of Indian Cinema Sridevi Boney Kapoor celebrates her birthday Today. Having made impression acting in several hundred films in various languages including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam, Sridevi has managed to find a place in the history of Indian cinema with some of her soul-stirring performances. Sridevi started her career as a child artiste in the Tamil movie Kandhan Karunai in 1967. She had also been part of few Malayalam movies then. It was K Balachander's Moondru Mudichu, starring Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan, which announced the arrival of Sridevi as heroine. After Moondru Mudichu, Sridevi had a succession of huge hits with both these Tamil superstars. With Kamal Haasan, she acted in movies such as Guru, Sankarlal, Sigappu Rojakkal, Thaayillamal Naanillai, Meendum Kokila, Vaazhve Maayam, Varumaiyin Niram Sigappu, Neela Malargal, Moondram Pirai, and 16 Vayathinile. With Rajnikanth, she acted in movies such as Dharmayuddham, Priya, Pokkiri Raja, Thanikattu Raja, Adutha Varisu, and Nan Adimai Illai. Sridevi also made in roads into Telugu movies. She acted with all big in Telugu including N T Ramarao, Nageshwarar Rao, Krishna, Chiranjeevi. Winner of Filmfare Awards for Best Actress in Meendum Kokila and Kshana Kshanam, Sridevi ventured to Hindi successfully with Solva Saawan. She followed it up with hits like Himmatwala, Sadma Tohfa, Nagina, Mr India, Chandni, and Chaalbaaz. Nagina is remembered for her iconic dance sequence in the film's climax. Shekhar Kapur's all-time hit Mr India won her rave reviews. She acted alongside Amitabh Bachachan in movies like Khuda Gawah and Gumrah and movies like Laadla won her acclaims. After the blockbuster hit in Judaai, the actress married prominent producer Boney Kapoor and bid bye to the industry. Sridevi returned to the small screen, briefly, in the popular serial Malini Iyer. Let's wish the actress from Down South, who successfully scaled all peaks to leave a name for herself in North, on her birthday.