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Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, known for his controversial comments, again spoke his mind when he said that his forthcoming film “Rakta Charitra” was not for people who are fond of Karan Johar’s family drama “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham”. Varma and Johar have often locked horns on various subjects on social networking sites and in front of the media and Varma didn’t lose an opportunity to do the same at an event organised here, where the director showed 30 minutes of footage of “Rakta Charitra” to the media. “I wanted to give a small introduction to the film and that was the purpose of showing this footage to a certain section of the people,” Varma told reporters here. “I have done films of this genre before. But the difference in ‘Rakta Charitra’ or let’s say in ‘Company’ is that first, the latter has a urban setup and the second ‘Company’ is different in terms of the characters and the way it has been shot. “‘Rakta Charitra’ deals with very emotionally volatile people and is set in a rural atmosphere. It is a violent film. Having said that, violence doesn’t come from a psychopath. It comes from a certain necessity. It comes from a struggle, certain have nots between communities, families and probably a struggle for power,” he added. The film is a trilingual made in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil. It is based on the life of Paritala Ravi, a slain factionist and political leader from Andhra Pradesh. The film stars Vivek Oberoi, Surya and Shatrughan Sinha in pivotal roles and is scheduled to be released Oct 22. “In terms of the pitch of the film. I just want to quote an incident that happened with Hollywood filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. “When he showed his first film ‘Pulp Fiction’ to people, he apparently went on stage and asked the people that did any one of them like the ‘Rain Man’. About 30-40 people raised their hands. He told those people to leave because he said that this film was not for them,” said Varma. “So this film ‘Rakta Charitra’ is not for the people who like ‘Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham’.”
Phir Kabhi Kabhi
This is the most exciting news in recent times. There is this entire bandwagon of producers and directors remaking old classics- from Farhan Akhtar to Rituparno Ghosh- from Don to Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam. But spring just seems to have come in. Yash Chopra has decided to remake his classic hit of the 70's Kabhi Kabhi. The film was originally made with Amitabh, Rakhi, Rishi, Shashi, Neetu and Waheeda in the lead. This time around, Yash Chopra's favorite hero of our times, Shah Rukh Khan will step into poet Amitabh's shoes. Akshay Kumar will essay Shashi Kapoor's role. The film is expected to be a little different from the original. It will not be a frame-to-frame remake. It will have a contemporary touch to it. The approach and feel of the film will be very modern. Of course we forgot, Priety Zinta would essay Rakhi's role. The USP of the film may be the fact that one can see SRK and Akshay Kumar together on screen. The combination might just work wonders at the box office. Things are still not on paper. So there might be slight changes here and there. But the good news is that spring season of remakes is here.
Life Main Kabhie Kabhie is all about Youth
Baba Arts Limited Presents Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie is all set to release. Baba Films, now a division of Baba Arts Limited are the makers of super hit films like Ishq, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Dulhan Hum Le Jaayenge, Tumko Na Bhool Payenge, Taarzan The Wonder Car with stars like Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgan, Salman Kahan, Kajol, Juhi Chawla, Karishma Kapoor, Sushmita Sen etc. Producer Ajhai Acharya star cast of movie Samir Dattani, Nauheed Cyrusi, Koel Puri were in Delhi for the Promotion of the film. They shared some experiences. According to Ajhai Acharya Producer is a person who not only invest money but and talk about the story and also take care about the location for the shoot. Life Mein Kahbie Kabhie is all about the journey of these five friends, Five years, five lives and one common goal 'Happiness. These five friends Manish, Rajeev, Jai, Monica and Ishita get insanely drunk and have a bet that who out of them would be the happiest in life. They give five years themselves. At the end of five years Manish would decide who was the happiest. All of them have different idea of happiness. Then Nauheed Cyrusi one of the actress who already worked in Ads and done Modeling for some brands and recently worked in film 'Anwar' recently said, in this movie I am playing Monica who is a career oriented and hard working very eager about name and fame. All the songs are very related to story and very much situational. Sameer Dattani who is playing Jai Gokhle in this film said that he started his working at the tender age of 6 in ads like Asian Paints and Complain after that he started modeling from an early age only his aim was to become an actor. In this movie his favorite song is Walla Walla & Hum khushi Ki Chah Me. It's a story is all about youth and their achievements in life and journey of success and failure, triumphs and tribulations, hope and despair, happiness and sadness. Then it was Koel Puri who spoke on this film story and work experience said that she already done theater was very much interested to work with Vikram Bhatt as he know about every single shot and he take care about every thing related to his movie and about songs she said that every song in this movie take forward that story if you miss any single song then you will miss the story.
JAANASHEEN girl in LIFE MEIN KABHIE KABHIEE
Name Pinky Harwani may not really ring a bell. She is the pretty girl who debuted with Firoz Khan's JAANASHEEN 4 years back and was the second lead heroine after Celina Jaitley. While Celina hogged all the limelight, Pinky had to contend with a few scenes and the hit number 'Marhaba'. An inconsequential film ALIBABABA AUR CHALIS CHOR and a few years later, she is now making a comeback with Vikram Bhatt's LIFE MEIN KABHIE KABHIEE. An ensemble film that tells a tale of five friends, five lives, five years and one goal ' happiness, LMKK is a journey of success and failure, triumphs and tribulations, hope and despair, happiness and sadness.
Dino Morea gets drunk for Life Main Kabhie Kabhie!
When it comes to professionalism, few actors stretch themselves that extra bit so that they can deliver authentic performances on screen. Actor Dino Morea is one of those actors who believes in thorough professionalism. Which is why, he actually got drunk in order to perform a scene convincingly for Vikram Bhatt's Life Main Kabhie Kabhie, the film which is co-produced by Ajhai Acharya of Baba Films. Mr. Ajhai Acharya, apparently impressed with Dino Morea's penchant for realistic portrayals, acclaims the actor and says that it is one of the most brilliant scenes that the actor has ever done! Now, that speaks for Dino Morea's authenticity as an actor!
"Karan Johars favourite film of Big B is 'Kabhie Kabhie' and 'Silsila' which I loathe" - RGV
Amitji's make-up man Deepak told me on day one of shooting of Nishabd that the film will flop because no one is going to accept Amitji in a role like that. Whether that is the reason or not, I for myself as a viewer wouldn't probably want to see him featured in a role like that. As an actor I think Nishabd is Amitji's finest performance mainly because of its sheer complexities and it demanded such subtle nuances of reactions, which most of the so-called art-house actors won't even begin to understand in their life-time let alone portray them. But the question is does one want to see Amitji just as an actor? I for one don't want to, unless the acting is coming from a certain immensely larger than life perspective. Similarly in Aag there will be a difference between a viewer's reaction and my reaction to his performance. As a director I judge an actor by seeing what he does with what is given to him. The viewer sees the final effect of that in the context of the film and hence he cannot have an idea of how I could have screwed it up in the screenplay and how badly I edited it or various other blunders I could have committed. People seeing the film react on the effect, whereas as a director I know the cause. On the other hand if somebody argues that he had no business to do those films without knowing what he is getting into, yes he is guilty of misplacing his trust in me but he is not guilty of not doing his best which he does invariably better than any other actor can ever even hope to do. From what I gathered from my association with him, I understood that by being the ultra professional that he is, once he agrees to do a film based on whatever reasons he has, he completely succumbs to the vision or non-vision of the director. The end product sometimes can look a mess but the inside secret will be that he would have always given much more than what was expected of him. The close-up of his when he stands on the steps looking at Aftab taking Jiah away in the climax of Nishabd calls for an extraordinary understanding of human emotions and hence a far superior performance, compared to him saying 'Tujhe bhi karne nahin doonga' in Sarkar which he would have done a thousand times before. But sadly the effect of that line in Sarkar will become cinematic history whereas the Nishabd's close-up might go unnoticed. On the basis of what all I said above if anybody out there understands, my favourite performances of Amitji from my films as a director are in the order of (1). Nishabd (2). Aag (3). Sarkar Raj (4). Sarkar But forgetting myself as a director and thinking like a viewer they will be (1). Sarkar (2). Sarkar Raj (3). Aag (4). Nishabd. The effect of Sarkar's performance as compared to Sarkar Raj is probably higher for many primarily because of the shock value of seeing Amitji in such a role after a very very long time but if you look deeper you can't find a single shot in Sarkar which is comparable to, for an example the expression he has when he shows Sanjay Somji's body to Raosaab. There are many many such moments in Sarkar Raj, Nishabd and Aag. So the point I am trying to make in summation is that he never ever failed as an actor and he never will. It's only directors, both other's and me who frequently fail in framing his art in a given context. Karan Johar's favourite film of his is Kabhie Kabhie and Silsila which I loathe compared to my favourites like Deewaar and Zanzeer which Karan loathes. I dislike seeing him in movies like Last Lear and Black whereas Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Rituparno Ghosh might not want to make films like Nishabd with him. But that's what sublime art is about. You can take whatever you want from it and interpret it in any which way you want to. Amitji is an artiste who can and will allow himself to be conformed, adapted and shaped up in any which way one wants to mould him and the final result he will leave it in the hands of the director he is working with. But irrespective of what on a personal level he might think of the result, the effort he puts in and the passion he brings in to elevate even the most mundane of scenes, the performances he brings and the way he speaks his lines is for me my personal proof of what Amitji truly and really is. Amitabh Bachchan is that rare art form which takes birth just once in several life times. By Ram Gopal Varma