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Malik with his restrained yet powerful mode of speaking, highly expressive eyes and the lips stylishly holding the cigarette intact as he speaks is still fresh in our minds. The don from the blockbuster 'Company' could not have become such a high impact character if it was not Ajay Devgan who had done it. A character which can be another feather in the crown of this wonderful Bollywood actor is in the pipeline. Ajay has been fixed for the role inspired from the life of the late Mumabi gangster Haji Mastan in a movie about the underworld of the city in the 80s. The film titled as 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbai' to be directed by Milan Luthria will be produced by Ekta Kapoor and Suniel Shetty. The director and the producers were adamant on having Ajay Devgan for the role of Haji Mastan as they felt his physical characteristics matched that of the don perfectly. It is heard that Ajay and Milan Luthria share a fantastic rapport as they know each other for a very long time and because of Ajay being the hero of Milan's debut film- 'Kachche Dhaage' and another film 'Chori Chori'. The real life based role when narrated is said to have impressed the versatile actor so much that he made the decision immediately to take up the character and be part of the gangster movie. The story of the movie takes place at a time when Haji Mastan and Varadharajan Mudhaliar ruled the underworld of Mumbai and Dawood Ibrahim was still a young ambitious gangster. Emraan Hashmi will be playing the character of Dawood Ibrahim.
Tips Films trendsetter in producing different films
Tips Films has been a trend setter in producing different kind of movies. May it be a social family drama or a horror movie or a simple romantic movie or a suspense thriller? They have produced twenty musical blockbusters under their banner. Some of them are biggest hits of their time, like " Soldier", " Kya Kehna", " Ishq Vishk", "Raaz", "Coolie No 1" Kachche Dhaage, "Dil Hai Tumhara", " Fida" and many more. TIPS Films has successfully tapped every genre of movies from comedy to suspense thrillers. Tips has always shown a sign of class and quality in their movies. Their soon to be released film 'NAQAAB' is slated to be the most shocking thriller of the year, starring Akshaye Khanna, Bobby Deol, Urvashi Sharma. The film is directed by the master in this genre of thrillers, ABBAS-MUSTAN, with maximum of thriller hits under their belt. Tips film producer, Ramesh Taurani has brought the duo again to direct 'NAQAAB' after the success of 'SOLDIER' Also " Kya Kehna" was a different movie on unmarried motherhood and how one unmarried girl in our society and her family got humiliated by her unwanted pregnancy by her friends and relatives and how she overcomes with that. It's a totally different from other films and Preity Zinta's performance was appreciated by everybody. Besides these social movies they have come up with supernatural thriller film like " Raaz" with Bipasha Basu and Dino Morea. Later they made a soft romantic college days story "Isha Vishk" with two new comers Shahid Kapur and Amrita Rao. It was a soft romantic story and was the biggest hit of that year and was popular in younger generation. For this musical romantic saga Shahid Kapur who had made his debut in this movie and Amrita Rao got noticed by the public and the producers and directors. Again they produced another kind of a film called "Coolie No.1" with director David Dhawan. It was a total comedy and had the entire masala stuff. Songs were very peppy and star cast were superb-----Govinda, Karishma Kapoor, Kader Khan-----all the stalwarts had made this picture a "Movie No. 1". Besides they have produced some musical thrillers which hit at the box office from the very first day. " Fida" was a different kind of a thriller where they had shown how a simple middle class guy, played by Shahid Kapur, trapped by deception. After that they have made a historical movie, shifted from making thrillers and romantic saga, and made a film on Shaheed Bhagat Singh, "The Legend Of Bhagat Singh" with the famous director Raj Kumar Santoshi and this movie got them a Natioanl Award. Tips Films has their own style of producing films and has their own style of promoting films and they have shown a sign of class and quality in their movies. TIPS Films next film 'RACE' under production, starring Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Anil Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Sameera Reddy to be again directed by ABBAS- MUSTAN has already been creating quite a buzz.
'Hat Trick' is very funny, topical and contemporary" - Milan Luthria
Milan Luthria is off to location hunting in London and America for his keenly anticipated flick 'Hat-trick'. We catch up with him on the eve of his departure to know more about finalizing of balance starcast, composer and above all manage to extract a little more about the film's theme. A UTV production, the film was always supposed to star Nana Patekar, Nasseruddin Shah, Hema Malini, Paresh Rawal, Kunal Kapoor and Rimmi Sen. But Milan throws a surprise by mentioning that Rimmi hasn't been finalized yet for the role. Why? "Well, she is on the cards but hasn't been finalized yet. We are still in the process of giving the screenplay some final touches and it would be unfair on our part to offer her something that is incomplete!", Milan explains. But wasn't he earlier quite excited about her being a part of the film due to her sexy features which were, as per him, were 'unique'? "Yes, I still maintain that", he says, "but for the moment we do not want anything in haste. What is important for 'Hat-trick' is to get the casting accurate and get the right people for the right role!" In the last conversation with Milan, he had mentioned that there would be 4 more actors added to the starcast, an Indian and a foreign couple. What happened to that? "We have dropped that entire angle from the film and hence there is no more requirement for signing on new actors. While developing the screenplay, we realized that this part could go away", he discloses! People want to know more about the film from the director who has always ventured into different subjects, be it 'Kachche Dhaage', 'Chori Chori', 'Deewar - Let's Bring Our Heroes Home' or his most recent [and successful] film 'Taxi No. 9211'. Can he divulge something about it?" "What I can tell you is that the film is very funny and topical with each of the actors presented in a different look. Also the film is clearly based on today's time and has a contemporary feel to it", he says with enthusiasm. But that hardly tells about the film's plot. How about some food for thought there? "Arrey yaar, I am bound by the contract and hence can't tell much", he laughs, "but a little that I can tell you about the film's concept is that it is something that you pull out of a magic hat. Every character in the film tries to be one up than the other and this is where the fun lies. Also, I am creating such an atmosphere in the film that everyone, whether it is Nana, Nasser bhai, Hema Malini, Paresh Rawal or Kunal Kapoor, would be required to come out of their comfort zone. As you would have observed by seeing my films, I am a performance based director and I want to act as a catalyst between the actors, script and the works so that each of the actors try to do better than the other. Since each of them is a capable actor, something that no one would debate, I am sure that there would be fireworks." When he says contemporary cinema what is he trying to convey here? "Well, 'Hat-trick' is indeed a representative of contemporary film making. Tell me, was it possible to make a film like this 2 years back with an assemble cast like this? Now we know that things are changing because the moment you rattle down a list of actors like this, the initial reaction itself is good enough to keep the film in news from pre-production till the time it is actually released. I observed something similar in case of 'Taxi No. 9211' when the names of Nana and John were announced. These are the kind of things that stand out in today's film making because gone is the time when the films revolved solely around heroes and heroines. Even the concept of having a special appearance star in the film just for commercial gains is not a good idea too because in the end it just dilutes the effect that the film was initially slated to create", he explains. With so much inclination towards contemporary cinema, have there been any films that have impressed him most, "'Maqbool' and 'Apaharan'", pat comes the reply, "now these were the films that worked because there was so much honesty of approach and integrity in these films!" So is he thoroughly happy with the way his final starcast as shaped up? "Oh absolutely yes! When you look at them, each of the actors has his or her own brand of audience. While the senior actors are known professionals for years, a younger actor like Kunal Kapoor is gaining huge popularity amongst females after 'Rang De Basanti'. That's the reason the starcast, when looked in entirety, doesn't give you a feeling of a mish-mash. And that's because everyone falls under some bracket or another! His last 'Taxi No. 9211' had some funky music by Vishal Shekhar but in 'Hat-trick' he has opted for Pritam. Why a shift when the composer duo had belted out some fine tunes? "There are two reasons for that", he explains, "First and foremost Vishal Shekhar are already working with me for Ramesh Sippy's next. Hence it's not as if I have moved away from them. In fact they are friends first and then the composers. It just wasn't working out with everyone's commitments to have them for two of my back to back films. Secondly there is a positive reason for roping in Pritam as well. I believe he came up with mind-blowing music in 'Gangster', something which I simply loved." So how does the schedule for 'Hat-trick' look like? "See we leave tomorrow for location hunting in London and America for 3 weeks while the shooting begins in September and ends in November. Come February and we should have the film ready for release", he concludes.