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Actress Preeti Desai, who will share screen space with boyfriend, Abhay Deol, for the first time in One By Two, says she was intially nervous regarding her chemistry with the actor-producer in the movie. "Initially I was nervous as I was thinking how my chemistry will appear with Abhay in the film," the model-turned-actress said here in an interview. "It is my first film with him but it was a smooth chemistry between us. We were very professional while working in the film," she added. However, she feels that it is the audience that will decide their pairing in the film after watching it. "The audience will decide when they watch the film," she said. "One By Two" is a love story and revolves around a couple who meet each other while living in Mumbai. Both are fed up with their lives and desperately want their situation to change. Abhay says the film is a mix of his earlier films, "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara" and "Socha Na Tha", that talked about romance, philoshpy and adventure. "'One by Two' is not a typically romantic comedy. There is common notion about all of us that we tend to put a film in a particular box so that we can understand which genre the film belongs to, so we have put this film in the rom-com box but it is not a typical romantic comedy," Abhay said in the interview. "It (The film) is romantic and philosphical as much as 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'. I must say "One By Two" is a mix of 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' and 'Socha Na Tha', he added.
"The One Kilometer Walk.." - By Ram Gopal Varma
My father was a sound engineer in Annapurna Studios and due to that he had a pretty good access to the big guns there. I went to him and told him that I wanted to be film director and he thought I had cracked my mind. That was with good reason because there was not a single constructive thing that I have ever done in my life till then. I was a bad student, I was involved with goonda activities in Siddhartha Engineering College in Vijayawada and I had a general track record of being quite a worthless bum. Also at that time it was unheard of that someone without assisting or getting trained in an institute can actually direct. So like I said with a very good reason he thought I got cracked up and advised me not to have pipe dreams. Coming to terms with the fact that I can't expect my father to help, I joined as a site engineer in the construction of Hotel Krishna Oberoi in Hyderabad. I went about trying to meet a few film producers and failed. Mr.Ramoji Rao at that time, a few years earlier, started Usha Kiron Movies which gave quite a fresh bunch of non-run of the mill films for that time like 'Pratighatana', 'Srivariki Prema Lekha' etc. So in order to have an access to him I wrote an article for his then newspaper 'Newstime' titled 'The Ideas that killed 30 million people'. The Sub Editor got startled when he saw the title of the article and he immediately published it. The article was about the influence of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche on the mind of Hitler and it was widely read and discussed at that time. Soon on the fame of being the author of that article, I got an appointment with Ramoji Rao and pitched my idea of directing a film to him. He outright rejected the notion on the basis of me having no practical experience at all and my argument with him was that a director does not need experience. He just needs clarity of vision and to have the skill to communicate. He did not buy it. I was completely disillusioned with the experience as he was the only resort which remained, and then I got an offer of going to Nigeria as an engineer. I was being paid Rs.800/- per month at Hotel Krishna Oberoi and the Nigeria offer stood at Rs.4,000/- per month which obviously was huge and very much needed by my family. So I gave up my idea of being a director and went about preparing to go to Nigeria. In the course of that I happened to require an international driving license as one of the documents. A friend of mine called Naidu was taking me on his bike to an RTO office where he knew someone to do the needful and en-route he stopped at a video library called Priyadarshini Videos owned by his friend near Lalbahadur Stadium. Those were the days when video libraries were just coming up and that was the first time ever I saw a video library. As Naidu was chatting with his friend I was checking out the cassettes and an idea suddenly dropped into my mind on what if I start a video library. My confidence was that I know about films more than any video library owner. By evening I got so obsessed with the idea that I took my father's vespa scooter and went all over town to check out 6 to 7 video libraries and by night I firmly made up my mind to drop the idea of going to Nigeria. Everyone including my father, grandfather and uncles thought I completely lost it. I didn't obviously have any money at all for my business enterprise. So I went about gathering loans varying from Rs.1,000/- to Rs.3,000/- and managed to raise about Rs.20,000/-. That was kind of ok for buying cassettes, but what about the shop? My father was nearing retirement and he was pretty worried on how to run the family. One of my uncles had a shop in Ameerpet area which he gave to my father without asking for a deposit in which my father was planning to start a juice parlour as a retirement plan. So I went to my father and asked him to give me that shop for the video library. He was just silent and I thought he wanted some time to think about it and I left. The next day night my uncle took me to Madhu's bar in Ameerpet and while having a drink he told me how disheartened my father was with my asking for the shop. My father apparently told him that what he kept for his old age also is being demanded from him. I was emotionally so distressed with this that I decided there and then to drop the video library idea, return the loans I have taken and resume my trip to Nigeria. Now the bar where my uncle broke the news was about a kilometer away from my house. So I started walking with the intent to just barge in to my house and tell my father that he can have his shop back. But as I walked my emotions slowly started going down and my logic started coming up. I told myself that just because my father is feeling disturbed, is it right that I give up what I believe that it will financially and in every which way will improve the quality of our life? So the choice was between, to make him unhappy now and take a chance of making him happy beyond his imagination later or to make him happy for the moment and we all remain unhappy for the rest of our lives. My logic finally took over as I finished the 1 kilometer walk and went into my house. I just ignored my father and went about my preparation for setting up the video library. The video library became a huge success and was earning more than Rs.20,000/- a month which was a massive jump over my Rs.800/- per month and my dad's Rs.1500/- salary. My father never ever smiled so brightly and till today I can't forget the pride with which he looked at me. Also this sudden change in my financial status gave me the strength and foothold to try again to get a break into films. The point I wanted to make through this article was that the primary reason for me becoming a director was that unscheduled stop Naidu made at that video library and the distance of that 1 kilometer between Madhu's bar and my house. By Ram Gopal Varma
One had to be very careful, says Anurag Kashyap
Black Friday'.. Recreating Mumbai of the early 90's was one of the most difficult and significant aspect of the film. One had to keep a lot of things in mind like there should be no usage of cell phones or visibility of them in the film. Even the hoardings and cars used were restricted to the 1993 set up. One would only find Maruti 800 or Vans as cars used in the film as was prevalent those days. 'Since there were a lot of street shots in the film one had to be very careful, in particular of the hoardings and cars used in the set up,' says Anurag Kashyap, the director of 'Black Friday'. 'Black Friday' is based on the events leading up to and the investigation thereafter of the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts. The 1993 Bombay blasts left 257 dead and 1400 injured and brought into the spotlight the mafia-terrorist nexus prevalent today. Based on S. Hussain Zaidi's book on the same subject, the film takes one into the heart of the conspiracy behind the Bombay blasts and the massive follow-up investigation by giving detailed account of planning, execution and back-end operations of the same. Produced by Arindam Mitra and directed by Anurag Kashyap, the film features the stellar acting talents of Kay Kay Menon, Pavan Malhotra and Aditya Srivastava playing Inspector Rakesh Maria, Tiger Memon and police informer 'Badshah Khan' respectively. The film is slated for release on 9th February 2007
One more feather in Rahmans cap
A.R. Rahman won the 'Best music composer award' for his work in Mani Ratnam's 'Guru'. The award was presented at the annual Bollywood Music and Fashion Awards ceremony held at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City recently. Rahman could not be present at the venue to collect the award, as he was away from the town. Noted playback singer Alisha Chinoy was presented with the 'Best female singer of the year' award for her song 'It's Rocking' in the film 'Kya Love Story Hai', which also won the 'Best song of the year award'. A grand musical show was the highlight of the function. The likes of Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sukhbir, among others, performed at the musical show.
One Life, No Price in WELCOME
Some of Bollywood's biggest stars are joining the efforts of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC ) to curb human trafficking in India. Millions of moviegoers in India will see a two-minute video called One Life, No Price - aiming to raise awareness of this form of modern-day slavery and spur action to prevent and combat this practice - to be shown before the eagerly awaited comedy, Welcome, out in cinemas worldwide starting today. The video features the massive cast of Welcome, including Feroz Khan, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Paresh Rawal and Mallika Sherawat, who have also recorded separate messages in support of the cause. Given that Welcome is the biggest release of the festive season with a diverse star cast, popular genre and universal appeal, it was seen as the most appropriate vehicle to publicise this priceless cause and mobilize action.
"One can party without drinking alcohol" - Vivek Oberoi
It was a night to remember. The generally silent helipad at Pawan Hans, Juhu was abuzz with activity. A giant light almost making a day out of the night that it was, Vivek Oberoi in bright red and silver body 'tight shirt, sporting long hair and an infectious smile, gyrated to the fresh and fizzy music besides huge trucks that screamed Fresh Fizzy. The man wielding the megaphone for the music album that would later be deftly scissored into a 10-seconder was Anand Oberoi. Brothers in arms, Anand and Vivek came together for the first time in twelve years. Time saw Vivek growing to be an actor, his cousin Anand is an ad-man of repute. With his company OMM specializing in creating strong nationalistic images of family-owned brands; Anand has carved a niche for himself in the circuit. Vivek was cheerful and bubbly humming the Pritam-crafted number at the venue, keeping in spirit with the fizzy drink that he endorsed. "I loved the concept, the look, feel and the largeness of the ad, though it was for a family-owned brand. The concept rocked. Though bhai and I are close from childhood, this is the first time we worked together. At times, I wondered whether to call him Sir or bhai in the middle of the shoot," said a visibly emotional Vivek. Anand Oberoi was clear Vivek was the perfect choice, and not just because they were brothers. "Vivek is the soul of any party he goes. When he works he works hard and when he parties, he parties harder. And he has a clear preference for non-alcoholic beverages. The brand fit was clearly what Vivek is in real life and hence the choice." Adds Anand, "Through the album we want to give the message to the youth of today that one can party, have fun and have a whale of a time without drinking alcohol. Vivek's attitude goes with the brand. He is funky and new. No breaking rules. Be creative and bring the same fun in life. That's him in a nutshell." Vivek has another point to make, "The brand represents playfulness, creativity and today's youth who want to be in control. They don't want to go against authorities and limitations but would like to have their way. I can associate with the youth who want to work hard and party harder, and at the same time, explore new possibilities. I choose my own projects and roles that I am essaying in my films. I control my life." The album sees a lot of Oberoi junior. There is music, there are stunts, there is dance, there is the sound of bottles that create some foot-tapping fiesta entertainingly done by Vivek. The concept goes thus. Youngsters partying find themselves in the middle of silence with the cops shutting off the loud music. Vivek enters sees everyone dejected, and with his cool attitude makes the party comes live again. He does a creative stunt with Fresh Fizzy, creates music out of the bottle, calls for the whole truck of the beverage, and gets the party to rock without the liquor quotient. Now that is surely something to ponder about, given the wake of the New Year alcohol tragedies.