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Actor Vivek Oberoi, who has had his share of differences with Salman Khan, has praised the superstar's upcoming film "Sultan", saying it was "fabulous". At a screening of Nagesh Kukunoor's "Dhanak", Vivek was asked about popular stars like Shah Rukh Khan and Salman doing films like "Raees" and "Sultan" respectively. Asked specifically about "Sultan", he said: "I think it is looking fabulous. I think it is a great thing to see all these big stars experimenting with roles, doing different kind of roles or biopics. 'Sultan' is looking great." Vivek is also doing a film with Yash Raj Films' youth wing Y-Films called "Bankchor" with Riteish Deshmukh and Rhea Chakraborty. One of his biggest hits of his career, "Saathiya" opposite Rani Mukerji was also produced by the same production house. Vivek will be next seen in the film "Great Grand Masti".
SRK enthrals Dhaka crowd
Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan enthralled a packed show in Dhaka, dancing to his hit numbers and also spoke snatches of Bangla. But the superstar did not campaign to make the Sundarbans mangrove forests one of the seven natural wonders of the world as the organisers claimed he would. At the show, titled ‘King Khan Live in Dhaka’, the over 25,000-strong audience comprising mostly youngsters kept up a chant of “Shah Rukh”, “Shah Rukh”. Shah Rukh led a team of Bollywood actors, including Rani Mukerji and Arjun Rampal, and singers along with Bangladeshi artistes to put up a show that was “memorable for its wonderful performances”, New Age newspaper said Sunday. Despite a claim by the organisers and Bangladesh Tourism Board, “King Khan did not campaign for the inclusion of the world’s largest mangrove forest, the Sunderbans, as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World”. Shah Rukh was to raise his voice to vote for the Sunderbans, media reports said. Reaching out to the audience, the Indian superstar said in Bengali: “Ami Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman-er deshey Bharatbarsho thekey onek onek bhalobasha aar shubhechcha boye enechhi.” (I bring India’s good wishes to the nation of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s founding leader). “I’ve heard of Kazi Nazrul Islam, Jasimuddin. I love Runajee’s (Runa Laila) music. That’s why I’m in Dhaka,” The Daily Star quoted Shah Rukh as saying. Bengali belle Rani Mukerji danced to a medley of hit songs from her films, including “Saathiya”, “Hum Tum” and “Shava Shava”. Dazzling the audience with her smile and girl-next-door charm, Rani spoke to the audience in Bangla and said: “You folks have been supporting me since the beginning of my career. I want your love and support more in the days ahead, so that I deliver better performances.” Arriving dramatically on a motorbike, actor Arjun Rampal too tried his hand at speaking Bangla. “How is Dhaka? I love you,” Arjun yelled in Bangla. Switching to English, he said, “Couple of days ago I suffered a back injury, but I had to come to Dhaka. I didn’t want to disappoint you all.” Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji entertained the crowd by dancing to songs like “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”, “Mitwa” and other numbers from their hits.
Rani Mukherji honoured
The Indian Film Festival 2010 has commenced in Australia and New Zealand. Interestingly the festival is giving special honours to Rani Mukherji by organizing a ‘Rani Mukherji Retrospective’. Being tagged as ‘Queen of Bollywood’, the event is screening Rani’s films including ‘Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna’, ‘Hum Tum’, ‘Bunty Aur Babli’, ‘Black’, ‘Paheli’, and ‘Saathiya’. According to reports, the festival is being held at Melbourne, Sydney, and Perth in Australia and Auckland in New Zealand, and concludes on April 15. Gracing the inaugural ceremony of the festival, Rani had stated that she is there mainly to promote culture and movies and nothing else. The fest has come in the wake of Indian-Australian strained relations. “We are here for the larger number of Australians who love our cinema. We are (here) for the Indians and the Asian communities who watch our movies, so we are here for a greater cause,” quoted the actress. Also Rajkumar Hirani whose film ‘3 Idiots’ will be screened here, said to the media, “You can't generalise and say that a country is against us. The incidents are sad but one wouldn't like to say that every person, every Australian, walking down the street is against Indians. These types of incidents happen in India also.” Besides ‘3 Idiots’, the festival will also screen other Bollywood films namely ‘Dev D’, ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’, ‘Dostana’, ‘Ghajini’, ‘Kaminey’, ‘Love Aaj Kal’, ‘Luck by Chance’, ‘New York’, ‘Paa’, ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ and ‘Wake Up Sid’. Priyadarshan’s award winning ‘Kanchivaram’ and well-acclaimed Marathi film ‘Harishchandrachi Factory’ are among the regional films that are going to be included in the ‘Beyond Bollywood’ category.
When Rahman rechristened Sujata!
She was Sujata till Rahman found her golden voice. And today, singer Madhushree, the popular crooner is more than just a name to reckon with in Bollywood. Today, after her album Lagi Lagan is hitting the popularity charts consecutively or the tenth week, Madhushree is not the kind who crests on glory. She is busy singing for Ah Rahman for his next film. Says Madhushree, "Though I was a face, there was a time when I thought I should go back to Surniam due to inconsistency of exciting projects. That is when Rahmanji who had christened me Madhushre, offered me Naina Milayke in Saathiya. Then came Kabhi Neen Neem from Yuva which not just reinstated my position but also helped me bag the Stardust Award. Rahmanji is my mentor and it is a privilege singing for him always. I treat each time as though it were my first."
Madhusree releases "Lagi Lagan"
It is a dream of every reputed play back singer to come out with a musical album in which the artist can make the kind of music that he or she likes the best and experiment a lot with the sounds and feel without restrictions. Vocalist Madhusree has made her dream a reality on Friday at her residence when music Wizard A.R.Rahman, Gulzaar Saheb, Mani Ratnam and Shaan released her first non-film album titled as "Lagi Lagan". She is today one of the hotshot singers in India having given her voice for famous songs in super hit films like 'Rang De Basanti', 'Kisna', 'Swades', 'Yuva', 'Kal Ho Na Ho', 'Kuchh Naa Kaho', 'Tehzeeb', 'Saathiya', 'Shivaji- The Boss', 'Jodhaa Akbar' etc. The album Lagi Lagan is released by BIG Music in association with Crossword Bookstores. BIG Music is India's leading Music and Home Entertainment Company and Crossword is India's leading lifestyle bookstore. "Laga Lagan" contains nine romantic songs composed by Madhusree's husband Robby Badal. Aditya Pushkarana played the keyboards, Shyam Raj gave life to saxophone tunes and Dilshad played the Srangi. On the launch of the album, Madhusree told that for more than one year she has put her heart and soul in making the songs. She also expressed her gratitude to BIG Music and told that she is extremely happy as her fans and music lovers will now be able to hear the music. The singer further spoke about the music style. She said that Thumri style of music was adopted as it is not understood by everyone in the present day. So she and her team wanted to present Thumri in a way that will be understood by all kinds of people. Notes from other styles such as Jazz, Latino and Western classical music have been incorporated in "Lagan Thumri". Madhusree in her singing career has performed with eminent musicians like A.R.Rahman, Hariharan, Udit Narayan, Sukhvinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Alka yagnik, Sadhna Sargam, Chitra, Rajesh Roshan, Himesh Reshmiya, among others. One of her most remarkable live performances was at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles organized by The Philharmonic Orchestra. On Saturday Madhusree performed the songs from her debut non film music album at the Crossword store in Mulund.
Vivek refuses Mohanlal's 'company'
Last week, the media was abuzz about Vivek Oberoi playing the lead with Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in his new film 'Kargil' directed by Major Ravi (of 'Keerthi Chakra' and 'Mission 90 Days' fame). But according to Vivek's new publicist Dale Bhagwagar, the actor has declined the offer. "Vivek has already worked with Mohanlal in 'Company'. He was indeed offered this one too. But he's not doing it," he said. The actor has recently bagged Karan Johar's untitled home production to be directed by Rensil D'Silva (screenwriter of 'Rang De Basanti'), where he will be starring in the lead along with Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor. Meanwhile, Popcorn Motion Pictures and Balaji Telefilms Limited's 'Mission Istanbul' directed by Apoorva Lakhia and starring Vivek along with Sunil Shetty, Zayed Khan and Shriya Saran, is nearing release. Earlier, Vivek has won critical acclaim for his performances in films including 'Company', 'Saathiya', 'Kisna', 'Dum', 'Masti', 'Yuva', 'Kaal', 'Kyun! Ho Gaya Na', 'Omkara' and 'Shootout at Lokhandwala'.