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The Echo of India Kolkata Friday August 5, 2016
Would love to have Salman
in a cameo in 'Judwaa 2'
MUMBAI, AUG 4 /--/ Filmmaker Sajid
Nadiadwala says he might rope in superstar Salman Khan for a cameo in "Judwaa
2". The producer-director is excited to produce the sequel to the 1997 superhit comedy, which had Salman Khan in a double
role alongside Karishma Kapoor, Rambha,
Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor. The sequel
stars Varun Dhawan in the double role,
originally played by Salman. "It will be interesting to have him (Salman) in cameo
appearance. We would definitely want it. It
depends on how the script shapes up," Sajid
told PTI. "Cameos are good only if we have
actors do it as per the requirement of the
script otherwise no point just having someone for the heck of it." Sajid said work on
the script of "Judwaa 2" is still on and the
film may hit the floors next year. "Almost
70-80 per cent of the film ("Judwaa 2") is
written. We should be ready by Diwali. We
may roll in next year," he added. David
Dhawan, who had helmed the "Judwaa",
will direct the sequel. Sajid shared the film
will have two heroines. When quizzed if
the female lead will be picked up from the
young crop of actresses, he said, "It depends
on script and once it is complete we will let
you know." There were reports that Alia
Bhatt and Shraddha Kapoor will play the
two heroines in the sequel.
Kris Jenner suffers minor
injuries in car crash
LOS ANGELES, AUG 4 /--/ Reality TV
star Kris Jenner has been involved in a car
accident near her home and she says she is
"shook up" from the incident. The
Kardashian-Jenner family matriarch's
week-old white Rolls Royce collided with a
Prius as she attempted to turn onto a freeway
near her home in Calabasas, California, and
the damage was so bad both vehicles had to
be towed from the scene of the crash. Kris
is said to have broken her wrist in the accident, as her daughters Kylie Jenner and
Khloe Kardashian, as well as son-in-law
Kanye West and her boyfriend Corey Gamble, rushed out into the street to the scene of
the accident to offer support and check
whether she was okay. Kris, 60, says her
hand "hurts" following the collision but is
otherwise doing OK, reported E! online.
Kylie took to Twitter to write about the accident. "I was not involved in the accident.
Everything's okay. I rushed to the scene to
be by her side because she was alone," she
tweeted. The other driver is reported to have
suffered similar injuries, and was treated at
the scene by paramedics and didn't have to
be taken to hospital. (PTI)
Literature key to success of
Bengali cinema: Saswata
KOLKATA, AUG 4 /--/
"Kahaani"
actor
Saswata
Chatterjee feels the key to
Bengali film's turnaround lies in
doing literature-based films.
"The golden era of Bengali cinema was not only made possible
by Uttam, Soumitra, Suchitra,
Supriya although they were
great actors. It was also because
their films were based on works
of writers like Bibhutibhusan
Bandyopadhyay, Tarashankar
Bandyopadhyay, and Sunil
Gangopadhyay," the actor told
PTI. "The day Bengali cinema
lost touch with literature and
started aping the south, the middle class audience stopped going
to the cinema halls and later the
larger audience too stopped going," Saswata said.
The 45-year-old actor said he
is happy that the current crop of
filmmakers is turning towards
powerful literature as it will produce better quality films. Now
our film makers are again turning to powerful writers like
Sirshendu
Mukhopadhyay,
Suchitra Bhattacharya besides
Bengali classics to world literary
figures like William Shakespeare. Whenever it is inspired
by literature a film is elevated
and the audience connects."
Saswata said he wants to be a feature filmmaker one day.
"I had directed some tele
films years ago. But to do justice
to a feature film, you need to give
at least six month's time - pre-production, post-production and
shooting schedule- which is impossible for me to squeeze in at
this stage. But when you have the
wish you will do it one day," he
said. The actor will be soon seen
in upcoming detective film
"Eagoler Chokh". (PTI)
Not bothered about 2 years gap in film release: Ileana
MUMBAI, AUG 4 /- -/ It has
been two years since Ileana
D'Cruz was seen on the big screen
but the actress is unfazed by it as
she says she does not feel the
need to do movies just to stay in
the limelight. Ileana was last
seen in 2014 film "Happy Ending"
opposite Saif Ali Khan. The 28year-old actress is now gearing
up for her latest release "Rustom"
featuring Akshay Kumar in the
lead role.
"The gap seems to have bothered everyone else, but me. Honestly, there was one day when I
thought about it. 'It has been six
months since I haven't signed
anything, is that bad?' I talked to
a few people about it but they
were like just enjoy it," Ileana
told PTI.
"I can't be like one of those
people who go out of their way to
be seen in a film, or be in the
news. I can't do that, don't believe in that. I feel you get your
films based on merit." "Rustom"
also stars Esha Gupta. Directed
by Tinu Suresh Desai, the film is
reportedly based on the 1959
Nanavati case where naval officer
Kavas
Maneckshaw
Nanavati was tried for the murder of his wife's lover, Prem
NEW DELHI, AUG 3 /--/ The
wizarding saga of Harry Potter continues even 20 years since the release of the first book with the
story continuing as a play, which
premiered recently in London.
Bound in a book form, the script
'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'
is all about 'saving the spare' alluding to the heartbreaking sacrifice
of the life of 17 year-old Cedric
Diggory, who was Harry's 'spare' in
the fourth Potter book 'Goblet of
Fire'. The Dark Lord Voldemort had
then said, "Kill the spare." Now, author of the Potter series J K
Rowling with the help of writer
Jack Thorne and theatre director
John Tiffany, takes a journey back
in time to change the present and
Salman Khan
supports Akshay
Kumar's 'Rustom'
MUMBAI, AUG 3 /--/In a
special video, Bollywood
superstar Salman Khan has
urged fans to go to theatres
and watch his friend, actor
Akshay Kumar's upcoming
movie "Rustom". Calling
Akshay, the "Rustom-eHind' of the film industry,
Salman, 50, took to social
media to share the 12 seconds video.
"The movie of the
'Rustom-e-Hind' of our film
industry is set to hit theatres soon. The name of the
film is 'Rustom' and it will
released on August 12. Go
and watch Akshay Kumar's
film 'Rustom'," Salman said
in the video, which was
c a p t i o n e d
# 1 0 D ay s To Ru s t o m
@akshaykumar.
The
thriller has been directed
by Tinu Suresh Desai. The
film, which is based on the
real-life incident of Naval
Officer K M Nanavati, also
stars Ileana D'Cruz and
Esha Gupta.
A feast of films
from S’pore
Ahuja. Akshay, 48, plays a Naval
officer in the film while Ileana
will be seen as his wife. "Rustom"
is scheduled to release on August
12. Ileana may have featured in
several films down South as well
as Bollywood, but she says she
does not like watching herself onscreen.
"I find awkward watching myself on screen. I don't like watching myself on screen at all. I see
the weird faces I make. I look at
other actresses and wonder, 'they
look so pretty when they cry, are
angry, happy'. \
But I look weird in every possible aspect." The actress says
though she watches her own
films, she is self-critical about
herself. "I have w atched my
films, but I hate to watch myself
in the films. I constantly go 'Oh
My God what was I doing there,
my face looks hilarious... I am
self critical, that's why critics
don't bother me. I am my worst
critic. (PTI)
Harry Potter magic continues in ‘Cursed Child’
the future by altering the past.
Only this time, the wheel of adventure is being steered not by the trio
of Potter, Hermione Granger and
Ron Weasley but an uncanny pair
of Potter and Malfoy - Harry Potter's younger son Albus Severus
Potter and Draco Malfoy's son
Scor pius Malfoy. 'The Cursed
Child' takes off from where the epilogue of the final of the series
'Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows' left off. Both boys, owing to
their skewed relationships with
their respective fathers, end up becoming the best of friends.
Interestingly, Albus is his first
year is sorted into House Slytherin
instead of Gryffindor. Albus who
constantly reels under the pressure
of living up to the "brave" deeds of
his father, takes upon himself with
Scorpius tagging along to use the
Ministry of Magic's time-turner
and save Cedric from being killed
in the Triwizard Tournament.
He tells Amos, Cedric's father, "I
know what it is to be the spare. Your
son didn't deserve to be killed Mr
Diggory. We can help you get him
back." They change certain events
that lead to Cedric's death, and thus
follows one roller coaster ride, actually three, to alternate realities,
where either Voldemort rules, or
Harry Potter is dead and Ron and
Hermoine never get married. The
journeys into the past serve like a
quick re-run of all the previous
books with flashes interspersed
CREATIVE WORLD
from the past episodes. Seeing an
alive Dumbledore, Cedric and
Snape evokes a sense of nostalgia
and empathy among readers with
Scorpius who is tempted to not return to the present. With every trip
that Albus and Scorpius took by
turning time, Ludo Bagman's announcement of the Triwizard Tournament, "Ladies and Gentlemen,
boys and girls, I give you - the greatest - the fabulous - the one - and the
only Triwizard Tournament..." becomes more and more haunting. .
Meanwhile, both boys befriend
Amos' nurse, Delphi who also happened to be Cedric's cousin. She is
shown helping Albus and Scorpius
steal the time-turner from the Ministry but when the two realise their
mistake and decide to destroy the
time turner, Delphi reveals herself
as - to the boys' and readers' disbelief - Voldemor t's daughter, who
now lives to resurrect her father.
The dark Lord is prophesied to
come back, "When spares are
spared, when time is turned, when
unseen children murder their fathers: then will the Dark Lord return." It will not be too fantastical,
on part of the readers, to expect
that soon the letters of her name
would rearrange like Tom Riddle's
from "Chamber of Secrets" to indicate
her
association
with
Voldemort. They don't, however.
Ans thus, the time turner rotates
again back to the Triwizard tournament, with Bagman's voice haunt-
ing more than ever, as the witch
dragged the disarmed, bound boys
along the maze from the final task.
The decisive battle at Godric's
Hollow on the day when the James
and Lily Potter were killed by
Voldemort, is conspicuously fought
between Delphi and Harry with
Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Draco
by hios side. They had eventually
managed to travel back in time to
save the two boys.
"I've never fought alone you see.
And I never will," Harry tells Delphi as all the previous battles are
recreated. Delphi is captured and
sent to Azkaban. Before the official
release of the book that comes after
nine years, since "Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows" was published in 2007, many were sceptical about the play format of the
book. The change of genre, in fact,
has lent the narrative a pace that
only increase as the plot becomes
darker and more convoluted. The
writing is crisp yet descriptive
enough to conjure vivid imagery
punctuated with an impeccably
timed humour that serves as a
comic relief. The fandom for the
magical world that Rowling had
drawn with the Harry's first flick of
wand at Olivanders' in the Diagon
Alley is still throbbing within
Potterheads, perhaps never to die,
but it is only sad to know that this
was all that there was to the phenomenon called "Har ry Potter."
(PTI)
NEW DELHI, AUG 4 /--/
The third edition of the
Singapore Film Festival is
set to kick off here from
tomorrow and is poised to
show off the creative talent of the island country,
which is host to a sizable
population of Indians.
The three-day festival organised by the Singapore
High Commission in association with Indian Habitat Film Club is set to end
on August 7 and features a
diverse selection of films.
Each film will be followed
by a dialogue with the
filmmaker in attendance.
Entry is open to public
and free on a first-comefirst-served basis. "In India, Singapore carries an
image of a cosmopolitan,
technology-enabled nation.
Through the Singapore
Film Festival, we hope to
show a softer and artistic
side of our country. We
have come a long way as a
young, migrant nation and
have many unique stories
to tell. We hope they
would touch Indian audiences and deepen understanding between our cultures," says Kester Tay,
festival programmer and
First Secretary at the Singapore High Commission.
'7 Letters', Singapore's official entry to the Oscars
Best Foreign Language
Film category this year is
set to open the festival.
The film features seven of
Singapore's top filmmakers who made seven short
films, or 'love letters', on
what Singapore means to
them.
The y include awardwinning filmmakers Eric
Khoo and Boo Junfeng,
whose film 'The Apprentice' showed in the Un Certain Regard section at this
year's Cannes Film Festival. The screening would
be followed by a dialogue
with
filmmaker
K
Rajagopal, whose offering
in '7 Letters' focuses on the
Indian migrant experience in Singapore. (PTI)
Always wanted to become a
singer, says Zareen Khan
MUMBAI, AUG 4 /--/ Actress Zareen Khan says as a
young girl she always wanted to be a singer. Zareen, who recently starred in the hit "Hate Story 3", hopes in the future
people might approach her to sing a song. "It will sound
very cliched but when I was kid I always wanted to be
singer and never an actor. Hopefully in the future when
these people will think of me (I will do it)," she told reporters here. When asked if she has been offered to sing a song,
the 29-year-old actress said, "Not yet. Hopefully, after your
question I will be." Zareen was speaking at the launch of
new music video "Pyaar Manga Hai Tumhee Se" by T-Series. The video also stars Ali Fazal and features the duo
sharing sizzling chemistry.
According to the "Veer" actress, shooting intimate
scenes are not "fun" as a lot of people are watching them on
set. "When you look at this as an audience it feels different
but when you're shooting it, it is not that much fun because
there are so many people looking at you. There is a lot going on. What you think of in mind it doesn't happen on set."
Ali, too, feels filming intimate scenes are hard as even they
follow a set choreography. "These things have to be choreographed. You can't be just doing anything. Intimate scenes
are the hardest thing to shoot. Intimate scenes of any kind."
"The most memorable scene was when he kissed me for
the first time in the song. He was feeling shy and not me."
The recreated song was originally composed by music
maestro Bappi Lahiri and sung by Kishore Kumar. It featured actor Sachin and Bindiya Goswami.The new version
has been sung by Armaan Mallik and Neeti Mohan. (PTI)
Want to have a career
in music: Sonakshi
MUMBAI, AUG 4 /--/ Actress Sonakahi Sinha says
she eventually plans to
have a full-fledged career in
music in future by singing
more songs. The "Dabangg"
star made her singing debut
last year with the independent single "Aaj Mood
Ishqholic Hai". She has now
lent her voice to the track
"Rajj Rajj Ke" for her
upcoming film "Akira".
"I eventually want to
have a career in music. I
love singing and dancing a
lot. Little by little, I want to
sing more. I had released
'Ishqholic' and now I am
happy my first song for a
film has been recorded for
'Akira'," she said. The 29year-old actress interacted
with the media during the
launch of "Rajj Rajj Ke" at a
college here last evening.
She also performed the
song live for the students.
Composed
by
VishalShekhar, the promotional
track has been sung by
Sonakshi, while the film
version has been crooned
by Nahid Afrin, of "Indian
Idol Junior" fame. The
"Lootera" actress, who was
one of the judges on the
show, had promised Nahid
to offer her a song in her next
film.
"I am very happy that
what I had promised,
through Vishal and Shekhar,
it came true. I am really
happy for our film because
Nahid is supremely talented. She has such a lovely
voice," Sonakshi said.
"When I was sitting on the
judge's chair, I used to get
goosebumps listening to her
voice. I am happy she was
able to sing for this and that
I was able to keep my promise."
Directed by A R
Murugadoss, "Akira" is the
remake of 2011 Tamil film
"Mouna Guru". The actionthriller features filmmaker
Anurag Kashyap in a negative role and also stars
Konkona Sensharma. In the
film, scheduled to release
on September 2, Sonakshi
will be seen as a fearless
young woman, doing highoctane stunts. (PTI)