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2Apr/080

So ZEE CINE Awards 2008, whose gonna win?

Yet another awards ceremony this one being help this year April 26th or something right? here are the nominations and most of use know who all are gonna win..but ssshh act surprised ok?

Best Film

Chak De! India - Aditya Chopra, Yash Raj Films
Guru - Mani Ratnam, G. Srinivasan
Jab We Met - Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Pvt. Ltd.
Life in a Metro - Ronnie Screwvalla, UTV Motion Pictures
Om Shanti Om - Shah Rukh Khan, Red Chillies Entertainment
Taare Zameen Par - Aamir Khan, Aamir Khan Productions

Best Director

Aamir Khan – Taare Zameen Par
Anurag Basu - Life in a Metro
Farah Khan - Om Shanti Om
Imtiaz Ali - Jab We Met
Mani Ratnam - Guru
Shamit Amin - Chak De! India

Best Actor (Male)


Abhishek Bachchan - Guru
Akshay Kumar - Namastey London
Amitabh Bachchan - Cheeni Kum
Shah Rukh Khan - Chak De! India
Shah Rukh Khan - Om Shanti Om
Shahid Kapur - Jab We Met

Best Actor (Female)


Aishwarya Rai Bachchan- Guru
Deepika Padukone - Om Shanti Om
Kareena Kapoor - Jab We Met
Katrina Kaif - Namaste London
Tabu - Cheeni Kum
Vidya Balan - Bhool Bhulaiyya

Most Popular Track Of The Year


Barso Re - Guru
Dard-E-Disco- Om Shanti Om
Do You Wanna Partner - Partner
Hare Ram Hare Krishna - Bhool Bhulaiya
In Dino - Life In A Metro
Mauja Hi Mauja - Jab We Met

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)


Aamir Khan - Taare Zameen Par
Bobby Deol - Naqaab
Irrfan Khan Life In A.. Metro
Mithun Chakraborty - Guru
Shreyas Talpade - Om Shanti Om

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)


Chitrashi - Chak De! India

Konkona Sen Sharma - Life In A.. Metro

Lara Dutta - Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

Shilpa Shetty - Life In A.. Metro

Tisca Chopra - Taare Zameen Par

Best Actor In A Comic Role (Male/Female)


Anil Kapoor - Welcome
Nana Patekar - Welcome
Riteish Deshmukh - Heyy Baby
Tusshar Kapoor - Dhol
Vinay Pathak - Bheja Fry

Best Actor In A Negative Role (Male/Female)


Arjun Rampal - Om Shanti Om
Neil Nitin Mukesh - Johnny Gaddar
Pawan Malhotra - Black Friday
Shilpa Shukla - Chak De! India
Viveik Oberoi - Shootout At Lokhandwala

Most Popular Track Of The Year


Barso Re - Guru
Dard-E-Disco- Om Shanti Om
Do You Wanna Partner - Partner
Hare Ram Hare Krishna - Bhool Bhulaiya
In Dino - Life In A Metro
Mauja Hi Mauja - Jab We Met

Best Playback Singer (Male)


KK - Aankhon Mein Teri (Om Shanti Om)
Shaan - Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya)
Soham - In Dino (Life In A.. Metro)
Sukhwinder Singh, Salim Merchant & Marianna D’Cruz - Kuchh Kariye (Chak De India)
Sonu Nigam - Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)

Best Playback Singer (Female)


Mahalaxmi Iyer - Bolna Halke (Jhoom Barabar Jhoom)
Mahalaxmi Iyer - Salaam-e-Ishq (Salaam-e-Ishq)
Shreya Ghosal - Barso Re Megha (Guru)
Shreya Ghosal - Yeh Ishq Haaye (Jab We Met)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Sajnaji Vaari Vaari (Honeymoon Travels P Ltd)

Best Lyrics


Gulzar - Tere Bina (Guru)
Javed Akhtar - Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)
Prasoon Joshi - Maa (Taare Zameen Par)
Sameer - Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya)
Sayeed Quadri - In Dino (Life In A.. Metro)

Best Music


A R Rahman - Guru
Pritam - Life in a Metro
Pritam, Sandesh Shandilya - Jab We Met
Sajid-Wajid - Partner
Vishal-Shekhar - Om Shanti Om

Most Promising Debut Director


Aamir Khan - Taare Zameen Par
Feroz Abbas Khan - Gandhi My Father
R Balakrishna - Cheeni Kum
Reema Kagti - Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd
Sajid Khan - Heyy Babyy

Most Promising Debut (Male)


Himesh Reshammiya - Aap Ka Suroor
Neil Nitin Mukesh - Johnny Gaddar
Ranbir Kapoor - Saawariya

Most Promising Debut (Female)


Deepika Padukone - Om Shanti Om
Jiah Khan - Nishabd
Sonam Kapoor - Saawariya

Most Promising Debut (Child Artiste)


Darsheel Safary - Taare Zameen Par
Druv Piyush Panjuani - Apna Aasmaan
Swini Khera - Cheeni Kum

31Mar/080

King Khan, Kareena win ‘Apsara’ awards

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received the best actor award for his recital in the Yash Raj Films' super hit film "Chak De! India".

Film and Television Producers' Guild of India (FTPGI) honoured veteran Bollywood filmmaker Yash Chopra with its top award for "outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema".

Kareena Kapoor walked away with the best actress trophy for  the film "Jab We Met" at a scintillating presentation ceremony at the MMRDA Ground in the Bandra-Kurla Complex in northwest Mumbai Sunday.
FTPGI hosts its own award ceremony to honour Indian artistes as well as creative and technical personalities from the film industry every year. 
The trophies are known as "Apsara" awards. 
While "Chak De! India" was chosen the best movie of 2007, its director Shimit Amin bagged the trophy for the best director. 
A Pakistani television channel, ARY Gold, also honoured actor Hrithik Roshan as the Best Male Style Icon of the year at the ceremony.
Katrina Kaif bagged the Best Female Style Icon ARY Gold trophy. 
Akshay Kumar, who churned out the maximum number of hits last year, was adjudged the "Entertainer of the Year" by the FTPGI jury. 
NDTV Imagine honoured Deepika Pudokone and Ranbir Kapoor as the year's best new faces, respectively.
Salman Khan and Govinda received the hit pair NDTV Imagine trophy for their breezy performances in producer Sohail Khan's hit movie last year, "Partner".
Salman Khan, Bipasha Basu, Kareena and Riteish Deshmukh performed on the stage. The awards presentation ceremony was put together by Wizcraft.

2Jan/080

Planet Bollywood – Hits/Flops 2007

2007 was a great year for the Hindi film industry. BestDesi team chooses  top 10 films.

  • This year Fresh new faces made an appearance, old talents resurfaced, and already successful actors moved out of their comfort zone.
  • 2007 gave us Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor (both in Saawariya), Deepika Padukone (Om Shanti Om) and Darsheel Safary (Taare Zameen Par) – the bright new faces of tomorrow's Bollywood.
  • We saw Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan take on roles they've never done before: Shah Rukh giving up his mannerisms (in Chak De India!), Aamir becoming a director (in Taare Zameen Par).
  • Madhuri Dixit and Govinda both made their comebacks, pleasing their huge fan followings no end.
2007's ten best films, in no particular order:

 

 

  • Gandhi, My Father 
  • Gandhi, My Father

    Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Bhoomika Chawla 
    Plot: The film focuses on Harilal, the son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Its message: The father of the Indian nation failed as a father to his son.
    Why it's special: A very bold and sensitive storyline was taken forward by exceptional acting, particularly by Akshaye Khanna as the disturbed son of the Mahatma.

 

  • Chak De India!
  • Chak De India
    Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Vidya Malvade etc.
    Plot: A disgraced former Indian hockey captain bounces back to lead the women's team to international victory, against all odds.
    Why it's special: Based on the real-life story of Mir Ranjan Negi, a former coach of the Indian women's hockey team, the film saw Shah Rukh Khan rise spectacularly above his mannerisms. The film proved that a Hindi film can work without any singing around trees. It also helped rekindle public interest in the national sport of hockey.

 

  • Om Shanti Om 
  • Om Shanti Om
    Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone etc.
    Plot: Inspired by the Eighties classic Karz, the film revolves around revenge and re-incarnation, with Shah Rukh in a double role with a twist.
    Why it's special: The film dares to make fun of Seventies' and Eighties' Bollywood, including Big B, yet is always in good taste. Brilliant music, acting and costumes all around. Model Deepika makes a pretty good impression in her first film.

    • Aaja Nachle 
      Aaja Nachle
      Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Akshaye Khanna, Kunal Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma
      Plot: A dancer returns to her roots and forces her city to sit up and take notice.
      Why it's special: Madhuri Dixit's comeback movie may have not done well in the box office, but it proved — again — that Madhuri is beautiful, talented and an exceptional dancer. The fairy-tale plot let the otherwise good movie down.

     

    • Bhool Bhulaiya
      Bhool Bhulaiya
      Cast: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja
    • Plot: A psycho-thriller, the movie revolves around a "haunted" house, an ancient family and its many complications.
      Why it's special: Remake of a classic Malayalam film, Bhool Bhulaiya moves quickly with edge-of-seat action. Vidya Balan shines in a role of many shades.

    • Guru
    • Guru
      Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, R. Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Mithun Chakraborty
      Plot: A rags-to-riches story, arguably inspired by the life of Indian tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani.
      Why it's special: A taut storyline that saw exceptional acting by its cast. The director dared to deglamorise Aishwarya and re-introduce Mithun, a senior actor languishing in B-grade movies.

      • Partner
      • partner
        Cast: Salman Khan, Govinda, Lara Dutta, Katrina Kaif
        Plot: A remake of Hitch, the story's all about falling in love – and its many complications.
        Why it's special: A fun movie, it marks the re-entry of Govinda as an A-list actor with perfect comic timing.

        • Taare Zameen Par
        • Taare Zameen Par
          Cast: Aamir Khan, Darsheel Safary, Tanay Chheda, Tisca Chopra
          Plot: A young boy with dyslexia grapples with life, until he meets his mentor — an art teacher also with dyslexia.
          Why it's special: "Perfectionist" Aamir Khan's directorial debut, this film is exceptional in its story-telling. Truly sensitive, minus melodrama and highlighting an often-ignored condition, Taare may also have given Bollywood a new generation star, Darsheel, 11.

          Big super flops

          The year 2007 has also been marked by some spectacular flops, many of them from celebrated directors.

          • Sanjay Leela Bhansali's musical, Saawariya, did poorly at the box office, despite the much-hyped debut of star kids Ranbir and Sonam Kapoor; the film has a look alike of a ballet with only colours of blue.
          • Pradip Sarkar's Lagaa Chunari Mein Daag had a hackneyed storyline and crippling melodrama. The film died naturally, despite the presence of stars such as Rani Mukerji, Abhishek Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.
          • Another huge failure was Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, a poorly-judged remake of Sholay – a top Bollywood film of all time. Even the presence of Amitabh Bachchan, this time as villain, failed to lift it.



              Quote of the day:
              If you cannot convince them, confuse them. - Harry S Truman

            27Dec/070

            Bollywood 2007 a Look Back

            The year that was 2007

            Film

            Chak De! India

            Chak De! India was voted the No. 1 Bollywood film of 2007. BestDesi.com asked a cross section of people in the Indian film industry about their favourite film.

            • Last year when Bollywood stars were asked about their favorite film of the year 2006, most of them couldn't decide between Rang De Basanti and Lage Raho Munnabhai. This year, the Bollywood industry seems to have found universal appeal in the Shah Rukh Khan starred Chak De! India.
            • The film had everything: a taut screenplay, a patriotic theme, great direction, brilliant characters and superb performances. It was a combination which worked exceptionally well.
            • There were films such as Om Shanti Omdeepika-small, Bheja Fry, Black Friday, Metro, Gandhi My Father and Jab We Met that came across the stars' minds, but none of them equaled the universal acceptance that Chak De! India received to take first place.

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            2Dec/070

            The offensive lyrics of Aaja Nachle

            Within hours of its release on 30th Nov, 2007, Actor Madhuri Dixit's comeback movie Aaja Nachle had hit a erroneous note.

            • · Producers of Madhuri Dixit 's comeback film Aaja Nachle , ran into a hullabaloo over its title song, later apologised for the lyrics and said that immediate action has been taken to remove the objectionable words.
            • · The instructions to remove the offending lyrics in the title song of the film had been sent to all distributors and exhibitors on Friday night and will not be heard in theatres from Saturday, a release from film's producer Yashraj Films stated in Mumbai.

            The prohibited lines are:

            “Bazar me machi he maramar; bole mochi bhi khud ko sunhar”

            (There is so much chaos in the market that even a cobbler is calling himself a jeweller)…

            • · In New Delhi, activists of a Dalit outfit Indian Justice Party on Friday staged a demonstration against the movie alleging that the lyrics of a song hurt the Dalits. They found a line from the title track offensive and besieged movie halls showing the film and publicity material.
            • · That was good enough for UP Chief Minister Mayawati to revoke the ban, although Haryana and Punjab still haven't allowed it to be screened. The team behind the film also apologised at a press conference in Mumbai.
            • "Nobody had any intentions of hurting or ridiculing anyone and nobody on the Censor Board saw it that way," said script writer
            • Jaideep Sahni.
            • · But that didn't gratify everyone. In Mumbai, Shiv Sena protested at a theatre while RPI leader Ramdas Athawale asked for the producer, director, writer and lyricist of the film to be charged under the Atrocity Act.
            • · The Minorities Commission also jumped in, saying the words used are unconstitutional. The film however, received support from directors and viewers alike.
            • "I saw the film and absolutely loved it. I think there is a cultural message," said filmmaker Karan Johar.
            • · While controversy is not new to Bollywood films, this is something that even the makers of the movie may not have bargained for.
            • · The controversial lyrics has since been removed.
            • · And Madhuri Dixit has packed her luggage and proceeded to US in a distress state.

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