Watch: Salman Khan dances his heart out while shooting for 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'

Mumbai: Bollywood star Salman Khan is back in Mumbai and has started shooting for a song sequel of his film 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' in Film City. Few days back pictures from the sets of the film had found its way on a social networking site. Salman shared two videos of the whole extravaganza. The actor along with his band of adorable 'bajrang balis' have a blast while shooting for the film. Their colour streaked faces show that they were shooting for a festive occasion. An estimated 600 dancers have been hired for the elaborate dance sequence of the film, and the shoot is expected to go on for the next three days.

 

 

Director Kabir Khan is on a race against time, to get the film complete by its Eid deadline. Reports suggest that much like his lead actor, Kabir too has been juggling between shooting and editing schedules. After the film's Mumbai schedule wraps up, the director and Salman will both head to Kashmir for a 30 day shoot. A special set has been constructed at Film City for the song that has been composed by Pritam and choreographed by Remo D'souza.

 

Piku trailer: Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika's lovely bond will touch your heart!

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood's golden girl Deepika Padukone and one of the most successful method actors of the industry Irrfan Khan present a emotional drama connected with 'motion'!
Amitabh Bachchan who will be seen in Shoojit Sircar's 'Piku', unveiled the film's trailer in the presence of the entire star cast, including Deepika Padukone and Irrfan.
"Shoojit and I have been together for a long time we have done many campaigns together. He made a film with me which has not yet released but that's a different story. He said he wants to do this film and I said yes. We had Irrfan, Deepika, and it was an absolute pleasure to work in this film," Amitabh Bachchan told reporters during the trailer launch.
Directed by Shoojit Sircar and written by Juhi Chaturvedi, 'Piku' is slated for release on May 8.
Deepika, who will be seen playing Amitabh Bachchan's daughter, said she instantly said yes to the film as soon as she heard the narration of one scene.
"The first time Shoojit met me for this film, I remember saying yes after listening to the narration of one scene. For me, being Piku is a character which is very relatable. Women generally are born to multi-task, so all women will find it relatable from Piku's point of view," Deepika said.
 

 

Theatre actor Teekam Joshi on playing a villain, writer, commitment phobe and gay lover

Teekam Joshi

Written by Dipanita Nath | Delhi | Updated: March 26, 2015 10:13 am

When the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards are announced on March 27 at a carefully crafted ceremony attended by the cream of theatre, one nominee will be missing from the audience. Teekam Joshi, shortlisted for his turn as a gay man whose cool dude attitude hides a deep conflict about homosexuality in A Straight Proposal, will be performing in a new play at Shri Ram Centre on that day. “It’s called Miss Paul, written by Mohan Rakesh, and I am playing a writer whose closest friend is an overweight woman. He is calm and composed, she is falling apart,” says Joshi.
In person, he is tall but not as assured as on stage. Even his distinguishing feature, the two beauty spots on either side of his chin, are easy to miss. He speaks carefully, even cautiously, aware of his sentences. “I am shy. Maybe I don’t want to face myself. Drama school teachers always say that we should look at the mirror and practise our lines but I have never been able to do that. I try not to look at the mirror even after make-up,” he says.
It is safe to presume that Joshi has been avoiding mirrors all through this week. Maybe This Summer, staged in Orissa on March 24, had him play the role of an urban young man in a live-in relationship who is in a dilemma about marriage. While preparing for Miss Paul, Joshi was also playing Shamsher in Zangoora, a fantasy drama in Delhi’s Kingdom of Dreams. “Shamsher has all the negative qualities of a villain, he is an aiyash and plays around with girls.
I wear harem pants, carry a big sword and wear a big beard for this role. My role as Shamsher balances the seriousness of the writer in Miss Paul and the dilemma of the young man in Maybe This Summer,” says Joshi. Then, there is A Straight Proposal for the META audience and jury on March 26.
Director and playwright of A Straight Proposal Happy Ranajit had been Joshi’s junior at the National School of Drama (NSD) and the actor “knew about this play even as it was being written”. The play is about a teacher played by Dilip Shankar and the men in his life, among them Joshi’s Dhruv. Playing gay was a “big challenge because we have to change a lot of chemistry in ourselves” but it wasn’t the first time Joshi has taken on the role of an alternate gender. While a part of the NSD Repertory after graduating from NSD, Joshi had played a eunuch under director Waman Kendre in 2003. “We had to be in a sari on the NSD campus all the time and we continuously had to follow the mannerisms of a eunuch,” he says. He carried those mannerisms home and, for weeks after the play, his friends would point out that he was behaving like a eunuch. Another of Joshi’s plays, Putrid Prologue, is about a netwa, a young boy who plays girls’ roles in the dance theatre of Bihar, becoming a gigolo in Mumbai. “There was no hesitation when A Straight Proposal happened, though we took a conscious decision to not play a gay man with feminine mannerisms. Even in the love-making scene, we are two men who are in a relationship,” he says.
Joshi has been in theatre since he was seven. In Bhopal, where his father worked for the culture department, their neighbourhood, Professors’ Colony, was home to writers, musicians, artists and theatre directors, among them Bansi Kaul. “I was a part of the brat pack as a child and everybody was quite fed up with us. People started saying, ‘do something about these children’ and Bansi Kaul did something — children’s theatre workshops,” says Joshi. In the years that followed, Joshi’s friends opted out of Kaul’s workshops but he stuck on and was trained by the most formidable names in theatre, from Kaul to Habib Tanvir. He became adept at exercises in clowning and Chhau among others.
NSD, which he joined in 1998, seemed a natural trajectory. “In Bhopal, I used to think that something must change in us if we are to play a character; at NSD, I learnt that what changes is our thinking,” he says, recalling days spent perfecting the art of shifting pressure points in his body and training his muscles among others.
Joshi says that today, his spine responds quickly when he takes on a character. “I never adopt mannerisms, I think about a character and I understand it from the spine. The attitude comes  naturally and my breathing pattern changes accordingly. I don’t need to try, now I have the process in my body,” he says, “Breathing exercises also enable me to exit a character far more easily than I could earlier. A game of table tennis, a round of Discovery Channel and the joys of India TV help me get back to being myself.”

NEW DELHI: Actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who transformed himself as the mustachioed, dhoti-clad Byomkesh in Dibakar Banerjee's "Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!", believes it was the most honest portrayal of his eight-year-old career.

Set in the Kolkata of 1940s, the film revolves around the character as he embarks on his very first case during the World War II.

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NEW DELHI: Actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who transformed himself as the mustachioed, dhoti-clad Byomkesh in Dibakar Banerjee's "Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!", believes it was the most honest portrayal of his eight-year-old career.

Set in the Kolkata of 1940s, the film revolves around the character as he embarks on his very first case during the World War II.

"I was shooting for 'Shuddh Desi' when I got a call for this role. I was very fascinated by the idea and the fact that it  ..

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How to Go From Boyish to Byomkesh,When Aamir Khan slammed Censor Board for banning films!

When Aamir Khan slammed Censor Board for banning films! 

 

 The censor Board had recently issued a list of "objectionable" and "abusive" words which will should be banned in films, but it was later withdrawn after much outcry. Even the censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani was accused of creating a "hostile" environment by the top filmmakers and his ouster was sought by them. Even actor Aamir Khan today coming down heavily on the Censor Board said that he is totally against banning any kind of material in media or films. Aamir Khan slams Censor Board "I am totally against banning any kind of material. When the I&B minister spoke to us, he also clarified that actually the ministry has no such list of cuss words. It's a certification board and not the censor board. It was nice to hear that," the Bollywood superstar said at Ficci-Frames, an annual jamboree of media and entertainment industry. There were reports that the recently appointed Censor Board chairman Pahlaj Nihalani had revived a 2003 order to ban a list of 28 objectionable or cuss words, including Bombay in any movies or documentaries. Also read: Mass resignations follow after Leela Samson quits Censor Board: All you need to know Following public outcry, Nihalani, however, withdrew the list. Khan, 50, who is known for stellar roles in movies like "Lagaan", "3 Idiots" and "PK" among others, said even if people don't like certain content, banning a film cannot be justified, referring to the 2013 Kamal Haasan movie "Vishwaroopam" that created a controversy leading to a ban. Also read: Mumbai: Aamir Khan's PK controversy and link with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar "I really feel ashamed that at that time I was lost in my work but as an industry that was the time we had to come together. I apologise to you (Kamal Hassan) publicly that I wasn't there at that time. I feel bad that we weren't there with you. Banning a film is not right. "Once the film has received the certification, it is the responsibility of the state to make sure that people can watch the film without any fear," he said. Stressing that liking or disliking a film is one's prerogative, he said stopping somebody from releasing a film is not right, specially after it has been through certification. Also read: 'AIB Roast Knockout': Open letter to Aamir Khan for his moral policing Movie bans are done by taking law into your own hands, but this is really sad and unfortunate, he said. Unlike most of his peers who are driven by the box-office collections, Aamir said numbers don't matter to him and it is not a criteria to select a movie based on its potential commercial success. "I am not someone who talks about my number. That is the last thing on my mind when I am selecting a film. The day I start selecting a film on the possible commercial success, that will be the end of my creativity. I feel that commercial interest stifles growth," he added.

How to Go From Boyish to Byomkesh

Sushant Singh Rajput seems both a boy and a grown man at once, easygoing one moment and intense the next. A sense of youthful possibility, even vulnerability, has hovered over the characters he’s played in his three films so far: idealistic Ishaan in Kai Po Che!, commitment-phobic Raghu in Shudhh Desi Romance and most recently, honest, tentative Sarfaraz in PK. But the characters he's played leave you quite unprepared for the person behind them.

Rajput, 29, shares a large apartment in Malad, in the northern suburbs of Mumbai, with actor Ankita Lokhande and their two plump, beige Labradors. One greets me at the door. Rajput quickly appears on its heels to usher me past its friendly (and moist) nose.
His fourth film, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (DBB) is set to release on April 3. It has been produced by Yashraj Films (YRF or “vyaareff” as Rajput says with relish through our conversation) and directed by Dibakar Banerjee. ''The closest synonym I have for happiness is excitement,'' Rajput tells me in anticipation of the new release.
While Rajput finishes his lunch in the sunlit dining room, I wait in the den I'm shown into. It is dark here, even at 2pm. An LCD television that spans a wall at one end is almost invisible in the gloom. Air conditioning, turned up high, adds to the sense of winter, although Mumbai is reeling in the early summer heat outside.
Patches of red and white leather on black bean bags and a black couch are sharply spotlit by overhead lights. Packs of Marlboro cigarettes and a lighter are neatly arranged on the center table in an otherwise casually untidy room. In a cosy corner is a bookshelf along a wall, towards which I wander.

Directly in my gaze, despite the tricky lighting, are books on cinema, some still in their plastic wrapping. Taped next to them is a note from Raju Hirani, director of PK, in which he commends the actor on his interest in the filmmaking process and offers these books to help him understand it further.        
There are also some biographies and autobiographies of successful people, including Shah Rukh Khan. To the left, I discover a stash of Enid Blyton’s Hardy Boys and RL Stein’s Goosebumps series. Rajput joins me at the bookshelf and admits, grinning, to still dipping into his favorite children’s fiction. As an afterthought, he adds that Milan Kundera, Philip Roth and Haruki Murakami are on his current reading list.

In person, Rajput comes across as mildly friendly and somewhat reserved. He’s dressed in a green T-shirt tucked into a pair of jeans, with an indigo peaked cap clapped over his shoulder-length, uncombed hair. He tends to shift his weight rhythmically, restlessly, from one foot to the other, reminding me of his history as a trained dancer.

In the third year of his Engineering degree at Delhi College of Engineering, Rajput trained with and then became a dancer with Shiamak Davar’s troupe. With the company, he performed at the opening of the 2006 Commonwealth Games and at the 51^st Filmfare Awards. Davar saw the strains of an actor in his young dancer and urged a step in that direction. So Rajput auditioned for legendary drama teacher Barry John’s acting classes in Delhi and made a ‘B’ when everyone else made ‘C’. All this excited him enough to drop out of college altogether and move to Mumbai, where he next joined Nadira Babbar's Ekjute theater company and the Ashley Lobo dance company.
When I insist he recall a memory from those days, he cautions me, “This may sound filmy.”
“In 2006, I was to dance with Shiamak’s troupe behind film stars at the 51^st  Filmfare Awards. I visited YRF Studio for rehearsals. When the security guards stopped me at the gate to write my name and told me which way to go, a strong desire came over me. One day, I promised myself, I will come here as an actor. No one will ask me to register my name. No one will tell me where I can or cannot go. Today this has come true… I can have bigger dreams and just from sheer belief, I can make them happen.”

Finally a full-fledged actor on the theater stage, he was ‘spotted’ by an executive from Balaji Telefilms and asked to audition for a television soap in 2008 – Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, in which he went on to act. Rajput also acted inPavitra Rishta and performed on dance shows like Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa.

“When I was looking for a young, rising star to cast as a youthful, upcoming Byomkesh on his first case in Detective Byomkesh Bakshy,” says director Dibakar Banerjee, “I watched his TV serials. I realized that Sushant is understated and subtle. Now, any actor who can do that on afternoon soap has to have some original thinking! It’s clear he’s trying to do things on his own.”   
In 2013, Rajput made his film debut with Kai Po Che!, playing one of three main leads. Of them, it was Rajput who leapt onto the footboard of mainstream cinema, going on to star with Parineeti Chopra and Rishi Kapoor in YRF’s Shudhh Desi Romance.
PK followed in December 2014. While superstar Aamir Khan is PK, the film’s main character, Rajput as Anushka Sharma’s dewy-eyed Pakistani boyfriend also got ample attention. He is now at a key junction of his career, trying to cement his rise with DBB.
“My film is a mix of kinetic action and the usual cerebral detective pursuit. At the same time, it is a period film – quite a challenge for any actor playing the lead,” Dibakar Banerjee says. “Bollywood conventions of acting generally deal with stereotype templates. For a period film, actors acquire an artificial, imagined way of speaking, which they think is how people spoke in those days...”

I’ve accosted Banerjee at Fiesta, a sound studio in Andheri West, where he’s making the final sound mix of DBB. Banerjee seems like a stranger to the bright afternoon light. He’s in a rumpled black T-shirt and blue jeans, eyes swollen and red behind his trademark black spectacles. He says he’s been working nights to meet DBB’s April 3 release date. He takes some time out for a cigarette and sweet black tea, and to discuss Rajput with me.

“Sushant plays an understated detective, analyzing things in his head,” he says. “At the same time, he’s a young and dynamic Byomkesh, finding his feet in the world. So he had to essay subtlety, vulnerability and restless energy at once. A detective is commonly seen as one who perceives more than others and imparts the wisdom of his theories. But this detective is making mistakes. He’s learning the ropes... encountering the big bad world for the first time.” This kind of fluid character seems a natural fit for Rajput.
Back at his den, Rajput and I settle down to chat on the black sofa. I begin with a somewhat innocuous question and am thrown by the outpour it evokes: Rajput tells his story as a narrative of both deep suffering and spiraling achievement.    
Why did some of the top directors in Hindi cinema – Abhishek Kapoor, Maneesh Sharma, Raju Hirani and Dibakar Banerjee – cast him in their films? What do they see in him? So many young people come to Mumbai to become actors, and so few “make it”. Is he just plain lucky?
“Many have asked me this question,” he begins. “I’m not a very good actor. Nor am I very good looking. Besides, when I made my debut in Kai Po Che! I was told that the audience has a prejudice against TV actors.” Two things about him, he continues, possibly drew the interest of directors. The first is his passion, his desire to learn. The second is an intuitive understanding of emotion. The third, I’d add, is a seeming ordinariness that can portray characters we relate to.

Rajput was born in a middle-class family in Patna, the fifth of five children, the only son. His parents struggled to educate them. They worried about saving money for their four daughters’ marriages. “They would not have known it, but I sensed their struggle to provide for us, and their determination to give us the best that they could,” Rajput recalls. Two months before his Class 12 Board exams, his mother passed away. He strongly links his sensitivity to emotion to this early loss. “When you lose someone close, you don’t know how to react. I didn’t cry for two days after I lost my mum. Going through pain makes you somehow sensitive to what’s real – and what’s not.”

Rajput then steps back into a practiced, almost rehearsed conversation again. “As a trained actor, you are aware of certain tools you can use on the off-days when you’re not feeling anything. You can pretend to the level of belief and convince people. But at some point, the audience sees through. My upbringing and things I experienced early on make the use of these tools mostly unnecessary. If I have to play a flamboyant character, I might use the tools…I’m not flamboyant by nature. But whatever strata of society you belong to, basic human emotions are the same. The individual filmmaker’s view, his grammar, the narrative option he takes, differs. The conflict or intent of the film differs. But the human emotions,” he claps lightly, “are the same.”  

Banerjee speaks not of what Rajput projects but what he reins in as an actor. He says it was Rajput’s involuntary quality of restraint that first drew him to the actor. “I find, in Sushant, a lot of vulnerability, which he’s trying to hide,” says Banerjee. “There’s a constant conflict between confidence and nervousness. Perhaps the fact that he is not a Bollywood insider adds to this. He danced, some years ago, in the last row of dancers behind Shah Rukh [Khan] at a film award ceremony. He is from a middle-class family that gives a lot of value to education. While he was in college he was crazy enough to gate crash a wedding party every day. He would dance and eat food at the buffet. Even if he doesn’t tell these stories, you can see them in him…’

“All the things he tries to hide are very apparent, in an interesting way. And what you need in an actor – my definition of a good watchable star – is that even when he’s not doing anything in the scene, he should be interesting to watch. He might be looking into space (which a detective might do while he’s thinking) and still be interesting. The quality of being interesting even when you’re not doing anything comes from what’s playing out behind the mask.”

The realities that sharpened Rajput’s perception of human emotion are past. He’s a star now. Bollywood’s rarified zones are spaces that prod growth in a different direction. Rajput mentions carefully studying Robert Greene’s book The 48 Laws of Power, reportedly one of the most requested books in American prison libraries and popular with American musicians like 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes and Jay Z. I’m quick to ask if he applies what he’s learned from the book in his dealings in the film industry. “No, I don’t apply them,” he says. “But they help me recognize power play at work.” Greene formulated some of his ideas in 48 Laws while working as a writer in Hollywood.

“All actors,” Rajput adds, “have a very strong sense of their own personality…this is a mix of personal aspiration, what we want to be perceived as, and what we actually think we are. But actors know that you have to break that image, let go, and become a child again. As kids we’d dance quite happily before 15 people because we didn’t take ourselves seriously. But when an actor becomes a superstar, others take him very seriously. His personal aspirations rise and then he gets trapped in that image. But if you’re genuinely curious and want to explore, you remember to shatter the mold and become childlike again. It’s tough to do because these are two extreme states of your personality that you pit against each other.”
It is just two years since he ‘made it’ to the big screen. Has much changed? “Well, one thing has not. I have a constant, inherent feeling of insecurity because of seeing my mother go so early on in my life,” he says. “Within [me] is a pendulum that swings between determined ambition and knowing that all this is transitory, that I will lose everything one day.”
As the mood in the already dim room plummets, Rajput again flips acrobatically out. He says suddenly that he also has a sense of being in the maelstrom of an upwardly spiralling destiny: when he decides to achieve something, 99 out of 100 times, he succeeds. “It started after my mother’s death. She passed away two months before my 12^th standard final exams. She went in December. The whole of January I did not study. I would sit at my study table and not think of anything. Not even of her. In the first week of February, I flunked the prelim exams, though I’d always been an above average student.’

“A relative I will not name, who claims he never said this, upbraided me. He said to his two young children who were in the room with us, ‘Don’t grow up and be like him.’ The one thing I vividly remember of my mother is that she worried that people would call me a spoilt brat, born, as I was, after four daughters. ‘Everybody tells me you are pampering your son,’ she’d say. ‘Yeh nalayak niklega [He’ll turn out to be the delinquent]. So please don’t let me down.’ That relative’s words were like a wake-up call. My Board exams and the Engineering entrance exams were just three weeks away. In those three weeks, I’d crawl under my bed – for no other reason than to concentrate better – pile my books by my elbows, pull the table lamp under to light the space, and study. I cleared each and every entrance exam. I was ranked seventh [in the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination]. This was my first boost of success. That’s when I thought: I can do it. There have been many achievements, small and big, but I feel like I’m in an upward spiral.”

So is he a great actor or has he hitched a ride on an upward spiral of luck? Banerjee brushes off both propositions.
“I don’t think greatness is something you can define in the present,” he says. “Greatness can be defined only when you have a large body of work to show. I would say that Sushant, for two reasons, is a very good actor. One is that he tries to act well, and trying is half the job done. The second thing is that he’s taking immense pains to forget all the conventions that Bollywood imposes on you. Bollywood conventions propose that the actor be more conscious of how he looks [in] saying something, instead of being more conscious of how he feels doing something.’
“Then, Sushant is essentially a private person which decreases the baggage of interference, of noise. Bollywood loves to continuously bombard you with useless information, noise, gossip and shop talk. These do nothing but divert you from what you’re actually trying to do. It raises your anxiety levels and diminishes the quality of work. Sushant tries to insulate himself from all this.”
Rajput seems to have retained that habit of focus of the boy who crawled under his bed with a lamp to study. I ask both actor and director about how they prepared for the role of a detective in 1943. 
“Byomkesh, a young Bengali Maths graduate from 1943 Calcutta, is more or less an unknown quantity for Sushant, a young man from Patna and Delhi in 2015,” Banerjee says. “We had to do a lot of research.”

Did they watch older film and television depictions of Byomkesh Bakshy? “No, we decided consciously not to. We started with the book, which is the source of the character, then moved on to my interpretation. We went to Kolkata. There we walked through the streets anonymously for days on end, watching people. We visited families, talked with them, listened to stories from their lives, the history and memories that give you an idea of what that world was about. We watched contemporary Kolkata and researched historical Calcutta. The Byomkesh that Sushant essays is a composite of both...Because some things change with time, and some things don’t.”

On a more personal note, Banerjee adds, “Sushant is an insomniac. He’d be up at night making notes on each and every dialogue, each and every movement. I liked that because long ago when I didn’t know much about filmmaking, and I was making a film, I knew I had to rely more on preparation. Preparation prepares you until your instinct comes into play. Instinct is really nothing but subconscious knowledge, which you might not be aware of having acquired. Anyway, his approach took a huge load off me. Abhay Deol, my other favorite actor, is instinctive. He doesn’t go into research. That’s his style. But Sushant mixes instinct with research.”
“First you work on the similarities between you and the actor’s character,” Rajput explains of his process. “Then for the next few weeks you work consciously on the dissimilarities between you and the character, till they too become a part of you. Like while preparing for DBB, I’d sit with my legs crossed, one hand moving somewhat languorously as I spoke. I’d punctuate my everyday sentences differently – in the way I’d have to deliver my dialogue. I got comfortable with it because I did it consciously for so many days.” He also claims that he kept his phone off for eight months while preparing for the role.
Did that kind of thing help, I ask. He replies in earnest. “In the film industry, people think doing things like this make you a good actor. But it doesn’t. It makes you a serious and courageous actor. These are the first steps I take to do my work seriously. Even then I don’t know if the work will shape up right or not.”
When I recall this to Banerjee, he says, “That’s a startling admission. It shows that Sushant is not carried away simply by his process of preparation. We tend to do that too in Bollywood…That’s a huge insight into his vigilance.’
“Once during the shoot I decided to change the order of the shoot – shoot one part of the scene before the other. At first Sushant said okay, but later he came to my hotel room and said, ‘Let’s not shoot this first. I haven’t prepared.’ So we didn’t shoot. I think what that reflects is that he respects a process, he cares about it. I respect anyone who respects a process. It shows that you are vigilant, you’re very sincere.”
This seems to extend to his vaunted ordinaryness. Rajput says he works hard even on being spontaneous. 
“Spontaneity has to change for each character we play,” he says, “because each character is different. In Shudhh Desi Romance, my character was not a confident guy. An actor, when he hears “Action!” tends to attack the scene. But when you have to essay an inconfident character, you have to hold back. It’s a paradox. Someone remarked that I was so confident in Kai Po Che!, but was not so in Shudhh Desi Romance. But that’s exactly what I wanted the audience to experience!”
“I’d give him dual emotions to work with,” Banerjee says of training him for playing Byomkesh. “In Bollywood they say, this is a sad scene. Everyone acts sad. But the reality of human emotion is: you may be feeling sad and trying to hide it. Or you may be feeling sad and feeling angry about feeling sad! True acting essentially involves an understanding of how the human psyche is dealing with two or three conflicting emotions at every point. We need good actors to essay the essential, multi-planar existence of human beings. So we would do this as an exercise. At first Sushant was a bit thrown, but in a little while he understood completely what I was saying.”

Red, white and black exist not just on Rajput's sofas and bean bags. They are part of the secret polarities that make up this "rising star", as Banerjee is fond of calling him.

Banerjee, for his part, is planning further investment in Sushant Singh Rajput. “Sushant would have been a failure as an actor in 1943; he speaks so softly,” Banerjee grins. “At that time they hired actors based on their voice throw. I’m seriously thinking of investing in research, to get a mike invented especially for Sushant.”
But DBB is already in the cans, I puzzle.

“For DBB2,” he says, happily, “if DBB1 works at the box office!”  

Chatura Rao is a novelist and freelance writer. Her books include Nabiya, Meanwhile Upriver,Amie and the Chawl of Colour and Growing Up in Pandupur.

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Anil Kapoor, Sachin among this year's HT Mumbai's Most Stylish

From L to R: Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kapoor

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We unveil the categories and the personalities for this year's HT Mumbai's Most Stylish. Take a look.
Timeless style icon
Anil KapoorThe mark of a man who maintains a high sartorial tempo is when he carries off a classic tuxedo on the red carpet with as much ease, as a crisp, white shirt, blue jeans and classic wayfarers on a day out. If there's one word that can describe Anil Kapoor's style, it's 'consistent'. He knows what looks good on him, and he stays true to his personal style. Father of India's young trendsetter, Sonam Kapoor, the actor is always dressed in classic ensembles.
NewcomersTiger Shroff
The newbie, who made his debut with Sajid Nadiadwala's Heropanti (2014), broke into the fashion scene with his eclectic choice of clothing. With a well-sculpted physique, Tiger, who is actor Jackie Shroff's son, carries off most ensembles with ease. Whether it's a snug T-shirt or a crisp white shirt, the actor has been making all the right sartorial choices.
Kriti Sanon
Model-turned-actor Kriti Sanon has never been seen wearing anything less than appealing. Usually keeping it simple with flow-y gowns or dresses, the newcomer hasn't taken long to grab the attention of the fashion flock. It's no surprise then that several designers are lining up to rope her in as their showstoppers.

From L to R: Tiger Shroff, Kriti Sanon, Patralekhaa and Nimrat Kaur
Patralekhaa
Patralekhaa, who made her debut with CityLights (2014), has been able to make a mark with not only her acting prowess, but also her unconventional looks and minimalist style statement. Not the sort to experiment too much, Patralekhaa knows what to carry on her petite frame. Spotted in both Indian and western looks, the actor always looks at ease in whatever she wears.
Nimrat Kaur
Soon after she impressed critics in The Lunchbox (2014), Nimrat Kaur bagged a prestigious international TV show, and has since been spotted at several events, both Indian and international. While the actor is relatively new to the red carpet, she has still managed to floor the fashion police with her appearances. Whether in is a sari or a gown, Nimrat knows how to put her best foot forward.
Fashion personality
Troy Costa
Troy Costa not just designs impeccable clothes, but is also spotted in them. He made news last year for giving Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wardrobe a complete overhaul. He's always sharply turned out, and any man can blindly turn to him for sartorial inspiration.

From L to R: Kunal Rawal and Troy Costa
Kunal Rawal
Kunal Rawal dresses the biggest stars in B-Town, but his own sense of style is also noteworthy. He's unpredictable - gravitating towards camouflage-printed shorts one day, and a kurta the other - but manages to pull off all kinds of looks effortlessly.
Carol Gracias
Carol Gracias has been modelling for years now. And witnessing so many trends firsthand on the ramp may have something to do with her knowing exactly how to dress for an occasion. She goes from formal to casual easily, and carries off anything you put her in.
Aki Narula
Aki Narula is the brains behind some of the most creative looks that hit the ramp. It's his styling that makes designer wear look even more enticing. The instinct to put looks together is evident in his own appearance that looks chic even when he isn't trying

From L to R: Carol Gracias, Aki Narula and Candice Pinto
Candice Pinto
Candice Pinto has an enviable figure, and she makes sure to flaunt it in the latest styles. The model often experiments with her outfits, although she favours dresses that are paired with jackets. Her style isn't predictable, and she rarely puts a foot wrong.
Sports personality
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin might be a legendary sportsperson, but it won't be incorrect to say that he is also quite clued into the world of style. The 41-year-old is always dressed for the occasion. Whether in a casual shirt or a tuxedo, the cricketer rocks pretty much every look. Although his style statement is usually understated, he charms not just with his clothes, but with his humble demeanour as well.
Zaheer Khan
Zaheer knows how to keep his style quotient high, and is evidently interested in fashion. He not only invested in a fashion label a few years ago, but has also walked the ramp on several occasions for different designers. Always well-turned-out in smart casuals, the cricketer never disappoints the fashion flock and rarely comes under the radar of the fashion police.

From L to R: Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Leander Paes and Sneha Sharma
Leander Peas
Even though tennis star Leander Paes doesn't experiment with his sartorial choices too often, his strong personality makes him effortlessly stylish. His fashion statement is not just confined to sports jerseys and smart casuals; he has also been spotted looking dapper in well-fitting suits at several occasions.
Sneha Sharma
A pilot by profession and a racer by passion, Sneha Sharma believes in power-dressing even outside her work sphere. Usually spotted in chic jeans, T-shirt and aviators, the young professional rocks whatever she sports. Effortlessly stylish is her mantra and that reflects in the way she dresses.

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salman Khan advices Nawazuddin Siddiqui to hike his fee!,Shah Rukh Khan wishes he could wear a dress!

Shah Rukh Khan wishes he could wear a dress!

Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan, who is busy shooting for the last leg of his film ‘Fan’ in Croatia, tweeted an adorable message for his ladylove to congratulate her for making a debut at the Lakme Fashion Week.
Gauri Khan recently collaborated with leading fashion brand Satya Paul. A confident Gauri sashayed down the ramp in a chic short skirt and a black blazer. Present at the event were her close friends Karan Johar, Malaika Arora Khan among others.
However, King Khan gave the event a miss but did not miss the opportunity to congratulate his better half for her achievement. The 49-year-old actor took to Twitter to express his excitement:
To celebrate 30 years of Satya Paul in the fashion industry, Gauri picked up her pencil and designed a collection of luxurious prints that revealed a line of casual and occasion holiday wear. 
Her collection titled 'A Tropical Wonder' had a great mix of sheer tunics, kaftans, versatile shift dresses and elegant saris.

salman Khan advices Nawazuddin Siddiqui to hike his fee!

 
Mumbai: Superstar Salman Khan, who always credits his fellow actors work, has reportedly advised his Bajrangi Bhaijaan co-star Nawazuddin Siddiqui to hike his fees.

Sources said that Salman Khan has advised Nawazuddin as he feels that the actor deserves a better deal for his talent.

Also, it is reported that he even pushed Nawaz to ask Bajrangi Bhaijaan makers to raise his fees and if sources are to be believed that after Salman’s intervention filmmakers have agreed to it.

Salman and Nawaz had earlier worked together in Kick.

Well, only Salman can do such an act, isn’t it!

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"I am here to act, not to do songs" - Ira Dubey,Rohit Shetty starts filming 'Dilwale'

Rohit Shetty starts filming 'Dilwale'

Mumbai: Filmmaker Rohit Shetty has started shooting his upcoming Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol starrer movie "Dilwale" here.
The "Chennai Express" director started the first day filming of the ensemble cast movie with the boys brigade including Varun Dhawan, Varun Sharma, Sanjay Mishra and Johnny Lever.
"Dilwale with the big man himself #rohitshetty," Varun tweeted along with a picture from the set.
The rest of the cast -- Shah Rukh, Kajol, Kirti Sanon, Boman Irani, Vinod Khanna, Kabir Bedi -- will soon join the shoot.

Written by Sajid?Farhad, the film's music has been given by Pritam and the cinematographer of the film is Dudley.
"Dilwale" is slated to release this Christmas.

"I am here to act, not to do songs" - Ira Dubey

 

 Ira Dubey whom we saw at her bitchy best with Sonam Kapoor in Aisha, has come into her own with Dilliwali Zaalim Girlfriend where as a feisty career girl she delivers a punch-filled performance.

Rumour has it that Ira's role was sizably truncated to accommodate the film's romantic female lead Prachi Mishra.

A source close to the project whispers, "As many as three songs were shot on Prachi behind Ira's back. Ira had no idea her role would finally shape up the way it did. She had signed Dillwali Zaalim Girlfriend as the main female lead."

Ira chooses to brush off all the bad vibes. "I am happy I got to do a full-on masala film. I had great fun shooting with Jackie Sir (Shroff) and Divyendu who is a very talented guy. I am essentially here to act. Not to count the number of songs and scenes I am given."

Ira is now kicked about two other very promising films she has almost completed. "One is a very unusual road film called M Cream where I play the lead with Naseeruddin Shah's son Imaad. And this time you won't be disappointed by the length of my role."

Ira was happy to share screen space with veterans like Barry John, Tom Alter and her own mom Lilette Dubey.

But the role that Ira is really kicked about is that of an Assamese housewife in Aisa Yeh Jahaan.

Speaking excitedly about the part Ira says, "I worked very hard to look and sound like an Assamese. It's directed by the great Jahnu Baruah's assistant Biswajeet Bohra. It's the story of a migrant couple from Assam struggling for survival in Mumbai. I play a very materialistic wife who keeps goading her husband to get her the things that she desires for a better life."

In real life Ira has no ambitions to acquire material things. "I am happy doing theatre. That's where the real job satisfaction is. Acting in films will happen only when I am assured that my role would allow me the space promised at the outset.

 

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Watch: Gabbar's illustration gets Akshay Kumar's face

 

Mumbai: After 'Baby' which garnered positive critical acclaim and good box office numbers, Akshay Kumar is now gearing up for his next release. The makers of 'Gabbar is Back' recently released a series of motion posters and now they are back with a series of teasers. But this time, Gabbar's illustration gets Akshay Kumar's face.
The film is a remake of 'Ramanaa' that released in 2002. The shooting of the film was wrapped last year and the makers were looking for a suitable window to release the film. After an interesting first look, the makers have launched a series of teasers.

Akshay is currently overseas shooting for 'Airlift' and will be back in Mumbai within the next two weeks. One can expect a big trailer launch announcement for this film, that will release on May 1. Initially the film was titled ‘Gabbar’, however the makers decided to rename it and came up with the title ‘Gabbar is Back’.The film also stars Shruti Haasan, Sonu Sood and Prakash Raj. Kareena Kapoor is doing a cameo in this film for which she has already shot. 

Saif Ali Khan's Bhopal ancestral house might be confiscated by the government

Saif Ali Khan might have to let go off his ancestral Bhopal property. Reports claim that the government might confiscate the actor’s palace in Pataudi. And therefore Saifu is busy working with his team of legal experts to try and save it.

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Saif Ali Khan might have to let go off his ancestral Bhopal property. Reports claim that the government might confiscate the actor’s palace in Pataudi. And therefore Saifu is busy working with his team of legal experts to try and save it.
According to a tabloid, the actor’s home in Bhopal has come under the government scanner and Saif’s succession to the throne is now being questioned.
Apparently, the Union home ministry has initiated a procedure to take control of properties of the former princely state under the Enemy Property Act, 1968. And hence, Khan has been asked to submit a copy of the missing agreement between Indian Union and the last ruling Nawab of Pataudi.
It seems that the Phantom actor’s grandmother Sajida Sultan inherited the properties of Bhopal’s last ruler, Nawab Hamidullah Khan in the year 1961. Sajida’s older sister, who was the heir apparently had migrated to Pakistan in 1950, a year after Bhopal State was merged with India.
Will Saif succeed in proving that the Pataudis are indeed the successors to the Bhopal State and manage to give them the written proof of this agreement?

Rakesyh Omprakash Mehra uses over five trucks of marigold flowers from Kolkata for Mirziya

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Looks like filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is sparing no effort in ensuring that his next 'Mirziya' is a film to watch out for.

More so since it marks the debut of Anil Kapoor's son Harshvardhan Kapoor and yesteryear actress Usha Kiran's granddaughter and actress Tanvi Azmi's niece, Saiyami Kher. The latest is that he called for five trucks of marigold flowers from Kolkata, said to be the best in India.

After getting high security for shooting the most important sequences of the film, Mehra shot an elaborate wedding scene of Saiyami's character, in Jaipur. This is one of the most integral sequences of the film and Kolkata marigolds were extensively used for it.

Considering it is a grand Rajasthan wedding, the filmmaker needed the set to look perfect. He looked into each and every detail, from the costume on each and every person on the set to the floral decoration which had been used.

The sequence was shot over a period of seven days. So the team had called for so the makers had called for the flowers in regular intervals after the initial five trucks. Confirming the news, a production source explained, "It is a very important sequence and was shot over many days. Keeping it traditional, simple and classy was the idea - which sounds easy, but is tough to achieve. The production team did a wonderful job of achieving that.

Mehra's first love story on celluloid, Mirziya is a contemporary romance set in Rajasthan.

Did Shah Rukh Khan gave Superwoman aka Lily Singh his blazer?,It's Aamir Vs SRK for the first time, but not at the box office!

It's Aamir Vs SRK for the first time, but not at the box office!

New Delhi: Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan have always been on the opposite sites of the table ever since their debut in the entertainment industry. Despite being the most celebrated actors in the industry, the duo has never shared the screen space together except for the cameo appearance in movie Pehla Nasha in the year 1993.
But, now the two leading Khans of the industry will have a face off very soon in the e-commerce arena. As Snapdeal.com has roped in Bollywood actor Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador, as per the report published by ET, while SRK is already being signed by Yepme for its multi-media advertising campaign. Both SRK and Aamir Khan are said to be earning close to Rs 15-20 crore as the endorsement fee from Yepme and Snapdeal respectively.
It would be the first time that both khan would be at logger head!
The two actors, interestingly, even avoid clashing at the box office and never release their movies at the same time. While SRK prefers Diwali for the movie release, Aamir Khan relies on Christmas to ensure hefty success of his movies.
SRK movies like Happy New Year and Chennai Express were hardcore entertainment while Aamir Khan movies are awaited for their unique storyline and the embedded social message likewise in Tare Zameen Par, 3 Idiots, and PK.
Though, with every SRK release, Aamir Khan attaches the trailer of its upcoming movie to cash on the popularity of King Khan and obviously the holiday season. But certainly, over the years, Aamir Khan has positioned himself a bit higher in the Industry as compared to SRK.
In 2014, it was Aamir Khan’s PK that managed to beat all competition from Salman and Shah Rukh to become the top grosser in almost all territories globally.
‘PK’ generated a humongous Rs 615 crore, while Salman Khan’s ‘Kick’ comes in second place with Rs 402 crore (still way below 2013-released ‘Dhoom 3′), followed by Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Happy New Year’ with Rs 394 crore.
When talking about commercial advertisement front, the duo avoided clashing with each other. SRK has endorsed from anything to everything available in the market. Some of his advertised brands include Pepsodent, Navratan Powder, Lux Cozi, Nokia, Sunfeast, Dish TV and the list goes on and on.
In contrast, Aamir Khan is known to be selective about the brands that he endorses. In the past, he has been associated with brands like Samsung, Godrej, Tata Sky and Titan watches.
Interestingly, when Aamir started working on his debut television show Satyamev Jayate, he cancelled all his existing contracts with the ad agencies. Moreover, going by his image of a social crusader, the actor even rejected a luxury car endorsement deal.
Satyamev Jayate is a TV show created by Aamir Khan in the year 2012 to address the significant social issues in India. The show remained successful in creating awareness among the masses, as it broke all TRP records including of Salman Khan anchored Big Boss 8. The show also bagged the Indian Telly Award for Best Programme with a Social Message.
SRK, on the other hand, remained limited to hosting TV shows. Circus, Fauji, KBC, Zor Ka Jhatka, Kya Aap Panchvi Pass se tez hain? are some the shows in which SRK appeared, and the latest being ‘India Poochega Sabse Shana Kaun. Though, none of his shows were a mega hit.
Going forward it would be interesting to see how the two Khan’s help the e-tailers to strengthen the brand and growth the bottom line.

Snapdeal is eyeing enormous revenue of Rs 5900 crore in the year 2015, Yepme had revenue of Rs 140 crore in fiscal 2014 and is targeting to double it this fiscal year. Such a vast difference in the market value of both the brands is a serious alarming bell for the King Khan.

Did Shah Rukh Khan gave Superwoman aka Lily Singh his blazer?

Mumbai: The YouTube FanFest is all set to get over a thousand fans and popular internet faces together under one roof at the NSCI stadium on Friday. The show that has already caught on the pulse of the audience has 31 artists from the entire globe, doubling the number of presenters that were there last year.
Superwoman, a rising star of YouTube, has come a long way from doing comedy for the cyber space to doing comedy in films.

(Lilly Singh with Shah Rukh Khan)
The energetic 26-year-old feels completely enthralled by the love and support of her fans. Not many would know but she also happens to love Bollywood King Shah Rukh Khan and was planning to shoot a video with him. But much to our disappointment SRK was apparently not in town. Lilly, however, plans to make a video with King Khan whenever she meets him next.
In a candid chat with DC, she also revealed that she owns a ‘custom-made’ SRK blazer, which the actor himself gave as a gift to her. “I own Shah Rukh Khan’s blazer. I don’t know which brand but it says custom made for Shah Rukh Khan,” Lilly shared.
“His daughter, Suhana, is a really big fan of mine so last time when I came to Mumbai I went to his house. He called me to invite me to his house and I freaked out! One of the most validating moments for me a s person was when Shah Rukh was sitting with me and he said the words that when he has trouble sleeping at nights, he watches my videos and I was like dude can I record this and make this my ringtone right now!” she quipped.

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