Akshay's humanitarian initiative for visually-impaired girls
A new social initiative to help train
visually-impaired girls has been started by Bollywood star Akshay Kumar
with the support of Yuva Sena Chief Aditya Thackeray, recently.
A source says that the programme is a free of cost opportunity for visually handicapped female participants to learn self-defense techniques at the martial arts school run by Akshay in Mumbai.
Many participants have welcomed the programme and have been regularly attending the classes. Buzz has it that the number of participants have been increasing given its rising popularity.
Looking at the encouraging response from the participants, Akshay is happy as he believes it is very important for girls to be trained in self-defense mechanism. We also hear that the actor, who is honed in martial arts, often drops by the exclusive classes to support the participants.
All we can say is, good hai Boss!
A source says that the programme is a free of cost opportunity for visually handicapped female participants to learn self-defense techniques at the martial arts school run by Akshay in Mumbai.
Many participants have welcomed the programme and have been regularly attending the classes. Buzz has it that the number of participants have been increasing given its rising popularity.
Looking at the encouraging response from the participants, Akshay is happy as he believes it is very important for girls to be trained in self-defense mechanism. We also hear that the actor, who is honed in martial arts, often drops by the exclusive classes to support the participants.
All we can say is, good hai Boss!
Review: Rahasya is a clever whodunit
Atmospheric chills and a good story your thing? Watch Rahasya, suggests Nishi Tiwari.
When Dr Rajesh and his wife Nupur emerged as prime suspects in the 2008 twin murders of their teen daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj, the news made nationwide headlines.
While the media chased the story with a rare doggedness, readers were instantly hooked and lapped up every salacious detail of the case that unraveled like the perfect whodunit.
Only this was all real.
While after many twists and turns, the Talwars were convicted by a special CBI court in 2013 for the twin murders and given life term, filmmaker Manish Gupta (of The Stoneman Murders fame) decided to make a movie inspired from this real life murder mystery.
The film has borrowed key events from the murder case -- the setting of the murder, the investigating authorities being periodically suspicious of the missing domestic help and the parents, among others. But it refrains from providing a commentary on the incident, instead choosing to incorporate cinematic liberties to take over where the inspired bits are restricted.
With Ashish Vidyarth as Dr Sachin Mahajan (Rajesh Talwar), Tisca Chopra as his orthopedic surgeon wife Dr Aarti Mahajan (Nupur Talwar), Meeta Vashishth as a family friend who is having an extra marital affair with Sachin, and Kay Kay Menon as the CBI officer investigating the case, Rahasya boasts of impressive performances.
At a little under two hours, this tightly edited whodunit will hold your attention until the very end, while it haunts, intrigues and scares at the same time with rare ease.
The Mahajan’s house, a very posh duplex in a tony Mumbai neighbourhood, is awash in everything white -- the majestic yet ghostly drapes (which, inexplicably, feature in almost all houses that we see in the film), the furnishings, the walls.
I mean it’s all as white and listless as death itself.
The great visuals are amply aided by eerie silences, gray skies, understated background score, minimalistic settings (they don’t go overboard even while capturing squalor) -- they are all as ubiquitous as atmospheric chills on screen can get.
Ashish Vidyarthi as the wrongly implicated father is suitably befuddled, grieving and unraveling as and when the story demands while Tisca Chopra delivers a restrained performance.
Kay Kay Menon, who played a hot-headed cop in Manish Gupta’s directorial debut The Stoneman Murders, plays the investigating CBI official with a flair that we are all too familiar with.
Watch this one if a clever whodunit is your thing.
PK gets widest Bollywood release in China
The Aamir Khan-starrer is releasing in 3,500 screens, beats Dhoom 3 record
Actor Rahul Roy participates in Mandi auction
— By | Jan 30, 2015 02:08 am
Ujjain :
Actor Rahul Roy, who rose to fame with his film Aashiqui in nineties,
on Thursday visited the city and took part in auction of the crops at
Chimanganj Krishi Upaj Mandi. He had reached the Mandi after paying
obeisance at Mahakaleshwar Temple. According to sources, the actor has
recently started a business of crops in Mumbai and got the information
about quality crops of Malwa, so he approached the city traders. He
discussed the local traders about buying of 4000 metric tons of Soya
bean.
Aamir Khan’s inquisitive alien character PK is
all set to cross the border and entertain audiences in China. The
record breaking movie has scaled yet another high with the widest-ever
release for a Bollywood film in the neighbouring country at 3,500 screens.
Directed by Rajkumar Hirani and co-produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Hirani in association with Disney’s UTV Motion Pictures, PK is a satire on the practices of self-proclaimed religious heads. The producers have tied up with The China Film Group and Huaxia Film Group for its release in China. This is the first time the two Chinese firms have acquired a film from India directly for its release in The People's Republic of China.
Until now the widest release enjoyed by a Bollywood film in China was Dhoom 3. The Aamir Khan-Abhishek Bachchan cop-robber action drama was released in 2,000 screens in China in July 2014. The film earned $4 million (approx. Rs 24 crore) in China.
More recently, Shah Rukh Khan starrer Happy New Year was set to release in China with an aim to have at least 2,500 screens. However the film is yet to release there.
The Chinese box office was projected to be worth $4.9 billion in 2014. According to the Chinese Film Producers' Association, box-office collections have been growing at a 37 per cent annual rate in that market last year. By contrast, the Indian film industry is projected to be worth $2.2 billion in 2014, according to the Ficci-KPMG Report on media & entertainment in 2013-14.
The Chinese government, which regulates the film industry there, has predicted that the country's box-office collections will exceed those of the US (estimated at $10 billion in 2014) in three years. And the target appears set to be achieved, with annual screen and revenue growth rates stable at around 30%.
Indian films have been trickling into the Chinese theatres of late. In the 1950s, Indian content went past the Great Wall with films like Awaara. But in the years to follow, there was long dry spell that broke only in the early 2000s when Aamir Khan's Lagaan was released in China. After that, a few other Bollywood films like 3 Idiots, My Name is Khan, Chennai Express, Krrish 3 and Dhoom 3 hit Chinese screens. This is mainly due to China’s cap on international films releasing in the country. No more than 34 foreign movies are given permission to release in the country, 90% of which are Hollywood films.
Indian film-makers have been looking at China aggressively and customising the product that they export to China. Following suit, PK will be dubbed in Mandarin. The film will be released by the end of the current quarter.
The announcement was made at a ceremony held in Beijing on Jan 27th, in the presence of the Honourable Ambassador of India to The People's Republic Of China - Ashok Kantha and Honourable Tong Gang, Vice Minister, State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China (SAPPRFT), the heads of China Film Group and Huaxia film group; director Rajkumar Hirani, producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, UTV Motion Pictures and other dignitaries.
"This direct collaboration with China Film Group and Huaxia Film Group for PK is a proud moment not just for us at the studio but also for the Indian movie industry as a whole. We were honoured to have senior diplomats and government officials from both countries for the signing. It is exciting that just after 6 weeks of the theatrical release of PK, the film has resonated and is finding an audience in many new markets." said Amrita Pandey, VP and Head, Marketing and Distribution, Studios, Disney India
"I am delighted to know that PK is going to have a major theatrical release in over 3,500 screens in China. I am confident that the film's blend of entertainment, emotion and underlying social message will resonate with audiences in China and elsewhere in the world. I am also pleased that PK will build on the success of 3 Idiots and expand the China market for Indian films in the future," said producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra
"The deal to release PK in China got signed and it's sheer joy to know that the Chinese distributors are excited about the film and will release PK in over 3500 screens, which is as big a release as in India," said director Rajkumar Hirani.
Directed by Rajkumar Hirani and co-produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Hirani in association with Disney’s UTV Motion Pictures, PK is a satire on the practices of self-proclaimed religious heads. The producers have tied up with The China Film Group and Huaxia Film Group for its release in China. This is the first time the two Chinese firms have acquired a film from India directly for its release in The People's Republic of China.
Until now the widest release enjoyed by a Bollywood film in China was Dhoom 3. The Aamir Khan-Abhishek Bachchan cop-robber action drama was released in 2,000 screens in China in July 2014. The film earned $4 million (approx. Rs 24 crore) in China.
More recently, Shah Rukh Khan starrer Happy New Year was set to release in China with an aim to have at least 2,500 screens. However the film is yet to release there.
The Chinese box office was projected to be worth $4.9 billion in 2014. According to the Chinese Film Producers' Association, box-office collections have been growing at a 37 per cent annual rate in that market last year. By contrast, the Indian film industry is projected to be worth $2.2 billion in 2014, according to the Ficci-KPMG Report on media & entertainment in 2013-14.
The Chinese government, which regulates the film industry there, has predicted that the country's box-office collections will exceed those of the US (estimated at $10 billion in 2014) in three years. And the target appears set to be achieved, with annual screen and revenue growth rates stable at around 30%.
Indian films have been trickling into the Chinese theatres of late. In the 1950s, Indian content went past the Great Wall with films like Awaara. But in the years to follow, there was long dry spell that broke only in the early 2000s when Aamir Khan's Lagaan was released in China. After that, a few other Bollywood films like 3 Idiots, My Name is Khan, Chennai Express, Krrish 3 and Dhoom 3 hit Chinese screens. This is mainly due to China’s cap on international films releasing in the country. No more than 34 foreign movies are given permission to release in the country, 90% of which are Hollywood films.
Indian film-makers have been looking at China aggressively and customising the product that they export to China. Following suit, PK will be dubbed in Mandarin. The film will be released by the end of the current quarter.
The announcement was made at a ceremony held in Beijing on Jan 27th, in the presence of the Honourable Ambassador of India to The People's Republic Of China - Ashok Kantha and Honourable Tong Gang, Vice Minister, State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China (SAPPRFT), the heads of China Film Group and Huaxia film group; director Rajkumar Hirani, producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, UTV Motion Pictures and other dignitaries.
"This direct collaboration with China Film Group and Huaxia Film Group for PK is a proud moment not just for us at the studio but also for the Indian movie industry as a whole. We were honoured to have senior diplomats and government officials from both countries for the signing. It is exciting that just after 6 weeks of the theatrical release of PK, the film has resonated and is finding an audience in many new markets." said Amrita Pandey, VP and Head, Marketing and Distribution, Studios, Disney India
"I am delighted to know that PK is going to have a major theatrical release in over 3,500 screens in China. I am confident that the film's blend of entertainment, emotion and underlying social message will resonate with audiences in China and elsewhere in the world. I am also pleased that PK will build on the success of 3 Idiots and expand the China market for Indian films in the future," said producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra
"The deal to release PK in China got signed and it's sheer joy to know that the Chinese distributors are excited about the film and will release PK in over 3500 screens, which is as big a release as in India," said director Rajkumar Hirani.
Actor Rahul Roy participates in Mandi auction
— By | Jan 30, 2015 02:08 am
Ujjain :
Actor Rahul Roy, who rose to fame with his film Aashiqui in nineties,
on Thursday visited the city and took part in auction of the crops at
Chimanganj Krishi Upaj Mandi. He had reached the Mandi after paying
obeisance at Mahakaleshwar Temple. According to sources, the actor has
recently started a business of crops in Mumbai and got the information
about quality crops of Malwa, so he approached the city traders. He
discussed the local traders about buying of 4000 metric tons of Soya
bean.
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