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  • ‘Budhia Singh- Born To Run’ – a must watch; The Legend Of Michael Mishra and ‘Fever’ don’t impress

    ‘Budhia Singh- Born To Run’ – a must watch; The Legend Of Michael Mishra and ‘Fever’ don’t impress

    MUMBAI: Budhia Sing- Born To Run is a biopic about a five-year-old lad from Orissa who, at that tender age, hogged the media limelight nationally and created for and against opinions about his promise to someday become a marathon runner of the Olympics standards. At this young age, he showed that kind of talent, stamina and inclination. While the whole of Orissa hailed his strengths making him a hero, the media too basked in the stories of his achievements and relished splashing them. He was the youngest marathon runner.

    Manoj Bajpayee runs a sort of Judo school for the homeless and for children from poor background along with the help and support of his wife, Shruti Marathe. Besides training them in self-defense, he also feeds, clothes and houses them under the same roof. That is when he brings along Budhia, played by Mayur Mahendra Patole, to join the rest. Shruti mentions the space constraint but Manoj convinces her saying there are already 22 of them around so one more won’t matter.

    Shruti is as enthusiastic about the kids and their wellbeing as Manoj but, while tending to the kids in the house like a mother, she also feels the need for a child of her own.

    Budhia is a mischievous child who refuses to take orders from Manoj. As a punishment, Manoj asks him to make rounds of the judo arena until ordered otherwise. Manoj leaves on an errand and forgets all about Budhia till he returns and is informed that the lad has been running since he left without stopping. He has not stopped for water or nourishment nor has he complained.

    Manoj realizes that the boy is gifted and has a solid stamina. He sees the potential in the boy to run long distances with little or no demands. The boy lives up to Manoj’s hopes, who sees an Olympic-level marathoner in him and starts training him for 2016 Olympics.

    Budhia is full of enthusiasm and small things like an extra share of milk, fruits and a pair of new running shoes in his favourite red besides a promise of a red-colored cycle are enough to propel him to the goals set by Manoj.

    Budhia goes on setting new milestones as he starts small and goes on to run a full marathon of 42 kms. The lad is now a media star across India and the toast of Orissa state. But, the controversies follow on the merit of making such a young boy undergo such a strenuous regime and running such long distances. Politicians decide to use the controversy to their advantage.

     Manoj now decides to make Budhia run a 70 kms distance between Puri and Bhubaneshwar. At the event, covered by national and international media and backed by the CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force), Budhia almost makes it, collapsing just a few of kilometers before the destination. This incident gives enough fodder to the politicians. Manoj is put behind bars for a while as Budhia is taken to the state sports hostel.
    Politics get the better of a budding star.

    Despite being a biopic, Budhia Singh – Born To Run has been made interesting on script level starting with keeping Budhia in the centre while changing other players in the story and also rewriting some stuff. Till the end when the politics enters the story, it is more fun as Budhia blends instantly with the other 22 kids in the house and they also accept him as one of their own. No envy is in play when Budhia is given special attention or rations. Budhia’s character is sketched to be stubborn but determined in the goal set by Manoj while also enjoying running.

    Direction is taut and competent. Full marks to writer-director Soumendra Padhi. Cinematography complements the concept very well. Dialogue is true to life yet funny. Editing is skilful.
    Performances by Manoj and Shruti are seasoned but the one who steals the limelight is Mayur as Budhia; not for a moment do you think he is not the real Budhia. Tillotama Shome supports well along with rest of the cast.

    Budhia Singh-Born To Run is a must watch film. With a National Award in its kitty for Best Children’s Film, it does deserve a tax-free tag to help it cater to the kids.

    Producers: Gajraj Rao, Subrat Ray, Subhmitra Sen.

    Director: Soumendra padhi.

    Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Mayur Mahendra Patole, Shruti Marathe, Tillotama Shome,

    The Legend Of Michael Mishra –‘Bad’ time story!

    Love story is one of the popular genres, especially if backed by good music and a thriving chemistry between the lead pair. While such love stories also work with new stars, the preference by filmmakers has generally tended to popular pairs which have jelled well on screen on a regular basis.

    There are teenage love stories and then there are mature love stories. In The Legend Of Michael Mishra, Warsi is Michael Mishra; no explanation given for his mixed identity. And you expect him to portray a comic character. But, a love story of Arshad Warsi? Now that is plain suicidal! The casting is only the beginning, what follows in the name of entertainment is utterly and unbelievably confounding.

    There is a town in Bihar where Warsi has graduated to becoming a local don from stitching clothes and retailing mutton. Such a background to sudden transformation as a don makes no sense. The whole town seems to be scared of him including the police, and he lords his way around.

    Earlier in his teens, Warsi had fallen in love with a young girl and given her a locket with his picture as a parting gift. One fine day the don remembers his childhood love at first sight and he is determined to find her. All he has to remember her by is the way she said ‘Hello’! The girl grows up to be Aditi Rao Hydari who loved to dance since her childhood. Warsi, always in search of her, lands up at a “Bihar’s got talent” kind of show where she is putting on a dance show.

    Warsi finds out where she lives and shifts into the same housing complex to be close to her. Soon, the sign language exchange of love messages starts flying between the two, later turning into written messages. As Warsi professes his love for her, a reply comes saying he must change his ways before she contemplates his proposal. Warsi, whom no police dare touch, gives himself up to the police.

    As happens in all such films, Warsi is welcomed to the jail by veteran jailbirds who gang up against him and get him into a fight. However, the don in Warsi comes to the fore and he licks all the goons. But, he still has the jailor to contend with and he is one tough cookie. Again, as used to happen in last-century’s films, Warsi saves the jailor from a tough situation and the jailor becomes his sympathizer!

    The jailor hears Warsi’s love story and advises him to escapes from the jail which, according to him, was the only way he could find his love. Warsi duly obliges. So much for paying for his crimes and taking to the honest way of life!

    When Warsi comes back to Hydari, it turns out that all that messaging was not meant for him; it was for the lad staying above him! Warsi is heartbroken but Hydari changes tracks to soon profess her love for him—she loved him from the time he gifted her the locket which she has completed by adding her own picture on the other side of Warsi’s picture!

    The Legend Of Michael Mishra has no story, script or sense of any sort. Nothing to be said about the direction and other aspects, all of which amount to zilch.

    The Legend Of Michael Mishra is filmmaking at its worst.

    Producers: Kishor Arora, Shareen Mantri.

    Director: Manish Jha.

    Cast: Arshad Warsi, Aditi Rao Hydari, Kayoze Irani, Boman Irani, Yuri Suri

    Fever….If you watch it!

    Fever is a suspense thriller with its claim to recognition being two foreign female actors gracing its cast. These foreign actors being ex James Bond star, Caterina Murino, and a British TV actor, Gemma Atkinson, are supposed to give the film some draw! Besides that, the film is sought to be made to look like one out of Hollywood with a subject to match. The film is shot extensively on the picturesque locations of Switzerland.

    Rajeev Khandelwal is lying in a hospital with most of his memory lost. His amnesia is total except that he remembers his name that he is from Paris and the visuals of a murder that haunt him. Soon he meets Gauhar Khan and he tries to piece together his past.

    As it turns out, Rajeev is a contract killer as efficient with guns as he is in his approach with women. While Rajeev tries to recall his past, he demonstrates his memory loss with long drawn pauses to talk about it. Also, while recalling his past, he comes up with what is supposed to be the USB of this film that is steamy sex scenes with women in his life.

    When inspired by numerous past masters of the suspense thriller genre, better would be to just stay inspired and not pick their props and treatment. While many have tried to create a really thrilling script of the suspense genere in past many decades among Hindi filmmakers, here too the attempt is bland and falls flat. Direction is average in keeping with the script. Music is soothing and would have worked had the film worked. The cinematography is a plus considering the film has beautiful locales to shoot at.

    Performances are purely functional with Rajeev doing okay. The two foreigner actors contribute nothing to this department. Gauhar is passable.
    Fever has had a poor opening and is expected to remain so through rest of the week.

    Producers: Ravi Agrawal, Mahesh Balekundri, Ajay Chabbria and Rajath Manjunath.

    Director: Rajeev Jhaveri.

     Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Gauhar Khan, Gemma Atkinson, Caterina Murino,
    Ankita Makwana.

  • &pictures HD premiere ‘Fitoor’ on 18 June

    &pictures HD premiere ‘Fitoor’ on 18 June

    MUMBAI: &picturesHD constantly strives to offer its audience a distinct and unmatched movie viewing experience. Its unique offering&HD Exclusive showcases carefully handpicked movies for its viewers to provide them with maximum quality entertainment. Continuing with its efforts to bring the cinematic experience to the comfort of households and keeping ZEE’s (Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.) promise of #HDfirst, &picturesHD comes up with the World HD Premiere of ‘Fitoor’ onSaturday, 18th June at 8 PM.

    Set in the tranquil locales of Kashmir, Fitoor is a story of love, longing and obsession that transcends time and age. An adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, Fitoor is directed by the endowed filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor and starsAditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif, and Tabu in lead roles with an ensemble cast including Rahul Bhatt, Aditi Rao Hydari and evenAjay Devgn in pivotal roles.

    Speaking about the movie, director Abhishek Kapoor commented, “Fitoor is a different film trying to capture a different world. It’s a very fantastical story which needed a certain look, specific kind of sets, and a certain kind of lighting. Kai Po Che was mostly shot on real locations, but here, when you make locations and sets from scratch, it’s an entirely different thing. As a director, I don’t want to repeat myself. The challenge is to be versatile.”

    In the mystic corners of a valley, Noor (Aditya Roy Kapur) grows up in the shelter of Begum (Tabu) and is completely smitten by her daughter Firdaus (Katrina Kaif). On realizing this, Begum sends Firdaus off to London and urges Noor to be successful in order to win Firdaus. 15 years later, their paths cross and Noor, a successful artist now, is still mesmerized by Firdaus. But, she is now destined to marry Bilal (Rahul Bhatt) at the whims of Begum.

    Will their love overcome societal limits as obsession, like they say will always finds its way.

  • &pictures HD premiere ‘Fitoor’ on 18 June

    &pictures HD premiere ‘Fitoor’ on 18 June

    MUMBAI: &picturesHD constantly strives to offer its audience a distinct and unmatched movie viewing experience. Its unique offering&HD Exclusive showcases carefully handpicked movies for its viewers to provide them with maximum quality entertainment. Continuing with its efforts to bring the cinematic experience to the comfort of households and keeping ZEE’s (Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.) promise of #HDfirst, &picturesHD comes up with the World HD Premiere of ‘Fitoor’ onSaturday, 18th June at 8 PM.

    Set in the tranquil locales of Kashmir, Fitoor is a story of love, longing and obsession that transcends time and age. An adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, Fitoor is directed by the endowed filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor and starsAditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif, and Tabu in lead roles with an ensemble cast including Rahul Bhatt, Aditi Rao Hydari and evenAjay Devgn in pivotal roles.

    Speaking about the movie, director Abhishek Kapoor commented, “Fitoor is a different film trying to capture a different world. It’s a very fantastical story which needed a certain look, specific kind of sets, and a certain kind of lighting. Kai Po Che was mostly shot on real locations, but here, when you make locations and sets from scratch, it’s an entirely different thing. As a director, I don’t want to repeat myself. The challenge is to be versatile.”

    In the mystic corners of a valley, Noor (Aditya Roy Kapur) grows up in the shelter of Begum (Tabu) and is completely smitten by her daughter Firdaus (Katrina Kaif). On realizing this, Begum sends Firdaus off to London and urges Noor to be successful in order to win Firdaus. 15 years later, their paths cross and Noor, a successful artist now, is still mesmerized by Firdaus. But, she is now destined to marry Bilal (Rahul Bhatt) at the whims of Begum.

    Will their love overcome societal limits as obsession, like they say will always finds its way.

  • ‘Fitoor:’ Confusing and dry

    ‘Fitoor:’ Confusing and dry

    Fitoor is projected as ‘Based on the 19th century writer, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.’

    A story of an orphan, his phases in life and his manipulation by various people unknown to him. Being a 19th century saga, it is about star-crossed lover and all the formulae like rich poor romance, evil forces, invisible benefactors that exists in our movies even now. The makers choose the scenic Kashmir for the Kent marshlands to tell their story.

    Aditya Roy Kapur is an orphan under the care of his sister and brother-in-law living in Kashmir when the trouble is at its peak in the valley. He helps his brother-in-law who is an iron smith but has a knack for art as in drawing as well as sculpting. Then the film goes back into Dickens’ 19th century. Aditya is summoned by the Begum, Tabu. The film takes the liberty of introducing a Begum to Kashmir, the land of Maharajas. Tabu holds sway over the township and has a backstory to tell. 

    Tabu lives in a palatial house with her cute young daughter, Tunisha Sharma (to grow up as Katrina Kaif) who is enamoured by young boy Aditya. Her love for him happens after bossing over him for a time. Earlier, while only young Aditya was in love with her, now it is mutual. On the birthday of Tunisha, Aditya’s sister is felled by a bomb. When he reaches her home next day, she has already been dispatched to London for further studies by Tabu.

    Tabu has an agenda. She also sends Aditya to London to study art in which he shows talent. Otherwise, in a slow moving saga, the story moves fast here. Aditya becomes a celebrity in London and also comes across Katrina (grown up Tunisha). He is very much in love with her, she is partly in love with him because, she has, by now, found a suitor in Rahul Bhat, a Pakistani guy who studied with her in London.

    The script’s resistance ends here because it goes haywire here onwards. What follows is what you would have seen in hundreds of Indian movies from the industry’s inception till last week. Katrina is set to marry her Pakistani suitor, Rahul. Because, even if she loves Aditya, Rahul, a politician in Pakistan would mean status. As it happens in such love stories, Aditya goes berserk. 

    Actually, it is about Tabu, who was betrayed and playing with the lives of Aditya and Katrina for her personal reasons. 

    Actually, the whole narrative is so confusing and messed up, it is injustice to Dickens. Often during a film, you don’t fathom all things till they are unfolded at the end; trick with Fitoor is that you don’t understand what the film and issues were about even when you leave the cinema hall and reach home!

    Fitoor is poorly put together script, which unfolds like a mismatched jigsaw puzzle. A simple old fashioned Dickens’ story remixed for MBA aspirants. Direction is aimless. Good editor would have cut down this film to about 45 minutes. Musically, there is one number to like. The only highlight is the cinematography of the film, which is excellent. 

    Talking of performances, only Tabu stands out besides the young kids playing Katrina and Aditya. Aditya seemed to show some improvement but carried the same expressions throughout. Katrina has lost her charm and fails to appeal. 

    Fitoor, a love story, despite its opportune Valentine weekend will not be able to cash in.

    Producers: Abhishek Roy Kapoor, Siddharth Roy Kapur
    Director: Abhishek Roy Kapoor
    Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif, Tabu, Aditi Rao Hydari, Rahul Bhat, Akshay Oberoi, Lara Dutta.

    ‘Sanam Re:’ Juke box!

    With few writers around, filmmakers seem to be going back into past for film themes. Sanam Reresorts to an old-fashioned love triangle, sort of about cursed lovers never meant to come together. 

    Pulkit Samrat is a small town lad who has landed in Mumbai to make it good. His grandpa, Rishi Kapoor, used to be a photographer, afflicted by Alzheimer’s, he is incapable of running his shop anymore and wants the property to be appropriated by his wards. Pulkit is summoned back home for the purpose.

    Back home, Pulkit is full of the memories of his childhood love, Yami Gautam, who he has not seen since he left for Mumbai.

    In this script of convenience, Pulkit has to visit Canada on an urgent assignment. There, he cultivates Urvashi Rautela purely for personal reasons. But, as it happens in such love triangles, Yami surfaces just then. 

    Actually, there is no story in this love story. But, being a T-Series home production, the film has some very popular numbers and the film seems just like an excuse to package them.

    Performances are generally routine as the roles offer no depth. Rishi Kapoor is the star talent in this film but has little to offer. The location being scenic, the film looks good visually. Direction is purely functional. The film could have done with some trimming. Musical score is an asset which can help the film to an extent through its Valentine’s Day opening weekend.

    Producers: Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar
    Director: Divya Khosla Kumar
    Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Urvashi Rautela, Rishi Kapoor

  • ‘Fitoor:’ Confusing and dry

    ‘Fitoor:’ Confusing and dry

    Fitoor is projected as ‘Based on the 19th century writer, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.’

    A story of an orphan, his phases in life and his manipulation by various people unknown to him. Being a 19th century saga, it is about star-crossed lover and all the formulae like rich poor romance, evil forces, invisible benefactors that exists in our movies even now. The makers choose the scenic Kashmir for the Kent marshlands to tell their story.

    Aditya Roy Kapur is an orphan under the care of his sister and brother-in-law living in Kashmir when the trouble is at its peak in the valley. He helps his brother-in-law who is an iron smith but has a knack for art as in drawing as well as sculpting. Then the film goes back into Dickens’ 19th century. Aditya is summoned by the Begum, Tabu. The film takes the liberty of introducing a Begum to Kashmir, the land of Maharajas. Tabu holds sway over the township and has a backstory to tell. 

    Tabu lives in a palatial house with her cute young daughter, Tunisha Sharma (to grow up as Katrina Kaif) who is enamoured by young boy Aditya. Her love for him happens after bossing over him for a time. Earlier, while only young Aditya was in love with her, now it is mutual. On the birthday of Tunisha, Aditya’s sister is felled by a bomb. When he reaches her home next day, she has already been dispatched to London for further studies by Tabu.

    Tabu has an agenda. She also sends Aditya to London to study art in which he shows talent. Otherwise, in a slow moving saga, the story moves fast here. Aditya becomes a celebrity in London and also comes across Katrina (grown up Tunisha). He is very much in love with her, she is partly in love with him because, she has, by now, found a suitor in Rahul Bhat, a Pakistani guy who studied with her in London.

    The script’s resistance ends here because it goes haywire here onwards. What follows is what you would have seen in hundreds of Indian movies from the industry’s inception till last week. Katrina is set to marry her Pakistani suitor, Rahul. Because, even if she loves Aditya, Rahul, a politician in Pakistan would mean status. As it happens in such love stories, Aditya goes berserk. 

    Actually, it is about Tabu, who was betrayed and playing with the lives of Aditya and Katrina for her personal reasons. 

    Actually, the whole narrative is so confusing and messed up, it is injustice to Dickens. Often during a film, you don’t fathom all things till they are unfolded at the end; trick with Fitoor is that you don’t understand what the film and issues were about even when you leave the cinema hall and reach home!

    Fitoor is poorly put together script, which unfolds like a mismatched jigsaw puzzle. A simple old fashioned Dickens’ story remixed for MBA aspirants. Direction is aimless. Good editor would have cut down this film to about 45 minutes. Musically, there is one number to like. The only highlight is the cinematography of the film, which is excellent. 

    Talking of performances, only Tabu stands out besides the young kids playing Katrina and Aditya. Aditya seemed to show some improvement but carried the same expressions throughout. Katrina has lost her charm and fails to appeal. 

    Fitoor, a love story, despite its opportune Valentine weekend will not be able to cash in.

    Producers: Abhishek Roy Kapoor, Siddharth Roy Kapur
    Director: Abhishek Roy Kapoor
    Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif, Tabu, Aditi Rao Hydari, Rahul Bhat, Akshay Oberoi, Lara Dutta.

    ‘Sanam Re:’ Juke box!

    With few writers around, filmmakers seem to be going back into past for film themes. Sanam Reresorts to an old-fashioned love triangle, sort of about cursed lovers never meant to come together. 

    Pulkit Samrat is a small town lad who has landed in Mumbai to make it good. His grandpa, Rishi Kapoor, used to be a photographer, afflicted by Alzheimer’s, he is incapable of running his shop anymore and wants the property to be appropriated by his wards. Pulkit is summoned back home for the purpose.

    Back home, Pulkit is full of the memories of his childhood love, Yami Gautam, who he has not seen since he left for Mumbai.

    In this script of convenience, Pulkit has to visit Canada on an urgent assignment. There, he cultivates Urvashi Rautela purely for personal reasons. But, as it happens in such love triangles, Yami surfaces just then. 

    Actually, there is no story in this love story. But, being a T-Series home production, the film has some very popular numbers and the film seems just like an excuse to package them.

    Performances are generally routine as the roles offer no depth. Rishi Kapoor is the star talent in this film but has little to offer. The location being scenic, the film looks good visually. Direction is purely functional. The film could have done with some trimming. Musical score is an asset which can help the film to an extent through its Valentine’s Day opening weekend.

    Producers: Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar
    Director: Divya Khosla Kumar
    Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Urvashi Rautela, Rishi Kapoor

  • RepIndia bags digital & brand marketing duties of ‘Wazir’

    RepIndia bags digital & brand marketing duties of ‘Wazir’

    NEW DELHI: RepIndia has bagged the digital and brand marketing duties of Wazir, the new film produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra starring Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar.

     

    The film, which released today (8 January) also stars Aditi Rao Hydari, Neil Nitin Mukesh and John Abraham.

     

    Chopra said, “Chase excellence, success will follow was the premise of 3 Idiots. The two idiots Ishaan and Ayesha fit that premise, I’m glad that they found the third idiot in us.”

     

    RepIndia CEO and co-founder Ayesha Chenoy added, “I have never been this happy to be called an idiot. It is a real honour to be able to work on Wazir and an absolute delight to work with a genius like Vidhu Vinod Chopra and his entire team.”

     

    RepIndia managing director Ishaan Ahuja said, “We are excited to give everything to ensure our marketing creativity does justice to Wazir.”

  • Tabu replaces Rekha in UTV’s ‘Fitoor’ directed by Abhishek Kapoor

    Tabu replaces Rekha in UTV’s ‘Fitoor’ directed by Abhishek Kapoor

    MUMBAI: Director Abhishek Kapoor has put an end to all speculation and confirmed that actress Tabu has replaced Rekha in his upcoming movie titled Fitoor, which is being produced under the UTV Motion Pictures banner.

     

    Kapoor said, “Tabu’s wonderful performances in Indian and international shores are too many to be named. She is an actress who fearlessly goes against the tide and isn’t afraid to break stereotypes. I am honoured to have her in my film.”

     

    UTV Motion Pictures senior vice president Amrita Pandey added, “Tabu has been a part of the UTV family since The Namesake, and most recently in Haider. In both movies, her performance has been the emotional fulcrum of the narrative, and we are very happy to have a chance to work with her again in Fitoor.”

     

    The movie, which also stars Katrina Kaif, Aditya Roy Kapoor and Aditi Rao Hydari, is based on Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations.

     

  • Irrfan Khan and Aditi Rao Hydari to star in Rakesh Roshan’s next

    Irrfan Khan and Aditi Rao Hydari to star in Rakesh Roshan’s next

    MUMBAI: After the success of the superhero franchise Krrish, producer Rakesh Roshan will be now producing a comedy thriller sans Hrithik Roshan.

     

    The yet-to-be titled film will star National award winner Irrfan Khan and Aditi Rao Hydari who will be seen playing his wife. Though nothing further has been revealed about the plot of the film, media reports say that it will also star Kunal Kapoor, Kunaal Roy Kapur and Vijay Raaz in prominent roles. Directed by Abhinay Deo, the film will have music composed by Rajesh Roshan.

     

    The film is slated to go on floors by the end of February and will be extensively shot in Mumbai and Lucknow.

  • Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Do’ Renamed ‘Wazir’

    Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Do’ Renamed ‘Wazir’

    MUMBAI: After creating buzz with the first look of the film which showcases the actors (Farhan Akhtar and Amitabh Bachchan) engaged in a game of chess with Big B seated on a wheelchair against the backdrop of the famous Haus Khas village in Delhi, the makers of the movie has another surprising announcement.

     

    Earlier named Do, the upcoming film of Bachchan and Akhtar has been officially titled Wazir.

     

    Directed by Bejoy Nambiar, the film is being written and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The movie also stars Aditi Rao Hyadri as AKhtar’s love interest.

     

    Farhan took to Twitter to announce the change in the film’s title. “The Vidhu Vinod Chopra/ Bejoy Nambiar film is now officially titled Wazir,” he tweeted.

     

    Bachchan, 72, is reportedly playing an ailing bed ridden chess master in the movie while Akhtar, 40, will play an ATS officer in the film. The film is slated to go on floor on 29 September 2015.

     

    Bachchan has earlier worked with Chopra in 2007 film Eklavya: The Royal Guard but this is the first collaboration between the actor and Nambiar, best known for helming Shaitan.

     

    The megastar is currently working on Shoojit Sircar’s Piku starring Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan. On the other hand, Farhan Akhtar is wrapping up his sister Zoya Akhtar’s film Dil Dhadakne Do. The actor is also producing films like Bangistan, Raees and the upcoming film on time travelling starring Sidharth Malhotra under his banner Excel Entertainment.

  • Mondelez International launches Cadbury Glow in India first

    Mondelez International launches Cadbury Glow in India first

    MUMBAI: Mondelez India Foods which launched Cadbury Glow in India has inaugurated the first Cadbury Glow signature experience in Select City Walk, Saket Delhi.

     

    Conceptualised specially for the launch, it promises to give consumers a chance to relish the pralines and personalise their glow gift boxes.

     

    Speaking on the launch Mondelez India Foods chocolate category and media director Siddhartha Mukherjee said, “India is the first country to launch Cadbury Glow, which will be our luxury gifting brand globally. Glow will find favour with a niche audience that appreciates quality and is looking for a refined gift. This prompted us to choose Delhi as the ideal location to introduce the first Cadbury Glow signature experience.”

     

     It unveiled the unique experience, which will stay open for 15 days in the ground floor section of the mall.  

     

    The chocolate pralines are crafted in Europe, and special attention has been taken post production in designing and packaging. The gold and purple packaging of Cadbury Glow is reminiscent of a treasure chest that glows from the inside out, filled with chocolate pralines that would leave a precious feeling.

     

    To make the gifting experience truly personalized Cadbury Glow will also be launching in September a unique gifting website that will connect both the gifter and recipient. The website www.cadburyglow.in allows consumers to experience the world of Cadbury Glow, and to add a personal touch to their gift of Cadbury Glow by writing a personal note, sending a song or experiencing fond memories by videos and photos.

     

    A new television commercial which brings to life a glow moment between a young couple is set to go on air soon. Through its storyline, the TVC strives to convey the brand promise of creating ‘glow moments’ – acts of thoughtfulness and imagination which show those who matter to you that they really do. Featuring Rajkummar Rao and Aditi Rao Hydari, the TVC brings out the elements of celebration and luxury that the brand is inspired by. Launched digitally, the TVC will go on air by in early October.

     

    The sumptuous Cadbury Glow chocolate gift boxes will be available across metros by the first week of September in pack sizes of 16 pieces (160 g) for Rs 400 and 24 pieces (240 g) for Rs 600.