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  • ‘Raanjhanaa’ director shake hands with Dhanush for his next film

    ‘Raanjhanaa’ director shake hands with Dhanush for his next film

    MUMBAI: Director Anand L Rai, whose Raanjhanaa generated good response at the box office, is coming up with another romantic film and is currently working on the script.

    The making of script is currently under process, and if sources are to be believed by Diwali, Rai will be in a position to talk about the project.

    Raanjhanaa was a story of a Hindu Banarasi boy falling in love with a Muslim girl and giving away his life for her.

    Rai who thinks that people have lost faith in love, strongly feels that one way of keeping the romance alive is through films. He feels sad (to) see this as love is an integral part of life

    ‘Kolaveri Di’-fame south star Dhanush, who made his Bollywood debut with Raanjhanaa, will be working together with Rai again for a film, tentatively from the same genre.

    To top it all, his one more project is the sequel to 2011 romcom Tanu Weds Manu. However, Rai did not elaborate on this piece.

  • Now Ravi Teja to foray into Bollywood

    Now Ravi Teja to foray into Bollywood

    MUMBAI: The South influx into Bollywood has gathered momentum. After Dhanush’s successful Hindi debut in Aanand Rai’s Raanjhanaa and Ramcharan’s Zanjeer that opens in September, it would be the turn of Ramcharan’s nearest rival in Hyderabad, Ravi Teja.

    Ravi Teja would debut in a double role in Samir Karnik’s Kaur & Singh. The film would be an action-comedy (Ravi Teja’s forte) in Hindi and Telugu. The Telugu version of the film would be entitled Laxmi Reddy.

    After doing successful double role in films like Vikramarkudu, the Telugu version of Rowdy Rathore. Director Samir Karnik confirms these developments and wanted to take his image to another level.

    Ravi Teja plays two brothers in Kaur & Singh. One of them is a con-man who constantly gets the good brother into trouble.

     

     

     

  • Center Fresh ropes in Dhanush as its brand ambassador

    Center Fresh ropes in Dhanush as its brand ambassador

    MUMBAI: Perfetti Van Melle India (PVMI) has signed on singer and actor Dhanush as the new face for its flagship chewing gum brand Center Fresh. Dhanush will feature in the new television commercial of the brand and in all mobile and internet communication.

    Commenting on Dhanush‘s association with the brand Perfetti Van Melle India, category head-Gums Mandar Keskar said, “While Dhanush is taking his first steps in Bollywood, in our key markets he is very popular especially among the youth. We are really looking to leverage Dhanush‘s equity to help take Center Fresh to the next level.”

    The brand feels that Dhanush perfectly embodies the Center Fresh spirit at the core of which is Freshness – thus making him a natural fit.

    Commenting on his endorsement, Dhanush said “It feels great to be associated with Center Fresh which is one of India‘s most loved brands. Looking forward to work on some exciting campaigns for the brand.”

    Ogilvy& Mather‘s NCD Abhijit Avasthi commented: “We are quite excited to work with Dhanush. After Kolaveri Di and now – Raanjhana, all eyes are definitely on him. His value addition to the brand will be immense.”

  • Rakul Preet is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Yaariyaan

    Rakul Preet is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Yaariyaan

    MUMBAI: Many Southern actors have started making their debuts in Bollywood flicks these days such as Prithviraj Sukuraman, Dhanush, Sudeep and Shriya Saran. The new name in the list is Rakul Preet.

    The southern actor Rakul Preet is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Yaariyaan; the film will also be the directorial debut by Divya Khosla Kumar (T- series head Bhushan Kumar’s wife); which is set to be released around September 2013.

    Preet made her first debut in 2009 with Kannada film Gilli. The actor has already signed two films titled Rough and another untitled film with another South Indian actor Sundeep Kishan (Shor In The City fame).

    She has won four titles at beauty pageants such as Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face, Femina Miss Talented, Femina Miss Beautiful Smile and Femina Miss Beautiful Eyes.

    The actor has been an active golf player and played at the national level.

  • Raanjhanaa banned by Pakistan Censor Board

    Raanjhanaa banned by Pakistan Censor Board

    NEW DELHI: The Dhanush-Sonam Kapoor starrer Raanjhanaa has been banned by the Pakistan Film Censor Board because of its alleged “controversial theme”.

    The Central Board of Film Censors in Pakistan banned the film shortly before its scheduled release, according to IMGC Global Entertainment CEO Amjad Rasheed, the importer of the film said.

    Pakistani singer Shiraz Uppal has also lent his voice for the title track of the film, composed by music maestro AR Rahman.

    The Anand L Rai-directed film was scheduled to release during the last week of June.
    Earlier, the Censor Board had also banned films like Ek Tha Tiger, GI Joe, Agent Vinod for their controversial themes and “anti-Pakistan” sentiments.

    Rasheed said that he received a letter from CBFC with directives to shelve the film‘s release.

    “The letter from CBFC states that the film portrays an inapt image of a Muslim girl (played by Sonam Kapoor) falling in love with a Hindu man and having an affair with him.”

  • Ghanchakkar misses the mark even as YJHD crosses Rs 180 Cr at the

    Ghanchakkar misses the mark even as YJHD crosses Rs 180 Cr at the

    MUMBAI: The Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan starrer Ghanchakkar fails to please the audience, with a poor script and execution. The film opened to indifferent response on Friday, it could not cash in on Saturday and did only marginally better on Sunday to end its opening weekend with figures of Rs 19.35 crore.

    Raanjhanaa, which marked the debut of the south superstar Dhanush of Kolavari Di fame, has met with mixed response due to its second half. However, the first week collection figures are a respectable with Rs 32.2 crore; the film may benefit due to poor opposition in Ghanchakkar at places other than North where the Punjabi film, Jatt & Juliet 2, is creating a havoc.

    Shortcut Romeo the remake of Susi Ganeshan‘s own Tamil film Thiruttu Payale, starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, Ameesha Patel and Puja Gupta is doing poorly in its first week having collected just Rs 2.5 crore.

    Enemmy, Mithun Chakraborty‘s home production starring Mithun, Mahakshay, Suniel Shetty, Kay Kay Menon and Johnny Lever is doing poor business, barely collecting Rs 1.5 crore in its one week run.

    Fukrey, a north-centric youth comedy, has sustained reasonably well in its second week adding Rs 10.7 crore to take its tally to Rs 28.2 crore.

    Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani continues to move smoothly in its fourth straight week. The film has collected Rs 7.3 crore in its fourth week to take its four week tally to Rs 180.25 crore.

  • Kamal R Khan in trouble with UP Courts for remarks against actor Dhanush

    Kamal R Khan in trouble with UP Courts for remarks against actor Dhanush

    NEW DELHI: Producer-actor-director Kamal R Khan, who earlier invited controversies with his film ‘Desh Drohi‘ and his presence in Bigg Boss 3, is once again in trouble.

    An Uttar Pradesh cadre Indian Police Service officer Amitabh Thakur has filed a petition before Lucknow Chief Judician Magistrate Pramod Kumar for registration of a first information report against Khan for having made extremely objectionable criminal comments in a review of the film ‘Raanjhana‘.

    According to the complaint, Khan made the comments against two Schedule Castes in a video on YouTube,

    The matter, filed after the police refused to register an FIR, has been fixed for 12 July.

    In the 09.40 minute video review uploaded on YouTube on 20 June, Khan said: “Sir, I don‘t know whether you are from UP or not, but I am. In the whole of UP, you will find cobblers and sweepers who look like Dhanush but you will not find such single rotten Brahman as him in entire UP.” He also made some other extremely improper personal comments against the actor Dhanush.

    Thakur had previously given an FIR to Gomtinagar police station, Lucknow and SSP, Lucknow saying that Khan‘s comments are clearly casteist in nature and constitute an offence under section 3(1)(x) of the SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989.

    In his very first film ‘Desh Drohi‘, Khan indirectly referred to the Shiv Sena through his dialogue “Jitni nafrat humhare liye tumhare dil main hain , usse zyada pyar tumhare liye humare seene main hain. Kabhi UP Bihar aake dekhna, mehman ko bhagwan samajhte hain hum”.

    This resulted in the film being banned in Mumbai for two months.

  • Raanjhanaa collects Rs 18.75 crore for the weekend, YJHD still going strong at Rs 172.95 crore

    Raanjhanaa collects Rs 18.75 crore for the weekend, YJHD still going strong at Rs 172.95 crore

    MUMBAI: Raanjhanaa, starring Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol which opened with weak collections, did well to gather momentum over the weekend. However, a disappointing second half plot being a major drawback, generating bad word of mouth, the film is not expected to carry on the momentum it generated over the weekend. Also, with its hero‘s mass appeal riding on the ‘Kolaveri Di‘ fame, the film was expected to do well in single screen theatres but that has not happened. The film has gone on to end its opening weekend with Rs 18.75 crore.

    Enemmy, Mithun Chakraborty‘s home production starring Mithun, Mahakshay, Suniel Shetty, Kay Kay Menon and Johnny Lever is doing poor business, barely collecting about a crore for its opening weekend.

    Shortcut Romeo the remake of Susi Ganeshan‘s own Tamil film Thiruttu Payale, starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, Ameesha Patel and Puja Gupta is a disaster, finding no takers.

    Fukrey, a north-centric youth comedy, has sustained reasonably well in its first week with major boost coming from North. The film has collected Rs 17.5 crore in first seven days, with as much as 50 per cent coming from Delhi/NCR/Punjab. The film is reported to have done very well in its second weekend too, assuring the film will emerge a moderate earner.

    Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 from the Deol clan has dropped to less than 10 per cent of its first week figures collecting Rs 2.55 crore in its second week and taking its two week total to Rs 30.1 crore.

    Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani continues to be strong in its third week. The film has collected Rs 19.65 crore in third week to take its three week total to Rs 172.95 crore. This is certainly Ranbir Kapoor‘s biggest hit so far in a career spanning just six years from his debut withSaawariya (2007) till his last release in 2012 with Barfi! The Kapoor scion has certainly come off age in a big way.

    Aashiqui 2, the Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor starrer has added Rs 20 lakh in its eighth week, taking its eight week tally to Rs 78.5 crore. This film has certainly exceeded everyone‘s expectations. The music of the movie has been much appreciated by audiences across the country.

  • Emami ties up with Dhanush starrer ‘3’

    Emami ties up with Dhanush starrer ‘3’

    MUMBAI: FMCG company Emami has tied up with the movie ‘3‘ for in-film promotion of their brand Himani Navratna Oil. This movie is south Indian actor Rajnikant‘s daughter Aishwarya Dhanush‘s directorial debut and stars actor-singer Dhanush and Shruti Hassan in the lead roles.

    The movie is slated for release in April 2012.

    Emami aims to connect with consumers with the proposition of ‘cool‘, keeping in mind the success Kolaveri Di has had with the youth. Himani Navratna oil currently goes with the tagline of”thanda thanda cool cool”.

    Emami‘s Krishna Mohan said,”Emami has for the first time tied up with a Tamil movie ‘3‘ for an in-film promotion of the brand Himani Navratna. We are hopeful that the in-film tie up will help in giving that extra mileage to the product. Our previous experiences with film stars in sensitizing Emami products have proved worthy.”

    The original movie version of the song”Why this Kolaveri Di” has been recently filmed in a set made to replicate the crowded shopping street of Chennai Marina beach. The song‘s visuals show Dhanush‘s heartbreak for Hassan and Navratna Oil being positioned as a stress reliever.

    Apart from this tie up, Navratna is endorsed by celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Suriya, Jr NTR, Chiranjeevi and Mahesh Babu to name a few. Along with a presence in print, electronic media and radio, the brand is also promoted heavily through consumer engagement programs.

    In the past too, Emami has used in-film placement of a brand with ‘Agar Tum Na Hote‘, in which Rajesh Khanna, playing the role of Emami‘s owner, hires Raj Babbar to photograph Rekha.

  • Dhanush-starrer 3 to be dubbed in Hindi & Telugu

    Dhanush-starrer 3 to be dubbed in Hindi & Telugu

    MUMBAI: Tamil star Dhanush-starrer 3 will be dubbed in Hindi.

    The movie will be released in Tamil, dubbed versions of Hindi and Telugu while for its overseas release, the film would be subtitled in English.

    Dhanush is known for his song Kolaveri Di that has till now recorded more than 25 million views on YouTube. According to the star, who is the son-in-law of Tamil star Rajinikant, there would be some delay in the film‘s release because they are planning a global release.

    Directed by wife and debut director Aishwarya Dhanush, the film stars Dhanush and Shruti Haasan in the lead. The film is being produced by Dhanush‘s father Kasthuri Raja.

    It may be interesting to note that Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pokutty is the sound engineer of 3.