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  • Catch Rekha’s stellar performance in ‘Biwi Ho Toh Aisi’ on Sony MAX2

    Catch Rekha’s stellar performance in ‘Biwi Ho Toh Aisi’ on Sony MAX2

    MUMBAI: Rekha’s fans are in for a sweet surprise this week as India’s iconic Hindi movie channel from Sony Pictures Networks, Sony MAX2 is all set to air classic movie Biwi Ho Toh Aisi. A light-hearted family drama stars Bollywood legends Farooq Sheikh and Rekha in lead roles and marks the debut of Salman Khan in the industry. The movie also features yesteryear actors like Bindu, Kader Khan, Asrani and Onm Shivpuri in vital roles.

    Biwi Ho Toh Aisi revolves around soft-spoken, Suraj Bhandari (Farooq Shaikh) who follows his heart and marries the not so rich, yet talented village girl Shalu (Rekha) against his mother’s consent. Shalu welcomes herself in the household, where she has a submissive yet loving husband, caring father-in-law Kailash Bhandari (Kader Khan), dominating mother-in-law Kamla (Bindu) and supportive brother-in-law Vicky (Salman Khan). Like a doting daughter-in-law of the family, Shalu tries to overcome all the obstacles in her married life to win over the acceptance of her domineering mother-in-law.

  • Cinema industry pays a tribute to Farooque Shaikh

    Cinema industry pays a tribute to Farooque Shaikh

    MUMBAI: With roles that touched the emotional chord, actor Farooque Shaikh made a special place among his fans. When the actor passed away few weeks back, his fans couldn’t help but cry. Shaikh continues to evoke much affection and respect within the film fraternity. Indian Films & TV Directors Association organised a tribute to Shaikh at the S P Jain Auditorium in Bhavan’s College yesterday, where some of India’s finest directors assembled to recall the experience of working with the remarkable actor. 

     

    The people who came to pay a tribute to the actor included MS Sathyu who introduced Sheikh in Garm Hawa in 1973, Muzaffar Ali who selected the actor to play a lead in nearly all of the films he directed, starting with Gaman (1978) to Umrao Jaan (1981) and Anjuman (1986). It was while shooting Anjuman that Sheikh became acquainted with the plight of the impoverished chikankari artisans of Lucknow. It spawned a lifelong association with the classic white embroidered kurta-pyjama that remained his unique hallmark. Interestingly, he used to order his outfits directly from the karigars.

     

    Others included veterans and new age Hindi film directors, actors and writers who worked with him including – Sagar Sarhadi, Ramesh Talwar, Raman Kumar, Pankaj Parashar, Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, Sanjay Tripathi, Avinash Kumar Singh, Shona Urvashi, Suhail Tatari, Javed Siddiqui and Anand Rai.

     

    Among his co-actors, Deepti Naval shared her thoughts on their long working partnership spanning Doordarshan television shows leading on to Chashme Buddoor right up to Listen Amaya last year. 

    The ceremony was organised by President of the Indian Films & TV Directors Association Ashok Pandit who said, “We thought we should invite all the directors who have worked with the late veteran actor Shaikh to share interesting moments with the actor, whether these are humorous or sensitive or simply give an insight into his unique personality. They will narrate little trivia which will be useful to those who have merely seen Shaikh on screen and want to know more about him as an actor & human being. This great actor and exceptional human being deserve to be remembered in the most dignified way. What better than inviting all his directors upon a common forum to celebrate his talent and his persona.”

  • Vashu Bhagnani presents Youngistan with son Jackky in the lead

    Vashu Bhagnani presents Youngistan with son Jackky in the lead

    MUMBAI: With movies like Ajab Gazab Prem, FALTU etc, actor Jackky Bhagnani has almost become a youth icon. Now, the actor will be seen in MSM Motion Pictures and Vashu Bhagnani, Youngistan, a love story set in the backdrop of Indian politics. The film, besides Jackky stars Neha Sharma, Farooq Shaikh and Boman Irani.

     

    While the first schedule of the film has been shot overseas and Lucknow, the second schedule of the film will go on floors soon at the picturesque Taj Mahal in Agra making it the ideal locale to launch the film and its unique campaign titled “Yo Youngistan Go Youngistan”. Uttar Pradesh lends itself very nicely to this film that has a political backdrop. To add to it, Agra, a symbol of power and love supplements the entire setting. Yo Youngistan Go Youngistan is a ground rally that will travel across the country and collect youth pledges and will also see several youth icons from various walks of life join Jackky Bhagnani in getting the young Indians to pledge to vote. The campaign will also generate findings on the change Young India wishes to see in their policies and their politicians.

     

    Jackky Bhagnani said in a press release, “For me as the name suggests Youngistan stands for the youth by the youth and of the youth of India. The film is a common live story in a very uncommon premise “.

     

    The film is scheduled to release on 1 May 2014.

  • Salman Khan turns 25 in Bollywood

    Salman Khan turns 25 in Bollywood

    Salman Khan is one of India’s most influential and bankable stars, and on Thursday this big screen icon completed his silver jubilee in the Hindi film industry.

    Salman Khan’s first film was a family drama that released on 22 August, 1988. The film, Biwi Ho Toh Aisi also starred Rekha and Farooq Shaikh with Salman in a supporting role as Shaikh’s younger brother. Although the film didn’t do well commercially, it was the stepping stone for Salman to make his mark on the silver screen as its reigning blockbuster king.

    Just a year later, Salman starred in Maine Pyar Kiya as the lead actor and the Indian audience took notice of his charisma and star power. In the years to come Salman has acted in some of Bollywood’s biggest blockbusters and critically acclaimed films. For his work in these films he has been nominated and won many prestigious awards for excellence in Indian cinema, including Film Fare Awards and Screen Awards.

    In addition to his success with movies, Salman Khan is also known for his high profile romantic relationships, most notably with Aishwarya Rai and Katrina Kaif. He is also heavy into philanthropy taking part in various charitable organisations, as well as starting his own – Being Human. Being Human is a charity that sells T-shirts and uses the proceeds to help under privileged children.

  • Restored print of Garam Hawa to screen at IFFI on 25 November

    Restored print of Garam Hawa to screen at IFFI on 25 November

    MUMBAI: The Balraj Sahni-starrer Garm Hava, directed by M S Sathyu, considered a milestone in Indian cinema, that has been fully restored, will be screened at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa scheduled to go underway today.

    According to IFFI officials, the film that also stars Geeta Siddharth, Farooq Shaikh, the late A K Hangal and Jalal Agha, will be screened on 25 November as part of commemoration of 100 years of Indian cinema.

    The 1973 Hindi-Urdu classic based on an unpublished Urdu short story by Ismat Chughtai and adapted for screen by Kaifi Azmi, will also be released theatrically soon.

    The film deals with the plight of a North Indian Muslim family post-Partition as the protagonist (Sahni) faces the dilemma of whether to move to Pakistan or stay back. One of the most poignant films ever made on the Partition, it was also India‘s official entry to the Oscars in 1974.

    Since the film‘s negative was in a bad shape, Mumbai-based distributor Subhash Chheda who also runs a DVD label Rudraa Chheda proposed to Sathyu that he be given the responsibility of restoring of both the audio and video segments of the film to which the director easily obliged.

    Thus began Chheda‘s two-year-long elaborate effort to have an upgraded 5.1 and Dolby mixed version of Garm Hava, which was almost lost in the annals of time.

    “Restoration of a classic is very tricky and complex, as people remember the original movie forever – frame-by-frame, dialogue-by-dialogue, word-by-word,” he says.

    “The project stayed under the scanners of the best creative and technical experts around the world for about a year. Almost 2,00,000 frames of 2K resolution were observed by all these experts again and again. The restoration and post-restoration of the movie consumed more than 5,00,000 man-hours of our technical and creative team and terabytes of space of our computers,” Chheda said in a statement.

    However, no portion of the film has been deleted nor anything added. “Everything has merely been enhanced to give a complete theatrical experience to the modern viewer,” Chedda concludes.