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  • Riteish Deshmukh to star in ‘Masti 3’

    Riteish Deshmukh to star in ‘Masti 3’

    MUMBAI: The actor, who had earlier claimed that he won’t be doing any sex comedies, suddenly seems to have had a change of heart. We’re talking about Riteish Deshmukh, who has been a part of all the series of the film Masti.

     

    Word is that Deshmukh will be seen playing one of the leads in Masti 3.

     

    While the first instalment of this series was a sleeper hit, Grand Masti became the first sex comedy to enter the Rs 100 crore club in Bollywood.

     

    After the successful series, its makers have been toying with the idea of a third instalment, and the actor has found the script interesting and impactful.

     

    Excited about the latest turn of events, director Indra Kumar stated in a report that Deshmukh was really convinced about the film when he heard the script and also expressed his happiness over collaborating with him once again.

  • ‘Super Nani’ release date postponed to 31 October

    ‘Super Nani’ release date postponed to 31 October

    MUMBAI: After Hollywood flick Fury starring Brad Pitt changed its India release date, Rekha’s next film Super Nani is next in line.

     

    Previously scheduled to release on Diwali, the film has postponed its release date by a week to avoid getting eclipsed by Shah Rukh Khan starrer Happy New Year. The movie which was slated to release on 24 October will now be in theatres on 31 October.

     

    The biggest highlight of the film is that it marks the comeback of veteran actress Rekha to the silver screen after a long gap. Directed by Indra Kumar, the small budget movie also stars Sharman Joshi, Anupam Kher, Indra Kumar’s daughter Shweta Kumar in lead.

     

    “We have postponed our film and there are several reason behind this. One of the major reasons to push the film was that we want to avoid the clash with Shah Rukh Khan,” Kumar told IANS.

     

    The promo of Super Nani was recently released along with Sonam Kapoor starrer Khoobsurat, which was the remake of Rekha’s 80s hit film by the same name.

     

    Director Farah Khan’s big-budget multi-starrer Happy New Year will hit the screens during the Diwali week.

  • Grand Masti reaches Rs 64.7 crore; Phata Poster opens poorly with Rs 19.5 crore

    Grand Masti reaches Rs 64.7 crore; Phata Poster opens poorly with Rs 19.5 crore

    Phata Poster Nikhla Hero, starring Shahid Kapoor and Ileana D’Cruz, which had opened to poor response, could not improve much over the weekend. The film has managed to collect Rs 19.5 crore for its opening weekend.

     

    The Lunch Box starring Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui has cashed in on all the positive reports and good word of mouth as the figures almost doubled on Saturday and tripled on Sunday over its opening day collections to record an impressive Rs 6.25 crore for its first weekend.

     

    Grand Masti the sequel to the 2004 Masti directed by Indra Kumar did excellent first week business as the masses and the youth took to the film. The film had to depend on domestic collections mainly to cover itself as not much is expected from overseas or satellite. The film has gone onto collect Rs 64.7 crore for the first week.

     

    Horror Story the Vikram Bhatt scripted screamer has collected Rs 4.6 crore in its first week.

     

    John Day starring Naseeruddin Shah, Randeep Hooda, Taran Bajaj and Harsh Chhaya has failed badly.

     

    Shuddh Desi Romance sustained very well; the Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, Rishi Kapoor and Vaani Kapoor starrer’s two week total is Rs 45.25 crore.
    Zanjeer has failed miserably. The film has managed a mere Rs 20 lakh for its second week to take its two week total to Rs 13.95 crore.

     

    Satyagraha the political drama from Prakash Jha has added Rs 1.5 crore in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 60.1 crore.

     

    Madras Café has collected Rs 75 lakh in its fourth week to take its four week total to Rs 41.4 crore.

     

    Chennai Express has collected Rs 45 lakh in its sixth week thus taking its six week tally to 200.95 crore.

  • Eros International acquires worldwide distribution rights of Grand Masti

    Eros International acquires worldwide distribution rights of Grand Masti

    Eros International, a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, has acquired the worldwide distribution rights of the highly anticipated comedy Grand Masti. The film releases on 13 September.

     

    The film is a sequel to the 2004 smash hit Masti and features Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani and Riteish Deshmukh reprising their roles from the original and is directed by Indra Kumar.

     

    Speaking on the occasion, Eros International MD Sunil Lulla said, “We are happy to continue our long association with Ashok Thakeria and Indra Kumar. Grand Masti is one of the most eagerly awaited sequels this year and with the huge success Masti enjoyed, we are confident its sequel too will be a winner at the box office. The film promises double the dose of laughter and masti as is evident from the promos and we are anticipating a very encouraging response to the film.”

     

    Producer Ashok Thakeria added, “Grand Masti is a sequel to India’s first adult comedy, carrying forward the tone set in the first part. We are positive the film will deliver what it promises and are very happy to have Eros releasing the film worldwide. Our relationship with Eros goes back a long way with them distributing all our films overseas – from Raja to Masti. This is the first time they are releasing our film worldwide and we couldn’t have asked for a better platform for its showcasing.”

     

    Grand Masti is the story of three married guys Vivek Oberoi as Meet, Aftab Shivdasani as Prem and Riteish Deshmukh as Amar go out on fun experience in their college reunion, finally to be trapped in danger. The film also features Bruna Abdalah, Karishma Tanna,Sonalee Kulkarni, Kainaat Arora, Maryam Zakaria and Manjari Fadnis in key roles.

  • Harlequin India collaborates with maruti international’s upcoming movie- ‘Grand Masti’

    Harlequin India collaborates with maruti international’s upcoming movie- ‘Grand Masti’

    NEW DELHI: Maruti International has teamed up with Harlequin India for a first of a kind content partnership to feature the characters of its blockbuster movie franchise – Masti & now Grand Masti in an exciting book.

    For the first time ever in Bollywood, this International publishing house has licensed the character rights of a feature film.

    Maruti International established in 1983 is one of India‘s leading Bollywood film production house, headed by Ashok Thakeria and Indra Kumar. Having worked with Bollywood Superstars like Aamir Khan, Madhuri Dixit and the internationally acclaimed Anil Kapoor on multiple projects, this production house boasts of a number of successful and iconic films produced from their stable such as “Mohabbat, Kasam, Dil, Beta, Raja, Mann, Rishtey, Masti, Pyare Mohan, Dhamaal, Daddy Cool, Double Dhamaal & Super Nani (currently under-production, starring Rekha and Sharman Joshi)”.

    In 2004, Masti directed by Indra Kumar, set the trend of adult-comedy in Bollywood. Taking forward the legacy of this brand, Bollywood‘s current hot topic of Adultery is presented once again by him in a new and refreshing light, in the much-awaited sequel – Grand Masti. This light hearted comedy is like a breath of fresh air deviating from serious cinema, taking adult-comedy many notches higher than its original flick.

    Harlequin is one of the world‘s leading publishers of books for women. The Toronto-based company publishes over 110 titles a month in 31 languages in 111 international markets on six continents. Harlequin is unique in the publishing industry, combining over highly recognizable imprints including – Harlequin, Mira Books, HQN Books, Harlequin Teen, Spice, Harlequin Nonfiction, Mills & Boon; a global reach, a highly successful reader service and forward-looking technology (eBooks, downloadable audio, mobile phone applications) that not only allows the company to move further and further into the forefront of women‘s fiction but continues to position Harlequin for growth.

    Harlequin India, which started in 2008, has brought its global romantic fiction and general fiction books to India. It has published Indian authors for its romantic fiction genre and is now expanding its Indian publishing portfolio to publish Indian authors in other genres of fiction.

    “The Harlequin-Grand Masti tie-up is the first of its kind partnership, aimed at taking story content across platforms and build upon the synergies of the cinematic and narrative fiction genres and to reach out to more consumers”, says Harlequin India’s country head and publishing directorAmrita Chowdhury.”The book ‘Grand Masti: The Fun Never Ends’ will feature fun, rib-tickling and excitement-filled escapades of the three main characters of the film – Amar, Meet and Prem, played by Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Aftab Shivdasani on screen. The movie franchise has been dubbed as India’s first adult comedy, on the lines of Hollywood blockbusters such as the American Pie series and The Hangover series. The book will be published by Harlequin under its Spice imprint & it has been written by author Neha Puntambekar.”

    Priya Doraswamy of Lotus Lane Literary, is the agent instrumental for this first time ever association between Maruti International and Harlequin. Commenting on the tie up Ashok Thakeria says, “We are humbled & privileged that the international publishing house ‘Harlequin’ has chosen Grand Masti to enter the Bollywood arena, by licensing the character rights of a film for the first time, under their ‘Spice‘ imprint. The tie up between Harlequin andGrand Masti is a boon to the series as well as to the readers of the book. On one hand we are going to have an increased audience, fans of the film’s franchise will also be turning pages in the bargain and that I think is important today for people not to let go of reading habits,” says Thakeria.

    As part of this tie-up, both teams are announcing the “Grand Masti Fun & Fabulous Author” contest, which is looking for authors to submit a fun original short story, featuring any one or all three of the movie’s main characters. Two winning entrants will receive a special Grand Mastigift hamper and have a chance to get their short story included in the e-book version, to be released globally. The print book will be available across the Indian sub-continent.

    Harlequin and Maruti International are inviting aspiring authors to enter the “Grand Masti Fun & Fabulous Author” contest to submit their original story at the following siteswww.grandmastifilm.com, www.facebook.com/GrandMastiFilm between 19 July 2013 and 3 p.m.on 24 July 2013. “The idea of this web contest is to offer the loyal fans of this franchise, movie-goers and book-readers a deeper engagement with the characters of the film,” adds Chowdhury. “The e-book format really explodes the geographic boundaries for a writer, and makes the story available to readers around the world. Primarily for Indian authors and Bollywood-related books, we expect to see huge interest in the diaspora readers in the various global markets where the movie will be released.”

    “If the story idea is fabulous and workable, we don’t mind making a film that emanates from the idea,” promises ace director Indra Kumar. So for the audiences it is time to watch movies, read books and write stories. That’s surely a lot of Grand Masti!

  • Masti sequel to release in summer next year

    Masti sequel to release in summer next year

    MUMBAI: Eight years after Vivek Oberoi, Riteish Desmukh and Aftab Shivdasani went chasing Lara Dutta in the pursuit of extra-marital fun in Ashok Thakeria‘s Masti, the makers are back with a sequel Grand Masti (GM) produced by Maruti International.

    However, the sequel will have the three leading men having girlfriends of their own.

    When asked about the eight-year gap, director Indra Kumar says, “We have filmmakers making sequels after 20 years. Considering that, we‘re coming out with our sequel at the right time.” Calling the 2004 hit Bollywood‘s Hangover, the filmmaker adds, “While Masti has nothing to do with that Hollywood film, it surprised, shocked and entertained the audience.”

    Producer Ashok Thakeria also feels the same. “Masti was the first film where the lead characters boldly sought extra-marital fun. In GM, the story gets bolder,” he says. Not surprisingly, the sequel has a lot more double entendres. “It‘s an adult comedy no doubt, but it‘s going to be more entertaining than the first,” says Kumar.

    It is said that the producer-director, who churned out hits like Dhamaal and its sequel Double Dhamaal discarded a few drafts before zeroing in on the final one.

    “We didn‘t want to make a sequel just for the sake of it. The idea is to come out with something that‘s better than the first, ” says Indra Kumar.

    Having already shot for 15 days, the filmmakers plan to wrap up the schedule by November and release the film in the summer of next year.

  • Masti sequel planned

    Masti sequel planned

    MUMBAI: Going by Bollywood’s penchant to churn out franchises of their last hits, producers Indra Kumar and Ashok Thakeria have shown interest to take the Masti series forward.

    The duo have now approached Sanjay Dutt to replace Ajay Devgn‘s character from the original.

    Other than Dutt, the other principal cast seems to remain the same including Aftab Shivdasani, Riteish Deshmkukh and Genelia D‘Souza.

    The producers have been regularly featuring Dutt in the sequels of Dhamaal.

  • Telugu film Dhee remake in offing with Sanjay Dutt in lead role

    Telugu film Dhee remake in offing with Sanjay Dutt in lead role

    MUMBAI: Producers Sanjay Ahluwalia and Vinay Choksey have bought the rights of the 2007 Telugu blockbuster Dhee and have signed Indra Kumar to direct the project.

    The film, that will have Sanjay Dutt in the lead, will be co-produced by his business manager Dharam Oberoi and close friend Rafi Kazi.

    All this started with original screenplay writer Kona Venkat narrating Dutt the story, after which he got interested.

    Dutt will play the role of Mangal Bhai–the heroine‘s elder brother, the character that was played by Srihari in the original.

    The makers have asked Kona Venkat, who penned the story for Dhee to also write the script for the Hindi version.

    Meanwhile, it is learnt that Cinemax has filed a legal suit against Vinay Choksey and Sanjay Ahluwalia, the production partners of Dutt.

    The suit demands a stay order on the release of their film Rascals that is slated to hit theatres on 6 October. Choksey and Ahluwalia had taken Rs 20 million from Cinemax in 2008 to make a film that never got made. But they never returned the money.