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  • A silver lining among damp squibs

    A silver lining among damp squibs

    Kahaani 2, a sequel to Kahaani (2012), turned out to be only an attempt to cash in on the earlier film. The film has nothing to do with the previous film and, even the character of the protagonist, Vidya Balan, is quite contrary to the original where she was a gutsy fighter on a mission while here she is a helpless woman.

    The film has failed to create the required anxiety which resulted in average opening day of about four crore. There was some improvement on Saturday and on Sunday this being a solo release. But, come Monday, the collections dropped. The film collected Rs 15.8 crore for its opening weekend.

    Dear Zindagi, a film about a fickle minded young girl and a mature psychiatrist, tried a subject with little identification with the Hindi-speaking audience. Probably an attempt to find a slot for Shah Rukh Khan to play mature and varied roles in keeping with his age.

    An unbearable length with no support from music or any other relief, the film showed some promise during its opening weekend but the collections tapered down over rest of the week.

    The film ended its first week with figures of about Rs 44.2 crore.

    Moh Maya Money is poor, going almost unnoticed. The film collected a poor Rs 25 lakh in its first week.

    Saansein: The Last Breath collected Rs 20 lakh in its first week.

    Force 2, despite being the only action film in some time, could not reap benefits of weak oppositions. The film managed to add just Rs 4.5 crore in its second week taking its two week total to Rs 30.4 crore.

    Ae Dil Hai Mushkil adds Rs 30 lakh in its fifth week to take its five week total to Rs 102.75 crore.

    Shivaay adds Rs 40 lakh in its fifth week to take its five week total to Rs 86.1 crore.

  • Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh……Predictable story

    Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh……Predictable story

    Sequel is a misnomer for films using a similar or the same title as an older film including, surprisingly, not always successful ones. The use of an old title and, if possible, the protagonist from the earlier film seem to suffice. In Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh, the common factor as in Kahaani (2012) is the lead actor, Vidya Balan, and the film’s West Bengal backdrop. Rest has no connect with the earlier.

    Kahaani 2 deals with the much-debated issue of child abuse.

    Vidya Balan’s character has a paraplegic daughter, Tunisha Sharma, in her early teens who she has promised to protect till she is alive. Both lead a quiet life in a distant village in West Bengal. Her time is divided between her job and looking after her daughter. Her only wish is to take her daughter to the US for treatment so she can start walking again as she did earlier.

    Tunisha also has a past that gives her nightmares. Tunisha has been a victim of child abuse when she was six (played by Naisha Khanna).

    Arjun Rampal, the newly transferred cop from Kolkata, enters the scene. As Arjun delves into Vidya’s diary it emerges that Naisha is an orphan in care of her uncle and granny. And, there is something about her family that is making her uncomfortable. Vidya takes it upon herself to rescue the girl.

    Rampal has a reason to keep the case away from police record and his seniors.

    Kahaani 2 is thoroughly a script of convenience. It is predictable and leaves a few things unexplained at the end. Since it uses the title Kahaani, the comparison is inevitable and, to say the least, this one falls way short of the original.

    It is a VidyaBalan film but she is not seen doing any daring-dos here as would be expected Naisha Khanna is impressive. Tunisha does not have much to do and passes muster. Rampal is good. Jugal Hansraj and Tota Roy Chowdhary are okay in support.

    The film keeps the viewer engrossed through its first half, but it tends to get repetitive in the later half. What works to some extent is the film’s ‘please all’ climax. With a solo release and coming as it does following a trail of poor films recently, Kahaani2: Durga Rani Singh was expected to take a decent opening which has not happened. In absence of initial curiosity, the film stands poor chances at the box office.

    Producers: Kushal Kantilal Gada, Dhaval Jayantilal Gada, Aksshay Jayantilal Gada and Sujoy Ghosh.

    Director: Sujoy Ghosh.

    Cast: Vidya Balan, Arjun Rampal, Tunisha Sharma, Naisha Khanna, Tota Roy Chowdhary, Jugal Hansraj.

  • Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh……Predictable story

    Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh……Predictable story

    Sequel is a misnomer for films using a similar or the same title as an older film including, surprisingly, not always successful ones. The use of an old title and, if possible, the protagonist from the earlier film seem to suffice. In Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh, the common factor as in Kahaani (2012) is the lead actor, Vidya Balan, and the film’s West Bengal backdrop. Rest has no connect with the earlier.

    Kahaani 2 deals with the much-debated issue of child abuse.

    Vidya Balan’s character has a paraplegic daughter, Tunisha Sharma, in her early teens who she has promised to protect till she is alive. Both lead a quiet life in a distant village in West Bengal. Her time is divided between her job and looking after her daughter. Her only wish is to take her daughter to the US for treatment so she can start walking again as she did earlier.

    Tunisha also has a past that gives her nightmares. Tunisha has been a victim of child abuse when she was six (played by Naisha Khanna).

    Arjun Rampal, the newly transferred cop from Kolkata, enters the scene. As Arjun delves into Vidya’s diary it emerges that Naisha is an orphan in care of her uncle and granny. And, there is something about her family that is making her uncomfortable. Vidya takes it upon herself to rescue the girl.

    Rampal has a reason to keep the case away from police record and his seniors.

    Kahaani 2 is thoroughly a script of convenience. It is predictable and leaves a few things unexplained at the end. Since it uses the title Kahaani, the comparison is inevitable and, to say the least, this one falls way short of the original.

    It is a VidyaBalan film but she is not seen doing any daring-dos here as would be expected Naisha Khanna is impressive. Tunisha does not have much to do and passes muster. Rampal is good. Jugal Hansraj and Tota Roy Chowdhary are okay in support.

    The film keeps the viewer engrossed through its first half, but it tends to get repetitive in the later half. What works to some extent is the film’s ‘please all’ climax. With a solo release and coming as it does following a trail of poor films recently, Kahaani2: Durga Rani Singh was expected to take a decent opening which has not happened. In absence of initial curiosity, the film stands poor chances at the box office.

    Producers: Kushal Kantilal Gada, Dhaval Jayantilal Gada, Aksshay Jayantilal Gada and Sujoy Ghosh.

    Director: Sujoy Ghosh.

    Cast: Vidya Balan, Arjun Rampal, Tunisha Sharma, Naisha Khanna, Tota Roy Chowdhary, Jugal Hansraj.

  • Sujoy Ghosh to start shooting for Kahaani 2 after monsoon

    Sujoy Ghosh to start shooting for Kahaani 2 after monsoon

    MUMBAI : Having earlier made Jhankar Beats in 2003, Home Delivery: Aapko… Ghar Tak in 2005, Aladin in 2009, Sujoy Ghosh established himself as a director of repute with the Vidya Balan-starrer Kahaani in 2012.

    Immediately after the resounding success of Kahaani, word spread around filmdom that Sujoy was mulling with the idea of making a sequel of the film but nothing concrete happened.

    But now, the director has made it known that the sequel in quite on the cards. “Yes, it will go on floors post monsoon as soon as Vidya finishes her other assignments,” he confirmed.

    Briefing about the kind of role that Balan would play in Kahaani 2, Ghosh observed, “Kahaani 2 will have Vidya in very different avatar, she will be seen doing some dare-devil stunts.”

    Interestingly, Ghosh is taking his first step in acting soon. He is going to play the title role of Byomkesh Bakshi in Rituparno Ghosh‘s upcoming film of the same name.

  • Sujoy Ghosh mulls Kahaani 2 with Amitabh Bachchan

    Sujoy Ghosh mulls Kahaani 2 with Amitabh Bachchan

    MUMBAI: Sujoy Ghosh, who had vowed to have his close associate Amitabh Bachchan in all his forthcoming films in any capacity, after he directed the veteran super star in Aladin, is mulling with the idea of working with the megastar in Kahaani 2, the sequel to his successful 2012 thriller Kahaani.

    The director, who has achieved a lot of fame with Kahaani, was speaking to this writer on the sidelines of a recent award function in which he annexed the best story writer award with Advaita Kala for Kahaani.

    “I am assuring you that Amitabh Bachchan will be part of Kahaani 2 in some way or the other. His blessings matter a lot to me. I can‘t see myself making any films without him,” Sujoy observed. Incidentally, Bachchan who was not in the ensemble cast of Kahaani, had lent his voice for the song Ekla chalo re.

    The director says he will roll the camera as soon as the script is locked.

    Asked as to when he would embark on shooting the film, Sujoy quipped, “I am still scripting the film so I can‘t say exactly when I will start shooting. The story will be a continuation from where we have left Kahaani. He however spilled the beans on Vidya Balan‘s role in the film. “She will be seen in an action avatar,” he added.

  • Sujoy Ghosh mulls Kahaani franchise

    Sujoy Ghosh mulls Kahaani franchise

    MUMBAI: Stung by the climax of the film after which Vidya Bagchi dissolves herself among the sindoor and aabir-clad women, returning after their Dashami day rituals, one never had the time to give a thought to the lady. But, the clever director that he is, Sujoy Ghosh kept room for taking the film forward by keeping the lady alive.

    Now after the heartening response that Ghosh‘s Kahaani has been getting, he has decided to make the Kolkata-based mystery-drama and its protagonist Vidya Bagchi a part of an ongoing series.

    Confirmed Ghosh, “Yes, turning Kahaani into a franchise is something that was in my mind from the time I wrote the film. I knew I had stumbled on a unique idea that I didn‘t want to let go of. What Vidya Bagchi does with her life after my Kahaani, haunts me. I want to take the idea forward.”

    According to Ghosh, the idea was with him for a very long, he having written the script of Kahaani four years ago. And, knowing well that the protagonist had the potential to be a part of a series, the director has now begun to seriously consider carrying the story forward.

    Hence, if all goes well, Kahaani 2 would be Ghosh‘s next project. He has already cracked the idea for a sequel.