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Zarine’s Khan-Nawazi on Living Foodz on 19 Nov

MUMBAI: Get ready for a sumptuous extravaganza this November, as Living Foodz presents ‘Spices and Secrets with Zarine Khan’ on 19 November, which marks her television debut.

‘Spices & Secrets with Zarine Khan’ will showcase the lavish spreads of Zarine’s legendary Bollywood dinner parties for which guests eagerly mark their calendars. It also gives a glimpse of the ‘Khan-Nawazi’ that her family is famous for. Apart from this, Zarine will unravel the treasure trove of recipes she has lovingly pieced together over the years which include rare Persian, Mughlai, Parsi and Continental delicacies.

The show is a visual treat for food and Bollywood enthusiasts alike, who will get a chance to see her dish out famous biryanis and mutton chops. Zarine will also share heart-warming anecdotes with Bollywood celebrities such as Dia Mirza, Farah Khan, Sajid Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Abhay Deol, Javed Jaffrey, Poonam Dhillon, Kabir Bedi, as well as her own celebrated family. Viewers will also get to watch Zayed and Zarine in action as they prepare one of the family’s favourite dishes, ‘Laal Masala Chops’.

“I absolutely love having friends over to our home for meals and I always ensure my table is spread with delicious food. For years, I have used my mother-in-law’s tried and trusted recipes which my friends and family love and now I have the opportunity to share these on TV with Spices and Secrets. I draw inspiration from my Parsi heritage as well as the traditions I learnt from my in-laws’ and it reflects in the food I cook. I hope to bring the best of my experiences to the viewers of Living Foodz through this show”, says Zarine Khan.

Living Foodz Amit Nair, Business Head, Amit Nair, Business Head, , says “Spices and Secrets is special for all of us, as it showcases the culinary skills of a much-loved Bollywood family. The show beautifully captures the warmth that Zarine shares with her guests and we hope our viewers will enjoy the show. The show promises to be a captivating family watch.”

“We are proud to present an original and unique culinary format of fine dining, with a lady of substance and class, from a distinguished celebrated family as its esteemed host. Inviting in her home of refinery, are a galaxy of stars and celebrities to share her fineness of food in this one of a kind show”, Subhadarshi Tripathy, CCO, Living Foodz added.

Join Zarine Khan every Saturday and Sunday at 8 PM, as she charms you with her gastronomic secrets and more!

November 16, 2016
Zarine’s Khan-Nawazi on Living Foodz on 19 Nov

MUMBAI: Get ready for a sumptuous extravaganza this November, as Living Foodz presents ‘Spices and Secrets with Zarine Khan’ on 19 November, which marks her television debut.

‘Spices & Secrets with Zarine Khan’ will showcase the lavish spreads of Zarine’s legendary Bollywood dinner parties for which guests eagerly mark their calendars. It also gives a glimpse of the ‘Khan-Nawazi’ that her family is famous for. Apart from this, Zarine will unravel the treasure trove of recipes she has lovingly pieced together over the years which include rare Persian, Mughlai, Parsi and Continental delicacies.

The show is a visual treat for food and Bollywood enthusiasts alike, who will get a chance to see her dish out famous biryanis and mutton chops. Zarine will also share heart-warming anecdotes with Bollywood celebrities such as Dia Mirza, Farah Khan, Sajid Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Abhay Deol, Javed Jaffrey, Poonam Dhillon, Kabir Bedi, as well as her own celebrated family. Viewers will also get to watch Zayed and Zarine in action as they prepare one of the family’s favourite dishes, ‘Laal Masala Chops’.

“I absolutely love having friends over to our home for meals and I always ensure my table is spread with delicious food. For years, I have used my mother-in-law’s tried and trusted recipes which my friends and family love and now I have the opportunity to share these on TV with Spices and Secrets. I draw inspiration from my Parsi heritage as well as the traditions I learnt from my in-laws’ and it reflects in the food I cook. I hope to bring the best of my experiences to the viewers of Living Foodz through this show”, says Zarine Khan.

Living Foodz Amit Nair, Business Head, Amit Nair, Business Head, , says “Spices and Secrets is special for all of us, as it showcases the culinary skills of a much-loved Bollywood family. The show beautifully captures the warmth that Zarine shares with her guests and we hope our viewers will enjoy the show. The show promises to be a captivating family watch.”

“We are proud to present an original and unique culinary format of fine dining, with a lady of substance and class, from a distinguished celebrated family as its esteemed host. Inviting in her home of refinery, are a galaxy of stars and celebrities to share her fineness of food in this one of a kind show”, Subhadarshi Tripathy, CCO, Living Foodz added.

Join Zarine Khan every Saturday and Sunday at 8 PM, as she charms you with her gastronomic secrets and more!

November 16, 2016
Zee TV slots ‘India’s Best Dramebaaz’ season 2 at 9.30 pm

MUMBAI: Come 12 December and Zee TV is all set to launch the second season of kid’s reality series India’s Best Dramebaaz. The show will be aired on Saturday and Sunday in the 9.30 pm time slot.

The channel has roped in Surf Excel as the presenting sponsor and Patanjali Dantkanti as the co-powered by sponsor for the show.

This time round, director Sajid Khan joins Sonali Bendre and Vivek Oberoi on the judges’ panel. The show will be hosted by Rithvik Dhanjani and Ravi Dubey.

Speaking about the format of the show’s second season, Zee TV business head Pradeep Hejmadi said, “The new season of India’s Best Dramebaaz looks out for children with an ability to diffuse any tension and instantly brightens your mood with their ability to entertain. The format will be same with minor changes. This time we are giving them feedback in a very nice manner. We are calling them for homework and also helping them on how they can make it better.”

He further added, “Through this season, we have a special concept of piggy bank (Gulak) wherein as they perform their points will go to the bank. If they leave the show at any point, they will have the opportunity to encash the money and take it back with them. There will never be a sad moment for the kids. Besides starting with Lil Champs itself, we made sure that the kids get exposure to the main industry. Even here our aim is to get as many guests on the show as possible so that we can give the kids more exposure.”

The channel has even taken into consideration feedback from the last season and made changes in the show. One major change was to tone down the bold content. “We have cut down the shooting schedules. Also, we have seen to it that kids don’t face any parental pressure and perform the way they want to,” Hejmadi said.

In first season, Zee TV aired the show in the 9 pm time slot. Speaking about the time shift, this season he informed, “We have seen that 9:30 pm is a good time because family aggregates more nicely post this time. We got enough views and feedback for the 9.30 pm time slot. That’s the reason we brought the non-fiction time to 9:30 pm.”

India’s Best Dramebaaz is meant to bring alive the kids talent in the most endearing manner to the audiences.

The key TG of the show is women, kids and teens and both the communication as well as the touch points have been arrived at keeping the nature of the show and the TG and target markets in mind.

The audio – visual blitzkrieg will be further amplified via the digital, print, on ground and radio platforms. Digital will not merely be restricted to promos but will have customised Dubsmashes created by Zee stars that will take them to their ‘dramebaazi’ days as kids. This will be amplified through the Zee TV social media clout.

The show launches at the cusp of the holiday season and mall activations will be used to get the kids and parents live the ‘dramebaazi’ quotient by a simple ‘wheel of dramebaazi’ game. Additionally, radio promotions will ensure that a complete 360 surround is created to ensure maximum tune-ins.

Speaking about the role that rural data will play in content creation, Hejmadi asserted, “We used to go to small areas and test the content. We always make sure that our content is acceptable across the nation. Having that is an acknowledgement of rural popularity. We will continue to look at the patterns. So, the content creation will remain the same.”

December 2, 2015
Comic & Con is on with Star Gold’s ‘Sab Jhol Hai’ movie festival

MUMBAI: Star Gold kick-starts July with an entertaining and engaging movie festival – Sab Jhol Hai that will showcase the choicest con and comic films. Starting 6 July, the festival will air some of the biggest super hits of the genres along with the premiere of the recent blockbuster Dolly Ki Doli on 12 July 2015.

Setting the mood of the festival will be Rohit Shetty’s runaway hit Golmaal 3 on 6 July, followed by Sajid Khan’s Housefull 2 on 7 July. Rohit Shetty comes back with his magic in Golmaal on 8 July, followed by David Dhawan’s Partner on 9 July and Priyadarshan’s Hungama on 10 July.

Adding an unmatched dash of drama and comedy will be the super hit con-film Dolly Ki Doli starring the fashionable superstar Sonam Kapoor essaying the central character. In the film, Dolly cons men into marrying her and on the marriage night steals their wealth and runs away. Will Dolly be successful in all her conning adventures or will she ever be caught make the crux of this entertaining film. Dolly Ki Doli promises to have audiences glued to their television sets with its 3 hours of non-stop entertainment

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July 3, 2015
‘Humshakals’…Dumbshakals

MUMBAI: In Humshakals, Sajid Khan tries to do one better on the Royal bard, William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s one of the earliest plays was Comedy Of Errors, a play about two sets of identical twins. That was a short play about mistaken identity. On a mistaken notion that he can do better than Shakespeare, Sajid makes a film about a set of three identical sets of people who are not related. They are not separated at birth twins or triplets; they are just identical. Having taken this suicidal step, Sajid goes on to create a comedy.

Sajid has had a successful debut and follow-up in his rise as a director of films from a standup comedian of a kind who regaled in running down film folks on TV. He had a great start with Heyy Babyy! Followed by Housefull and Housefull2. Disaster caught up with him soon after when he delivered a dud in the remake of 1983 Jeetendra hit, Himmatwala; he made the mistake of trying to better it.

This time he makes the mistake of trying to improve on Shakespeare and that is quite a task. Gulzar presented a fairly decent version of the Shakespeare story in Angoor in 1982 where he had the advantage of two among the best artistes playing lead roles in Sanjeev Kumar and Deven Verma.

Saif Ali Khan is Ashok and Riteish Deshmukh is Kumar, both childhood friends. Like Ashok is the ward of a Tata or Birla kind of family whose father is in coma and the business empire is left to him to handle. His hobby is to gather people over free drinks and tell them PJs. It does not matter that he is an heir to an empire, he still wants to be known as a standup comedian. Actually, if that has nothing to do with the film’s script thereafter, nothing or no sequence has relevance. Sajid Khan just tries to put together a feature film of 159 minutes together with whatever content he comes across, relevance being immaterial.

Producer: Vashu Bhagnani.

Director: Sajid Khan.

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Ram Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Tamannaah Bhatia, Esha Gupta, Satish Shah.111

So, Humshakals goes on to being one marathon jamboree of poor jokes, sick jokes, dated jokes and no jokes at all. And, the film is shot in UK where even the whites speak Hindi dutifully, an asylum has Indian attendants and doctors and it is India Raj in UK, a sort of payback for the British Raj in India.

If Angoor had great talents in Sanjeev Kumar and Deven Verma handling two roles each, here we have two limited actors in Saif and Riteish trying to better them with three each. Yes, not to forget Ram Kapoor. I mean, how many nails can you add to a coffin?

Till most of the first half, the film has one Saif and one Riteish after which another pair is added, both with same names and the third comes in the form of a villainous doctor’s handiwork who gives a face change to two of his assistants. Mercifully, the writer director are a easy with three Ram Kapoors, introducing them gradually.

What do these three humshakals do? They do buffoonery in the absence of scope for showing any histrionics. But, even in buffoonery, Satish Kaushik takes the cake as he excesses by all accounts as even Akash Khurana joins in at the end. The three girls, Bipasha Basu, Esha Gupta and Tamannaah Bhatia remain at the director’s back and call to make an appearance when he can’t think of anything else.

There is nothing such a script here but just an attempt to put together gags which, sadly, are dated and PJs. Direction is juvenile. Music is poor with no song carrying appeal. The use of foreign locations is not justified.

There is nothing that works for Humshakals and, this rather costly film, will be a big jolt for its investors.

June 20, 2014
Saif Ali Khan to speak in Gujarati in ‘Humshakals’

NEW DELHI: Sajid Khan’s films are always known for their out and out comic content and his spur full wit. His upcoming film Humshakals is just an addition to his list of this condominium films. Based on the concept of comedy tripled, audiences are going gung ho to see the glimpse of this comedy flick.

Humshakals has an elaborate star cast comprising Saif Ali Khan, Ritiesh Deshmukh, Ram Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Esha Gupta and Tamannah.

What we hear is that, Saif Ali Khan will be seen speaking in Gujarati in the film fluently and some glimpse of it will be seen in the trailer as well. In fact, it was Saif himself who decided to experiment with his accent for his role to add the comic twist in the film.

This is for the second time he will be seen playing a Gujarati in a film. He had played a Gujju boy in Kal Ho Na ho.

“Saif had to learn Gujarati little more fluently, and since it is not that difficult a task he started to talk to everyone on the sets in Gujarati,” said a source close to the production team.

Produced by Fox Star Studios and Pooja Entertainment, Humshakals is directed by Sajid Khan and is all set to release on 20 June.

April 30, 2014
Bipasha Basu in Sajid Khan’s Humshakals

MUMBAI: Sajid Khan is now gearing up for his upcoming comic caper Humshakals. The latest addition to this film is Bipasha Basu, who was last seen in Aatma. Besides Basu, Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Kapoor will be playing triple roles in the movie.

While Tamannaah Bhatia has been paired opposite Saif, Bipasha will play Riteish’s love interest. Other details about the characters in the film have still been kept under wraps.

Humshakals is produced by Vashu Bhagnani and Fox Star Studios and is expected to go on floor from September.

Sajid Khan started his directing career with Heyy Babyy and followed it up Housefull and Housefull 2. His recent Ajay Devgn starrer Himmatwala remake bombed at the Box-Office.

August 19, 2013
Sajid Khan returns, with Humshakals in 2014

MUMBAI: Fox Star Studios and Pooja Entertainment & Films have announced Vashu Bhagnani‘s Humshakals, touted to be one of the biggest comedy entertainers of 2014, directed by filmmaker Sajid Khan.

Starring Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Kapoor for the first time in triple roles, the film promises to be a laugh riot, as the trio unleashes total madness and confusion in their triple avatars!

The film is slated to go on floors in September 2013 and will be shot extensively abroad at scenic locations. Humshakals will have a worldwide release on 6 June 2014.

June 25, 2013
Dhawan’s Chasme Baddoor rakes in Rs 193 mn in opening weekend

MUMBAI: David Dhavan‘s remake of Sai Paranpye‘s classic Chashme Baddoor by the same name did well in its opening weekend. Patronised by youth, the film has collected Rs 193 million in its first three days.

Sajid Khan‘s Himmatwala, a poor adaptation of the 1983 film of the same name, fared poorly. A shoddy affair, the film collected about Rs 367.5 million for its first week. The film is reported to have dipped further in its second week.

Bipasha Basu starrer horror Aatma collected Rs five million in its second week taking its two week total to Rs 88.5 million.

Court room drama and comedy Jolly LLB sustained well to add Rs 23.5 million in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 302 million.

Mere Dad Ki Maruti collected Rs 12 million in its third week taking its three week total to Rs 113 million.

Abhishek Kapoor‘s Kai Po Che has added Rs four million for its sixth week which takes its six week total to Rs 490 million.

April 8, 2013
Muhurat of Sajid Khan’s Himmatwala to be live on YouTube

MUMBAI: Director Sajid Khan has come up with a unique style of marketing for the remake of Himmatwala, said to be a true homage to the 80s. The director will host the film‘s ‘muhurat‘ live on YouTube on 22 August from Hyderabad.

It is said that when Khan explained the idea to the producers Vashu Bhagnani and Siddharth Roy Kapur, they were bowled over with the idea. Khan felt that this would give Himmatwala further fillip right from the beginning itself en route to the film‘s 29 March release next year. While the entire plan has been formulated backwards, the ‘muhurat‘ to be hosted live is a step taken forward.

While Ajay Devgn, Vashu Bhagnani and other cast and crew members will fly down to Hyderabad for the muhurat, Khan will supervise the necessary logistical arrangements along with UTV to make this as a first of its kinds shoot that ought to act as a trailblazer.

The muhurat of the film would be held at 1 pm on 22 August.

August 20, 2012