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  • Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra croon ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ title track

    Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra croon ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ title track

    MUMBAI: Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar have teamed up to lend their voice to the title track of Zoya Akhtar’s upcoming film Dil Dhadakne Do.

     

    Written by Javed Akhtar, the track will be available for download on iTunes from 24 April, 2015 and the video for the track is available digitally on YouTube.

     

    While Farhan has sung songs in movies like Rock On, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Shaadi Ke Side Effects, Chopra has lent her voice for Mary Kom. However, this is the first time that the two will sing together.

     

    The video features Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, PriyankaChopra, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma and Farhan Akhtar. 

     

    Chopra has also made a mark in her international singing career by collaborating with the likes of Will.i.am for In My City as well as Pitbull for her second single Exotic. Her third single I Can’t Make You Love Me released recently. 

     

    Dil Dhadakne Do is a comedy-drama set on a cruise ship. The story begins in the sparkling lifestyle of popular Delhi socialite couple Neelam and Kamal Mehra. In celebration of their 30th wedding anniversary, they invite their family and close friends for a 10-day cruise around Turkey.

     

    The film has music by Shankar Ehsaan and Loy. Dil Dhadakne Do, which is presented by Junglee Pictures and Excel Entertainment, is set to release on 5 June, 2015.

  • Queen continues its dream run at the box office

    Queen continues its dream run at the box office

    MUMBAI: Dhishkiyaon, starring Harman Baweja and Sunny Deol, has maintained to keep a little over the crore mark through the weekend to collect Rs 3.3 crore for first three days.

     

    O Teri remains below the crore mark between Rs 70 lakh and Rs 80 lakh to complete a weekend of Rs 2.2 crore.

     

    Youngistan, which has been accorded a limited screen release, has managed a weekend of Rs 3.5 crore.

     

    Ragini MMS2 has had an excellent run through its first week with the opening weekend contributing well. The film has collected Rs 37.1 crore.

     

    While Gang Of Ghosts has crossed the one crore mark to collect Rs 1.5 crore in its first week, Lakshmi and Ankhon Dekhi have been received poorly with Rs 20 lakh and Rs 70 lakh respectively.

     

    Queen continues to regale the audience and creating a fan base for Kangana Ranaut. The performance of the film has been strong in third week too as the film collects Rs 10.8 crore to take its three week total to Rs 48.5 crore.

     

    Shaadi Ke Side Effects has collected Rs 40 lakh in its fourth week taking its four week total to Rs 36.95 crore.

  • Sunny Leone’s ‘Ragini MMS 2’ sizzles at the box-office

    Sunny Leone’s ‘Ragini MMS 2’ sizzles at the box-office

    MUMBAI: Ragini MMS 2 has an eventful opening weekend serving the purpose of casting Sunny Leone in the lead, as she was expected to be the star draw. The film has collected Rs 21.4 crore for the opening weekend; but is not expected to sustain during the week.

     

    Ankhon Dekhi, Lakshmi and Gang Of Ghosts fail to find the audience this weekend.

     

    Bewakoofiyan starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sonam Kapoor has failed to make a mark at the box office. After an indifferent four day opening weekend, the first week run accounts for Rs 12.55 crore.

     

    Queen continues to defy all norms to exceed its first week collections in week two backed by much appreciation. The film collects Rs 19.2 crore taking its two week tally to Rs 37.7 crore. The film continues to do well in its third week as well; lack of a worthy opposition helping its cause as well.

     

    Gulaab Gang drops below Rs 1 crore in its second week, adds just Rs 90 lakh taking its two week total to Rs 11.1crore.

     

    Total Siyapaa takes its two week tally to Rs 6.35 crore after adding Rs 50 lakh for its second week.

     

    Shaadi Ke Side Effects manages a fair sum of Rs 1.5 crore in its third week, in the absence of competition; taking its three week total to Rs 36.55 crore.

  • ‘Queen’ continues its dream run in wk 2 at BO

    ‘Queen’ continues its dream run in wk 2 at BO

    MUMBAI: YRF’s Bewakoofiyaan has not been appreciated as the film lacks chemistry between the lead pair and music doesn’t add much flavour either. The film opened with little over Rs 2 crore and floated between that and Rs 2.5 crore over its four day weekend. The film put together Rs 9.37 crore over four days.

     

    Queen is holding on strongly, a rare film in ages, which has collected more on its seventh day than its opening Friday. The film collected Rs 18.5 crore for its first week. As the film continues to do well in its second week, it can be termed a minor hit.

     

    Gulaab Gang, an ordinary run of the mill honesty vs corrupt politician (both protagonists being woman is what the film expected to cash in on) has been rejected outright. The film could add little to its opening weekend collections to end the first week with Rs 10.2 crore.

     

    Total Siyapaa is fairing very poorly. The film collected Rs 5.85 crore in its first week and will prove to be a loser.

     

    Shaadi Ke Side Effects managed to stay above par in its second week adding Rs 4.85 crore taking its two week total to Rs 35.05 crore.

     

    Gunday has collected Rs 35 lakh in its fifth week taking its five week tally to Rs 78.45 crore.

  • Word of mouth improves Queen’s weekend collection

    Word of mouth improves Queen’s weekend collection

    MUMBAI: Much was expected from the Madhuri- Juhi starrer Gulaab Gang but the film turned out to be just another good vs evil story where women do the stunts otherwise done by guys. The film was below average during its opening weekend and will only go down further as the week progresses. The film managed to collect Rs 7.1 crore during its first weekend as the word spread about poor content.

     

    Total Siyapaa, starring Ali Zafar and Yami Gautam, is rejected outright and may face discontinuation from many cinemas mid-week. The film collected just about Rs 3.5 crore in its opening weekend.

     

    Queen has been appreciated as a lighthearted fun film about a ‘ditched at the mandap’ girl who decides to explore the places alone which, she would have otherwise been to with her husband. The film has grown each day during the weekend and is expected to do steady business as the week progresses. Though the opening day collections of the film were low – with positive word of mouth – the collections doubled on Saturday and improved by a huge margin on Sunday. The film’s weekend collection stood at Rs 10.15 crore.

     

    Shaadi Ke Side Effects bringing together the pair of Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan struggles through its first week to collect Rs 30.2 crore. The film has drawn much flak from the viewers.

     

    Gunday has added about Rs 2 crore in its third week to take its four week total to Rs 78.4 crore.

     

    Hasee Toh Phasee has collected Rs 40 lakh in its fourth week taking its four week total to Rs 35.5 crore.

  • Shaadi Ke Side Effects collects Rs 20.2 crore

    Shaadi Ke Side Effects collects Rs 20.2 crore

    MUMBAI: Shaadi Ke Side Effects met with poor response on Friday. The collections improved on Saturday and Sunday, an advantage which is not expected to spill over in the new week beginning today as the film finds no appreciation. Whatever patronage the film found was at few multiplexes in West and North with single screens rejecting the film. The film registered a figure of Rs 20.2 crore for the first weekend.

     

    Darr @ The Mall fails to find favour with moviegoers and has a poor Rs 5.1 crore to show for its first seven day run.

     

    Gulabi Gang (Documentary) released theatrical has found much appreciation which, sadly, did not reflect on its box office collections. 

     

    Gunday from the Yash Raj stable has sustained well to add Rs 12.2 crore in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 75.3 crore.

     

    Hasee Toh Phasee has added Rs 2.05 crore in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 35.1 crore.

     

    In the week to come, March 7th, as many as three films are lined up for release out of which two, Gulaab Gang and Queen, are female oriented. While the third one, Total Siyapaa, looks more like a youth oriented romantic comedy. More than from each other, the main challenge to these films come from exam season.

  • ‘Shaadi Ke Side Effects’: A Yawn Fest

    ‘Shaadi Ke Side Effects’: A Yawn Fest

    MUMBAI: A sequel to director’s earlier film, Pyaar Ke Side Effects (2006), Shaadi Ke Side Effects deals with the post marriage equations between an urban couple, their ups and downs and their attempts to finally strike a balance in their married life. The names of the lead characters are carried forward though the faces have changed. Though posed as a comedy on two very independent people trying to adjust with each other, it is not really that. It crams in a lot of situations and issues in what could have been an outright laugh riot.

    Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan tie the knot even though her widowed mother, Rati Agnihotri, does not really approve of Vidya’s choice. Because, while Vidya is a well-placed executive, Farhan is a struggling singer waiting to cut his first album and, till that happens, making some living out of composing jingles. Considering all that, the couple lives a lavish life. They have devised some role playing games which is supposed to keep their marriage interesting and Farhan also believes in saying sorry to his wife either way, whether he is wrong or she is. One of the games they play is, they check into a hotel and land up in its bar. They pretend to be total strangers who have become friends over a few drinks and have decided to go to bed together.

    Their ecstatic romantic life leads to the inevitable. Vidya is pregnant. Neither one of the two is ready to start a family. While Farhan wants to do it after his career is launched, Vidya is shortly due for a promotion. While Vidya develops this sudden urge for motherhood, Farhan’s answer is no. It is while Vidya is on the operation table with an abortion due shortly that Farhan meets a father of quadruplets. They are the result of delaying parenthood and opting for other fertility methods, he learns. His decision is made and he wants the child too. The abortion process is terminated. To be fair to his wife, Farhan tries to undergo similar experiences that a pregnant woman would go through. The idea is to add some fun to the goings-on.

    Producers: Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, Pritish Nandy, Rangita Nandy.

    Director: Saket Chaudhary.

    Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan, Ram Kapoor, Gautami Kapoor, Vir Das, Purab Kohli, Rati Agnihotri.

    Between the two, it is romance but when the couple becomes a family, role-playing and saying sorry stops being effective. Farhan tries his best to be helpful in tending to the child but Vidya’s maternal instincts always get the better of him. She knows why the child is crying, when it is feeling hungry, warm or cold. Farhan is no more the centre of attention to Vidya, he is marginalised while not being allowed to participate in parenting.

    Farhan approaches Vidya’s brother-in-law, Ram Kapoor, a man he never thought much of. But he has watched Ram doting on his wife and kid. The couple is lovey-dovey with Ram taking the lead all the time. He wants to know how Ram manages this. Ram has his little secret on which Farhan tumbles accidently! He is advised by Ram to follow the same formula as him. He starts doing what, they say, ‘all men do’. Tolerable so far, the film loses it purpose and goes on an abstract track. With its age-old marital discord theme, its attempts to be contemporary but ends up creating a mess.

    Scripting is rather ad hoc as it slips into flash-forward or flashback at whim. This includes a romantic song in flashback after the couple is married which does not quite interest a viewer. As a result of the script, the director has no hold on the proceedings and the film keeps meandering even as attempts at some light moments also fail. The film has some good songs in Tauba main vyaah karke pachtaya…, Bawla sa sapna, Desi romance… and Harry is not a brahmachari. However, these songs make for better listening on the audio track than they do in the film. Dialogue shows some sparks of wry humour in parts. 

    Yet, the main problem is with the film’s length, with two characters hogging most of the footage, it carries on for 145 minutes. This shortcoming shows as the film goes on to become unbearable in the second half. Vidya performs well as expected; but she is fast going out of shape to be appealing. Farhan is his usual casual self. Ram Kapoor is good in a brief role. Vir Das is loud. While Rati Agnihotri, Purab Kohli and Gautami Kapoor are okay in support, Ila Arun’s character looks forced.

    Shaadi Ke Side Effects has had a poor opening response despite much promotion; its reports won’t help further its prospects any more.

  • Best Foods partners with ‘Shaadi Ke Side Effects’

    Best Foods partners with ‘Shaadi Ke Side Effects’

    MUMBAI: Best Foods, one of the largest rice companies in India, has announced its association with the upcoming Bollywood movie, ‘Shaadi Ke Side Effects’. To leverage the Perfect Match proposition of the brand,   with the synergy between the lead actors of the movie the brand has recently launched a TVC featuring Vidya Balan and Farhan Akhtar. The TVC is a rendition of scenes from the movie ‘Shaadi Ke Side Effects’ and connects beautifully to ‘Best Rice’.

     

    Best foods is an integrated player of rice, health & wellness products and the brand has an extensive offering of ready to eat  meals and ready to cook range of  culinary pastes and sauces.

     

    Speaking on the association, Best Foods chief executive officer Aayushman Gupta, said, “We always reinvent our marketing efforts in order to maintain a top of mind recall for the brand. With this viewpoint, we partnered with Shaadi Ke Side Effects and have launched a rendition of our brand TVC, with fresh visuals from the movie. We have been receiving a phenomenal response for the TVC and are already evaluating further such associations.”

     

    Last year, Best Foods partnered with Bollywood Blockbuster, ‘Chennai Express’ and received an encouraging response for their TVC created on the similar lines.

     

    Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan stars in ‘Shaadi Ke Side Effects’, directed by Saket Chaudhary. The movie is a sequel of ‘Pyaar Ke Side Effects’. The romantic comedy deals with discovering fresh romance in a marriage.

     

    Watch the TVC at http://youtu.be/AVE0TH6wUDI

  • Farhan Akhtar turns jingle writer in ‘Shaadi Ke Side/Effects’

    Farhan Akhtar turns jingle writer in ‘Shaadi Ke Side/Effects’

    MUMBAI: Time and again Farhan Akhtar has caught the fancy of many fans interested in poetry with lyrical lines on the social networking sites. However, in his upcoming film, Shaadi Ke Side/Effects the actor-director-producer plays a struggling musician Sid who takes up the job of a jingle writer-composer to pay his bills.

     

    However, since Farhan loves music and his guitar, the role was special to Farhan and thus he gave a spin to the featured jingles.

     

    Director Saket Chaudhary and the brand team of Skore condoms, an in-film sponsor in Shaadi Ke Side/Effects whose jingle Farhan’s character in the film was supposed to sing in the film, were in for a pleasant surprise when Farhan added his own lines to the jingle. He included the line – ‘I love my mother-in-law!’ referring to Rati Agnihotri who plays Vidya’s mother in the film.

     

    While this part has now been edited out of the film, Producer Rangita Pritish Nandy says: “Watch out for it in the gag-reel at the end of the film!”

     

    She adds: “This was massively funny while we were shooting! The whole unit cracked up and we almost kept it in the film as well but then decided against it. But watch out for it in the gag-reel at the end of the film which also features the reprised version Tauba Mein Pyaar Karke Pachtaya now re-christened Tauba Mein Vyaah Karke Pachtaya!”

     

    Shaadi Ke Side/Effects, produced by Balaji Motion Pictures and Pritish Nandy Communications, releases on February 28, 2014.

  • Balaji Telefilms television segment reports PAT for Q3-2014

    Balaji Telefilms television segment reports PAT for Q3-2014

    BENGALURU: The blue eyed entity of the Indian media and entertainment industry Balaji Telefilms Limited (Balaji) Television content production segment reported a standalone PAT of Rs 1.66 crore for Q3-2014, more than double the Rs 0.80 crore for the immediate preceding quarter (Q2-2014), but a little less a third (33.5 per cent) of the Rs 4.94 crore which included a negative tax figure that added to the profit by Rs 1.18 crore during Q3-2013. 

     

    Television entertainment has been the foundation stone for Balaji Telefilms Limited (BTL). This segment saw a growth of 41.7 per cent in commissioned programming to 173 hours during Q3-2014 as compared to the 123 hours during the immediate trailing quarter and 18.5 per cent as compared to the 146 hours during Q3-2013. Revenue realised per hour dipped to Rs 21.18 lakh (100 lakh = 1 crore) for Q3-2014 from Rs 23.10 lakh during Q2-2014 and was 2.8 per cent lower than the Rs 21.79 lakh realised during Q3-2013. 

     

    With no movies released during the quarter, overall, the company reported a consolidated loss of Rs (-5.75) crore for Q3-2014, the sole contributor to the loss being its Motion Picture business ­ Balaji Motion Pictures Limited (BMPL), with a loss of Rs (- 7.56 crore). Four movies, from the movies under production, are likely to be released between February and April 2014 – Shaadi Ke Side Effects, Raagini MMS 2, Main Tera Hero and Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi. This segment had contributed Rs 11.81 crore to the Rs 12.32 crore PAT reported by Balaji during Q2-2014. 

     

    Balaji’s third revenue segment – BOLT Media Limited (BOLT) returned a PAT of Rs 0.14 crore during Q3-2014 as compared to a loss of Rs (-0.32) crore for Q2-2014. 

     

    Let us look at the other results declared by Balaji Telefilms

     

    The company reported consolidated income from operations of Rs 43.22 crore for Q3-2014 as compared to the Rs 194.62 crore during the immediate trailing quarter and the Rs 46.6 crore reported for Q3-2013.  

     

    Increase in stock in trade by Rs 13.74 crore during Q3-2014 has seen total consolidated expenditure figures (on paper) dip to Rs 49.83 crore. During Q2-2014, decrease in stock in trade of Rs 93.77 crore had increased the total expenditure to Rs 185.09 crore during Q2-2014, while an increase in stock in trade of Rs 15.23 crore had reduced the total expenditure to Rs 40.88 crore during Q3-2013.

     

    Production cost for movies and serials during Q3-2014 at Rs 51.49 crore was six per cent less than the Rs 54.82 crore during Q2-2014, but 14.5 per cent higher than the Rs 44.96 crore during Q3-2013. Marketing  and distribution expense for Q3-2014 at Rs 1.09 crore was just a small fraction of the Rs 23.81 crore spent during Q2-2014 and two and a half times the Rs 0.5 crore spent during Q3-2013.

     

    Revenue from operations from Balaji’s Television content production segment was up 50 per cent at Rs 37.80 crore for Q3-2014 as compared to the Rs 25.25 crore during Q2-2014 and 16.4 per cent more than the Rs 32.48 crore during Q3-2014. Total Operating revenue from this segment was Rs 38.75 crore for Q3-2014, Rs 30.33 crore for Q2-2014 and Rs 33.32 crore for Q3-2013. 

     

    Cost of production for the television segment during Q3-2014 was up 23.6 per cent at Rs 31.19 crore as compared to the Rs 25.25 crore during Q2-2014 and 25.2 per cent higher than the Rs 24.92 crore during Q3-2013. 

     

    BMPL reported operating revenue of Rs 1.13 crore for Q3-2013 as compared to the Rs 165.05 crore for Q2-2014 and Rs 13.25 crore during Q3-2013. BMPL’s expenditure for Q3-2014 was Rs 8.72 crore for Q3-2014, Rs 172.4 crore during Q2-2014 and Rs 29.73 crore during Q3-2013. As mentioned above this segment has reported a loss of Rs (-7.56 crore) during Q3-2014. 

     

    Balaji says that Production cost for this segment comprises of old films inventory amortisation, marketing and distribution expenses of future releases. Balaji’s two releases during the second quarter of 2014 – Lootera and Once upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara were declared ‘Average’ and ‘Flop’ respectively at the Box Office. 

     

    BOLT reported revenue of Rs 3.37 crore and a total expenditure of Rs 3.33 crore during Q3-2014.

     

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