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  • Celebrate Republic Day with megastar league on Sony Max 2

    Celebrate Republic Day with megastar league on Sony Max 2

    MUMBAI: On Republic Day get ready for an all day long movie marathon with India’s iconic Hindi movie channel from Sony Pictures Networks, SONY MAX 2. Binge-watch the movies of some of Bollywood’s megastars throughout the day on 26th January with SONY MAX 2’s Megastar League. 

    The Republic Day special line up will comprise of a varied genres of movies like Mithun Chakraborty’s action flick ‘Phool aur Angaar’, Rishi Kapoor and Jaya Prada’s family saga ‘Ghar Ghar Ki Khaani, Vinod Khanna’s action-packed movie ‘Farishtay’ and Shammi Kapoor and Sadhana’s romantic movie, ‘Chhote Sarkar’.

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  • Zee Classic rings in the New Year with the biggest hits of the livewire Shammi Kapoor!

    Zee Classic rings in the New Year with the biggest hits of the livewire Shammi Kapoor!

    MUMBAI: Zee Classic, the Hindi movie channel known for its vast library of India’s evergreen classic movies is all set to entertain its viewers with back to back movie Marathon of the effervescent Shammi Kapoor on New Year’s Day. For the first time as part of its New Year Special programming, viewers can watch Shammi Kapoor’s biggest hits – Prince co-starring Vyjayanthimala and Professor co-starring Lalita Pawar and Kalpana on January 01, 2015only on Zee classic.

     

    Embellished with Peppy chartbusters like ‘Badan Pe Sitare Lapete Huye’ Prince (1969) is a charming film about an arrogant prince having a change of heart post living a life of a commoner. The film also boasts of melodious music from legendary duo Shankar-Jaikishan.

     

    Another swinging sixty’s blockbuster– Professor (1962) is a hilarious film about a young man inadvertently disguising himself as an elderly professor to meet the employment criteria set by the strict Aunt Lalita Pawar. What follows is an entertaining turn of events of Pritam’s double-life as both the old, single professor who charms the otherwise tough aunt and the young man who woos her beautiful niece.

     

    Viewers are in for an enjoyable day this New Year with Prince airing on Zee Classic at 11.45 am followed by another great classic of Shammi Kapoor’s Professor at 2.45 pm. With a line-up of such captivating movies, Zee Classic invites the viewers to be part of Bollywood’s most melodic and sparkling era.

     

    So don’t miss out on the festive fervour and tune-in to Zee Classic on Thursday, January 01, 2015 to catch Shammi Kapoor’s greatest hits for the first time only on India’s number one channel of everlasting movies, Zee Classic!

  • Sangeeta Chacko receives ‘Bharat Excellence Award’ and ‘Rashtriya Mahila Gold Award’

    Sangeeta Chacko receives ‘Bharat Excellence Award’ and ‘Rashtriya Mahila Gold Award’

    MUMBAI: Ms. Sangeeta Chacko, Head – Corporate Communications, Percept Limited, received the distinguished  ‘Bharat Excellence 2014 Award’ and the ‘Rashtriya Mahila 2014 Gold Award’ at the India International Centre in New Delhi on March 29, 2014.

     

    Ms. Sangeeta Chacko received the ‘Bharat Excellence Award’ for her exceptional contribution and excellence achieved in the domain of Brand Communications  and Public Relations spanning multiple industries across India & South Asia over the past 2 decades.

     

    The   ‘Rashtriya   Mahila   Gold   Award’   was   also   exclusively   presented   to   Sangeeta   Chacko acknowledging  her  unstinting  efforts  and  achievements  as  a  leading  female  protagonist  in  the Business Communications, Academic & Corporate Social Responsibility sectors in India.

     

    The awards which carried a Citation, Gold Medal and a Certificate of Excellence, was presented by Shri Chaudhury Randhir Singh, Former Governor of Sikkim, at a National Seminar entitled ‘Economic Growth & National Unity’.

     

    The  ‘Bharat  Excellence  Award’  and  ‘Rashtriya  Mahila  Award’  acknowledged  Sangeeta  Chacko’s vibrant  and  proactive  role  in  the  Communications   domain  and  paid  tribute  to  her  versatile  & pioneering styles of originality and creativity over the past 20 years. Her growing involvement and contribution towards the Educational sector, SME industries and CSR platforms served as further testimony to her growing impact and dedication to Social and National Welfare.

     

    The ‘Bharat Excellence  Awards’ is instituted  by the Friendship  Forum of India, a New Delhi based social  & cultural  organization  focused  on forging  greater  unity,  integrity  and  collaboration  among Indians across

     

    Ms. Sangeeta Chacko, Head – Corporate Communications, Percept Limited, received the distinguished  ‘Bharat Excellence 2014 Award’ and the ‘Rashtriya Mahila 2014 Gold Award’ at the India International Centre in New Delhi on March 29, 2014.

     

    Ms. Sangeeta Chacko received the ‘Bharat Excellence Award’ for her exceptional contribution and excellence achieved in the domain of Brand Communications  and Public Relations spanning multiple industries across India & South Asia over the past 2 decades.

     

    The   ‘Rashtriya   Mahila   Gold   Award’   was   also   exclusively   presented   to   Sangeeta   Chacko acknowledging  her  unstinting  efforts  and  achievements  as  a  leading  female  protagonist  in  the Business Communications, Academic & Corporate Social Responsibility sectors in India.

     

    The awards which carried a Citation, Gold Medal and a Certificate of Excellence, was presented by Shri Chaudhury Randhir Singh, Former Governor of Sikkim, at a National Seminar entitled ‘Economic Growth & National Unity’.

     

    The  ‘Bharat  Excellence  Award’  and  ‘Rashtriya  Mahila  Award’  acknowledged  Sangeeta  Chacko’s vibrant  and  proactive  role  in  the  Communications   domain  and  paid  tribute  to  her  versatile  & pioneering styles of originality and creativity over the past 20 years. Her growing involvement and contribution towards the Educational sector, SME industries and CSR platforms served as further testimony to her growing impact and dedication to Social and National Welfare.

     

    The ‘Bharat Excellence  Awards’ is instituted  by the Friendship  Forum of India, a New Delhi based social  & cultural  organization  focused  on forging  greater  unity,  integrity  and  collaboration  among Indians across the globe. The Award recognizes  the various achievements,  excellence  in business and  outstanding  contribution  made  by  individuals  and  institutions  towards  Society  and  National Welfare.  The  awards  are  a testimony  towards  the  proactive  attitude,  innovation,  contribution  and global perspective reflected by the recipient towards business and economy.

     

    About 40 individuals from around the country were presented the Bharat Excellence Award for their contribution   in  education,   social  work,  medicine,  arts,  science  and  entrepreneurship.   Previous eminent awardees include Governor Khurasheed Alam Khan, Sunil Dutt, Justice P.N. Bhagwati, Dev Anand,  Shammi  Kapoor,  Ustad  Amjad  Ali  Khan,  Sunil  Gavaskar,  Manik  Dastoor,  and  Shri  BKS Iyengar.

     

    the globe. The Award recognizes  the various achievements,  excellence  in business and  outstanding  contribution  made  by  individuals  and  institutions  towards  Society  and  National Welfare.  The  awards  are  a testimony  towards  the  proactive  attitude,  innovation,  contribution  and global perspective reflected by the recipient towards business and economy.

     

    About 40 individuals from around the country were presented the Bharat Excellence Award for their contribution   in  education,   social  work,  medicine,  arts,  science  and  entrepreneurship.   Previous eminent awardees include Governor Khurasheed Alam Khan, Sunil Dutt, Justice P.N. Bhagwati, Dev Anand,  Shammi  Kapoor,  Ustad  Amjad  Ali  Khan,  Sunil  Gavaskar,  Manik  Dastoor,  and  Shri  BKS Iyengar.

  • Indian American filmmaker and stage director Krishna Shah passes away

    Indian American filmmaker and stage director Krishna Shah passes away

    NEW DELHI: Indian American filmmaker Krishna Shah, who had made several films in India before immigrating to the United States where he gained fame in Hollywood and the Broadway stage, passed away earlier this week in Mumbai.

    Aged 75, he had been ill since he suffered a stroke last year.

    Shah is best remembered in India for ‘Shalimar’, which he wrote and directed in 1978. It starred Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, O P Ralhan, Shreeram Lagoo, Rex Harrison, Silvia Miles, John Saxon, Shammi Kapoor, Prem Nath, and Aruna Irani among others.
    Other films that he is remembered for include ‘Cinema Cinema’, a documentary about Bollywood that screened at the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes which he co-wrote and directed; ‘Hard Rock Zombies’, released by Cannon; and ‘American Drive-In’, which he also co-wrote, directed and produced. Indian films included ‘Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Ramayana’ (1992), which he re-wrote as ‘The Prince of Light’ in 2000 when it was directed by Yugo Sako.

    In the last few years, Shah had been more involved with films about India, and had been working since 2009 on the research on an ambitious biopic of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

    He held a series of story-telling seminars for aspiring filmmakers in Mumbai; while he also helped fledgling diaspora filmmakers such as Harish Saluja and Nagesh Kukunoor by presenting the films at festivals and in the marketplace in India.
    Born in India and a graduate of Yale and UCLA, Shah was probably the first Asian-American writer/director/producer to win critical acclaim both in Hollywood and on Broadway.

    He co-authored and directed a South African stage play called ‘Sponono’ on Broadway, and adapted and directed an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘The King of the Dark Chamber’ which ran for a year and received two OBIE awards.
    Other off-Broadway productions included Kalidasa’s ‘Shakuntala’, Athol Fugard’s ‘Bloodknot’ and Milton Hood Ward’s ‘Kindly Monies’ staged at the New Arts Theatre in London.

    His screenplays included ‘Island in Harlem’ for MGM, ‘April Morning’ for Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and the psychiatric thriller ‘Rivals’ which he also produced and directed. ‘River Niger’ starring Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones and Lou Gosset Jr. earned awards at festivals and a Golden Globe nomination as well. His animated feature film ‘The Prince of Light’ was long listed for the 2002 Academy Awards in its feature animation category.

    He was known in American television as well, having written and/or directed several hit shows such as ‘The Man From UNCLE’, ‘Love American Style’, ‘The Flying Nun’ and ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’; and was an entertainment entrepreneur who served as president and CEO of Double Helix Films, the Carnegie Film Group and MRI Inc., a production and distribution company.

  • Besharam: Wasting Ranbir Kapoor… and family

    Besharam: Wasting Ranbir Kapoor… and family

    Totally bankrupt of imagination or ideas, Besharam takes refuge in past formulas. The film has a dream cast and all the resources necessary at the makers’ disposal except, of course, talent on the part of the writers as well as the director. The film takes one back to certain forgettable films Shammi Kapoor did during 1960 which had titles which promised mediocre fare to start with: Janwar, Laat Saheb, Bluff Master, Budtameez etc. The hero in such a film had no character, no family background to boast of, lived a totally wayward life and yet dreamt of romancing a rich and khaandani ‘iklauti waris’ belle. So the story, if one may call it that, is sourced from that era and with a hangover from the director’s recent film Dabangg, the hero, Ranbir Kapoor, is expected to deliver a Shammi Kapoor-like vehicle in Salman Khan style!

    Ranbir Kapoor is a car thief and the justification is that he is an orphan brought up in an orphanage and such a lad (at least in the films) is never expected to grow into a normal, law abiding citizen. So he steals cars in Delhi and sells them to a Sikh wheeler dealer in Chandigarh who, in turn, has a ready buyer for all such cars in Javed Jaffrey. Jaffrey is a bad man who needs a new car every day because he is into the hawala business; he collects crores in India and delivers the same in Switzerland after duly deducting his cut. Now, the hawala business is much older than cars and all it needs is a telephone and resources on both side, but never mind!

    Ranbir may be the best in his business but the first car he is shown stealing is such a shoddy job he has half the police force, lead by Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, chasing him. At least that provides the film with its one customary chase sequence (with a futile attempt to make it funny). And since it is a Delhi film, there has to be one colourful shaadi sequence which can also bring the hero and the girl in contact. So Ranbir meets Pallavi Sharda landing up at a wedding in her brand new red Mercedes and, since she does not fall for Ranbir trying to act fresh, he decides to join the wedding celebrations as well and dance into her heart. But as soon as the naach-ganaa is over she gives Ranbir the cold shoulder again. Dejected he decides to take a car instead since he failed to take the girl with him.

    Ranbir soon learns that the Mercedes he stole belongs to Pallavi, the very girl he is trying to woo, with a lot of encouragement from her mother, Himani Shivpuri. Now he embarks on a mission to get her car back, the fact that he has sold it to the maniacal killer Jaffrey notwithstanding. It is the least he can do for the girl he loves. Of course, Pallavi has to accompany him to Chandigarh so that she discovers the nobler side of him and the process of love can become a two-sided affair. It is time for action, this time of the jumping-from-rooftops kind. The car is recovered; the girl has fallen in love with the boy more than he ever loved her. And, just when they return to Delhi and think all is well, Jaffrey happens to miss a few crore hawala money stashed in the boot of the car. Jaffrey descends on Delhi with his army of goons armed with rocket launchers, machine guns and handguns.

     

    Producer: Sanjeev Gupta, Himanshu Kishan Mehra.
    Director: Abhinav Singh Kashyap.
    Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Pallavi Sharda, Javed Jaffrey, Himani Shivpuri.

    The climax has to be a crowded affair, so gathered on screen are all the kids from the orphanage (which has only male occupants, it seems), Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, who were forgotten after the initial chase and bunch of policemen.

    While the lack of creativity is glaringly obvious in scripting and direction, even when it comes to being crude, it is poor in taste and unnecessary! Who needs a watchman in the background in a scene picking his nose very consciously till he is told ‘Cut, very good’ or Rishi Kapoor sitting on the toilet and passing loud farts? It is unnecessary. The making is very crude. Choreography is all crowds and no grace. Dialogue needed some sharp one-liners. Musically, only one song is hummable though on familiar lines and that is Dilka jo haal hai… Performance wise, Ranbir is good in patches; he tries to be too loud which is unlike him (and, isn’t that a wig he is sporting!?). Rishi Kapoor is good. Neetu Singh is okay. Pallavi Sharda does not quite charm the viewer.

    Besharam may have no worries commercially having recovered most of its investment even before its theatrical release backed by a national holiday (2nd October, Gandhi Jayanti) multiple screen release strategy, but the film does not do credit to its hero, Ranbir, or to Rishi and Neetu’s stature.

  • Biopic of Rajiv Gandhi, Shammi Kapoor in offing

    Biopic of Rajiv Gandhi, Shammi Kapoor in offing

    MUMBAI: Of late filmmakers tread on three paths: remakes, sequels and biopics that they think will get them enough returns besides entertaining people at large.

    Amid talks of filmmaker Manish Gupta making a biopic of Anna Hazare, comes the news that Bhavna Talwar has firmed up her mind to make a film based on the life of India’s former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

    The film is said to delve into the life of Gandhi encompassing every aspect – from his personal life to that of him as a political leader.

    Currently, in the process of scripting the film, Talwar has over the last year researched extensively on the subject.

    The film is being produced by Sheetal Talwar under his WSG banner.

    Meanwhile, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is all set to make a documentary on the life and times of Shammi Kapoor, who passed away in August last year due to chronic renal failure.

    “From the pessimism of Guru Dutt’s ‘Jinhe naaz hai Hind par woh kahan hain’ from Pyaasa, Shammi took us kicking, screaming, singing and dancing with ‘Hum pyar ke toofanon se ghire hain hum kya kare’in Junglee,” Mehra added while speaking on his inspiration to make the documentary titled Bollywood The Greatest Love Story Ever Told.

    Work on the documentary is slated to begin after completion of Mehra’s Bhaag Milkha Bhaag in July.

  • Anand, Kapoor sons in a film

    Anand, Kapoor sons in a film

    MUMBAI: Though Dev Anand and Shammi Kapoor were never seen together in a film, filmmaker Kadar Kashmiri has roped in their sons to feature in his ambitious film, Ali Peter John.

    The film, produced under the banner of Ashwin Kumar Productions, will feature both Suneil Anand and Aditya Raj Kapoor in pivotal roles.

    Averred Kashmiri, “A few days before his death, I had discussed the idea of Ali Peter John with Dev sahib. He liked the idea and asked who would act in it. So, I expressed my desire to cast Suneil. Dev sahab was excited about it. He, however, asked me to talk to Suneil directly.”

    Kashmiri, who has also directed Shammi Kapoor in Karamdata made in 1986, added: “I have been closely associated with both Dev Anand and Shammi Kapoor. I have learnt a lot from them. I have seen their sons Suneil and Aditya grow up. It is an emotional moment for me to direct my friends‘ kids.”

    It may be remembered that both Suneil and Aditya have made their screen debuts. While Suneil made his debut with his father’s venture Anand Aur Anand in 1984, Aditya directed three films — Shamaal, ambar Salsa and Don‘t Stop Dreaming — and acted in two films — Chase and Mumbai 118.

     

  • India loses its most charismatic actor Dev Anand

    India loses its most charismatic actor Dev Anand

    MUMBAI: With the passing away of India‘s evergreen star Dev Anand, who never showed signs of aging even at the age of 88, the country has lost it most revered actor.

    With his death coming within a short span when we lost personalities like Shammi Kapoor, Bhupen Hazarika, Jagjit Singh, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and MF Husain, the country has been left with a void very difficult to fill.

    True to his wish that his last rites should not be performed in India Dev Anand breathed his last at the Washington Mayfair Hotel in central London. Ironically his family has decided to keep up to his wish that his final rites be conducted quietly, away from the media glare in a distant land. His mortal remains are to be cremated in London any day after Tuesday once his wife Kalpana Kartik and daughter Devina arrive in the British capital.

    In his lifetime, Dev Anand, through his banner Navketan Films made many films like Afsar, Baazi, Aandhiyan, Humsafar, Taxi Driver, House No.44, Funtoosh, Nau Do Gyarah, Kala Bazar, Hum Dono, Tere Ghar Ke Samne, Guide, Jewel Thief, Jaaneman, Lootmaar, Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Ghungroo Ki Awaz, Awwal Number, Sau Crore, Mr Prime Minister and Chargesheet.

    Among them, two films: Hare Rama Hare Krishna and Guide are said to be trendsetters. After its release, Hare Rama Hare Krishna assumed a cult status as it dealt with the disbanding of the Hippie culture. It aimed to have an anti-drug message and also depicted some problems associated with westernization such as divorce.

    But the film that swung the fortunes of Anand‘s production house was the Vijay Anand-directed The Guide. The Guide went through many twists and turns before and during the period it was being made because the original written by RK Narayan was totally at odds with the Indian ethos and alien to the local mindset.

    The film, the script of which was re-written by Vijay Anand, broke all the rules of Hindi cinema and shattered many taboos about what could and could not be shown on the big screen. This was only because of the sheer determination of both the Anand brothers who wanted to make a film that would be a landmark in all aspects.

    Anand always stood up for the youth, he having given breaks to artistes like Zeenat Aman, Tina Munim, Jackie Shroff and Tabu who have made a name for themselves after that. Aamir Khan also did a film with him Awwal Number.

    His enthusiasm and undying positivity won him innumerable fans the world over. In fact, this writer was initially bowled over with his warmth when five scribes from Mumbai including me accompanied him for the premiere of Mr Prime Minister in Ahmedabad a few years ago.

    Right from the time we landed in Ahmedabad, to us arriving at the Drive Inn theatre, where the premiere was held, Dev Saab was very affectionate and saw to it that we enjoyed our stay with him in a local hotel.

    And when he bade us goodbye, as he had to take an early flight to Mumbai for a special screening of his film at a suburban theatre, the actor producer asked his son Suniel to see that we were taken good care of till we left the city.

    After that, I became quite pally with him and attended most of his press conferences. He even introduced me to Jagan Mohan of Hyderabad-based Goldstone Media, which was behind the colorization of Hum Dono.

    Today,I cannot even think that he has left us for ever for just the thought of his absence, makes my heart cry.

    The man who sang Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya bade us goodbye singing Saathi Na Koi Manzil, Chala Mujhe Leke Ai Dil, Akela Kahan,,,,.

  • Rockstar is not likely to rock

    Rockstar is not likely to rock








    Producer: Shree Ashtavinayak, Eros International.
    Director: Imtiaz Ali.
    Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Aditi Rao, Kumud Mishra, Piyush Mishra, Shernaz Patel, Shammi Kapoor.


    MUMBAI: With a title like Rockstar, popular young actor Ranbir Kapoor in the lead, and A R Rahman scoring music, one would think the makers had landed a dream project. Also, the director Imtiaz Ali has a hit, Jab We Met, behind him. But it would be a challenge for him to make the film work in a country where the rock and pop culture exists only in name; not to mention that few such themes have worked earlier.


    Ranbir Kapoor, Janardan turned Jordan, is a Jat from Delhi, armed with a guitar; his family is as dehati as it can be with trucking as the family business. His aim is to become a rock star someday but he gets rejected in audition after audition. He may dress like any college-going youth and carry a guitar but is otherwise supposed to be so na?ve that just about everybody around him becomes an advisor.


    The chief advisor is the eating-joint owner, Khatana Bhai, Kumud Mishra, who tells him that to be a successful artist one has to be heartbroken. Towards this end, Ranbir Kapoor picks the most impossible of girls on the campus, Nargis Fakhri, to woo with a certainty of rejection. She obliges, having broken many hearts before. The sequence is funny but does not qualify in Kumud Mishra‘s opinion as a proper heartbreak.


    Soon enough Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri become friends and he discovers the other side of her, the one that wants to explore everything like watching a semi-porn film, drinking tharra and so on since she is soon to marry and move on to Prague. Why Prague? Maybe they offer a better package for film shootings and give people, already much exposed to other countries in Europe, a new location, however strange it may sound that a Hindi pop singer is touring Prague for a concert where the number of Indian expats is less than 100! So far so good, but once the girl is married off, both realise they loved each other (the theme of numerous films recently).


    Once she is married and gone, so has any semblance of story and logic in the film. On paper, the love between Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri is supposed to be like Laila-Majnu or Shirin-Farhad but in execution it fails to touch you at all and you don‘t know if the priority here is love or sex. From the mostly white audience at the concert in Prague to the local press going gaga over Ranbir Kapoor, this part is not acceptable even with a fistful of salt. Soon one does not know why things are happening as they are and what location the story is now in.



    The story and script look like the film is going on the one-liner story idea it started with. But repeated flashbacks and now-on now-off romance gets tiring. Direction is messy.


    Considering its title, the film fails in the music department: there is nothing one can carry along after watching the film. In usual Rahman fashion, the music is noisy and eats up the lyrics of songs. The shehnai vs guitar is a novel idea but does not work. Photography is good. Editing is slack. Though Ranbir Kapoor gives one of his better performances, one wishes he had better songs to perform on; how long can you go on watching a guitar-strumming man perform the same kind of noisy numbers? Nargis Fakhri is passable in her debut film but lacks sex appeal. Of the rest, Aditi Rao and Kumud Mishra do well; a special appearance by Shammi Kapoor is appreciated.


    Rockstar has opened to average opening response and unfavourable reports. This one is not likely to rock. 

  • Mumbai fest to pay homage to Kaul, Husain and Shammi Kapoor

    Mumbai fest to pay homage to Kaul, Husain and Shammi Kapoor

    MUMBAI: The 13th Mumbai Film Festival, which will run between 13 to 20 October, will pay homage to named film personalities like Mani Kaul, MF Husain and Shammi Kapoor who passed away lately.


    Offering its tribute to Kaul, the Mumbai fest will screen his film Siddheshwari on 16 October. The film on the life of Hindustani singer Siddheshwari Devi is a national award-winning documentary.


    The following day, MF Husain’s film Through The Eyes of a Painter will be screened as a tribute to the painter-filmmaker. The short film, produced by the Films Division, was written and directed by Husain way back in 1967. It also won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.


    Then on 18 October, the festival will screen Vijay Anand’s Teesri Manzil as a tribute to veteran actor Shammi Kapoor.