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  • ‘Himmatwala’ receives worst film title at Golden Kela Awards

    ‘Himmatwala’ receives worst film title at Golden Kela Awards

    NEW DELHI: Box Office returns notwithstanding, Hrithik Roshan’s Krishh 3 and Ajay Devgn’s Himmatwala topped the list of the worst Bollywood films of 2013 in the sixth annual Golden Kela Awards presented over the weekend.

     

    Ajay Devgn(for Himmatwala) and Sonakshi Sinha (for R…Rajkumar) received the Golden Kelas for the second consecutive year in the worst actor category. Ajay had won the award in 2012 for ‘Son of Sardaar’ and ‘Bol Bachchan’ and Sonakshi for the five films she had acted in during that year. Her co-star in R…..Rajkumar won the ‘Why are You Still Trying’ award for the same film.

    Himmatwala, remake of the Jeetendra starrer of 1983 which itself was remake of a Telugu film of 1981 also got the ‘RGV Ki Aag’ Award for the ‘Most Pointless re-make/sequel’, and the ‘Worst Film’ award. 

     

    Krishh 3 shared the ‘Ra One’ award for the ‘Worst Premise’ along with Dhoom 3, while it also received an award for the ‘Most Atrocious Lyrics’ for Sameer’s ‘Raghupati Raghav’.

     

    Interestingly, Aamir Khan won the ‘Baawra Ho Gaya Hai Ke’ award for Dhoom 3. He got it for the ‘high level of stupidity in stunts and action, playing a ridiculously unnecessary double role and finally for succumbing to the dark side of Bollywood.’

     

    Golden Kela Awards creative head Anant Singh, who also presented the programme, said “Aamir Khan once said that he loves the Kela Awards, because all other awards are rigged. Wonder what he has to say about us now.”

     

    The awards are inspired by the Golden Raspberry awards given in Hollywood – commonly known as the Razzies.

     

    The Kela for the ‘Worst Director’ went to Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Goliyon Ki Raas Leela…Ram Leela.

     

    Actor Vivek Oberoi won the ‘This is too Much Award’ for the four films in which he appeared in 2013 – Krishh 3, Jayantabhai ki Luv Story. Grand Mastie, and Zila Ghaziabad.

     

    ‘Aap Yahaan Aaye Kisliye Award’ was given to Uday Chopra and was preceded by a tribute to ‘the late career’ of the actor, ending with the words ‘In memoriam 2000-2013.’

     

    The honour for the ‘Worst Actor (male) in supporting role’ went to Aditya Roy Kapoor for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – a wake-up call that acting needs a lot more than getting high! ‘The Worst Supporting Actor (Female)’ went jointly to Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandes and Amisha Patel for Race 2. Deepika also won the ‘Dara Singh Award for the Worst Accent’ for Chennai Express.

     

    The most ‘Irritating Song’ award went to ‘Party All Night’ from Boss while the ‘Rajshri Award for Most Regressive Film of the Year’ was bagged by Ranjhanaa.

     

    Tennis star Leander Paes got the ‘Worst Debut’ for Rajdhani Express.

    The ‘Aakhir Kyun Award’ went to Priyanka Chopra for the music video Exotic and the ‘Bas Kijiye Bahut Ho Gaya Award’ was given to Sunny Deol.

     

    Anant said, “Himmatwala was named for obvious reasons including over-the-top acting, irritating melodrama, lame jokes, mindless entertainment, and just about everything else!” 

    Shahid Kapoor was given the award to make him understand that doing lame comedies and using senseless dialogues like “Silent ho ja, nahi to main violent ho jaaonga”, will not make him a superstar.

     

    However amid this morass, some films received the Anti-Kela awards for being the saving graces of 2013. These include Saheb Biwi aur Gangster Returns – for being the only real sequel made last year; Go Goa Gone – for being India’s first ever Zombie Comedy and Stoner Film in one cool package; The Lunchbox – for showing the world that Indian films are not all song and dance, and Shahid – for being the best biopic made by Bollywood in a long time.

    Golden Kela founder Jatin Varma and filmmaker Abhishek Sharma also gave away some of the awards, and stand-up comedian Zakir Khan teamed up with Anant to provide the humorous touch to the awards.

  • Bombay Velvet release pushed back to avoid clash with Aamir Khan’s PK

    Bombay Velvet release pushed back to avoid clash with Aamir Khan’s PK

    MUMBAI: If rumors doing the rounds are to be believed, Anurag Kashyap’s dream project Bombay Velvet with Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma will not release as per the schedule.

     

    According to Zoom, the release of Aamir Khan’s movie PK on Christmas may have lead Kashyap to postpone the release of Bombay Velvet. This decision will then call off the clash between Bollywood’s two biggest blockbusters this year.

     

    Further, the makers of Bombay Velvet tried to convince Aamir Khan and the producers of the PK team to adjust the release dates to no avail. However, Khan denied any such news at his birthday party recently.

     

    History says it; there have been enormous losses when two big Bollywood films clash at the box office. While in 2012, the Diwali release of Jab Tak Hai Jaan and Son of Sardaar divided the box office profit, the 2013 Eid release of Chennai Express and Once Upon A Time in Mumbai Dobara’s clash brought in massive monetary loss to Ekta Kapoor. And the cherry on the cake is the fight within for maximum number of screens with the distributors! Considering this, guess the makers of Bombay Velvet have decided to hold back the release and not compete with the marketing king and perfectionist Khan at the box office.

  • Star Gold to premiere the journey of The Flying Sikh Bhaag Milkha Bhaag!

    Star Gold to premiere the journey of The Flying Sikh Bhaag Milkha Bhaag!

    MUMBAI:  The film that set the cash registers ringing at the box office grossing over 100 crores worldwide, Bollywood’s fourth highest grossing film of 2013, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is all set to premiere on Star Gold, on 26th October 2013 at 8 pm.

     

    After Dabangg, Singham, Bodyguard, Ra.One, Housefull 2, Bol Bachchan, Son of Sardaar and Dabangg 2, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is the latest 100 crore grosser to premiere on Star Gold, the Home of Bollywood Blockbusters. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is a film inspired by the legendary Indian athlete, Milkha Singh’s life and journey. Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra with exceptional performances by Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor and Divya Dutta, this motivational biopic film received countless praises from the film critics and was applauded by the entire Bollywood fraternity.

     

    On this occasion, Hemal Jhaveri, Executive Vice President, Star Gold said, “We have always received a phenomenal response for our premieres from the viewers. With the premiere of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, which marks our 9th 100 crore blockbuster premiere, Star Gold once again reiterates its promise of bringing the latest and biggest Bollywood premieres on TV.”

     

    Commenting further on the premiere, he added, “From the emotion-packed Ferrari Ki Sawaari to the comedy riot Bol Bachchan, we have always focused on a mix of all genres with entertaining content. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is one of those unique Bollywood blockbusters which not only entertains but also inspires audiences. We are extremely confident that the premiere will be well received by our viewers.”

     

    The on-air campaign for the premiere is being aired on other network channels of Star India. Star Gold will also promote the premiere on other channel genres including Bollywood entertainment, news, kids and music.

     

    So get set to be inspired by Milkha Singh and his life story once again with the premiere of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag on Saturday, 26th October 2013 at 8pm only on Star Gold

    Watch the Blockbuster Premiere of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag on Star Gold on Saturday, 26th October on 8pm.

  • Blockbusters fail to drive up Eros Q3 net

    Blockbusters fail to drive up Eros Q3 net

    MUMBAI: Eros International Media‘s (Eros) net profit for the fiscal third quarter has declined 6 per cent to Rs 652 million from Rs 690.9 million in the same quarter last fiscal.

    The company‘s total income for the quarter reduced 10 per cent to Rs 3.7 billion from Rs 4.11 billion in the corresponding quarter.
    Direct cost for the quarter declined to Rs 2.59 billion from Rs 2.93 billion in the previous fiscal. Other expenses grew 36 per cent to Rs 188.7 from Rs 139 million.

    The third quarter was powered by successful releases such as English Vinglish, Maatraan, Son of Sardaar, Thuppaki, Khiladi 786, and Dabangg 2 (overseas).

    Son of Sardar received favourable reviews from audiences and reported a net box office collection of Rs 1.08 billion worldwide. Khiladi 786 also scored well at the box office reporting a net collection of Rs 770 million worldwide.

    English Vinglish, a women-hero family entertainer, received unanimous thumbs up from critics as well as audiences. This film reported an impressive net box office collection of Rs 675 million worldwide.

    Thuppaki raked in a net box office collection of Rs 1.8 billion in the domestic market and has become the fourth film to join the Rs 1 billion club in Tamil films. ‘Maatraan‘, another high profile release, was also well received and reported a net book office collection of Rs 900 million at domestic box office.

    During the quarter under review, the company said it had entered into a number of satellite television licensing deals which resulted into valuable contribution to its revenues.

    Eros International Media MD Sunil Lulla said, “Firstly it gives me great pleasure to declare an interim dividend at 15 per cent and thank all our shareholders who put their faith in us. Our slate was a well architected combination of modest budget high concept films as well as high profile big star cast films in Hindi and Tamil, which performed very well at the box office resulting in corresponding strong revenues through other channels of distribution like television and digital.

    Eros, which partnered HBO to launch HBO Hits and HBO Defined, said that carriage deals for the two premium Hollywood and Bollywood movie channels are being worked out. The carriage deals and specific details of the launch will be announced separately in due course, it said.

    “We are extremely excited about our collaboration with HBO who are leaders in premium television arena globally. The collaboration will allow us to unlock the value of our library and new film slate even more and foray into the growing premium television market in India where television viewers will be offered advertising free compelling Bollywood and Hollywood content,” Lulla added.

  • Son of Sardaar joins Rs 1 bn club

    Son of Sardaar joins Rs 1 bn club

    MUMBAI: Ajay Devgn-Sonakshi Sinha starrer ‘Son of Sardaar‘ has joined the Rs 1 billion club, netting Rs 1.02 billion at the box office since its release on 13 November.

    Some of the other movies to have collected over Rs 1 billion are Ek Tha Tiger and Rowdy Rathod.

    ‘Son of Sardaar‘ had opened with Rs 715.3 million net in India in the first week and has now crossed the Rs 1 billion mark, according to an official release.

    Son of Sardaar is a Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Eros International presentation.

    Produced by Ajay Devgn Films and YRV Infra & Media (P) Production, it is directed by Ashwni Dhir.

  • Son of Sardaar to clash with YRF film this Diwali

    Son of Sardaar to clash with YRF film this Diwali

    Mumbai: This Diwali, cinegoers are in for a complete blast with Ajay Devgn‘s Son of Sardaar (SoS) due to clash with YRF‘s Shah Rukh Khan-Katrina Kaif starrer yet untitled.

    While Son of Sardaar is slated for release on 13th November (Diwali day), the YRF film will open on 14th of the month.

    The trailer of SoS, directed by Ashwini Dhir, that was unveiled a few weeks ago has been the talk of the town for more reasons than one.

    The film boasts of a huge cast with Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt pitted along with Sonakshi Sinha and Juhi Chawla. Secondly, the trade buzz on the movie too has been tremendous.

    The theatrical trailer (which has got millions of views) too went viral few hours after its launch with fans and people in the industry talking positively about it on social networking platforms.