Delhi Belly director Abhinay Deo rejects film offers from three leading production houses to concentrate on the Indian version of American TV series 24
Filmmaker Abhinay Deo, after a successful 2011 with Aamir Khan Productions’ Delhi Belly has decided to concentrate on one thing at a time. Mumbai Mirror has learnt that Abhinay, despite being offered a lot of film deals by leading production houses, has decided to concentrate on Anil Kapoor’s television series 24. In fact, the filmmaker has turned down offers from at least three leading producers in the Hindi cinema industry.
Confirming that a lot of films have indeed come his way after the successful Delhi Belly, Abhinay said, “Big offers are not something that you want to say ‘no’ to. However, the script is also important. If a film doesn’t work, people will blame the director for taking up the project.”
Also, Abhinay revealed that he isn’t one to work on numbers. “I believe in what Aamir had once told me: Filmmaking is not a business. A good script is very important,” added the director.
Talking about his Best debutant award victory at Filmfare on January 29, Abhinay added, “30th of January is my father’s birthday. In my family, we make it a point of calling the birthday boy or girl at 12 o’ clock sharp. And believe it or not, my award was announced at 12 o’clock sharp. At the time, I was talking to my father
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Don2 goes international
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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s fans from Berlin will witness the return of the King this month.
Director Farhan Akhtar, producer Ritesh Sidhwani and actors Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra will present their latest venture ‘Don 2 – The King is Back’ at the Berlin International Film Festival, ‘Berlinale’, on February 11th at the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
To celebrate the movie’s premiere at the 62nd ‘Berlinale’, the German Embassy New Delhi is organising an evening with Farhan Akhtar on Thursday, February 2nd.
Hosted by the acting Ambassador of Germany to India, Mr. Cord Meier-Klodt, the evening will see Farhan Akhtar share some candid experiences from the shooting of the film in Berlin.
This will be followed by the premiere of a short version of the film, and an interaction with the media. The event has been sponsored by Lapp India.
The city of Berlin is the main setting for the movie. Shot in prominent locations throughout Berlin, some of the highlights include Alexanderplatz, the Berlin Cathedral, the State Opera, the French Cathedral and Concert Hall at Gendarmenmarkt, as well as the Brandenburg Gate.
From 9th to 19th February 2012, Berlin will roll out the red carpet for more than 19,000 professional visitors from 115 countries. The public programme of the ‘Berlinale’ shows about 400 films per year, mostly international or European premieres.
Films of every genre, length and format find their place in
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Everyone is talking about the sizzling chemistry between Liverpool lass Amy Jackson and Mumbai ka chokra Prateik Babbar.
Unlike other fake ‘encounter specialists’ which emerge everytime a new pair is introduced in a love story, the Amy-Prateik chemistry in ‘Ek Deewana Tha’ is for real.
The entire unit vouches for the twosome being absolutely smitten with one another. Do we see Smita Patil smiling down from heaven?
Says director Gautham Menon, “Our film is getting a positive vibe. People are saying the lead pair is looking good together.”
And to think it could have been Ranbir Kapoor romancing Amy in ‘Ek Deewana Tha’. Gautham Menon is one of Tamil cinema’s leading lights of filmmaking. But in Mumbai Ranbir Kapoor doesn’t know him, nor wish to work with him.
Apparently when Menon wished to approach Ranbir for his new Hindi film, the star refused to meet him.
Embarrassed to talk about his failure to connect with the Kapoor star the hurt and angry Menon, who has worked with the likes of Kamal Haasan, Madhavan and Suriya in the South, finally admits, “Ranbir was my first choice for ‘Ek Deewana Tha’. I tried to get in touch in with. Forget about meeting Ranbir. I couldn’t even meet his secretary. Yes, even the secretary refused to meet me.”
This is when Gautham turned away, his pride and dignity seriously challenged, to sign Prateik for the film.
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MUMBAI: Dissension within the Congress escalated following the announcement of the party’s third and final list of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) candidates on Wednesday. Party MPs Sanjay Nirupam and Priya Dutt openly voiced dissent over the distribution of tickets in their assembly constituency.
While Nirupam said he would convey his discomfort to the high command, political circles were abuzz with talk that Dutt was so upset that “she may even resign as MP”. A press release issued by close aide and legislator Krishna Hegde only said “Dutt was upset over ticket distribution”. Hegde told TOI that the MP had not been consulted before finalizing names for three or four wards that fall in her assembly constituency.
Nirupam said, “Due weightage had not been given to MPs while finalizing the list of candidates in their constituency.” While Dutt is believed to have approached the high command, Nirupam said he too planned to “apprise the high command”. Dutt supporters, who included legislators and party workers, lined up outside her Bandra residence in the evening after talk that “she may resign” surfaced. But she refused to meet anyone.
On Tuesday, senior party functionaries Ajit Sawant and Vidhyarthi Singh had questioned city president Kripashankar Singh’s role in ticket distribution. While both MPs did not name Singh, party insiders said he was at the centre of their show of dissent.
Dutt was said to be particularly upset over the decision to nominate Singh’s supporter Anish Sankala from Bharat
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AHMEDABAD: After a perilous wait of eleven years and four days for justice, 40 residents of Sangemarmar Apartments, which collapsed during the earthquake 2001, received their due from the builders responsible for the tragedy.
Gujarat State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ordered the builders of Sangemarmar Apartments, to pay varying amounts of compensations for the building collapse – around Rs 35 lakh each to residents of the flats who complained that the building crumbled because of the poor quality of material used. In all, the builders will have to shell out over Rs 14 crore.
M/s Shreenath Corporation will pay 40 residents of Sangemarmar apartments an approximate amount of Rs 18.5 lakhs along with an interest of around Rs 16.5 lakh (9% interest from January 26, 2001). M/s Shreenath Corporation is a partnership firm with four partners including the firm itself, Bharat Shah, his wife Preeti and their son who is a minor.
Sangemarmar Apartments, which was hardly ten years old when the earthquake struck, was one of the various apartments that collapsed on January 26, 2001. More than ten residents of the building died during the collapse. The complainants will also be compensated with varying amounts for lost of family members, lost of body limbs, damage to vehicles and others property loses.Prior to January 26 2001, Ahmedabad was in zone IV. “The construction is therefore to be made in view of the possibility of the earthquake. It is on record that after the earthquake the
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