“I am not pregnant”- Aishwarya
Aishwarya has finally spoken about her rumored pregnancy and she has rejected it completely. “I am not pregnant’’ irritated looking Aishwarya told reporters.
A news report about Abhishek and Aish buying a villa in Dubai fuelled the rumors that Aish is pregnant and they are buying the house to escape media attention.
“I am sitting here in front of you. So, it is not true that we have got a bungalow in Dubai to hide (pregnancy) from the media,” she said.
“We are not expecting a baby. In case we do, we will let you know. We will not rob you of that moment,” Abhishek added rather sarcastically.
Further inquiry found that media report of couple buying that villa are baseless as property in Dubia will not be ready for occupation till 2010.
She also denied reports of her wearing Rs 1 million sunglasses on the set of Sarkar Raj. “I am not wearing a Rs.1 million worth sunglass in the film as reported by the media,” she said.
“Yes, Sarkar Raj also came out with my film. So what?”-: Rajiv Khandelwal.
TV turned bollywood debutant Rajiv Khandelwal is not at all worried about competition between heavyweight and starry ‘Sarkar Raj’ and his movie Aamir which released together last friday.
“I don’t think of the hurdles. Yes, Sarkar Raj also came out with my film. So what? The minute you stop focusing on the finishing line and start looking around, you are finished,” said the latest entrant in Bollywood.
Rajiv Khandelwal is not a new name for Indian viewers as he was a superstar in TV industry before entering in Bollywood.. He acted in Ekta Kapoor’s famous ‘Kahi To Hoga’.
Rajiv also rubbished the claims that his debut movie is a carbon copy of Cellular’- a famous Hollywood film. In Aamir Rajiv is seen talking on mobile quite a lot.
“The minute I heard the script I loved the sound of it. The idea of my character roaming anxiously in the crowded areas of Mumbai, taking instructions on the phone from mysterious people, really caught my attention,” said Rajiv. “But it’s not a copy of the Hollywood film Cellular. People jumped to the conclusion when they saw me running helter-skelter with a cell phone,” added the actor.
Rajiv’s is wary of his habit of loosing mobiles so often. “I lost my phone last month. Then again last week I dropped it on the beach and lost the phone and all my numbers at a time when I needed to invite all my friends and associates for my premiere.” – lamented the handsome wiry actor.
While shooting the film the actor had an interesting encounter with a female fan. It happened in the crowded Dongri area where Rajiv was shooting Aamir with hidden cameras, hoping he wouldn’t be recognised. Unfortunately, a woman fan jumped out of the crowd and accosted Rajiv, recognising him as Sujal, the character from Ekta Kapoor’s soap Kahiin To Hoga that brought him fame.
“We were shooting on the road in Dongri where I had to run across the street. And there couldn’t be a re-take for obvious reasons. Suddenly this woman spotted me from a taxi. She stopped her vehicle mid-street, got out and started screaming my name.” “The camera was rolling. I told her I needed to cross the street before the lights changed from red to green. She wouldn’t listen. So I gently pushed her hands away and crossed as per the script. That shot of he woman stopping me is in the film.”
Shooting Aamir was a great challenge for Rajiv. “We shot for 28 days on the streets of Mumbai. Except a shot in an airport washroom, everything has been shot outdoors in some of the most congested areas of Mumbai.We first tried shooting with normal cameras. But that didn’t work. Coming from television when people in Dharavi and Dongri saw cameras pointing at me, they immediately recognised me.” –Rajive explains.
His work has been appreciated in his debut movie both by viewers and public. “My most cherished moment was when Hema Maliniji after seeing Aamir said, ‘Welcome to the film fraternity,’ said a thrilled Khandelwal.
Movie Review : Sarkar Raj (2008)
Ram Gopal Verma had a point to prove in the bollywood after the disastrous sequel of Sholey- RGV Ki Aag and he does it with style by his newly released movie – Sarkar Raj. He is the best in the business when it comes to the movies of duo of politics and crime genre.
With the sequel of earlier box office successful and critically acclaimed Sarkar, he had a bigger task of taking the legend ahead while narrating a new drama; and to a decent degree he succeeds in carrying the legacy forward. While prequel was inspired from Francis Ford Coppola’s classic Godfather 1, sequel draws no inspiration from Godfather 2 and it’s an original script by Ramu himself and Prashant Pandey. The script is tightly held throughout the movie and is almost flawless.
In the sequel, Sarkar aka Subhash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan) takes a backseat as son Shankar Nagre (Abhishek Bachchan) takes hold of the family empire. An NRI industrialist Anita Ranjan (Aishwarya Rai) approaches the Nagre family with a power plant project to be set in the local lands of Maharashtra under Sarkar’s domain. After initial reluctance, Sarkar gives a go ahead to the venture which soon takes shape of a political conspiracy.
Ramu’s narration of the story has its own style. His stories are strongly bonded with strong characters still characters never supersede the script. Every character neatly performs under the boundaries of the story and superb narration makes a perfectly glued characters and story.In this movie also RGV has kept the theme of the prequel intact with popular “Govinda-Govinda” chanting. In some parts movie takes repetitive tone of its prequel especially in the portrayal of villain characters. Characters are moulded in same set of minds like in the prequel and it quits the freshness of the script.
Ramu adopted new character responsibility when he reversed the roles of Amitabh Bachhan and Abhishek Bachhan in the sequel. While Abhishek Bachhan is side watcher in the first half of the prequel and take the front lead in later half, in sequel Abhishek leads in the first half and Big B takes command in the later half.
Though entire movie is well knit with its marvelous script, what leaves you breathless is the climax of the story when new surprises emerges leaving you amazed with beautiful and logical explanation. Dialogues are meaningful and well though of. Screenplay of the climax is flawless and work of Amitabh Bachhan on the screen pays off well.
From acting’s point of view Aish is better, Govind Namdev, Saiyaji Shinde and Upendra Lamaye typical RGV characters. Amitabh Bachhan is ever evolving and anything is insufficient to describe his acting prowess. But the major attraction of this movie is Abhishek Bachhan’s performance. We have seen the hint of talent he has in his earlier movies – Yuva, Guru and Sarkar. He has grown better and better with every movie and it seems Big B can be proud of the way junior B has commanded in his past movies. This movies marks the new beginning in Abhishek’s career. He is definitely in the race of country’s finest acting talent all time. He is calm, evolving gracious and self confident. He can become true successor of Big B , if continued on this path.
Overall must watch for all who enjoys movies. A masterpiece to watch.
Cast
Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan,
Crew
Publicity Designer: Rahul Nanda, Himanshu Nanda
Story Writer: Prashant Pandey
Sound Designer: Debashish Mishra
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Producer: Pravin Nischol, Z Picture Company, Ram Gopal Varma
Music
Music Director: Bapi – Tutul
Background Sound: Amar Mohile
Music Company: T-Series
Rating – 4.5/5
