RE: May 2009 - News - 2

By: Upala KBR Date: 2009-05-18
Goa:

Sanjay Dutt has started shooting for buddy Ajay Devgan's production, All The Best & Fun Begins, in Goa after a gap of two months.

Says a unit member, "He has completed a few scenes and a song picturisation. Though buzz was that he was giving attitude and delaying the shoot, both Devgan and Dutt refuted the rumours."
The film, directed by Rohit Shetty, also has Bipasha Basu, Fardeen Khan and Mugdha Godse in the cast.

Gaana bajaana

Currently a song choreographed by Bosco-Ceasar is being filmed at Cancona beach. Rohit is happy that he has the entire cast for the song picturisation.

"I couldn't stop smiling. The song is going to be bigger than Tha Kar Ke in Golmaal Returns," says Rohit. "Everyone was telling me that yeh film nahi banegi and will be delayed, but we have proved everyone wrong. It is fun working with Sanju, Ajay and Fardeen. We hang out together after pack up, work-out together in the gyms, play volley ball it's like a picnic."



Though Rohit knows Dutt personally, All The Best is his first film with the star.
Says Rohit, "I had heard too many things about Sanju before I started shooting. Now I have learnt not to believe anything till you work with the actor yourself. People would say he comes late and cancels shootings but that's not true. He is sweet and humble. He's been in the industry for 30 years but doesn't flaunt his knowledge and yet he's intelligent you need to explain once and he's got it."

Rohit informs, "There was a scene where Sanju had to play the drums. We had two trainers from Mumbai for him. We thought he would practice. When he came on the sets, he told me if he could do it his own. Sanju shot in one take. And I sent the trainers to Mumbai!"

Quelle: http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/200...ty-Shooting.htm

übersetzt von Diwali:
Die Dreharbeiten für All The Best sind in vollem Gang. Im Moment choreographieren Bosco-Caesar bei Cancona Beach einen Song mit der kompletten Besetzung, der laut Regisseur Rohit Shetty größer als Tha Kar Ke in Golmaal Returns werden soll: "Ich komm aus dem Strahlen gar nicht mehr raus. Es macht Spaß, mit Sanju, Ajay und Fardeen zu arbeiten. Wir hängen auch nach Drehschluss immer noch zusammen rum, trainieren zusammen im Fitness-Studio, spielen Volleyball, es ist wie ein Picknick." Über Sanju, mit dem er zum ersten Mal arbeitet, berichtet Shetty: "Er ist süß und bescheiden. Er gehört seit dreißig Jahren zur Industrie, aber schmeißt nicht mit seinem Wissen um sich. Dabei ist er intelligent; du brauchst ihm etwas nur einmal zu erklären und schon hat er es."

Dann erzählt Shetty von einer Szene, in der Sanju Schlagzeug spielen musste. "Wir hatten zwei Lehrer aus Mumbai für ihn eingeflogen, weil wir dachten, er wolle vielleicht etwas üben. Als er ans Set kam, fragte er mich, ob er das nicht auf seine Weise machen könne. Nach einem Take war die Szene im Kasten. Und ich schickte die Lehrer zurück nach Mumbai."

IndiaGlitz [Monday, May 18, 2009]

After campaining for the elections, Sanjay Dutt has started shooting for ‘All The Best- Fun Begins’ produced by Ajay Devgan Films and directed by Rohit Shetty in full swing in Goa.

Apart from Sanjay Dutt, the laugh riot stars Ajay Devgan, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu & Mugdha Godse in the lead.

The second schedule of the film is currently going on and a song choreographed by Bosco-Ceasar has been shot on a lavish set constructed on a South Goa beach.

The Cinematographer is Dudley, Story and Screenplay by Robin Bhatt, Yunus Sajawal, Farhad-Sajid. The Dialogues are by Farhad-Sajid and Bunty Rathore while Music is by Pritam, Lyrics by Kumar, Editing by Steven Bernard, Art by Narendra Rahurikar and Action by Jai Singh.

This Diwali bonanza is all set to hit the theatres on 16th Oct ’09 and is Co-produced by Kumar Mangat while the Executive Producer is Vikrant Sharma.

Quelle: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/47040.html

18 May, 2009 | By Liz Shackleton

The management team behind $50m Mumbai-based Cinema Capital Venture Fund (CCVF) is in Cannes looking for international projects.


International films will be added to the fund’s current portfolio of Bollywood films.

CCVF managing partner Samir Gupta says the fund, which launched last year, has already invested around $10m in domestic productions and is now looking to branch out into international films.

“We aim to invest around $5-7m a year in international projects, which are likely to be UK-based in the early stages although we’re not restricting ourselves to English-language films,” Gupta told Screen.

Structured as a five-year closed-end fund, CCVF was granted approval by the Securities and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI) last year. Projects are evaluated by the CCVF management team and also submitted to Ernst & Young’s Mumbai-based media evaluation team.

CCVF management also includes former UTV executive Sanjay Bhattarcharjee and former Adlabs executive Mohit Mehra. Gupta was formerly head of factual entertainment producer FBC Media’s Indian arm and produced Shashank Ghosh’s debut feature in 2003.

On the domestic side, Gupta is working with the new breed of young producers who want to develop slates of projects outside the Indian studio system – although they still aim to tap the studios’ distribution muscle. Among the filmmakers Gupta is working with are Priyadarshan, Rohit Shetty and actor-turned-producer Ajay Devgan.

India is currently experiencing a funding crunch which Gupta says works to CCVF’s advantage: “We’ll be able to find projects that are more realistically priced – we’re pleased about the market correction.”

Quelle: http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/can...5001290.article

21 May 2009, 0000 hrs IST, TNN

Prior to Vipul Shah’s London Dreams, the only film that Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan have acted in is Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.

As fate would have it, Salman was playing the role of a singer in HDDCS but in London Dreams both of them play singers and both are part of a band. There are a lot of scenes where the two of them have to act as performers and had to sing for the benefit of camera.

Both the actors don’t take their singing abilities very seriously, but while shooting one particular scene in Royal Albert Hall in London, there was a bit of a competition between them as singers and it was decided that they would have a proper singing competition. The rest of the cast and crew were to judge who is a better singer between the two.

While Salman sang one of the songs of his film Tere Naam, Ajay sung a Kishore Kumar number. “The singing competition started as a joke, but both became pretty serious and sung their songs with complete zeal. Everyone was finding it difficult to openly tell the stars who is a better singer, so it was decided that they would carry out secret voting. In that, Ajay edged out Salman,” says Vipul, who was witness to the talent competition, which for a change had stars competing.

Quelle: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bolly...how/4555614.cms

übersetzt von soulsurfer:
Ajay sticht Salman aus
Während Salman einen Song aus TERE NAM gesungen hat, gab Ajay eine Kishore-Kumar-Nummer zum Besten. "Der Sängerwettstreit fing als Spaß an, aber dann begannen die beiden, das ernst zu nehmen, und sangen die Lieder mit voller Hingabe. Keiner der Zuschauer wollte aber öffentlich sagen, wer von den Stars der bessere Singer sei, sodass man am Ende eine geheime Abstimmung gemacht hat. Dabei hat Ajay Salman ausgestochen," sagt Vipul als Zeuge des Talentwettbewerbs der beiden Stars.

21 May 2009, 0000 hrs IST, SHARIN WADER , TNN

Politics’ loss is Bollywood’s gain.

And Sanjay Dutt, after the Samajwadi Party’s no-show in the recent parliamentary elections, has returned to acting with a vengeance. BT caught him banging the drums like a rockstar for Rohit Shetty’s All The Best — Fun Begins.

Apparently Dutt, like Saif Ali Khan, is fond of music, and is handy with the guitar. But he stunned everyone on the sets when he took to the drums like a pro while shooting in Goa. A song required Sanju baba to play the drums and for that, Rohit had flown down professionals to teach him the art.

But Dutt sent them packing! He did the scene in one take, impressing everyone! A startled but nonetheless grateful Rohit admitted, “Till now I knew he could play the guitar, but the drums came as a surprise.”
The film which is a laugh riot also stars Ajay Devgan, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu and Mugdha Godse.

Quelle: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bolly...how/4555539.cms

übersetzt von Diwali:
Sanju hat alle am Set mit seinen Fertigkeiten am Schlagzeug verblüfft; die Profis, die Rohit Shetty extra für Sanju zum Üben eingeflogen hatte, konnten gleich wieder packen und heimfliegen: Sanju, der ein begeisterter Rockmusik-Freak ist und (was offenbar niemand wusste) schon in der Schule Schlagzeug gespielt hat, ergriff kurzerhand die Initiative, und nach einem Take war die Szene im Kasten.

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 1152 hrs IST

Actor and Samajwadi Party General-Secretary Sanjay Dutt, after campaigning for the recent Lok Sabha elections that was full of controversy, more so for his offer of jaadu ki jhappi to Mayawati, is back at work on the sets of All The Best - Fun Begins. The second schedule of the film has been on in Goa since May 1 and Dutt, who plays Dharam, a London-based rich businessman and step-brother to Fardeen Khan, joined the unit on May 8.

The shooting for the film has been facing a lot of hindrance since the unit moved to Goa.

First Dutt was busy with campaigning, then Fardeen Khan was recovering from his father Feroz Khan’s unfortunate demise and actress Mugdha Godse met with an accident on May 5 when her car skidded off the road on Pune expressway while on her way to Pune to visit her parents before flying off to Goa. She was down with severe neck injury.

The film directed by Rohit Shetty also stars Bipasha Basu and Ajay Devgan, who is also the producer. During the current spell, a song choreographed by Bosco-Ceasar was shot on a lavish set constructed on a South Goa beach. Shooting will continue till June-end, after which the entire unit will shift to South Africa to complete the film. Plans are on to release the film, co-produced by Kumar Mangat, on October 16, the Diwali week.

Quelle: http://www.screenindia.com/news/dutt-back-to-work/464282/

24 May 2009, 0000 hrs IST, TNN

Ajay Devgan has been friends with Sanjay Dutt for the longest time. The two have done several films together like Mehbooba (never mind its fate) and are currently working in Devgan’s home production, All The Best —Fun Begins.

But it isn’t Sanjay that Ajay is all praise for. It is Sanju’s wife Maanyata. He explains that the Sanjay he has known all these years has been very careless with his earnings, very careless about his health etc. Maanyata, according to Ajay, keeps Sanjay rooted. “She’s helping him save his earnings and also motivating him to give his film career complete attention. Sanju is the Robert De Niro quotient for Bollywood. And if he listens to his wife, he can rock for the next five to seven years at least,’’ says Ajay. Well, guess he knows best.

Quelle: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bolly...how/4569137.cms

übersetzt von Diwali:
Na sieh mal einer guck, wer da eine Lobeshymne auf Sanjus Ehefrau Manyata singt - Ajay Devgan: "Sie hilft ihm, seine Einkünfte zu sparen, und sie motiviert ihn auch, sich ganz auf seine Filmkarriere zu konzentrieren. Sanju ist der Robert De Niro Quotient für Bollywood. Und wenn er auf seine Frau hört, dann kann er noch mindestens fünf bis sieben Jahre lang weiter erfolgreich bleiben."

26 May 2009, 0059 hrs IST, TNN

An overworked Fardeen Khan flew to Mumbai from Goa last week to attend to some urgent domestic chores.


The actor had to fly to the sets of Ajay Devgan’s All The Best-Fun Begins immediately after organising his father Feroz Khan’s prayer meet; and there were many incomplete tasks to be taken care off.

After a few days of shooting, FK Junior had to fly to Mumbai because after his father’s demise, there are many things he has to personally supervise at their home and office,” says a source close to Junior. All the hectic shooting and flying finally got to Fardeen. And he actually fell asleep right in the middle of a shot on his sets in Goa.

Unfortunately, he had a hot cup of tea in his hand when he dozed off; and the tea spilled onto his groin and lap, waking him up with a start!

Had the tea been scalding hot, Fardeen would have been dangerously close to suffering serious burns,” says a unit member. “Fortunately he got away with just feeling hot, hot, as the tea trickled down his trousers,” he adds.

Quelle: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bolly...how/4575383.cms