RE: August 2009 - News - 2

Published: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 at 01:30 IST

Mumbai: Kajol is not behind in making money even if she is away from doing any movie.

As her fans wait for her new movie 'My Name Is Khan', meanwhile she has been roped in as a brand ambassador by a soup brand.

Knorr, Hindustan Unilever's largest soup brand in the country, is all set to launch a new and exciting ad campaign this season and have signed Kajol for the same, so here is money minting for Mrs Ajay Devgan.

Kajol would be seen playing a mommy in the ad campaign which is scheduled to go on air from the 10th of August.

The 2009 Knorr soup campaign redefines the 7pm snacking trend by offering Knorr soups as the perfect snack, represented through the campaign idea, "Tummy bhi khush, Mummy bhi khush"

"Knorr soup has long been a family favourite and it feels great to be associated with one of my favourite brands. As a working mom, often I've found myself struggling with snack ideas that are not only easy on time but tasty and nutritious as well...a solution I found in soup! I strongly believe that a family that eats together lives together; and with Knorr soup's assurance of real vegetables and complete absence of preservatives, I have one less thing to worry about.", she said.

Quelle: http://www.samaylive.com/news/kajol-land...oup/646105.html

Aug 12, 2009

MUMBAI: Film maker Priyadarshan is all set to start work on his next film.

As was reported first on Businessofcinema.com, the director will soon be headed for Karaikuddi, a small town on the Kerala-Karnataka border to shoot his political drama. Come 16 August, and the unit will start its first schedule. Penciled in for this shoot are some powerful performers.

Priyadarshan describes, "As this film requires enigmatic characters and personalities that command a huge screen presence, I have cast my actors according to the dictates of the script. Films like these are realistic and hard hitting so the characters too have to be very believable. Ajay Devgan and Akshaye Khanna are powerhouses of talent." Adding to the talent will be the sheer genius of Paresh Rawal. Rawal, who has often been given comic characters can take charge of a character, which has villainous traits. Priyadarshan adds, "After a long time Paresh will give the audiences a taste of what he can do on the big stage. He is good in comedy, but far superior when he does hard hitting films. He can give his talent a free reign." One assumes that with the casting of Bipasha Basu, there will be a hint of glamour.

However, this film will have little scope for the actress to apply the grease paint and make her look glamorous. Talking about his heroine, Priyadarshan explaines, "There is a certain vulnerability to Bipasha's face and at the same time a certain hardness tinged with determination. That is what is going to be explored in this film." Spread over two schedules, the film should be ready for a release early next year.

The director summed it up as, "I like to work on one film at a time. I can give it my undivided concentration and the film looks complete if it is finished in six months. Besides, that's the only way I work... finish my films as early as possible."

Quelle: http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=14045

übersetzt von Soulsurfer:
Priyadarshan wird an der Grenze zwischen Kerala und Karnataka politisches Drama drehen
(...) Der Regisseur wird demnächst nach Karaikuddi aufbrechen, einer Kleinstadt an der Grenze zwischen Kerala und Karnataka. Ab 16. August werden die ersten Szenen gedreht werden. Für diesen Dreh haben ein paar bildgewaltige Darsteller unterschrieben.
Priyadarshan meint dazu: "Da der Film charismatische Charaktere und Persönlichkeiten mit starker Leinwandpräsenz verlangt, habe ich die Schauspieler nach den Anforderungen des Drehbuchs ausgewählt. Filme wie dieser sind realistisch und kraftvoll und die Personen müssen sehr glaubhaft dargestellt werden. Ajay Devgan und Akshaye Khanna haben ein Riesentalent für solche Dinge."
Zu den Talenten kommt das Genie Paresh Rawal. Er, der so oft den Komiker gibt, spielt diesmal einen Bösewicht. Priyadarshan fügt hinzu: "Nach langer Zeit wird Paresh dem Publikum wieder einmal eine Kostprobe von seinen wahren Fähigkeiten geben. Er ist ein guter Komödiant, aber noch sehr viel besser, wenn er ernsthafte Rollen spielt. Seine Gabe kann sich erst dann voll entfalten."
Wir schätzen, dass Bipasha Basu für den Glamour zuständig sein wird. Obwohl in dem Streifen wenig Platz für Make-up und glanzvolle Auftritte zu sein scheint. Zu seiner Heldin befragt, erklärt Priyadarshan: "Bipashas Gesicht spiegelt gleichzeitig eine gewisse Verletzlichkeit und innere Stärke wieder. Das wird in diesem Film voll ausgespielt werden."
Angelegt auf zwei Drehabschnitte, ist für den Film bereits ein Erscheinen im nächsten Frühjahr geplant.
Der Regisseur fügt hinzu: "Ich arbeite am liebsten nur an einem Film. Dann ist meine Aufmerksamkeit ungeteilt, und der Film ist nach einen halben Jahr fertig ... so mag ich das ... Filme schnell fertig stellen."

VICKEY LALWANI , MUMBAI MIRROR 12 August 2009, 08:59am IST

Ajay Devgan sure must be proud of his business sense. The actor-turned-producer who was asked to pay Rs 50 lakh to the United Producers and Distributors Forum (UPDF) to release his film All the Best on October 16 along with three other films, will now not have to pay the huge sum; he also managed to strike a lucrative deal. Ajay sold the overseas rights of All The Best to Eros International on the condition that they will not release their home production Aladin on the same day.

A source said, “Eros International are convinced that All The Best has good commercial prospects overseas. They immediately agreed to not release Aladin on October 16 as per the condition put forth by Ajay.”

Ajay is naturally happy and relieved. His official spokesperson said, “We cannot comment on this.” Eros International’s CEO Sunil Lulla too remained unavailable for comment.

Director of Aladin, Sujoy Ghosh confirmed that his film will not release on October 16. “I don’t know about other films but Aladin will release on October 23. It is a solo release and I’m very happy,” he said.

Quelle: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/enter...how/4884105.cms



übersetzt von Diwali:
Das Neueste zum Thema Diwali-Clash: Angeblich wurde Aladin nun auf den 23. Oktober verschoben. Damit bliebe es beim 16. Oktober für All The Best.

Laut Mumbai Mirror hat Ajay Devgan die Übersee-Rechte für All The Best an Eros International verkauft unter der Bedingung, dass der Film nicht am gleichen Tag rauskommt wie Aladin, für den ja auch Eros die Rechte hat. Da Eros sich auf dem Übersee-Markt gute Chancen für ATB ausrechnet, haben sie dem Deal zugestimmt.

STAFF WRITER 14:13 HRS IST

Ritika Kumar

New Delhi, Aug 12 (PTI) Popular VJ Rannvijay who is all set to make his debut in movies, is overwhelmed on being "pampered" by the bigwigs of Bollywood but the debutante is not ready to ditch his role as a TV presenter.

Rannvijay, who will be seen in Vipul Shah's 'London Dreams' starring Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and 'Ghajini' star Asin Thottumkal, said he had a gala time working with Salman and Ajay.

"They (Salman and Ajay) are such fantastic people. We all had so much fun while shooting that I can safely say that I was thoroughly pampered throughout. Never did I feel like a newcomer on the sets of the film," Rannvijay told PTI in a telephonic interview.

Quelle: http://www.ptinews.com/news/225535_I-wil...-says-Rannvijay

TNN 13 August 2009, 12:00am IST

Kangna Ranaut’s living out of a suitcase these days!
From Switzerland to South Africa to Bangkok, the actress had been globe-trotting non-stop since the past few months now. But now the star’s back in aamchi Mumbai shooting for Once Upon a Time in Mumbai with Ajay Devgan.

And though it won’t be long before she’s whisked away for yet another shooting schedule, while here, the actress is making the most of it by catching up on ghar ka khana. “I missed the food a lot,” says Kangna. But the actress who’s been shooting back-to-back for Anees Bazmee’s No Problem, apart from her film down South Ek Niranjan is in no mood of slowing down.

As soon as she wraps up these three films, Kangna will start shooting for her other two films in the pipeline — Actor with Amitabh Bachchan and Tannu Weds Mannu. Seems like the sassy actress will have to miss the ghar ka khana again. But then with such lavish roles on her filmi platter to make up for it, she’s certainly not complaining about it, right Kangna?

Quelle: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4885298.cms

Saturday, August 8, 2009

So its official now, the inordinate post-production delays have impacted the film’s schedule. We are clearly headed for a Dec. 09 release by most optimistic standards. Still dealing with the animation execution of the last couple of scenes at Pixion’s animation besides the Promo song, which is quite a complex live-animation combo job in terms of the scale. The Promo song animation & blocking is underway and hopefully all animation should be done by the month end before tackling the lighting, compositing and renders for the remaining scenes.
I am quite happy with the way the climax sequences have shaped up at Pixion– its been a rather long and exhaustive journey to give feedback on the climax sequence with more than 800 shots. Let’s hope things progress on time from here on. Looking at commencing dubbing sometime next month hopefully. Cheers.

Quelle: http://kktksh.blogspot.com/search?update...0&max-results=6

TNN 16 August 2009, 12:00am IST

Sanjay Dutt is shooting in Cape Town, but his heart is here in Mumbai. Dutt has been in constant touch with good friend Ajay Devgan, and he has even been monitoring the progress of his forthcoming releases.

He actually got co-actor Suniel Shetty, who joined him for the schedule of No Problem, to fly down with the theatrical promos of his two Diwali releases — Blue and All the Best.

And after seeing the promos, he has been in continuous touch with Ajay discussing the merits of his films. Dutt, who has lost around 12 kilos in the last couple of months, is actually keen that he is now seen on screen in his new slimmer avatar. He wants the dashing Dutt title back.

Quelle: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/enter...how/4896787.cms

übersetzt von Diwali:
Wir warten ja schon die ganze Zeit drauf, dass Ajay jetzt endlich mal mit der ATB-Promo in die Puschen kommt - offensichtlich ist das Teil in Arbeit oder sogar schon fertig. Laut TOI hat Sunil Shetty auf Sanjus Wunsch hin die Promos von Blue und ATB mit ans Set von No Problem in Kapstadt gebracht, und seitdem soll Sanju wieder mal in permanentem Kontakt mit Ajay stehen... Hoffentlich kriegen wir diese Promo dann auch bald zu sehen!!!

By Juicy Mausi . Buzz18 Aug 18, 2009

The younger star has managed to get the desired dates for his film

Rumour has it that Ajay Devgan has managed to beat Amitabh Bachchan in the race at the box office.

A little birdie tells me that Ajay's All the Best was supposed to release on the same day (October 16) as Amitabh Bachchan's Aladin. Now both the films star Sanjay Dutt in prominent roles and there were some concerns about the clash of the dates.

Apparently Eros, the company that has co-produced and is distributing Aladin was very keen on buying the overseas rights to All the Best. So when the top bosses at Eros approached Ajay Devgan with the offer, the former action star simply asked them to postpone the release of Aladin in India.

So now, Aladin will release on October 23, a week after its schedules release while All the Best will compete against Blue and Main Aur Mrs Khanna.

Quelle: http://buzz18.in.com/snippets/gossip/aja...i-race/150042/0

TNN 18 August 2009, 12:00am IST

The grapevine suggests that thanks to John Abraham’s animosity with Salman Khan, Bipasha Basu will not appear on Salman’s television show.

On August 21, Ajay Devgan and Fardeen Khan are likely to record for this show hosted by Salman; however Bipasha, the leading lady of the film will not be on the show.

A source says, “Bipasha has no problems whatsoever with Salman; however because of his issues with her boyfriend John, she has been avoiding any direct contact with the actor.” Those who know Bipasha well, say the Bengali bombshell is very professional. However, she is also one of those who will not wish to be in an awkward spot.


Quelle: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4902065.cms