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One schedule later, Once Upon A Time... is stalled

By: Amul Sharma Date: 2009-12-01 Place: Mumbai

Producer Ekta Kapoor and director Milan Luthria seem to be having issues. The filming of the film Once Upon a Time... has been halted after only a single schedule.

The movie went on floors in May earlier this year and after an initial shooting stint, the work on the film has been stuck. It was a prestigious film for both the producer and director, but the creative differences between them are hurting the film.

Dates wasted

The source added, "Ajay Devgn, who is one of the leads in the film, had blocked his dates for the film, but since no shooting happened, he gave those dates to other projects. As this is a multi-starrer (Emraan Hashmi, Kangna Ranaut, Prachi Desai along with Devgn) the dates of many actors have been wasted. When it was launched, OUATIM was supposed to be completed by the year-end and was going to have an April-May 2010 release. But now because of the delay, the release date of the film might be pushed back.
Ekta says, "There are no creative differences between Milan and me because I haven't even seen the rushes or a single frame of the film. We completed a schedule in September, which only had Emraan in it and seven days of work with Ajay. We were to have the second schedule in October but Milan felt it would be more economical to shoot it in December and that's why we are now combining both the schedules in December."

As far as the film getting delayed she says, "We were to release the film in May but now we might be releasing in July as May has six releases."

Quelle: http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/200...ime-stalled.htm

TNN 2 December 2009, 12:00am IST

Ajay Devgn is missing his wife Kajol a lot these days.

Kajol is in Sydney shooting with Kareena Kapoor for good friend Karan Johar’s Bollywood version of Stepmom. Kareena has her beau Saif Ali Khan, her best friend and filmmaker Lovely Singh for company in Sydney. However, Ajay who is wrapping up a couple of movies back-to-back can’t fly out there to be with Kajol. So guess what he has been doing. He is actually using Kajol’s car — the one he gifted her on August 5 (her birthday). Sources say the actor never uses Kajol’s car. But since he is missing his biwi so much, he feels driving around in her car, can fill some of the void. Told ya, these two Bollywood superstars are definitely a couple in love.

Quelle: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/enter...how/5288184.cms

03.12.09

Ajay Devgan took his father Veeru Devgan and ma-in-law Tanuja to Siddhivinayak temple, Mumbai recently and lived up to his 'good-son' and a better 'son-in-law' image. Accompanying him was friend Rohit Shetty and Manyata Dutt. Take a look!

Photos: Yogen Shah

Quelle: http://buzz18.in.com/photos/people/xclus.../172972/1#photo

TNN 5 December 2009, 12:00am IST

Anil Kapoor is a charmer. Yeah, even after three decades in the industry he can charm just about everyone with his smile and candid

Recently, Anil who was supervising the sets of his next production No Problem at a suburban studio bumped into Ajay Devgn who was shooting on the next floor for Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? Anil who has acted with Ajay’s wife Kajol in Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain, one of the biggest hits in his career, walked up to Ajay hugged him and said, “I wonder why the two of us have never worked together?

Ajay also expressed surprise. Later Anil was heard saying that he had tried to get Ajay to play one of the leads in his No Problem.

But somehow there were those spoilsports who kept telling him Ajay may not do one more comedy because he had just wrapped All the Best. “I should never have listened to people,” said Anil. “If I had asked Ajay, he would have been part of my project.” Now Anil is determined that if he makes a sequel to No Problem, he will definitely try and rope in AD.

Quelle: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/enter...how/5300163.cms

Friday, December 4, 2009

Yesterday, we shot the final patchwork of kids' reaction shots for the climax sequences at Filmistan. That concludes all live-action shoot of TKS. Also bumped into Ajay Devgn yesterday at Filmistan. I was pleasantly surprised to know that he has been more updated with TKS final composited live-animated combo scenes than I thought. He has been proactively watching them fresh out of the oven straight from the editor's desk! He conveyed his excitement on the results - that gives more impetus to the direction & animation team. :)

The 1st draft of the entire finished promo song "Passport" is just reaching my Climb Media office for feedback. Interesting song choreographed with live dancers, Ajay Kajol and toons dancing along with them against a CG created airport. Should be on air 1st quarter next year hopefully. Cheers.

Quelle: http://kktksh.blogspot.com/2009/12/tks-patch-work-shoot.html

By: Upala KBR Date: 2009-12-05 Place: Mumbai

Drops in while she's shooting and spends quality time with her

Contrary to speculation, Konkona Sensharma and Ranvir Shorey haven't split up.

In fact, the couple not only brought in Konkana's birthday together on December 2, but also celebrated it again the next day on the sets of Amita Pathak's Atitithi Tum Kab Jaoge? where Konkona was shooting with Ajay Devgn.

Says a source from the sets of the film, "There was recent speculation that Ranvir and Konkona had cancelled their wedding in December.

But they were never supposed to be getting married in December as Konkona had given her dates for Atitithi Tum Kab Jaoge? to Amita till December 15.

On Thursday morning, Ranvir dropped in while Konkona was shooting at Filmistan Studios and stayed the whole day with her."

The source added, "As Konkona had high fever for a few days, Ranvir was extremely concerned about her health and kept asking her if she had taken her medications on time.

They had lunch together and he left a little while later.

After pack-up Amita, her father Kumar Mangat, Ajay and the rest of the cast and crew cut Konkona's birthday cake, which was a surprise from Amita."

No fuss

Said Amita Pathak, "Yes Ranvir had come to our sets but it's something very private and I wouldn't like to talk about it. Konkona was ill for the last few days, but she completed her schedule.

Though she had high fever on her birthday, she still shot her scenes. Konkona knew we had combination dates which we couldn't get another time so she completed the shoot without any fuss."

Quelle: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/dec/051...en-birthday.htm

By: Amul Sharma Date: 2009-12-09 Place: Mumbai

Even though Atithi Tum Kab Jaaoge (ATKJ) starring Ajay Devgn, Konkana Sen Sharma and Paresh Rawal went on the sets only last month, one unit of the film has been shooting some important sequences for three months now.

One sequence is that of the Ganpati visarjan, which was shot at the Girgaon and Juhu beaches with a multi-camera set up in September.
Recently, the other half of the sequence was filmed with the cast and about 2000 extras, who were called in to recreate the visarjan in a controlled environment.

Early preparations
The makers know exactly what they wanted for the film and that's why the preparations began before September. Usually, filmmakers use stock shots for events like the visarjan but the makers of ATKJ wanted to do it right. A source reveals, "Around 2000 daily wage artistes were called for the crowd scene and the shoot was to be filmed at Versova Beach. But when bystanders found out that Ajay was shooting, they too joined in the filming. By the time the first scene was set up, there was a throng of 5,000 present."

Producer Amita Pathak confirms, "We were shooting on the beach and couldn't really stop people who were already there. So we used it to our advantage and the shoot happened without any hassles. There are many slums near the beach and people popped up hearing that Ajay, Konkana and Paresh were shooting there."

The film releases on February 22, 2009. Ashwani Dhir is directing the film. The film is a co-production between Amita Pathak and Warner Brothers, India.

Quelle: http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/200...-Ajay-Devgn.htm



übersetzt von soulsurfer:
Auf dem Foto sieht man Dreharbeiten zu den Massenszenen für ATKJ, die auf dem Ganpati-Festival im September spielen ... Dafür wurde mit den Schauspieler und 2000 Statisten am Versova Beach gedreht. Als Passanten erkannten, dass es sich um Filmarbeiten mit Ajay handelte, blieben sie einfach stehen, sodass letztendlich 5000 Menschen mitgewirkt haben.

Das Releasedatum 22.02.10 wird bestätigt.

December 10, 2009 7:31:40 PM IST
Bollywood Trade News Network

After the 26/11 tragedy which left many bereft, CST has never been the same. But things have started getting back to normal. In fact, post the 1st anniversary of the tragedy, Bollywood has resumed its shooting at the landmark locale.

The first movie to be shot there is Warner Bros. Pictures and Wide Frame Films ATITHI TUM KAB JAAOGE which stars Ajay Devgn, Konkona Sen Sharma & Paresh Rawal in the lead.

The scene revolves around Ajay Devgn, Konkona and Paresh Rawal at a station, but they wanted to lend it an authentic look which is why they chose to shoot at CST as opposed to a studio.

Scheduled to release on 26th February 2010, the film is a laugh riot directed by Ashwni Dhir which revolves around a middle class couple who cope with a visiting relative who has outstayed his welcome and the various methods through which they try to get rid of him!

Quelle: http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/09...-cst-120910.asp