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Vidhu Vinod Chopra tells why he abused Amitabh Bachchan
Yes, he is known to be quite a taskmaster on the sets. And a recent confession from megastar Amitabh Bachchan only consolidated the fact. Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra is known to become so animated on the sets of his ventures that he actually starts abusing the actors. Though Chopra has agreed to the allegations, but he says that he does so to attain effective communication with his cast.
We have heard about this in the past about directors getting overboard by using bad words on the sets against even the biggest of superstars. Multiple-award winning Hollywood director John Wayne was very famous for his bad temper. Closer home we had the ‘showman of the millennium’ Raj Kapoor using expletives, and that too in a very liberal manner. Vidhu Vinod Chopra is well known for his frequent usage of abuses. And recently, when Big B came out in the open telling how Jaya had warned the star over Chopra’s bad mouth when the director wanted to cast him for ‘Eklavya’, obviously Chopra had to come up with some kind of explanation. And he did the same recently by reportedly saying that he wants the best out of his stars and that is why he does it. If they do not understand what he wants of them, he uses such words to make them understand.
Well, if you are willing to join the industry, now you know what to expect!
Iconic actor’s troubled daughter stalks Shahid
She has been spotted scaling walls, dodging security and blocking his car at odd hours to get an audience with him
Shahid Kapoor has had his share of female admirers, but there is a certain fan who has left him rather disturbed.
She has been accosting him at odd hours, claiming to be his wife and even dodging security to ring his doorbell in the wee hours of the morning. Shahid, so far has been trying to deal with it cautiously, since the woman happens to be the daughter of an iconic yesteryear actor. But this newspaper refrains from revealing her identity.
The latest in the string of incidents, was on Wednesday, at around 3 am. According to eye-witnesses, the woman, who lives in the adjacent high-rise, scaled the boundary wall, managed to dodge the security and ran up to Shahid's apartment on the 13th floor of Raheja Classique, and began pounding on his door. As soon as the actor realised who she was, he called up the security, and four of them rushed upstairs and escorted the woman away.
Mirror has learnt that the woman, in her early 30s, has had a troubled life. According to some of distant relatives, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, she could never quite recover from the twin blows of her father's death and professional disappointments. "In fact, a few years ago, she made her debut in a B-grade flick, where her role was drastically reduced. It was a huge blow for her," said the family member.
Her obsession with Shahid is about six-months old, say her relatives. A reason why she even shifted home to be closer to her favourite star, who she claims is her spouse.
According to Shahid's friends, he has had to face several awkward moments in the recent past when she suddenly "popped up near the gate and blocked his path." There have also been reports of her waiting near his car and making several desperate attempts to go up to his apartment and meet him.
"Shahid, who is aware of her background, has been sensitive enough to ignore these incidents so far, but Wednesday night was a little serious and he has decided to highlight this as a security breach with his society," added the actor's friend. In the absence of any responsible family member who can perhaps handle her delicate situation, Shahid has not had an opportunity to discuss the problem with anyone close to her.
Karisma Kapoor files for divorce
On one hand, Karisma’s career is taking a leap with her comeback pad, ‘Dangerous Ishq’ then on the other hand her marital life turned upside down. As it was reported earlier that all is not well at Karisma’s paradise and she moved out of her husband Sunjay Kapoor’s house now the latest update about her martial life is that the actress is filing for a divorce.
To start life in a totally new way and to take care of her two children, she has taken up acting again. For quite a long time, Sunjay and Karisma’s troubled relationship made news. Karisma has been living separately from Sunjay for a long time, now she just wants to put an official stamp on their seperation. The Kapoor girl made many attempts to reconcile her and Sunjay's relationship but things did not work out. Even Karisma’s parents tried to settle things but unfortunately, their relationship could not be saved.
After marriage, Karisma left Bollywood to take care of her family but destiny has stored something else for her. Sunjay involved an extramarital relationship with many women and Karisma even warned Sunjay about his bad habit.
Recently, Karisma was spotted at various occasions sans Sunjay. She is always accompanied by her sister Kareena, mother Babita and Kareena’s boyfriend Saif Ali Khan.
Well, it’s very unfortunate that another big fat Bollywood wedding is on the edge of break-up.
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Watch the official theatrical trailer of the upcoming political thriller, SHANGHAI, directed by Dibakar Banerjee. The movie features Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin and Prosenjit Chatterjee together for the first time on the silver screen.
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Angane aaneki Kevin kanich kootunna kandal thonnumalo angerude ammavante mon anu SRK ennu.. Angeru die hard fan of SRK njan die hard fan of Priyanka..athra thanne.. Male starsnte aduth mathrame die hard fanship padulu ennu rule onnum illalolavante vepralam kandal avante ammayide mol anu priyanka ennu thonnum
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I'd like to write an autobiography some day: Sonam
Actress Sonam Kapoor, who is known for style statements, is a voracious reader and would like to pen down her autobiography some day.
"You know I think I am too young and inexperienced and I don't know if I have the talent to write, but you know everybody is narcissistic. I would like to write about my life one day or the other. I am an actor after all, but I don't know if right now I will be able to," the 26-year-old said here while launching the book "Two Mothers And Other Stories" by Khalid Mohamed.
Known as a fashion icon, Sonam would not touch the topic she is most known for in her book.
"Clothes and style is just my personal choice. It is not something I am obsessed with. May be romance," said Sonam while talking about the issues she would want to touch upon in her book.
Talking about how she learnt reading, she said: "I was being read to at a very young age by my mother. She would always read fables that had a meaning. She would always ask me what was the point behind the story," said Sonam.
"In the meantime, I was little annoyed with my mom...then she tried to make me more of a voracious reader... she would not finish the story and I used to get anxious to know the rest of it. So, I had no choice but to read it myself. So that's how I started reading so much," she added.
Sonam will soon be seen in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Bhaag Milkha Bhaag opposite Farhan Akhtar.
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Filmmaking is like investing in stock: Sujoy Ghosh
For a man who is the toast of Bollywood, the flavour of the season, Sujoy Ghosh's phone is remarkably silent. The 45-year-old director of " Kahaani", the surprise hit of 2012, was sprawled on the parquet floor munching bhel-puri in his office, like one of those innumerable aspirants in Bollywood who have time to kill, waiting for their dreams to come to fruition. Over an hour-long conversation, Ghosh veers from his somewhat 'bizarre' background to why he thinks Shah Rukh is a good actor. Excerpts:
You're a bit of an unknown quantity in Bollywood despite having made four films. Should we start with "Kahaani"?
I started from Kolkata as a 'watcher of films.' I come from a humble background. My father was a taxi driver. My mother is a doctor, a psychiatrist. They fell in love and eloped. But this is one of the least bizarre things about my family. My maternal grandfather was from Nepal who got embroiled in a brawl that ended in someone accidentally losing his life. After that, my grandfather came to Kolkata where he became a rich man's chauffeur, and fell in love with another rich man's daughter, and they also eloped. My biggest regret today is that my grandmother, who was also my best friend, is not alive today (to see all the success).
Where does Bollywood come into the picture?
I had a nice, cushy job at Reuters, where I was the media manager, South Asia. I had studied software engineering from Manchester University, along with having an MBA. It means little today, but in 1999, I was drawing over `50 lakh per annum, which is far more than what I make now. But then, life is all about taking that chance. I was always interested in writing, so I decided to come to Mumbai to write a script to teach myself. I had lots of friends at Bombay Times, and I used to often drop by at their office to hang out with them. My friends read the script of "Jhankar Beats" and said it needed to be made. I realised that I would not be able to do that along with my Reuters job, so I quit, and started doing the round of producers. During this, I met Pritish Nandy, who was willing to produce it, but because there was nothing to the script and the whole film was about the treatment, we could not find a director. So by default, I became the director too. The film was appreciated and made some money.
Similarly, on another visit to the Bombay Times office, I met a takla guy who was to play an important role in my life. His name was Vishal (Dadlani) and he introduced me to his partner, Shekhar. They were looking for a break and they loved the script of "Jhankar Beats". We became friends and have been collaborators since.
Did you not find it scary to leave such a cushy job for something so fraught with risk? Nothing gives you more confidence than education. It's very important to get educated. I always tell my children that the only reason I was able to take this risk was because I knew I had my education to fall back on. What allows me to take chances is that I can always get a job.
Yes, but Bollywood, where you are at present, can be a tough place to survive. Especially after your two flops, "Home Delivery" and "Aladdin". Was it easy to make "Kahaani"? I was trying for a new style of narrative in "Home Delivery", but it went down faster than the Titanic (laughs). After this, I had no money but plenty of dreams, so I took a chance and one day just walked into the sets of one of Mr Bachchan's films and read out my script to him. It was called "Borivili". Eventually, we couldn't make the film, but he agreed to be a part of "Aladdin". He's the only man I respect as much as my father. Filmmaking, I realise, is all about taking a call and then having the nerve to stand by it. It's a bit like buying stock. So I took calls. Some worked. Some didn't. Also, you must know that I am a big jugadoo, I am good at bargaining for and managing monies.
Luckily for you, you are also the producer of "Kahaani". What inspired you to write it? The central fascination came from the idea of the mother. I wanted to harness the strength of a woman, a mother who can be a midget and yet will do everything to protect her child at all costs. For instance, my mother still sustains me. She takes care of my expenses. So I thought, what if I dropped the character of a mother in a place like Kolkata, and left her to find answers to some questions, and we could end up with a thriller. I have always thought of how a person who loses a dear one in a blast, for instance, would go and search for what really happened to him during the blast. So I wrote "Kahaani" with that person in mind, and how an ordinary person would go searching in an unknown city.
But it's not just an unknown city, right? It's Kolkata, and it's a character in the film... I grew up in Kolkata and am a total Bengali. I love the culture of the place, be it the addabaji, the character, the dominance of women, the Durga Puja. So, I brought it in the film as that is what I grew up with. Incidentally, my wife's name is Vaishali, which the Bengalis pronounce as 'Baishali' - and so that little quirk about Vidya getting annoyed when she is addressed as Bidya.
You have worked with Amitabh Bachchan, and you've worked with Vidya Balan, both of whom you wanted to work with. Is there anyone else on your wish list? I would love to work with Shah Rukh Khan because he is a damn good actor. You can't become a star just like that. May be some day, I should just go and meet him on his set and ask him if he will act in my film.
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