Movies don’t get any bigger! Om Shanti Om’s latest promo song features 31 stars. It looks as if the list is endless. Anyways let us list the stars: Rani Mukherjee ,Rekha, Shilpa Shetty, Kajol, Juhi Chawla, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Dharmendra, Preity Zinta, Tusshar Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Govinda, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra , Vidya Balan… We have covered only the half. Shahrukh Khan’s Om Shanti Om is going to rock the nation like never before. We have the exclusive video for you guys.
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Instead of giving interviews to Television and Magazines, Aamir Khan started his own website to interact with fans. To start with, the website has two sections, Blog and Chat. All you Aamir Khan Fans check out his website at www.aamirkhan.com. Way to go, Aamir!
Farah Khan is puzzled that Vidhu Vinod Chopra has dragged her name amidst all the fiasco of Eklavya - The Royal Guard, being sent as India’s nomination for the Oscars.
“I have the least knowledge about how I come into picture,” says Farah Khan who is neck-deep busy with the promotion of Om Shanti Om, “In fact I didn’t have a word to say about the film, let alone pass a judgment on it being nominated.”
What would have made Vidhu Vinod Chopra react? “How do I know?”, she questions back, “When asked by some journalists if Eklavya - The Royal Guard was a worthy entry, all I said was that there are so many films in regional languages like Bengali, Telugu, Tamil etc. being made. Since I had not seen any of these movies, how could I have a view on what should/should not be sent?”
Farah quips in a lighter vein, “How can I ever think of criticizing Vidhu Vinod Chopra? For that matter, how dare anyone? Don’t you all know that he is single handedly responsible for the INVENTION of cinema?”
She adds, “He is also the one who gave break to SIR DAVID LEAN. Otherwise we mere mortals would not have even heard of Mr. Lean or ever see a film. Thanks Vinod for enlightening the world!”
On a far serious note, there seems to be trouble ahead with the nomination of Eklavya - The Royal Guard being termed biased by Bombay High Court. It has observed that prima facie the selection of the movie appeared biased.
Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Dhananjay have stated that “Prima facie, there seems to be a merit in the argument that the selection process was biased” while hearing a petition filed by Bhavana Talwar director of Dharm. The petition challenges the selection of the Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s film as India’s entry for the Oscars.
As per Talwar, the whole selection process was biased as the selection committee members like Sudhir Mishra, Jagdish Sharma and Ranjit Bahadur, were very close to Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
The bench has now asked the Film Federation of India to file a reply within 10 days. Depending upon the order of the court, the film’s selection would be decided. Next hearing would be held on October 10.
The versatile Raj Kumar Santoshi will start shooting his new epic on Emperor Ashoka in January. His other epic on the Ramayan with Ajay Devgan has now been postponed to the end of 2008. Though he is not saying it aloud, Raj Kumar Santoshi’s decision to make a film on the life on Emperor Ashoka with Ajay Devgan in the lead was prompted more by the failure of Santosh Sivan’s Asoka than any other consideration. “I am aware of Sivan’s film. He is a fine craftsman. However, my approach and treatment to this fascinating subject will be very different. I want my Ashoka be a happening epic on the lines of Hollywood’s Spartacus, Braveheart and Gladiator. Technicians from all over the world are now being finalized,” says Santoshi Santoshi, a versatile epic maker with films ranging from Ghayal and Lajja to his credit is toying with the idea making the film as a bi-lingual. “Or maybe we could just have English subtitles to the Hindi dialogues since that would look more authentic,” Santoshi wonders aloud, as he prepares for the biggest challenge of his creatively fecund career. Via : indiafm.com
