Vidya Balan and Farhan Akhtar stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Grand Finale.

Vidya Balan and Farhan Akhtar stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Grand Finale.

Vidya Balan and Farhan Akhar came to the Zee Bangla Dadagiri Grand Finale program on 22nd February, 2014. They came to promote their film Shaadi Ke Side Effects which is going to be released this Friday. Sourav Ganguly asked Vidya Balan how was her experience of acting in the film Kahaani which was fully shot in Kolkata. Vidya Balan said she considered Kolkata her second home. She was fond of Bengali culture. Everyone, from the director Sujoy Ghosh to the crew and team, showed love and respect to her. Bengali characters had given her fame also, because she rose to fame with the success of the film Parineeta. Sourav Ganguly asked her about the story of the film Shaadi Ke Side Effects. She said those who marry they will understand that the relationship of the husband and the wife is sweet. But there are differences and the film had shown the differences which was depicted by Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan. Farhan Akhtar said he had to go through a huge training for the film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. He made a great body and remained on instructive diet for the period of shooting of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. Sourav Ganguly asked him what was the secret of his versatility? Farhan Akhtar had been a great hero in the films Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobaara. He had directed super hit films like Don. He had sung brilliant songs in the film Rock On. He said that he had passion over the areas he had ventured into and loved his work. Prasenjit Chatterjee and Rachana Banerjee also came in the show to promote their next program in Zee Bangla Channel which is titled Tumi Je Amar. The program is related to married couples. At the end of the Finale North 24 Parganas ended up being champions. They won a number of prizes. Sourav Ganguly was brilliant from the beginning till the end of the show.

Farhan Akhtar was best actor while Deepika Padukone best actress in Filmfare awards 2014

Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone won best actor awards in Filmfare Awards 2014.

Farhan Akhtar won the best actor male award in Filmfare awards 2014. He won the award for the brilliant performance in the film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. It was a difficult role and he played it in style. For playing real life characters actors are required to do a huge amount of homework. Farhan Akhtar did it and came out with flying colours. He won the award defeating the superstars Aamir Khan in Dhoom 3, Shahrukh Khan in Chennai Express and Hrithik Roshan in Krissh 3. Even Ranbir Kapoor was nominated in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Deepika Padukone won the best actor female award in Filmfare awards 2014. She got it for the film Ram Leela. She had a fabulous year. All her films did monumental business including Ram Leela, Chennai Express, Race 2 and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Nawazuddin Siddique won the best supporting actor award for his performance in the film Lunchbox. The best actress in a supporting role went to the actress Supriya Pathak for her performance in the film Ram Leela. The best music director award went to Jeet Ganguly, Mithun and Ankit Tiwari for the music of film Ashiqi 2. Arijit Singh won the best male singer award for the song “tum hi ho” from the film Ashiqi 2. Monali Thakur won the best female singer award for the song “sawaar loon” from the film Lootera. Both Arijit Singh and Monali Thakur deserved the awards. Best lyrics award went to Prasoon Joshi for his lyrics in the song “zinda” from the film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. The film won the maximum number of awards. Rakeysh Mehra won the best director award for the brilliant film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. The film also won the best film award. Veteran actress Tanuja won the lifetime achievement award. She had a huge contribution in Bollywood films of 1960s. Her films Baharen Phir Bhi Ayegi opposite Dharmender, Anubhav opposite Sanjeev Kumar, Hathi Mere Saathi opposite Rajesh Khanna and even Bengali films like Antony Firingi opposite Uttam Kumar still is fresh in the minds of the audience. The award show will be telecast in Sony Entertainment Television on 26th January at 8 pm.

Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone received best actor actress award in Screen Awards 2014.

Farhan Akhtar rightly received best actor jury Screen Awards 2014.

The Screen awards of 2014 had been announced. Farhan Akhtar had rightly received the best actor award in the jury category for his performance in the Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. He really portrayed the character of Milkha Singh very well in the film. Shahrukh Khan received the best actor award in the popular category for his performance in the film Chennai Express. Aamir Khan also gave splendid performance in the film Dhoom 3 and Hrithik Roshan was sublime in Krish 3. Both of them remained unrewarded. Also Ranbir Kapoor’s brilliant performance in the film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani deserved an award. Deepika Padukone won the best actress award both in the jury category and the popular category. She was brilliant in the films Chennai Express and Ramleela. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was adjudged the best film of the year. Arijit Singh won the best male singer award for the song “tum hi ho” in film Ashiqi 2. Shreya Ghoshal won the best female singer award for the song “sun raha hai na” from the film Ashiqi 2. Pritam received the best music director award for the romantic music in the film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Rishi Kapoor received the best villain award. Amitabh Bacchan was given lifetime achievement award for his contribution to hindi cinema. The Zee Cine Awards and the Filmfare awards are yet to be given. It is interesting to see who bags the best actor and best actress award over there.

Farhan Akhtar’s Bhaag Milkha Bhaag has started with a bang.

There was too much of hype relating to the films Lootere and Ghanchakkar which had been released recently. But the film which was not expected to do much did create magic. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag had done business of 30 crores in the first three days of release. Farhan Akhtar who played the role of Milkha Singh had done a fabulous job. The film had been directed by Rakesh Omprakash Mehra. It had been produced by also Rakesh Omprakash Mehra and Viacom 18. Shankar Ehsaan Loy composed the music of the film. The film had been based on the life of great athlete Milkha Singh. It had been shown that Farhan Akhtar was born in undivided Pakistan during colonial regime. At the time of partition his parents were killed in riots. He came to India with his sister played by Divya Dutta. His childhood was also very disturbed. He got involved with stealing because his friends were involved with illegal activities. He fell in love with Sonam Kapoor. That was also for a short phase of life. When Milkha Singh played by Farhan Akhtar was imprisoned Sonam Kapoor was married to another person. Farhan Akhtar was seen travelling in a train without ticket and he faced prison term. He joined the army and did well there. He participated in a running race where the top 10 runners got milk, two eggs and exemption from exercises. He ran well there and attracted the attention of a sergeant. He got chance in service commission. But there the top runners did beat him up to stop him from running in the qualification round of Indians for Olympics. He took the pain and ran in the race and broke the national record. He went to Melbourne to participate in the Olympics. Farhan Akhtar showed the innocence of a Punjabi who did ride in an international flight for the first time in life. He got involved in an affair with the granddaughter of the Australian coach. He could not win the qualifying round of the Olympics in Melbourne. On the way back he told the Indian coach that he was committed to break the world record on 400 meters running race. He broke the record and defeated lot of stalwarts and won the Asian Games gold medal. Dalip Tahil playing the role of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru invited him to lead the Indian to friendship games in Lahore in Pakistan in the early 60s. It was painful to go and see the same birthplace where his parents were killed in riots. He ran in the race held in Pakistan and became the champion defeating the Pakistani National Recordholder. Farhan Akhtar’s brilliant performance showed the great struggle of an orphan child Milkha Singh who remains India’s greatest athlete ever. Shankar Ehsaan Loy’s music was very impressive. Sukhwinder Singh, Daler Mehendi and many other sang songs. The song “mai ghulmil ghulmil jayun” became super hit. The supporting artists did a great job including Divya Dutta, Prakash Raj, Dev Gill, Sonam Kapoor, Rebecca Breeds and others. The viewers should watch the film.

Superstar Shahrukh Khan’s Don 2 got opening of 46 crores in the first weekend.

Superstar Shahrukh Khan’s Don 2 got opening of 46 crores in the first weekend.

Superstar Shahrukh Khan’s Don 2 got an opening of 46 crores in the first weekend. From the trend of success in India and overseas it is presumed that Don 2 is going to be bigger grosser than Ra One but smaller grosser than Bodyguard. The King had been back. Shahrukh Khan impressed the audience with his brilliant performance in the film Don 2. Don 2 had been the sequel of Don – the chase begins. Farhan Akhtar had directed the film. It had been produced by Farhan Akhtar, Shahrukh Khan and Ritesh Sidhwani. The music had been composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy.

In the film Shahrukh Khan was chased by European drug cartelists who wanted the Don dead. He was selling drugs at a lower cost in Thailand and other nations and destroying their business. So Shahrukh Khan surrendered before Om Puri and Priyanka Chopra in Malaysia. In Malaysia he was given death sentence and imprisoned in the same jail where Boman Irani was imprisoned.

Shahrukh Khan and Boman Irani escaped from prison and went to Switzerland. There they blackmailed Aly Khan by showing a videotape relating to killing of a competitor and got the code related to printing plates of money printing bank. Aly Khan hired assassins to kill Shahrukh Khan who instead compelled them to work for him.

After the plates were stolen Boman Irani betrayed him. Kunal Kapoor was hired by Shahrukh Khan and he informed Om Puri and Priyanka Chopra. But Shahrukh Khan again went back to the building in Germany to diffuse the bombs he had planted. In the struggle Priyanka Chopra was shot but she survived. Shahrukh Khan killed the rest and Boman Irani was put back to prison. At the end of the film it was shown that Lara Dutta and Kunal Kapoor met Shahrukh Khan and Kunal Kapoor handed over the actual printing plates.

In the film Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta did well, but Lara Dutta was not used to her potentiality. Kunal Kapoor, Boman Irani, Om Puri and Aly Khan did very well. The music was mediocre.

But Farhan Akhtar’s action sequences were excellent and Shahrukh Khan was at his best. With a bumper opening there is no doubt that Don 2 is going to do business more than 100 crores. It is yet to be seen whether it at all is going to break the record of Salman Khan’s Bodyguard.

Priyanka Chopra in Don 2.

Shahrukh Khan’s Don 2 got a bumper opening.

The King had been back. Shahrukh Khan impressed the audience with his brilliant performance in the film Don 2. On the first day it had done excellent business in New Delhi, UP, Kolkata, Rajasthan and other parts of the country. Don 2 had been the sequel of Don – the chase begins. Farhan Akhtar had directed the film. It had been produced by Farhan Akhtar, Shahrukh Khan and Ritesh Sidhwani. The music had been composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy.

In the film Shahrukh Khan was chased by European drug cartelists who wanted the Don dead. He was selling drugs at a lower cost in Thailand and other nations and destroying their business. So Shahrukh Khan surrendered before Om Puri and Priyanka Chopra in Malaysia. In Malaysia he was given death sentence and imprisoned in the same jail where Boman Irani was imprisoned.

Shahrukh Khan and Boman Irani escaped from prison and went to Switzerland. There they blackmailed Aly Khan by showing a videotape relating to killing of a competitor and got the code related to printing plates of money printing bank. Aly Khan hired assassins to kill Shahrukh Khan who instead compelled them to work for him.

After the plates were stolen Boman Irani betrayed him. Kunal Kapoor was hired by Shahrukh Khan and he informed Om Puri and Priyanka Chopra. But Shahrukh Khan again went back to the building in Germany to diffuse the bombs he had planted. In the struggle Priyanka Chopra was shot but she survived. Shahrukh Khan killed the rest and Boman Irani was put back to prison. At the end of the film it was shown that Lara Dutta and Kunal Kapoor met Shahrukh Khan and Kunal Kapoor handed over the actual printing plates.

In the film Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta did well, but Lara Dutta was not used to her potentiality. Kunal Kapoor, Boman Irani, Om Puri and Aly Khan did very well. The music was mediocre.

                                     Lara Dutta in Don2.
But Farhan Akhtar’s action sequences were excellent and Shahrukh Khan was at his best. With a bumper opening there is no doubt that Don 2 is going to do business more than 100 crores. It is yet to be seen whether it at all is going to break the record of Salman Khan’s Bodyguard.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara got a good opening.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara got a good opening.

The film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara got a very good opening. The film had been directed by Zoya Akhtar and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. The film had been made with a budget of Rs 55 crores. Within the first week of release of the film, the film had earned revenue worth Rs 32 crores.

In this film Abhay Deol proposed to Kalki Koechlin. The families met at an engagement party where Farhan Akhtar disclosed a plan of spending the holiday in Spain with Hrithik Roshan and Abhay Deol. Hrithik Roshan was a hard worker. Initially he was reluctant to accept the proposal. Later on he accepted the proposal. Farhan Akhtar went to find his biological father played by Naseeruddin Shah.

They met Katrina Kaif, who was diving trainer at Costa Brava in Spain. Hrithik Roshan fell in love with Katrina Kaif. She was hired to dive in deep sea, as Hrithik Roshan never knew how to swim. Farhan Akhtar fell in love with Ariadna Cabrol, who was Katrina Kaif’s friend.

Their friendship got deserved due to relationships with their girl friends but at the end they unite again. The music in the film had been composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy. The song “senorita” sung by Maria Fernandez had been a big hit. The performances of Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol and Katrina Kaif had been excellent in their performances.

The film had got the second best opening in 2011 after Ready. It is interesting to see whether the film can maintain the good opening. Both Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif desperately require hit film. May be Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara can provide that hit film.

Karthik calling Karthik will do mediocre business.

Karthik calling Karthik will do mediocre business.

Karthik calling Karthik is the new film directed by Vijay Lalwani and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. Whenever the name of Farhan Akhtar is associated with any film, the viewers are reminded about the success of his previous films like Lakshya or Rock On.

From the film Luck By Chance, Farhan Akhtar had also exhibited his ability to play role of middle-class Indians. Actress Deepika Padukone had been cast opposite Farhan Akhtar in the film Karthik Calling Karthik. Deepika Padukone had the success of the film Love Aaj Kal with Saif Ali Khan. After that film, this is her first film released in 2010.

The film revolves around the life of an introvert character Karthik played by Farhan Akhtar. He faces a lot of hurdles and obstacles in life due to the fact of hardly opening his mouth whenever required. He also becomes a loner as he keeps in phone also off not to interact with school friends and other friends. He meets another character called Karthik in the film, a person who changes his dimensions.

Deepika Padukone played the role of the friend of Farhan Akhtar in the film who had been considerate and compassionate towards Farhan Akhtar. She almost played the same type of character which was played by Konkona Sen Sharma in the film Luck By Chance or Wake Up Sid. Indian Institute of Management had been used to shoot some of the scenes.

The music of the film had been composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy who had created great music again. Already the songs “uff teri ada” and “hey da” sung by Shankar Mahadevan had become extremely popular. The other songs include “jane yeh kya hua” sung by KK, “Karthik calling Karthik” sung by Shankar Mahadevan and others, “kaisi hai yeh udaasi” sung by Kailash Kher and others. The music is definitely going to entertain the audience.

But these films cannot expect to do great business, as the viewers these days cannot identify themselves in slow films. Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone had played their roles in style. The character actors and actresses in the film including Ram Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Sanjay Dutt, Omi Vaidya, were brilliant. The film has every prospect of doing mediocre business as the story is good and performances of actors were very decent.

IIFA awards are action replay of filmfare awards.

IIFA awards are action replay of filmfare awards.

This year’s IIFA awards are announced in June, 2009. Most of the awards were action replay of the filmfare awards given this year.

Hrithik Roshan won the IIFA award for the best actor for his performance in the film Jodha Akbar. He deserved it and viewers are happy that IIFA had acknowledged it. He won the filmfare award for the best actor also for the performance in the same film earlier this year. Ashutosh Gowarikar won the IIFA award for the best director for the direction of the film Jodha Akbar. He received the filmfare award for the best director too earlier this year. Films like Jodha Akbar require lot of hardwork, sincerity and monumental task with cast and crew. It is good that his immense dedication was rewarded.

Priyanka Chopra won the IIFA award for the best actress for the performance in the film Fashion. Shreya Ghoshal won the IIFA award for the best female singer for the song “teri ore teri ore” from Singh is Kinng. Javed Ali won the IIFA award for the best male singer for his song “jashne-bahara” from the film Jodha Akbar.

Javed Akhtar also won the best lyricist award for the lyrics written for songs in the film Jodha Akbar. AR Rehman won the best composer award for his music composition in the film Jodha Akbar. Kangana Ranaut won the best supporting actress award for her performance in the film Fashion. Rajesh Khanna won the lifetime achievement award at the IIFA.

Shahrukh Khan won the male star of the decade award, while Aishwarya Rai won the female star of the decade award. Abhishek Bacchan won the best comedian award for his performance in the film Dostana, while Akshay Khanna won the best villain award for his performance in the film Race.

With few exceptions almost the same recipients of filmfare awards won the IIFA awards. Some of the good work again got unnoticed, for example, for example Pritam’s music in Sinng is Kinng, Vishal Shekhar’s music in Dostana, Amir Khan’s superlative performance in Ghajini.

But again best debutant awards for Farhan Akhtar in the male category ( for Luck by Chance) and Asin in the female category (for Ghajini), are encouraging signs. IIFA should start second best performance awards for all categories to encourage better performances of all the performers in bollywood industry.

Farhan Akhar has acting talent

Farhan Akhtar has acting talent.

Farhan Akhtar, the young director, has already shown his skills in direction in the last few years. Generally it has been seen some of the directors of bollywood industry had acting skills themselves. Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt were established actors themselves and passion towards direction persuaded them to make landmark films. Even directors like Subhash Ghai , Rakesh Roshan had featured in many films.

Farhan Akhtar amused the viewers with his innovative direction in films like Don. He took a grand risk. No other director would have a film on the same subject like Don and with the same title. In the late 70s, when Big B storm affected Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Don made the viewers crazy about bollywood films. Superstar Shahrukh Khan played the same role with a modernized style.

The story was also twisted and Priyanka Chopra and Boman Irani were given challenging roles in the new version of Don. The music of Don, composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy flabbergasted the viewers with hit sons like “maurya maurya”, “aaj ki raat”, “khaike paan banaraswala”, etc. Even the shooting in Malaysia and other dynamic locations impressed the viewers. The entire credit goes to Farhan Akhtar.

Farhan Akhtar showed his acting skills from Rock On and had a great job in the film Luck By Chance. Very significantly Farhan Akhtar showed the struggle of a newcomer in bollywood industry with his simple style of acting. He did not show any mannerisms. He showed the crude reality existing in bollywood industry. Had any professionally actor acted in the film Luck by Chance, the actor would have overacted and the performance would have brought in larger than life image.

The viewers should also have an improved mentally of appreciating the performance of realistic actors liked Farhan Akhtar. The film should be watched by the viewers and appreciated. Most of the actors and actresses of the present film industry are the products of brilliant direction of eminent directors. If they had not given proper guidance the efforts of the actors and actresses would have gone in vain.

Farhan Akhtar showed continue his acting even more in future films. Sohail Khan, the brother of Salman Khan was also initially interested in production of films rather than direction. Presently he had shown his skills in acting. He had complimented Salman Khan in films like Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya and God Tussi Great Ho.

Farhan Akhtar is an asset for the industry and the viewers expect better performance from him in the years to come.

The success of Luck by Chance lies in its simplicity.

The success of Luck by Chance lies in its simplicity.
The success of the film Luck by Chance lies in its simplicity. Farhan Akhtar had shown the reality that exists in the bollywood film industry. It is not a story relating to success which is dependent on talent and hard work.

Even more than that the film showed that newcomers had to wait for opportunities and then if their luck shined they got the scope of showing their talent in the film. Konkona Sen Sharma, who struggled in her young age for getting a lead role in the contemporary film, got selected after a screen test. But later the producer and director told her that she was not required. When she said that she had acting talent she was told that it was glamour that mattered more than acting capability which was there in the winners of beauty contests and fashion world.

Farhan Akhtar was a friend of her. First Konkona dropped her photo before Rishi Kapoor for reconsideration and later told Farhan about trying his luck in the industry. Hrithik Roshan, the actor in the film asked Rishi Kapoor to skip him and give the role to a newcomer. He wanted a break. Rishi Kapoor accepted his proposition.

It was a coincidence that Farhan Akhtar met Dimple Kapadia, a leading personality in the film industry in one of the premier shows. He told Dimple Kapadia that his parents were very fond of each other and he was indebted to her because the common liking of his parents had brought them together and they got married after that. Dimple Kapadia developed a soft corner for Farhan Akhtar and when Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Sanjay Kapoor and others sat together to select the newcomer for their film, Farhan Akhtar was selected by Dimple Kapadia.

While the shooting for the film was on, Dimple Kapadia’s daughter entered into an affair with Farhan Akhtar. Farhan forgot Konkona Sen Sharma and their story was published in the print media. He even forgot the contribution of Konkona in his life and blamed her for the published. Dimple’s daughter got scolded from her mother for the entire thing.

The success of the Luck by Chance lies in the simplicity with which Farhan Akhtar has unfolded the truth in the film industry. He is the same director who had created larger than life images in the film Don where Shahrukh Khan played the lead role.

He being a director had experience in respect of real life situations in the film industry. The film can be considered a refined commercial venture with brilliant music of Shankar Ehsaan Loy and honest disclosure of reality. The film should do well.

Will Luck by Chance attract the viewers at all?

Will Luck by Chance attract the viewers at all?

Zoya Akhtar, the sister of Farhan Akhtar had worked together with Farhan Akhtar in successful films in the past including Dil Chahta Hai and Lakshya. Dil Chahta Hai did fantastic business in India and abroad with Saif Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Akshay Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Preeti Zinta all doing extremely well in their respective roles. The music of the film was successful and the locations in Australia were marvelous.

This is the first time Zoya Akhtar had directed a film and in her first directed film she had cast her own brother Farhan Akhtar in the major role in the film Luck By Chance. The story revolves around the life of Farhan Akhtar.

He had been shown as a common man who had arrived in Bombay to become a successful actor. Many actors all across the country have dreams and it was not unusual on the part of Farhan Akhtar too in the film. He had over there and realized that life was that complex and problematic.

He started handling pressure situations well. He realized that every successful actor in Bombay and the film industry had experienced failures at some point of their careers and it was nothing unusual for them. The success and the failures of Farhan Akhtar filled the entire film.

He even acted in films produced by those producers who only believed in casting established actor and actresses who had created a name for themselves. Farhan Akhtar got a scope of acting such types of films. He even entered into an affair with the leading actress of such films.

Hrithik Roshan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor and Juhi Chawla played notable roles in the film and all of them gave realistic performances. Hrithik Roshan danced excellently as usual in the limited sequences created in the film. There were other good performances in the film given by Dimple Kapadia, Saurabh Shukla and Sanjay Kapoor.

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy composed the music for the film and had given decent songs in the film. The only worry lies in the fact that a number of big budget films are either released or are going to be released in 2009. Films like Dilli 6, Billu Barber, Kites are going to dominate bollywood films in 2009.

In that scenario, Luck By Chance can expect moderate response, definitely not an exceptional reaction from the viewers. Even if that happens Zoya Akhtar should consider herself to be lucky.