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Meet the fearless foursome of D-Day
01 day ago
by Fenil Seta
in Bollywood News
Producer Arun Rangachari and director Nikhil Advani’s D-Day is about a special unit’s mission to find and bring back India’s ‘most wanted man’. The filmmakers provide character sketches of the officers hand-picked for the task
BOMBAY TIMES (May 23, 2013)
WALI KHAN (IRRFAN): He plays a RAW agent who lives in Pakistan, is married to Nafisa, a Pakistani and has a son Kabeer. Wali has to forego his Indian identity. He is about to retire and relocate to London with his family, when he comes across India’s ‘most wanted man’ Goldman (Rishi Kapoor), the one he was planted to report on.
CAPTAIN RUDRA PRATAP SINGH (ARJUN RAMPAL): A commanding officer of the elite Marine Commando Force, he was dismissed from the Indian Army due to indecorous conduct. He’s then roped in by Ashwini Kumar (Nasser) to work as a freelance recruit for RAW. He infiltrates Pakistan and his death wish turns into a will to live when he meets Suraiya (Shruti Haasan), a prostitute from Karachi.
ZOYA REHMAN (HUMA QURESHI): She works as a senior immigration lawyer in Bradford, England, and struggles to fulfil her husband’s wish for a baby. Zoya, a RAW explosives expert, lands in Pakistan and checks into hotel Baituz Zahab, the wedding venue for Goldman’s son.
ASLAM ANSARI (AAKASH DAHIYA): He runs away from his remand home to Mumbai and gets involved in petty crimes. He is sent to Arthur Road jail, where he meets someone close to Goldman. Aslam finds employment as the chauffeur of the right-hand man of More >
Check out Shruti Haasan as a Karachi prostitue in D-Day
01 week ago
Priya Gupta (BOMBAY TIMES; May 15, 2013)
In Nikhil Advani’s D-Day, Arjun Rampal, a RAW agent, falls in love with Shruti Haasan, who plays a prostitute from Napier Road, Karachi. Their smouldering, silent love story becomes the catalyst in a plot that attempts to bring back the most wanted man to India from Pakistan.
Arjun Rampal ‘robs’ society of their gym; residents upset?
01 month ago
by Fenil Seta
in Rumour has it
Upala KBR (DNA; April 17, 2013)
Arjun Rampal, who is known for his love for fitness, remodelled an existing gym on the ground floor of his building into a modern one with state-of-the-art equipment. He did this a few months ago, at his own expense. The actor welcomed everyone staying in the building complex to use the facility. But now the honeymoon’s over. Following a tiff with the residents, Arjun has carted out his equipment and the gym is empty and no longer functional.
The problem began when Arjun asked people not to use the gym at the same time as him. This didn’t go down well with the residents because while he did pay for the gym, it is a public area and they didn’t take kindly to the actor dictating terms or timings.
Says a source, “Before Arjun made the state-of-the-art gym, there was a gym of sorts on the ground floor. It had some basic workout equipment like treadmills and weights. When Arjun moved into the building a few years ago, he found the facility too basic and he scaled it up, to suit his fitness standard. He was also able to avoid going out every day to a private gym. Also, it would afford him the advantage of working out at any hour, according to his convenience. He’d opened the gym to the other residents of the building and told everyone that he felt happy to see youngsters and children hitting the gym.”
Reveals a source, “But Arjun hadn’t thought this through. He didn’t expect the residents to work out at the same time as him. To be fair, he wanted More >
Check out Ajay-Big B-Kareena-Arjun shooting for Satyagraha in Bhopal
01 month ago
With temperatures soaring in Bhopal, the cast and crew of Satyagraha is feeling the heat
Asira Tarannum (MID-DAY; April 12, 2013)
Call it occupational hazard. The temperatures on the sets of Prakash Jha’s Satyagraha have soared so high that the cast and the crew apparently have been feeling the heat, literally. While many actors have taken to the social networking site to complain about the extreme weather condition, Ajay Devgn apparently fell ill and a doctor had to be summoned on the sets.
The second schedule is on at the Benazir grounds in the city and the daytime temperature stands at 40 degrees. Arjun Rampal was the first one among the cast to complain about the weather. Last Wednesday, Arjun wrote, “Going to head back to Bhopal again today for the last schedule of Satyagraha, another 25 days. Wish me luck as the weather will be a challenge.” Later Devgn tweeted, “ Back in Bhopal and the heat is killing!” Amrita Rao tweeted yesterday, “Day 5 SATYAGRAHA 2nd schedule.. and the microwave has jus turned into a bhatti ..”
A source from the sets says, “The stars are cooperating with the crew. We try to wrap up the shoot in time and head back to the hotel. A doctor had to be called in when Devgn complained of blood pressure problems. Touchwood it was not something major.” Devgn’s spokesperson however denied the buzz of the actor falling ill.
Hrithik Roshan celebrates son’s birthday in Phuket
01 month ago
by Fenil Seta
in Bollywood News
Upala KBR (DNA; March 30, 2013)
Hrithik Roshan, along with wife Sussanne and sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan flew to Bangkok to bring in Hrehaan’s 8th birthday, along with close buddies Arjun Rampal, his wife Mehr, their two daughters, Mihikaa and Myraa. Also accompanying them is Abhishek Kapoor and his girlfriend.
Says a source, “Hrithik and Sussanne had been planning a quiet getaway with their children to bring in Hrehaan’s birthday. They flew down to Thailand on Tuesday with Arjun and his family and Abhishek. They brought in Hrehaan’s birthday (March 28) at an island resort in Phuket where all of them will stay for a week.” The source adds that Hrithik and Arjun have become close in the past few months, “Last year in July, both Hrithik and Arjun, with their families had taken off for a holiday to Bali. This year, Arjun and Mehr also helped Sussanne plan a surprise birthday bash for Hrithik on a yacht. Abhishek too has been bonding with them. This year Hrithik and Arjun had launched the promo of his film Kai Po Che promo and had even tweeted glowing praises for the film.”
Huma Qureshi, Shruti Haasan have a thing for co-star Irrfan Khan?
01 month ago
by Fenil Seta
in Rumour has it
Sonali Joshi Pitale (MID-DAY; March 30, 2013)
We hear that Irrfan has two new fans.
On the sets of his next film D-Day with Nikhil Advani, both his co-stars Huma Qureshi and Shruti Haasan have developed a serious crush on him.
And to make their other co-star Arjun Rampal jealous, they made loud proclamations of their infatuation in front of him.
A source from the sets says, “The two used to play a lot of pranks with Arjun and even gushed in front of him how Irrfan is one of the most handsome actors in the industry. Arjun too would pretend to be very upset after hearing this. However, it is true that both the actresses are in awe of Irrfan’s performances and good looks.”
However Advani says, “Fed up with Arjun’s pranks on the sets, the two girls decided to give it back to him. Arjun tried his best to look angry. It was all in good humour.”
Arjun Rampal sets up makeshift gym in tent in rural Gujarat
02 months ago
by Fenil Seta
in Bollywood News
Jigar Shah (MID-DAY; March 20, 2013)
Unarguably Arjun Rampal has one of the hottest bods in tinsel town. And while the actor plays a RAW agent in Nikhil Advani’s D-Day, it is expected the actor would take his fitness level a notch higher.
The film has been shot in Gujarat. So particular was Arjun about his physical image that he summoned his fitness trainer Ivian Fernandis to Ahmedabad to have him fighting fit for his role. The two set up camp inside a tent along with the actor’s fitness equipments.
A source from the sets says, “When the film’s shoot moved to a village, a temporary gym was put up. We were shooting in Dasada and there were no good hotels in the vicinity. Everyone was put up in tents.”
Arjun was apparently up everyday for his 6 am workout and only proceeded to the shoot venue after his heavy exercise regime.
Check out the fun at Steven Spielberg’s grand party
02 months ago
Steven Spielberg treated to all things desi – food, friends, filmstars and paparazzi
Mumbai Mirror Bureau (March 14, 2013)
Anil and Tina Ambani served up a lavish party for Steven Spielberg last night. The first to arrive were Kamal Haasan and Venkatesh, closely followed by Amitabh Bachchan. Aishwarya arrived much later in a separate car. Meanwhile, the unending stream of luxury sedans and SUVs drove in Parmeshwar and Adi Godrej, Shabana Azmi with Javed Akhtar, Anupam Kher, Kiran Rao, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Farhan and Adhuna Akhtar, Hema Malini, Suneil and Mana Shetty, Kajol with Karan Johar, Anushka Sharma, Ritesh Sidhwani, Gauri Khan, Hrithik and Sussanne Roshan, Arjun Rampal and Mehr Jessia, Rajkumar Hirani among others.
Guests were treated to a sumptuous Dum Pukht spread of tandoori items and biryani. Matriarch of the Ambani family, Kokilaben played the hostess, and Spielberg was seen spending a lot of time in the company of Kokilaben and Sr. Bachchan.
A star guest revealed, while one expected Spielberg to be tired because of the hectic schedule since his arrival in India, he actually seemed to be enjoying himself. One overheard him telling Anupam Kher that he liked his performance in Silver Linings Playbook and Kher couldn’t stop beaming after that.
Bachchan, who had interacted with the filmmaker at the earlier event, went home with more than a compliment. He was gifted a coffee table book by Spielberg. Bachchan tweeted about it as soon as he got back from the party, More >
Arjun Rampal freaks while doing fire scene in Satyagraha
02 months ago
by Fenil Seta
in Bollywood News
Asira Tarannum (MID-DAY; March 8, 2013)
It was a scene from his next film that got literally too hot for Arjun Rampal to handle.
Apparently a sequence required a stuntman to immolate himself and Arjun and his co- star Ajay Devgn were to save him from the fire.
A source from the film’s Bhopal sets says, “Arjun and Ajay have been shooting for Prakash Jha’s Satyaghaha. Stuntman Bunty put himself on fire and the two actors had to save him. The scene got too real and Arjun got way too much into his character. He freaked out.” The actor wrote about the incident on his micro- blogging site last evening, “Stunt man Bunty puts himself on fire. Me and @ajaydevgn try to save his life. All a part of Satyagrah. Freaky moment.”
Soon the actor’s timeline was buzzing with messages from people asking him if all was well.
He later however clarified the incident stating, “Just want to clarify my last tweet, no one is hurt, all safe, was describing the scene we shot, Bunty, Ajay and I are all safe we were just acting.”