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Has Dhawal Kulkarni found a Bengali muse?
02 years ago
The cricketer and the Bong-shell make a cosy twosome and are often spotted spending quality time together
Kunal M Shah (MUMBAI MIRROR; August 30, 2010)
As always, Bollywood and cricket linkups continue to make news. The latest buzz is that Mumbai Indians medium pacer Dhawal Kulkarni is getting cosy with Bengali actress Anusmriti Sarkar.
The two have been meeting each other for quite long now and were recently spotted partying at a nightclub in the city on Wednesday evening.
Our source said, “Dhawal was with Mumbai Indians teammate Ajinkya Rahane and a couple of other friends on Wednesday night at a popular night club. Anusmriti Sarkar was also with him. Dhawal and Anusmriti looked comfortable in each other’s company. Both have known each other for years now and everyone is talking about their newfound proximity to one another.”
While Bengali siren Anusmriti Sarkar chose the hackneyed “we are just friends and there’s nothing between us” line as her defence, Dhawal Kulkarni said, “Yes we went to the night club but I was not alone. Can’t I have some friends? We are just friends and it’s my personal life. My career has just started and my entire focus is on cricket.”
We too hope that the focus stays on cricket.
Movie Review: STRIKER by TARAN ADARSH
03 years ago
by Fenil Seta
in External Reviews
By Taran Adarsh, February 5, 2010 – 11:57 IST
Some stories seem very interesting on paper. You get hooked, perhaps captivated. But there are times when these stories lose sheen when translated on celluloid.
As a storyteller, you need to have the convincing power to keep the viewer hooked. Also, you ought to know when and how to conclude the story. Like they say, never stretch a story beyond a point…
STRIKER, directed by Chandan Arora, falters because the story doesn’t arrest your attention in entirety and also, it seems like a never-ending ride, even though the running time is approx. 2 hours. Frankly, the story overstays its welcome.
BY BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA.COMCinema is all about narrating stories and Chandan Arora makes a sincere attempt to narrate one in STRIKER, but the multiple tracks and layers in the film act as a spoilsport. The screenplay is patchy and the focus shifts from one episode to another constantly. It’s not sacrilegious to have multiple tracks in a film, but you need to conclude each track before the actual story reaches its culmination. Clearly, the screenplay writing lets STRIKER down.
Also, the subject material is very Mumbai-centric and therefore, will appeal to a miniscule audience. Final word? The striker doesn’t strike!
Set in a Mumbai ghetto in the mid 80s, Surya [Siddharth] grows up with few luxuries. Poor health keeps him away from school often and that is when his elder brother, Chandrakant [Anoop Soni], introduces him to carrom.
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The Harvard experience really rejuvenated me-Preity Zinta
03 years ago
by Fenil Seta
in Bollywood News
Preity Zinta comes clean on her new equation with Ness Wadia and her experiences at Harvard
By Subhash K Jha (MUMBAI MIRROR; January 28, 2010)
It’s been a year since she broke up with boyfriend Ness Wadia. Since then, Preity Zinta may have been missing from Bollywood, but she’s charted new territory with a course at Harvard Business School.
Speaking at length about that experience Preity says, “I took the plunge in December and went back to school, to Harvard School. Believe you me, it was the most enriching experience of my life. I wanted to learn about business management so that I could be a better entrepreneur.”
// // // The actress attended classes at Harvard for three weeks, every day from 9am to 11pm. “When I joined films, I never went to an acting school. Then last year, I did a two-day workshop with Anupam Kher. It enriched me so much. I wondered why I never went to acting school. Now that I am an entrepreneur, I didn’t want to look back and ask the same question one day… I had to go to the best business school in the world. When I filled out the admission form for Harvard, my hands were shaking. I had tried earlier and couldn’t get in,” adds Preity.
When she got selected, she was ecstatic. “I got in on sheer merit and not because I was a star in Bollywood. When I went there, I was so nervous. I wasn’t even computer savvy. I was scared I wouldn’t understand a lot of what was said in the classes. But I didn’t get scared to put up my hand in class More >
Movie Review: ACCIDENT ON HILL ROAD by TARAN ADARSH
03 years ago
by Fenil Seta
in External Reviews
By Taran Adarsh, January 1, 2010 – 12:30 IST
What do you do when you, accidentally, bang into someone on the road? Flee from the spot? Call for help? Dial the cops? Rush the victim to the hospital?
Pick up a newspaper and chances are you might glance upon a hit-and-run case only too often. ACCIDENT ON HILL ROAD, a remake of STUCK [Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea], raises a few questions in its own way. Perhaps, the intentions were right, but what eventually unfolds on screen isn’t.
The problem with ACCIDENT ON HILL ROAD is that it loses focus after a point and that takes away the seriousness from the issue.
BY BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA.COMSonam [Celina Jaitly] is a nurse who accidentally steers her car into the harmless Prakash [Farooque Shaikh], sending him flying through the windshield. Not wanting to jeopardize her future, Sonam, along with her drug-peddling boyfriend Sid [Abhimanyu Singh], chooses not to get him medical help, leaving him clinging to life in her garage.
But soon her psyche begins to unravel as the captor and captive are pitted against each other in a battle for survival.
ACCIDENT ON HILL ROAD had the potential to be a thought-provoking film that pricks your conscience, but what comes across is a half-baked attempt that runs out of steam soon after the intermission. In fact, the film begins quite well and a few moments as well as the twists and turns in the first half do keep you on the edge.
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Deepika to work with Imran-the best pal of his ex (so?)
03 years ago
by Fenil Seta
in Bollywood News
Deepika Padukone to star opposite Imran Khan, who happens to be her ex-boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor’s closest friend
By Kunal M Shah (MUMBAI MIRROR; November 12, 2009)Deepika Padukone, who recently split with Ranbir Kapoor, will star opposite his closest friend Imran Khan in a film produced by Kunal Kohli. The film is the directorial debut of Danish Aslam, Kunal’s assistant.
A source says, “Post her breakup with Ranbir, Deepika is taking on more and more assignments to keep herself busy. She now wants to focus on her career and make all the right moves.
She has signed films with Ashutosh Gowariker and Yash Raj Films. Danish’s film, which is jointly produced by Kunal Kohli and Big Pictures, is another big film in her kitty. Deepika is very excited about it.
She chose to sign the film despite Imran being Ranbir’s close friend as she has moved on. She doesn’t want to mix her personal life with her professional life.”
Confirming the news, Kunal Kohli says, “It’s true. We have finalised Imran and Deepika for the film. We are hoping to start the film early next year. It’s a love story and we are yet to find a title for the film. Danish will be making his debut as a director with this film.”
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