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Movie Review: RASCALS by FENIL SETA
01 year ago
Once upon a time, a 50+ but dashing actor decides to jump into film production, just like his other counterparts. He wants to launch his banner with a grand film but due to some reason, he doesn’t come across a right script. Hence, he calls his old friend, a hit comedy director. “I acted in your first directorial venture…now it’s time for you to direct my first production venture”, said the actor-turned-producer to the happy-go-lucky director who couldn’t refuse the offer. The director and team fails to come up with a fitting script but the producer still gives the go ahead. But who’ll act in a film which has such a shoddy screenplay? But the actor-producer manages it! He calls his actor-friend and uses the same modus operandi. “I acted in your production 2 Diwalis back…now your turn!”, he told him and got him on board. An actress who’s struggling to break off her ‘psycho’ image jumps at the opportunity of acting in a comedy film, now studded with ‘established names’. A foreigner model who’s offered an item number-special appearance combo too joins the bandwagon. The story-script is laden with extreme stupidity and buffoonery but no one says a word. All carry on their work, hoping that the film miraculously will succeed. But alas! Rascals fails terribly! Easily one of the worst films to come out of 2011! A-V-O-I-D!
The story of the movie: On a single day, Anthony (Arjun Rampal), a gangster, gets conned by 2 conman – Chetan (Sanjay Dutt) and Bhagat (Ajay Devgn). The conmen More >
Ratan Tata returns to entertainment industry?
02 years ago
by Fenil Seta
in Rumour has it
With a film titled Nano and a soon-to-be announced Broadway musical
Prithwish Ganguly (BOMBAY TIMES; May 4, 2011)
Ratan Tata wants to try his luck at the entertainment industry once again. The business tycoon whose first brush with Bollyland was with a box office dud titled Aetbaar (2004) starring Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham and Bipasha Basu, now wants to make a comeback with a multi-pronged business plan. And it’s not just films. He is also funding Broadway style musicals by casting desi talents. His team has already met a few filmmakers and is also in talks with talents who can make edgy, emotional musicals.
Says an insider, “The Tatas are once again open to projects. They’ve met a couple of filmmakers, and these meetings have created quite a buzz in the industry, which is always looking at producers with deep pockets. One of the projects that they are considering is titled Nano.” There is a lot of anticipation in the film industry with a big player like the Tatas returning to the entertainment space.
For the grand musical, Ratan Tata is in touch with a couple of musicians of Indian origin to make a sensitive, close-to-home Bollywood-style musical for the masses. Tatas will become the first Indian company to have ever funded a lavish and big budget musical, which will be staged globally. The scripting is currently on. Ratan is looking to rope in an exciting young talent for this. Wait for a formal announcement, which will come More >