Anushka Sharma is the brand new face in Bollywood with a dream debut backed by Yash Raj Films. Varsha Pillai met the Rab De Bana Di Jodiactress and asked her about working with Shah Rukh Khan in her very first film.
Varsha:Obviously you have no qualms working with a shorter hero? Especially if he is Shah Rukh Khan
Anushka: That is wrong because Shah Rukh is not shorter than me. If I stand without heels, we are of the same height.
Varsha: Was it a surreal experience when you were chosen to co-act with Shah Rukh in a Yash Raj film?
Anushka: More than getting all excited, I felt more responsible. Because of the fact that I was working with such big people and they are so good at what they do. So I knew that if any has to goof up, it had to be me.
Varsha: Which of the characters of Shah Rukh in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi would you have adored in real life?
Anushka: Suri any day. Because he is so nice. He is so adorable. Anyone who watches the film falls in love with Suri. He is so nice. He is so pure.
Varsha:Are you going to be the Yash Raj poster girl?
Anushka: I don't know. I can't decide that. However, my next film will be a Yash Raj film.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Is Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi responsible for the expected success of Ghajini?
Ghajini is all set to embark on a historic start in less than a week from now (the film begins its paid previews from Wednesday evening itself!) and in some way, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi deserves some part of the credit for that. Reason? Bollywood, which in year 2008 was at an all time low till about 10 days back, suddenly seems a lot more spirited and excited, courtesy the superb response that Adi-SRK combine has generated in the week gone by.
The sentiments have perked up overnight and the industry, which was reeling under recession and back to back failures of many a biggies (Yuvvraaj, Drona, Love Story 2050), has started singing a different tune altogether. Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar (who will be striking in less than a month from now, with Chandni Chowk To China) are being hailed as the saviors of the industry even as the third Big Khan has quietly moved out of the reckoning with the huge failure of Yuvvraaj.
Coming to Ghajini and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi connection, the super success of the latter has proven one point that people have actually visited theaters in hordes in spite of mood of the entire nation being gloomy and depressing for last so many days. Now if only the film would have been bad or it would have failed to excite any audience to step into theaters at all in the first place, the negativity, in all probability, would have rubbed into Ghajini as well.
Though Aamir Khan would still have managed to pull in substantial audience, the kind of buzz that the film is carrying today is unparalleled for which one can't help but thank Shah Rukh Khan and his Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi enough. Also, after spending mega bucks in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, if audiences would have disliked the film, they would have been hesitant to venture into theaters again within just a fortnight.
Looking at such scenarios, one can be assured that Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has paved the way for Ghajini to go ahead and make huge bucks for itself too. The message for the Aamir Khan starrer is - 'See, we made good money in spite of release timing which was not so positive while reviews too were mixed. Now you have all going in your favor so why don't you go for the kill!'
Aamir, Salman and now Ranbir, Asin is on fire
er debut film 'Ghajini' is one of the most hyped films of the year. She has been promoted very well (even at the expense of the other heroine Jiah Khan) by none other than Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan.
Asin did a fab job in the original 'Ghajini' and was praised greatly for the same. Working in the Hindi version alongside Aamir is a dream come true for her.
She says, "Yes, it's completely a dream come true. The two movies are pretty much similar because the basic story remains the same.
My character remains completely untouched, Kalpana is Kalpana in both the Tamil and Hindi version except that the movie is now in Hindi and the character is set in Mumbai. Changes have been made and there is a tweak in the climax.
The action sequences have been treated in a different way in comparison to the Tamil and it should be better for the wider audience."
Even before her debut flick 'Ghajini' hits the screens she has a big movie like 'London Dreams' with Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan.
Talks are also going for the biggest projects with Disney and Warner Bros. Now GV Films from the South has come up with their Bollywood flm with Asin.
The yet untitled film would be simultaneously made in Tamil and Hindi.
Asin did a fab job in the original 'Ghajini' and was praised greatly for the same. Working in the Hindi version alongside Aamir is a dream come true for her.
She says, "Yes, it's completely a dream come true. The two movies are pretty much similar because the basic story remains the same.
My character remains completely untouched, Kalpana is Kalpana in both the Tamil and Hindi version except that the movie is now in Hindi and the character is set in Mumbai. Changes have been made and there is a tweak in the climax.
The action sequences have been treated in a different way in comparison to the Tamil and it should be better for the wider audience."
Even before her debut flick 'Ghajini' hits the screens she has a big movie like 'London Dreams' with Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan.
Talks are also going for the biggest projects with Disney and Warner Bros. Now GV Films from the South has come up with their Bollywood flm with Asin.
The yet untitled film would be simultaneously made in Tamil and Hindi.
Mugdha Godse turns nomad...
Well, don't get frizzled if you're a fan of Mugdha Godse and she hasn't decided to leave Bollywood. It's just about the fact that Mugdha is homeless at present. Winning laurels for her 'Fashion', she's there fashioning up her entire house with workers fixed on it. Fine! her plans was to locate for herself in a 5 star hotel for couple of weeks. But the actress's friends were aghast that she would even contemplate staying in a hotel!!!
They argued with her that even if her family was in Pune, she was to treat their homes as her home.
Currently Mugdha is going through her friends list, and staying at each of her friends' house for a day, for the next 15 days….
So, what happens to her luggage? It's constantly with her in her car
They argued with her that even if her family was in Pune, she was to treat their homes as her home.
Currently Mugdha is going through her friends list, and staying at each of her friends' house for a day, for the next 15 days….
So, what happens to her luggage? It's constantly with her in her car
Deepika Padukone gets Singhasan from Aishwarya
Filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, who wrote the political drama Singhasan with Aishwarya Rai in mind, nows wants to make it with Deepika Padukone, who is a distant relative.
"I saw her in Om Shanti Om and Bachna Ae Haseeno and found her to possess that old world grace that comes naturally to Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai. I don't think any other girl today has that quality. I was once planning to cast Aishwarya as a politician in Singhasan. I'd love to cast Deepika in that role," Lajmi told IANS.
"Maybe she can get R.K. Films to produce it," she joked.
But the director isn't sure Deepika would reciprocate her enthusiasm.
"Why should she? I'm a down-and-out filmmaker. I haven't put a project together in the last three years because of various reasons, the main being finances. A filmmaker like me suffers a double disadvantage by being a woman," said Lajmi, who has made films like Chingaari and Daman.
Explaining her relationship with Deepika, she said: "We're both descendents of the great Guru Dutt. Deepika and I are Saraswat Brahmins. Her family and mine can be traced back to Kashmir. We're basically evicted Kashmiri pundits who migrated to Bangalore.
"If you remember my uncle Guru Dutt (her artist mother Lalita Lajmi's brother) was settled in Bangalore and so is Deepika's father Prakash Padukone. Deepika is definitely related to me, though she doesn't know it. But I hope she knows about me," Lajmi said.
Lajmi has been seeing a series of illnesses in her family, first her parents and then her guru and companion, composer Bhupen Hazarika.
"I saw her in Om Shanti Om and Bachna Ae Haseeno and found her to possess that old world grace that comes naturally to Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai. I don't think any other girl today has that quality. I was once planning to cast Aishwarya as a politician in Singhasan. I'd love to cast Deepika in that role," Lajmi told IANS.
"Maybe she can get R.K. Films to produce it," she joked.
But the director isn't sure Deepika would reciprocate her enthusiasm.
"Why should she? I'm a down-and-out filmmaker. I haven't put a project together in the last three years because of various reasons, the main being finances. A filmmaker like me suffers a double disadvantage by being a woman," said Lajmi, who has made films like Chingaari and Daman.
Explaining her relationship with Deepika, she said: "We're both descendents of the great Guru Dutt. Deepika and I are Saraswat Brahmins. Her family and mine can be traced back to Kashmir. We're basically evicted Kashmiri pundits who migrated to Bangalore.
"If you remember my uncle Guru Dutt (her artist mother Lalita Lajmi's brother) was settled in Bangalore and so is Deepika's father Prakash Padukone. Deepika is definitely related to me, though she doesn't know it. But I hope she knows about me," Lajmi said.
Lajmi has been seeing a series of illnesses in her family, first her parents and then her guru and companion, composer Bhupen Hazarika.
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