Where are the Deols?

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Where are the Deols?
There was a time when the Deols ruled the Box Office. It Started with Dharmendra who was every girl's dream man - the macho man of Bollywood!


Then came Sunny Deol who was the only garam khoon wala actor of his time. He ruled the Box Office with films like Ghayal, Damini, Ziddi, Ghatak, Gadar and many more. Dialogues from Sunny's films are still remembered by everyone.

Then came Bobby Deol who did not make as big a splash as his father and brother.

So what? Today if Bachchan can do so many TV shows and so many films why not Dharampaji? Deol family just can't be seen, "Our family has been in the industry because people liked our work. We never went for propaganda to promote our films. In fact, today is a scenario where we are a misfit in the industry. But nobody changes and we are not going to change to that extent. We will be what we are," said Sunny.

Sunny who has given many hit action films feels that today's action films have no action left in it. "Action films were not just about action, they were emotional outlets. Hollywood has their films which are larger than life, and you just watch them for the feel good effect. Here directors don't understand that, they just shoot a chase scene with bikes and say it's an action film," he said.

"I always did films without thinking if I am ahead of time or not. I still feel that films which were made years back are better than the ones made today," he added.

Although Sunny feels that it's good that everyone today has become so health and fitness conscious, he admits "It's good that everyone is building 6-pack abs today but the only person I am in awe of is my dad. He is still so fit," ends the elder Deol brother.
Link http://www.starboxoffice.com/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2010/February/News_20100210_53

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Dharmendra-Sunny-Deol to shoot in Varanasi in April for Yamla Pagla Deewana

In Samir Karnik's Yamla Pagla Deewana, Dharmendra and Bobby Deol play a father-son con-men duo in Varanasi. Sunny plays an upright man married to a Canadian living in Canada who gets to know after two decades that he has a father and brother in Varanasi. The film is about Sunny's journey into his past and into a culture that he had left behind.

Karnik will shoot in Varanasi in April.

The interesting part of the film is the bum-chum relationship between father Dharmendra and son Bobby, when in real life Bobby is intimidated by his father. Laughs Karnik, "Not so any longer. Thanks to the preparation for my film, both Bobby and Sunny have loosened up with their Dad."

While Bobby is paired with television actress Kulraj Randhawa, the Canadian leading lady for Sunny is yet to be finalized. The film's shooting starts on Feb 15.

"And we release Yamala Pagla Deewana on December 24, Aamir Khan's slot. This year he won't have any release in the last week of December. So we've decided to release our film in that slot," announces Samir Karnik.

Incidentally, Karnik's lucky mascot, little Dwij Yadav who features in all of the director's works so far, won't be part of Yamla Pagla Deewana.

"Let him grow up off camera now. He's my insurance for the future, just like Rakesh Roshan has Hrithik," says the director emotionally.

The film's title is obviously inspired by the chartbuster 'Main Jat Yamala Pagla Deewana' from Dharmendra's 1975 blockbuster Pratiggya.

Karnik intends to record a remix version of the Mohd Rafi hit. The director introduces a new composing duo Nouman Javed and Rahul Seth, one of whom happens to be from Pakistan.

Says Karnik, "I heard Nouman's music on the internet and asked him to send me his songs on the MP3 format. Then I took another new composer Rahul Seth to Dubai and we recorded the songs in a Nouman's land (Dubai)."

While doing a re-mix of the old hit may be considered a stroke of clever marketing, bringing the father Deol and his two sons together hardly qualifies as a novel strategy.

Says Karnik, "I know Dharamji, Sunny and Bobby have been brought together earlier in Apne. But that was a very emotional drama. Yamala Pagla Deewana is an out- and- out comedy."

Link http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2010/02/10/13758/index.html

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