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Sanjay Gupta plans birthday party for Ekta
"Right now I'm planning a big birthday party and a celebratory bash at the ballroom at the Hyatt Regency on June 7 - Ekta's birthday,".
"If you remember we had our music release for 'Shootout...' on my birthday. Now I've much reason to celebrate. And what better occasion than Ekta's birthday?"
However Ekta isn't too ecstatic with the party idea.
She said: "Normally I've my birthday bash a month after my birth date. This time I'd have liked the same. But Sanjay and my mama (maternal uncle) are really keen. So I'm going to have two birthday bashes this time."
Gupta says "Shootout..." is his biggest film to date.
"And perhaps my only universal so far. Finally, my kind of cinema has been accepted. It's too early to say how big a success 'Shootout...' has turned out to be. But it's beyond anything we had expected."
Both of them are set to announce many more "big" films together.
"And by big, I don't mean just the glossy spectacles. Earlier Ekta was shaky about the more serious stuff. But now she's all for experimental films that don't look foolproof from the outside," said Gupta.
The two are presently putting their heads together to work out the logistics of a number of movies.
"We're planning four major films bigger than 'Shootout...' and some medium-budget projects," added Gupta.
Ekta has also influenced Gupta into joining her in several religious endeavours that she has planned during the next one month.
"I've always been a religious person. But Ekta is getting me to be even more devout," confessed Gupta.
The TV tycoon says that the success of 'Shootout...' consolidates her company's position as a film producer.
"Though we had a hit in 'Kya Kool Hai Hum' earlier, 'Shootout...' is much bigger than anything Gupta or I have ever done in cinema," said Ekta.
Ekta is currently busy acquiring more films for distribution through Balaji Motion Pictures.
"We've just acquired Priyadarshan's 'Bhool Bhulaiya' and Ram Gopal Varma's 'Darling' to distribute all over India. I think our motion-picture branch has just taken off," she said.
Sanjay Gupta and Ekta Kapoor are unlikely creative compatriots in the entertainment industry but their production partnership in "Shootout At Lokhandwala" has paid rich dividends. And now Gupta plans to celebrate the success on Ekta's birthday Thursday.
"Right now I'm planning a big birthday party and a celebratory bash at the ballroom at the Hyatt Regency on June 7 - Ekta's birthday,".
"If you remember we had our music release for 'Shootout...' on my birthday. Now I've much reason to celebrate. And what better occasion than Ekta's birthday?"
However Ekta isn't too ecstatic with the party idea.
She said: "Normally I've my birthday bash a month after my birth date. This time I'd have liked the same. But Sanjay and my mama (maternal uncle) are really keen. So I'm going to have two birthday bashes this time."
Gupta says "Shootout..." is his biggest film to date.
"And perhaps my only universal so far. Finally, my kind of cinema has been accepted. It's too early to say how big a success 'Shootout...' has turned out to be. But it's beyond anything we had expected."
Both of them are set to announce many more "big" films together.
"And by big, I don't mean just the glossy spectacles. Earlier Ekta was shaky about the more serious stuff. But now she's all for experimental films that don't look foolproof from the outside," said Gupta.
The two are presently putting their heads together to work out the logistics of a number of movies.
"We're planning four major films bigger than 'Shootout...' and some medium-budget projects," added Gupta.
Ekta has also influenced Gupta into joining her in several religious endeavours that she has planned during the next one month.
"I've always been a religious person. But Ekta is getting me to be even more devout," confessed Gupta.
The TV tycoon says that the success of 'Shootout...' consolidates her company's position as a film producer.
"Though we had a hit in 'Kya Kool Hai Hum' earlier, 'Shootout...' is much bigger than anything Gupta or I have ever done in cinema," said Ekta.
Ekta is currently busy acquiring more films for distribution through Balaji Motion Pictures.
"We've just acquired Priyadarshan's 'Bhool Bhulaiya' and Ram Gopal Varma's 'Darling' to distribute all over India. I think our motion-picture branch has just taken off," she said.
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