Raees Postponed Again
Rahul Dholakia is busy with the pre-production of his film Raees backed by Excel Entertainment. The film was to start rolling in April but now it seems the bulk of the shooting will begin only in September. A source close to the director reveals, "Earlier, a schedule with SRK was planned in April but now it has been postponed to September. A small schedule of 10 days will be held in Mumbai shortly but the main schedule will take place in Gujarat from September."
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Dhulia To Direct Daku Sultana?
Last week, Box Office India told you that Boney Kapoor had bought the rights to the novel, The Confession Of Sultana Daku, from Siddharth Jain of iRock Films, and the film would feature Arjun Kapoor in the lead. If all goes well, the film will start rolling by the end of this year.
We also hear that Boney Kapoor has approached Tigmanshu Dhulia to direct the film as he is familiar with Uttar Pradesh and has made films set in that culture. A source close to the film reveals, "Boney Kapoor recently approached Tigmanshu Dhulia for Daku Sultana, which Tigmanshu wants to direct although he is yet to take a call. An official meeting will soon be held between the two parties."
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Mohit Suri Turns Producer
As we are all aware, Mohit Suri will be directing Chetan Bhagat's Half Girlfriend but with that project, the director will also turn producer. Half Girlfriend will be co-produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures. But there's more. The director plans to produce more films under his banner. A source close to the director reveals, "After the release of Humari Adhuri Kahani, Mohit will start looking at more scripts since many new directors have approached him with their scripts and he has loved some of them. He debuts as a producer withHalf Girlfriend, which will start rolling after Hamari Adhuri Kahani. But along with that, he also plans to expand his production house which might see a few films going on floors by the end of 2016."
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102 Not Out Postponed?
Umesh Shukla is busy wrapping up his next film All Is Well, which was to be completed last year but date issues delayed the film, and it will now release on July 3. In fact, during that time, his next film titled 102 Not Out was to start rolling but a source close to the director reveals, "102 Not Out featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Paresh Rawal was to start rolling from June this year but because of All Is Well, the Senior Bachchan film has been postponed to the middle of next year. Since T-Series is producing both films, it was easy to rework the dates."
102 Not Out is based on a Gujarati play of the same name. It will now go on floors from the middle of next year.
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A New Co-Producer
There was much confusion regarding the release of Akshay Kumar-Amy Jackson starrer Singh Is Bling. First, the film was to release in July; then the makers changed the film's release date to October 2 since it was considered a more beneficial date. After locking the date, the film was to go on floors from the end of January and when it failed to, rumours about it getting shelved began doing the rounds.
A few days later, Kumar tweeted about how the film was definitely on and would soon go on the floors. But now, to settle matters once and for all, we have a final word from the producers of the film.
Jayantilal Gada of Pen India says, "We had never announced that the film was shelved. The film will release on October 2 and will go on the floors from the third week of April. We are also co-partnering with another production house to back the film. So rest assured, the film is very much on track."
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Ramsingh Charlie Is Kakkar's Next
National Award-winning director of Filmistaan, Nitin Kakkar, is set to begin his next feature film titledRamsingh Charlie starring, Kumud Mishra and Divya Dutta. This poignant feature written by Kakkar and Sharib Hashmi will go on floors from March 10 in Kolkata.
The film also marks Kakkar's debut as a producer and will be the maiden project from a production house called The Goodfellas Co, set up collectively by Kakkar, Umesh Pawar and Hashmi.
Here's hoping that the team that created the magic of Filmistaan manages the same with Ramsingh Charlie.
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No Buyers
These days, filmmakers are cashing in on hit films and announcing sequels to their prequels to leverage free publicity. Keeping this trend in mind, '80s famous director N Chandra has decided to bank on one of his cult classics,Tezaab, featuring Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit in the lead. The original film released in 1988 and Chandra has now directed a sequel featuring newcomers. The music of this film is almost as good as the older film. But all is not well. A source close to the director reveals, "The film is ready but the makers have no buyers. Turns out, no one wants to put their faith in a new cast. As a result, the film has been in the cans for quite a few months."
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rrfan Is A Madari!
Nishikant Kamat's directorial featuring Irrfan Khan and Jimmy Sheirgill, which was titled Janpath, has been renamed Madari. Producer Sailesh Singh confirms, "Yes,Janpath is now Madari as it suits the script and storyline. It will be one of the best works by Nishikant and very different from what he's done before."
The makers recently completed the shooting and are looking for a clear slate to release the film. "Our film is very high on content, so I am sure the audience will come to watch the film, even if after one week as it's the kind of film that grows by word-of-mouth. We have locked July 31, when we clash with Bangistan."
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Nawaz Choosy Again
After the marvellous success of Badlapur and watching Nawazuddin Siddiqui in so many films, everyone is aware of the powerhouse performer that he is. The actor is offered several scripts from all over the world but he is in no hurry and wants to choose only quality scripts.
A source close to the actor reveals, "There was a time when he had almost 20-30 scripts with him, and roles which also offered good money. But at this point in his career, he doesn't want to risk doing a film that would mar his prospects. So he is concentrating only on good scripts by good directors who could be new but must be talented. He's shooting for Bajrangi Bhaijaan and then he has Raees. Apart from these two films, he's also doing Kushan Nandy'sBabumoshay Bandookbaaz. He has decided not to sign any other scripts will he finishes the films already in hand."
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Guess Who?
Ever since this film was made down South, there have been many filmmakers from Bollywood who wanted to remake it. Still, it was never remade. In fact, some A-list actors were also very keen to do this film but nothing happened.
After a few years, a big filmmaker has finally decided to make this film in Hindi and has also zeroed in on an actor to play the lead. Everyone thought the film would finally be made in Hindi and our audience would get to enjoy this great piece of cinema.
Now we have a BIG filmmaker and a BIG actor to boot. But there's another problem - Although it has been announced that the film will be made soon, the filmmaker is finding it difficult to get a perfect director for the project. Well, we have faith in this filmmaker and we're sure he will definitely make this film happen.
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