Tell Me O Khuda to combat Ra.One

StarBuzz Weekly, Toronto-Sept 29, 2011 - Tell Me O Khuda is senior Bollywood actress and danseuse, Hema Malini’s second directorial venture, with Dil Aashna Hai which had Shah Rukh Khan and Divya Bharti. The film is being touted as a relaunch for Hema Malini’s daughter, Esha Deol as an attempt to revive her floundering Bollywood caree. Arjan Bajwa will be seen as the male lead opposite Esha Deol. The film also stars some stalwarts of Hindi cinema like Dharamendra, Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna.
It will be for the first time that Esha Deol will be sharing screen space with her father Dharamendra. The role was initially offered to Amitabh Bachchan but things did not work out for some reason. “We had offered a role to Amitji for this film. But due to some reasons, it did not work out. I am glad that things did not work out with him and that is the reason Dharamji is in the film,” says Malini. Produced and directed by Hema Malini, Tell Me O Kkhuda, is a drama, that tracks the story of a girl’s passionate quest to know her origins.

Tell Me O Khuda also grabbed the headlines when Hema Malini decided to release her film on the same day as Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One. Considering the hype and hullabaloo around Ra.One, everyone was wondering whether Tell Me O Khuda would be able to combat the competition by Ra.One. An unperturbed Hema Malini said, "We had a meeting with the distributors and exhibitors. And we all decided to go for a Diwali release. I was advised against it since 'RA.One' is also releasing for Diwali. But it's not as if people would want to watch only one film during Diwali," said Hema. "If they like both they'll see them both. I personally think Diwali is a wonderful window for any auspicious film. Some of the biggest successes have happened during the festive season. So why not go for it?" Hema isn't afraid of the competition. "We've made an emotional father-daughter story. I don't think we need to fear competition from anyone."

Akshay and John back again for Desi Boyz

Akshay Kumar and John Abraham who tried their hand at comedy with Garam Masala are back again for another rib tickling flick, Desi Boyz. Ronit Dhawan, son of well known director of comedy films, David Dhawan makes his directorial debut in the film
StarBuzz Weekly, Toronto-Sep 29, 2011 - The Garam Masala duo, Aksahy Kumar and John Abraham are back again to tickle your funny bone with their upcoming film, Desi Boyz, which is directed by debutant director Rohit Dhawan.  The film also has Deepika Padukone and Chitrangada Singh in the female leads. The film also has Sanjay Dutt and Omi Vaidya aka Chatur in supporting roles. Pritam has composed the music for this film. The film is supposed to be in theatres on 25th November.

Desi Boyz is set in the back drop of the recession that hit the world a some years back. John Abraham plays the character of Nick while Akshay Kumar is Jerry, Nick’s best friend. Nick is a very successful investment banker in London, who has just got a bonus and has a gorgeous girlfriend, Deepika Padukone. Jerry is jobless, but manages to make ends meet thanks to his best friend, Nick, so for Nick the global meltdown makes no difference. Things take a turn for this happy-go-lucky duo, when Nick’s company decides to downsize and unceremoniously fires him. Jerry is informed by the Social Services that his nephew Veer, whose local guardian is Jerry will be placed in a foster home unless he gets a steady job. Now, the two men who are forced to do something extremely bizarre which gives them instant gratification but the repercussions tear them apart.

Says Rohit Dhawan, "The movie is very much different and does not have my dad's style of comedy and humour. The humour in my film is subtle while the kind of humour he has in his movies is loud. And it is difficult to do that."  The film has also been in news due to Akshay Kumar’s daredevil helicopter stunt in which he used to harness and stood at the open door of the chopper without any strapping, very calm and composed!

I will pose for playboy when they have men on the cover, confesses Akshay Kumar on UTV Stars’

The upcoming episode of Up, Close and Personal with PZ had the buddies Akki and PZ pouring their hearts out to each other. “My dad is my biggest fan”, said Akki candidly to Preity when she prompted him about his yesteryears

StarBuzz Weekly, Toronto-Sep 27, 2011 - I will pose for playboy when they have men on the cover, confesses Akshay Kumar on UTV Stars’

Up, Close and Personal with PZ!
Who doesn’t want to be on a magazine cover? Celebrities are a regular face on the covers of some of the most reputed magazine. And coming to magazines who hasn’t heard of Playboy! We all know what’s it famous for and apna Akki wishes to actually pose for them. But on one condition, he says “I will only pose for Playboy when they have men on the cover”.

The upcoming episode of Up, Close and Personal with PZ had the buddies Akki and PZ pouring their hearts out to each other. “My dad is my biggest fan”, said Akki candidly to Preity when she prompted him about his yesteryears and making a debut in the film industry. Speaking of films, Akki narrated a small incident from a film that he did with Preity. After the completion of a shot, Preity kept tagging along with Akshay everywhere and at one point Akshay lost his patience and turned around and yelled, “Mere piche piche kyun aa rahi hai meri maa, main bathroom jar aha hoon”!

Speaking on the working ethics in Bollywood, Akshay revealed to Preity a quirky incident wherein a certain director actually said that God writes the script! This only led to Akshay himself drafting a script of a scene and also the dialogues for his co-actor.

Catch the amusing, emotional and candid best of Akshay Kumar on Up, Close and Personal with PZ, 1st October 2011 at 7pm only on UTV Stars!

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