New Delhi: In “Tanu Weds Manu Returns”, Kangana Ranaut will be seen dealing with the complexities of a marriage but the actress says she has no plans of getting hitched anytime soon in real life.
Kangana, 28, who was linked to a string of Bollywood actors, joked that the sequel of the Anand L Rai’s 2011 film has set her against marriage.
“Marriage is very tricky. My mood has changed completely after doing this film. There was one per cent chance before but now it’s no more there.
“There are a lot of conflicting expectations from today’s woman. Society has different approach towards marriages and the societies we live in today have very harsh idea of a real marriage,” Kangana told reporters here on the sidelines of the first motion poster launch of “Tanu Weds Manu Returns”.
The “Queen” star said she identifies with her titular character.
“I very much relate to my character Tanu because she is like today’s woman, who wears saree and puts vermilion on her head but at the night she goes out with her husband in mini skirt and smokes with friends,” she said.
In the sequel to the 2011 film of the same name, the actress will be seen in a double role of Tanu and Datto, who are opposite of each other.
Kangana said it was difficult to bring out conflicting personalities, ideologies and body language for her roles.
“It was draining to a point… I just put whatever I knew for these two women. They are very strong and different from each other and they are against each other in the film. Generally, double roles are very pally but here they are against. They are antagonist and protagonist in the movie at one point. They are two different extremes of mine,” she said.
I didn’t know how to be delicate and feminine and seductive in films or in real life,’ Nargis Fakhri tells Subhash K Jha.
Nargis Fakhri’s Hollywood debut film Spy is ready for release on June 5.
The actress has done some dare-devil stunts in this Paul Feig espionage thriller.
“I had to jump and run over moving cars in the rain,” Nargis says. “It was slippery and dangerous though the cars were not moving as fast as they would look on screen. Still, it was scary. But it was also a lot of fun. I had never done anything like this before.”
Nargis is all praise for her co-stars.
“Melissa McCarthy, who plays the main lead, was so much fun. And the director Paul Feig allowed me to see my portions of the film. So yeah, I am happy,” she says.
Bollywood has so far not been a spectacular experience for Nargis. “I can’t say I’m unhappy because I script my own happiness in life,” she says. “Whether I choose to be happy or unhappy is in my hands. If I am here in Mumbai pursuing a career, I am obviously doing so because I like being here.”
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Mumbai, Nargis admits, is home now.
“I was uncomfortable earlier with the culture,” she says. “I was born and brought up by my mother in New York. I was raised to be one of the boys, so I didn’t know how to be delicate and feminine and seductive in films or in real life. I am still learning to flutter my eyelashes.
“I still travel a lot. I remain a gypsy at heart. But when I think of going home, I don’t think of New York. I think of Mumbai. Every evening after work when I head home, I feel a sense of belonging within my four walls. Though I’ll always be a woman of the world, I think Mumbai is my permanent postal address.”
Nargis performed an item item song Mar jawan in Kick last year but she admits she has still not mastered the pelvic thrusts of a typical Bollywood dance. “I am trying to get a hang of it. But sometimes I feel I don’t get a chance to prepare enough. If I could get time for more rehearsals, I may just get it right,” she says.
Charming Shashi Kapoor, whose nuanced acts in memorable films like “Deewar”, “Satyam Shivam Sundaram”, “Trishul” and “Kabhi Kabhie” captivated Hindi film buffs, will be conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2014, it was announced on Monday.
The veteran actor-producer, 77, is the 46th winner of the honour, conferred by the government for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema.
“Yessssssss! Shashi Kapoor to get the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for contribution to Indian Cinema. Well deserved uncle. God Bless,” his nephew, actor Rishi Kapoor, tweeted soon after the news broke.
“Third Padma Bhushan and third Phalke award in the family. Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kapoor being the other recipients,” he added.
Born in 1938, Shashi is a well-known actor and producer from the famous Kapoor family, a film dynasty in Bollywood.
The younger brother of late Raj and Shammi Kapoor, who were both actors par excellence, he started his tryst with acting at the age of four, with plays directed and produced by his father Prithviraj Kapoor.
He started acting in films as a child in the late 1940s. His best known performances as child artist were in “Aag” (1948) and “Awaara” (1951), where he played the younger version of the character played by his elder brother Raj.
When he grew up, he made his debut as a leading man in the 1961 film “Dharmputra”, and went on to appear in more than 100 Hindi films.
A popular name in Bollywood during the 1960s, 1970s and until the mid-1980s, Shashi was one of India’s first actors to go international. He is known internationally for starring in many British and American films, notably Merchant Ivory Proudctions run by Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, such as “The Householder” (1963), “Shakespeare Wallah” (1965), “Bombay Talkie” (1970) and “Heat and Dust“(1982).
He also starred in other British and American films such as “Siddhartha” (1972) and “Muhafiz” (1994).
In 1978, Shashi set up his production house Film Valas, which produced critically acclaimed films such as “Junoon” (1978), “Kalyug” (1981), “36 Chowringhee Lane” (1981), “Vijeta” (1982) and “Utsav” (1984).
He also produced and directed a fantasy film titled “Ajooba”, which had Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi in the lead role.
In 2011, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, and he is also a proud recipient of three National Film Awards.
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award entitles him to a Swarn Kamal (Golden Lotus), a cash prize of Rs.10 lakh and a shawl.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley conveyed his congratulations on the occasion,
SHUBHIKA DAVDA AND MADSAM TINZIN SHOWCASED INTERESTING FASHION DIRECTIONS AT JABONG STAGE DURING LAKMÉ FASHION WEEK SUMMER/RESORT 2015
22 March 2015, Mumbai: Designer Shubhika Davda showcased a quirky yet classy collection titled ‘Twitterpated’ under her label ‘Papa Don’t Preach’ at Jabong Stage during Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015.
Much like its inspiration the range comprised feminine, flirty, silhouettes like dresses, playsuits, rompers, skirts, shorts, waist coats and bodysuits in rich fabrics like pure crépe, organza, silk tissue, chiffon, mesh and satin.
The colour palette stuck to bold eye popping tones of mint, coral red, blush, gold, pastel green, pink and peach.
The designer also added accessories to her collection in the form of suitcase purses, stockings, socks, clutches, sling bags and stilettos.
Embellishments comprised laser cut acrylics, mirrors, metal casted cages, beads, threads, crystals and faux leather, which were used to couture each piece. A trademark of each design was a bold heart in the centre made of mirrors and crystals.
The meticulously crafted designs were further balanced out with feminine elements like frills, cut outs and see through details.
The show stopper was the very gorgeous Sophie Choudry who stunned all in a cool mint toned ensemble comprising a fitted cropped top and a short skirt sporting decadent bead and jewel work.
Tantalizing and trendy ‘Twitterpated’ by Shubhika Davda will steal your heart and have you falling in love all over again!
THE MADSAM TINZIN LABEL WAS AN ALLURING ETHEREAL COLLECTION AT JABONG STAGE DURING LAKMÉ FASHION WEEK SUMMER/RESORT 2015
Designers Madhuritu Dutta, Saumya Sharma, Tina Bhardwaj, Stanzin Dazes under their label ‘Madsam Tinzin’ inspired by “Aangan” showcased an alluring and ethereal collection at Jabong Stage during Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015.
Dramatically romantic yet functional, the indo western range comprised easy-to-wear silhouettes, which made their way across the runway as tunics, dresses, jackets, tops, lehengas and skirts.
Fabrics like organza, tulle, silk; crépe and chiffon were used to accentuate flowing forms and graced the ramp in pleasant shades of blush, blue, sand, peach, white, tan and nude.
Floral embroideries, geometric tile prints, well placed pleats and light texturing added an edgy touch to each piece while jewel and bead detailing worked to add a glamorous flavour.
The designers also worked with a unique concept of asymmetry in design, as opposed to experimenting with cuts for a softer, natural and more feminine touch.
A particularly charming piece was a pair of dramatic palazzo pants in a deep rust brown tone flaunting pleats at the side, which was both versatile and vivacious.
Regal, romantic and downright royal the “Madsam Tinzin” collection aimed at modern Indian fashionistas by designers, Madhuritu Dutta, Saumya Sharma, Tina Bhardwaj and Stanzin Dazes is what any fairy tale princess needs!
(Special reporting by Real News of India Team)
There is no way we can avoid the big story of today, about the picture that is suppose to “break the Internet.” Let’s have a little discussion about Kim Kardashian’s butt shall we.
Paper magazine released their cover photos of Kim Kardashian and one of them has got the Internet all hot and bothered. It seems that they know how to kick off the holiday season right as they release these bootylious photos of Kim, taken by legendary French photographer Jean-Paul Gaoude. The man definitely knows how to get people talking.
For this photo he had Kim wear nothing about OIL, long silk gloves, a pearl necklace, and a crazy up-do bun, as she’s slipping out of her black sequenced evening gown. Ta-da, MAGIC.
Along with this risqué cover reads, “Break The Internet Kim Kardashian”,– very wishful thinking. What social media read was “who can make the funniest meme about Kim Kardashian’s arse.” So here you go. Some of the funniest meme’s of KK’s booty.
STUDENT OF THE YEAR stars Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt are rumoured to be seeing each other. The two however have not accepted their relationship nor denied it.
They have been spotted together at various events, on and off stage. They were recently spotted playing Holi together and it was also rumoured that Sidharth gifted his lady love Alia an expensive camera on her birthday.
Now the alleged couple have been spotted at the back seat of the same car during night time around the Bandra area.
There was also a rumour that before choosing to spend quality time with Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt was dating her second STUDENT OF THE YEAR co-star Varun Dhawan, and that Sidharth- Alia bonded because of their mentor Karan Johar.
We wonder what excuse the two would give this time!
The hero of Harshvardhan Kulkarni’s quirky tale of a sex addict is so unabashedly cheesy he could be a new recruit at your neighbourhood cyber cafe, assigned exclusively to pilot porn sites.
In the opening sequence our, errr, hero Mandar explains to his friends why and how intercourse is a biological need for him, like going to the bathroom.
Once you accept the leading man’s attitude to sex as a mere bodily function, much of the film’s insanely uninhibited display of libidinous appetites begins to make sense.
Mandar is an ogler, voyeur, pervert, wife-stealer and girl-friend cheater. There is nothing he wouldn’t do to hit the sack with anyone woman who cares to. The narrative moves through Mandar’s sexploits with the energetic momentum of a bull in a CHINA SHOP. Though what a bull would be doing in a china shop or an ordinary guy like Mandar in the bedrooms of so many willing women, is anyone’s guess.
But Mandar is a scorer. In fact, the girl that he eventually falls in love with and marries, brings up the subject of how many women Mandar has bedded. “Ab tak chhappan?” Radhika Apte’s spicy chuckle fills the air with a feverish fornicator’s flair.
This is the kind of film where raunchy rhetoric rents the humid air, rendering every girl in sight into a COMMODITY to be evaluated and stared down and even touched. This is ‘dirty picture’ with the dirt carpeting every move that the protagonist makes.
Thankfully, the film’s naughtiest nuggets are set in the 1990s when such voyeuristic intrusive behavior was not called stalking. Hindi films of that era endorsed unwanted male attention as flirtatious romancing.
Mandar is more into sex than romance. And he makes no bones about it. ‘Hunterrr’ fills its soundtrack and visuals with sounds and images that are suggestive in a very casual and unostentatious way. The sharp editing takes us back-and-forth, or given the raunchy format, in-and-out of Mandar’s past and present.
Some of the episodes like the one where the young Mandar (Vedant Muchandi) is pulled up by a leery cop for watching a porn film in a seedy theatre or the one where the grown Mandar checks out chicks with his fiancee Trupti in a crowded bazaar, tend to trip over their own cleverness.
The sharp inward drawing of the breath that should have come automatically to viewers while watching Mandar drop his pants in front of sundry compliant women, just doesn’t happen. What saves the day is the warmth and honesty with which the debutant director takes Mandar on a bumpy ride through puberty and adulthood.
This is the story of a guy who thinks with his penis. The talented Gulshan Devaiah plays Mandar with a delightful absence of inhibition and artifice. Ironically, some of the film’s best moments are those where Mandar shares buddy moments with his two child pals, played effectively by Vaibhav Tavwadi and Sagar Deshmukh.
Tavwadi has portions where he abandons his Casanova lifestyle to marry an abused girl, provide a semblance of bearing and emotional resonance to a plot that seems to go everywhere, and not get anywhere.
I’m not very sure of what ‘Hunterrr’ says about guys like Mandar who can’t keep their excitement in their pants. But yes, to its credit, the film nowhere enjoys Mandar’s lascivious behaviour. At the most, the director stands back in cautious embarrassment watching the protagonist get dangerously cheesy with women. That Mandar comes out of the amorous adventurous humanied and untarnished is entirely due to the treatment meted out to the plot by the writer and director.
Harshavardhan Kulkarni treats his horny hero’s coming-of-age film with remarkable restrain. A couple of unnecessary lovemaking scenes (check out the one in the kitchen with the couple slithering on the washbasin while the married woman’s son plays outside) apart, this is a film about a guy who can’t earn the ladies’ respect because all he has to offer is a particular part of his body.
‘Hunterrr’ is a disarmingly frank sex comedy that knocks off all moral policing and strips the holier-than-thou brigade to the bare essentials. You may not like Mandar’s leery behavior. But hell, some men do look at women as sex objects. And anyone who objects to sex is advised to look away.
He hosted a special off-site show in the charmingly quaint set-up of a home decor store, the Great Eastern Home in Byculla. Leaving no stone unturned in presenting his very best, Malhotra transformed the runway into a flower bedecked spectacle with rings of roses hanging above the ramp like fashion halos for models to walk under.
The ‘Blue Runway’ collection was presented in association with the WEvolve Campaign (with the World Bank) in an effort to draw attention to gender-based violence. And with his design, spirit and the message put through, the designer set a new benchmark. Speaking to MAIL TODAY, the designer shared, “The Manish Malhotra woman is one who’s smart, wears Indian wear with a lot of style and is in tune with international standards. To add variety, the dupatta and scarf is replaced by the jacket without taking away the femininity.” “Indigo blue, ivory, yellow are the main colours for my collection; yellow is a huge colour this year,” he added.
MASABA PICKS A NEW PLATFORM
FOR the first time in the history of Indian fashion, young gun Masaba Gupta (who recently got engaged) showcased her collection not on a ramp but on social media website Instagram on Day 1 of the Lakme India Fashion Week. Showcased on her Instagram handles @houseofmasaba and @masabagupta, the colourful range titled ‘Sugar Plum’ showcased a host of rainbow-hued tiny crop-tops, printed piped shirt, off-shoulder loose tents, large skirts and sleeveless shirt collar column dresses with popsicle prints, and scarves tied on the models’ heads.
Showstopper for Masaba, actress Nargis Fakhri ‘posed’ in a bright yellow and pink flounce dress with a pink turban on her head. Commenting on the democratic move, Masaba on Thursday said, “I can’t invite 80,000 people to my show but I wanted everyone to be a part of it.” The show was, thus, shot on one of the fitting days in the run up to one of India’s biggest fashion events. Meanwhile, label ‘Sailex’ added to the girly fun with young silhouettes in flirty skirts, dresses, shorts, jumpsuits, maxis, jackets and tops with pretty floral prints in fabrics such as cotton, linen, organza, chiffon and satin. To woo technology-friendly youngsters, a special makeup app, Lakme Makeup Pro App, for Android users was also launched by actress Shraddha Kapoor during Delhi-designer DRVV’s show.
Mumbai: The Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015, beginning here on Wednesday, will mark the completion of 15 years of the bi-annual event. To celebrate the milestone, a heady mix of upcoming and veteran talent is ready to create a benchmark of diversity and creativity in fashion at the five-day gala.
“Our commitment to the business of fashion has made us the platform of choice for established Indian designers from all over the world. We will present five stunning offsite shows this season, including India’s first Instagram show with a stellar line-up of top Indian designers,” Saket Dhankar, Head-Fashion at IMG Reliance told IANS.
As many as 83 designers and 15 sponsors will participate in Summer/Resort 2015 edition of LFW. The names include those like Raghavendra Rathore, Tarun Tahiliani and Wendell Rodricks, Kiran Uttam Gosh, Krishna Mehta, Manish Malhotra, Suneet Verma, and Shivan & Narresh.
Apart from such big names, 16 models are set to debut at the fashion event along with 39 new and upcoming designers, who will showcase their creations in the Emerging category at the JABONG Stage, one of the show areas at the event.
What is unique about this season are the four offsite shows of some of the prominent names in the fashion world. While Anamika Khanna will present her Sculpt line at the grand finale show at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Sabyasachi Mukherjeee will open the season with an offsite show as well at Richardson & Cruddas.
Talking about the grand finale designer, Purnima Lamba, head of Innovation at Lakme said: “On this special occasion of Lakme Fashion Week’s 15th anniversary, Lakme is proud to showcase ‘Sculpt’ – our fashion forecast for 2015. Anamika’s craftsmanship lends itself seamlessly to bringing alive this cutting-edge trend forecast at the grand finale.”
Another offsite show will see designs by Bollywood’s beloved designer Manish Malhotra. His show, titled The Blue Fashion Runway Show, will be sponsored by WEvolve. It will launch the organisation’s global campaign to empowers young men and women to challenge norms that lead to gender-based violence. The best runway faces, popular celebrities and leading personalities from will unite on this global cause while celebrating the promise of a better future.
“We at LFW believe that fashion has a larger role to play in society and for our country. Over the years, Lakme Fashion Week has always taken the lead in standing up for social causes, from The Mai Mumbai Show in 2009 to the Blue Runway Fashion show the coming season. Being a global fashion platform, we take immense pride in lending a voice to such social causes,” added Dhankar.
The business aspect will also be buzzing.
While buyers will range from those in India, Middle-East and Europe, Dhankar says this time, they have expanded the “database by reaching out to an even larger set of buyers from IMG’s global network, including Berlin Fashion Week and Sydney Fashion Week and are approaching new e-commerce retailers”.
“These are some initiatives we have taken to meet our long-term objective of democratizing Indian fashion,” Dhankar said.
An increase in interest from boutique owners in tier-II cities like Nagpur, Surat, Goa and Ahmedabad, has also been witnessed.
LFW will also mark the debut of a fast growing European fashion house Tom Tailor in the Indian commercial market. It is coming in partnership with JABONG this season at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015. They will present an urban-chic collection.
Another international brand, Miss Bennett will present its summer-resort collection at the fashion gala.
Adding more spark to the gala will be the glamorous Gauri Khan, wife of superstar Shah Rukh Khan, showcasing a special Satya Paul summer-resort collection.
Continuing the trend of supporting of Indian textile, known designer Raghavendra Rathore will showcase his regal collection to close Indian Textile Day, a unique property pays tribute to the rich heritage of Indian hand-woven luxury every season.
Designers like Anavila Misra, Deepika Govind, Ghosh, Soumitra Mondal, and Shruti Sancheti among others will present India’s indigenous textiles in varied silhouettes.
Anushka Sharma’s maiden production venture NH10 that also features the actress in the lead role released on Friday last week. While the film that has been gathering steam much before its release opened on a less than expected note, it has managed to fare well over the weekend.
In this Box Office analysis we take a look at the collections of NH10 while comparing it to previously released films this year. However, despite the immense hype surrounding NH10, the film managed to rake in just Rs. 13.30 cr over the weekend. Though the film recorded collections higher than releases like Alone that collected Rs. 11.5 crores, Dolly Ki Doli that collected Rs. 10.75 crores, I that managed Rs. 6.75 crores and Khamoshiyan that collected Rs. 6.67 crores, it fails to surpass releases like Baby (Rs. 36.07 crores), Roy (Rs. 28.68 crores), Badlapur (Rs. 23.5 crores), and Tevar (Rs. 22.05 crores).
However, since the film is still running in theatres and has been gaining appreciation from the audience, what’s left to be seen is whether the collections of NH10 manage to surpass other big releases in the days to come.
Movie Name Release Opening Weekend
Baby 23-Jan-15 36.07
Roy 13-Feb-15 28.68
Badlapur 20-Feb-15 23.5
Tevar 9-Jan-15 22.05
NH10 13-Mar-15 13.30
Shamitabh 6-Feb-15 13.25
Alone 16-Jan-15 11.5
Dolly Ki Doli 23-Jan-15 10.75
I (Hindi) 16-Jan-15 6.75
Khamoshiyan 30-Jan-15 6.67
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