Posted on 03 February 2010 by admin
Bollywood perfectionist superstar Aamir Khan’s father Tahir Hussain expired in Mumbai on tuesday following a massive cardiac arrest. Tahir Hussain was a producer, director and writer of Bollywood movies.
Tahir had directed his son, Aamir, for the first time in his directorial debut Tum Mere Ho in 1990.
Although born in India, Tahir Hussain’s roots were connected to the ethnic Pashtuns of Afghanistan. He was a descendant of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
Currently Aamir and his wife Kiran Rao are in the US but are likely to return today.
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Posted on 26 January 2010 by admin
Music maestros A R Rahman and Ilayaraja have been selected for the “Padma Bhushan” award on the occasion of 60th Republic Day.
“I’m overwhelmed that I have received the honour at the same time that music composer Ilayaraja has received it. It is a great personal statement for me. He has played for my father Shekher, and I have played for Ilayaraja Sir. It is a family thing for me,” says Rahman, adding that this honour has increased expectations that people have for him.
Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan alsoalsoAadfdsf also chosen for Padma Bhushan this year. 44-year-old Khan, who made his directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed Taare Zameen Par in 2007, recently came out with 3 Idiots that has become the highest-earning movie in Bollywood.
Cricketer Virendra Sehwag and Badminton star Saina Nehwal have been chosen for the “Padma Sri” awards along with yesteryear Bollywood diva Rekha and actor Saif Ali Khan.
Eminent theatre personalities Ebrahim Alkazi and Zohra Segal were conferred the Padma Vibhushan, along with the Nobel Prize-winning scientist of Indian origin, Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, The Apollo Hospitals Group chairman, Mr Prathap C. Reddy, and the former RBI Governor Mr Y. Venugopal Reddy.
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Posted on 08 January 2010 by admin
Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots, starring Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi and Kareena Kapoor, is turning out to be a mega blockbuster.
Sources in the industry claim that the film has already grossed about Rs 240 crore in just 10 days and the final figures may touch the staggering Rs 300-crore mark.
Latest buzz is that two leading production houses in the south are trying to get remake rights for the Telugu and Tamil versions of the film. The grapevine has it that one of the houses is holding negotiations with the makers of the film and that it is ready to offer a whopping Rs 10 crore to remake the film in all south Indian languages. The same house had remade Munnabhai MBBS into Shankar Dada MBBS in Telugu and Vasool Raja MBBS in Tamil. Mano Akkineni from the house confirms, “Yes, we are negotiating with Vinod and Raju for the remake rights of 3 Idiots. But we haven’t thought about the star cast.”
Meanwhile, rumors are afloat that most top heroes here are interested in being a part of the remake, albeit on their own terms. Madhavan has made it clear that he is open to the idea of repeating his role in Tamil as well. The front-runner for Aamir Khan’s role in the film is Surya, though sources close to him say he will not do the role as he has no immediate dates to offer. There are also unconfirmed reports that Vijay likes the film and is thinking of doing a film that is different from his usual style. When contacted, Surya told NSC, “I loved 3 Idiots. But the movie will require a very good director if it is to be remade in Tamil.” It’s not just in Tamil that stars are interested in the project. In fact, producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra had called Ram Charan Tej for a sneak preview of 3 Idiots before release and he liked it so much that he arranged a special screening of the film for his dad Chiranjeevi and uncle Pawan Kalyan.
But not everybody is convinced it will work commercially. Comments a leading Telugu producer, “It is very tough to remake 3 Idiots in Telugu or Tamil. Films with a soft nature don’t generally turn out to be blockbusters in these languages. Films that are action-oriented turn out to be blockbusters here.”
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