The Glamour Queen: Journey Through The Years

The Glamour Queen: Journey Through The Years

Bestowed with the sobriquet of the ‘Glam Diva of India’, Priyanka Chopra, the gorgeous actress who has held numerous people captive with her numerous avatars – both on and off screen, adds another year of love and experience to her life. As the beauty queen completes three decades in the world, turning 30 is sure an extravagant affair for her. Here’s wishing the consummate beauty a very Happy 30th Birthday!

Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan: Will the real men please stand up?

Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan: Will the real men please stand up?

 Tags:Aamir Khan, Agent Vinod, Ajay Devgan, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Brad Pitt, Chennai Express, Cocktail, diana penty, don 2, george clooney, katrina kaif shahrukh khan films, RA.One, Rohit Shetty, Rowdy Rathore, saif ali khan, Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, special feature on bollywood 40-plus stars, Yash Chopra

 

 We say this ‘coz we are tired of watching Bollywood 40-plus superstars chase pretty young things in miniskirts, sing ludicrous love songs and sock goofy goons in their faces. When are they gonna stop behaving like callow boys and become grown up men?
We wonder if Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn and even perfectionist Aamir Khan are stuck in a time warp. If you look at the superstars’ recent movies, they are still playing roles that are close to the ones they did when they started out 20-something years ago! And it makes us wanna scream out loud: Why can’t Bollywood superstars strike a balancing act between playing 20-year-old loverboy and 40-year-old gentleman, just like George Clooney and Brad Pitt have done? While Hollywood hotties proudly show-off their age lines and graying hair, Bollywood biggest names hide time – or try to – by using the wonders of cosmetology and Photoshop!

In an interview to Bollywood Life during the promotions of Agent Vinod, we had a glimmer of hope when Saif Ali Khan said: “I can’t play a regular loverboy at 40. I want to play slightly older, mature characters now. Loverboys are for the younger lot to play. If I try to play a 20-year-old, I will look old. I want to look younger playing the right age.”

Ironically after making such a tall claim, we discovered that the Nawabi actor’s next film happens to be Cocktail - a love square involving two girls (Deepika Padukone and Diana Penty) and two guys (Saif and Randeep Hooda). Since he’s a father of two in real life, shouldn’t Saif be playing a father, or a character closer to that age group, and not a loverboy-playboy type these days?

Various other stars are guilty of such ridiculous acts. After two big disasters – RA.One and Don 2 – SRK has gone back to the genre that made him the superstar he is today. The King of romance’s forthcoming films, Yash Chopra’s untitled film opposite Katrina Kaif and Rohit Shetty Chennai Express, are full of the emotion called love.

Never mind that Rowdy Rathore set the cash registers ringing at the box office, but it was quite odd to watch the 40-plus, soon-to-be daddy for the second time Akshay Kumar act cheesy, goofy and run after a girl half his age (Sonakshi Sinha). Don’t you think so too?

As for Salman Khan, we thought finally he’d changed his heart and would do some hardcore action in Kabir Khan’s action thriller Ek Tha Tiger. After watching the film’s theatrical we realised the Brat Khan isn’t yet ready to give up those funny gags or perky punch lines or even wooing a beautiful woman onscreen with a little song and dance.

Ajay Devgn and Aamir Khan are less guilty of getting stuck in the rut, but if you think of Singham repetitive stunts and Rancho act in 3 Idiots, you can’t help but tell all these fast-ageing superstars that it’s time to wake up before the coffee gets overdone and bitter! And let the real 20-plus newbie actors play 20-year olds onscreen.

The 10 WORST remakes in Bollywood

The 10 WORST remakes in Bollywood

Like it or not, remakes have existed for a long time.
Earlier filmmakers would quietly adapt films like Shree 420, Jab Jab Phool Khile or Khel Khel Mein into Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, Raja Hindustani and Khiladi, to name a few.

Others blatantly ripped-off their overseas source. Like Ghost (Pyaar Ka Saaya), I Am Sam (Main Aisa Hi Hoon) whereas Heyy Babby borrowed liberally from Three Men and a Baby even as Zinda and Naina looked at South East Asian features like Old Boy and The Eye for scene-to-scene inspiration.

Again, our fetish for South Indian cinema is well-known. Mani Ratnam's Tamil classic Nayagan was the flash behind Feroz Khan's limp Dayavan whilst Priyadarshan has remade several Malayalam films in Hindi.

But with the world becoming a smaller place and copyright laws getting stringent by the day, buying rights to helm an official remake is the brand new trend.

Purists hate it, of course. In an industry dictated by box office numbers, however, this is of little consequence. And so no matter how much one condemns Bol Bachchan, Rohit Shetty's kitschy retelling of Hrishikesh Mukerjee acclaimed comedy Gol Maal, there will be more remakes.

Here's a look at 10 of the worst official remakes to precede the Ajay Devgn-Abhishek Bachchan starrer.

Aamir Khan gave the rights of his 'Delhi Belly' track 'Bhaag DK Bose' for free for Rohit Shetty film 'Bol Bachchan'

 Aamir Khan gave the rights of his 'Delhi Belly' track 'Bhaag DK Bose' for free for Rohit Shetty film 'Bol Bachchan'

Mumbai: Aamir Khan gave the rights of his Delhi Belly track Bhaag DK Bose for free for Rohit Shetty film Bol Bachchan. Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan recent release begins with a 'Thank You Aamir Khan' credit.
In case if you are wondering what is Mr Perfectionist's contribution to a Rohit Shetty film no less, here is the answer... The makers were keen to include the song as they felt it was perfect for a musical sequence filmed on Abhishek.
Says a source, "They were told that Aamir holds the rights for the song. When the star was approached, he gave his consent immediately. But when the talk veered towards monetary compensation, he refused to be compensated for it." 

 
Adds the source, "The copyright of the songs are usually held by music companies from which permission is taken before they are used. Otherwise there is a copyright infringement issue. For every song utilized, a royalty has to be given to them. But in Aamir case as the rights are with him, the royalty goes to him."
Rohit and Ajay were happy that Aamir willingly gave the right to use the song and refused to accept any royalty for it. The film's spokesperson confirmed that Aamir did not charge anything and the makers are thankful to him.

The queen of controversies, Veena Malik

 The queen of controversies, Veena Malik            

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 
The queen of controversies, Veena Malik aka Zahida Malik now claims that she has split personality.
The Pakistani model-turned-actor almost always makes headlines for the wrong reasons. She is back again with her split personality remark as her debut Bollywood film 'Daal Mein Kuch Kaala Hai' is ready to be released this Friday. What is interesting is that she plays a double role in the film.
No wonder Veena is now leveraging her screen name and her passport name to talk about her split personality in the media.She has been quoted by news agency IANS as saying: "I have a split personality. Veena Malik was born when I was 10 years old. Zahida Malik's personality is very elusive, quiet.
"Veena is a very different person. I have pulled Zahida out of wrong relationship. Veena is a brave person. She hardly cries. She is a very strong person. I am so thankful to my studies like psychology that helped me understand myself. I am two people at one," she told the the agency.