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- Bollywood actor John Abraham to play warrior in upcoming movie
- Hot Deepika Padukone Interview : I won't stop for anybody
- Lafangey Parindey movie review
| Bollywood actor John Abraham to play warrior in upcoming movie Posted: 21 Aug 2010 04:59 AM PDT  John Abraham, so far seen in urban, contemporary themes, is all set to play a warrior in a lavish 18th century costume drama, which would give him his first chance to go back in time.John and the makers of the film say its too early to even name the warrior the actor will play in the new project. John said: "I like new challenges thrown at me as an actor. I've never done a period film. It would be nice to get into that space." The venture is yet to get a title and will be directed by John's friend Sabal Shekhawat, who has directed the star in several high-profile ads. "The role needs him to be extremely agile...almost panther-like. He will have to train in a martial arts discipline from the 18th century and also specific to the community that the real-life character belonged to," a source said. Madhu Mantena, who will produce the film, has purchased the rights of a book on the warrior. "But I can't disclose the name of the book because we haven't fully closed the deal. I've bought the rights at a huge price (close to Rs.75 lakh). In costume, John bears a striking resemblance to the real-life warrior," Mantena said. John will start preparing for his warrior's part right after he finishes "Dostana 2". The actor, known for his great physique, attracted eyeballs for his stripping quotient in "Dostana". So will we get to see some of that in the sequel too? "It is so cold in London...How can I take my clothes off?" he replied. 
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| Hot Deepika Padukone Interview : I won't stop for anybody Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:48 PM PDT  She is young and raring to go. Deepika Padukone says she is hardly content with what she does and even though she has managed seven films in her three-year-old Bollywood career, she wants a lot more."I live life on my own terms. I have certain goals that I have set for myself, I want to achieve those goals and I expect a lot from myself. I'm extremely ambitious and I will not stop for anything or anybody. I am a go-getter and I am very rarely satisfied with what I do," Deepika told IANS. The 24-year-old, who was at the Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM studio in the capital to promote her film "Lafangey Parindey", says she may have achieved a lot of success in no time, but it motivates her to continue doing good work. "It is still the beginning for me. I have just done around seven films. So there is a lot more that I want to do, a lot more films, work with a lot of directors, give a lot of hit films and get hit songs to my credit which I can perform to later. I know I have come a long way from where I started, but still I have a lot to achieve," she said. Deepika, the daughter of legendary badminton ace Prakash Padukone, stepped into showbiz as a model and started her movie career with Kannada movie "Aishwarya" in 2006, after which she made a dream debut in Bollywood opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Farah Khan's "Om Shanti Om". She followed up the success of her first film with "Bachna Ae Haseeno", "Love Aaj Kal" and "Housefull". She is seen as a blind woman in her just released "Lafangey Parindey". "But what the film is going to do for me professionally, I will have to see after it releases and stays in theatres for a while. For now, the only thing I know is that it has been the most challenging film for me physically, mentally and emotionally," said Deepika who plays Pinky, a visually challenged girl with an ability to dance on skates. Up next after this Pradeep Sarkar film will be a tough phase for Deepika as two of her awaited projects - Danish Aslam's romantic comedy "Break Ke Baad" and Ashutosh Gowariker's period drama "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey" - will release at a space of one week. "My next film is 'Break Ke Baad' with Imran Khan. It will release in the last week of November, and exactly a week after that, it will be time for 'Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey' on Dec 3...tough time"," said Deepika. Her "Break Ke Baad" is a romantic comedy while in "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey", Deepika will portray the role of revolutionary activist Kalpana Dutta, who took part in the Chittagong uproar for Indian independence in the 1930s. The film is said to be based on the book "Do And Die" by Manini Chatterjee, the daughter-in-law of Kalpana Dutta, and Deepika will sport a sari-clad, non-glamorous look in the film. 
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| Lafangey Parindey movie review Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:41 PM PDT  Film: "Lafangey Parindey"; Starring: Deepika Padukone, Neil Nitin Mukesh; Director: Pradeep Sarkar; Rating: *** ½"So this is a love story!" says the wry cop at the end of the film while closing the case that exonerates our hero 'One-Shot Nandu' of accidently blinding Pinky Palkar in a car accident. Indeed "Lafangey Parindey" (LP) is a love story. And how grotesquely indecorous has been the marketing of this tender and shimmering look at an improbable love in the slums between a free-wheeling boxer and wannabe roller-skating spitfire gone blind. Deepika Padukone gives to the tale the kind of fluent grace and eloquent spin that the audience associates with the female legends of celluloid, namely Meena Kumari and Nutan. Deepika brings the poignant lyricism of the former and the spirited delicacy of the latter into what's unarguably one of the best-written female characters in recent times. When Pinky goes blind all of a sudden, she doesn't flutter her eyelashes and trip over furniture like any self-respecting blind diva in our cinema would. She quickly picks up the pieces of her shattered life, and yes, also the rollerskates and leaves home to a sniggering brother's taunt and a concerned mother's encouragement to renew her dreams. The above is one of the many finely-written and worded sequences in this film suffused with a delicate charm and infinite wisdom. Neil Nitin Mukesh has a tough thankless role. Not only is he that archetype known as the 'Supportive Lover' in the script he must also move back in every other sequence to let Deepika walk away with the best expressions and dialogues. Neil never over-steps his boundaries. As the shy fighter who needs the blinded sports-girl's clairvoyant spirit to take him on the road to love more than she needs him to cross that traffic-laden road which she can't see, Neil gets the lower notes in the scale of the love symphony right. While the two protagonists' journey into love via a dance contest ('Rab Ne Banadi Jodi' revisited) takes centrestage in Pradeep Sarkar's deftly-cut material, the peripheral characters also get enough space to have their say aggressively without getting hysterical. A film set in the ghetto is bound to remind the audience of Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" and Vishal Bhardwaj's "Kaminey". Sarkar dodges both and goes for the most unexpected reference points, namely Douglas Sirk's "The Magnificent Obssession" and its desi spinoff Gulzar's "Kinara". As in "Kinara", the hero is on a redemptive route taking the blinded girl through the corridors to her dream. It's a journey undertaken with great warmth, tenderness and loving care. The dialogues convey a streetside sauciness without getting abusive. Street wisdom need not be eeks-rated. But hang on. LP is not soft at the edges. Pradeep Sarkar brings to the storyboard a gritty edge-of-the-street desperation that miraculously accommodates a very supple love story. In a moment that can only be defined as tragic-comic, one of the hero's friends walks away with one of the most expressive lines in this film. After Pinky goes blind the friend says, "Ek minute mein Hema Malini se Thenga Malini ban gayi." The reference to Hema Malini is not lost in a film that takes Gulzar's "Kinara" to another shore. The scenes are written by Gopi Puthran with utmost concern for a pitch that conveys high passion without toppling over. Deepika looking into the sky with a lovelorn look in her unseeing eyes asking Neil to describe the moon is a moment that is priceless and poignant. Cinematographer C. Natarajan Subramanian shoots with loving care. LP is an inspirational tale told with as little fuss and as much feeling as cinematically possible. Not to be missed. 
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