Katrina Kaif: Not promoting Bang Bang on Bigg Boss isn’t my decision!
After creating dhoom in 2013, Ms Kaif is all set to return to the big screen with a bang. And though her latest offering is an official remake of Hollywood film Knight and Day, the B-town beauty says her film is completely different…
Katrina Kaif
Her last three films – Ek Tha Tiger, Jab Tak Hain Jaan and Dhoom:3 – did phenomenally well at the box office and now Katrina Kaif is ready to sizzle on 70mm once again. Her big budget film Bang Bang co-starring Hrithik Roshan will hit the theatres tomorrow and though the film faced many hurdles during the shooting, the action thriller looks promising. We recently caught up with Kat to talk about her much-awaited film and as we got talking she spoke about others things as well. Read on to know what all Ranbir Kapoor’s ladylove told us…
How similar is Bang Bang to Knight and Day?
I know it’s an official remake of Knight and Day which is good because I think the makers were inspired by the film even though it was only the germ or the seed of the film which they have taken. They have still done it in a proper way which I believe how it should be done
Film: 3 AM Cast: Rannvijay Singha, Anindita Nayar, Salil Acharya Director: Vishal S Mahadkar Rating: 3/5
Rannvijay Singha & Anindita Nayar
It's a film that does the horror genre proud. It's original and inspite of being a horror film, there is not even one creaky door in the length and breadth of the film.
Yes, portions of the film are clumsy and embarrassing, specially the way the youngsters at the prologue are shown to talk. Why must all the 19 year olds talk with "dudes" and "bros" thrown in like noodles in a chicken dish?
Serves no purpose.
Fortunately, 3 AM doesn't rely on too many external props to wean us in its favour. It stays true to the horror genre without buckling under the pressure of perpetuating terror. The frights flow naturally.
I was specially fascinated by one sequence in the beginning where Rannvijay, playing a television software maker, wakes up in the middle of the night to see his girlfriend (Anindita) sobbing next to him. A few minutes later he gets a call saying she's dead. Watch: 3 AM trailer
Scary? Yes, quite a bit. In the film, the director keeps the goings-on largely edgy and creepy, though the one-setting milieu does get tedious at times there is always something happening on screen to keep us from falling out.
The film creates an aura of foreboding without resorting to the cliches of the horror genre. The plot about a chap's bereavement and his ferocious encounter with the after-life is mainly restricted to a run-down (read: haunted) mill. That's where the narrative lives and breathes to its last. The camera circles the desolation eerily. Trouble starts when the director conspires to take the plot out of its naturally chilling habitat.
There is a specially intrusive Goan episode pumped into plot at a time when the ghouls get going in a big way.
The problem with the horror genre in Hindi is that it doesn't know where to get off. This one doesn't overstay its welcome. The twist in the tale where Rannvijay turns out to be what he doesn't want us to know, is not novel. The treatment to a large extent, is. The camera movements (Vijay Misra) in the fright-inducing scenes are fluid but controlled. Raju Singh's background score is tempered by a sense of self-directed surprise, as though the music was as taken by surprise by the goings-on as the audience is expected to be.
The special effects are toned-down and done effectively. Most of the time 3 AM cruises along exploring the bond between this life and the afterlife without getting tangled in spiritual polemics. Miraculously the horror film avoids the excesses of the genre. It's done in tempered-down tones and the storytelling tapers down to a well thought-out finale.
Rannvijay sells spook with conviction. He expresses the helplessness of bereavement like a man who has seen mortality from close quarters.
I have to mention a shot where Salil, now royally possessed runs across the frame on all fours like a wild boar. The body language is terrifying.
The film is a sharp slick scare-fest. It delivers the fear quotient without resorting to cheap gimmicks or excessive gore.
Twilightauthor Stephenie Meyer and Lions Gate have announced plans to select five aspiring female directors to make short films based on the vampire romance saga. The films will release on Facebook next year.
The short film series, called The Storytellers -- New Creative Voices of The Twilight Saga has the backing of Women in Film, an organisation devoted in part to ending a shortage of female directors, reported the New York Times.
Twilight saga
Actor Kristen Stewart, Meyer, Kate Winslet, Octavia Spencer, Julie Bowen, Catherine Hardwicke and Cathy Schulman will select the winning shorts and mentor participants, Lions Gate said. "We think Facebook is a great way for us to introduce the world of Twilight to a whole new audience while re-energising existing fans," Michael Burns, Lions Gate's vice chairman said.
"This is the just the beginning -- a template -- if you will. You can probably guess what might be coming next." Meyer indicated that the project was a way to bridge the gender gap in the industry. "The female voice is something that has become more and more important to me as I've worked in the film industry," she said.
I wouldn't recommend
acting as a profession to my daughter: Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley has revealed
that she wouldn't recommend the field of acting to her daughter. The Pirates of the Caribbean actress said that
she would advise her daughter to avoid the "heartbreaking rejection"
that comes with being an actor and instead opt for a career as a doctor or lawyer,
the Mirror reported. She said that if she and her musician husband James Righton had a daughter she
would want her to study for a more sensible career and would tell her to be a
doctor or a lawyer. “I should imagine that if she wanted to act, I wouldn’t have a choice but, no,
I certainly wouldn’t recommend it,” said Knightley, “It can be completely
heartbreaking for most people who do it, because the amount of rejection is
enormous. And it doesn’t matter what kind of person you are, it’s impossible
for that not to take a toll. Even if you’re successful, you still have to go
through a s---load of rejection.”(Sources
from http://www.hindustantimes.com/)
Keira Knightley
Aamir Khan accepts Hrithik Roshan's dare to shoot without transistor
Aamir Khan and Hrithik Roshan
Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan accepted Hrithik
Roshan's dare to repeat his 'PK' poster stint but without the transistor.
Aamir had posed
nude, with a transistor protecting his modesty, for the first poster of his
upcoming Raju Hirani filmPK.
"By POPULAR
DEMAND! today's bangbangdare goes to d man himself THE PK! Aamir khan! Your
dare is- Put the transistor down!!" Hrithik tweeted.
The 49-year-old
actor, while accepting the challenge, said, "Hey Hritik I accept the dare!
Have asked Raju for the transistor, its on the way! Will shoot it asap n send
it 2 u!!! But I take no responsibility for what happens after that."
The actor performed
the dare but with a twist. The Ghajini uploaded a video, which shows him taking
off a transistor while being fully clothed.
"Hey Hrithik,
so, here it is, Accomplished!" Aamir captioned the video.
