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Mr. Jha would visit Fiji & present six of his films. The Festival will open with his latest hit RAAJNEETI which has been the third highest grossing film of Indian cinema across the world. The other films being showcased are GANGAJAL, APAHARAN, MRITYUDAND PARINATI AND DAMUL.
RAAJNEETI and DAMUL will also be played at the Bollywood FEST at Norway which will be held between the 10th -16th of September 2010.
Prakash Jha's RAAJNEETI has not only got him many accolades worldwide but is also being screened along with his other hits in many international film festivals. A retrospective of Prakash Jha's films was held at the Nehru Center in London from 30th June 2010 - 2nd July 2010. Among the films shown were MRITYUDAND, APAHARAN, GANGAAJAL and RAAJNEETI. The retro also featured Prakash Jha in conversation with Sangeeta Datta.
Also IFFI, the first Indian film festival of Ireland opened with RAAJNEETI. Mr. Jha was himself present to open the Film and at the inaugural ceremony. The festival was from 25th June'2010 to 28th June'2010 and the closing film for the festival was Praksh Jha's Gangaajal.
Today, even as RAAJNEETI has turned out to be the third biggest grosser after 3 IDIOTS and GHAJINI, doesn't Ajay feel that he deserved a much better role?
"See, I have said this earlier as well that once I came on board for RAAJNEETI, it was entirely up to Prakash Jha on how did he justify my presence", says Ajay, "When he narrated the idea of RAAJNEETI to me, I only had one question from him - 'Should I do this film?'. He said yes. After Jha confirmed twice, I didn't ask him any further questions; I was on for the film. Once I am on board as an actor, I don't interfere", Ajay brings the debate to an end here.
So is he in loop now for Prakash Jha's next as well? The fact remains that ever since the release and success of RAAJNEETI, there have been speculations galore about strained relationship between the two. Does Ajay wish to settle the issue on records once for and all?
"First and foremost, I don't think that there are any issues. Secondly, he is working on a script that he would be narrating to me very soon. If I like it, I would do it as well. So no, there is no stress between Jha and me. That should settle it once for and all", says Ajay in a firm tone.
Katrina Kaif has arranged a special screening of ‘Rajneeti’ for Salman Khan’s family and won huge accolades from Salman Khan’s father Salim Khan. He was full of praise for the actress.
Talking about the special arrangement, Kat said, "I wish all these speculations on my personal life would end. Salman's family is the only family I've known in Mumbai. That can't change. Of course, I wanted Salim saab to see Raajneeti for very special reason. He has seen my struggle in Bollywood from the start. He's very proud of me."
Raajneeti director Prakash Jha said: "Salim saab was full of praise for Raajneeti. He specially praised the dialogues which, coming from him, was a great compliment. Earlier, Salim saab had said what he and Javed Akhtar saab wrote as a cops story in Zanjeer was nowhere near the authenticity of my cops story in Gangaajal. He's a generous man."
After watching the movie, Salim Khan called up Katrina and complimented her for performing superbly. Salim Khan expressed his desire to watch ‘Rajneeti’ in the social networking site and Kat fulfilled his wish, while, Salman Khan was missing from the entire picture. He was shooting outdoor.
Talking about the special arrangement, Kat said, "I wish all these speculations on my personal life would end. Salman's family is the only family I've known in Mumbai. That can't change. Of course, I wanted Salim saab to see Raajneeti for very special reason. He has seen my struggle in Bollywood from the start. He's very proud of me."
After watching the movie, Salim Khan called up Katrina and complimented her for performing superbly. Salim Khan expressed his desire to watch ‘Rajneeti’ in the social networking site and Kat fulfilled his wish, while, Salman Khan was missing from the entire picture. He was shooting outdoor.
After the success of political flick, ‘Raajneeti’, director Prakash Jha is wiling to re-work on ‘Draupadi’ which is also a modern adaptation of the great epic Mahabharata. ‘Draupadi’ was a dream project of Jha and two years back, he was destined to make the film with Madhuri Dixit but things did not work out. Now he wanted to start working on the script and make it in English rather than Hindi and he is planning to rope in Hollywood star Angelina Jolie for the lead role.
Talking to a news daily, Jha said, “‘Draupadi’ is the ultimate tribute to womanhood. I’ve wanted to make it for years. Yes, Madhuri was my choice earlier. But now I’m going to make it as an international film with an international cast on a budget that would make the film a grand epic.”
“The actors have to be exotic in their features since my ‘Draupadi’ would be set in the mountains. If you’ve seen Peter Brooks’s celebrated stage adaptation of the Mahabharata it starred Mallika Sarabhai who does have exquisite features,” Jha said.
“The actors have to be exotic in their features since my ‘Draupadi’ would be set in the mountains. If you’ve seen Peter Brooks’s celebrated stage adaptation of the Mahabharata it starred Mallika Sarabhai who does have exquisite features,” Jha said.
The success of ‘Raajneeti’ twisted Katrina Kaif’s filmy career. She is not more taken for granted in films and filmmakers started to take her seriously. So the success party of ‘Raajneeti’ means a lot to Katrina Kaif Director Prakash Jha is holding a success party in Mumbai but unfortunately, Kat won’t be available. Rain has spoiled her plan to attend the success bash. She is shooting in Spain for Zoya Akhtar’s "Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara" but non-stop heavy downfall has spoiled her plan to come to Mumbai in time .
Jha declares that Katrina won’t be able to make it to the party. "They`ve lost a lot of time because of the rain in Spain. I couldn`t dream of having a `Raajneeti` bash without Katrina. And I had postponed it until her availability. But now it`s impossible for Katrina to fly down".
The six days schedule of Zoya’s film has been extended due to heavy downpour in Spain. Kat was interested to fly to Mumbai for the bash but she was not allowed. Says a source close to Katrina: "Since Prakash Jha was very, very keen to have her down to Mumbai for the bash, and had even made all the arrangements for her flight, Katrina was not willing to give up the idea of attending the function. She offered to be back in less than 24 hours. Katrina was willing to fly to Mumbai, attend the `Raajneeti` bash on Wednesday and fly out the same night to re-join the `...Dobara` team the next morning. But this has not been allowed."
Kat will truly miss the party and asked Jha to arrange another party when she comes back.
Bipasha's 'burqa' clad, de-glam appearance in Rahul Dholakia's LAMHAA may not have been the subject of conversations of the movie buffs like Katrina Kaif's makeover in RAAJNEETI, but many have questioned Rahul's decision to cast the dusky beauty in the role of a Kashmiri girl, a role that up till now been essayed by the likes of Saira Bano, Sharmila Tagore and Preity Zinta etc.
However, directors like Dholakia let their craft do the talking and indeed the director has definitely given a solid answer to all his critics who had questioned his decision to cast an ultra glam actress more famous for her sizzling body than her acting prowess. And if the promos of the film that are currently doing the rounds at all major channels and web portal are anything to go by Bipasha is looking extremely at ease in her de-glam avatar. In fact she is looking every bit the character that she is essaying, a typical Kashmiri girl with her no make up look, black veil et al.
It now remains to be seen whether the public embraces Bipasha's deglamourised 'avatar' with open arms just as they accepted Katrina Kaif's 'sari' clad look in RAAJNEETI. Having already seen Bips acting talent in films like RAAZ, JISM, CORPORATE, OMKARA etc we are positive that they surely will when the film releases worldwide on 16th July 2010!
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Every actor worth his grain aspires to play the role of a kind that Arjun Rampal played in RAAJNEETI and the hallmark of the performance has been that Arjun Rampal has underplayed it and has come out on tops along with his co-actors in RAAJNEETI.
Arjun Rampal has also emerged as an actor who does not have a gumption to enact intimate scenes on the screen and he has been doing it with panache since his ROCK ON days and has added a new feather to his performance by enacting two different kind of intimate scenes in RAAJNEETI. It has been tantalizing but never has attained the proportions of vulgarity, but has been within the limits of aesthetics as defined in the Indian ethos.
The consummate finesse with which these scenes have been enacted on the screen in RAAJNEETI by Arjun Rampal opens up the scope for experimentation on the Hindi film scenario for the new breed of directors to exorcise the element of hesitation associated with performing intimate scenes on the screen and to execute them in a matter of fact manner that could facilitate in removing the element of shock associated with such portrayals on the screen.
There was a need for a character actor who could don the mantle of a star as also display grey elements when the scene demanded and Arjun Rampal within a matter of two years or so has demonstrated that though he waited for his moment, but now that it has arrived he is going to capitalize on the occasion and stamp his authority through consummate performances as he did in RAAJNEETI.
Rajneeti releasing on 4th June and now being promoted by all its crew including Katrina kaif, Arjun Rampal, Ajay Devgan, Ranbir kapoor, Manoj Bajpai, Nana Patekar and Parkash Jha. All the crew is saying Rajneeti about real politics not about Love....
Katrina kaif, Arjun Rampal, Ajay Devgan, Ranbir kapoor, Manoj Bajpai, Nana Patekar and Parkash Jha. All the crew is saying Rajneeti about real politics not about Love, Rajneeti was in news from last year and now its time for launch, so all the crew is promoting.....
Cast:- Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Nana Patekar, Nasiruddin Shah, Manoj Bajpai, Vivek Oberoi.Director:- Parkash Jha
Rating:-3.7