Kangana Ranaut has her way with ‘Tanu Weds Manu’

‘Tanu Weds Manu’, which will see the fresh pairing of Kangana Ranaut and R. Madhavan, was initially titled ‘Manu Weds Tanu’ but the name was changed at the lead actress’ behest.

Director Anand Rai felt ‘Manu Weds Tanu’ was an appropriate title, but Kangana who plays Tanu in the film, insisted that the title should be ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ and not ‘Manu Weds Tanu’ because the narrative unfolds from Tanu’s point of view, said a source.

The director was taken aback, but Kangana explained her point saying Tanu, a small town, wild girl, is the one in the commanding position compared to Madhavan’s character Manu who is shown as a simple NRI guy in the comedy.

When the director spoke to Madhavan, thinking he would get upset, the actor saw the point immediately and readily agreed with Kangana.

‘It’s true that the film was earlier titled ‘Manu Weds Tanu’. However, we felt that ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ was a more suitable title, according to the demands of the script. So we decided to go with ‘Tanu Weds Manu’,’ said Rai.

The film will release Feb 25. 

IANS

‘Gulliver’s Travels’ Movie Review

Movie: Gulliver’s Travels;

Director: Rob Letterman;

Cast: Jack Black, Amanda Peet, Jason Segel, Billy Connolly, Chris O’Dowd, Emily Blunt; 

Rating: **

This is perhaps the worst silver screen edition of the 18th century novel written by Jonathan Swift. Jack Black, who plays Lemuel Gulliver in the Friday release, disappoints throughout. The actor may have given Hollywood some wonderful performances in films like Kung Fu Panda and King Kong, but Jack Black tends to forget that not all stories want him to play a geek! For that matter, the humor in the 2010 version of Gulliver’s Travels also fails to impress.

Lemuel Gulliver here is a mailroom worker who is very much in love with Darcy Silverman, a newspaper travel editor. To express his love, Gulliver sets upon a travel from where he will return to pen his own experiences. Lemuel Gulliver sets upon a journey to the Bermuda Triangle and accidentally reaches the land of Lilliputs when his ship wrecks. It is here that Lemuel Gulliver starts enjoying the taste of being a true hero when the Lilliputs shower the towering man with love and respect.

The Lilliput kingdom considers Gulliver, the savior of their little world. Will he emerge as the real hero that he brags to be or will Lemuel Gulliver fall short of the Lilliputs’ expectations? Gulliver’s Travels shows some high class drama, comedy, fantasy and even love, but still fails to draw the attention of the audience. Running for a duration of only 95 minutes, Gulliver’s Travels may force you to leave the theater halfway into the film!

Bollywood's Biggest Flops of 2010

The year 2010 returned mixed results for the dream merchants of Bollywood. The year produced many hits and flops. However the year is noted for the number of unexpected croppers at the box office. The production houses which backed these disasters are reeling under financial losses because of their reported investments on these movies. The disastrous movies are alleged to have investments ranging from 50 to 100 crore of rupees.

1. Kites : 

This was a film that promised to launch the international career of cine star Hrithik Roshan. Papa Roshan left no stones unturned to create a film with the international feel and star cast. Ace director Anurag Basu of Gangster and Metro fame, could not recreate the magic that would have kept the audience glued to the seat. Hrithik’s acting skills, nor his debut as a singer and not even his much-talked about alleged affair with his co-star, Barbara Mori, were able to salvage this film.

 

2. Raavan :                                         

The joint efforts of real-life Jodi of Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, director Mani Ratnam and Oscar winner A R Rahman saw red when their film tanked at the box office. Mani Ratnam’s take on the ‘Epical journey’ proved to be just-yet-another-story. The only good thing about the film was that it was visually stunning and bestowed with some soul touching music tracks by the maestro A.R.Rahman.

3. Rann :

It was a movie

that had all the cards in its favour. Ram Gopal Varma donned the director's hat, Amitabh Bachchan was in a good and meaty role and it was a film that exposed the Media. Though acting skills of the actors were praised and highly acclaimed by the critics, yet however, the film could not appeal to the movie going crowd.

4. Action Repayy :
The film was based on the era of the golden 70’S and the trailers

stirred a lot of expectations from the trio of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Vipul Shah. It also had some real mesmerizing tracks by Pritam. But still this film bombed heavily at the box office, in spite of being released on Diwali holidays. The script and the story line were unimpressive and are blamed for the debacle.

5. Guzaarish :

This was a bad year for Hrithik Roshan as his second film failed at the box office. Guzaarish's failure was more baffling as it mostly received positive reviews. The Hrithik-Ash pairing and teaming up with such a veteran like Sanjay Leela Bhansali even couldn’t save the drowning ship and all their Guzaarish (plea) were left unheard. The film finding its base on a very sensitive issue like euthanasia couldn’t appeal to larger masses of the audience.

6. No Problem :

No Problem has been out rightly rejected by the audience. It is a surprise to everyone concerned, because lot of people had high hopes riding on the film.

7. Aakrosh :

Aakrosh proved to be a thorn in Ajay Devgan’s otherwise runaway successful year 2010. A heavy subject and high cost of production were the reasons for the flop.

Karisma speaks about her troubled marriage

Karisma Kapoor has been in the news for a long time for her disturbed marriage with Sanjay Kapoor. But this time, she has grabbed everyone’s attention for her glam look on the cover page of Harper’s Bazaar. She has posed for the cover page of January-February 2011 issue of Harper’s Bazaar.
In this special issue, Karisma Kapoor talks about the in and out of her marriage, her return to Bollywood, fitness, style and life between Mumbai and Delhi.
Speaking about her disturbed marriage, Karisma said, "I wouldn't like to answer any personal questions ¦ But it's up and down [between Delhi and Mumbai]. Today, it's fun to have a busy life in that sense, go up and down. The modern couple and modern life today are all about jetsetting."

When she was asked why she could not adjust in Delhi, she quickly replied, "Honestly, that's absolutely not true. I love Delhi. I think it's a wonderful city. I've been in and out of Delhi for so long now and I've made two-three good friends too. And the food in Delhi ¦ You can't beat the food there."

Karisma Kapoor who is a mother of two children looks still slim and trim and soon she will make her comeback in films. She is looking into some scripts but still not decided her comeback venture.

SRK leaves for Dubai for New Year celebration

As only few hours left for the year to end, stars got busy to reach their destination to welcome the coming year in their own distinctive style. Some prefer to celebrate the coming year with family while some with both family and friends. Some stars prefer to ring the New Year bell away from home while some likes to enjoy at home. Yesterday afternoon, Shahrukh Khan was spotted at the Sahara airport boarding the flight for Dubai.

His family is already in Dubai and he has left yesterday to join them. He will be rocking this New Year with best buddies Karan Johar and Hrithik Roshan. Hrithik is also in Dubai with his wife and children.

King Khan tweeted after a long gap on Wednesday. He writes: "To new beginnings. Have a healthy happy and fulfilling new chapter. May all your troubles be as short lived as your New Year resolutions."

Priyanka won't celebrate New Year with Shahid

According to reports, Priyanka Chopra won’t be celebrating New Year with her beau Shahid Kapoor. She has chosen family over boyfriend. For the last six months, she was away from her family due to hectic shooting schedules. She has decided to wrap up the year celebrating with family and close friend.

Priyanka Chopra is off to Goa with father, mother, brother and friend Tamanna. She has decided to spend the New year with family instead of Shahid. She has rubbished the rumor of celebrating New Year with Shahid in Chandigarh where is shooting for his father’s film, ‘Mausam’.

Priyanka says, "Despite our busy schedules, we just about managed to get a few days off and decided to make it a Goan New Year.”