Sunny Deol`s ‘Ghayal Returns’ not shelved: Director

Mumbai: Director Rahul Rawail has dismissed reports that Sunny Deol starrer ‘Ghayal Returns’ has hit a roadblock and said he is currently working on the script.

"The sequel will definitely be made. I am working on the script. I can`t talk about the film or any other details related to the project," director Rahul Rawail said.

Earlier Sunny had roped in Ashwini Chaudhury of ‘Jodi Breakers’ fame to direct ‘Ghayal Returns’. But due to some disagreements between Sunny and Ashwini, the association did not materialise.

Sunny then handed over the project to director Rahul, with whom he had worked 12 years ago in ‘Arjun Pandit’.

‘Ghayal Returns’ is a sequel to 1990 hit action film ‘Ghayal’ which had Sunny and Meenakshi Seshadri in the lead.

"Both Sunny and Rahul did not want to go ahead with the story that Ashwini had penned. So, Rahul is working on a fresh story which is different from what Ashwini had conceptualised," a source close the project said.

The sequel is likely to go on floors next year.

"Rahul had several ideas about `Ghayal Returns` and Sunny has selected one. Rahul is working on the idea. To develop a good story will take time, say about six months or so," the source added.

There was a buzz that Vidya Balan and Bipasha Basu were approached for `Ghayal Returns`.

As of now only, Sunny has been finalised for the sequel, the makers have not zeroed in on the leading lady.

"Once Rahul is done with his script then we will approach the actress," the source said.

PTI

Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel team up again after 'Gadar'

The mood on the sets of Neeraj Pathak's Bhaiyyaji Superhitt (BS) is upbeat. Amisha Patel and Sunny Deol are in their element. Contrary to rumours of the film being shelved, it is being shot at a brisk pace.



"Why give unnecessary importance to baseless rumours! The truth will speak for itself," Amisha says nonchalantly when asked where the rumours began in the first place. Amisha has just returned from a marathon schedule of Race-2 in Turkey.

"My plate is full with lot of good work. I am looking forward to Shortcut Romeo and Race-2. There's also Desi Magic and Paradise Street being made under my home banner. The first has me in a double role, a brainwave of my partner and good friend Kunal Goomer. He is working on the script and I am sure the film will surprise all. And, of course there is Bhaiyyaji Superhitt," she smiles.

Amisha further says, "Sunny and I will be different in this film as compared what you saw of us in Gadar. What makes our combo even more interesting here is Sunny's double role in the film. I am flirting with one but am actually in love with the other. We have not resorted to slapstick humour that is so typical of double roles in a film. It also shows our innocence and vulnerability and that works in our favour as a pair."

Of Sunny, Amisha says, "His shy nature is so endearing. That is what makes him the star that he is."

According to Sunny, BS has stood its ground despite facing rough weather. "Everybody wants the film not to be made. I don't know why. But let me tell you that my fans are going to enjoy watching me in a double role," he smiles.

Director Neeraj Pathak adds, "Sunny and I just laughed when we read that the film was shelved. Our schedules have started and we don't have to prove anything to anyone."

PARAG MANIAR, TNN | Jul 2, 2012, 12.00AM IST

Bollywood's First Families

Bollywood is a place where, on a daily basis, thousands of aspiring actors strive to become actors but only few of them make it to the top. 

In an industry where most stars belong to families with a 'filmy' background some of them are lucky to be on top without any filmy background or a godfather.

However, the legacy of filmy families is still followed and it is not a hard task to land a film which is why, belonging to such a family really counts in Bollywood.

In this respect, we bring forth a list of some powerful families that seem to rule Bollywood.

The Kapoors

When it comes to famous Bollywood families, the first one to strike your mind would probably be the Kapoor family. The legacy was started by Prithviraj Kapoor who came to Mumbai to fulfill his dream of being a part of Hindi movies. After a successful run in Bollywood, his sons, the legendary, Raj Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor came forth and leterally ruled over it for almost three decades. Then came the turn of Raj Kapoor's sons Randhir, Rajiv and Rishi Kapoor of whom, Rishi was the most successful in the the industry.

Taking up the Bollywood reins after them was Karisma Kapoor who went on to become one of the top actresses of her time. After Karisma, its younger siblings, Kareena and Ranbir Kapoor who are currently the hottest properties of the Hindi film industry.

The Roshans

The man who gave birth to the Roshan family tree in Bollywood was erstwhile music composer Roshan Lal Nagrath, father of Rakesh and Rajesh Roshan. Better known as Roshan, he composed music for quite a number of films like 'Barsaat Ki Raat' and 'Taj Mahal', and was a successful music director of his time. His two sons carried forward his name with Rakesh Roshan taking up acting and Rajesh Roshan, stepping into his father's shoes as a music director.

After Rakesh and Rajesh Roshan, the responsibility of keeping the Roshan flag flying in Bollywood lies solely on the shoulders of Rakesh Roshan's son, Hrithik Roshan. Hrithik is not only a successful actor but one of the most sought after superstar in the industry.

The Bachchans

The Bachchan family is considered to be the first family of Bollywood despite not having a huge line-up of Bollywood stars like the Kapoors. The Bachchan family, initially, comprised of actors Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and their son, Abhishek Bachchan. However, this family got a huge boost after Aishwarya Rai became a part of this clan after her marriage to Abhishek Bachchan.

Now, with the announcement of her pregnancy, we're guessing that another generation of the Bachchan family is on its way to take Bollywood by storm.

The Deols

Dharmendra started his very own family tree in Bollywood with his children following in his footsteps very easily. His sons, from his first marriage, took up acting and tasted success. 

However Sunny Deol was much more successful than younger brother Bobby Deol. Esha Deol, his daughter from his second marriage to Hema Malini, is also an actress but not a successful one. In fact, Esha is making her comeback in her mother's directorial, 'Tell Me O Khuda'.

Also a part of the Deol family is Abhay Deol, who is the nephew of Dharmendra. Despite being a part of the family, Abhay is totally different from the rest of his cousins. Instead of action oriented roles and commercial films, Abhay opts for unconventionality in his roles and films. We can easily say, that Abhay Deol is the best actor that the Deol family has produced.

The Mukherjees

When we talk about the Mukherjee family, we instantly think of Kajol, her sister Tanisha and Rani Mukherjee. However, the Mukherjee family goes a long way down in Bollywood history. The family's tryst with Bollywood began with Sha Mukherjee, the founder of the famed Filmistan studios.

His five sons followed him into the industry, one of whom was 60's actor Joy Mukherjee. Shomu Mukherjee, who was a writer/producer/director, married Tanuja who, on the other hand, belonged to the Samarth family and was the younger sister of one of the most celebrated actress of Bollywood, Nutan.

Tanuja's daughters, Kajol and Tanisha also went on to act in movies with Kajol achieving superstardom. Her cousin, Rani Mukherjee is also a sought after actress in Bollywood and like Kajol, she too has created a niche for herself.

The Khans

No, we're not talking about the 'Khans' of the industry but only one family that has contributed to and gained from Bollywood to a great extent. The Khan family being mentioned here is the one started by noted script-writer Salim Khan, more famous as Salman Khan's father today. In collaboration with Javed Akhtar, Salim Khan churned out massive hits like 'Sholay', 'Zanjeer', 'Seeta Aur Geeta' and 'Mr. India'. His second marriage was with yesteryear dancer/actress Helen.

All sons, Salman, Arbaaz and Sohail took to acting but only Salman Khan made it big in the industry. Presently, he holds the record of churning out some of the biggest hits in the past few years and is also the highest paid actor in Bollywood reportedly. After an unsuccessful run in the industry, Arbaaz Khan struck gold with his first production 'Dabangg'.

Another member of the Khan clan who is quite a hot property in the industry is Arbaaz Khan's wife, Malaika Arora-Khan. Her item numbers are always a rage and she is a leading fashionista in the film industry. Apart from being a fully filmy clan, this family is a tight-knit one. (MensXP.com)

Shahrukh, Sunny kiss and make-up

Sunny Deol and Shahrukh Khan, who were at logger heads since their ‘Darr’ days have reconciled. It was post the recently held IIFA event at Toronto that the two stars decided to end their decade old rivalry and made up. According to an onlooker, the two bumped into each other at the airport and to everyone’s surpise, bonded like old pals. Not just that, as later when Bobby joined them, SRK bonded well with him too. 

The duo enjoyed each other’s company and decided to sit together in the flight. However, if sources are to be believed, their rivalry has not ended completely as yet.

Meanwhile, it has also been reported that Sunny’s ‘I Love New Year’ and SRK’s ‘Don 2’ are slated to hit the screens somewhere near Christmas this year. According to the sources, ‘I Love New Year’ was previously slated to release on December 30th, but recently the film's producers, Excel Entertainment announced that the film will be released on December 23rd, incidentally on the same day when SRK’s ‘Don 2’ will release. 

Now, the news has put director Bhushan Kumar in a dilemma, for he shares not so nice relationship with SRK. It is said that Bhushan does not want any kind of clash with King Khan and thus is making every effort to settle down the issue. 

However, the story has its other side too, where more than Sunny, directors Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru seem responsible for the clash. Not to forget that sometime back, SRK refused to give the title ‘Happy New Year’ to the director duo, who are said to share a good rapport with frenemy Salman Khan. 

Coming back to the topic, the cold vibes between the actors started after Sunny lashed out at Yash Chopra chopping a good amount of his role from 'Darr' to give more importance to Shahrukh’s character. This ensued a fallout between the two actors, who never patched up after the incident.

Well, all can we say is that now when the two superstars are friends again, how about doing a film together?

Sunny enjoys shoot at Varanasi's ghats

Bollywood star Sunny Deol returned here after 15 years to shoot for director Chandraprakash Dwivedi's new movie " Mohalla Assi" and said the experience is "refreshing" and "unique".

"This film brings me back to the city after 15 years and I am sure that I will have a wonderful time shooting," Sunny told reporters here. "Even though I have come here after a gap of 15 years to shoot, the experience on the banks of river Ganga is so refreshing and unique."

Inspired by Kashinath Singh's popular Hindi novel "Kashi Ka Assi", the film is a satire on social, political and national issues.

"The script of the film is very interesting. The role is something that I have not done in the past, but I am confident of doing full justice to the character."

For the first time, Sunny will be seen in the garb of a pundit - he will wear a dhoti, kurta, gamcha and Kolhapuri chappals and sport a 'choti' for his role.

Major portions have been shot in Mumbai studios. In Varanasi "Mohalla Assi" will be shot on a historical location as well as the ghats of the Ganges.

Dwivedi said: "Ideally, I would have loved to shoot the entire movie on the ghats of Varanasi, but since Sunny has a huge fan following in this region, it would have been difficult to shoot here as thousands of fans would have descend on location to catch a glimpse of the star."

Vinay Tiwari of Crossword Entertainment Pvt Ltd is producing the films, slated for release later this year.

With dhoti, choti, Sunny Deol set to play priest in new film

New Delhi, Feb 7 – He wore a turban and beard to play a sardar in hit film ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’, and now actor Sunny Deol is set to essay a dhoti-clad priest in Chandraprakash Dwivedi’s ‘Mohalla Assi’. 

Sunny has taken on a very fresh and different character in the film. His look, complete with a dhoti, kurta, gamchha (towel), kolhapuri chappals and a choti (plait) is unique and quite unlike that of a Bollywood hero. But Sunny is quite excited.

‘The script of ‘Mohalla Assi’ is very different and interesting, especially the character I play is very unique – it’s not quite like anything I have played yet. You will see me in an entirely new avatar. It’s true that I will be playing a pundit, therefore, I will be dressed in clothes that are typical for a pundit, right down to a ‘choti’ to complete the look,’ Sunny said in a press statement.

The story of ‘Mohalla Assi’ is based in Benaras, says Dwivedi, whose last directorial was the critically acclaimed ‘Pinjar’.

‘It is a movie based in a famous and historical ‘mohalla’ (locality) on the southern end of Benaras and the river bank of Ganga. The film is based on a popular Hindi novel ‘Kashi Ka Assi’ written by Dr. Kashinath Singh,’ said Dwivedi, best known for his mythological TV shows ‘Chanakya’ and ‘Mrityunjay’.

On the reason behind choosing Sunny for the role, he said: ‘The movie is a satire and Sunny just seemed like someone that could do justice to the character, as he has proven to play serious roles equally as good as he plays comic roles.’

The film is being produced by Vinay Tiwari of Crossword Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. 

IANS

Sunny is the most handsome sardar in the industry: Dharmendra

Sunny Deol with his Father

Yesteryears star Dharmendra, who has teamed up with his sons – Sunny and Bobby Deol – for the comedy “Yamla Pagla Deewana” – declares that his elder son is the most handsome onscreen Sardar in the industry.

Sunny plays an NRI Sikh in “Yamla Pagla Deewana”.

“I think my son (Sunny) is the most handsome Sardar in the whole industry. Whenever he has played it, he lived it. He looks the most handsome sardar on screen and I am proud of it,” Dharmendra told reporters Wednesday after shooting a robbery sequence for the film at Filmcity.

The official trailer of “Yamla Pagla Deewana” was leaked on YouTube and it has got overwhelming response. The film has references from hits like “Sholay”, “Gadar – Ek Prem Kahani”.

“There are always some punches in the films that is why the audiences like a movie. This film has dialogues, which would be loved by the audience. In fact, people have already started loving it,” said Dharmendra.

This is his second film with his sons after “Apne”.

“‘Apne’ was a very emotional film with sports at the backdrop. This is a full-fledged comedy with few fights and thrill and very good emotional punches. I think we can bring tears again in people’s eyes,” he added.

This year marks 50 years of Dharmendra in the film industry and he has decided to give one movie every year.

“I feel I am a 75-year-old boy, who has been given 50 years in the film industry. I love camera, I love to be in films more and more. I am still as energetic as I was. I would continue doing one film every year. It’s all audiences’ love that made me live young for 50 years, else it’s very difficult to sustain in this industry,” said Dharmendra.

Sunny Deol’s son joins Rahul Rawail’s acting school

Karan Deol, the 19-year-old son of Bollywood actor Sunny Deol who was launched in director Rahul Rawail’s “Betaab” in 1983, has enrolled as the first student in the filmmaker’s acting school.

Rawail says: “I’ve just started my acting school. It’s the first Indian branch of the world-famous Stella Adler Studio Of Acting. And Sunny’s son Karan is my first student.”

Stella Adler’s school in New York is named after Marlon Brando’s first acting teacher. It’s the world’s most well-known acting school, having trained many Hollywood legends such as Anthony Quinn, Warren Beatty and Candice Bergen.

“As proud as I am of having got the franchise for the Stella Adler Studio Of Acting, I am even prouder that Sunny’s son is my first student. I see a sense of continuity there,” Rawail says.