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Subhash K Jha takes a look back at Madhur Bhandarkar’s Aan: Men At Work and we hear from Shatrughan Sinha about the joy of making the film.

Actually, there are many men at work–both on and off screen—in Aan: Men At Work. While the cop-heroes sweat it out in their humid halos, the men behind the scenes also make their presence felt in rapidfire motions in this emotionless pictureshow . No sobbing Matajis(thank God!) but loads of slithering and sliding Mata Haris.

There’s of course director Madhur Bhandarkar, in his first foray into frenzied action. Big guns with bigger nozzles attached to them—of both the human and the mechanical mind—strut around with such exaggerated machismo , it becomes hard to tell the bad and good guys apart. Bhandarkar treats his heroes and villains (all festooned to the plot with formulistic splendour) like characters in an extended videogame for juvenile grownups.

When Dilip Joshi Entertained Fans In This Shah Rukh Khan And Juhi Chawla Film (Photo Credit – Sony Liv)

Actor Dilip Joshi has now become a household name, thanks to his memorable portrayal of Jethalal in the cult TV show, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah. However, before this, he also starred in some critically acclaimed and commercially successful films opposite some Bollywood A-listers. One of them was the 2000 movie Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, which starred Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role.

Did you know that Dilip Joshi played a sidekick don for Johnny Lever’s character in the same. In a hilarious sequence of Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, he shared the screen space with Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, and Johnny. In a Tapori streetsmart get-up, the actor looked completely unrecognizable.

However, the actor’s comic timing was inevitably on point. His character who was a sidekick of Johnny Lever’s,...

Juhi Chawla Once Almost Cried On The Sets Of Ishq Because Of Aamir Khan(Photo Credit – YouTube)

Juhi Chawla and Aamir Khan are one of the most loved on-screen duos of the 90s who have done some of the iconic movies, including Ishq, Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke, and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. The actors shared a close friendship off the screen; however, during the filming of Ishq, Aamir, and Ajay Devgn went a little too far with their pranks, making Juhi upset. Scroll below for the deets.

Juhi and Aamir became overnight stars with their film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, released in 1988, a musical film directed by Mansoor Khan in his directorial debut. The romance drama featured Aamir and Juhi as two individuals recounting their journey of falling in love, eloping, and the aftermath. It won multiple awards at the 34th Filmfare Awards, including Best Male Debut and Best Female Debut.

As the 1997 romantic action comedy drama ‘Ishq’ has completed 26 years of its release on Tuesday, the lead actress of the movie Kajol shared a throwback picture with co-stars Ajay Devgn, Juhi Chawla and Aamir Khan, calling themselves ‘fab actors’.

Directed by Indra Kumar, the flick stars Aamir, Ajay, Juhi and Kajol along with Dalip Tahil, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Johnny Lever and Mohan Joshi in supporting roles.

Aamir played the role of Raja Ahlawat, Ajay portrayed as Ajay Rai, Kajol was Kajal Sharma, while Juhi played Madhu Saxena.

Taking to Instagram, Kajol, who have a fan base of 15.5 million followers, took a stroll down the memory lane, and shared a still from the movie.

Along with it the actress wrote: “This picture was taken once we had finished stomping on the hills of Switzerland for the day… You can’t see how zapped we were or how we were like ‘Why does...

As the 1997 romantic action comedy drama ‘Ishq’ has completed 26 years of its release on Tuesday, the lead actress of the movie Kajol shared a throwback picture with co-stars Ajay Devgn, Juhi Chawla and Aamir Khan, calling themselves ‘fab actors’.

Directed by Indra Kumar, the flick stars Aamir, Ajay, Juhi and Kajol along with Dalip Tahil, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Johnny Lever and Mohan Joshi in supporting roles.

Aamir played the role of Raja Ahlawat, Ajay portrayed as Ajay Rai, Kajol was Kajal Sharma, while Juhi played Madhu Saxena.

Taking to Instagram, Kajol, who have a fan base of 15.5 million followers, took a stroll down the memory lane, and shared a still from the movie.

Along with it the actress wrote: “This picture was taken once we had finished stomping on the hills of Switzerland for the day… You can’t see how zapped we were or how we were like ‘Why does...

Antim: The Final Truth

Starring Salman Khan, Aayush Sharma Introducing Mahima Makwana

Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar

By the time Varun Dhawan –yesssss, he is in it too,so rejoice all you fans of the pinup province—shows up for a vigorous dance number, we don’t know who’s coming or going. Or staying. If you consider your own dilemma as a viewer desirous of being freed from this frenetic dizzying dance of debt and death.

Antim means well—it has to, since it is directed by Mahesh Manjrekar who once made Vaastav and City Of Gold, powerful parables on exploitation and violence powered by a genuine social concern. Antim is what Manmohan Desai used to call a proposal film: sign the hero first… during those days the music director also mattered… and then weave a story around him.

Antim: The Final Truth is so much a Salman Khan vehicle...

Mumbai, March 5 (Ians) "Raag", a film close to the heart of late Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan, is all set to hit theatres on March 26.

"During the pandemic, we lost Saroj ji. She was the backbone of our project. Right from helping us in finalising the story to choreographing to suggesting an item number for the film to casting one of her favourite students -- Heena Panchal -- for the same, Saroj ji helped us a lot. Despite all our earnest efforts the film could not be released while she was around. We are now releasing it on 26th March 2021, and it is our tribute to the noble soul," producer Piyush Mundhada said.

"It is also the first work of the late choreographer to release in theatres posthumously. Had she been there, she would have been very proud of the same," he added.

Renowned choreographer Saroj Khan passed away in July last year.

ALTBalaji and ZEE5, the two Ott industry giants recently announced a content alliance, where they will co-create 60+ originals. Following the announcement, the Ott platforms today launched the trailer of two Originals - Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala and Mission Over Mars (M-o-m).

These co-created Originals will be available on both platforms, further bolstering their content library. The trailers were launched at a high-octane press conference in the presence of Content Czarina Ekta Kapoor and ZEE5 Programming Head, Aparna Acharekar. Adding a dose of glamour were popular actors from both shows ? Divyanka Tripathi, Rajeev Khandelwal, Sakshi Tanwar, Mona Singh, Nidhi Singh, and Palomi Ghosh.

Starring heartthrob Rajeev Khandelwal and the reigning queen of television Divyanka Tripathi, Coldd Lassi aur Chicken Masala is a story of two aspiring Chefs- Nitya and Vikram. The trailer gives a sneak peek into their lives as they fall in love but get separated due to circumstances.

A patriotic fever seems to have gripped the country big time with filmmakers trying to bring about winds of change.

Writer-director Lom Harsh's Yeh Hai India, is a mission film. A mission to change the perception of the country from the various negative tags it holds.

The film follows the journey of Nri Mithilesh Kumar aka Mickey. Born and brought up in London, Mikki decides to come to India to educate himself about the country of his origin and prove that there is more to it than meets the eye.

In India, he learns about the 'Beggar Mafia', 'Human Trafficking Mafia' and the 'Land Mafia' and many more facets that are contrary to what he has been fed since childhood. But self-motivated, he decides to alter this image. He goes on an image sprucing spree, telling the media to change, so that the country improves.

The intention of the writer-director appears to be sincere,...

?Yeh Hai India? a patriotic drama film is all set for the Indian Audience now. This film is a big hit on its world premiere and won many awards internationally and now releasing in India on 24th of May 2019. Yeh Hai India? won the best film and best director award at Fog film festival of America. It?s a story of an Nri man who came to India just to know more about his motherland. But when he came here he faces many problems and issues in society. He started working to resolve the issues. So is he got succeeded in his ambition? Let?s see in the movie. An easter egg for the audience is that this movie is not only about India it?s also about the world. You will see many surprises like this in the movie. This Movie is produced by Sandeep Chaudhary and Directed by...

Agra, April 10: "Love You Crazy Girl," a Hindi film produced by Agra's Ranjit Sama and shot extensively in the Taj city, will hit 300 theatres Friday.

Confirming this Wednesday evening, Sama said his film focuses on the life of youngsters, homosexuality and ills of modern lifestyle, shortcuts to success and illegal ways to make money.

Shakti Kapoor, Mohan Joshi, Zareena Wahab have important roles in the film, while Agra's Nikita Sharma, who has acted in popular TV serial "Uttaran", is the movie's heroine.

The film has a titillating number "Kahte hain log mujhe Katto Kateeli". Its lyrics are penned by Agra-based.

The highly talented Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapur are highly known for their strong performance oriented roles. And now for his next film Finding Fanny Fernandes, director Homi Adajania has signed the two veteran actors.

Shah and Kapur already have some interesting satirical hits to their credits like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho etc. And Finding Fanny Fernandes being yet another satirical will see the actors once again in strong roles.

Finding Fanny Fernandes also stars Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, and Dimple Kapadia in prominent roles.

Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur will be screened on July 7 at the BFI Southbank in London. This screening has been organized by the British Film Institute and the South Asian Cinema Foundation (Saf).

Celluloid Man is an award-winning documentary on the life and work of film archivist P.K. Nair who is the founder-director of the National Film Archive of India (Nfai).

P.K. Nair and Shivendra Singh Dungarpur will discuss the film with Lalit Mohan Joshi of the South Asian Cinema Foundation after the screening.

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur will deliver the South Asian Cinema Foundation’s 11th Dada Saheb Phalke Memorial Lecture on “The Future of Indian Cinema’s Past” on July 9 at The Nehru Center in London.

Dungarpur will talk about lost films of Indian cinema such as Alam Ara (1931) and the commitment to find them. He will elaborate on the importance of creating awareness and attitudinal...

Mumbai, March 14: Acclaimed filmmaker Sudhir Mishra praises director Subhash Kapoor for his work in "Jolly Llb", which is creating a lot of buzz.

Releasing Friday, "Jolly Llb" is a satire on the country's legal system, and Mishra says Kapoor has shown the reality of the judicial system in a unique way.

"I also made a film 'Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho!'. But his (Subhash Kapoor) viewpoint is very unique and interesting. It's the reality of India, but his way of narrating the reality is entertaining. He has a unique style of narration," Sudhir said here Wednesday at the premiere of "Jolly Llb".

In "Jolly Llb", Arshad Warsi,.

Popular Bollywood matinee idol, producer and film-maker

The Indian actor, producer and film-maker Dev Anand, who has died aged 88, was the first and longest serving matinee idol of Bollywood cinema. The pinnacle of his career came with Guide (1965), a film based on Rk Narayan's novel, in which Dev played the male lead opposite the classical Indian dancer turned actor Waheeda Rehman. Dev's talented younger brother Vijay directed it. During the golden age of Indian cinema, in the 1950s and 1960s, Dev, along with Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar, formed the trio of stars who dominated the silver screen. Dev's urbanity and quirky mannerisms made him especially popular among the young and women.

He was born in undivided India at Gurdaspur, in the Punjab region. His father, Pishorimal Anand, was a leading lawyer. After graduating from the prestigious Government College, in Lahore, Dev tried and failed to enter the Royal Indian Navy.

Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an exceptional film-maker. Not only does his oeuvre hold the colours of the rainbow, but more importantly when the social world tries to teach us to run and ruin – ourselves and the life round us, he is a graceful exception to this ‘accepted’ norm. Hence, a book on Adoor – his films and the creative mind behind this palette was due for many years. Starting a career in 1972 (feature film consideration) in the last 40 years Adoor made 11 feature films. There are probably few books and many essays on him in Malayali language – the official language of Kerala, where Adoor lives and centres his cinema. There is however an extreme dearth of material on Adoor in English – which also goes on to show the state of regional cinema and its acceptance and expanse. Gautam Bhaskaran’s Adoor Gopalakrishnan: A Life in Cinema which came out this year and...

April 22, 2010:In Beyond Dreams’ prime time show, Jamunia, Bali is really tensed nowadays as Naina (Bhakti) refers to him as bhaiyya. Naina, who has been recently introduced in Jamunia plays the role of Kuber’s (Karan Singh) younger sister and is Bali’s (Dakssh Ajit Singh) cousin. And coming to Bali, he plays Gajraj’s (Mohan Joshi) elder son. That’s how the family connection is and hence Naina refers to Bali as bhaiyya on screen, much to Bali’s dislike.

Bhakti is a pretty lady. So, obviously, nobody on the sets likes to be referred as brother by her. Even post the shoot,.

Veteran British Asian filmmaker Yavar Abbas will be honoured with the Life Time Achievement Award by the South Asian Cinema Foundation here on March 4 for making films like ''India! My India!''. The 90-year-old has documented the Partition on film and delved into both Hinduism and Islam in his works.After the award ceremony at the Nehru Centre, Yavar will speak about his life and career in conversation with the Sacf Director, Lalit Mohan Joshi. Yavar who has been living in Britain for the last 60 years was born in Charkhari, a Hindu ''princely state'' in the north during British India in 1920 and entered the British Indian Army in 1942.A year later, he joined the Indian Army Film Unit in Calcutta as an officer cameraman and during the period of Partition, Yavar''s services were loaned to Pakistan to produce and direct the film, "The Birth of Pakistan". He refused...

Pritish Nandy Communications’ ‘Ek Tho Chance’ will premiere at the 14th International Film Festival of Kerala in December 2009. “We are honored to have ‘Ek Tho Chance’ as part of our festival this year. It is a fantastic film and it’s an even greater honor to have Saeed Mirza with us, back with a film after 15 years,” says Bina Venugopal, Artistic Director of the Kerala International Film Festival.

‘Ek Tho Chance’ marks the return of Saeed Akhtar Mirza (‘Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hain’, ‘Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro’, ‘Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho’, ‘Nukkad’).

Remember Nilu Phule, the stage and film veteran Marathi actor who played the sleazy terrorizing politician in Mahesh Bhatt’s timeless classic on countering hooliganism Saaransh?

When the film’s leading man Anupam Kher on completing 25 years in films decided to hold a belated premiere of the film on May 25 at the very theatre (Metro) where it was first released, he decided to regroup the entire cast and crew of Saaransh.

From director Mahesh Bhatt to producer Raj Kumar Barjatya to the film’s romantic lead Mohan Joshi and Soni Razdan(director Bhatt’s wife) to music composer Ajit.