Krish 3 - Movie Review

Krrish 3 is an upcoming Bollywood superhero science fiction film. The film will be produced and directed by Rakesh Roshan.The film will continue the story of Rohit Mehra and his superhero son Krrish, after Koi... Mil Gaya and Krrish, this being the third film of the Krrish film series. Both the earlier films have received blockbuster status at the box office. The film will be released during Diwali 2013 along with its 3D format on November 4, 2013.

Filming commenced on 1 December 2011 with Oberoi, Ranaut and Chopra. However, Hrithik Roshan did not participate in the first schedule due to a back injury. Actress Shaurya Chauhan met with a freak accident while shooting for the film in Hyderabad, due to which the film has faced some delays. The film was previously expected to release on November 1, 2013 but has now been postponed to a post-Diwali November 4 release.

The songs of the film are being composed by Rajesh Roshan at Krishna Audio; whilst the background score will being composed by Salim-Sulaiman. The music rights of the film was acquired by T-Series for 60 million (US$1.0 million).

• Hrithik Roshan as Krishna Mehra (Krrish) and Rohit Mehra
• Priyanka Chopra as Priya Mehra
• Vivek Oberoi as "Kaal" the antagonist 
• Kangna Ranaut as Kaya 
• Arif Zakaria as Nuclear Scientist
• Shaurya Chauhan as the female antagonist
• Archana Puran Singh as Priya Mehra's boss
• Rekha as Sonia Mehra (special appearance)
• Vrajesh Hirjee
• Riya Sen

Following the success of the previous installments, director Rakesh Roshan planned to develop a second sequel to the franchise, withHrithik Roshan playing the protagonist again. He had penned the script, but had to re-work it as the storyline was too similar to theHollywood blockbuster Spider-Man 3. Priyanka Chopra was later confirmed to reprise the role of Priya. In this film, she will be seen married to Krishna Mehra.

Next, Chitrangada Singh announced her inclusion in the project as a mutant. Singh was later replaced by Jacqueline Fernandez, however she later on also backed out of the film due to a lack of dates. It was reported that actresses Nargis Fakhri, Esha Gupta and Bipasha Basu were to replace Fernandez. Kangna Ranaut has finally been confirmed to play the role, who coincidentally was originally offered the role.  Rakesh Roshan had earlier revealed to media that the main antagonist of film would be as powerful as the hero. After talks with Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan fell through, Vivek Oberoi was eventually cast for the coveted role.

In January 2011, Lakshmi Manchu claimed to have been offered a role in the film as the antagonist's girlfriend. The film has already started making profits. Its overseas distribution rights were sold to Eros International while Rakesh Roshan retained rights in Mumbai. There was also initial speculation that Rekha would play a major role in the film, which was later denied as a rumour.

Promotions for the movie started post July 2013 and the first look of Krrish 3 was unveiled online. Response for the poster was quite enthusiastic from the audience. The first trailer video was published by film makers on their official YouTube channel on 5th August, 2013.

Sixteen - Movie Reviews

Sixteen is a 2013 Hindi-language drama thriller film directed by Raj Purohit, starring Izabelle Leite,Keith Sequeira, Wamiqa Gabbi, Mahak, Highphill.

The film depicts the India where growing up has speeded up many times from days gone by. In the times of the Internet, the Delhi Times, Page-3 and more than 300 TV channels, innocence is the first casualty. It depicts the advantages and disadvantages of the internet on teenage.The movie is based upon young boys and girls of India.

Sixteen is a story about lost innocence and teenage heartache in urban India.

The first look theatrical poster featuring Izabelle Leite

Directed by	Raj Purohit
Produced by	Shailesh R. Singh Vishwas Joshi
Written by	Raj Purohit Pawan Sony
Starring	Izabelle Leite Keith Sequeira Wamiqa Gabbi Mehak Manwani Highphill Zakir Hussain
Music by	Prashant Pillai Adam Avil Eddie Avil Gaurav Dagaonkar
Cinematography	Sriram Ganapathy
Release date(s)	12 July 2013
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Chennai Express - Movie Reviews

Chennai Express is an upcoming 2013 Indian action-comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Gauri Khan under her production banner Red Chillies Entertainment. The film features Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. This is the second collaboration between Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone after the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om and the first collaboration between Shah Rukh Khan and Rohit Shetty. 

Chennai Express is about a man's journey from Mumbai to Rameshwaramand what happens along the way after he falls in love with the daughter of a don. Principal photography began on 27th September 2012. 

Filming began in October 2012 and was wrapped-up by May 2013.

Khan said in 2013 that the name of the leading actress will appear before his name in future film credits, starting with Chennai Express.

• Deepika Padukone as Meenamma Lochni
• Shahrukh Khan as Rahul
• Sathyaraj as Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram, Meena's father
• Nikitin Dheer as Tangaballi
• Manorama as Meena's aunt 
• Priyamani in the item number "1 2 3 4... Get on the Dance Floor"
• Kamini Kaushal
• Lekh Tandon

Sandeep Mishra and Rohit Shetty had originally planned to team up for a remake of the 1982 film Angoor. After the 2011 blockbusterSingham, Rohit Shetty had begun writing the script of the film but left it mid-way. Incidentally, he had the script of Chennai Expressready to be narrated to Khan as a back-up due to the difficulty of obtaining the actor's filming dates. Upon being narrated the script, Khan was impressed with the idea of Chennai Express and agreed to star in it before the Angoor remake. With this development, the remake of Angoor was pushed back. When Rohit was asked about the story of the film, he said, "It's a hard-core commercial film with a romantic angle. The story is about this man's travel from Mumbai to Rameshwaram and what happens during the journey."

Shah Rukh Khan was the first actor to be approached with the script, and hence the first lead actor to be signed for the film. Incidentally, Rohit stated that despite the title, Shah Rukh would not play the role of a South Indian in the film. The casting of the lead heroine was speculated for a good deal of time. Names such as Kareena Kapoor, Asin Thottumkaland Deepika Padukone were rumored by the media. In an interview, a visibly angry Shetty denied all rumors surrounding the leading heroine, stating that the cast would be finalized in April 2012 and that he was going to cast an established actress as the leading lady.  However, in October, 2012, it was confirmed that Deepika Padukone had been signed to play the lead opposite Shah Rukh Khan, when stills were released from the set showing Padukone and Khan shooting. This would be her second film opposite Shah Rukh Khan, with whom she made her Bollywood debut with in the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om. Rohit Shetty wanted Manorama to play Deepika Padukone's aunt. Sathyaraj was later cast to play the role of Deepika's father and the main antagonist of Chennai Express. Actress Priyamani was signed late January 2013 for an item number in the film. 

The music and background score of the film is composed by the duo Vishal-Shekhar. Amitabh Bhattacharya stamped his lyrics in the album. Recording of the songs began in late October 2012. The track "Ready Steady Po" was attributed as "insane" by the music composers and was recorded by November 2012. Several sources claimed that the director and actor were unsatisfied with the score of the film and hence the former were reported to rework entirely. However, the composers denied all such rumors. In mid-April 2013, singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam recorded the title track for the film, marking his return to Bollywood for playback post fifteen years. He claimed the song celebrates the spirit of togetherness. Initially, the singer was apprehensive but opted to sing considering the content and leads of the film. The song "1 2 3 4 get on the dance floor" was released as a promotional single onWorld Music Day. On 27th June 2013, the video promo of the song "Titli" was released and on 11th July 2013, the promo video of "Kashmir Main Tu Kanyakumari" was released. On 19th July 2013, T-Series has uploaded a song on its official channel of You Tubenamed as "Lungi Dance" sung by Honey Singh. On 25 July 2013 a promo video of the song "Tera Rasta Main Chhodoon Na" was released.

Bollywood Entertainments

B.A. Pass - Movie Review

B.A. Pass is a 2013 Hindi Neo noir film, produced and directed by Ajay Bahl, and starring Shilpa Shukla, Shadab Kamal, Rajesh Sharma, and Dibyendu Bhattacharya in lead roles. It is distributed by Bharat Shah's VIP films banner. The film is based on 2009 short story, The Railway Aunty by Mohan Sikka. 

The movie was earlier scheduled to be released on 12 July 2013 but now will release on 2nd August 2013.The date was postponed because of an another major release, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, on July 12, 2013.

A young small town boy moves to Delhi to stay with his aunt and finish his college. Soon he is seduced by a mysterious married woman known to him as Sarika ‘Aunty’. Set amidst the neon-lit by lanes of Delhi’s Paharganj unfolds an erotic human drama between the two. A relationship based on lust, lies and deceit is forged. As the young boy gets more and more entrenched into his surroundings he discovers a city that thrives on corrupting even the most naive and innocent.

• Shilpa Shukla as Sarika
• Shadab Kamal as Mukesh
• Rajesh Sharma as Khanna
• Dibyendu Bhattacharya as Johnny
• Vijay Kaushik as Phupha ji
• Anula Navlekar as Chotti
• Happy Ranjit as Phd
• Amit Sharma as Amit
• Geeta Aggarwal Sharma as Bua Ji
• Raveena Singh as Sonu

Scripting

The screenplay was written by Ritesh Shah, based on a short story, The Railway Aunty by Mohan Sikka, published in 2009 anthology, Delhi Noir edited by Hirsh Sawhney.

Casting

Director Ajay Bahl, had two choices for the lead role, Richa Chadda and Shilpa Shukla, whose worked he had like in Khamosh Pani, but Shukla had recently done,Chak De! Indiaand he didn't want a known face, so he went for Chaddha, however when she was asked by Anurag Kashyap to act in Gangs of Wasseypur, he suggested that she do Kashyap's film, and himself opted for Shukla.

The film was shot by director-cinematographer, Ajay Bahl in the bylanes of Paharganj, Barakhamba Road and Sarai Rohilla area of Delhi, and the principal photography which started in July 2011 in Delhi, after two months devoted to look test, was completed in January 2012.

Neha Gupta of Bollywood3 rated B A Pass 3.5/5 and also stated that the film is more than just another erotic story. It is more of a realistic and undaunted tale that exposes the truth behind the lives of the week and vulnerable. 

Nasha - Movie Reviews

Nasha is 2013 Indian coming of age erotic thriller film directed by Amit Saxena. The film marks the bollywood debut of model Poonam Pandey and Shivam.Nasha gained negative to very negative critical response but debutant Shivam got very good critical appreciation.

It is the story of an 18 year old boy who falls hopelessly in love with a 25 year old woman. A woman he cannot have, but a woman he cannot help but desire. And, as is the case with desires unfulfilled, they turn into obsessions.  The movie emphasizes that in a world of temptation, romance is temporary, love is lonely, but addiction is forever.

Nasha gained negative to very negative critical response. Indiatoday gave minus zero(-0) rating saying that "It is a cheap and dangerous Nasha that should be avoided at all costs!". dnaindiagave 1 out of 5 rating saying that "Nasha should have been titled Sazaa as it neither titillates nor pushes the envelope in storytelling or execution. Don’t fall for this one!"  BollywoodLife rated it 1 out of 5 star and stated that "Amit Saxena’s Nasha is flat, hollow and mind-numbingly boring". 

• Poonam Pandey as Anita
• Shivam Patil as Saahil
• Mohit Chauhan as Saahil's Uncle
• Ranbir Chakma as Tenzin
• Sheetal Singh as Tia
• Rohan Khurana as Sunny

 MumbaiMirror gave 2 out of 5 stars and stated that "Nasha unselfishly makes an attempt to stay away from unnecessary sex and tell a story, but ultimately, like school in summer, it's not got class." However, Rediff.com stated as "Nasha gives you a nice hangover" giving 3 out of 5 star. According to all renowned film critics of Bollywood, Shivam made a significant debut. "On Desimartini, with more than 1300 ratings after the first weekend, the film was at 2 stars. The verdict was "Nasha is more of a love story than an erotic drama and fails at both. A predictable script and terrible acting don't help either. Skip it." 

Model-turned actress Poonam Pandey is once again in the midst of a new controversy as the posters from her debut Bollywood movie Nasha has angered the people of Mahim area in Mumbai. A group of protestors tore the intimate posters and set them on fire on 20 July 2013. The general secretary of Shiv Sena Chitrapat has objected to Poonam Pandey's skin show in her upcoming film, "Nasha" by saying,"We find the poster highly vulgar and derogatory and won't allow such hoardings. It is also alleged that the poster of the movie featuring Poonam hiding her assets behind covers was copied from Veena Malik starrer, Supermodel.