Barely did Anurag Basu, the filmmaker, thought that the 18-year old girl (Kangana Ranaut) with a different look by chance seen at the cafe, will make it big easily in the world of films. She started her career through modeling and later on became associated with a theatre group in Delhi. The moment Anurag Basu chose her for the female lead in ‘Gangster’ her rise to stardom had started.
Her enactment was praised by everyone and she received the Filmfare Award for best debutant. She has been bombarded by film offers from then on. Later on she took up ‘Woh Lamhe’ and was roped in once again by Basu for his film ‘Life in A Metro’ which was again successful and her enactment was appreciated. This was succeeded by a series of popular films like ‘Fashion’, ‘Raaz- the Mystery Continues’ and ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ which established her popularity as a reliable actress.
In her acting career spanning 5 years and twelve films, she enacted different types of roles. If Gangster, Fashion and Woh Lamhe featured her in the role of a troubled girl, Tanu Weds Manu saw her as an adamant girl where as Game, a recent release, saw her as a police officer. Her forthcoming movies will also see her in different characters. She will act in an action-oriented role in Tez, made by Priyadarsan, in the role of a medical practitioner in Department made by Ram Gopal Varma and in a light hearted character in Happy New Year.
For the people in the Hindi movie industry, she is a persistent and a dependable actress. It was described by Mani Shankar that she rehearses a lot of times before the actual take. Anand L Rai, who worked with Kangana in ‘Tanu weds Manu’, mentioned that she had a childlike zest towards her work. Amod Mehra, the trade analyst, remarked that Kangana has matured in big way as an actress and has sharpened her skills in portraying characters effectively. Her image as an actress and a star has increased after the big success of Tanu Weds Manu.
Just like any other celebrity, Kangana Ranaut has also been involved in many rumors. There was hearsay about Kangana trying to develop tension between film actress Amisha Patel and the family of the Dutts, to be close friends with them. She was also heard to have turned up at a get together hosted by Salman Khan, where she wasn’t invited. Of late, she is reported to have said yes to put on bikini for the forthcoming flick Rascals by David Dhawan. However she was heard saying that there has been no request by the filmmaker for the film.
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Indian movies have been growing in its popularity internationally for the last some years. Many movies have employed technicians from Hollywood to give their movies that international look and feel. The Hindi movie industry is particularly becoming increasingly well known in western nations. Producers from northern and southern part of India are trying their level best to grow the business of filmmaking in foreign countries.
Lately many Indian movies are being produced with superhero storylines. And producers have been increasingly striving to make their superhero films look like English films. Tamil movie industry saw its costliest movie with the release of Robot starring popular actor Rajnikanth. Shankar, the film director, roped in a few of the talented technical experts from the American film industry for his Robot. Both the Tamil and Hindi (dubbed) versions of Robot were popular and Rajnikanth once again showed his supremacy through this film.
Closely following ‘Robot’ are other superhero movies, this time from the Hindi film industry. Ra One, starring King Khan in his first superhero role, is believed to be more costly than Robot. And then there is the Hrithik Roshan starrer ‘Krrish 2’, the second part ‘Krrish’, yet another with the story of a superhero. Hollywood technicians have been employed by the directors just like Shankar did it for his film Robot. Ra One has two foreign experts in the film. Firstly the script has been penned by David Benullo and secondly, one of the songs has been sung by Akon. Both ‘Ra One’ and ‘Krrish 2’ intend to compete with the superhero category of movies of the American film industry.
Hindi movies are also featuring Hollywood stars, besides the technical crew in the film. Last year the popular model based in Brazil, Barbara Mori was cast in the Hrithik Roshan film titled Kites. But the movie did not do well commercially and failed to attract the crowd. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, a forthcoming Hindi film of Zoya Akhtar has international connections. The film has a line up of cast including Hrithik, Farhan Akhtar and Abhay Deol as the main actors. The movie, set up in Spain sees Carlos Catalan (Barcelona) operating the camera in addition to Ariadna Cabrol, a Spanish actress.
Building tie-ups with technical experts and stars from the American film industry, Indian film industry, especially Hindi film industry, is foraying into the international movie market. Although the impact of these steps cannot be predicted now, all are awaiting to watch these Hindi films.
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Believed to be the costliest film ever made in India, Ra One is one of the most keenly awaited releases of 2011. This science fiction film is probably the most ambitious of all of Shah Rukh Khan’s projects and is produced by his production house Red Chillies. Besides Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal and Kareena Kapoor play significant roles in the movie by Anubhav Sinha. First time in his acting career he plays the character of a super hero named G One. In order to be at par with international filmmaking standards, a variety of additional features are given to the movie.
At a recent function, the new look of Shah Rukh Khan as the superhero was unveiled. The superior graphics used in the poster made it appear stunning. If reports are true, the costume in rubber silver of Shah Rukh Khan in the movie is around $1 million, which will help him to manage the dangerous action sequences. Shah Rukh Khan was heard saying that he cannot wear the costume in parties, but the Ra One t-shirts will be released soon. The appearance in Ra One resembled the look of King Khan in the song titled Darde-E-Disco from Om Shanti Om.
Ra One is about a computer games expert (from Miami) who is passionate about computer games. SRK is the computer genius who develops G One and Ra One, two humans with extraordinary powers. Shah Rukh enacts G One, the good guy and Arjun Rampal enacts Ra One, the bad guy in the film. Kareena has, once more been paired with SRK after a long gap. Arjun said that Shah Rukh’s and his chemistry in the movie is interesting.
The graphics in Ra One has been designed by a graphics team from Hollywood. Mr Rampal also said a few days back that physically the role was very demanding. He did strenuous physical training for twelve weeks for the role of Ra One. Ra One has internationally popular stars in it such as Akon, who has sung for the movie and David Benullo, who wrote the script. Akon was appreciated for the song he did for Ra One under the composition of composer duo Vishal-Shekhar. The film set was visited by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.
The film is promoted and marketed ever since the first look was launched. Audiences and critics are comparing Robot featuring Rajnikanth and Ra One. Robot was hugely successful the previous year. Ra One will be released in India on November 2011, which was supposed to be released in mid 2011.
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A touching tale of two siblings set up in the backdrop of a lot of hippies accompanied by youthful music, was being watched by the Hindi film lovers for the first time. Dum Maro Dum, for which RDB composed the music and Asha Bhosle lent her voice is still remembered and enjoyed by lovers of music and is unbeaten to this day. It was through Hare Rama Hare Krishna (in the credits of Navketan films), that Dev Anand represented the rebellious youth of that period on to the big screen.
This iconic movie of the ’70s fascinates millions of film lovers of Bollywood even today. The enactment of Zeenat Aman as Janice has made the character immortal.
To continue the success journey of this old movie, Rohan Sippy has titled his new movie as Dum Maro Dum. He has also included remixed version of the song, which is composed by Pritam. For the current generation young cinemagoers, he has shown Deepika Padukone in a stylish look for this remixed variant of the old song. The new film explores the relevant issue of drug trading in Goa, which has many international connections, where as HRHK explored the Hippie culture originated in America in the ’60s. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Monty Munford, Rana Daggubati, Prateik Babbar, Aditya Pancholi and Bipasha Basu.
Dum Maro Dum features different characters and gives the feel of their lives. He introduces Abhishek as a cop, Prateik as a student, Bipasha as an aspiring air hostess, Aditya as a local businessman who trades drug and Rana as a DJ addicted to drugs. There is another hidden mysterious person, who has last word in drug trading and controls the trade of drugs in Goa. Zoe, performed by Bipasha, lends the film a flavor of Hippie culture.
As the character of ACP Vishnu Kamath, is Abhishek, who reaches Goa to destroy the drug mafia. His character is haunted by past occurrences in life. Prateik as Lorry doesn’t have another option other than to risk his life to be together with his girlfriend in America. Joki enacted by Rana, leads a miserable life when he loses everything in a clash with drug traders. Aditya Pancholi is a local businessman, who has a hand in all the businesses in Goa and an assistant of the mysterious man.
Through the movie, viewers are taken to various locations in Goa – the exotic beaches, rave parties and discotheques are usual there. It is heard that Dum Maro Dum is supported by pulsating background score, which is made suiting to each character. People are awaiting the release of this thriller film, showing various places in Goa. Only one aspect binds both the films – the song Dum Maro Dum.
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The period commonly correlated with modern Indian cinema is supposed to have begun in 1970′s when commercial movies came forth as a means of entertainment for the general public and this continues with the contemporary Indian movie industry today. In spite of some artistic movies being directed by directors like Govind Nihilani and Shyam Benegal, the commercial movies clearly emerged as the winners and were the popular choice of producers as well.
The influence of mainstream movie industry kept on growing in 1980s and 1990s. With the release of movies like Tezaab, Maine Pyaar Kiya, Kayamat se Kayamat Tak and Chandni in 1980′s and Baazigar, DDLG and Darr in 1990′s, the trend of romantic movies held ground. These mushy romantics were often love stories of young couples who end up living happily ever after. Few of them were huge successes commercially and made new records at the box office.
The trend of romantic Bollywood movies persisted in late 1990′s and early 2000′s with the release of hugely popular movies like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. However, late 1990′s also observed revival of parallel cinema with movies like Traffic Signal, Satya and Chandni Bar getting a lot of praise from critics. These new Indian movies were a welcome break from the romantics that were releasing every week and left lasting impressions on minds of Bollywood movie goers.
Several recent commercial movies such as Mein aur Mrs Khanna and Veer were flops at the box office, and unexpectedly, movies with lower budgets such as Dev D have done very well. This emerging trend has encouraged innovative ideas for new Hindi movies’ among directors and producers.
The newest trend in the Bollywood movies is experimentation with the fresh concepts and narratives. Recently released movies, like, My Name is Khan and 3 Idiots had fresh themes and have been very successful at the box office. The modern Indian movies are ushering an innovative approach towards movie making which is finding favor with the huge number of viewers of Bollywood movies.
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Cinema is said to reflect society but it itself is quite influential and has deep impact on the minds of the audience. We follow movies enthusiastically and even carry them into our lives making use of services like Bollywood mobile sites and widgets on our cell phones. Consciously or unconsciously, there are several aspects of a movie that we choose and incorporate in our everyday life.
Many viewers buy the products of a particular firm just for the reason that they are fans of the movie stars that features in their ads. And this is only one of the ways in which Bollywood influence us. We also enjoy imitating the look adopted in the movies by our favorite stars. And these are just a few of the several visible or invisible impacts that movies have on our lives.
Movies like Babul raising topic of widow-remarriage or those like Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham reasserting Indian customs of respect for parents’ views tend to make us wonder if movies are merely about entertainment. Rang De Basanti brought light to the hushed topic of MIG crashes which was kept under wraps by political wings. It was only after the movie that public started demanding accountability.
There are many medium budget movies, particularly from the new age directors like Madhur Bhandarkar and Prakash Mehra that induce us to question lives around us. These movies inspire us to consider the social institutions and develop knowledge about the rights and duties of people about which awareness could not be generated even by government initiatives. Some films such as Corporate, Gulaal and Rann even bring light to several social and political problems and act as instruments for public opinion.
The newest trend in Bollywood involves bold experimentation in the story lines dealing with day to day lives of common man. Therefore, you can realize the extent to which Bollywood mobile impacts the real world and your life in the modern times when your child decides against doing engineering after they watch the latest movie 3 Idiots.
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In spite of the male dominated film industry, actresses found a space of their own in the industry with their fine talent. Starting from actress Zubeida, who acted in first Hindi film with soundtrack, Alam Ara, several actresses with fine talent have breathed life into a lot of on screen images. Nargis, Madhubala, Meena Kumari, Nutan, Waheeda Rehman and Mala Sinha were popular actresses who reined the hearts of millions of movie buffs in the starting period of Hindi film industry.
It was due to their success that a lot of new talents came into the industry. Each decade in Bollywood saw charming actresses like Asha Parekh, Sharmila Tagore, Helen and Mumtaz showing off their acting skill. With onset of new wave cinema, many talents like Smita Patil, Deepti Naval, Shabana Azmi and Jaya Bhaduri added another dimension to acting, outperforming several of the male leads. Rather than enacting supporting roles, they carried a film on their shoulders movie. Other actresses like Parveen Babi and Zeenat Aman were confident enough to enact sensual characters, which challenged the traditions of society. Hindi film industry started accepting actresses as an integral part of movies and film scripts were incomplete without them.
In the 80s and 90s, Hindi film fans were mad about Sridevi, Karisma Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla, Kajol and Raveena Tandon. A lot of popular song tracks showcasing Bollywood actresses were an evidence that they can not be ignored.
Current generation of actresses also have some great talent. Among them Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Sonam Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anushka Sharma, Asin, Nandita Das and Priyanka Chopra have done a remarkable job. These women have also contributed greatly to the growth of Indian cinema, other than being style icons.
Hindi film industry is never complete without the mention for excellent actresses like these, who have contributed so much for the growth of cinema.
Bollywood refers to one of the movie industries of India, where a lot of movies in Hindi are made. In India, Hindi film industry churns out the maximum number of movies. Of the most popular movies in Hindi film industry some are so rich in its content that they contested with other foreign language films in the category of Best Foreign language Film at the Oscars.
One can not forget Mother India due to its relevant content. The story of this film is written by Mehboob Khan and is a remake of his 1940 movie Aurat. The movie depicting the Indian society of early times has Nargis Dutt and Sunil Dutt, playing the main roles in the movie. Nargis portrays the character of a poor village woman always holding on to her principles, in spite of the difficulties in her life. Even then she murders her son, at the end, in order to fulfill her promise given to the landlord. Oscar jury chose Mother India as one of the five films to compete in Best Foreign Language films’ category. Mother India is the representation of India after it got freedom and became the 1st Indian movie to compete with other movies from foreign countries.
Salaam Bombay! became the 2nd film to be selected from India at the Oscars from the long list of other films in Bollywood. This film was released in 1988 and showed an in-depth story of Mumbai’s (then Bombay) street children. This movie received many awards from international and national film festivals. A few of the most revered awards, bagged by this Mira Nair film are Golden Camera Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival and National Film Award for Best Feature Film.
Lagaan, starring Amir Khan, Bollywood’s one of the most leading actors, became the third entry into Oscars. The rule of British in India, in the Victorian age was the theme for this film, released in 2001. Lagaan is about the story of a village, which unites to fight against the increase in taxation by the British Government. The film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, with a budget of 250 million rupees also featured some of the British actors Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker within a huge budget (250 million rupees), this movie had some English film actors too.
Water, made by Deepa Mehta, a woman filmmaker born in India, is the 4th film to be selected for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. The movie shows 1938 India and the traditional customs prevailed at that time. The movie, which started off many controversies, featured several talented Indian actors and actresses like Liza Ray, Vinay Pathak, Raghubir Yadav and John Abraham.
Rang De Basanti, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, had the modern India portrayed through the characters of young college going students. The movie shows the change of passive onlookers to active revolutionaries, who try to bring about change in the corrupt political system. Young people in India got influenced by this film, who wanted a change in the system. The film became the official entry from India after facing a tough competition from other movies.
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Ajay Devgan, winner of the National awards for two times is one of the finest actors of Indian film industry. Ajay (real name Vishal Devgan) started acting with the film Phool Aur Kaante in an action role, which was quite unlikely of a debutant that time. He grew popular as an action hero with the first few films, which were huge successes at the box office, and gradually started experimenting with different genres. It was then he accepted the opportunity to star in Ishq, in a comedy role, along with Kajol. These two can be seen in Pyar To Hona Hi Tha, which was a huge box office success in the year 1998.
First Recognition in the National Level
In 1998, through Zakhm, he got the Best Actor Award at the national level. He was seen in a serious role in this Mahesh Bhatt directed movie. He acted with Nagarjuna, Pooja Bhatt and Sonali Bendre in the film depicting a story of 1992 violence as backdrop. After this recognition, Ajay Devgan got opportunity to act in films of notable filmmakers such as Mani Ratnam (Yuva), Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam) and Ram Gopal Varma (Company and Bhoot).
Second National Award
As he continued trying out diverse roles, in the year 2002, Rajkumar Santhoshi signed him for the biopic, The Legend of Bhagat Singh, to essay the character of Bhagat Singh. For the brilliant enactment in this film, he won the National Award for the 2nd time and the Filmfare Critics Award too.
Within a span of twenty years, Ajay has acted in more than 100 movies. His characters in Khakee and Kaal were liked by all and he was nominated for Best Villain Award in Filmfare Awards. Golmaal, Raincoat and Yuva are some of his acclaimed movies. In Raincoat – a new wave film, he worked with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. There are several more well known films of Ajay, of which Zameen, Gangaajal, Omkara, Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge, Rajneeti and Once Upon A Time In Mumbai are some.
As he wished to concentrate more on Raju Chacha, his debut movie as a producer, he accepted only Deewane in the year 2000. Although the movie could not pull the crowd to theatres, Ajay and Kajol were seen together again through this movie. Wanting to explore the new realms of Bollywood, he decided to direct a film for the 1st time with U, Me Aur Hum (2008), which he also produced and acted in. His third production venture was All The Best: The Fun Begins in 2009. Tezz, Singham and Power are some of his forthcoming movies in Hindi movie industry.
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Among the promising actresses of Hindi film industry, several might have witnessed the relentless efforts and ability of Priyanka Chopra and the gradual success she had in the industry. In the present year, many Hindi filmmakers have roped in Priyanka for their movies, which will also have some superstars. She always portrays her characters with utmost care and polishes her acting talent with each new character. She is undoubtedly a strong competitor to other actresses and is considered as a stylish and sensuous actress of the young generation.
Modeling and Miss India Pageant
She had the reputation of being a good model. She started off with advertisements and later took part in Miss India Pageant. In India, she was only the runner-up however in the international arena she became the winner and was crowned as Miss World 2000. She was the fourth Indian to win the title.
Entry into the Hindi Movie Industry
With Thamizhan as her debut film, she kick started her acting career in 2002 and it was an immediate move from modeling. She has also given her voice for the song Ullathai Killadhe. Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta starrer movie The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, was her debut movie in Hindi. The film became one among the top grossing movies of the year and her acting ability was appreciated by everyone. She got the award for Best Debutant for the performance in this film. She was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for the same film. Although a few of her next films met with mixed reactions, it was proved that she has talent.
National Award
Madhur Bhandarkar cast Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut in his film Fashion, made in 2008. The movie showed a matured actress in Priyanka and the role of Meghna Mathur was performed well by her. The transformation of a small town girl to a renowned and the downturn of happy events in life in the dream city of Mumbai, were finely portrayed by her. She received the National award for Best Actress and Filmfare Best Actress award for this movie.
She has built a reputation an actress of immense potential and has always acted well. That’s why fans await the release of her films eagerly. Saat Khoon Maaf, the movie inspired from the short story of Ruskin Bond, depicts the life of an Anglo-Indian woman who kills her seven husbands. It’s a thriller and Priyanka appears in seven unique roles! Definitely, this one is one of the best movies in her acting career.
Apart from Saat Khoon Maaf, she will also be seen with Badshah of Hindi film industry, Shah Rukh Khan in Don 2- The Chase Continues. Priyanka will act as Roma in this movie, the release of which is awaited by everyone.
