Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Aamir Khan Wants Sequels Of SARFAROSH And ANDAZ APNA APNA

It's raining sequels here in Bollywood. Films like BHEJA FRY 2 and DOUBLE DHAMAAL released recently while others such as ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI 2, KAMINEY 2, ISHQIYA 2, KRRISH 2 and many others are in the pipeline. Even Aamir Khan will be seen in the third installment of DHOOM, DHOOM 3.
Ask Aamir about his take on sequels and he says, "I have no objections to sequels. If as an audience, I have liked a film, a story or a character, then I would be interested in knowing what happens to them later. If there is a possibility of an equally nice story, which is unusual and different from the first one, but using the same characters, I don't mind as an audience."
Continuing in the same vein he says, "It should be able to enthrall me again. But that doesn't happen very often. Usually what happens is, when a film is a hit, the producers immediately announce a sequel. They take a bad script and shoot it. So, as an audience I feel cheated. I don't mind seeing and even doing a sequel. But it should be a unique story on its own, like the DHOOM series. There are different characters and different stories in each part. First it was John, then Hrithik, and now it's me."
When questioned about which of his own films he would like to see a sequel and he says, "Out of the films that I have done, I think SARFAROSH and ANDAZ APNA APNA have the potential for sequels. But none of them are being worked out currently."
He further adds, "If ACP Rathod gets a new case and he starts solving it in SARFAROSH 2. John (Matthew Matthan) has not yet written anything yet, but conceptually I don't mind doing it. It should not be a rehash of the earlier part. I won't mind doing SARFAROSH 2. But the script should be good. I don't want the goodwill of the first movie to be destroyed by making a bad remake."
Point taken, Aamir. We hope the directors are listening so that we can see sequels of gems like SARFAROSH and ANDAZ APNA APNA.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Modern Heroine "Aishwarya"

Come June 10, 2011 and a certain heroine will show up to greenlight Heroine. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, that is. Word has it that Madhur Bhandarkar has completely rewritten the script to suit Aishwarya, a fact that the director refuses to comment upon.
However, Bhandarkar has denied that Heroine is a "period film" and asserts that it is a contemporary take based on the current Bollywood and Hollywood scenario.
When earlier choice Kareena Kapoor had agreed to be part of Heroine, Madhur had given her a documentary based on Marilyn Monroe, Vivein Leigh, Ava Gardner and Elizabeth Taylor, it was assumed that Heroine was possibly a dramatised version of their lives. "People are making assumptions, but nothing is true", Bhandarkar is quoted to have being said.
As of now, Heroine showcases Arjun Rampal and Arunoday Singh, though Imran Khan, Prateik and Ranbir Kapoor are also being looked as possible inclusions into Heroine.
The mediavine was also abuzz with news that Heroine had ample reference points to real life events in Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's life.
A source close to Aishwarya said, "Ash will never agree to do any film that bears a resemblance to her real life."