It's a really slow news day today, so I have to make up weird headlines to get any kind of traffic.
Diya Mirza is currently in Bangkok and when taking a break from shooting, she decided to visit the zoo. There, she had the opportunity to see crocodiles being hatched from their eggs and even got to help with getting one out of its shell.
Did you know that crocodiles are born with umbilical cords? I didn't either, but apparently, she got to take the croc out from his gooey cocoon, cut the umbilical cord and give it a bath. She bravely took on one croc but when asked if she wanted to help with another, she declined with a slightly disgusted laugh.
Hah, amateur, I once put a cheetah to sleep. True story!
Arshad Warsi is another actor getting ready to to go into producing. I guess that's a sure-fire way that you always have a job. So is a production house for actors the same as a private practice for doctors? Your own hours, your own dates, more effort equals more money.
Anyways, he's been having a hard time finding an actress to play the leading lady in his movie and has only recently convinced Diya Mirza to commit. The reason for the delay was the belief that Arshad wasn't leading man material but only seemed to fit into quirky sidekick roles, like Salaam Namaste, Vaah! Life ho toh Aisi, and the Munnabhai movies. Wow, he's done a lot of those roles.
So Diya, a kinda co-star from Lage Raho Munnabhai, has filled in because she likes her role of a sweet girl in the movie, which is entitled I Believe in Angels...for now.
"First of all I've always enjoyed Arshad's performances and it's an honour to be in a film to be produced by him. Then when I heard the script I simply fell in love with my role and and the script. Every character is so beautifully written I'm sure Arshad's first production is going to turn out to be very special."
"I've that image. And I suit it. Though I'm not bound by the sweet image I don't mind being perceived as ideal for angelic roles at a time when every second girl enjoys playing the wicked one."
In the industry, what is Bipasha Basu known for, besides dating John Abraham? It's her sex-kitten image, something that she's exploited very well. So what does a director do if he wants a sultry actress and can't get hold of Bips? He gets Diya Mirza? Huh?
Sanjay Gupta had promised that Bipasha would be the sultry siren in his next film Acid Factory but after failing to keep her, the Cash starlet has stepped into the role and is looking forward to it.
“In all my previous films I have portrayed common and very normal girls.
I am quite happy and excited about my present offer of a sexy and hot character with which I can play a completely different role from my previous ones.”
Yeah, this is definitely not the Diya we know, as she gets a whole new avatar as a butt-kicking girl. Is it just me, or is India starting to like the new dominating woman? (provided that she swoons into the arms of her true love at the end of the movie, all fight gone)
Diya explains her character called "Deadly Max". I swear, filmmakers are so stupid sometimes. You don't call people 'deadly' or 'scary' or 'terrifying' or whatever in their names, you let the character give off that kind of aura that people automatically fear them. I mean, there's a reason why Spiderman isn't called 'Webshooting Spiderman crimefighter' and Superman isn't called 'flies faster than a speeding bullet Superman'. You leave these things to the character.
“She is such a character who doesn’t regret any of her wrongdoings and never wish to explain them to anyone else.
I have done all my stunt scenes in the film myself only. During the shoot I got the chance of playing with guns for the first time in my life and I really enjoyed it”
A girl who likes playing with guns. Not the best thing when she's PMSing...should we be scared?
Does that make you desperate in Bollywood or does it make you a smart actress, because small things will always lead to bigger ones?
Diya Mirza insists that every role she takes does not have to be unique or big, because she wants to work with different people and actors. She'll appear again in Krazzy 4, as a reporter, an avatar that she had attempted before in Shootout at Lokhandwala.
"I don't care about length of the role or if I have done a role of reporter before or not. I found this role very interesting, in fact I would say that my role is the most prominent and if I wouldn't be there in the film, the film would have been incomplete".
Um, though the again, she seems to be insinuating that she's the greatest actress in Bollywood or something. So the four crazy guys and Juhi Chawla are there as foils for her character? Wait, I though this movie was called Krazzy 4, not 1 Krazzy Reporter.
Not 'wanted' in a criminal sense, just wanted in a superstar turned Item Boy sense. Shah Rukh Khan will be seen sooner than we thought he would. Does anyone even know what his next movie is supposed to be? Oh well, we'll be seeing him soon in Rakesh Roshan's Krazzy 4 in an item song number.
Hrithik Roshan, though not acting in the movie will also dance to the same song, though only for promo's. Shah Rukh's song will actually appear in the movie.
The movie sounds cute however, being about 4 escapees from a mental hospital who go out to see the world for a day and in the end are left wondering who is really insane. A deep message? Maybe.
Big names in the movie include Arshad Warsi, Juhi Chawla, Diya Mirza and Rajpal Yadav. Oh yay, and I found the video for you guys. I think SRK might be making too big a deal out of this...song sucks and Shah Rukh looks like an idiot with his little ponytail. Very few guys can pull that look off and a 42-year-old father of two shouldn't try it.
That's what you call a person who sells their body for money, right? Shah Rukh Khan really knows how to peddle his own ass as now, obviously as the King of Bollywood, he can charge a helluva stash of cash to appear at whatever function you might be having. Yes people, should you want to make your marriage a special event and if you have some spare change, in the range of about 10 million rupees, then you can have your very own Shah Rukh to regale you with his presence and maybe a rendition of 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge'.
Since weddings have lost all sacredness and are, like any other event, a chance to show off then getting Shah Rukh there would be a good step. Market figures say that the bigger the celeb, the more you pay for them, but the more cool you are at the end of the day. I can see the ad for it now:
Tired of the same boring weddings? Want to kill someone after hearing the 'dholki' again? Want to be different or just have a wedding theme screaming 'Look how much money we have!'? Well then, you might want to try out rent-a-celeb! For an affordable fee (affordable to the filthy rich, that is), you can get your favourite singers or actors to be a part of your special day! Screw quiet family engagements, when you can have your own 'tamasha', with stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Celina Jaitley, Diya Mirza, Shaan and so many more. No one will ever forget your wedding, unless the Patel's next door got a bigger star...so rent the best you can...even if you can't, get a loan and plunge your family into life-long debt. After all, it's worth it for that special day when you're the one that bought Shah Rukh Khan! Rent-A-Celeb. Terms and Conditions apply. For more info, call 0800 HO-CELEB.
Do I have a career in advertising or what?
Even though I've changed the title song to 'Crap to the left of me, crap to the right of me...' and you get the idea. I'm glad he's proud of himself because that movie is somewhere down there on the unrealistic-and-disjointed-rubbish movie meter.
Ritesh Deshmukh loves Cash, even though it didn't do much for his career, but he feels that he's proved that he can do other roles besides comedy. He enjoyed shooting for the film so much that he lost track of how fast shooting went...and yet he never questioned where a F1 car appeared from.
"The kind of action that we got to see in 'Cash' was never seen before. Me, Ajay Devgan, Zayed Khan, Suniel Shetty, Shamita Shetty, Diya Mirza and Esha Deol had a whale of time. We didn't even realize when the shooting got over,"
Did you know Ritesh was an architect? He even has a company...good back-up plan in case the acting career flops. He's not really concentrating on that job just yet though, saying,
"I leave my architecture company's running in the hands of a very efficient team while I focus on my acting,"
Yes, and I leave my unwritten novel in my head while I concentrate on blogging...
As the A-List of Bollywood flock to the premiere. Besides the cast of the movie, most of Bollywood's old families were there, including Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Akshaye Khanna, Kangana Ranaut, Diya Mirza, Lara Dutta, Sridevi, Boney Kapoor, Amisha Patel, Sushmita Sen, Soha Ali Khan and Siddharth.
Guess who wasn't there? Obviously the cast of Om Shanti Om, who were a bit too busy getting ready for their own premiere. Too have a looksy as all the stars, click here. Awww, don't they all look pretty. It's like a wedding...without the yummy food and no one is getting screwed for life. Just joking...I love weddings. I'm not sure if I want to be the one getting married just yet though.
The storyline...which wasn't particularly clear before sounds a bit Romeo and Juliet-esque to me. Like the star-crossed lovers and madness stemming from rejection. At least they didn't kill themselves...I hope they didn't do that. I hate sad movies.
Fun fact: Saif and Kareena were holding on for dear life...and Shahid was there too.
In slightly less words though, as she tells reporters how she's going to an acting workshop to hone her skills. Replace 'hone' with 'hopefully learn how not to torture my audience with bad acting'. Do you guys think I'm getting meaner?
Anyways, she's been critically acclaimed for her role in Shootout at Lokhandwala and now considers herself a serious actress. Well, serious enough to get acting lessons.
"I was in New York to do a seven-day workshop in acting at the New York University. It's very important for every actor to renew and refurbish her skills. "
"A lot of the situations are from the director's own life. That element of realism has crept into my life. I need to sharpen my skills in that particular form of acting. Hence New York, here I come."
Though I do have to give her credit for trying. Most actresses just simper and annoy on screen, so bravo to you Diya!
Either Kangana Ranaut has a big head or she's just become really choosy about her films. The actress was offered a chance to work with Rakesh Roshan and while any other girl would have jumped at the chance, Kangana said no, because she didn't feel that she had enough scope since there was 4 male leads.
Dumb girl. When there's 4 guys and 1 girl, who do you think all the guys will be looking at?
But Rakesh was pretty nice about the whole thing. When his persuasion didn't work, he accepted her decision gracefully and said he would work with her in the future. Awww, so sweet.
Kangana says:
"I won't say I wasn't tempted. Who doesn't want to work with Mr Rakesh Roshan? I'd have been happy to be part of Krazy 4 because I am dying to do a comedy.
Sadly there was little scope for me to perform. When I expressed my misgivings Mr Roshan was very nice. Very different from some other filmmakers who turn nasty when you decline to do their films."
The role has now gone to Dia Mirza. You snooze, you lose Kangana.
