SoggyCornflakes - Bollywood

Most people are looking forward to Maan Gaya Mughal-e-Azam especially for the Mallika Sherawat and Rahul Bose pairing, last seen in Pyaar Ke Side Effects. Fans will be pleased to hear that there's quite a few lip-locks and even a bath scene where Mallika's character and Rahul's character decide to moisturise each other's hair. Well, I'm assuming that the reason why. What other reasons would there be to take a bath together?

Actually, don't answer that.

Apparently in the song 'Marmari Behen', Rahul and Mallika jump into a petal filled bath together and according to reports from the set, Rahul enjoyed himself the most in the scented bath scene.

Well duh, he's a guy.

Rahul Bose and Mallika Sherawat make an interesting couple, and while fans of the jodi are looking forward to Maan Gaya Mughal-e-Azam, they wonder if they can recapture the chemistry from Pyaar Ke Side Effects. Even if they can't, they'll have almost as many kisses as last time they were together, according to Rahul.

"I've four kissing scenes with Mallika this time. Every time my director Sanjay Chhel was frustrated by my lack of talent he asked me to kiss Mallika."

"It's not as though we volunteered to kiss. It was part of the story. Mallika isn't the only co-star I've kissed. I kissed Laila Rouass in Split Wide Open, Perizaad Zorabian in Mumbai Matinee.

And in Govind Nihalani's Takshak I kissed Nethra Raghuraman. Lately I've kissed Saba Azad in Dil Kabaddi. So my kisses spread far and wide. Did I kiss Rinki Khanna in Jhankar Beats? I can't remember."

Um, no he didn't. I like the comment about the lack of talent and kissing. Rahul also says that he's not a fan of on-screen kisses, despite the many that he does, and he doesn't want a reputation like Emraan Hashmi, who seems to kiss for the sake of kissing.

Oh well, at least Rahul is honest.

Calm down Rahul Bose fans, he's only retiring from the Indian national Rugby team. He'll still be making movies.

The Pyaar Ke Side Effects actor has decided to hang up his boots and retire from professional rugby...he gives his reasons below,

"It's sad but true that I am finally giving up what I like the most. I am quitting this rugby tournament from this year on".

"For International Tournament because they normally take about six week and I don't have the time to give.

Second thing, the youngest person on the team is 18, so the signs are loud and clear that I should quit before I start playing with my friends children on the team.

It's better to quit when people say why, than to quit when people say why not."

Can't argue with him there, leaving in a cloud of glory is better than being forcefully removed from the grounds. Rahul enjoyed the whole experience however and talks about the lessons he has learned from playing rugby,

"All the three things that rugby has given me that no-one else has given, not even my parents.

The first thing, rugby teaches you how to give your 100 % to the game whether you win or loose. The game has taught me how to loose gradually, and enjoy the score not the result.

The second thing rugby has taught me is to be a team player because by nature I am an individualist. Rugby has taught me the hard way that if we try to play alone, you are bound to get hurt.

The third thing, rugby has taught me to have a hot heart and keep a cool head, that's why I genuinely believe that rugby has given me what parents have not."

What about the cuts, bruises and broken teeth? C'mon, rugby also gives people that!

You can also check him out in Shaurya and Maan Gaya Mughal-e-Azam.

Being part of the Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam cast already has it's advantages. The movie is in post-production, but Mallika Sherawat is already throwing a party. When the shooting of the movie was completed, the Pyaar ke Side Effects star, very sweetly, threw a party for the entire crew and cast, that included Rahul Bose and Paresh Rawal. Mallika thought it was the best way to thank everyone for their hard work and personally invited everyone to the party. Producer Ratan Jain liked the gesture a lot and is full of praise for Mallika,

"It was a surprise that we will never forget! Mallika's party made everybody's day. She made it a point to invite each and everybody and that was very kind of her. It was an unforgettable evening for all of us."

And fans of the Mallika-Rahul 'jodi' will be happy to see them together again.

For all those who loved Pyaar Ke Side Effects, guess what? Rahul Bose and Mallika Sherawat are back with a new film, due out...I don't know when exactly. It's called Maan Gaye Mugal-e-Azam (The King has accepted). But the story revolves around a theater group that performs different plays, one of them being the love story of Salim and Anarkali. I'm assuming that Rahul and Mallika play those parts. Though I don't know how happy this movie is going to be, since the story of Anarkali and Salim doesn't end well. She's supposedly buried in a well by Emperor Akbar (yup, that same guy played by Hrithik Roshan in Jhoda-Akbar) because she was a dancing girl and his son Salim shouldn't marry below his rank. On the other hand, it looks like the King will be OK with it this time around. But enough with the Romeo-Juliet crap, Rahul is excited by the film and says,

"Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam’ is a spoofy and black comedy. If we look for a genre it’d have to be the ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron’ kind of cinema,”

And on being back with Mallika,

“She’s just not the person she’s made out to be. I’m happy that both the films she has done with me… ‘Pyar Ke Side Effects’ and ‘…Mughal-e-Azam’ take Mallika very far away from her image. It’s also my first full-on masala film and I had a blast.”

Can't wait for it to come out...might take a while though, so don't hold your breath. Oh, and by the way, 1 of today's 4 post is an April Fool's joke. Take your pick :-D.

A recent Q & A with Rahul Bose asked questions about his new film, whether there were any sequels planned for some films and how he feels about his co-stars.

Q.: Please tell us about your character in the film "Shaurya". A.: In this film, I portray an army lawyer who gets irritated all he time, as he does not have many cases. The lawyer gets a case at last, which is quite complicated, and realizes that he might eventually lose his life if he continues to work on the case. The story will move on as the lawyer, played by me, goes ahead with the case and fights it. Q.: According to you, what's the meaning of "Shaurya"? A.: I think "Shaurya" means whatever you do, do it with complete confidence and dedication. Q.: Minisha Lamba stars opposite you in the film, so can you talk about your chemistry on screen with her? A.: I mix well with all my co-stars. Even if I hate someone, my acting and perfect sense of chemistry does not let others notice this. I think building proper chemistry in front of the camera is quite easy, as they all are made or created. All that we show and do at the set are just forced and made. You also follow the same route as you are supposed to work as a part of a team.

Just a little aside...what happened to being humble? He sounds like Shah Rukh Khan!

Q.: But still, there are some pairs whose chemistry creates magic on screen, isn't it? A.: It's very rare. I don't think you should have to be friends to get that chemistry on screen. Take for example, I and Perizad are very good friends, but that chemistry doesn't show up on screen. On the contrary, there are Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla as well as Dilip Kumar and Vaijayanti Mala who never liked each other, but their onscreen chemistry was mind boggling. People say, I look better with Mallika on screen, but in reality, we are absolutely different from each other. Q.: Is it true that the sequel of "Pyar Ke Side Effects" will be made soon? A.: No. Q.: Who is your inspiration behind your work for social causes? A.: I don't know. I know only one thing that whenever I see something illegal happening, I get really angry. The racism that came to show up recently due to an incident in Mumbai has really made me ashamed as a citizen of this city. There's no feeling of differentiation amongst us, but when few people raised their voice, we felt afraid. Here we can easily understand that there's no unity amongst us.

Sorry fans who really wanted the sequel, and believed my old post about it but I really did think it was going to happen. Though sequels, as a general rule, suck, so maybe we should just leave the fantasy beautifully played out in our minds?

Or at least not with the original stars. The 2006 movie Pyaar ke Side Effects was a hit with the crowd looking for a mostly realistic and humourous impression of the modern relationship. They found it in the unlikely duo of Mallika Sherawat and Rahul Bose. Now with the idea of a sequel on the board, Mallika and Rahul may not agree to team up for this one. Director Saket Chaudhary is looking to direct the sequel, naming the film Shaadi ke Side Effects, examining the not often examined side of what happens after happily ever after. Saket talks about the project but can't promise to get us back the stars of the previous movie, insisting that scripts count more and even star actors can be replaced,

“I have narrowed down on an idea. The story takes off a few years later, post marriage,” “See, I am not writing the film keeping them in mind. Whether they feature in the film or not will be decided later. They are well aware of the second installment, but everything boils down to the script,”

Even the producers want the new film made and don't care if they get the original actors there or not.

"Yes a sequel to Pyar Ke Side Effects is definitely in the pipeline. And if Rahul or anyone else from the cast and crew doesn't want to do the sequel, no problem. We'll replace whoever isn't interested. I want Rahul and Mallika to encore their roles. But if they don't I can easily do it without them. I've repeatedly said actors and directors don't make a difference."

But it's too weird to see new actors fill in for their previous protagonists, have you seen Home Alone 4? Bet you didn't even know it existed. The point is that you can't have different people play the same character, the movie would already be at a disadvantage if the director tried that. So please bring back the kissy-couple!

Except he didn't, so you can all breathe easily. I never really understood why actors and actresses are fascinated with the idea of doing their own stunts. You have a stunt-double...use them! But some actors insist on doing their own stunts, whether it's for the authenticity of the shot or just for the adrenalin rush. Rahul Bose is one of these actors, who had a mishap last week while doing a stunt.

"I had to do bungee jumping for Samar Khan's 'Shourya'. It is my character's introductory scene. And I had never done bungee jumping in my life. I'm very sporty and have done a lot of adventure sports and I didn't mind trying it out. "These guys were from a Bangalore-based company called AWA Stunt Crew. They confidently told me that in the 12,000 jumps they've orchestrated so far, nothing has gone wrong." "They took me a hundred feet off the ground by crane. After two practice jumps they took me up in a cage and told me to be calm and breathe deeply." "I'm facing the camera which is on top of me. Then I fall backwards facing the camera in a swan-like swoop. A second camera had been set up to trace the arch of my fall. I leap off, and one foot down... I'm stuck! I look down frozen in descent and I see this yawning chasm." "Later I got to know I was 499 feet above ground level. Then I hear the guy above me say, 'Oh shit, the harness has got stuck on the camera. Do you want me to let you go or pull you up? Suspended in mid-air I wonder what letting go means! I thought, 'My family can't have two deaths in one week.' " "They pull me up. And I decide I won't try the stunt again, at least not with those Bangalore experts who claim to have done 12,000 smooth bungee jumps. I realized later that those guys were completely freaked out by what happened to me. I declined to do the stunt again and returned to Mumbai. If something had given way, what then?"

Wow, talk about bad publicity. Guys, did you get that? AWA Stunt Crew...they will kill you, don't use them for any of your bungee-jumping needs. But we're all very glad that Rahul's ok, because then how would we get another dose of him and Mallika Sherawat? I mean, the poor guy lost his dad recently...imagine how his family would feel if something had happened to him. To quote Brooke Shields "When you die, you lose a very important part of your life."

Since I have readers who like Mallika Sherawat and since I like the readers, I won't go on my sad insulting spree again. Tabu and Mallika have never acted together (as far as I know) but directors are now preferring the screen-siren over more demure Tabussam (Yup, that's her real name). The writer of Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam, Cheel, says:

"I'm a writer. So I know exactly how to place an actor into a character. Yes, Tabu was to do the role. But the way I look at it now, the role is perfect for Mallika. If Naseeruddin Shah had done 'Black' wouldn't it have been different from the way Amitabh Bachchan played the character?"

Um, good point I guess. After the success of Pyar Ke Side Effects, directors are hoping that Mallika and Rahul Bose can light up the screen again. Mallika won't be cast as her usual sex-bomb character either. Should be fun to see if she can pull this off.