‘My daughter wants a father just like me in her next life’ Shakti Kapoor

MUMBAI: Shakti Kapoor, popular for his bad-boy image on screen amazed the audience in Big Boss season 5 by his chivalrous, good-natured behavior. Maybe that’s why he was the next victim to be pulled out of the game.

‘My daughter wants a father just like me in her next life’ Shakti Kapoor

Kapoor said, “I think the main reason why the audience voted me out was because I wasn’t creating any controversies or being a part of them. Bigg boss’s house means a controversy house.”

Keeping him self aloof from all the fights and melo-drama Kapoor stated that he and Siddharth soon became best of friends. The close bond they shared overshadowed the age difference between them. “Siddharth is very fond of my shades. I told him once he’s out of the house they will be my first gift to him,” said Kapoor.

Being a part of the madhouse for 4 weeks, Kapoor conveyed that he has no hard feelings against Pooja Bedi if she said anything against him. “She’s only playing a game. Once she is out we will meet and eat food together,” he added.

The children and wife of this simple man who doesn’t mind cleaning the dishes or doing other chores are proud of him. “My daughter said that she hopes to get a father just like me in her next life as well,” smiled Kapoor.
‘My daughter wants a father just like me in her next life’ Shakti Kapoor

When Abbas Tyrewala wrote the catchphrase Pappu Can’t Dance Sala for his debut film little did he know it would grow into a youth chant at pubs, college campuses and bowling alleys.

So the first thing he was advised to do was to register the title for future use. Abbas was in no mood to use Pappu Can’t Dance Sala as a title for any of his future films. He gladly handed the words of his lyrics to writer-actor-director Saurabh Shukla.

Says Abbas, “Saurabh is most welcome to it. Pappu Can’t Dance Saala could never have been the title of any of my films. I gladly gave away the phrase. Pappu can’t dance saala or Chiggy wiggy (for Blue) are catch-phrases I wrote off-the-cuff to appeal to youngsters. There’s no away I’ll re-title my new film Pappu Can’t Dance Sala. That phrase is done with. I’ll never use it again.”

Last heard, Abbas was being pressurized by potential distributors to change the title. “I just might have to change it, ” relents Abbas. “I could go for an old Hindi film-song title like I did in Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na.”

Commenting on A R Rahman’s music Abbas says, “Rahman created a totally different musical style for Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na and now for 1-800-Love. I loved writing Pappu can’t dance saala and Jiggy wiggy for Rahman. They both appealed to the young, Pappu to the 18-year old, Jiggy to the 4-5-year old.”

Abbas Tyrewala and his producer Madhu Mantena are at loggerheads over the strange-sounding title 1-800-Love of Abbas’s film.

The producer it seems, was against the odd title from the start and insisted that the term 1-800-Love had no relevance to Indian audiences.

But Abbas insisted on the title.

“That’s the name by which I see the characters’ lives unfold, ” the director insists.

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When Boney Kapoor was invited to the ongoing Cairo International Film Festival, it was in the capacity of being a Guest of Honour. However, to his pleasant surprise, he was also bestowed upon a Lifetime Achievement award, something which he didn’t see coming at all. What acted as a cherry on the top, literally so, was the fact that the felicitation happened yesterday, 11th November, which happens to be Boney Kapoor’s birthday.

“I have turned 54 today and this award makes me wonder if I have really aged. In fact I feel that I have just started”, chuckles Boney Kapoor when this writer spoke to him yesterday, “It’s my birthday and this award has really made me feel so special. More so because I wasn’t expecting it at all. I was a special invitee there as a Guest of Honour and was required to provide organizers some documentation around my work over the decades. I didn’t have any clue that this profiling was being done to hand me over a Lifetime Achievement award.”

He was in the elite company of actors like Samuel Jackson and Salma Hayek amongst others who were also special guests at the event. Other than them, there were also quite a few renowned Arab and Egyptian film personalities with whom Boney Kapoor hobnobbed with.

“Yes, it was good to be with Hollywood personalities. However, what I liked most was the fact that I was on stage with Adoor Gopalakrishnan who is on an extremely different end when it comes to filmmaking sensibilities. He too was bestowed upon the same award. It is great that industry in general is acknowledging the contribution of filmmakers belonging to farthest extremes”, says Boney over phone from Cairo.

Generally an award belonging to this category signals retirement time for many a filmmaker. However, Boney has been further buoyed by this and is now aspiring at starting newer projects soon.

“I don’t think I have reached my peak to even think of retirement”, he laughs, “There are only a few lucky ones who have managed to survive the industry as a filmmaker for as many as 30 years. I guess there are just 8-10 of us. God has been kind with me to pull me out of the financial mess I was in.”

“With two back to back blockbusters in the form of No Entry followed by Wanted, I am raring to go. I have to be consistent from here on, pick my projects carefully and ensure that I do not repeat my mistakes. Being in a good situation like this, I can’t let it slip away again”, he signs off.

Next in line for Boney Kapoor is Satish Kaushik directed Milenge Milenge [Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor] and brother Sanjay Kapoor’s debut production It’s My Life [directed by Anees Bazmee and starring Harman Baweja, Genelia D'Souza and Nana Patekar].

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A ghost, an eccentric theatre actor or a flamboyant genie, Amitabh Bachchan has done quite a few over-the-top roles and not delivered big hits in four years. But for filmmakers, the megastar is still a phenomenon they can’t wait to sign on.

“I would love to cast him for all my films. I just hope that I keep getting ideas where I can fit him, ” said R. Balakrishnan, director of his forthcoming film “Paa”.

Relasing Dec 4, “Paa” features Amitabh as a progeria patient.

“Amitabh Bachchan has crossed that mark of a hit or a flop affecting him. He is a phenomenon. He is the first veteran where stories are written keeping him in mind. Whether or not a film works is besides the point. He is not competing with anyone here, ” trade analyst Taran Adarsh told over phone from Mumbai.

“Every director wants to work with him at least once in his career. They’ve grown up watching him on the big screen. He is an encyclopaedia on acting. He has a different range altogether. He is a superb actor…and we can’t deny that fact, no matter what the fate of a film, ” he said.

Some of the 67-year-old thespian’s films have turned out to be over-hyped in terms of both content and characters, with the recent one being “Aladin” that was declared a dud on the first day itself. Amitabh plays a flamboyant genie in the movie.

Even his special appearance in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s “Delhi-6″ early this year, as Abhishek Bachchan’s grandfather, could not save the film from sinking. But he still rules the desire list of filmmakers.

“He is in demand because he is Amitabh Bachchan. He is a cult (figure). He has worked very hard and given success after success earlier. After his comeback from a break a few years ago, he is now having fun with cinema, ” said film critic Omar Qureshi.

“And he can afford to do that even if it means doing a crazy character in ‘Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag’. He is doing roles that he finds interesting. If the film doesn’t work, that is not his fault.”

And cinema too has undergone a sea change with time.

“Take his characters in ‘Nishabd’ and ‘Aladin’. No one could dare do that earlier. He is just going with the flow. His performance cannot be doubted. He is too good as an actor, ” explained Qureshi.

While Amitabh featured in duds like “Family”, “Darna Zaroori Hai”, “Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna” and “Baabul” in 2006, a string of flops followed in 2007 too with “Eklavya: The Royal Guard”, “Nishabd”, “Jhoom Barabar Jhoom” and “Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag”. Two of his outings the same year – “Cheeni Kum” and “Shootout at Lokhandwala” – were critically acclaimed but were not money grossers.

Last year was again disappointing with commercial failures like “Bhoothnath”, “Sarkar Raj”, “God Tussi Great Ho” and “The Last Lear”.

But writer-turned-director Rumy Jafry has no regrets for the failure of his film “God Tussi Great Ho” because it starred the Big B.

“It’s a dream for every director to work with him. Despite his age, he still works as a student and is completely a director’s actor. Neither does he interfere in anything. Look at ‘Paa’ for instance. He sat for close to five hours just for the make up and that shows his patience, ” said Jafry, who cast the Big B as God Almighty in the movie.

Jafry can’t stop praising the veteran’s professionalism.

“The whole world knows that there is no bigger actor and star than Amitabh Bachchan. There is no star in the industry more disciplined than him. Even if he was 10 minutes late, he would make sure to inform, while there are actors who are over two hours late without any notice, ” Jafry told.

But Bachchan prefers to be modest and says he is just a character artist nowadays.

“May be in the early years, they (audiences) came to watch my films because I was in it. But now I am just one of the credit titles. I am not that important, ” Amitabh had told in a recent interview.

“I am a part of the crew and the cast. Even in my early years, I used to think that. I think the product itself is more important. It’s the film that is going to make you or your name or give you visibility. If that goes wrong then everything goes wrong. So one must work as a team so that the product works, ” he added.

The star is still on a signing spree and has four projects lined up – “Paa”, “Teen Patti”, “Rann” and “Johnny Mastana”.

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Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor, who belongs to a family of great actors and filmmakers, says while his mother Neetu Kapoor is his biggest fan, his father Rishi Kapoor is his biggest critic.

“My mom is my biggest fan, but my father is my biggest critic,” Ranbir told reporters.

“He is someone who will call a spade a spade and is not afraid of hurting anyone because he is very correct when opinions are concerned and I am really happy that I have someone like him in my life who will tell me when I`m bad and when I`m good,” he said.

Ranbir, who has acted in films like “Saawariya”, “Bachna Ae Haseeno” and “Wake UP Sid” will be next seen opposite Katrina Kaif in the romantic comedy “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani”, slated to release November 6.

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My Name Is Khan” — Bollywood’s favourite on-screen couple Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol’s first film together in eight years — is set to release Feb 12 next year.

Directed by Karan Johar, the film will open in theatres in India and over 40 countries including the US, Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East, said a press release from Johar’s Dharma Productions.

“My Name is Khan” features Shah Rukh as Rizvan Khan, an unconventional hero who embarks on a journey across America to win back the love of his life. It shows how, along the way, his unique personality touches the lives of many and inspires a nation.

“I keep setting out to do something different with my films, but the one constant that remains is my desire to continue to explore the many ways in which two people can fall in love and stay in love regardless of any or every challenge against them, ” said Karan.

The film also marks a re-teaming of Johar and Shah Rukh after three years — their last outing together was “Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna”.

Johar has made his film in association with Fox STAR Studios, 20th Century Fox International and Fox Searchlight Pictures.

While Fox STAR Studios will market and distribute the film in India, Fox Searchlight Pictures will release it in the US. The distribution of the movie outside India and the US will be taken care of by Twentieth Century Fox International.

According to Vijay Singh, CEO Fox Star Studios, the film is drawing a “hugely positive response from exhibitors across the world” for the “coming together of Shah Rukh, Karan and Kajol”.

“It is a big event for Bollywood audiences across the world and their fan base is eagerly awaiting the release. But what makes ‘My Name is Khan’ a special film is that it brings together the finest Indian talent with a powerful story that has relevance for audiences everywhere, ” added Singh.

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