_________________________________________________________________ Screen weekly newsletter Edition of Oct 15, 2004 - Oct 22, 2004 ************************* THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES ************************* SHOWCASE Take 2 On August 13, Sholay stormed the theatres. On November 12, a digitally enhanced Mughal-e-Azam in all colour will be unveiled. It�s comeback time for the classics... http://www.screenindia.com/films/ /------------------------ advertisement ------------------------ No 1 Indian Matrimonials - 550,000+ members, 150,000+ photo profiles, 16,000+ successful matches! Register & Contact members for FREE!! http://ads.expressindia.com/adsnew/adclick.php?bannerid=400&zoneid=63&source=&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shaadi.com%2Findex.php%3Fptnr%3Dieom ------------------------ advertisement ------------------------/ _______________________________________________________________ FILMS ***** SHOWCASE Take 2 On August 13, Sholay stormed the theatres. On November 12, a digitally enhanced Mughal-e-Azam in all colour will be unveiled. It�s comeback time for the classics... http://www.screenindia.com/films/ My son, Guru Dutt Continuing from last week our series on In Calcutta, Gurudutt, got a Scholarship of Rs. 75/- to go and study. http://www.screenindia.com/films/ LEGEND | AMITABH BACHCHAN Actor for Seasons He was born to a great father and he understood this even as a little child. His mother, Teji Bachchan said that he listened with his eyes and could recall the most mundane moment, in... http://www.screenindia.com/films/ 1979 Melody in the Movies Bappi Lahiri, still a couple of years away from big time, composes two remarkable melodies �Tum saamne baithe raho...� (Lata) and �Saathi re gham nahin karna...� http://www.screenindia.com/films/ NEWS Gulshan Rai no more Leading financier, distributor and film producer Gulshan Rai Sachdev passed away in Mumbai on... http://www.screenindia.com/films/ DID YOU KNOW Guru Dutt Sahir sahab must have never dreamt that his verse would turn true when on 10th Oct 1964, Guru Dutt the genius... http://www.screenindia.com/films/ TAKE 25 | EXCERPT 66 Tabu Even in her debut film Hum Naujawan, Tabu�s talent was never in doubt. Came Vijaypath and the �Ruk ruk ruk...� http://www.screenindia.com/films/ NEWS FLASH Chand Sa Roshan Chehra The mixing of Aftab Pictures Pvt Ltd�s Chand Sa Roshan Chehra got underway at Sunny Super Sound from October 6. http://www.screenindia.com/films/ SIGNATURE Pride, prejudice.... When a filmmaker mismanages his event for the first time, one is ready to give him the benefit of doubt. http://www.screenindia.com/films/ FOCUS Centre stage It is boom time for drama buffs as many yesteryears and current actresses have made a beeline for theatre http://www.screenindia.com/films/ BOX-OFFICE Balle Balle! Amritsar To L.A. For some strange reason, the producers seemed not too keen on publicising the film in a big way. In fact, it looked as if they were in some kind of hurry to release the film. http://www.screenindia.com/films/ HAPPENINGS Dil Bechara Pyaar Ka Maara MVS Production�s maiden project, Dil Bechara Pyaar Ka Maara, a romantic comedy will release on October 15. The movie is also the directorial debut of Onkarnath Mishra and it has music by... http://www.screenindia.com/films/ INTERVIEW | PURNENDU SHEKHAR �Astitva is a journey from immaturity to maturity� After struggling for years, Purnendu Shekhar is happy that the serial Astitva-Ek Prem Kahani he is writing for Zee has been getting accolades and rave reviews both from home and abroad.... http://www.screenindia.com/films/ RUSHES Sushama Shiromanee is President of IMPPA The 65th Annual General Meeting of the Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association was held on September 29 at the Isckon Auditorium in Mumbai. A day later the newly elected executive... http://www.screenindia.com/films/ _______________________________________________________________ MUSIC ************* GAYATRI IYER Versatile Like her husband Kunal Ganjawala, life has been on a roll for Gayatri Iyer. Her Bride And Prejudice, in which she is the main playback voice and has sung five songs each in both the English and Hindi versions (Balle Balle! Amritsar To L.A.) under Anu Malik has just been released. http://www.screenindia.com/music/ KUNAL GANJAWALA VOX Popular Life�s suddenly become a whirlwind for Kunal Ganjawala. As a singer, he has been around since the late �90s, his voice heard in dozens of popular jingles and Hindi chartbusters through... http://www.screenindia.com/music/ TRIBUTE A Tribute To Sahir Ludhianvi Since time immemorial,Love has been questioned,challenged and put to the test, and society too has been judgmental,pedantic and condescending towards anyone who has dared to be different... http://www.screenindia.com/music/ MUSIC REVIEWS Aitraaz Himesh Reshammiya is in form again with his blend of catchy foot-tapping songs with a strong undercurrent of melody. Sure to catch up with all kinds of music lovers, this Sameer-written... http://www.screenindia.com/music/ NEWS BUNCH Universal Music launches Mehsopuria Universal Music has launched the self-titled debut album of Mehsopuria, who is an all-rounder sensation in bhangra-funk in U.K. as a singer, song-writer, composer, musician and producer. http://www.screenindia.com/music/ _____________________________________________________________ REGIONAL ***************** REVIEWS Action Fare Arasaktchi has a novel plot, of a youth wronged by the judicial system killing the lawyers who take up cases of the wrongdoers. Arjun is the GM of a hotel. Without anybody�s knowledge, he targets lawyers who help murderers and rapists and kills three such criminal lawyers in his own innovative way... http://www.screenindia.com/regional/ TAMIL Prasanth, Sneha in Ayudham Prashanth�s romantic entertainer Ayudham with Sneha as his co-star is now complete. http://www.screenindia.com/regional/ TOLLYGUNGE Sri Lanka: Fewer films, more quality Sinhalese cinema has, somewhat, made a great stride in sphere of making good films. http://www.screenindia.com/regional/ MALYALAM Class apart St Alberts College, Ernakulam is where the shooting for Renjith�s Black is in progress. http://www.screenindia.com/regional/ TELUGU Sandali Sinha in Telugu Noted industrialist Girish Kumar Sanghi is now stepping into film production. http://www.screenindia.com/regional/ RAJASTHAN Racket of VCDs Busted The Kotwali police seized more than 4000 illegal VCDs of films including Dobara and Madhoshi http://www.screenindia.com/regional/ MALYALAM Ambitious >From a scenarist, Renjith had turned to direction with Ravanaprabhu and had then made >Nandanam and Mizhirandilum. Renjith spoke about Black in a brief interview ... http://www.screenindia.com/regional/ TELEVISION Southern Bytes The story revolves around the protagonist, Sudha, who hails from an affluent family. She is afflicted with a terminal disease. Kandasamy, her husband and Balaji, son, try to acquire her... http://www.screenindia.com/regional/ _____________________________________________________________ TELEVISION ***************** SEXPLOSION Bedroom passion living room If someone wants to know what the Kamasutra is all about he or she need not take the trouble to read Vatsayana�s sublime treatise on sex. Instead what one should do is simply watch television for a few days. http://www.screenindia.com/television/ TELLY BUZZ Actor by chance He studied to be a lawyer but destiny willed otherwise and he became an actor. The younger sibling of Rajiv Paul, Rakesh Paul has already acted in a number of serials like Mujhe Chaand... http://www.screenindia.com/television/ NEWS Cable TV rates down in Chennai Cable TV rates, across several regions in the country, are on an upward spiral with most subscribers being forced to pay a monthly cable bill exceeding Rs 150, according to a recent survey... http://www.screenindia.com/television/ NEWS ...to share booty only if it rakes in over Rs 200 cr Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati will share its revenues with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) only if it earns over Rs 200 crore through advertisements in the first two... http://www.screenindia.com/television/ NEWS BUNCH BCCI asks DD to beam first two Test series... Just two days after public broadcaster Prasar Bharati threatened to take legal action against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it has been roped in as part of the... http://www.screenindia.com/television/ ____________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL ***************** OLD IS GOLD Waheeda Rehman retrospective in Seattle If there is one actress of the 60s who still fills up the screen with her amazing presence, it is Waheeda Rehman. In her sixties now, the actress remains the undisputed symbol of grace, elegance and unrivalled talent - a cherished survivor of that breed of actresses who flanked her on the billboards of the 50s and 60s. http://www.screenindia.com/international/ REVIEW Let�s Enjoy Here�s one film which is refreshingly different, unpretentious and watchable from all points of view. It�s a live, authentic, no holds barred look at the party scene in Delhi and its... http://www.screenindia.com/international/ UPCOMING Mira Nair's The Namesake Filmmaker Mira Nair says she has chosen Kokata for most of the shooting of her next film, which is based on Pulitzer-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri�s novel, The Namesake. http://www.screenindia.com/international/ _____________________________________________________________ Visit us at http://www.expressindia.com for indepth coverage of news from around India, updated round the clock. 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