Once Upon a Time in Mumbai – Bollywood Nites https://www.bollywoodnites.com Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:19:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.bollywoodnites.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cropped-cropped-logo-32x32.png Once Upon a Time in Mumbai – Bollywood Nites https://www.bollywoodnites.com 32 32 Prachi to Steam up with Emraan Again! https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2011/06/06/prachi-to-steam-up-with-emraan-again/ https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2011/06/06/prachi-to-steam-up-with-emraan-again/#respond Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:19:25 +0000 http://www.bollywoodnites.com/?p=5172

Whenever there is a talk about Emraan Hashmi, it often goes to his reputation, the sensuous side of the actor. It is heard that Prachi Desai will once again feature along Emraan in Mahesh Bhatt’s next ‘Informer’ where the two will fire up the screen with another steamy sequence and this time it will be few notches above what the actor has always and profoundly performed.

The two have acted together in Milan Lutharia’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’ where they got cozy in one of the song of the film but in ‘Informer’ they have to better that performance.

It is revealed by sources that Prachi will go an immense makeover for the role, though there is no official information as film’s co-producer Fox Star is keeping things under wraps.

A source told a leading Tabloid, “The seeds of her transformation were planted in OUATIM, where she moved out of her comfort zone and did love-making sequences with Emraan.


Now, with him as her co-star again, she will completely discard her sedate coy desi miss-won’t-kiss image and emerge as the new femme-fatale in tinsel town.”

Although, Prachi has already said that she do not have a ‘Kiss’ clause in her contracts and she has already refused to do so, first in ‘OUATIM’ and Shrishti Arya’s next where she had to kiss John Abraham.

Let see, when Prachi’s ‘Kiss ka Kissa’ will end!

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Akshay Kumar to play Dawood, Not Emraan anymore!!! https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2011/02/09/akshay-kumar-to-play-dawood-not-emraan-anymore/ https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2011/02/09/akshay-kumar-to-play-dawood-not-emraan-anymore/#respond Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:46:31 +0000 http://www.bollywoodnites.com/?p=3212

There’s good news for all the Akshay Kumar fans who like to see him more in action movies rather than comedies, where his timing has seriously gone wrong these days. Akshay Kumar is all set to sign Ekta Kapoor’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’ sequel, as the lead actor, replacing less actor more kiss-master Emraan Hashmi – he didn’t get to kiss Prachi Desai in the original. His role is going to get picked up from where Emraan, who portrayed the role of young Dawood in the original, had left it.

The sequel of the film will be directed by Milan Lutharia itself. The first installment of the movie emphasized on the life of Haji Mastan and his rivalry with Dawood Ibrahim, where Haji Mastan dies in the end. Whereas, the sequel will entirely draw attention towards the rise of Dawood in Mumbai Underworld. The film is going to be a true action packed thriller.

Since, none of the lead actors from the original film are working in the sequel, its anticipated that the film will see some fresh and happening story altogether. Ekta Kapoor is keen on making the film on the basis of a complete new script, with no relation to the first film. The search is on for the film’s second lead, who could play Akshay’s rival in the movie.

We hope, Akki gets his timing right in dhishoom dhishoom!

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The silent Assassin – Ajay Devgn https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2010/12/30/the-silent-assassin-ajay-devgn/ https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2010/12/30/the-silent-assassin-ajay-devgn/#respond Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:23:35 +0000 http://www.bollywoodnites.com/?p=2073

He doesn’t bear the looks which could make women drool over their eyes on him, but with time he has developed a character that can leave women asking for more. Ajay Devgn doesn’t come with a chocolate face that bollywood demands for a ‘Hero’. However, he carved his own niche in the industry, first as an action hero and later developed himself into an actor who can fit to any role, even in the ‘Comedy’ genre.

We can’t downplay what Ajay has achieved in his career when as an action hero his chips were down. It was in 1999 when Mahesh Bhatt’s ‘Zakhm’ brought him to life and he won ‘National Award for Best Actor’ for his role in the film.

Eleven years passed since he has in a sense started his second innings, looking beyond the typical ‘action drama’ movies. Now, Ajay has earned a reputation of ‘Mr. Dependable’, only the second man after ‘Rahul Dravid’ who enjoys the same nickname in the Indian Cricketing milieu.

In 2010, Ajay Devgn played a variety of roles successfully, four of his films ‘Rajneeti’ ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’ ‘Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge’ and ‘Golmaal 3’ became a box-office success. ‘Rajneeti’ and ‘Golmaal 3’ deserve a special mention for their ‘Blockbuster’ status. The only film that didn’t do well for him was Priyadarshan’s ‘Aakrosh’ even after getting good reviews. But, you can’t take the credit away from the man who when doesn’t move his lips, his eyes do the talking.

Despite all the success Ajay keeps a silent figure in media, unlike the Khans ‘Shah Rukh Khan’ Salam Khan’ and ‘Aamir Khan’ who are said to be running the bollywood; sometimes with hits and sometimes with their fights in public domain, Ajay is calmly moving towards a career where the setting sun leaves the skies illuminated.

With a successful year behind, Ajay will be seen in the beginning of the year in Madhur Bhandarkar’s soft comedy ‘Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji’ along with ‘Emraan Hashmi’ and ‘Omi Vaidya’ of 3 Idiot fame (Chatur).

Writer is a freelance journalist, script writer, avid blogger, poet, dreamer and story teller. Can be reached at http://twitter.com/#!/arziyaan

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5 Bollywood Hits of 2010 https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2010/12/28/5-bollywood-hits-2010/ https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2010/12/28/5-bollywood-hits-2010/#respond Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:52:19 +0000 http://bollywoodcorner.wordpress.com/?p=2021

We are closing to the end of a happening year 2010, when scams and corruption took away the limelight and headlines more than anything else. Still entertainment industry has stolen some space from all the news stories that matters a lot to the common man. 2010 has been one of the best years for the Bollywood, the Mumbai film industry as six films have made to the top 30 list of the highest grossing film at the Indian Box-office (statistics till November).

The worldwide release of the films are catching up in the Bollywood and a lot of Hindi films were released worldwide with great success which includes year’s highest grossing films like, Dabangg, My Name is Khan, Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, Rajneeti and Golmaal3.

However, one film that has really kicked on the tempo for the Hindi cinema is Salman Khan Starrer Dabangg, produced by his younger brother ‘Makkhi’ Arbaaz Khan. Proudly for Arbaaz his wife ‘Malaika Arora’ now called ‘Munni’ set up everything for him before the release of Dabangg with her spicy item number ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’ that left even the ‘Zandu Balm’ makers massaging their pelvic, only to make the song their promotional video for the Zandu Balm.

Most of the year ‘Shah Rukh Khan’ kept a silent figure after the release of his controversial ‘My Name is Khan’ in February 2010. The star is said to be busy with the shooting of his two upcoming films ‘Don2’ and ‘Ra 1’. The 2010 has been a year Bollywood certainly look forward to repeat in 2011.

Here is the list of 5 top grosser of 2010 at the box-office:

Dabangg:

If ‘tere mast mast do nain’ was melodic debut for Shatrughan Sinha’s daughter ‘Sonakshi Sinha’ ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’ has added another feather to ‘Malaika Arora’s item girl image. Dabangg was a full entertainment with all the spices that makes a Bollywood ‘Masala’ movie. In 2009 Salman Khan got life with ‘Wanted’ but in 2010 ‘Dabangg’ Salman assured his fans that he has still left with a lot of muscle power to stand on top of the podium – are you listening Mr. SRK, we want your response.

‘Dabangg’ is one of all time blockbusters with an earning of 140,10,00,000 in India only. It shattered all box-office records previously held by 3Idiot, netting  14.5 crore on its opening day,  49.11 crore in its opening weekend and  80.87 crore in its first week of business. Dabangg currently holds the record of being only the second highest grossing bollywood film of all time after 3 Idiots. ‘Dabangg has also given debutant actress Sonakshi an ultimate platform to spell the magic of her eyes.

My Name is Khan:

When ‘Kajol’ and ‘Shah Rukh Khan’ came together for Karan Johar’s ‘My Name is Khan’ the predictions were out rightly in favor of the film. The Kajol-SRK pair is one of the most favorite Bollywood pairs in the industry. The release of ‘My Name is Khan’ hit the controversies with Shiv Sena in Mumbai burned SRK’s effigy over his support to the inclusion of Pakistani players in IPL.

However, controversies are part of Bollywood and most of the times it has gained. ‘My Name is Khan’ released under the Shiv Sena uproar and boycott and become a hit, if not a blockbuster. To SRK’s relief the film became the highest grossing Bollywood film overseas, fetching 110.34 crore.

Golmaal 3:

No sequel in Hindi cinema has done so well as ‘Golmaal’. Director Rohit Shetty has learned some cheap humor through ‘Laughter shows’ that he judge on Television. Golmaal 3 may have tickled the ribs of the movie goers but it wasn’t as good as its previous sequels ‘Golmaal’ and ‘Golmaal Return’. More or less Rohit has kept the same star cast for ‘Golmaal 3’ too only with the addition of Mithun Chakraborty and Kunal Khemu.

However, ‘Golmaal 3’ did fairly good business and profited with ‘Diwali’ release grossing 107,43,00,000 making it the fourth highest grossing film of all time at the Indian Box-office.

Rajneeti:

Prakash Jha is always known for his tight grip on the socio-political matters of Bihar, the state he hails from. Rajneeti is a bitter truth of politics, prominently Bihar but isn’t as gory has ‘Jha’ tried to convince us with Rajneeti. But, the film was a success at the box office, thanks to leading men and Katrina Kaif to bring their acting in front. Manoj Vajpayee, Arjun Rampal, Ajay Devgan, Nana Patekar and Ranbir Kapoor’s acting has put life to the film and Naseeruddin Shah in guest appearance gave extra milieu to the film. Katrina looked great but still her Hindi needs improvement, if she has to do well in films like ‘Rajneeti’.

Rajneeti is another blockbuster of the year after Golmaal 3 and Dabangg which goes to all time blockbuster films of Bollywood. Rajneeti grossed 92,93,00,000 at the Box-office and it was well received in overseas market too.

Once Upon a Time in Mumbai:

Here I will give space to Milan Lutharia’s Once Upon a Time in Mumbai rather than ‘Housefull’ which has grossed more income than ‘OUATIM’ but here I go with a better film rather than better earning. Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, once again bring ‘Ajay Devgan’ in his serious self where he speaks no nonsense and do not act as a jamboree like Golmaal 3. OUATIM is a graceful film to watch in a theater, it takes you to the Mumbai of 70’s when gangsters ruled the city.

It was a salute to the romantic settings of Mumbai of 70’s when the city was called Bombay. OUATIM earned lesser than Housefull but the film was a hit on the Indian box office with 58,03,00,000 and also earned handsomely overseas.

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An Ode to Once Upon A Time In Mumbai… https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2010/08/08/an-ode-to-once-upon-a-time-in-mumbai/ https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2010/08/08/an-ode-to-once-upon-a-time-in-mumbai/#respond Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:34:49 +0000 http://bollywoodcorner.wordpress.com/?p=1960

Once upon a time, a very general phrase that was used hundreds of time during our childhood days, from grandparents to the chuddy-buddies, to the school teacher, whenever they start to narrate a story. The nostalgia of the phrase looks like it has revisited with the Milan Lutharia’s Once Upon a Time in Mumbai. Ironically, in all the stories of our childhood days we had good men winning over the evil intentions but never we have heard evil against evil, we have never taught that lesser evil succumbs to the greater and powerful evil of the story or in a word we never get to read evilest prevails over evil!

Once Upon A Time In Mumbai is a tale set up in the 70’s when Mumbai used to be Bombay, when the dreamland used to be the homeland of smugglers and gangsters but within them there was a man who ruled over them yet he loved Mumbai, he loved its people who were destined to end up in poverty and toil.

The film is in way salutes the serenity of 70’s, the lighting effect romances with the dressing and looks of the cast, the surroundings mesmerizes you with its simplicity and dialogues leave you spell bound as soon as you meet the eyes of Sultan Mirza (Ajay Devgan), the prodigy who sets up the celluloid brewing and you are left asking for him in every frame.

It has been said that your good doings can save you many a times in life but not always, your bad days keep following you until they revenge with your life for your deeds. Crime is crime even if out of that you do great services to poor and needy. And the same happens with Mirza when he leaves everything into the hands of Shoaib Khan (Emran Hashmi), a delinquent son of a cop who saw Mirza growing from dock to the peak of crime and powerful world and wants to be no lesser than him, if not better him. Shoaib’s shrewdness and clever attributes drove him to manage what Mirza declined to bow to save Mumbai from the sickness of poverty and dejection.

Shoaib reaches where he wanted to, to his ambition of becoming a “DON”, even if it asks the price of his inspiration – Mirza – and he decides to kill him, when Mirza was in an election meeting. Many would debate over the ending of the film, a man so powerful like Mirza ended up so grossly in the day light in front of the people he always helped and the culprit swiftly made out his way to the King’s seat of Crime. However, it is a real fact that in the war of evils only the powerful and shrewd wins and Shoaib was an example of this anti-climax!

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