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Emraan has a good ear for music
By Manissha Despaande, Indo-Asian News Service 

Mumbai, Jan 1 (IANS) Apart from being a serial kisser, actor Emraan Hashmi is also known for starring in many chartbusters. But few know that he has a good ear for music too. 

  

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The "Jawani Diwani" chartbuster "Sine Ne Sine Ne" was actually recorded by composer duo Siddharth-Suhaas for "Kalyug". However Emraan, on whom the song is filmed, felt the song fitted the mood and situation of producer Babloo Pachisia's "Jawani Diwani" rather than "Kalyug", reports Bollywood Trade.

Says Emraan: "I realised that the song was too funky for 'Kalyug', and so I made Babloo hear the song. He freaked out and wanted to use it for 'Jawani Diwani' instead."

Adds the elated producer: "Emmi has a good ear for music. He has got this uncanny ability to pick out winners. He instantly thought that the song would go well with my film. I trusted his vision.

"'Sine Ne Sine Ne' is a chartbuster already and I am thankful to Emmi for this."

The video, which is on air featuring Emraan, is directed by Stan Lee.

Must say be it his lip-locking traits or chartbusters, Emmi knows how to connect with his audience.

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'Fight Club' - a salute to friendship

Director Vikram Chopra, who is debuting with his film "Fight Club", is quite pleased with the curiosity generated by the film's tagline. The casually styled promos ask a series of questions and one of them is: "Have you picked up a fight lately?"

Says Chopra: "The line and the visuals have elicited considerable curiosity among college-going audiences. The idea is to present a group of friends, who are beaten and bruised but still keep smiling."

According to Chopra, he and his producer friend Sohail Khan specially designed the tagline and posters to attract all sections of the audience, reports Bollywood Trade.

The film is an action comedy about 12 friends who stick together through good times and bad times, though only eight of them remain in the end. Chopra maintains that the story written by Sohail is a salute to friendship.

"The theme of the film is friendship and it is so much close to the relationship Sohail and all of us share in real life. Eventually it's very important to have friends," he says.

Presented by Bharat Shah and produced by Sohail Khan and Ravi Walia, the film is scheduled for a Jan 26 release. The film stars Sohail Khan, Suniel Shetty, Riteish Deshmukh, Amrita Arora and others.

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Sunny Deol taken up with "Kaafila"

There was a time when issue-based and realistic films were labelled as art films with little commercial value at the box-office. But times have changed.

Thanks to the increasing audience acceptance for such films, filmmakers like Ammtoje Maan have now become crusaders for a cause with their thought-provoking issue-based films.

Maan is now in the process of completing his film, "Kaafila", a Rs.200 million magnum opus with Sunny Deol and Pakistani actresses Sana and Monalisa, reports Bollywood Trade.

Sunny is reportedly taken up with the subject of the film, which revolves around problems faced by illegal migrants. The film has been shot in the breathtaking locales of Bulgaria, Manali and Ladakh and has a lilting musical score by Sukhwinder Singh.

Maan's last film "Hawaayein" was not only critically acclaimed but also raked in the moolah for the filmmaker.

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'The Last Monk' invited to international film fests 

Sudipto Sen's "The Last Monk" has been invited to four international film festivals, though the first print of the film is yet to be released.

This is the first feature film from Sen, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and national award winner, reports Bollywood Trade.

The English-language film explores the subject of cultural Buddhism through the picturesque landscape of Ladakh and portrays a radical understanding of male-female relationship and sexuality.

The film stars Rachna Shah, who has worked with several acclaimed directors in the south and the east including Sonu Sisupal ("Kaalachakram", Tamil), Santosh Sivan ("Navarasa") and Ashok Vishwanathan's "Andhkarer Shabd - Sounds of Darkness" (Bengali).

Sonam Stobgias Gorky, from the New Delhi-based National School of Drama, plays Sonik, the protagonist of the film.