A note on revisionism: as many of you out there no doubt already know, it's become de rigueur for studios, corporations and filmmakers themselves to continue to tinker with their works. George Lucas and his "Special Editions" (and subsequent re-revisions) of the "Star Wars" films are the most prominent example of this, and the most illustrative of the concept's drawbacks. For while the idea of a "Director's Cut" or alternate version is a phenomenon that's been employed by everyone from Richard Donner to Michael Mann, Lucas' changes to "Star Wars" were part creative-minded, part "future-proofing" in terms of updating the visual effects to better conform with the Prequel Trilogy.
The most egregious victim of this trend is the original "Star Trek" TV series. Given that "Trek" had gained a (I believe erroneous) reputation for containing chintzy, so-called "dated" visual effects, CBS Television made the choice in 2006 to remaster the 1960s...
The most egregious victim of this trend is the original "Star Trek" TV series. Given that "Trek" had gained a (I believe erroneous) reputation for containing chintzy, so-called "dated" visual effects, CBS Television made the choice in 2006 to remaster the 1960s...
- 2/8/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Samuel L. Jackson, Gabrielle Union and Taraji P. Henson are among Hollywood notables remembering Richard Roundtree, who died Tuesday at the age of 81.
His manager, Patrick McMinn, told The Hollywood Reporter that the Shaft star died at his Los Angeles home of pancreatic cancer. Roundtree had other memorable roles in Roots, Once Upon a Time … When We Were Colored and Man Friday.
Jackson, who took over the Shaft film franchise from Roundtree in 2000, also starred as John Shaft’s (Roundtree) nephew in the sequel to the 1971 movie. Apart from appearing together in the 2000 movie, Roundtree and Jackson also teamed up again for the 2019 Shaft sequel.
In a touching tribute on Instagram, Jackson wrote, “Richard Roundtree, The Prototype, The Best To Ever Do It!! Shaft, as we know it is & will always be His Creation!!”
He continued, “His passing leaves a deep hole not only in my heart, but I’m...
His manager, Patrick McMinn, told The Hollywood Reporter that the Shaft star died at his Los Angeles home of pancreatic cancer. Roundtree had other memorable roles in Roots, Once Upon a Time … When We Were Colored and Man Friday.
Jackson, who took over the Shaft film franchise from Roundtree in 2000, also starred as John Shaft’s (Roundtree) nephew in the sequel to the 1971 movie. Apart from appearing together in the 2000 movie, Roundtree and Jackson also teamed up again for the 2019 Shaft sequel.
In a touching tribute on Instagram, Jackson wrote, “Richard Roundtree, The Prototype, The Best To Ever Do It!! Shaft, as we know it is & will always be His Creation!!”
He continued, “His passing leaves a deep hole not only in my heart, but I’m...
- 10/25/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Blaxploitation star broke the mould.
Richard Roundtree, the star of Shaft who was an icon of the Blaxploitation movement, has died in his Los Angeles home of pancreatic cancer. He was 81.
Roundtree was born in 1942 in Rochelle, New York, to parents John, a caterer and rubbish collector, and Kathryn, a maid and nurse.
He left Southern Illinois University when he chose to become a model and before long moved to New York City where he joined the Negro Ensemble Company.
Roundtree was acting in a play when he auditioned for Shaft, eventually landing the iconic role as the private detective...
Richard Roundtree, the star of Shaft who was an icon of the Blaxploitation movement, has died in his Los Angeles home of pancreatic cancer. He was 81.
Roundtree was born in 1942 in Rochelle, New York, to parents John, a caterer and rubbish collector, and Kathryn, a maid and nurse.
He left Southern Illinois University when he chose to become a model and before long moved to New York City where he joined the Negro Ensemble Company.
Roundtree was acting in a play when he auditioned for Shaft, eventually landing the iconic role as the private detective...
- 10/25/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Richard Roundtree, known for his role as Shaft in the series of films, died at the age of 81. The actor has left a legacy in both film and television for generations to come.
Roundtree made his debut in film as John Shaft in Shaft about a private detective who is hired by a mobster to help rescue his daughter who was kidnapped by Italian mobsters. The actor would go on to reprise his role of Shaft in the sequels Shaft’s Big Score (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973). A reboot of Shaft starring Samuel L. Jackson was released in 2000 with Roundtree appearing as “Uncle” Shaft. Roundtree also played the role in the short-lived CBS series.
Other films in which Roundtree appeared in include Embassy (1972), Earthquake (1974), Man Friday (1975), Diamonds (1975), Escape to Athena (1979), City Heat (1984), George of the Jungle (1997), What Men Want (2019) and The Haunting of the Mary Celeste (2020), just to name a few.
Roundtree made his debut in film as John Shaft in Shaft about a private detective who is hired by a mobster to help rescue his daughter who was kidnapped by Italian mobsters. The actor would go on to reprise his role of Shaft in the sequels Shaft’s Big Score (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973). A reboot of Shaft starring Samuel L. Jackson was released in 2000 with Roundtree appearing as “Uncle” Shaft. Roundtree also played the role in the short-lived CBS series.
Other films in which Roundtree appeared in include Embassy (1972), Earthquake (1974), Man Friday (1975), Diamonds (1975), Escape to Athena (1979), City Heat (1984), George of the Jungle (1997), What Men Want (2019) and The Haunting of the Mary Celeste (2020), just to name a few.
- 10/25/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Richard Roundtree, who became known as “the first Black action hero” for his portrayal of detective John Shaft in five films, has died at the age of 81 following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.
“Richard’s work and career served as a turning point for African American leading men in film,” Roundtree’s manager Patrick McMinn said in his statement confirming the actor’s death. “The impact he had on the industry cannot be overstated.”
Shaft followed the exploits of African American detective John Shaft. While the original screenplay called for Shaft to be white, director Gordon Parks opted to cast Roundtree, then just 28 years old, to play the titular character. The first Shaft film was released in 1971 on a budget of just $500,000. It went on to earn $12 million at the box office, and four sequel films followed.
Beyond its commercial success, Shaft is credited for being one of the...
“Richard’s work and career served as a turning point for African American leading men in film,” Roundtree’s manager Patrick McMinn said in his statement confirming the actor’s death. “The impact he had on the industry cannot be overstated.”
Shaft followed the exploits of African American detective John Shaft. While the original screenplay called for Shaft to be white, director Gordon Parks opted to cast Roundtree, then just 28 years old, to play the titular character. The first Shaft film was released in 1971 on a budget of just $500,000. It went on to earn $12 million at the box office, and four sequel films followed.
Beyond its commercial success, Shaft is credited for being one of the...
- 10/25/2023
- by Alex Young and Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Film News
Richard Roundtree, star of “Shaft,” “Roots,” and “Generations,” has died at the age of 81.
The actor succumbed after a short battle with pancreatic cancer, TheWrap has learned. Roundtree’s family was at his side when he died. His agency, Artists & Partners, confirmed his death.
“Artists & Representatives Agency mourns the loss of our friend and client Richard Roundtree,” the agency said in a statement obtained by TheWrap. “His trailblazing career changed the face of entertainment around the globe and his enduring legacy will be felt for generations to come. Our hearts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time.”
The actor starred in a number of landmark films, including 1971’s “Shaft” and its two sequels, 1972’s “Shaft’s Big Score!” and 1973’s “Shaft in Africa.” Roundtree was nominated for a New Star of the Year at the Golden Globes following the first movie.
Roundtree also starred in “Inchon” and...
The actor succumbed after a short battle with pancreatic cancer, TheWrap has learned. Roundtree’s family was at his side when he died. His agency, Artists & Partners, confirmed his death.
“Artists & Representatives Agency mourns the loss of our friend and client Richard Roundtree,” the agency said in a statement obtained by TheWrap. “His trailblazing career changed the face of entertainment around the globe and his enduring legacy will be felt for generations to come. Our hearts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time.”
The actor starred in a number of landmark films, including 1971’s “Shaft” and its two sequels, 1972’s “Shaft’s Big Score!” and 1973’s “Shaft in Africa.” Roundtree was nominated for a New Star of the Year at the Golden Globes following the first movie.
Roundtree also starred in “Inchon” and...
- 10/25/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
Richard Roundtree, the ultracool actor who helped open the door to a generation of Black filmmakers and performers with his portrayal of private eye John Shaft, “the cat that won’t cop out when there’s danger all about,” died Tuesday. He was 81.
Roundtree died at his home in Los Angeles of pancreatic cancer, his manager, Patrick McMinn, told The Hollywood Reporter.
He was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993 and had a double mastectomy. “Breast cancer is not gender specific,” he said four years later. “And men have this cavalier attitude about health issues. I got such positive feedback because I spoke out about it, and it’s been quite a number of years now. I’m a survivor.”
Roundtree also portrayed the title character opposite Peter O’Toole as Robinson Crusoe in Man Friday, was featured as an army sergeant opposite Laurence Olivier as Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Korean...
Roundtree died at his home in Los Angeles of pancreatic cancer, his manager, Patrick McMinn, told The Hollywood Reporter.
He was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993 and had a double mastectomy. “Breast cancer is not gender specific,” he said four years later. “And men have this cavalier attitude about health issues. I got such positive feedback because I spoke out about it, and it’s been quite a number of years now. I’m a survivor.”
Roundtree also portrayed the title character opposite Peter O’Toole as Robinson Crusoe in Man Friday, was featured as an army sergeant opposite Laurence Olivier as Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Korean...
- 10/25/2023
- by Chris Koseluk
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Richard Roundtree, an icon of Blaxploitation film who starred as detective John Shaft in Gordon Parks’ 1971 action thriller, died Tuesday afternoon after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81 years old.
His death was confirmed by Patrick McMinn, his manager since 1987.
“Richard’s work and career served as a turning point for African American leading men in film,” McMinn said in his statement. “The impact he had on the industry cannot be overstated.”
Roundtree was a leading man from the very start of his lifetime in screen acting. After beginning his career in modeling, he secured “Shaft” at the age of 28, marking his feature debut. The MGM release earned $12 million in ticket sales off of a $500,000 production budget, helping to save the studio from bankruptcy. A breakthrough hit, “Shaft” set the tone for a prolific decade of Blaxploitation filmmaking and demonstrated Hollywood’s historical failure to consider Black talent...
His death was confirmed by Patrick McMinn, his manager since 1987.
“Richard’s work and career served as a turning point for African American leading men in film,” McMinn said in his statement. “The impact he had on the industry cannot be overstated.”
Roundtree was a leading man from the very start of his lifetime in screen acting. After beginning his career in modeling, he secured “Shaft” at the age of 28, marking his feature debut. The MGM release earned $12 million in ticket sales off of a $500,000 production budget, helping to save the studio from bankruptcy. A breakthrough hit, “Shaft” set the tone for a prolific decade of Blaxploitation filmmaking and demonstrated Hollywood’s historical failure to consider Black talent...
- 10/25/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Carl Davis, who composed the scores for The French Lieutenant’s Woman, the BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice and perhaps most famously Abel Gance’s epic 1927 silent film Napoléon, has died. He was 86.
Davis died Thursday after suffering a brain hemorrhage, his family announced.
“We are so proud that Carl’s legacy will be his astonishing impact on music,” they wrote on Twitter. “A consummate all-round musician, he was the driving force behind the reinvention of the silent movie for this generation, and he wrote scores for some of the most-loved and remembered British television dramas.”
Born in Brooklyn but living in the U.K. since 1961, Davis was hired by documentarians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill to create music for the 13-hour 1980 miniseries Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film and for Napoléon.
“My first score for a silent movie was Napoleon,” he said in 2010. “Five hours of it! It...
Davis died Thursday after suffering a brain hemorrhage, his family announced.
“We are so proud that Carl’s legacy will be his astonishing impact on music,” they wrote on Twitter. “A consummate all-round musician, he was the driving force behind the reinvention of the silent movie for this generation, and he wrote scores for some of the most-loved and remembered British television dramas.”
Born in Brooklyn but living in the U.K. since 1961, Davis was hired by documentarians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill to create music for the 13-hour 1980 miniseries Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film and for Napoléon.
“My first score for a silent movie was Napoleon,” he said in 2010. “Five hours of it! It...
- 8/3/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Carl Davis, the composer known for his BAFTA-winning score for “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” (1981), died of a brain hemorrhage on Thursday. He was 86.
Davis’ family issued a statement on social media, writing: “We are so proud that Carl’s legacy will be his astonishing impact on music. A consummate all-round musician, he was the driving force behind the reinvention of the silent movie for this generation and he wrote scores for some of the most loved and remembered British television dramas.”
Born in New York, Davis co-authored revue “Diversions” (1959), which won an off-Broadway Emmy and featured at the 1961 Edinburgh Festival. Davis moved to the U.K. in 1961 and was commissioned by the BBC to compose music for “That Was the Week That Was.” Subsequent work included BBC’s anthology play series “The Wednesday Play” (1964-70) and “Play for Today” (1970-84).
Davis then composed for several iconic British television shows, including...
Davis’ family issued a statement on social media, writing: “We are so proud that Carl’s legacy will be his astonishing impact on music. A consummate all-round musician, he was the driving force behind the reinvention of the silent movie for this generation and he wrote scores for some of the most loved and remembered British television dramas.”
Born in New York, Davis co-authored revue “Diversions” (1959), which won an off-Broadway Emmy and featured at the 1961 Edinburgh Festival. Davis moved to the U.K. in 1961 and was commissioned by the BBC to compose music for “That Was the Week That Was.” Subsequent work included BBC’s anthology play series “The Wednesday Play” (1964-70) and “Play for Today” (1970-84).
Davis then composed for several iconic British television shows, including...
- 8/3/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
This sequel to 1963’s The Pink Panther is a smaller-scaled affair and all the better for it as director Blake Edwards is able to focus his attention on that great Parisian bumbler, the cosmically inept Inspector Jacques Clouseau – played to slapstick perfection by Peter Sellers. Based on a stage play (that did not include the Clouseau character), the 1964 hit introduced two long running players to the series, Burt Kwouk as Cato, Clouseau’s over-eager Man Friday and, memorably, Herbert Lom as the long suffering Commissioner Dreyfus.
- 3/17/2017
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Who?
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1974 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date , 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring Elliott Gould, Joseph Bova, Trevor Howard, Edward Grover, John Lehne, James Noble, Lyndon Brook, Michael Lombard, Kay(m) Tornborg, Joy Garrett, John Stewart.
Cinematography: Petrus R. Schoömp
Film Editor: Norman Wanstall
Original Music: John Cameron
Written by John Gould from the novel by Algis Budrys
Produced by Barry Levinson
Directed by Jack Gold
Today’s filmgoers say they want more cerebral science fiction films, and some moviemakers make an effort to comply. This year’s Arrival is quite ambitious, and last year’s Ex Machina is as good as any sci-fi movie since 2001.
But back in the 1950s producers quickly discovered that the audience wanted little more than monsters and mounting disaster in their sci-fi. Although some wonderful work snuck through, killer robots and alien invaders became the norm. From the 1970s forward, even with Stanley Kubrick aboard,...
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1974 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date , 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring Elliott Gould, Joseph Bova, Trevor Howard, Edward Grover, John Lehne, James Noble, Lyndon Brook, Michael Lombard, Kay(m) Tornborg, Joy Garrett, John Stewart.
Cinematography: Petrus R. Schoömp
Film Editor: Norman Wanstall
Original Music: John Cameron
Written by John Gould from the novel by Algis Budrys
Produced by Barry Levinson
Directed by Jack Gold
Today’s filmgoers say they want more cerebral science fiction films, and some moviemakers make an effort to comply. This year’s Arrival is quite ambitious, and last year’s Ex Machina is as good as any sci-fi movie since 2001.
But back in the 1950s producers quickly discovered that the audience wanted little more than monsters and mounting disaster in their sci-fi. Although some wonderful work snuck through, killer robots and alien invaders became the norm. From the 1970s forward, even with Stanley Kubrick aboard,...
- 1/17/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
This sequel to 1963’s "The Pink Panther" is a smaller-scaled affair and all the better for it as director Blake Edwards is able to focus his attention on that great Parisian bumbler, the cosmically inept Inspector Jacques Clouseau – played to slapstick perfection by Peter Sellers. Based on a stage play (that did not include the Clouseau character), the 1964 hit introduced two long running players to the series, Burt Kwouk as Cato, Clouseau’s over-eager Man Friday and, memorably, Herbert Lom as the long suffering Commissioner Dreyfus. Read More: The Pink Panther Returns, Again...
- 5/18/2015
- by Trailers From Hell
- Thompson on Hollywood
Robert Redford's near-mute performance as a mysterious old man of the sea adrift and utterly alone makes for a bold, gripping thriller
Jc Chandor's All Is Lost is a quasi-silent movie, or perhaps rather quasi-mute, portraying the ordeal of a lone sailor in a desperate situation: he is played with grizzled impassivity by the 77-year-old Robert Redford. Throughout the film, he is the only person on screen. There is no one and nothing but him, his damaged boat and the vast sea and sky. It a performance at once intimate and yet entirely opaque. To the very last, Redford withholds his character from us. Who is this man? Why has he embarked on such a remote and surely hazardous journey, so challenging that the disaster he encounters seems to be his predictable destiny? Does he think about the family, loved ones and friends that he has left behind?...
Jc Chandor's All Is Lost is a quasi-silent movie, or perhaps rather quasi-mute, portraying the ordeal of a lone sailor in a desperate situation: he is played with grizzled impassivity by the 77-year-old Robert Redford. Throughout the film, he is the only person on screen. There is no one and nothing but him, his damaged boat and the vast sea and sky. It a performance at once intimate and yet entirely opaque. To the very last, Redford withholds his character from us. Who is this man? Why has he embarked on such a remote and surely hazardous journey, so challenging that the disaster he encounters seems to be his predictable destiny? Does he think about the family, loved ones and friends that he has left behind?...
- 12/27/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Peter O’Toole: ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ actor, eight-time Oscar nominee dead at 81 (photo: Peter O’Toole as T.E. Lawrence in David Lean’s ‘Lawrence of Arabia’) Stage, film, and television actor Peter O’Toole, an eight-time Best Actor Academy Award nominee best remembered for his performance as T.E. Lawrence in David Lean’s epic blockbuster Lawrence of Arabia, died on Saturday, December 14, 2013, at a London hospital following "a long illness." Peter O’Toole was 81. The Irish-born O’Toole (on August 2, 1932, in Connemara, County Galway) began his film career with three supporting roles in 1960 releases: Robert Stevenson’s Disney version of Kidnapped; John Guillermin’s The Day They Robbed the Bank of England; and Nicholas Ray’s The Savage Innocents, starring Anthony Quinn as an Inuit man accused of murder. Two years later, O’Toole became a star following the release of Lawrence of Arabia, which grossed an astounding $44.82 million in North America back in 1962 (approx.
- 12/15/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
"The trick is not minding that it hurts."
Legendary star Peter O’Toole has died at the age of 81 after being taken to hospital on Friday. In a statement released earlier, Kate O’Toole says:
"His family are very appreciative and completely overwhelmed by the outpouring of real love and affection being expressed towards him, and to us, during this unhappy time. Thank you all, from the bottom of our hearts.
In due course there will be a memorial filled with song and good cheer, as he would have wished. We will be happy to speak to you all then but in the meantime if you could give Peter O’Toole the respect he deserves and allow us to grieve privately we’d appreciate it. Thank you all again for your beautiful tributes – keep them coming.
O'Toole retired from acting only last year, after a 54-year career, writing at the...
Legendary star Peter O’Toole has died at the age of 81 after being taken to hospital on Friday. In a statement released earlier, Kate O’Toole says:
"His family are very appreciative and completely overwhelmed by the outpouring of real love and affection being expressed towards him, and to us, during this unhappy time. Thank you all, from the bottom of our hearts.
In due course there will be a memorial filled with song and good cheer, as he would have wished. We will be happy to speak to you all then but in the meantime if you could give Peter O’Toole the respect he deserves and allow us to grieve privately we’d appreciate it. Thank you all again for your beautiful tributes – keep them coming.
O'Toole retired from acting only last year, after a 54-year career, writing at the...
- 12/15/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
It could be seen as ominous last night on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire when Eddie (Anthony Laciura) repaired with new business associate/friend Ralph Capone (Domenick Lombardozzi) to a beerhall populated with fellow German expatriates and spilled a little too proudly of his elevated status within his organization. The organization, of course, is the Atlantic City-based bootlegging empire of Nucky Thompson. After taking a dose of lead in the war with mafia don Joe Masseria, Eddie picked up a limp but also a promotion from Nucky’s Man Friday to administrative capo, hence his making the drop of a payoff to the Capone […]
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- 9/30/2013
- by Matthew Grimm
- ChannelGuideMag
Ayushmann Khurrana was in for a huge shock when the dead body of his Man Friday, Shivprasad, was found at his Goregaon residence. However, no suicide note was found on the person or around the flat. The body, which was discovered on Saturday, was decomposed, meaning that the man may have killed himself a few days ago. Both, the actor and his wife, were away when the incident took place. Apparently, little information about the reason behind the suicide is known, while the police state that the 26-year-old possibly suffered from depression.
- 3/4/2013
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Bollywood started with a bang in 2013 as Twentieth Century Fox's comedy drama Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola hit cinemas on January 11.
And we are offering you the chance to win the official CD of the film's music soundtrack.
Matru Ki Bijlee ka Mandola is set in the rustic surroundings of a village in Haryana in India and boasts an eclectic cast of veteran actors - Pankaj Kapur and Shabana Azmi - plus Bollywood's young gun rising stars - Imran Khan (as title character Matru) and Anushka Sharma (as Bijlee), along with a symbolic Gulabi Bhains (pink buffalo).
Matru Ki Bijlee ka Mandola is directed by the award-winning Vishal Bharadwaj who also co-wrote the script and created the musical score.
Vishal's credits include Satya, Maqbool, Omkara, Kaminey, Ishqiya and 7 Khoon Maaf.
In composing the score, Bharadwaj was accompanied by Sukhwinder Singh and Ranjit who sang the upbeat rustic title track of the film.
And we are offering you the chance to win the official CD of the film's music soundtrack.
Matru Ki Bijlee ka Mandola is set in the rustic surroundings of a village in Haryana in India and boasts an eclectic cast of veteran actors - Pankaj Kapur and Shabana Azmi - plus Bollywood's young gun rising stars - Imran Khan (as title character Matru) and Anushka Sharma (as Bijlee), along with a symbolic Gulabi Bhains (pink buffalo).
Matru Ki Bijlee ka Mandola is directed by the award-winning Vishal Bharadwaj who also co-wrote the script and created the musical score.
Vishal's credits include Satya, Maqbool, Omkara, Kaminey, Ishqiya and 7 Khoon Maaf.
In composing the score, Bharadwaj was accompanied by Sukhwinder Singh and Ranjit who sang the upbeat rustic title track of the film.
- 1/16/2013
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Vishal Bhardwaj started out as an unusually rooted film maker. He was imaginative, he was experimental, he was original (yes, even when adapting Shakespeare). Vishal Bhardwaj of Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (Mkbkm) is still experimental and original but not rooted anymore. He is quirky and increasingly whimsical. The rootedness rears its head now and then but clashes badly with the quirks and the end result is part likeable and part absurd.
Mandola village is lorded over by an eccentric industrialist Harry Mandola (Pankaj Kapur). When not drinking himself silly, he dreams of usurping the villagers’ land and building an industrialist town there. Helping him achieve this dream is the scheming politician Deviji (Shabana Azmi) who wants her son Baadal (Arya Babbar) to get married to Mandola’s only daughter Bijlee (Anushka Sharma). Mandola’s Man Friday Matru (Imran Khan) seems like the perfect servant but has a hidden agenda of his own.
Mandola village is lorded over by an eccentric industrialist Harry Mandola (Pankaj Kapur). When not drinking himself silly, he dreams of usurping the villagers’ land and building an industrialist town there. Helping him achieve this dream is the scheming politician Deviji (Shabana Azmi) who wants her son Baadal (Arya Babbar) to get married to Mandola’s only daughter Bijlee (Anushka Sharma). Mandola’s Man Friday Matru (Imran Khan) seems like the perfect servant but has a hidden agenda of his own.
- 1/11/2013
- by Shalu Dhyani
- Bollyspice
Bollywood poster boy Imran Khan toughened up his image to play the rugged hero in director Vishal Bhardwaj's forthcoming Matru Ki Bijlee ka Mandola, released through Twentieth Century Fox this Friday, January 11, 2013.
Bhardwaj (Omkara, Maqbool) requested Imran to completely get into the skin of his character Matru by immersing himself in the Haryana way of life. The actor spent a month with five Jhat (a North Indian caste) boys from Delhi to assimilate their language and mannerisms.
Imran had to change his body language and learn Haryanvi for the role. He had to eat with the Jhat boys, go shopping with them and only speak and respond in Haryanvi, not uttering a word of English for the whole month. Imran was mentored for the part by theatre maestro Nk Sharma, who runs the Delhi-based act 1theatre Group.
Only when the intensive training session was completed, and both Vishal Bhardwaj...
Bhardwaj (Omkara, Maqbool) requested Imran to completely get into the skin of his character Matru by immersing himself in the Haryana way of life. The actor spent a month with five Jhat (a North Indian caste) boys from Delhi to assimilate their language and mannerisms.
Imran had to change his body language and learn Haryanvi for the role. He had to eat with the Jhat boys, go shopping with them and only speak and respond in Haryanvi, not uttering a word of English for the whole month. Imran was mentored for the part by theatre maestro Nk Sharma, who runs the Delhi-based act 1theatre Group.
Only when the intensive training session was completed, and both Vishal Bhardwaj...
- 1/7/2013
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
One of the first Bollywood films of 2013 will be Vishal Bhardwaj’s Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, a comedy set in Haryana, in North India.
The film tells the story of of Harry Mandola (Pankaj Kapur), a wealthy industrialist who loves his drink, his daughter ‘Bijlee’ (Anushka Sharma – Jab Tak Hai Jaan) and the unusual bond they both share with Harry’s Man Friday, ‘Matru’ (Imran Khan -Ekk Main Aur Ekk Tu). Much to her father’s delight, Bijlee is all set to marry Baadal (Arya Babbar), the son of a powerful politician Chaudhari Devi (Shabana Azmi – Midnight’s Children). This alliance, which is far from just being a simple union of two young people, becomes the seed for a story that brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.
Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is directed, co-written and has music by Vishal Bhardwaj, who previous made Omkara,...
The film tells the story of of Harry Mandola (Pankaj Kapur), a wealthy industrialist who loves his drink, his daughter ‘Bijlee’ (Anushka Sharma – Jab Tak Hai Jaan) and the unusual bond they both share with Harry’s Man Friday, ‘Matru’ (Imran Khan -Ekk Main Aur Ekk Tu). Much to her father’s delight, Bijlee is all set to marry Baadal (Arya Babbar), the son of a powerful politician Chaudhari Devi (Shabana Azmi – Midnight’s Children). This alliance, which is far from just being a simple union of two young people, becomes the seed for a story that brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.
Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is directed, co-written and has music by Vishal Bhardwaj, who previous made Omkara,...
- 12/20/2012
- by Maahin
- Nerdly
The stars of Vishal Bhardwaj’s upcoming Bollywood comedy Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola get their dancing shoes on for the energetic and festive music video to the new song ‘Oye Boy Charlie’ featuring Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma, and Pankaj Kapur. When the ladies battle the gents, who will win? Watch the New song video for Mkbkm now and catch the film in theaters when it releases in the new year on January 11.
Sung by Rekha Bhardwaj, Shankar Mahadevan & Mohit Chauhan with the thumping rustic beats by Vishal Bhardwaj check out ‘Oye Boy Charlie’ and get a glimpse into the funny and fun we can expect from the jodi of Imran and Anushka!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuSeSinjadU
The breathtaking backdrop of Haryana in North India is the setting for Vishal Bharwaj’s comedy-drama Matru Ki Bijlee ka Mandola. The rustic romance is set in a small, picturesque farming village,...
Sung by Rekha Bhardwaj, Shankar Mahadevan & Mohit Chauhan with the thumping rustic beats by Vishal Bhardwaj check out ‘Oye Boy Charlie’ and get a glimpse into the funny and fun we can expect from the jodi of Imran and Anushka!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuSeSinjadU
The breathtaking backdrop of Haryana in North India is the setting for Vishal Bharwaj’s comedy-drama Matru Ki Bijlee ka Mandola. The rustic romance is set in a small, picturesque farming village,...
- 12/18/2012
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
After sixty years of performing, 79-year old Peter O'Toole confirmed in a statement (via The Hollywood Reporter) that he's retiring from acting.
O'Toole says "It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won’t come back. My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought me together with fine people, good companions with whom I’ve shared the inevitable lot of all actors: flops and hits. However, it’s my belief that one should decide for oneself when it is time to end one’s stay. So I bid the profession a dry-eyed and profoundly grateful farewell."
O'Toole was nominated for a total of eight Academy Awards and though never winning a competitive Oscar, he was bestowed with an honorary statuette...
O'Toole says "It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won’t come back. My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought me together with fine people, good companions with whom I’ve shared the inevitable lot of all actors: flops and hits. However, it’s my belief that one should decide for oneself when it is time to end one’s stay. So I bid the profession a dry-eyed and profoundly grateful farewell."
O'Toole was nominated for a total of eight Academy Awards and though never winning a competitive Oscar, he was bestowed with an honorary statuette...
- 7/10/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The stars of Bollywood enjoy success and praise from audiences but it is not too often we hear about those behind the stars success. Rumor has it that there is simply one man behind Rani Mukherjee’s success, so much so that she is extremely superstitious about her Man Friday Amosh.
Amosh appeared in a cameo role in No One Killed Jessica, Rani’s last film, but their working relationship is understood to go back further than that as Amosh has been working for the star for many years now. No One Killed Jessica was Rani’s only film of last year but a big hit nonetheless giving evidence to Amosh’s infectious luck.
Like other films in the past, Amosh has accompanied Rani to the set of her forthcoming films Talaash and Aiyya. Being so superstitious about his presence she even convinced Aiyya director Sachin Kundalkar to allow Amosh...
Amosh appeared in a cameo role in No One Killed Jessica, Rani’s last film, but their working relationship is understood to go back further than that as Amosh has been working for the star for many years now. No One Killed Jessica was Rani’s only film of last year but a big hit nonetheless giving evidence to Amosh’s infectious luck.
Like other films in the past, Amosh has accompanied Rani to the set of her forthcoming films Talaash and Aiyya. Being so superstitious about his presence she even convinced Aiyya director Sachin Kundalkar to allow Amosh...
- 3/24/2012
- by Janine Gall
- Bollyspice
The results are in! We asked readers to name their favorite TV characters of all time and thousands responded. This year, for the first time, we weren't just asking about favorite gay TV characters. Folks could vote for characters of either gender - and all persuasions. Of course, this being AfterElton we expected gay characters to figure prominently on this list - and they do - but it is interesting to see what female and straight TV roles also resonated with the AfterElton readership.
Before we get to the actual rankings, here are a few statistics.
First, the top fifty came from a broad range of TV shows. Thirty programs were represented, and the two that made the best showing (Glee and Modern Family) placed only four characters each in the rankings.
Second, female characters nabbed 15 of the top 50 spots, or 30%.
Third, obviously a poll like this favors characters from...
Before we get to the actual rankings, here are a few statistics.
First, the top fifty came from a broad range of TV shows. Thirty programs were represented, and the two that made the best showing (Glee and Modern Family) placed only four characters each in the rankings.
Second, female characters nabbed 15 of the top 50 spots, or 30%.
Third, obviously a poll like this favors characters from...
- 2/27/2012
- by AfterElton.com Staff
- The Backlot
Never mind Dr. Feelgood -- Tommy Lee might want to put in a call to his attorney right about now. The former assistant for the Motley Crue skins-pounder filed a lawsuit against Lee and Lee's company, Mayhem Touring, in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday, claiming that he was worked virtually around the clock, and that Lee made improper deductions from the assistant's paycheck. Read the full lawsuit here. Michael Anthony Sullivan, who claims to have worked as Lee's "procurer, Man Friday, chauffeur, guide, bookkeeper, attendant, door-keeper, agent, butler, valet, attendant, cook, shopper, nanny,...
- 12/1/2011
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Anushka Sharma is getting back in the media lights with the promotion of her upcoming film Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl getting under way, however thats not the only reason why the media are taking interest. Since filming started on Band Baaja Baaraat, Anushka and her co-star Ranveer Singh have been romantically linked together despite the two rejecting any claims, and again in an interview the actress looks to set the story straight. Let’s read what Anushka has to say about the men she is rumored to date and the women she hates
You refused to wear a bikini for Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl? Why?
I need to make every character I play believable. So I decide my dresses accordingly. Yes, there are films where girls wear revealing outfits for just the heck of it. Sorry, Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl is not that kind of a film.
But you did...
You refused to wear a bikini for Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl? Why?
I need to make every character I play believable. So I decide my dresses accordingly. Yes, there are films where girls wear revealing outfits for just the heck of it. Sorry, Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl is not that kind of a film.
But you did...
- 11/14/2011
- by Janine Gall
- Bollyspice
When the second Transformers movie came out, the last thing I expected was that it would cause me to write an exceedingly long-winded rebuttal to Roger Ebert's view of the film. Of course, that's what I did, and you might want to check it out. It includes links to Ebert's reviews and his blog post that started rather a large controversy at the time.
As Transformers: Dark of the Moon approached, I couldn't help but wonder how things would go down, and as I watched it, my main thought was that Ebert was right the whole time, it's just that he was talking about the third movie.
Dark of the Moon kicks off at the time of the U.S. opting to make landing on the moon a priority, and ultimately doing so. It turns out that we detected something crashing into the moon, which prompted us to kick...
As Transformers: Dark of the Moon approached, I couldn't help but wonder how things would go down, and as I watched it, my main thought was that Ebert was right the whole time, it's just that he was talking about the third movie.
Dark of the Moon kicks off at the time of the U.S. opting to make landing on the moon a priority, and ultimately doing so. It turns out that we detected something crashing into the moon, which prompted us to kick...
- 7/5/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Looks like Imran Khan is taking inspiration from his perfectionist mamu, Aamir Khan. To give Delhi Belly a first-of-its-kind promotional push, he is shifting house to India’s capital. He has already rented an apartment and will stay there with his Man Friday till the film opens. And unlike other stars who delegate these chores to their staff, Imran has apparently taken up the entire initiative to locate the apartment and get it organised on his own. Apparently, he feels since his film is titled Delhi Belly, he should’ve been staying in the city from the beginning. Confirms Imran, “Yes, I wanted ...
- 6/23/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Looks like Imran Khan is taking inspiration from his perfectionist mamu, Aamir Khan. To give Delhi Belly a first-of-its-kind promotional push, he is shifting house to India’s capital. He has already rented an apartment and will stay there with his Man Friday till the film opens. And unlike other stars who delegate these chores to their staff, Imran has apparently taken up the entire initiative to locate the apartment and get it organised on his own. Apparently, he feels since his film is titled Delhi Belly, he should’ve been staying in the city from the beginning. Confirms Imran, “Yes, I wanted ...
- 6/23/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
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