Agneepath Storms The `100C Club – Complete B-O Report

February 2012

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WORK Actor & PERMIT HURDLE Celebrity Wife Is NARGIS FAKHRI’S Kalki Pak Origin Responsible? Koechlin “I Totally Believe In Sheds Conventions Marriage Unlike Gautami!” “Good People Fall In Love, Bad People Catching Up With Have Sex, Bas!” SHILPA SHETTY MAHESH BHATT JIMMY SHEIRGILL Hilariously Unique Doubly Steamy In Saheb Biwi SHABANA-JAVED Aur Gangster 2? Mr & Mrs Padma Bhushan

The Beautiful Absentee Dad ADITI RAO HYDARI Comes Home Stunning Pictorial VIKRAM BHATT & Splash Daughter Tell All FEBRUARY 2012 CONTENTS Vol 2 Issue 11

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EDITOR & PUBLISHER Bharathi S Pradhan (editorial@thefi lmstreetjournal.com)

MANAGER, EDITORIAL DEPT Lucy Lewis

ASSISTANT Farhana Khan

SUB-EDITOR Petrina D’Souza

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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS Jyothi Venkatesh Nikita Periwal

COLUMNISTS Adelaide Travasso Suniel Wadhwa Shilpa Shetty CELEBRITY GUEST EDITORS Tejaswini Kolhapure (Fashion) 42 Bina Aziz (Art)

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The `100 Crore Club 56 : Albert Chettiar Chettiar Albert : : Mrunal Yangad Mrunal : “I Was Irresponsible, Immature And Thoroughly Unprofessional!”

Akshaye Khanna Does Some Soul Searching 60 Makeup Styling Letters 66 New Movies 71

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e’ve returned to the 80s alk show host quite literally. In the Twarmed up Bodyguard, Singham the Jan chill in ilk, driven by a one- fi lmdom by getting point agenda of blood- a full-fl edged Wshedding revenge, Agneepath Refreshed introduction to the (as I call it) stormed into the `100 crore many celebrity Indians who met club. Bharathi S Pradhan Likeable: Hrithik Roshan, perfectly her with admiration. Editor, The Film Street Journal overpowering presence and performance Her two-stops in and thank Mumbai: the Bachchan bungalow where she God, no went armed with gifts for Baby B and the switching his Godrej bungalow where Parmeshwar Godrej natural voice assembled the glitterati to chat with Oprah to a rasp Winfrey. the way AB ‘O’, she was here Strangely, after whistle-stop halts in had done grimy Colaba lanes, Agra (the Taj Mahal quite unsuitably in the original. beckoned) and the Jaipur Literary Festival, Oprah called this Hrithik’s Rishi Uncle, delightfully her fi rst and last visit to India. Didn’t like the attention, ‘O’? bang-on as butcher-brutal Rauf Lala in a complete departure t was both happy from his normal charm. Iand heart-tugging Butcher-brutal Rishi Point to note: Kohl-lined Rishi when fi lmmaker Kapoor needs no aids Kapoor uses no external aids to Kalpana Lajmi to pack a wallop pack a wallop, his performance received news does it all. But kids, especially that longtime young boys weaned on partner Dr Bhupen vampires and Voldermont, have Hazarika had loved evil incarnate Kancha been awarded Cheena. The 3-hour-long length the Padma and the no-brain climax is Vibhushan (he also typical 80s – good hero was tipped for the triumphs whatever the odds. highest, the Bharat Impressive: Katrina Kaif’s Ratna but the raunchy moves in ‘Chikni President’s offi ce Chameli’, she’s come a long has apparently way from the frigidly inhibited put a full stop Posthumous Padma honour – ‘Touch me touch me touch me’ to awarding it Bhupen, Kalpana in Race. posthumously). “If Aside: 80s again. Once called only Bhupenda had been alive to receive it himself,” remarked Kalpana wistfully. More wistful: A musical shraddhanjali Shaking her ‘cabaret’, it’s renamed ‘item booty brings in number’ today. organised painstakingly by her in December drew respectful the booty Figures: FSJ’s box-offi ce expert music lovers like Jaya Bachchan, Govind Nihalani and Suniel Wadhwa reports: Shabana Azmi. But will Kalpana be allowed to go up and Estd cost of Agneepath – `80C take the Padma award on beloved Bhupenda’s behalf? Shah Pics: Yogen (making cost `65C, Prints & Publicity `15C). When Bhupen had proposed marriage couple of years ago, Kalpana had said, how does it matter at this stage of our Revenue breakdown lives? That piece of paper seems to matter a lot after he’s ` Estd domestic theatrical collections (lifetime) – 75C no more. Theatrical Overseas (sold to Eros International) – `16C Music Rights – `10C (Sony Music) ou may call us Satellite Rights – `38C (Zee Telefi lms) “YMr and Mrs Opening day collections: Padma Bhushan,” Overtakes Bodyguard collecting chirped Shabana Azmi `23.5C as against Salman’s `21.5C as news came in that Verdict: Has the potential to enter she was being awarded `100C club in the 1st week itself the Padma Bhushan Heart-warming: Amiable dad this year. Javed Akhtar Yash Johar was heartbroken when was similarly honoured Agneepath (1990) had failed. The a few years ago. Well fi gures of Agneepath Refreshed deserved, Akhtar & therefore make it more poignant for Azmi! Karan. And he can take a bow for Talent taking the fl avour of the original nonpareil while whipping up a completely new gets its due – visual banquet 12 years later. Javed, Shabana

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The Pregnant Mukesh Bhatt with the Pause After The bereaved Darshan boys Dirty Picture

After Entertainment, Entertainment, Entertainment, it’s going to be Vidya, Vidya, Vidya in Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani. The toast of the year 2011 is determined to keep up the wow work (and the resultant accolades and awards), this time heavier than before. Playing a six-month pregnant Vidya (her name in the fi lm), she is doing the promotional requisites looking pregnant, very pregnant. With the fi rst trailer out, there are two things you’ll get to see throughout the mysterious Kahaani – plenty of grimy Kolkata (the entire fi lm is shot there) and frames full of Vidya (it’s another of her full-on woman-oriented fi lms). Turning up looking full-blown preggers, Vidya epitomised the term ‘getting into the character’. Now don’t Stay Away From My Funeral be surprised if it stirs up a trend. It is The bhel puri of religions in the was an animosity in our relationship after all, only a matter of time before the Mahesh Bhatt family (mom: Muslim, with the nephews. I went there, met the ape game starts! dad: Hindu, wife: Christian) has boys, felt a certain amount of emotion sometimes led to a stand-off as it did for them and came away. But when between the Bhatt brothers and their they asked me to come for the chautha late sister Sheela’s husband, Darshan I said, no, it’s a public event. I don’t Sabarwal. want to be a part of it, it doesn’t draw Popular fi lmmakers Suneel Darshan (Andaaz that launched Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta) and Dharmesh Darshan (Raja Hindustani, Dhadkan) are the sons of Sheela and Darshan Sabarwal, making Mahesh Bhatt their mama. Err, make that their estranged mama since the Bhatts and the Sabarwals were renowned to be not on speaking terms. Recently, when Suneel and Dharmesh’s father passed away, the mourners at the chautha (prayer meeting) were many including Juhi Chawla and Raveena Tandon. Uncle Mukesh Rishi, Juhi among the many mourners Bhatt stood with the family while the word that went out was, Mahesh Bhatt is so me in.” unforgiving, he kept away even during In true Mahesh Bhatt manner, his brother-in-law’s death. he not only stayed away from the But Mahesh is a quiet operator. chautha (he never ever attends any) When he heard that his brother-in-law but also announced to everybody at had passed away, he went straight to his brother-in-law’s funeral, “I told all the cremation ground and stood with of them, none of you are invited for my his two nephews. He later explained, funeral, stay away!” A deadly silence A trend-setting kahaani – “I went to the funeral because there followed, we presume. Vidya Balan

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