It was grand, grand and indeed a very grand premiere. Attended by an array of glittering stars, Goldie Behl directed film ‘Drona’ was premiered in a gala style in Mumbai.
The entire Bachchan clan was present at the occasion. Aishwarya Rai in a dazzling blue outfit with a perfect poise alongside hubby Abhishek, Big B with wife Jaya, Bollywood’s ‘Baadshah’ Shah Rukh Khan along with wife Gauri, Preity Zinta in a black saree, bubbly Priyanka in a short dress, Sonali Bendre, Sonam Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Adnan Sami, Neelam- the guest list seemed just endless.
Speaking on the occassion, Abhishek refused to tag ‘Drona’ as a super hero movie, and was hopeful that the audience would like it. He was happy that his entire family was present during the premiere and he was also thankful to his friends and other co-stars for being there.
Aishwarya agreed with Abhishek and said that she liked Abhishek’s work in the film, which she enjoyed. Ash said that Drona was more of a fantasy tale, which would be enjoyed by audiences of all ages, including children.
Big-B was impressed with the visual effects of the film and enjoyed watching it. When asked about the success of the film, Bachchan senior said that it was upto the audience to decide and he could not predict such outcomes. Shah Rukh wished for the movie’s success and hoped it to be as exciting as it promised to be
‘Drona’ has Abhishek playing a superhero and Priyanka Chopra playing his bodyguard. The film also stars Kay Kay Menon in a negative role of Riz Raizada and Jaya Bachchan is Queen Jayati, the mother of ‘Drona’.
Rohit Shetty is leaving no stones unturned to make his next ‘Golmaal Returns‘ as big a hit as the original one. Recently, he shot a special promotional song costing Rs. 6 crore at the Filmistan Studios in Goregaon, Mumbai. It took ten days to shoot this song with the Goan flavour shot in an expensive set specially erected to recreate Goa in Mumbai. ?
Choreographed by Ganesh Acharya, the song is titled ‘Tha Karke’, and features the entire cast and crew of the film that included, Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Arora, Anjana Sukhani and Celina Jaitley.?
The film is all set to release during the Diwali time on October 31st. The music of the film is all set to be launched in a two week’s time. The story of the film revolves around Gopal (Ajay Devgan) who stays with his wife Ekta (Kareena Kapoor), sister Esha & a dumb brother in law Lucky (Tusshar Kapoor).
The Shemaroo films are doing the remake of Kishore Da’s superhit ‘Padosan’. Sanjay Dutt will play the role of Kishoreda, Ritiesh Deshmukh Bhola (which was played by late Sunil Dutt), Katrina Kaif Bindu (Saira Bano) while the role of Mehmood’s Master Pillai will be played by Paresh Rawal. The shooting of the film had come to a standstill owing to his court case but the makers are planning to restart it soon.
An a unique experiment, the film is going to maintain the same evergreen songs from the original for the remake. Director Neeraj Vora states, “We will change some tracks so that it won’t look outdated but we will look to re-create melody of that songs.
It is not going to be an easy thing to do but the songs will be mixed and we might add some new songs. It’s too early to comment on these things so let’s see but yes I’m very excited to direct this film as it will have a different flavour of comedy.”
Gorgeous 2005 Miss India contestant Kaveri Jha after making space for her in Tollywood is now set to spread her splendor and glamour in Bollywood with the launch of HIJACK on 29th August 2008. In Kunal Shivdasani, an ad maker, produced film HIJACK Kaveri is acting opposite to Shiney Ahuja.
Other cast of the movie along Kaveri and Shiney are KK Raina, Mona Ambegaonkar. Movie is produced by Motion Magic is to be distributed by EROS Entertainment.