Blood Money & Kunal View - Blood Money' is not what you expect to be

Blood Money

Kunal Khemu, after doing a variety of films, from sex thriller to comedies, has now tried his hands on an outright thriller " Blood Money" where he shares the screen with Amrita Puri and Mia Uyeda.


Talking about the film, Kunal says, "It's not a sex thriller as people might be thinking due to the leaked scenes between me and Mia. Rather it's a story of a small town guy who comes to a big city and gets entangled in the big ugly corporate world. What follows is a hurricane ride where his sense and sensibilities are tested at every step."


"Blood Money" is yet another film which has been shot in the exotic locations of Cape Town, and due to the script's demands they had to shoot in summer clothes when it was chilling in Cape Town.


To which Kunal laughs and shares his plight saying, "I was put in front of the camera in a normal shirt when it was really cold outside. I used to get shivers and still had to maintain a straight body so that the shivers are not visible on screen. While the rest of the crew was nicely tucked in heavy jackets and warm clothes. Though it was tough, it was a lot of fun."


"Blood Money" is also the debut film of model turned Vj turned actor Mia Uyeda, who shares a steamy on -screen scene with Kunal, which remains the sole talking point of the movie.

Sanjay Dutt was to play Jimmy Shergill's role in MUNNABHAI MBBS

When Raju Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra called Sanjay Dutt to read the script of their critically acclaimed blockbuster film MUNNABHAI MBBS , they wanted him to do the role of the dying cancer patient Zaheer, which was finally played by Jimmy Shergill. Sanjay Dutt had agreed to do the role even without reading the script. This was revealed during an open discussion after the screening of Vinod Chopra's MUNNABHAI Series as part of Vinod Chopra Film Festival at PVR Cinemas, Juhu, Mumbai. The entire cast and crew of the film was present except Gracy Singh, the heroine of the film.



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So what is it that made them cast Sanjay Dutt in the lead role that revived his flagging career? It was a matter of one night. After Sanjay Dutt said yes to Zaheer's role and left, Vinod Chopra kept thinking about him whole night and came to the conclusion by next day morning that he was perfect for the lead role. And the rest is history. Sanjay Dutt was called and told about it. Sanjay Dutt again said yes without even knowing what Vinod Chopra was talking about since he had never read the script. The 2003 film that took very poor initials at box office, became a big hit because of a positive word-of-mouth buzz and thus was born the MUNNABHAI phenomenon and a durable film franchise, probably the first of its kind in the history of Indian cinema.


(Rajesh Kumar Singh is Editorial Consultant for Festivals and Markets for BollywoodTrade.com. He is a filmmaker, critic and market analyst)

Golden Kela awards 2012- Ra.One' named worst film at Golden Kela awards

New Delhi: Bollywood stars Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone bagged a Golden Kela award each at the fourth edition of the annual event which celebrates the worst in Hindi Cinema.
While Imran won the worst actor for his performance in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Deepika was named the worst actress for her role in Aarakshan. Shah Rukh Khan's Ra.One was named the worst film while its helmer Anubhav Sinha won the worst director Golden Kela award this evening.
The worst supporting actor award was given to Prateik Babbar for his roles in Dum Maaro Dum and Aarakshan. Kanti Shah, producer and director of a bevy of B-grade Hindi films, was given the Platinum Kela award for his excellence in cinema. "I'm feeling good at being invited at the event. It's special because its been organised by true fans of my style of movie-making. I have been to other award shows as well, but this definitely is special," said Shah on receiving the award.

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Besides honouring the worst in cinema, the awards also appreciated Arunodoy Singh's performance in Sudhir Mishra-directed Yeh Saali Zindagi by handing him the Anti-Kela. The trophy was presented to him by last year's winner, Abhishek Sharma (director, Tere Bin Laden). "I think Sudhir should be the one accepting this. I'm quite honored and amused with this award. It's good to see this movie getting some recognition," said Arunoday.
Other recipients of the Anti-Kela award were Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster, Shaitan and Shor in the City. The song 'Teri Meri' from Bodyguard, which proved to be quite popular with listeners, was named the Most Irritating Song, while Amitabh Bhattacharyya won the Most Atrocious Lyrics award for 'Pyar Do Pyar Lo' (Thank You), 'Jigar ka Tukda' (Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl) and 'Mutton Song' (Luv ka the End).
Chirag Paswan was named the Worst Debutante for Miley Na Miley Hum. Veteran actor Pankaj Kapoor was given the 'Bawra Ho Gaya Ke' award for his directorial debut Mausam, which was a big disappointment at the box office. The 'Aaja Nach Le' award for Worst Attempt at Comeback
was given to Esha Deol for Tell me O Kkhuda.
The Lajja award for worst treatment of a serious issue went to Prakash Jha's Aarakshan, which was based on the reservation system in educational institutes. Music composer Pritam was given the 'Bas kijiye bohut ho gaya award', while the Shakti kapoor award for misogyny went to Pyar ka Punchnama. The FALTU award for most aptly named film went to F.A.L.T.U. The Golden Kela awards this year hosted India's first ever Live in 3D awards show, where the winners went home with shiny and brand new re-modeled, 3D Kela trophies. About 7 lakh votes were cast to choose the winners this year.