03 May, 2014

Purani Jeans - Film Review

Rating: ****
Friendship is like a pair of old jeans – the older it gets, the better it becomes – this is the belief that Purani Jeans is based on.
Purani Jeans centres around Siddarth Ray (Tanuj Virwani) who learns this belief as he journeys from New York back to his hometown Kasauli, a small hill station in India, after 12 long years. The main hook of the film is friendship. Those unforgettable memories of old friends – somewhat similar to Rock On and Dil Chahta Hai, yet it appears fresh, courtesy the young, bubbly cast of this friendship flick.
The film unfolds as a coming-of-age drama about a summer when Sidharth, his best friend Sam (Aditya Seal) and their gang of friends experience the agony & ecstasy of growing up, forming bonds of friendship, trust, jealousy, joy, envy & love.
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28 April, 2014

CAMAAL MUSTAFA SIKANDER, BOLLYWOOD SATIRIST CREATES WAVES WITH POLITICS

Maverick Bollywood Satirist Camaal Mustafa Sikander along with his “cronies in crime and satire” – as he terms his associates, are working on a Photo Series on the Great Indian Election Circus. CMS - as he is known amongst his friends, along with actor Rajkumar Kanojiya, ballroom dance trainer Daniel Ibess Clifford and writer Sanjeev Rajat are seen here working for a series of Photo Cartoons on various political characters depicting the ongoing election campaigning in India.

Says Camaal Mustafa Sikander explaining his passion, “It was my childhood dream to become a singer and actor but due to stage-fright and other circumstances I did not make it. However, I have found solace in a new passion and now I create spoofs of various Bollywood actors, movies, songs including all times greats like Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Amitabh Bachchan to name a few. With the help of well-known Bollywood photographer Raju Asrani who snaps the action very creatively, I create posters and photo cartoons based on that. I have evolved a particular style for this piece of satire and though I am still trying to identify a unique name for it, ‘Har Fun Maula – Jack of All Master of Fun’ is a self-given tagline.”

Professionally Camaal is a creative consultant for print, web and OOH and has helped design the creative branding for various events, brands, artistes and his clients range from Mohammed Rafi Academy, Immortal Memories (GV Films) and many others. His former clients include Asit Modi of Neela Telefilms, Vipul Shah of Optimystix, the late Pran Saab, Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi, writer Javed Siddiqui and many others.

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ARSLAAN - The Lion bags 2 awards

“ARSLAAN- THE LION”
GETS TWO AWARDS

Power Pop. Pictures “ARSLAAN- The Lion” Gets  Best Experimental Film & best debut male award to his hero Shaadmaan Khankhel in a glittering function held at Lokhandwala garden, Mumbai, in KAF Awards for business & Entertainment Global awards by Abhijeet Rane, general secretary of Dhadak Kamgaar Union & Actress Sahila Chaddha. 

The film is being produced by Mrs. Zulekha Khan & directed by Amar M. Bhattarcharya is ready for release.


-         Puneet Khare 

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