Nargis Fakhri's Social Networking

Actress fulfills her longtime fan's wishes and spends a day with him while in Singapore


Social networking is helping fans reach out to the stars and interact with them closely. One such fan Vicknesh Rai got an opportunity to interact with his favourite actress Nargis Fakhri. 

The meeting happened in Singapore over the weekend where she was attending an awards event. 

Nargis had been interacting with Vicknesh in the virtual world even before her Rockstar days.

He had been looking forward to an opportunity to meet her in person for long. His persistence paid off when Nargis flew into Singapore where he is based. She asked him to meet her at a mall. 

To her surprise, he carried a collage of all her pictures and told her to autograph them. As he was accompanied by his family, he even requested her to pose for snapshots with each of them

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Ferrari Ki Sawaari is a decent watch sans masala

Cast : Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Ritwik Sahore, Vidya Balan (cameo), Paresh Rawal 

Director : Rajesh Mapuskar

Rating: ***

With Father's day ahead on this weekend ,Vidu Vinod Chopra's much talked about cine flick Ferrari Ki Sawari based upon a passionate father son relation is released on Friday. Not decorated with industry A graders, Ferrari Ki Sawari opened with an occupancy of 30% at multiplexes. 

Synopsis
Ferrari Ki Sawari is a beautiful depiction of a passionate father son duo, where A young kid thinks of nothing but cricket and his father, thinks of nothing but his little boy and his dream. To fulfill his son's dream of playing at Lord's cricket ground, the honest and upright father performs the first small act of dishonesty in his life and how the life drags them on the complicated lane.

Story 
Just like millions of aspiring cricketers, Kayos (played by Ritvik Sahore) is also a budding kid who want to make it to the Indian cricket team, and unlike other strict fathers of cricket based sagas ( as seen in cine flicks Patiala House and Iqbal), is always encouraged by his father Rustam (played by Sharman Joshi) to reach his goal.

One fine day destiny bless the duo with an opportunity for Kayos to go to Lords for a cricket training camp for the consummation of the longstanding dream of father son duo.

But the dilemma erupts, when Rustam was told that he will be needing at least 1.5 lac rupees if he want to sent Kayos for the camp. 

While looking for financial avenues for the fulfilment of his son's dreams, Rustam had a rendezvous with Babbu(Seema Bhargav) a wedding planer, who asks Rustam to arrange a Ferrari for the wedding of one of her clients who is a small time political goon. 

With story rolling ahead Sharman goes with the idea of borrowing a gleaming red Ferrari for one hour, But the hell breaks loose when Rustam don't inform the legendary owner of the vehicle and a wild, bumpy ride begins.

As the tale proceeds, it unfurls the feelings of a grandfather who is an epic rival of cricket, but steps back into his shoes for the the dream of his son and grandson. 



Script 
The premise of the movie seems to be new one, which may lead to the onset of "slice of life" genre in the cinematography aisles. But simultaneously, it is also worth mentioning that being the story of a common man, the script could have been better and could have managed a better connect with audience. 

The high predictability quotient prevailing throughout the script, further adds on to the loss of curiosity factor, which again decimates the potential of the movie to keep the fan's gazes glued to the screen. 

Though the plot of the movie is cute and lovable but the sequential flow of the story seems to be scattered as compared to the movies earlier made under the banner Vidu Vinod Chopra. As far as humor is concerned, then Ferrari Ki Sawari completely fails in offering those giggles and rib ticklers.

Screenplay 
Screenplay of the movie, up till an extent has succeeded in covering up the flaws of the scripts. Throughout the course of the movie the screenplay had been good and as far as a few missing connects are concerned, then its simply because of not so strong script. 

Rajesh Mapuskar the debuting director, deserves to be patted for an above average performance on his maiden debut as director and brilliantly depicting the aspirations of a common man.

Acting 
On his solo debut, Sharman has tried his level best to please the masses, but somewhere seemed entrapped in his Raju Rastogi persona of cine flick 3 Idiots. 

Up till some extent, Sharman has succeeded in pleasing the masses by his efforts to translate the character of a passionate Parsi father on the big screen. Ritwik Sahore has proved his brilliance as an aspiring cricketer in the movie. As usual, Boman Irani well settled in the skin of his character as a Parsi grandfather. 

As far as the supporting cast is concerned then then things could have been better, because the bunch of people surrounding Sharman, Ritwik and Boman, completely failed in delivering the expected level of performance. 




Music
In the music section, movie doesn't have much to offer, except the lavani number picturised on Vidya Balan. But very much in consensus with screenplay, background scores deserves to be praised for gelling up exceptionally well with the onscreen proceedings. 

BO Potential 
As far as BO potential of Ferrari Ki Sawari is concerned, then it is expected to take slow start followed by a take off on weekend, but ultimately leading to a dropped BO collection in the week ahead. 

Verdict
To sum up, Ferrari Ki Sawari is an decent entertainer knitted around a passionate relationship of a father son duo, accompanied by a lovable grandfather. Ferrari Ki Sawari is a cute and lovable slice of life pertaining to the aspirations of a common man, but because of lacking masala, it is not expected to offer much to the cine junkies who are habitual either to humor or action genre of cine flicks.

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'Indian films are amazing'

Catherine Zeta-Jones who is back after a break with 'Rock Of Ages' talks about music

In an interview conducted via e-mail, Catherine Zeta-Jones reminisces that in the 1980s, she had a great head of hair and wore eye -catching make-up.

Also that she used to follow the music scene in Los Angeles from afar as the Welsh actress shuttled between Wales and London. She even goes a step ahead and nostalgically states, “Those were the good times.”

Ironically, the 42-year-old beauty plays a villainous character in the film who feels rock ‘n’ roll is satanic and hence creates a campaign to clean up what she believes is the real filth of her city’s streets: rock music. 

But on a personal level, Catherine loves music and thinks it’s absurd to demonise one particular genre. “Being an entertainer myself, I completely disagree that any form of performing art can be damaging to the society,” she asserts. 




However, Patricia didn’t even exist in the original script and was introduced by the writers of her forthcoming film. The Oscar-winning actress confesses that she hasn’t danced after Chicago — the very movie that fetched her the coveted golden statuette! Besides, she had another baby since then.

In fact, the last film she appeared in was The Rebound back in 2009. So after a hiatus of three years, this mother of two found it a challenge to make a comeback in a musical but according to her, rehearsal is the key. And that’s what she did for the role. 

On being asked about her thoughts on Bollywood, Catherine admits, “I have watched a few Indian films. And at the risk of sounding cliched I think they are amazing given the song-dance routine followed by most Hindi films.”

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I am Married, so what?

Preeti Jhangiani who will be seen again on the big screen after a long time talks about the support system at home and shedding post-delivery weight 

With her baby Jaiveer turning 13 months old, the actress who had been shooting on and off for regional cinema, finds herself with enough time to devote to Bollywood now. Preeti spoke to CS about the support system at home and shedding post-delivery weight.

A good support system
To leave a small baby at home is a difficult thing emotionally. There are guilt pangs and you feel like seeing your child and spend maximum time with him. But I also think it’s good not to be in his face constantly. 

Fortunately, the whole family hovers around Jaiveer, so he is always surrounded by people. Parvin has also always be supportive of my work. Without his support, I wouldn’t have been able to do anything. 

He’s never set any boundaries for me. Even when we were dating, we both were working, so there are no hang-ups like that in my life.

Weighty issues
I have lost all the weight I had put on during my pregnancy. I had put on 24 kilos during my pregnancy and I’m not even a big eater. It was just water retention and it took me a long time to shed all that extra weight after delivery.

Every person’s body reacts differently when they are expecting. One has to give their body time to recover, so I think it’s really stupid for people to point fingers at Aishwarya Rai.

We should applaud her instead for not falling for peer pressure. She’s enjoying her motherhood, so one should let her be.





Married, so what?
I don’t think the audience really cares if the actress is married or not. It’s the producers who have a mind block against casting actresses who’re married or those who have kids. I mean, even I would like to see Lara Dutta or Kajol back in films.

Look at Malaika Arora Khan. The audience has accepted her even in sensuous songs. It depends on how well you have maintained yourself and how the filmmaker presents you.

Act it out
I’m an actor and I would like to do all kinds of roles. I like doing comedies and roles that have scope for emoting. As a producer, I would like to make a really good love story.

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Meet the stars of 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5'

We take a look at celebrity participants as the popular dance-reality show enters its fifth season

The Indian adaptation of dance reality show 'Dancing With The Stars', 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' is back with its fifth season. We take a look at the celebrities who enter a new stint in their career as they dance to the tunes of their choreographer partners

Television anchor Archna Vijaya will team up with choreographer Sanam Johar



International cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya with choreographer Suchitra will don a pair of dancing shoes instead of cricket guards.



The child artist of 'Taare Zameen Par' fame, Darsheel Safari, will be seen twirling on the dance floor with pint-sized dynamite Avneet Kaur



Bhojpuri filmstar Ravi Kishan will shake a leg with choreographer Kunjan



Watch out for the ghazal maestro and musician, Talat Aziz, wear the dancing shoes with choreographer Ankita Maity



One of India’s favourite bahu, Anandi, from popular soap 'Balika Vadhu', Pratyusha Banerjee dons a glamorous avataar with choreographer Deepak



The heartthrob of Indian television, Gurmeet Choudhary, with choreographer Shampa Sonathalia



Supersized stand-up comedian Bharti Singh of 'Comedy Circus' fame with choreographer Savio Barnes



Bollywood beauty, Isha Sharvani with choreographer Salman Khan



Singer Shibani Dandekar will shake a leg with choreographer Punit



Veteran television and theatre actor, Jayati Bhatia with choreographer Diwakar



Another bahu from 'Saath Nibhana Saathiya' fame, Giaa Manek, aka Gopi bahu sheds her saree to shake a leg with choreographer Nishant Bhat



Ragini Khanna and Manish Paul step into the shoes of anchors for the season

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Ek Thi Tigeress: Kat takes on the big cats sans Salman

Katrina Kaif makes a solo appearance on one of the posters of 'Ek Tha Tiger'. What could be the reason?

When was the last time you saw a solo heroine poster of a film starring Salman Khan? Not in the recent past, no. But here is Katrina Kaif, his co-star in Kabir Khan’s upcoming film who has the rare honour of being on a Sallu starrer film poster.

Buzz is that the production house has just released a solo teaser and poster of the heroine. What could be the reason? Is it her closeness to the Dabangg actor that has her enjoying this special privilege?

Or is it her rapid rise to super stardom that has earned this publicity? Or has the actress been successful in entrenching herself in the Yashraj camp? However, sources have a different story to tell.

Says a source, “She features in three of Yashraj’s big ticket projects which star the three Khans - Salman, Shah Rukh and Aamir. Currently the production house just wants to stay on her right side and use her winning streak to the optimum.”

There is also the speculation that the makers decided to have Katrina solo on the poster because the film doesn’t have other known names in it.”

Whatever the reasons but for Katrina it is a win-win situation.

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