Mohit Suri gifts Aditya Roy Kapoor a new Rs 35,000 guitar

Now that's what friends...urrm, directors are for! Mohit Suri was apparently so impressed with Aditya Roy Kapoor's musical skills that he gifted the young actor an expensive guitar.

Our source says, In Mohit's next film, Aditya plays a musician. During the shoot, he would play some interesting tunes. Mohit was so taken by Aditya's talent that he decided to gift him a new guitar.
The director tells us that the musical instrument costs around R 35, 000 and adds, It is a bit expensive but he deserves it. He is simply magical with his fingers. This guitar is a special edition piece. I asked my friend to ship it from America.

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Aashiqui 2 team to shoot non-stop till December

Filmmaker Mohit Suri is in Goa with the cast and crew of "Aashiqui 2" and says he will shoot without any break till December.

"After finishing a few portions in Cape Town, we are presently shooting in Goa. It's a non-stop shoot till December. I believe our next schedule will be in Mumbai," Suri told, adding he was planning to wrap up the film by the end of the year.

"We are planning for an early 2013 release," he said

Produced by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt, "Aashiqui 2" stars Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor.

Contrary to the reports, "Aashiqui 2" is not a sequel to "Aashiqui", clarified Suri and added: "It's a new story. The only similarity is the music and the love story. There are seven to eight songs in the film. It's a musical."

The original "Aashiqui" starring Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal was directed by Mahesh Bhatt. It came out in 1990 and was not only a box office success, but all its songs, including "Ek sanam chahiye" and "Nazar ke saamne jigar ke", were chartbusters.

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Drunk Aditya breaks a camera on sets of Aashiqui sequel

Aditya Roy Kapoor recently broke a camera while going overboard while shooting for a film scene 

Sometimes actors do get carried away by the characters they are portraying in front of the camera. Something similar happened to Aditya Roy Kapoor while shooting in South Africa for a sequel to the 1990 Aashiqui produced by Bhushan Kumar. 

Apparently, Aditya had a scene in which he is shown to be drunk and is supposed to crash the bar with closely placed furniture. To get the desired effect for the scene, he had a few drinks to actually look sozzled. And as he got up to throw the stool at the bar, the Bollywood newbie ended up flinging it towards the three-camera setup.
According to a well-placed source, He got so much into the character of this drunk guy that it was difficult to differentiate whether it was the alcohol in him doing the act or the actor in him! He threw the chair with so much intensity that he actually broke the camera on the side of bar.

Co-producer Mahesh Bhatt maintains a cautious as well as a humourous tone while commenting on the incident, An over enthusiastic reaction needs to be understood. However, the scene demanded a passionate outburst which he accomplished with great ease but he should be more careful in the future so that he doesn't injure anyone.

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They failed, it suits me

Mohit Suri on casting Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor in 'Aashiqui' sequel

When the sequel of the 1990 film Aashiqui was announced, it was assumed that B-Town would be queuing up to be cast in the film. 

However, director Mohit Suri decided to opt for a nation-wide online hunt for fresh faces to cast as the protagonists. However, disappointed with the results, Suri decided to rope in Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor for the sequel. 
Interestingly, Suri points out that despite being ‘failed actors’, the two suited best for his film.” 

Mohit says, “I chose Aditya and Shraddha, both failed actors. Their films may not have worked at the box office, but they are best suited for my film.”

'Aashiqui 2' will be family film, promises Mahesh Bhatt

The romance in "Aashiqui 2" will be "gentler" and the film will have a "U/A or U-certificate", says filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who has of late been churning out erotic and violent dramas.

Directed by Mohit Suri, "Aashiqui 2" features Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor. Scheduled for a Valentine's Day release, the film's shooting will commence from next month. 

"I would say he (Suri) would perhaps be making a film which is certainly a U/A or U-certificate film. Because the theme is slightly mature, the romance will be more gentler with palatable scenes unlike 'Murder 2'," Bhatt told. 
"There will be people who will be reliving the romantic eras; they will come to check out how 'Aashiqui 2' has shaped up." 

Bhatt said Suri was making a product catering to "the constituency that always asks me why do I make only 'Murder 2', 'Jism 2', 'Jannat 2' - erotic films and not the kind of cinema that I used to make earlier like 'Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahi' and types." 

The filmmaker, known for serious meaningful cinema high on emotions like "Arth", "Saraansh", "Naam", "Kaash" and "Daddy", says that he was just following the thought process of new breed of filmmakers. 

"I did not have this within my fold as I have filmmakers who wanted to venture into this part. Filmmakers decide what they want to make. So, after making 'Raaz 2', 'Murder 2', gory violent films, he (Suri) wants to now go to a completely virgin area of innocent, enduring love that families enjoy. That is the choice that Mohit has made," said the 63-year-old.

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Shraddha and Aditya Roy Kapoor's Aashiqui 2 shooting to start from next month

Filmmaker Mohit Suri will start shooting for "Aashiqui 2" from next month with Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor in the lead roles, and says that the musical is not a sequel to 1990 hit romantic saga "Aashiqui".

Sharing the information, Suri told " 'Aashiqui 2' will go on floors by next month. We are planning to shoot the film in Goa, Mumbai and Cape Town".

He also said that "Aashiqui 2" is "not a sequel" to 'Aashiqui'.

"It's a new story. The only similarity is the music and the love story. There are seven to eight songs in the film. It's a musical."

Directed by Mahesh Bhatt, Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal starrer "Aashiqui" was not only a box office success, all the songs from the film, including "Ek sanam chahiye" and "Nazar ke saamne jigar ke", were super hits.

Earlier, Suri had announced that he would make the film with fresh faces.

Giving reasons for casting Shradha and Aditya, he said: "Earlier, we were planning to launch fresh star cast, but it didn't work. As far as these two are concerned, they have just done two to three films. They both fit the bill perfectly."

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