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Bollywood actress Raima Sen will be seen living out her fantasy as the lead in Madhureeta Anand’s directorial debut Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye, about a woman’s quest for her dreams.

Releasing Friday, the film has been co-produced by PVR Pictures and Madhureeta’s company Eka Films Pvt Ltd and stars Arbaaz Khan and Randeep Hooda along with Raima in the lead.

Before becoming a feature film director, Madhureeta made various award-winning documentaries for the BBC and the National Geographic channel and a digital short film on child abuse - Walking On A Moonbeam. Her Mere Khwabon… is being touted as a dramatic comedy.

The film has managed to hog the limelight for Randeep’s portrayal of 18 different characters defined by Madhureeta as “a woman’s fantasy” and he “appears before her in different forms”.

“Randeep is basically the same person who appears in different forms on various occasions. He will be seen playing various characters including Elvis Presley, Zorro, James Bond or even Bollywood’s legendary actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra,” Madhureeta has told.

“Besides, he will also be seen in various other ordinary characters like a music guru or a cop,” she added.

Rumours were rife that the film is based on Madhureeta’s life, which she rubbished.

“Every first time director tends to bring his or her real life experience in the film. So my film is based on some of my real life experiences, but it is definitely not based on my life story,” she asserted.

Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye revolves around a homemaker Maya (Raima), married to a chauvinistic man Vikram (Arbaaz).

She aspired to be a singer but could not pursue her dreams because of a condition laid down by her spouse. Vikram keeps suppressing her self-esteem until she finds out that he has an extra-marital affair.

She is shattered and that’s when her imaginary friend and dream man Jai (Randeep) comes along and becomes her medium to a new world. She receives a signing contract from a music label but is again brought to the crossroads by an ultimatum given by Vikram.

Not many know that apart from the usual rehearsals before the scenes, the actors for the film also had to undergo music instrument lessons.

Raima took lessons on the harmonium and Randeep tested his skills in playing the flute to fit into their roles.

Considering that the last releases of both Raima and Randeep - C-Kkompany and Ru-Ba-RuMere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye. respectively - were box office duds, one can hope for the best for theirMere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye.

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This is the story of two British born Punjabi boys who visit Punjab for the first time and fall in love. They find it very difficult to win over the girls here because of their typical British attitude. It is very interesting to see how they adopt themselves to Punjabi traditions and win over the hearts of everybody. Their interaction with Punjabi youth is very entertaining as humor comes out of these situations. It is for the first time that these NRI’s will be seen talking and dressing as typical Britishers. The film is treated like a romantic comedy.

Cast:
Jimmy Shergill - Roop
Neeru Bajwa - Reet
Gurpreet Guggi - DJ
Amrinder Gill - Jagjot Gill
Arun Bali - Gurdit Singh

Production Credits:
Director: Manmohan Singh
Producer: Kamal Mukut
Written by: Manmohan Singh

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Maahi, (Sheena) the only child of the ‘Puri’ family is a sweet & bubbly 15 year old Delhi girl. She belongs to a prosperous family and has the best of material comforts and education. While Kabir is a 17 year old typical teenager, - aspiring, arrogantly negligent, clueless and rebellious, unreasonably demanding, loving yet not romantic, suppressed yet self-assured. He comes from a family that’s at the lower end of society yet beautifully bonded.

Like most youngsters Maahi and Kabir become friends. While Maahi loves the small town - suburban life style of Kabir’s family, Kabir finds the urban, up market life style that Maahi is living exciting. As the relationship grows, so does the intimacy. On a camping trip on New Year’s Eve, after just getting a little tipsy - the young couple in all their innocence give in to their hormonal drives & Maahi gets pregnant.

What follows is a journey of accepting one’s mistakes & owning up to it, a tale of courage & determination. It’s a cry for help by those numerous Kidult couples that have & are facing such a dilemma in their lives at this very moment. It’s an attempt to bring to light an issue… teenage pregnancy… which is rampant & is growing exponentially in the current Indian society - modern & rural.

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The film is the story of the repercussions that have happened to a boy - a child artist who once played girl roles in films as Baby Kusum - once he becomes an adult and wants to be launched as a hero. Baby Kusum is a child star, a cute little girl.

In reality, Baby Kusum is boy, masquerading as a girl. He was christened Jerry, and then named Master Jai for the movies. He and his mother Mary (Lilette) share a turbulent relationship. The boy’s family is poor and they want to make it big. The pressure of parents and ridicule make it a very sad situation for him. He becomes a drug-abuser who has never been to school and spends all his time at home.

Eventually he creates an imaginary character he is in love with, & that imaginary character happens to be Bipasha who taunts him and fights with him, an alter ego who questions his every move. Jerry is made to face the camera again as a young man, which leads to the final catastrophe. The film highlights the common practice in the Indian film industry of casting children in role contrary to their natural genders.

Cast: Bipasha Basu, Maradona Robello, Mahesh Manjrekar, Lillette Dubey

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Zor Lagaa Ke… Haiyaa is about how a group of children, with the help of a homeless man, overcome all the obstacles to save a tree from being razed by a money-minded construction giant and his contractor. Their quest mirrors the apathy of contemporary society to such types of environmental issues. Through nonstop action, comedy and adventure, the children finally realize what it takes to stand their ground in the battle against concrete.

Raavan - Mithun ChakravortyA talented loner with a mysterious past and a love for his own space and privacy; much more to him than what meets the eye
Gulshan Grover- Bakshi
A conniving, sadistic and money minded builder who gets the job done at any cost, especially at the expense of Mother Nature.
Mahesh Manjrekar - Gupta
A foolish contractor whose intelligence and experience repeatedly fall short when there’s work to be done.
Riya Sen - Chamki
A sweet petite construction worker who works on Mr.Bakshi’s construction site, who otherwise is distinguished as Mr. Gupta’s love interest.
Seema Biswas - Aai
A woman who sees no hope for a better tomorrow, and is constantly in the fear of her employers, Gupta and Bakshi.
Sachin Khedekar - Vivek
Karan’s father, who has a typical middle class mentally as he complains constantly about everything without making even the slightest effort to bring about change.
Raj Zutshi - Asthana
The typical rich client, who in search of new homes for the purpose of investment.
Laddu
A complete foodie, his world revolves around food, food and only food.
Ritesh
The shrewdest kid in the gang, he knows how to get his work done by putting his friends in trouble.
Priya
Though very beauty conscious, she is the one with aspirations to be the next Miss India. She is also the smartest in the gang.
Karan
The head of the gang, but always simple, humble and emotionally bound to his family and friends; one who never backs down from fighting for what he loves.
Ram
Labourer at the site who aspires to be an architect; he knows how to tackle his adversaries and brings solace to his mother and little brother.

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‘Hook Ya Crook tells the story of Viraj Pradhan, a boy with unlimited passion for the game of cricket and who aspires to play for the Indian Team one day! Alas, it seems like his dream will always remain a dream when he is sentenced to a maximum security prison due to his reckless behaviour. In the prison, he discovers that the dangerous inmates are as passionate about the game as him and soon he is in huge demand… thanks to his talent! With his new rag-tag group of friends, a tyrannical warden and his never ending lust for the game, Viraj renews his search for a way to achieve his dream of playing cricket for India!’
Cast: John Abraham  - Viraj Pradhan
Genelia D’Souza
Kay Kay Menon
Aditya Pancholi
Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Production credits:
Director: David Dhawan
Producer: Ronnie Screwvala
Written by: Renzil D’Silva

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Honestly, you’re glad that you didn’t see this one in the company of Sunny Deol. Or else, he would have surely tightened his fists (ouch), let off one of his blood-curdling yells (aaargh) and even broken into a rendition of main nikla gaddi lekar (deadly dhinchik dhinchak).

Vic Sarin’s Partition is an all too neat and tidy version of the Gadar love story between a Sikh man and a Muslim girl at the time of separation. Actually dearie Divya Dutta went through the same Indo-Pak marriage with Gurdas Mann in Shaheed-e-Mohabbat even before Sunnyji did with Ameesha Patel in her pre-sizzler-item-girl days.

The romance which knows no borders is also mentioned in Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. Now surely, Sarin could have discovered another cross-border story instead of re-shooting the oft-told one in what looks suspiciously like British Columbia. Here people also speak English dialogue in a bewildering variety of accents, including Vinay Pathak glimpsed in a Kanhaiyalal-grocer-kind-of role, Madhur Jaffrey as a mom who doesn’t cook, and Irrfan Khan who dons yet another curly beard. Weird.

Now, don’t look so tired… just say hello to the partitioned lovers Gian (Mistry) and Naseem (Kreuk). Soon, they have this adorable kid but are separated to ultimately reunite at Lahore station. Meanwhile, an antique old train chugs and chugs and chugs into the platform. No free Gadar music CDs for guessing the ending.

Apologies again. This Partition isn’t recommended at all, except perhaps to Sunny Deol, pre-sizzler Ameesha Patel, Gurdas Mann and Divya Dutta. They might like it, you didn’t.
Cast: Jimi Mistry, Kristin Kreuk
Director: Vic Sarin

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This is the season of ethereal creatures and eerie out of the world experience. The whole world looks spooky and so do the characters. Scared? You should be because that is what many Bollywood directors are thinking about. We already have a handful of back to back releases in these lines and now it is time for another!

Here comes a film from the master film maker that will send chills down your spine.

Ram Gopal Varma has reportedly shelved his project ‘Rann’ and is feverishly penning the story board for a thriller that will hit theatres sometime next year. The story is reportedly about a film unit that goes to a jungle for a shoot and gets misplaced. What shouldn’t happens and slowly the crew disappear one after the other.

Ronnie Screwvala and Ram Gopal Varma will be producing the film. The film has been titled Agyaat-You can’t escape the unknown.

Cast:    Nitin Reddy, Priyanka Kothari, Ravi Kale, Ishrat Ali, Harvey Rosemeyer, Kali Prasad Mukherjee, Rasika Duggal,
Direction:    Ram Gopal Varma
Production:    Ram Gopal Varma, Ronnie Screwvala

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A treasure lays buried deep at the bottom of an ocean. There are many people who want to get there by risking life, be it theirs or someone else’s.

‘Blue’ is touted as Bollywood’s first underwater, action adventure thriller. Directed by Anthony D’Souza , the movie is inspired from Hollywood flicks like ‘The Deep’ or ‘Jaws’, but it is not a copy.

The film is about a lost treasure, which three friends try to find undersea. Akshay Kumar , Sanjay Dutt and Zayed Khan play the respective roles.

But in this hunt for the treasure, there’s deceit and betrayal by someone in the group.

Lara Dutta is paired with Sanjay Dutt in the film. The actress did not know deep sea diving before signing the film and underwent a rigorous Scuba diving training to prepare for her role.

The movie’s second heroine Katrina Kaif doesn’t have a big role. But director D’Souza says Kat will surprise the audiences with her role. Sunil Shetty also has a brief role in the film.

Most of ‘Blue’ has been shot in the Bahamas. Akshay, Sanjay and Zayed swam with real sharks while shooting their stunts in the film.

While shooting one such stunt under water, Akshay Kumar had a narrow escape when he accidentally hit his head against the metal of a sunken ship and began bleeding. Blood attracted the sharks, but before any mishap could happen, the actor was safely pulled above water.

To tone up his muscles, Sanjay Dutt hired the services of a special body building trainer from the US – Lawrence Gonsalves, who guided the actor on losing his former beefy body and developing a leaner physique.

Special water-resistant make-up was required for the film’s leading lady Lara Dutta. For that the producers roped in Hollywood make up artist Nikoletta Skarlatos.

‘Blue’ also feature a special appearance by Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue who has not only sung for the film but also shot a sizzling video with Akshay Kumar.

Oscar winner A R Rahman has composed the tunes of the film’s songs. In fact, Kylie Minogue agreed to sing and dance to her song in the film because she was captivated by Rahman’s composition.

The movie apparently also has an underwater song picturized on the entire cast.

With a budget of over Rs 100 crores, ‘Blue’ is touted as Bollywood’s most expensive film to date. Made under the banner of Shri Ashtavinayak Cinevision, the movie is set to release in May, 2009.

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‘Frozen’ revolves around a small family living an almost hand-to-mouth existence up in the mountains. Their lives change when the army sets up their camp next door. Shot in stark black and white, the mood perfectly captures the cold and unrelenting hostility of the Himalayas.

Cast
Danny Denzongpa - Karma
Gauri - Lasya
Yashpal Sharma - Sharma
Aamir Bashir - Commanding Officer
Shakeel Khan - Romeo

Production Credits
Director: Shivaji Chandrabhushan
Producer: Shivaji Chandrabhushan
Written by: Shivaji Chandrabhushan

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