Shakeel Khan Pins High Hopes on 'Frozen'
Actor Shakeel Khan, who has played interesting characters in prominent films like 'Lakshya', 'Page 3', 'Bunty Aur Babli', 'Goal', 'Ahista Ahista' and 'Don', will now be seen in a key role in the Internationally acclaimed Hinglish film 'Frozen'. Directed by Shivajee Chandrabhushan, the film will release in India in single screen theatres on May 8.
Shakeel is extremely excited and nervous at the same time. "I play a character of a happy go lucky romantic called Romeo and am co starring with Danny sir (Denzongpa), Raj Zutshi and Aamir Bashir. I've really worked hard on this one and hope people love it," says Khan.
In the year since its completion, 'Frozen' has already won a lot of awards and acclaim all over the world, including the British Independent Film Awards, European Film Awards, Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards, Dubai International Film Festival, Los Angeles LGBT People of Color Film Festival, Artivist Film Festival and Stockholm Film Festival.
Shot in stark black and white, which perfectly captures the cold, unrelenting hostility of the Himalayas (it is set in Ladakh) the film revolves around a small family living an almost hand to mouth existence up in the mountains. Their lives are changed when the army sets up camp next door.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009 | 0 Comments
Celina Jaitley denied entry in dad's Bangkok pub

Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley was denied entry in a Bangkok pub and restaurant owned by her dad, courtesy the short school uniform which she was wearing.
The guards not only failed to recognise her but also suspected her to be underage and stopped her from going inside.
Celina was shooting for 'Paying Guest' in Bangkok and one of the sequences required her along with the other leading ladies Neha Dhupia, Riya Sen and Sayali Bhagat to be dressed in a school uniform.
Why did she choose to hop over to the pub dressed like that?
'First and foremost I had no clue that guards would stop me at the gate. Also, I was in the middle of a sequence and didn't feel like getting in and out of costumes. I was anyways enjoying myself in a school dress and though it may have scandalised quite a few out there, I didn't mind that at all,' Celina told IANS.
'In the first place, it was anyway quite funny to be dressed in a tight white shirt, red and black short skirt, hair band, white socks and black shoes. And then this incident happened where I was denied entry in my own pub. It was as funny as it could have got,' she added.
Celina tried to catch the attention of her dad through the glass pane. She waved at him and shouted along till the time he managed to realise her presence at the pub.
'Imagine his shock at seeing his girl dressed up like this. He was in a meeting with his business associates and they all had a collective expression of disbelief on their faces. My dad just came out, spoke to me for a while, lent me some money for shopping and went back in. He was so sure that he didn't want a girl who may not have been underage but definitely looked like one get into his pub. For him, rules are rules,' she said.
After this, Celina walked into the nearest luxury mall for shopping.
'I made sure that I blew away all the money that I had laid my hands on. I wasn't allowed to get into the pub and I vowed to make up for that lost opportunity,' she said.
Directed by first timer Paritosh Painter and produced by Subhash Ghai, 'Paying Guest' also stars Shreyas Talpade, Ashish Chaudhary, Javed Jaffrey and Vatsal Sheth and Celina says: 'It was back to being school and eight of us were having a rollicking time.'
The film is ready and the release date would be announced after the stand off between producers and multiplexes is resolved.
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Why did Asin say 'no' Asin says no to Akki!
If director Priyadarshan had had his way it would have been Asin in his latest venture, 'De Dana Dan', along with the likes of Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal. But it was not slated to be so and hence a casting coup of sorts went a begging. So, what exactly went wrong?
Well, for that matter, nothing! And please do not jump to conclusions, the next southern 'superstarni' in the making, Asin, is not getting too carried away with the all time blockbuster success of her debut Hindi film, 'Ghajini', and has not rejected Priyan's offer for any controversial reason.
It's just that she simply stuck to her principal of accepting roles that are challe
nging and of some substance, one which offer her the scope to showcase her acting skills, and so she reluctantly refused Priyan's tempting offer.
Since the movie is basically an all male centric one, the role which Asin was offered was not exciting enough and it required Asin to be just a pretty face and add to the glamour quotient, which was not acceptable to the new sensation and hence the refusal. Asin also made it clear that she has no financial constraints and she makes enough bucks from the ads and endorsements.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009 | 0 Comments
