Charlie Sheen “honored” by his gruesome “Two and a Half Men” death

TrendPK.com: For months, people have been referring to Charlie Sheen as a trainwreck. Now it appears it’s a train that officially will knock him off CBS’ hit sitcom “Two and a Half Men.”

The actor tells TMZ that he’s “honored” by the allegedly gruesome death “Men” producers have planned for him. The site says Sheen’s character, Charlie Harper, “gets run over by a subway train in Paris, after slipping off the platform, and BLOWS UP in a massive ‘meat explosion.’”

Delicious. And yet, Sheen says he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I am honored that it took something as large and violent as an oncoming train to terminate my character,” the comedian says to TMZ.

Raveena Tandon to romance younger man in Shobhana 7 Nights

There is good news for all Raveena Tandon fans. The actress, who made a comeback after five years with Bbuddah… Hoga Terra Baap, has been signed to play the lead role in Shobhana 7 Nights, where she plays the character of a battered wife who finds solace in a younger man. Shobhana 7 Nights will be directed by Sudipto Chattopadhyaya, who earlier made Pankh starring Bipasha Basu and Maradona Rebello.

The film Shobhana 7 Nights, is about Bollywood’s struggling male actors, who turn to prostitution to earn an extra buck. Raveena plays a married 40-something columnist-author who is abused by her husband and finds solace in a young man who is one of the many strugglers in Bollywood. The boy becomes Raveena’s toy boy as he is trying to make ends meet.

The role of Raveena’s husband is going to be played by Rohit Roy and young boy with whom Raveena’s character gets into an intense relationship will be played by newcomer Amit Purohit.

Raveena’s first reaction was to turn down the role since the character was a bit bold and she hasn’t attempted a lovemaking or kissing scene before. The thought of doing a film where she gets into a relationship with a younger man freaked her out. But she agreed to take up the role as she was impressed with Sudipto’s earlier film Pankh and found her role in Shobhana 7 Nights very challenging.

Madhuri to star opposite Sanjay Dutt in Satte Pe Satta remake

After months of speculation on who would star opposite Sanjay Dutt in Satte Pe Satta remake, the official announcement has now been made and it’s none other than Madhuri Dixit who has bagged the coveted role.

While Sanjay Dutt will reprise the role played by Big B in the original cult classic, Madhuri will be seen in the character played by Hema Malini in the original. It may be recalled that Madhuri and Sanjay have been part of several hit films in the past such as Saajan, Khalnayak and Thanedaar. It will no doubt be interesting to see this jodi re-create magic once again on the silver screen.

Satte Pe Satta remake is being directed by Soham Shah and produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. in association with Sanjay Dutt Productions.

Akbar Khan to play Saddam Hussein

Akbar Khan, who was recently seen playing Chandan Roy Sanyal’s strict dad in F.A.L.T.U, will now be seen playing the character of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in a film directed by Suresh Kohli.

The docu-drama titled From President to Prisoner focuses on the last few years of Saddam’s fight against US imperialism. Akbar Khan in the past has been associated with epics like Tipu Sultan and Taj Mahal-An Eternal Love Story and it will be interesting to see how he manages to portray one of the most well-known names in history.

Disney bringing Miss Marple to big screen

LOS ANGELES: Agatha Christie’s elderly detective Miss Marple is getting the big-screen treatment from Disney.

After months of negotiations, the studio has closed a deal to capture the movie rights to the character, who first appeared in print in 1927.

Disney is not making a period movie, however, but is looking do a contemporary version with an edge. It has commissioned a script from Mark Frost, who is best known for co-creating the landmark TV series “Twin Peaks” with David Lynch.

Jane Marple was one of Christie’s most famous creations, a sweet old lady with a deep understanding of the dark side of human nature.

The character first appeared on screen in 1961 in “Murder, She said,” portrayed by Dame Margaret Rutherford, who was 70 at the time and went on to reprise the role in three other films with a comedic bent.

Priyanka’s sadistic wife-beating husband – Irrfan Khan

The cat is out of the bag. Irrfan may seem to be a gentle poet in Saat Khoon Maaf who woos and wins Priyanka Chopra’s love in the pristine landscape of Kashmir. But within the sensitive skin lies the character of a sadistic animal. At home, Irrfan is shown to repeatedly beat up his wife Priyanka before having sex with her.

Says a source, “The character is incontrovertibly modelled on this gentle romantic superstar of yesteryears. He was a suave soft spoken ladies man in public. He swept the teen heart-throb of his times off her feet (stealing her away from her then-boyfriend).But after marriage her life turned into a living hell. In real life she walked out on the marriage. In the film Priyanka slaughters Irrfan after one wacking too many.”

The most traumatic experience of Priyanka Chopra’s career as an actress was getting beaten up repeatedly by Irrfan Khan. Method director that he is, Vishal Bhardwaj wanted the real thing. The blows raining on Priyanka are not make believe.

Irrfan plays a poet and a pervert. For the public, he’s a gentle Kashmiri poet reciting beautifully penned words. In private, he is a brute and an animal who gets sexually excited by beating up his wife Priyanka Chopra.

Says a source from the film, “Vishal was very clear about the violence. He warned Priyanka that the slaps kicks and punches would be real. And she was all for it. But when it came to the crunch she couldn’t help saying, ‘Ouch!’ every time a blow fell on her.”

By the time Priyanka finished shooting her scenes with Irrfan, she had welters bruises and wounds to show for her commitment to the role.

Apparently, Irrfan was not the least inhibited by the violence.

Says the source, “She was given real blows, no fake ones. There were torn lips and swollen cheeks throughout without any makeup. Once, only once, Priyanka got a chance to get her own back. In one sequence her character gives Irrfan a tight slap back. Priyanka gave it her best shot, with the director’s permission. Vishal Bhardwaj told her to slap Irrfan real and hard. ‘He’s from the NSD. He knows about method acting.’ But Irrfan got scared. He told Priyanka to slap him with only four fingers.”

This too is a scene that could be straight out of the ex-superstar’s marriage. Apparently, after every bout of violence he would fear getting some of it back from his wife.

When contacted, Irrfan refrained from comment. He has been briefed by Vishal Bhardwaj to keep mum about his character’s dark violent secret.

Finally after some persuasion Irrfan spoke about his character. Said the actor, “To reduce my character to a wife-beater would be to take away from his complexities. This is a man, a poet in a state of constant turmoil. He is forever seeking something; he knows not what. When he finds Priyanka’s character, he feels his search has ended. But he realizes that he has embarked on another journey after marriage. In his endeavour to find himself, he ends up doing things he doesn’t understand. He doesn’t know why he’s doing what he’s doing.”

Hit Show “Two and a Half Men” on Hold

The hit comedy CBS series ‘Two and a Half Men’ is currently on hold. Charlie Sheen, one of the main stars of the show, is proving that his off screen life is not far from his character on the show. ‘Two and a Half Men’ is now on production hiatus, whilst Charlie Sheen is in rehab. Production of the show was halted last February for the same reasons.

“He is most grateful to all who have expressed their concern,” his rep said in a statement. “Mr. Sheen asks that his privacy be respected at this time and that no additional informational will be provided.”

Variety has reported that 16 out of 24 episodes of the latest season have already been shot. But CBS have rushed out and replaced “Men’s” time slot by ordering more episodes of other shows, such as ‘Rules of Engagement’.

Boman Irani signs up as brand ambassador of Kent RO water purifier

They say that ‘Age is just a number’. This saying is very much true in the case of Dr. Asthana aka Veeru Sahastrabudhhe aka the multi talented Boman Irani. He may have entered the film industry a bit late in his life but to say that he took it by storm would be an understatement. Boman Irani is the highly loved actor of Indian cinema whose every performance is like a work of art. So convincingly he performs his roles that it’s hard to figure if he moulded into the character or whether the character is a part of him.

After having ‘been there, done that’, Boman has now been signed up as the brand ambassador of Kent RO water purifiers, so informs the confirmed sources of Bollywood Hungama. With this, Boman joins the likes of Kent’s already existing brand ambassadors, viz., Hema Malini, Esha Deol and Aahana Deol.

Bappi Lahiri sends legal notice to producers of Toonpur Ka Superrhero

The trend of controversies surrounding Bollywood films continues. This time, its Ajay Devgn’s animation film called Toonpur Ka Superrhero that is in the eye of a controversy.

The famous music director Bappi Lahiri, has sent a legal notice to the producers of Toonpur Ka Superrhero, stating that one of the characters in the film (named ‘Guppy’) resembles him not just in name, but also the way he looks. The legal notice was sent by Bappi’s lawyer S. Mandal, which states, amongst other things that “…the movie Toonpur Ka Superhero has a character named ‘Guppy’ on the lines of our client right down to the multiple gold chains. The name of the character based on our client is ‘Guppy’ which is also similar to his name as well as visually and physically similar to the personal/appearance of our client… it’s evident that our client’s persona has been portrayed in a derogatory manner and it is… a clear attempt on the part of you addressees to misuse our client’s persona in order to portray wrong picture of our client to the public at large. It is stated by our client that the said portrayal… is a derogatory and demeaning way of presenting him.”

The film’s producers however state that there is nothing derogatory about the character in the film and that they respect Bappi Da. Their legal team is looking into the issue and the producers are also ready to show the film to Bappi Lahiri is need be.

Mickey Mouse becomes videogame hero

SAN FRANCISCO: Mickey Mouse makes his US debut as a videogame hero Tuesday in “Wasteland,” featuring an alternate world that includes Walt Disney Company”s long forgotten characters and attractions

“Disney Epic Mickey” for Wii consoles puts players into the large yellow shoes of the famous cartoon mouse and challenges them to use wits, paint, and paint thinner to defeat enemies, save old friends and restore a ruined land.

Mickey has the power to erase characters or restore them to glory, with his actions influencing the course of the game, according to Warren Spector of Junction Point Studio, which crafted the software. “Mickey hasn”t been the videogame hero he was meant to be,” Spector said of the character introduced in 1928 while providing a glimpse of the title at a conference in Los Angeles earlier this year. “That”s about to change.”

Mickey”s foes in the game include “Oswald the Lucky Rabbit,” a pioneering Disney cartoon figure turned bitter because the mouse soared to stardom while he sank into obscurity.

The game will mark the first time Oswald has appeared in a new Disney story since 1928.

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