Bhansali and Shabinaa Khan officially announce Akshay starrer Rowdy Rathore
Audiences are in for a treat as acclaimed director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Akshay Kumar come together for the first time for the film titled Rowdy Rathore.
The out -and-out action film will be produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and co-produced by designer Shabinaa Khan.
Says Sanjay Bhansali, “To me an action film is totally an alien concept. At this juncture as a filmmaker, I want to move out of the comfort zone and do things that are new and untried.”
Starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha, the film directed by Prabhu Deva will break the stereotypical boundaries of the action genre.
The film sees Bollywood star Akshay Kumar get back into a space in which he remains undefeated – hardcore action! The star will undergo rigorous physical training in preparation for the film that will have top notch action and choreography that will have audiences asking for more.
With Rowdy Rathore, Shabinaa Khan comes into her own as co-producer. Says Shabinaa, “I’m very excited about my first production film Rowdy Rathore which is a hardcore action masala flick and with such a talented team on board.”
Bhansali – Prabhu Deva join hands
It’s official! Prabhu Deva, the super-successful choreographer turned director, will direct a film for Sanjay Leela Bhansali. No, it wouldn’t be a musical, but – hold your breath – an out-and-out action film. That’s not all, Prabhu has also signed Amitabh Bachchan’s home-production, which is expected to star Abhishek Bachchan in the lead.
“Well, I am in talks with various production houses,” the media-shy Prabhu tells me, “But the first project to start will be produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. We hope to begin filming next year. In fact, a clearer picture will emerge in a week or two from now. Akshay Kumar will head the cast of this film.”
What about the sequel to WANTED? “Oh, I would love to direct it and am also waiting for it to happen,” he smiles. We are awaiting too!
Akshay-Bhansali-Prabhu Deva: A killer combination
Over the week gone by, there have been speculations galore around the latest movie being signed by Akshay Kumar. It is being whispered in the industry circles that the actor has signed a film with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Prabhu Deva would be calling the shots as a director. It was also being assumed that with Bhansali around, the film would have a period setting and due to Prabhu Deva’s inclination towards dance, the film would require some intense Indian classical dancing by Akshay Kumar.
We bring to you the real truth exclusively at Bollywood Hungama.
Yes, it is confirmed that Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Prabhu Deva would be collaborating for a film. The film would be co-produced by Bhansali and Akshay while Prabhu Deva would be directing his second Hindi film after Wanted.
However, the speculation around this being a period dance drama is incorrect. The film is being set in the modern times and has a contemporary feel to it. Also, dance would form one of the many ingredients of this hardcore commercial masala flick which would go on floors early next year once Akshay Kumar wraps up the shoot of Desi Boyz to be directed by Rohit Dhawan – son of David Dhawan.
Confirms a highly placed source connected to the film, “That’s right, this is going to be the most ambitious project ever by Bhansali. It was him who thought of bringing together Akshay Kumar and Prabhu Deva. He has been known for certain aesthetics of cinema and that would remain intact in this new venture as well. However, this time around the target audience would be a wider segment of masses. Bhansali wanted to expand his horizon and conceived a mega project like this.”
“For Akshay too, it is all set to be a new experience because he has established himself amidst the top league without working with filmmakers like Chopras, Johars and Bhansalis of the world. A project like this adds on a reputed filmmaker to his repertoire”, he adds, “Since Prabhu Deva too has shown his commercial bent with Wanted, his coming together with Akshay only makes this a killer combination in the making. One can well imagine the kind of hype that just this announcement is going to make.”
This yet untitled film doesn’t have a leading lady finalised yet. However, given the huge canvas that this film is expected to boast of, it is imperative that one of the top actresses would come on board. Would Bhansali be repeating Aishwarya Rai or Sonam? Or would Kareena, Katrina or Deepika make the cut?
Watch this space!
Wanted hindi movie review and updates
September 18, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under Entertainment
Wanted hindi movie review, Wanted dead or alive, hindi movie 2009 review. In this movie Salman Khan’ character name is Radhe and play’s as a sharpshooter, who works for Gani Bhai, the hardcore Mumbai Mafioso.The one liners of Salman Khan lack the punch. Action direction is simply excellent and cinematography is also wonderful. Prabhu Deva, who has turned his focus to direction from choreography, has proved that he can be a good director. He has made the right choice to enter Bollywood.
Prakash Raj, who is very famous for his negative roles in South India, has definitely excelled the expectations of his character. Even Govind Namdeo has done justice as the Commissioner. But Vinod Khanna fails to create any impact, whereas others have done decent job.The final scenes of the movie share a close resemblance with the fight sequences of ‘Ghajini’.
As for the sources This movie ratings shows only 2 stars out 5
Producer: Boney Kapoor
Director: Prabhu Deva
Cast: Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia, Om Puri, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sayaji Shinde, Prakash Raj, Aseem Merchant, Vinod Khanna, Anil Kapoor.
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