Kites team bites nails as ash clouds hover over London Premiere

For a while it seemed a lost opportunity for the hyper-anxious team of the Kites cast and production members who were in New York for the premiere on Sunday.

The team comprising of Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori, Sussanne Roshan, Rakesh Roshan, wife Pinky Roshan, Anurag Basu and his wife, Rajesh Roshan and his wife plus senior members of the Reliance Big Pictures team were supposed to fly out of New York after the premiere on Monday evening for the London premiere at Leicester Square on Tuesday.

That’s when the ash clouds struck again and almost all the flights to Europe had to be cancelled or diverted.

On Monday morning the Kites team waited anxiously for the verdict. Not being able to reach London in team for the premiere would have meant huge losses.
However the team arrived in London from New York late Monday evening.

Sanjeev Lamba, the CEO of Reliance Big Picture, says “Flights carrying all of us landed on Monday evening. We were in American and British airlines. Both landed safely and on time.”

Anupam Kher to feature in Pankaj Kapoor’s Mausam

Anupam Kher will be seen yet again with Shahid Kapoor in Mausam. Kher has been asked to join the unit in Edinburgh.

The busy actor says, “I’m yet to get a clear indication of my role. But the fact that Pankaj is directing is enough incentive for me. I’m very fond of him as an actor and as a human being. And I also like his son Shahid a lot. In fact in his brief career, I’ve played Shahid’s father thrice (in Sooraj Barjatya’s Vivah, Dil Bole Hadippa and Badmaash Company).”

This time, though, Anupam isn’t playing Shahid’s father. It is apparently the role that Pankaj Kapoor had earmarked for himself. Now with direction proving a full-time occupation, Pankaj would much rather concentrate on direction and let the others do the acting.

However, the dates for Mausam are still being worked out. Anupam now flies out to the Lake District in England for a walk-on talkathon on the BBC’s prestigious business talk show Peschartdt’s People. The internationally-known host Michael Peschardt is known to grill the world’s most authoritative entertainers and academicians including, from India, N. Narayana Murthy, Vijay Mallya and Amitabh Bachchan.

Says Anupam, “I like representing our country on international platforms. Especially on a non-film based platform. I think I’ve moved ahead of being just an actor.”

Considering the response to it, does Anupam feel a sense of relief for opting out of Gurinder Chadha’s It’s A Wonderful Afterlife when his wife was offered what he thought was an insubstantial role?

Retorts Anupam, “Not at all. Gurinder gave me my first major international break in Bend It Like Beckham. How can I forget that? Our relationship goes far beyond one film. I’m sure we’ll be working together again shortly.”

Heineken to transfer APB India to United Breweries in 2010

TrendPK.com Heineken to transfer APB India to United Breweries in 2010:Europe’s largest brewery, Heineken plans to acquire APB India (Asia Pacific Breweries), reports CNBC-TV18.

TrendPK.com Heineken to transfer APB India to United Breweries in 2010:Europe’s largest brewery, Heineken plans to acquire APB India (Asia Pacific Breweries), reports CNBC-TV18. This will be transferred to United Breweries In 2010. Liquor baron Vijay Mallya says UB, Heineken have agreed to cement this alliance.
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