Jacqueline Fernandez wants to work with Aamir, Ranbir

After the recent success of 'Murder 2', newbie actress Jacqueline Fernandez has her eyes set on Aamir Khan and Ranbir Kapoor as her next co-stars.

Jacqueline, who made her Bollywood debut with the 2009 release 'Aladin' opposite Ritesh Deshmukh, is now aiming high.

“I would like to act with Aamir Khan or Ranbir Kapoor next,” said Jacqueline, when asked by a fan which Bollywood actor she would like to work with, during a telephonic chat on Airtel Talk2Me.

The 26-year-old's sizzling look in 'Murder 2' has made a mark and when a fan said that she had to expose in the sequel because Mallika Sherawat had done so in the original movie, Jacqueline said, 'I agree'.

With no godfather in the industry and still struggling to master Hindi, Jacqueline said it does get tough at times to survive in Bollywood.

“It is a difficult place to be in, but if you keep going and keep a level head, you will be fine,” she said.

On being asked by a fan that there are speculations of another 'Murder' movie in the making and whether she'll be a part of it, Jacqueline said, “I don't think Murder as a brand and as a franchise can repeat its female leads. Like Mallika wasn't repeated in Murder 2.”

“It generates a lot of curiosity and buzz around the movie to know who the next female lead would be. For 'Murder' as a brand, it would be nicer to see a new girl in the next movie. So, I don't think I'll be part of 'Murder 3' but I hope it will also do good because it is such a great production team,” she added.

The actress has other sequels in her kitty, including 'Housefull 2' and 'Raaz 3'.

Hum Dono is a must watch says Salman

Dev Anand release Hum Dono (1961) has been re-released in colors titled Hum Dono Rangeen. The film had it grand premier at one of the leading multiplexes in India. The premier saw a lot of Bollywood Biggies starting from Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Govinda, etc.

Actor Salman Khan after watching Hum Dono starring Dev Anand in double role, opposite yesteryear Bollywood beauties, Sadhana and Nanda, wrote on his micro-blogging site, “Must must must watch Hum Dono.”


In return Dev Anand thanked everybody who made it to the premier of his film, “I thank Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Govinda, Imtiyaz Ali, Faisal, Sunny Deol, Dharam (Dharmendra), Shatru (Shatrugan Sinha), Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Ashutosh Gowariker, Aditya Kapoor, Sanjay Khan, Naseer.”

Dev Saab who has a passionate heart when it comes to filmmaking also thanked, “Uddhav Thackrey his family, Adnan, Ketan Desai and all my friends and sorry if I missed any names but love you all.”

Dev Saab also mentioned that he missed his beautiful co-actresses at the premier of Hum Dono Rangeen, “I missed Sadhana and Nanda very much I was very keen to invite them but they couldn't make it.”

He wrote to Lata Mangeskar saying that she should have been their for the films premiers, “Lataji I wish you were there to see the colored screening of Hum Dono to see your Bhajans in color and hear your voice in Dolby 6.1.”


Dev Anand praising Asha Bhosle and her magical voice wrote to her, “Ashaji I was expecting you and through your voice you have magically put so much romance in abhi na jao chodkar.... Great versatile voice and the other Jahan me aisa kaun hai, another philosophical song.”

We at Oneindia wish Dev Saab all the luck for the film.

Rocket Singh – Movie Review

Film: “Rocket Singh – Salesman Of The Year”
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Manish Chaudhary, Shazahn Padamsee, Gauhar Khan, Mukesh Bhatt, Prem Chopra
Director: Shimit Amin

If cinema to you is just a vehicle to indulge in mindless diversion, then “Rocket Singh – Salesman Of The Year” is not your cup of tea.

If cinema as a popular work of art is meant to make viewers reconsider the quality of their lives, then plunge into the mundane world of Punjabi munda Harpreet Singh.

Like in “Wake Up Sid”, Ranbir Kapoor plays a somewhat aimless guy who’s just out of college wondering what to do next. That’s the moment when we jump into the lives of Sid and Harpreet, so similar in their soporific world-view and yet so different in their journey from premature jadedness to premature wisdom.

Shimit Amin’s earlier inspirational work “Chak De! India” was far more aggressive in its aspirations. “Rocket Singh” is a more gentle and non-cynical work. Its opinion on contemporary corruption is tinged with warmth, humour and a subtle regard for office politics seldom seen in our films.

Some may perceive “Rocket Singh” as a niche film on the politics of computer hardware. This is as shallow a reading of Shimit’s cinema as looking at “Chak De!” as a hockey film.

People habituated to being spoon-fed emotions by filmmakers who think masala is what makes entertainment palatable, may find Shimit’s approach to Harpreet’s tale almost arrogant in its self regard and disdain for the qualities that make socially-purposeful cinema engaging to the man in the backseat.

Outwardly Shimit and his brilliant writer Jaideep Sahni, whose words move effortlessly from stinging social comment to conversational candour, don’t seem to care whether the audience joins them in their scathing often frustrating sometimes humorous search for a centre to Rocket Singh’s life.

But make no mistake. This film really cares about the environment of indolent debauchery that has crept into the working-class lifestyle. The office details are so dead-on in recreating the deceptive dynamism of an office-going entourage, you wonder if Ranbir, the writer and director spent quality time in a slothful hierarchy-motivated office.

Ranbir’s journey from professional disgrace to redemption echoes Shah Rukh Khan’s voyage from the damned to the extolled in “Chak De”. Except that Ranbir’s playing field is more in his mind and soul.

As the protagonist gathers together his dignity to pursue a path of honesty in his business transactions, we witness the portrait of a detoxicated working-class hero.

Ranbir brings to his part a lot of earnestness and heart. His natural and utterly contagious exuberance seen in “Wake Up Sid” and “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani” is effortlessly curbed here. What we see on screen is a Sardar not quite like any of our movies have shown so far.

Harpreet, who later becomes Rocket Singh because his colleagues throw paper rockets at him, doesn’t become a larger-than-life figure of aggressive sales-pitch. Ranbir plays the loser who turns the zero on his life’s calling-card to his own advantage with the kind of unspoken wisdom that actors acquire after decades of experience.

The supporting cast of Mukesh Bhatt as the office peon, P. Santoshi as the lazy porn-addicted colleague, Gauhar Khan as the commodified office receptionist and Naveen Kaushik as the crucial link in Harpreet’s work place, boost Ranbir’s central presence with their ingrained sense of belonging to the world Shimit and Sahni have created.

“Rocket Singh” works on many levels beyond Ranbir’s astonishing performance. It is a momentous piece of cinema for its writing and its indifference to the dynamics of conventional storytelling.

Sahni’s words are often so laconic that they make their point without our being conscious of their importance to the given context of working-class inertia.

While urging the sexy office receptionist to join him in his audacious entrepreneurship, Harpreet warns Gauhar: “Otherwise I’ll remain the joker Sardarji and you the item girl.”

The film’s main conflict is between Harpreet and his unscrupulous boss played by the aptly over-the-top Manish Choudhary. The two finest sequences are written as muted acidic confrontations between Ranbir and Choudhary. The final encounter in a supermarket where the boss surrenders to Harpreet’s integrity is the trickiest part of the narration.

“Rocket Singh” stands tall despite its flaws. On the surface it has a uni-focussed sameness to its narration, as though the story was being told in one breath.

The lack of drama in a situation simmering with emotional dips and curves gets the audience fidgety. But soon we realise the absence of expendable energy is the narrative’s primary virtue.

You can’t miss the writer and director’s concern for a growing middle-class that worships wealth and success at the cost of more valuable assets. Most of all you can’t miss Ranbir as the understated Sardar riding his cherry-red scooter gifted by his grandfather (Prem Chopra) cringing at the red light when a swanky motorbike rides up alongside.

But Ranbir’s portrayal of the loser’s rise from shame to name is a journey we’d any day undertake even on a cherry-red scooter.

Source:http://www.bollywoodworld.com/category/movie-reviews