Maddy: In the right direction

Maddy alias Madhavan had a big year of 2009 with his 3 Idiots and he is more than happy about being part of it. Even though Aamir Khan was captain of the ship, maddy is quite happy learning from him. And he is looking forward for his release Teen Patti where he is sharing his screens with Amitabh Bachchan and Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley of "Gandhi" fame. Madhavan is very selective about his projects, he is not accepting the offers just like that. In an recent interview he revealed that he got a opportunity once in life time to work with both of his role models in a single project. Maybe that's because of he came a long way. He started out with veteran director Mani Ratnam, then Kamal Haasan, last project with Aamir Khan and now its Amitabh Bachchan. Definitely, he is going in the right direction. He is one of the biggest stars in South India, but he is not yet played any lead role in Bollywood (but few unnoticed), of course he does 13B but it made him familiar but he is a long way more to go. Although he is playing roles with legends, he needs to be noticed separately as an individual performer. I hope he will achieve it soon as he did in Kollywood. Best wishes to Maddy. Keep going!!!

King Khan "Aamir Khan"

Being the superstars of the Indian cinema, when it comes to non-film, both the khans are as different as chalk and cheese. SRK never let the financial opportunity to go off but Aamir in turn proves that he is a person who sees for the quality, not money. A source revealed, when Shah Rukh Khan asked to release the book of the Management Guru, Arindam Choudry, earlier this month in Delhi, SRK demanded Rs.30 Lakhs. But when the book author approached Aamir Khan for his book launch, he in spite of demanding money, agreed for the launch on one condition that he has to read the book first, if he likes it, then only he will accept the deal. The author is now waiting for Aamir’s response. Can you guess how much Aamir would charge for the honours? It is ZERO rupees. When he asked why, he replied that it would insult the Hindu goddess of learning Saraswati if you try to make money out of such things. Hats off to Aamir!!!

Yet Another High Drama!

You may think that the title itself seems to be idiotic and really whose story is the movie "3 Idiots". Before the movie was released, every common individual (including the Author of the novel) believed that the story is based on the bestseller "Five Point Someone" and the talks were being held for almost an year. But after the release, movie makers have completely disagreed with this and they wore a sole coat for the story and no one is ready to accept that the movie which had some inspiration from the novel. Only the common people who have seen the movie as well as read the novel, have the rights to comment on it I guess. Now I have the rights to comment here since I have done both. It is completely acceptable that the screenplay of the movie is totally changed and it never resembled the FPS novel. But the fact is the storyline as well as some of the knots in the movie are tied from the novel and I don't know why Aamir Khan and Hirani are not ready to accept it. Frankly telling, the plot of the story, the narration, and the definition for "machine" etc., are same as the book. But Aamir had accused Chetan Bhagat trying to steal the credit from the storywriter of the movie and vice versa. But I wonder why the film makers didn't speak out that the story is their own and not based on any novel before the movie was released and why did they have contract with Chetan as per his words? However it maybe, it is appreciable that the film makers haven't done any copy, paste stuff (if they had really inspired from the novel) and the movie is really a feel good category, 100% entertainer. Even the controversies are the great boost-up for the movie's publicity and it really falls under one of the greatest ever hits of Aamir Khan.

Hat- Trick Hits For Aamir

Aamir khan is once again back in the lime light for his latest release “3 Idiots” which is creating wonders in box- office. For Aamir it is a Hat Trick hit after his directional debut “Taare Zameen Par” and “Ghajini” which was released in the December of 2007 and 2008. “3 Idiots” has been distributed by Relaince BIG Entertainment with 2000 prints and the movie already earned Rs. 4 crores through paid reviews. Kamal Gianchandani, head of domestic distribution of Reliance BIG Pictures, told that the movie was first screened by 6pm on Thursday despite of the cricket match the show was filled up by the audience. Earlier Aamir’s directional venture “Taare Zameen Par” which was released on December 21, 2007 had grossed Rs. 37 crores in box- office and his next project “Ghajini” which was released by December 25, 2008 grossed over Rs.200 crores in box- office. But Aamir denied that he is not a superstitious person it was a mere coincidence that his last three releases happened to be in December he also adds that “Ghajini was supposed to be an October release, but it had to be postponed to December because I was injured”. His latest flick “3 Idiots” which has been directed by Rajkumar Hirani of “Munna Bhai” fame and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and the casting includes Kareena Kapoor, R Madhavan and Boman Irani. The movie criticizes Indian educational system in a subtle manner.