Anil Kapoor Angelina Jolie

February 19th, 2009

Anil Kapoor, who has been paired opposite Bollywood's most gorgeous leading ladies in his hey days, is still young at heart. The actor was completely besotted by Hollywood beauty Angelina Jolie at the 66th Golden Globe Awards held at Beverly Hills, California. He wanted to be introduced to the Hollywood diva.

Our source close to Anil revealed, "Being part of Slumdog Millionaire, Anil was with the cast and crew of the film at the function where Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were also present. The two were seated close to the film's crew."

Our source added, "When Anil spotted Angelina seated close by, he could not conceal his excitement. Anil knew that Irrfan had worked with Angelina in A Mighty Heart and they knew each other well. He then elbowed Irrfan and asked him if he could introduce him to her. Irrfan, along with Anil, walked up to Angelina and introduced Anil to her."

Our further said, "Anil was visibly excited and shook hands with her for full two minutes. It was a special moment that Anil will never forget." Irrfan Khan confirmed the incident and said, "Yes, I did introduce Anil to Angelina! Angelina, of course, was her usual sweet self."

Sonam Kapoor to Play Emma in Anil Kapoor's Next Production

February 8th, 2009

Adaptations seem to be the flavour of the season. Anil Kapoor is now adapting Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma, for his next production. And who better to play the spirited and busybody matchmaking heroine than his daughter Sonam Kapoor? In earlier versions of the novel, celebrated actresses like Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Beckinsale and Alicia Silverstone have played Emma, whom Austen describes as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like."

Emma is one of Sonam's favorite novels and it is on her urging that papa Anil decided to finally produce a film for his daughter. Says a source, "Sonam can be the perfect Emma. The film will beautifully capture the sensuous and obstinate side to Sonam's personality."

Revealing more details of Emma, the source adds, "While one of the two heroines is the master of unconventional cinema Abhay Deol, currently being feted for his terrific performance in Dev.D, Sonam's second hero is newcomer Arunoday Singh. Rajshri Ojha will direct the film."

Whether Anil's interpretation of Emma manages to match up to Jane Austen's novel, and its several celebrated screen adaptations, remains to be seen.

ABOUT EMMA

Emmais an 1815 novel by Jane Austen. It is the story of the perils of misconstrued romance.The author uses two themes, namely: the concerns and difficulties of women's lives in Georgian-Regency England; and, a 'comedy of manners' among her characters, each of whom would justify him/herself as behaving according to the highest standards of polite manners. Emma, the heroine manages to bungle all affairs, including her own, by her intrusive enthusiasm and constant matchmaking.

King Khan moved by Anil Kapoor acting

February 7th, 2009

MUMBAI: King of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan said Friday he was moved by the brilliant performance of Indian legendary actor Anil Kapoor in his world famous film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.

It is strange to believe that recently Anil Kapoor criticized Shahrukh over his roles in recent movies despite that, Shahrukh persists to applaud his (Anil)’s role in Slumdog millionaire.

Shahrukh words came as, “Indeed, Anil Kapoor is still the proud of Bollywood and his supremacy in acting is again evident from his brilliant performance in Slumdog Millionaire”

Music of Danny Boyle’s movie ‘Slumdog Crorepati’ released in Mumbai

Mumbai, Jan 8 (ANI): The music album of the Hindi version of Danny Boyle directed Hollywood movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, titled ‘Slumdog Crorepati’ was recently released here.

Both the English and Hindi versions of the movie are now ready for all India release.

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ has already made news winning three top honours at the British Independent Film Awards.

It was a star-studded event at the JW Marriott Hotel here with Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor along with other fellow cast members present.

"It’s a kind of role which I have never done before in my career. So it was very exciting. It has a lot of shades. Sometimes when you ask actors that what you think about the role, I can go on elaborating about it. But about this film, I can just say that it was great doing this role," said Anil Kapoor.

The music composed by A R Rahman is being touted as a great introduction to modern Indian and Bollywood music. According to Rahman, the film in itself is a masterpiece.

The soundtrack features various artistes, such as Suzanne D’Mello, Alka Yagnik, Ila Arun, Palakkad Sriram, Madhumitha, Sonu Nigam, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Alisha Chinai, Tanvi Shah and Sukhwinder Singh.

The story of ‘Slumdog Crorepati’ revolves round the life of an impoverished Indian teen named Jamal Malik, who becomes a contestant in the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to be A Millionaire?’ and wins.

Since he is uneducated, his victory is suspected to be an instance of cheating. Those belonging to the clan of doubting Thomas deem it as one of proxy with embedded chips in his body to give the right answers in the contest!

Boyle is known for incorporating vibrant music in his films to capture the essence of each scene.

A R Rahman is reported to have done a wonderful job of portraying Jamal Malik’s journey from the slums of Mumbai to the elite strata of society with songs that are expected to become exceptional hits.