Ramu146;s Dreams

FOR years, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has been nursing a desire to make a really good horror film. His Raat starring Revathy wasn8217;t as...

FOR years, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has been nursing a desire to make a really good horror film. His Raat starring Revathy wasn8217;t as interesting as he would have liked it to be, and Kaun might have been a nail-biting thriller but it didn8217;t quite qualify as a horror. After the critical accolades he8217;s earned with Company, looks like Ramu is finally going to make his horror flick. According to the Bollywood grapevine, the filmmaker8217;s next movie will be a horror titled Bhoot. Although an official announcement is still awaited, Urmila Matondkar is rumoured to star in it. Whether she plays the title character or not, remains to be seen. Meanwhile, yet another unfulfilled dream of Ramu is to direct Shah Rukh Khan someday. The actor gave Ramu the go-ahead some years ago, and the director had been working on scripts diligently ever since. However, according to those in the know, Khan never greenlighted any of Ramu8217;s films as he was never keen to work opposite Urmila Matondkar. And he is wise enough to know that she will invariably squirm her way into any Ramu production.

Second Chance

IT is a fact that Uday Chopra didn8217;t deliver an applause-worthy performance in Mohabbatein. He was just about okay, evident in the fact that no filmmaker apart from his father signed him up for a new film.

Meanwhile, Padam Kumar had signed up the young actor for Supari, his thriller also starring Nandita Das and Rahul Dev among others. The film, long in the making, is finally ready. And not surprisingly, distributors haven8217;t been queuing up to pick up the rights. According to very recent information, Yash Raj Films has picked up distribution rights to Supari, so looks like smart-alec Padam Kumar8217;s decision to cast Uday Chopra wasn8217;t such a bad idea after all!

On one Stage

After the debacle of the Bollywood-themed Selfridges event in London, the city is getting ready for two of the biggest star shows they have seen in recent years. First Hrithik Roshan will land up with Karisma, Kareena, Arjun Rampal and Aftab Shivdasani for a major stage show, and only a few weeks later, crowds will go crazy when superstars Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan take the stage together. Ticket prices for both shows are believed to be astronomical and heavy bets are on over which show is likely to be a bigger draw than the other.

Nagging Doubt

Did you find Feroz Khan8217;s drunken appearance at two high profile award ceremonies amusing or embarrassing?

Mahesh Bhatt: 8216;8216;It8217;s tragic. He gets high and forgets that the whole world is watching him.8217;8217;
Alok Nath: 8216;8216;His behaviour is totally embarrassing. He should mind his manners in
public.8217;8217;
Mukul Dev : 8216;8216;He8217;s a very stylish man. Why should his behaviour embarrass anyone? To each his own.8217;8217;
Ishitaa Arun: 8216;8216;It must be embarrassing for Fardeen, but if he8217;s okay with it, it shouldn8217;t bother us. Personally, I think that8217;s Feroz Khan8217;s style. It8217;s amusing.8217;8217;

Bollywood is a Copycat

Starting this week with Hum Kissise Kum Nahin, you can expect a whole spate of films which have been 8216;8216;inspired8217;8217; by either Hollywood originals, or good ole Bollywood evergreen hits. Here8217;s a checklist of what to expect in coming weeks, and where they8217;ve been lifted from8230;.

raquo; David Dhawan8217;s Hum Kissise Kum Nahin 8212; Analyse This
raquo; Vikram Bhatt8217;s Awara Paagal Deewana 8212; The Whole Nine Yards
raquo; Sanjay Gadhvi8217;s Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai 8212; My Best Friend8217;s Wedding
raquo; Abbas-Mustan8217;s Humraaz 8212; A Perfect Murder
raquo; Sanjay Gupta8217;s Kaante 8212; Reservoir Dogs
raquo; Indra Kumar8217;s Rishta 8212; Kunwara Baap
raquo; Sooraj Barjatya8217;s Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon 8212; Chitchor
raquo; Boney Kapoor8217;s Shakti 8212; Not Without My Daughter
raquo; Hansal Mehta8217;s Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai 8212; American Pie
raquo; Feroz Khan8217;s Janasheen 8212; The Fast 038; The Furious