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Farah
Khan’s brother Sajid Khan will
soon be making his mark as a director in a new film that he plans to
start early next year. "It’s a serious film and I am signing
Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan. The script is ready and now we are
finalising other details," says Sajid who directed an episode in
Ram Gopal Verma’s Darna Zaroori Hai. Currently hosting Ikke
Pe Ikka on Zee Cinema and Sab Kuch Ho Sakta Hai on SAB TV
with Suresh Menon, the TV funnyman says there’s a draught of comedy
writers who can be consistent with their humour. "But why blame the
writers. Viewers too don’t laugh anymore. Give them something sad and
they’ll cry their eyes out. But give them something funny and they don’t
know how to react." Is that why he’s making a serious film?
Yes, he says. "Once that’s a hit and I have plenty of money to
lose, then I’ll make a comedy." Ennui of endless love
Is there any sense in
celebrating the long run of a show when it fails to entertain in the
long run? Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr has joined the bandwagon of
serials that have clocked 100 episodes and are all set to start their
tired march to the second century. The tale of young romance now moves
ahead with the Greenfields College hosting a reunion of students who
passed out a decade ago. The teenagers have matured and become young
people. Some are rich, others famous. Though personalities and
appearances might have changed in a decade but love is still in the air.
Amidst all the hugs and kisses, laughter and jubilations there is one
love story that is awaiting its logical conclusion. Rahul is still in
love with Tara but she’s now with another man. Will Rahul ever be able
to attain his love? You’ll find that out in the next hundred episodes. From smiles to yawns
It’s comedy’s rule No.
1: buffoonery never gets you laughs. That’s obviously a rule that
the makers of Jasoos..005 on SAB TV don’t have a clue about.
The channel that is airing the delightful Office Office seems to
have lost it. The new serial is marked by asinine performances, poor
direction and a plot that is simply senseless. It is the story of the
Chakor family who in attempt to make some money set up a detective
agency. And viewers are supposed to laugh at every nutty prank these
sleuths pull off. Even with reasonably good stars like Sushmita
Mukherjee, Nasir Khan and Rakhee Tandon, the serial offers nothing that
can even remotely be called funny. Which is not saying much about SAB
TV. A few more of these shows and the all-smile channel could soon be an
all-yawn channel.— NF …but not for Sakshi While, strangely enough, she’s back in KGGK
she doesn’t seem too inclined to doing the Devi act again.
The buzz is that Sakshi was not happy at being portrayed as a kind of a
reincarnation of Durga in the drama so she’s pulled out. "Its
been an amicable parting of ways," says Sakshi who has now been
replaced by Juhi Parmar in the Ajay Devgan produced Devi. So
what lies ahead? "I’d love to do something more light-hearted,
more peppy." Sakshi is serious and there’s no need to laugh at
her statement. Simone’s no to glycerin Simone Singh seems to have
finally banished the weepy image that she got stuck with while playing
Heena in Heena. After doing the role of a Gujju temptress in Kal
Ho Na Ho, the lady is going in for a personality makeover and is
accepting only upmarket assignments. And one such assignment is
anchoring The Lounge, a lifestyle show on CNBC that gives an
insight into the lesser known facts about the hip ’n’ happening
celebrities of fashion, films and the corporate world. She is all
geared up for her new film Akoori co-starring Saif, Naseerudin
Shah and Boman Irani. — NF |
Finally she seems to be
taking control of things. When she realised that her career was going
nowhere with Devi and Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki, Shakshi Tanwar
decided to quit both. 