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A special project to mark 100 years of Indian cinema, the anthology film “Bombay Talkies” brings on the screen four different stories put together by directors Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap and Dibaker Banerjee, respectively.

There was a special screening of the film Monday before its commercial release Friday and it seems to have appealed to the celebrity audience.

The celebs took to Twitter to praise the movie. Here is what they have to say:

Ayushmann Khurrana: Finally saw ‘Bombay Talkies’. (I) felt very big while being a very small part of Indian cinema.

Riteish Deshmukh: ‘Bombay Talkies’ will shock you, entertain you, enthrall you. Zoya, Anurag, Dibakar and Karan – thank you for this wonderful cinematic experience.

Konkona Sen Sharma: Laughed and cried while watching ‘Bombay Talkies’. Four fine, sensitive films and super performances.

Rahul Khanna: Just watched a screening of ‘Bombay Talkies’ and it was absolutely outstanding. Congratulations Karan, Dibaker, Zoya and Anurag. And a big congratulations to the cast of ‘Bombay Talkies’. Such fine, fearless performances in all four films.

Sidharth Malhotra: Four directors, four films, four brilliant cinema experiences. ‘Bombay Talkies’ a must watch people.

Genelia D’souza: Watched ‘Bombay Talkies’. Highly recommend, sensitive, sensible, sweet… Well done Karan, Zoya, Dibakar and Anurag.

Bombay Talkies will also have a gala screening at the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival, which begins May 15.

–Indo-Asian News Service

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“I have worked with many first-time directors — Ayan (Mukherjee), Zoya (Akhtar), Shonali Bose, who did ‘Amu’ and now Kannan Iyer. After working with these people, I have found that the first-time directors bring something very special to the table,” the 34-year-old said here in an interview.

“I don’t have any qualms (about working with first-time directors). If I love the script and have a good rapport with the director, then first-time director can also be very special,” added the National Award-winning actress.

She said the first-timers plan for their film for many years — like how their film would be and what it would be. “So they put a lot of care and lot of soul in the film.”

Konkona teamed up with Mukherjee for his directorial debut “Wake Up Sid” and Zoya’s first feature film “Luck By Chance” saw her playing the female lead.

Both “Wake Up Sid” and “Luck By Chance” came out in 2009. While the former was about a younger man dating an older woman and turned out to be a huge commercial success, the latter detailed behind-the-curtains Bollywood and won critical acclaim.

Konkona’s next is “Ek Thi Daayan” and Kannan Iyer brings the tale of witches on the screen. The supernatural thriller is coming out Friday and the actress said “it was wonderful to work with him (Iyer)”.

- IANS

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Bollywood Celebden Rating: 3.5/5

Cast : Emraan Hashmi, Huma Qureshi, Kalki Koechlin and Konkana Sen.

Music : Vishal Bharadwaj

Direction : Kannan Iyer

Story :

The story of Ek Thi Daayan revolves around folk tales about witches and their witch craft. Emraan Hashmi plays the role of Bobo, best magician in India. Just when he plans to settle down, he is confronted with his old past. He uses hypnosis to find out details of his past where he finds out that a witch who he had killed promised to take him. After so many years he feels that his past has come back to haunt him and cause harm to his family. How he protects them and how he kills the daayan is the remaining par of the story.

Performances :

Ek Thi Daayan stars Emraan Hashmi, Huma Qureshi, Kalki Koechlin and Konkana Sen. Emraan Hashmi who has carried off dark roles easily in his previous films, plays the role of a magician with the same ease. He plays the role of a top magician Bobo. He gives a very mature performance in this film and carries the whole film on his shoulders really well. All the female leads plays their part to perfection. But Konkana as a veteran does the best job out of them. Huma and Kalki fail to do better than Konkana. The best part was played by Vishesh Tiwari who played child version of Emraan Hashmi. The innocence that he bring to role adds a bigger advantage. Sara Arjun who plays Emraan’s sister is very cute.

Technical aspect : 

Kannan Iyer brings a gem with the story with ‘Ek Thi Daayan’. The story is based on a short story by Mukul Sharma. Mukul Sharma was assisted by Vishal Bharadwaj on the story and the screenplay. The movie concentrated on the minutest of details. The screenplay of the movie is good but only in parts. The movie lacks a befitting end to this supernatural thriller.  Cinematography is very important for a horror movie. Saurabh Goswami does a wonderful job in it. The movie manages to evoke more spine chilling sequences than expected. Both background music and songs are enjoyable in this movie. Vishal Bharadwaj music and Gulzar’s lyrics are a perfect combination, they manage to create most beautiful songs.

Analysis :

Kannan Iyer has definitely bought back element ‘Daayan’ that has existed in hindi horror movies. With a fresh script, melodious tunes and an awesome performances put up by the cast of Ek Thi Daayan makes this movie very watchable. The film has shrills, thrills, Emraan’s lip lock and of course Daayans, everything that you are expecting from this movie. But the thing that spoils everything is the screenplay and how the movie ends. The first half of the movie is very engaging. It’s mostly the flashback of emraan and is so beautifully directed that the second half doesn’t seem to be directed by Kannan. The ending is so bad that you find it funny (It shows the actors are involved in fist fight ). It follows a long list of hindi horror movies whose endings fall flat to the build up it generates in the first half. Nevertheless, must watch movie for the first half performances and picturisation.

Bottomline : Ek Thi Daayan is full of Chills, Thrills But Ending Spills

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Vishal Bharadwaj has composed the music for this movie. He has joined hands with his favorite lyricist Gulzar Saab to work on the music of the film. Vishal has already proven his worth as a music director who can compose for dark films with 7 Khoon Maaf and his other movies. Ek Thi Daayan album has 5 songs in it.

Yaaram

This song was used as the first one to promote the film and it lives up to the name. Sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and Clinton Cerejo, this is a soothing song. Its starts of as a slow number but gains momentum slowly and becomes a foot tapping number.

Totey Udd Gaye

Totey Udd Gaye is a song that you use in weddings. Its fun song, sung by Suresh Wadkar, Sukhwinder Singh and Rekha Bhardwaj. Its a peppy yet its got a rustic touch to it. The punjabi dhols add to the song. Definitely an addictive song.

Kaali Kaali

Clinton Cerejo holds the mike again for the next song Kaali Kaali. It is a very dark and romantic song. The low tones of the song give a creepy touch to it. It is a good song as the voice and music is too low. The best thing of this song is its lyrics, Hats of to Gulzar saab for writing this.

Lautungi Mein

Lautungi Mein has Rekha Bharadwaj behind the mike. This song gives the perfect feeling of a horror movie.Along with Rekha’s raw and rustic voice, it has elements like ghunghroos, howling wolves and sound of crickets just like old horror movies which make the song more scary and eerie in nature. Kudos to Vishal for such a tune.

Sapna re Sapna

It is a lullaby song sung by Padmanabh Gaikwad who came in Lil Champs. His innocence and the high music gives a different feel to the song. It is not the best song of the album but a situational one which might suit the scene more.

Overall, Ek Thi Daayan is a good album, certainly not the best of Vishal Bharadwaj’s work though. Yaaram, Totey Udd gaye and Lautungi Main are my pick of songs from this movie. Ek Thi Daayan is releasing on this Friday, 19th April.

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Bobo is India’s renowned magician, who suffers from constant hallucinations, leaving him with no option but to seek psychiatric help. His girlfriend Tamara is not aware of his consistent hallucinations. Bobo’s past life is deciphered through regression hypnosis. His horrid past surfaces a daayan, who destroyed his family and swore to return into his life to haunt him.

Ignoring the fact, Bobo continues with his life, till Lisa Dutt enters.  Bobo is convinced that Lisa is the daayan. While Konkona Sen plays the Lisa Dutt of 1960, Kalki Koechlin is the Lisa Dutt of 2013.

Find out what eventually happen on April 19.

“The film draws inspiration from folklore. Along with Emraan, Konkona, Kalki and Huma, two young kids play major roles in the film. With schools going in for a summer break, this will turn out to be an enjoyable family outing”, Said Vishal Bhardwaj in a statement.

Quotes Ekta Kapoor, “Besides being children-friendly, the film also has all the commercial masala that the audience expects from an Emraan Hashmi film.”

Directed by Kannan Iyer, EK THI DAAYAN is one of the most awaited flick of 2013. The horror flick is produced by Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, Vishal Bharadwaj and Rekha Bharadwaj.

The film’s haunting music is by Vishal Bhardwaj, with lyrics by Gulzar.

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The Murder star once the film releases, only then will he know about people’s reaction to it.

“Once the film does well, then we will make the sequel,” the 34-year-old actor told.

“If it is a great story and it is taken forward in a nice way, then I would like to be a part of it,” he added.

According to Emraan, in today’s changing scenario, only film’s with good scripts work well at the box office.

“There is a big change, a lot of new films are coming. ‘Raaz’ worked last year and now hopefully ‘Ek Thi Daayan’ will work. If you have a good story any film will work,” he said.

The film stars Emraan Hashmi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Huma Qureshi and Kalki Koechlin and is directed by Kannan Iyer.

“It was great shooting a film with an interesting script. I always had a fascination for supernatural films,” he said and added that with the film being placed in a “relatable world, with folklore of a witch being played out, is interesting”.

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Here is a list of celebrities who were rumored to be in a live-in relationship:

Abhay Deol & Preeti Desai:

The former Miss Great Britain Preeti Desai moved in with the Dev D star in his Juhu flat and the duo have started staying together ever since then. The couple are very happy together. Abhay had even revealed on a popular TV chat show that he wasn’t ready for marriage yet and that he would rather settle down in a live-in relationship with the actress. “I think marriage is a cultural thing, it’s my opinion that nature doesn’t tell someone to get married. I may or may not get married but I will settle down in a live-in.” Abhay and Preeti met first time during the success bash of Dev D in February 2009.

Saif Ali Khan & Kareena Kapoor:

They are one of the most adorable couples in Bollywood. Marriage didn’t really make much of a difference to Saif and Bebo’s relationship as they were in a live-in relationship before they got married.. Saif and Kareena made it known to the world that they were staying together. In fact Bebo confessed in an interview too. She said, “I have been with Saif for five-and-a-half years, and we are perhaps one of the first stars of the industry to have a live-in relationship and be open about it. So, it was no big deal for us,”

John Abraham and Bipasha Basu:

They are no longer together but when they were, John and Bips made a HOT couple. They moved in together and while Bips considered John’s family as hers, John was treated like a son in Bipasha’s family. The couple were pretty open about them sharing one home. Bipasha had once said that she doesn’t care about what the society thinks. She said, “As for society, it really doesn’t matter. I feel we are a married couple without being married. I feel like I’m his wife but yet he’s not my husband”
The couple began dating in late 2002 and parted ways in 2011.

Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sen:

They are married now and also heading for a divorce. But during their dating phase, Ranvir and Konkona were living together. Back then, buzz was that the couple were heading for a break up and so to put rumors to rest, Ranvir made the announcement, proving not only is the relationship going strong but he and Koko have taken their relationship to the next level. Ranvir said, “My girlfriend stays with me at my apartment. We have been living in for quite some time now and my love life is just as fine.”

Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao:

Aamir left his first wife Reena and kids and moved in with his current wife Kiran Rao. It was only when the rumour mill churned stories on Aamir and Kiran holidaying abroad, that the actor declared that he will marry Kiran Rao. Kiran on the other hand wasn’t sure of settling down with Aamir. She said, “I wasn’t sure until we started living together. But I was in love with him since late 2003. But the more time I began to spend with him, I realized that we connected on a more intrinsic level. His ideas matched mine even though I did not always agree with him. We have the same ethical, value system. That made me really comfortable.”
Aamir Khan confessed, “I started getting serious about her when I asked her to move in. We lived together for a year and a half before getting married.”

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“I hope so, it’s always good to improve. I don’t think motherhood has really changed me, as as a person I still have the same likes, dislikes, values etc. May be with the realm of new experiences it will add to my acting skills,” the 33-year-old said here Wednesday at the launch of book “Daayan.”

Written by Ved Prakash Sharma, “Daayan” has been launched for the promotion of “Ek Thi Daayan,” a horror flick by Ekta Kapoor and Vishal Bhardwaj.

When asked if shooting for “Ek Thi Daayan” gave her sleepless nights, she said, “I have had sleepless night but it is more because of my child than because of the film. I have to say when you haven’t slept well your mind is a little fragile and all sorts of things go on.”

Konkona Sen says shooting for a horror film is not scary.

“I can scare myself easily but luckily when you are shooting then the atmosphere is such that it is not very scary. There are people around, you can see everything,” Konkona said.
Directed by Kannan Iyer, “Ek Thi Daayan” also stars Emraan Hashmi, Huma Qureshi, Kalki Koechlin and hits theatres April 18.

–Indo-Asian News Service

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