Preity Zinta, Anil Kapoor at IIFA 2011 Toronto Launching - Photos

Preity Zinta, Anil Kapoor at IIFA 2011 Toronto Launching - Photos:

Preity Zinta and Anil Kapoor Launch IIFA 2011 Toronto:

Preity Zinta, Anil Kapoor at IIFA 2011 Toronto Launching - Photos

Madhuri Dixit says NO to Anil Kapoor for his next film!

Madhuri Dixit says NO to Anil Kapoor for his next film!: Madhuri Dixit refused to play mommy to Anil Kapoor’s daughter Sonam in the desi remake of Mark Water’s film Freaky Friday.

Said a source very close to Madhuri, “When Anil Kapoor offered her Sonam’s mother’s role Madhuri was in two minds. She felt hesitant about playing mother to a girl in her 20s.

At the same time, Madhuri also felt awkward about turning down Anil’s offer, an actor with whom she has shared a very warm relationship in the past. So she decided to first watch Freaky Friday.

But yesterday Madhuri decided that the role would not suit her, especially after her last abortive attempt at a comeback in Aaja Nachle. Many protest posts were put up on a social networking site against Madhuri playing mom to Sonam.”

Says Madhuri’s Indian business manager Rakesh Nath, “After much thought Madhuri has decided not to do the Indian remake of Freaky Friday. She will inform Anilji about her decision as soon as he returns from South Africa.”

Help is nessesory for Abhay Deol: Anil Kapoor on Koffee With Karan

Help is necessary for Abhay Deol: Anil Kapoor on Koffee With Karan: Much was said between Abhay Deol and Anil Kapoor on the sets of 'Aisha'. And while Abhay has gone on record to say that he wasn't too pleased with the way the film shaped up besides voicing his problems with Anil Kapoor's production house, Anil on the other hand very boldly in an episode of Koffee with Karan went on record to say 'Abhay Deol needs help'.

When Karan Johar asked him, 'In what way?" he was quick to reply, "in every way! There's something terribly wrong with the guy."

What's going to be the result of this outburst?

It's difficult to say if Abhay Deol and Sonam Kapoor will work together ever again even though the two of them claim to be good friends. What's more is that Abhay Deol is never going to be offered a film by Anil Kapoor's production house. Guess what? Abhay thinks that's a good thing and even terms it as a 'win-win situation'.

Wonder which actor's loss this one is going to be however, Sonam's or Abhay's, that's the question!

No Problem Review - Anil Kapoor's latest film

No Problem Review - Anil Kapoor's latest film: It’s more obnoxious than the thunderous fart of a gorilla! Mercifully, I haven’t been at the receiving end of one (so far), but having watched director Anees Bazmee’s latest claptrap called No Problem, I almost know how it feels like to be blown away by something as malodorous as an ape breaking wind.

Comedy - no, attempted comedy - plumbs to a new low in No Problem, and partners in this cinematic crime are as much the film’s leading stars as its overconfident director. Success shoots faster than champagne to some folks’ heads and No Problem indeed has Bazmee smugly reminding us that he is the man who’s given Bollywood comedies like No Entry, Welcome and Singh Is Kinng - as if they all were masterpieces.

In No Problem the director falls back on the same formula and cobbles together a threadbare plot, with an eye solely on making the audiences laugh any which way. So if it calls for a schizophrenic wife (Sushmita Sen) to love her hubby one moment and bay for his blood the next, so be it! If it calls for usual oddballs like a kleptomaniac thief (Sanjay Dutt), his reformed partner (Akshay Khanna), a reluctant hanger-on (Paresh Rawal), a bumbling cop (Anil Kapoor), his psycho wife (Sush), her vain sister (Kangana Ranaut), and a bunch of gun-toting robbers lead by the unshaven Sunil Shetty and his hideously dressed moll (Neetu Chandra), so be it. Bazmee grinds every grist in the mill to get laughs from you. He sets out to outdo his previous works, but only undoes them.

In case you care to know the story, rest assured there isn’t one to write about. The aforementioned circus of characters is vying to get their hands on a bunch of diamonds in South Africa. Gangsters, cops, thieves and their girlfriends - all are involved in the ruck. A mad melee follows in the end, with a gorilla stepping in for the cameo fart and the fish swallowing the diamonds.

Which brings us to the performances. Save for the gorilla and the fish, everyone’s over the top. Anil Kapoor is hung up on his mitti daal dialogue and does provide a laugh here and there, while Akshaye hams more often than not. Sanjay Dutt looks plainly uninterested and Sush is an image of overacting. Paresh Rawal plays to the gallery, so does Vijay Raaz in a brief role. Kangana’s botoxed lips catch your eye as much as Neetu’s waxed thigh.

Final word! If you have mistakenly watched this film and liked it, there’s a serious problem with you.