Priyadarshan
Corona Papers Review: Priyadarshan’s Fun With The Gun
Corona Papers Rating: ** ½ (Disney+Hotstar) The perennially prolific Priyadarshan is back with a story that is not short of breadth.The problem is, this story has already been told three times over. The Japanese genius Akira Kurosawa first told this story of a cop whose service revolver goes missing, in 1949 . More recently Senapathi in Telugu an 8 Thottahal in Tamil went over the same territory. Now it’s Priyadarshan, and boy, does he have fun with the gun!The missing gun is almost like a pivotal character in Priyan’s film. Which it was not in Kur | Click Here...
Bollywood Filmmakers And Their Lucky Mascots
The ever-dynamic Bollywood industry has evolved a great deal over the decades. From the era of formulated blockbusters and arguably glamorous themes, Bollywood is all about exhibiting the visionary brilliance of directors. Having said that, we all know how much luck matters in the film industry. Our Bollywood filmmakers also have a few lucky mascots who often feature in their movies. Today, we bring you the list of lucky mascots of Bollywood filmmakers. Luv Ranjan: Actor Kartik Aaryan is Luv Ranjan’s lucky mascot | Click Here...
I’d Never Attempt To Recreate The Hera Pheri Magic Again – Priyadarshan
Akshay Kumar says the entire credit for the success of Hera Pheri, which was released on March 31, 2000 must go to the director Priyadarshan. And he is right. After Priyadarshan and the film’s producer Firoz Nadiadwala had a fall-out, Nadiadwala made the sequel Phir Hera Pheri where he deputed the direction to the Hera Pheri writer Neeraj Vora. The second Hera Pheri film was not even a fraction as funny as the first. Now there is the third Hera Pheri film coming up, and Priyadarshan is super-sceptical. “A classic, like lightning,strikes only once in the sa | Click Here...
How Mohanlal Rescued Priyadarshan From Depression
Director Priyadarshan and filmmaker Mohanlal have done 29 films together.This is an unparalleled cinematic collaboration , far exceeding the numbers of other similar collaborations like Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, and nearer home Rakesh Roshan and Hrithik Roshan. Priyan and Mohanlal are not only close collaborators they are also close friends. When in 2016 Priyan went through a messy divorce it was Mohanlal who pulled him out of severe depression. The prolific Priyadarshan went to hell and back. The messy ugly divorce played out in the public domain left | Click Here...
Priyadarshan Breaks Bollywood Filmmakers’ Silence On Kashmir Files
So far, not a single filmmaker has come forward to say anything, negative or positive on Vivek Agnihotri’s historic hit The Kashmir Files. Almost every filmmaker I asked to comment on the phenomenal success declined to do so on-record. Except the super-prolific Priyadarshan whom I asked if the The Kashmir Files will impact the content of Hindi cinema . Priyan replied, “Something unusual is always attractive in cinema.Behind the success of any film in the history of world cinema is that it touches some chords of human heart regardless of po | Click Here...
Covid Scare In Industry: Director Priyadarshan hospitalized after testing positive for Covid-19 amid Omicron surge
A big update coming in. As per the latest reports in Times Of India and India Today, popular film director Priyadarshan has been hospitalized after testing positive for Covid-19. Reports in the media reveal that he has been hospitalized at Chennai. He's hopefully expected to get fine in a few days. Here's wishing him a super speedy recovery going forward. Let us know your views in the comments below and for more updates, stay tuned to IWMBuzz.com | Click Here...
Priyadarshan On Casting Daughter In Her Hindi Debut
Director Priyadarshan’s daughter Kalyani Priyadarshan who has established herself in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam cinema, will soon be making her Bollywood debut. However papa Priyan will have nothing to do with it. “She is a very clear-headed young woman. Knows exactly what she wants, and what she doesn’t. And she certainly doesn’t want me to launch her. When Kalyani decided to be an actor she had only one ground-rule for herself: she won’t be launched by her father.” This made Priyan very proud. “I could have made a dozen films for her ,laun | Click Here...
Review Of Navarasa: Scattered With Interesting Moments
Navarasa(Netflix, Anthology of 9 Films) Directed by Bejoy Nambiar ,Priyadarshan, Karthik Subbaraj, Vasanth, Arvind Swami, , Karthick Naren, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Sarjun KM and Rathindran R. Prasad Rating: *** They say, save the last for the best. But in this eclectic uneven omnibus of nine stories based on the nine basic human emotions , the best is the first story Edhir, based on the emotion of pity(Karuna) it features two powerhouse performances by Vijay Sethupathi and Revathy as an murderer and his victim’s wife. Their confrontation is so beau | Click Here...
No Meezaan Jaffery Yet In Priyadarshan’s Next, Director Clarifies
It seems the publicity machinery continues to churn nonstop even when there is no fodder for furtherance. This week one woke up to the report that Meezan Jaffrey who played the romantic lead in Priyadarshan’s underwhelming Hungama 2 which was poorly received by critics, is being cast by the director in another film so soon after their first collaboration. However Priyan clears the air stating there is no casting for his next yet. “In January I am starting my boxing film with Mohanlal in Malayalam , which I told you about earlier. Before that I may do a Hindi | Click Here...
“When Mani Ratnam Asked Me To Do The Hasya Rasa, I Had To Say Yes,” Says Priyadarshan While Refuting Reports That He’ll Only Do Comedy
There was a report from a news agency recently that the prolific Priyadarshan would only focus on making comedy films from now on. But Priyan completely refutes this report. “Why would I want to make only one kind of cinema? Of course I want to make people laugh. But I can’t keep doing comedies over and over again. The laughs will get stale. One needs to keep changing gears.All through my career I have done that. If I’ve made Hera Pheri , Hungama and Bhagam Bhaag,I’ve also made serious films like Gardish, Virasat and Kala Pani. During the year that I m | Click Here...
Good news: Mohanlal and Priyadarshan To Team Up Again For A Boxing Film
The great Mohanlal and the prolific director Priyadarshan have done 29 Malayalam films together so far. One of them Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham is yet to be released. The Robert de Niro and Martin Scorcese of Malayalam cinema are already working on their next film. “It is the story of a boxer,his rise to fame and then his fall . Mohanlal and I have done all kinds of films together. But we’ve never done a sports film. I’ve always been fascinated by Scorcese’s Raging Bull. So you could say this would be our Raging Bull,” reveals Priyadarshan. | Click Here...
Review Of Hungama 2: Stone-Age Humour
Hungama 2(Disney Plus Hotstar) Starring Paresh Rawal, Shilpa Shetty, Meezaan Jaffrey , Pranitha Subhash Directed by Priyadarshan Rating: ** Hungama 2 is the kind of, ha ha, comedy where we are supposed to laugh at a line like, “Iss Gehna ko lekar nikal Behna” and where the family cook runs around the house with a wooden ladle to remind us of his purpose in the plot. The ladle is the most wooden thing you see in Hungama 2. The actors are required to be the opposite of wooden. They are all expected to overact in every frame .Wat | Click Here...
Priyadarshan On Hungama 2 and Shilpa Shetty
The super-prolific Priyadarshan is making a comeback to direction in Hindi after 7 years. “It’s been a tough time for me. I was going through some very difficult personal issues. So when I finally decided to come out of my dark phase I had to do a comedy. These days everyone needs laughter more than ever before.” Says Priyan, “This Hungama has nothing to do with the Hungama I made 18 years sgo. Hungama 2 is actually a remake of my 1994 Malayalam film Minnaram. But that was a tragedy.I have turned Minnaram into a comedy in Hungama 2. The last three ree | Click Here...
Priyadarshan ji is like family to me – Rajpal Yadav
Rajpal Yadav is one of the finest and most amazing veteran actors in the Hindi film industry. The actor has been winning hearts with his comic performances on the big screen for more than two decades and he can certainly be recognized as a legend in the true sense of the term. A theater veteran, Rajpal has successfully entertained the audience in movies like Chup Chup Ke, Dhol, Phir Hera Pheri, De Dana Dan, Hungama, Malamaal Weekly, Bhagam Bhag, Main Meri Patni Aur Woh & many more. Rajpal is all set to entertain next with his movie titled Hungama 2 which is the sequel of the icon | Click Here...
Priyadarshan’s Hungama 2 Sold To Disney-Hotstar At A Mere 30 Crores
Gone are the days when OTT platforms fell over one another in pursuit of big-budgeted Bollywood big-screen projects. Disney-Hotstar apparently cut a very hard deal with producer Ratan Jain before purchasing his new production a riotous comedy Hungama2 . An informed source reveals, “They(the Hungama producer Ratan Jain) actually asked for a lot more, considering director Priyadarshan’s first Hungama was a hit. But that was 18 years ago. Today’s generation has moved on. Also, the film has no face value(big stars). Not that stars sell films on the OTT, the | Click Here...
After Hungama 2, Aekam Binjwe joins the cast of Ek Villain Returns
Child artist Aekam Binjwe who recently shot for the Priyadarshan film Hungama 2 will be part of yet another major Bollywood film. Aekam who has also in the last few months doing the TV show Choti Sarrdaarni in the role of Param will be shooting for Ek Villain Returns, the much-anticipated film. Directed by Mohit Suri, and produced by Ekta Kapoor and Bhushan Kumar, Ek Villain Returns has John Abraham, Disha Patani, Arjun Kapoor, Tara Sutaria in the central roles. This will be the first time John Abraham will be associating with Director Mohit Suri. The film is already on floor. | Click Here...
Hungama 2: Shilpa Shetty, Paresh Rawal and cast wrap shooting, celebrate director Priyadarshan’s birthday together
Ace filmmaker Priyadarshan’ next Directorial venture Hungama 2 , an out an out family entertainer starring Meezan Jafri, Pranita Subhash, Paresh Rawal and Shilpa Shetty Kundra is one of the most awaited multi starrers of 2021. The team had double ‘Hungama’ on the sets as they wrapped shooting of the film soon after they celebrated ‘captain of the ship’, Priyadarshan’s birthday. The entire cast and crew got together on Priyadarshan’s birthday and cut a cake, and even re-enacted iconic scenes from his films. To mark the wrap of the film, the cast posed for fun pictures w | Click Here...
Child actors Aekam Binjwe and Hardika Sharma in Priyadarshan film Hungama 2
Hungama 2 the Priyadarshan film will be a roller-coaster ride of fun and comedy. As we know, the film stars Paresh Rawal, Shilpa Shetty, Meezaan Jaffery, Pranitha Subhash, Rajpal Yadav, Tiku Talsania, Ashutosh Rana and others. We hear of two child actors Aekam Binjwe and Hardika Sharma joining the cast. Aekam has been a known name in TV circuit with him having played integral roles in shows Aap Ke Aa Jane Se and Ishq Subhan Allah. Hardika Sharma is a noted name in the field of modelling and is an actor too. As per a reliable source, “The two kids will pl | Click Here...
I Am Lucky To Have Worked With Jagdeepji: Priyadarshan
Many would like to remember Jagdeep not only as Soorma Bhopali in Sholay (1975) but also as Badriprasad Chaurasia in Priyadarshan’s Muskurahat(1992) “It was an absolute delight to direct Jagdeepji in Muskurahat and now I am directing his grandson Meezaan in Hungama 2 who is such a disciplined dedicated artiste, just like his grandfather. Quite a chip off the old block, this lad,” says Priyan. Recalling the experience of directing Jadgeep in Muskurahat Priyan says, “What I still remember vividly about him is that he would actually listen to my directorial instructions a | Click Here...
OMG: Veteran director Priyadarshan expresses ‘hurt’, feels Ayushmann Khurrana and Kartik Aaryan think he is ‘outdated’
Veteran director Priyadarshan is known to have helmed many comedy flicks single-handedly with his directorial skills and some of his best work happen to be cult movies like Hera Pheri, Hungama, Bhagam Bhag and many more. We know Priyadarshan is making the sequel of Hungama with Meezan Jaffery. But was he the first choice? Well, apparently not. Priyadarshan has certain interesting things to tell about modern day actors like Kartik Aaryan, Sidharth Malhotra and Ayushmann Khurrana and we quote, “ I didn’t go directly to meet them but my concept was narrated to a lot of actor | Click Here...
Ashutosh Rana bags Hungama 2
Priyadarshan’s comedy film Hungama is all set to get a sequel. Hungama 2 Produced by Ratan Jain, stars Shilpa Shetty and Paresh Rawal alongside Meezan and Pranitha Subhash. It is slated to release on 14 August 2020. The original film which released in 2003, starred Akshaye Khanna, Paresh Rawal, Aftab Shivdasani and Rimi Sen among others. Now, IWMBuzz.com exclusively learnt that actor Ashutosh Rana, who was seen in Dhadak, Mulk and Simmba, will be part of the ensemble cast. He will be playing a pivotal role in the movie. Apart from Paresh Rawal, Shakti Kapoor, T | Click Here...
People like Anurag Kashyap should just shut up: Filmmaker Priyadarshan
India’s most prolific filmmaker Priyadarshan is not happy with the voices of protest being raised in the film industry against the Government’s Citizens’ Amendment Act (CAA). “What have film people got to do with political issues? Do they even understand the nitty-gritty? How much did Deepika Padukone study the situation at JNU before visiting ?”, questions the director who was once supposed to launch Deepika in a film called Pirates about musical piracy Priyan’s advice to film folks? “Use the cinema to express what you want to. Make films that will reflect th | Click Here...
Shilpa Shetty makes a comeback as a character actress, and her co-star is Paresh Rawal
Shilpa Shetty may look like a million bucks at 44. But she seems to have accepted her age gracefully and moved on to character roles. In what would in all likelihood be her first full-fledged screen appearance since Apne in 2007(she made special appearances in Karan Johar’s Dostana and her own production Dishkiyaoon in 2014) Ms Shetty is back on screen in Priyadarshan’s Hungama 2, interestingly she is paired opposite one of our finest character actor Paresh Rawal. Confirming the same Priyadarshan spoke exclusively to the writer, “Shilpa Shetty Kund | Click Here...