Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
OMG: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra reveals Aamir Khan warned him of charging 8 crores as ‘fine’, find out why
Some really interesting news coming in for all fans of Aamir Khan. The actor had worked with director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra in the movie 'Rang De Basanti' and it is one of his best to date. But hey folks, did you all know that there was a time when Aamir had to warn him of charging 8 crores fine if there's a delay in the film? Yes, that's true. The director opened up in his upcoming biography and was quoted as saying by Koimoi, "While signing on the dotted line, Aamir included a clause, which was the reason I ended up making the movie on time in the first place. Here’s an | Click Here...
Somewhere deep down Bobby remains entrenched in my heart: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Raj Kapoor’s Bobby and Guru Dutt’s Pyasa are the two romantic films that shaped and molded Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's view of love and life. Says Rakeysh, "Actually, I first saw Bobby at the Regal theatre in Connaught Place in Delhi in 1973 when I was 10 with my family. Movie-going was always a big event for the family. My father was a great fan of Raj Kapoor. And Raj Saab was launching his son in Bobby. So it was a specially important film for our family." Rakeysh was addicted to the romance of Bobby. " I must have seen Bobby at least ten times when it first had its golden | Click Here...
Celebrating 14 Years of Rang De Basanti
When Rang De Basanti opened on Jan 26, 2006, I was in a theatre in Patna watching a very fidgety, very confused audience reacting as we all saw these unfamiliar experiences, with embarrassment and heckling. The film adopted a unique format to tell the story of freedom that we all have taken for granted. The entire film unfolds through the eyes of a young British documentary maker Sue (Alice Patten) in India to shoot a documentary on the Freedom Struggle. The film had two time zones. In the past, with Aamir Khan cast as Chandrashekar Azad, the Tamil star Siddharth as Bhagat Singh, Atu | Click Here...
With students taking to the streets, Rang De Basanti proves to be prophetic
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Rang De Basanti which opened on January 27, 2006, was about a group of college students who take to the streets to protest against the corruption in our governance and society. Going by what is happening in the country right now, Rang De Basanti seems eminently prophetic. In an earlier interview with me, Rakeysh had said, “As an artist, it is gratifying to know that the film still has deep relevance to society and to the cinema. But it’s also sad that the issues that RDB raised are today more relevant than they were five years ago. But as a cit | Click Here...
#ModiSwearingIn: Rajinikanth, Shahid Kapoor, Karan Johar, Kangana Ranaut and other celebrities at Narendra Modi swearing in ceremony
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony is currently underway. His council of ministers will also take the oath. The ceremony is being held in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence of 6,000 guests, including many celebrities. On the momentous day, some of the noted Bollywood celebrities also were spotted at the event. Rajinikanth, Shahid Kapoor, Karan Johar, Vivek Agnihotri, Anupam Kher, Vivek Oberoi, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Rajkumar Hirani among others. Indeed, Modi’s victory is one event that has brought the country together, capturi | Click Here...
Gautam Rode turns into a modern day Bhagat Singh in a short film
Gautam Rode, after romancing Zareen Khan in Aksar 2 was supposed to return to the small screen with his upcoming Star Plus show. But before that, he is doing a short film titled Bhagatya. A fan has leaked its trailer on Twitter. The sneak peek will surely take you to a trip down the memory lane as it has vibes of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s cult hit, Rang De Basanti. In the film, we saw a group of University students turn revolutionaries when their friend, a flight lieutenant in the Indian Air Force gets wrongly accused of wrong piloting. Their characters soon start resembling the freedom f | Click Here...