Abhishek and Rohan Sippy together once more
thanks to Tata..
LINK
The party poopers can say what they like. Abhishek Bachchan and Rohan Sippy are going to be working together again! The proposed project is again an edgy out-of-the-box experiment with truth extending the language that this actor-director invented in Bluffmaster and Dum Maaro Dum (DMD).
Moreover, the Sippys are also planning a big bash for DMD. Contrary to the cynicism about the film’s box office performance, it has generated enough revenues to make the producers happy. Sippy wants to celebrate with his buddy Abhishek Bachchan. They are now planning a party for which Abhishek will fly down from Russia to Mumbai for just one evening. Bachchan is currently in Russia shooting for Abbas Mustan’s Players, which is an official remake of The Italian Job. Yup, the effort of traveling across continents is well worth making.
The DMD team is eminently upbeat about the box office so much so that the Sippy and Bachchan are planning to start another film together.
According to DMD’s co-producers Fox Star Studios India, the movie has got the biggest opening in South India for any Hindi film in 2011. DMD is also the third biggest Abhishek Bachchan film ever after Dhoom:2 and Dostana.
Says Rohan, “Neither Abhishek nor Bipasha is here in Mumbai. Without them we can’t celebrate.They’re the life and soul of our party. We’re definitely very happy. The box office figures are very different from what some spoilsports have tried to spread through various abused forms of communication… a lot of the people questioning the content and box office performance of DMD are frustrated writers and out-of-work members of the film fraternity.”
Now Sippy is looking at seeing DMD sustain its box office figures.
“We’ve a clear month ahead with no major competition at the box office during the IPL season. That is exactly why we waited so long to release. So we could avail of the vacant slab during the IPL season,” Sippy adds.
April 26, 2011 at 4:56 PM
Did know this was in the works. Some other stuff here too. I am actually quite thrilled Rohan is making another film relatively soon. BM and now DMD are two of my favorite films from the contemporary era. They’re also among the more deceptive films around. The latter is finally much more complex than the former.
I am still getting around to that piece on DMD! Possibly tonight though there is so much going on in this film visually that it’s just hard to remember everything even schematically on one viewing. I will be watching it again but can’t before the weekend. But again the BM project is very much taken further here.
April 26, 2011 at 7:01 PM
Hi
Thats great, DMD is a slick flck with innovative direction and
presentation. I guess Rohan must have got this skill from his
legendary father.
This new venture would be great for both of them,
Naren
April 26, 2011 at 8:06 PM
Yes this is indeed great news! Absolutely look forward to their 3rd movie. I think they’ve got a knack for making “different” movies… much to my liking.
BTW obviously Rohan/FOX is reporting way more encouraging numerber contrary to what the so called trade analysts are dissimenating. I really hope that is the case and AB (and Roahn) get a HIT… they absolutely deserve it.
… and Satyam awaiting your analysis with bated breath
-Mahesh
April 26, 2011 at 8:19 PM
“BTW obviously Rohan/FOX is reporting way more encouraging numerber contrary to what the so called trade analysts are dissimenating”
on which planet?
April 26, 2011 at 9:59 PM
Great… we have another comedian/Maha in the audience… trying to be funny. Try harder brah. What planet… no really? That’s the best you can come up with?
links below..
http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/11/apr/26-dum-maaro-dum-earns-rs-29-8-crore-worldwide-on-opening-weekend-041107.asp
http://dummaarodumthemovie.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/dum-maaro-dum-takes-the-2nd-highest-opening-of-2011-bollywood-hits-its-first-six-during-ipl/
and if you actually read my post, I was suggesting (and hoping) that these numbers are real and not fabricated to hype the movie and save face by declaring it a profitable venture.
-Mahesh
April 26, 2011 at 11:15 PM
Weekend India numbers
What BOI has reported – 16 cr
What Taran has reported – 16.5 cr
What FOX/Rohan/Abhi have reported – 16.5 cr
Please explain how FOX/Rohan/Abhi’s numbers are more encouraging than the other so called trade analysts?
seems you unintentionally ended up looking like a clown now.
April 26, 2011 at 11:51 PM
Hi
By the way where are the numbers for tuesday it looks like it would
have been steady so Taran and BOI (Sandhu) have conveniently
ignored it. Looks like Maha comes from the same planet – may be
planet BOI (Sandhu).
Naren
April 27, 2011 at 1:34 AM
yes exactly Naren.
I guess I have to spell out everything exactly and speak err type r e a l l y s l o w l y for geniunes like Maha to get it. oh well Maha **
BTW I also saw Komal Nahata mouth off how DMD is already a losing propostion for the producers… his point was that since this past Mon it took a “dramatic” fall, then even more on Tue, and he didn’t expect it to fare better on Wed/Thu, it’s destined to be a FLOP with heavy losses to Sippy and FOX.
Again, its hard to tell who’s really coveying an accurate picture. Given Komal and Taran’s antics/history, I’d venture to guess that they will be ones deflating the numbers.
oh well… interesting business this is.
hey at least I enjoyed the movie
-Mahesh
April 27, 2011 at 12:00 AM
they where forced to since fox has released number and most transprent reporting has been brom business of cinema
what was that :
first day number: 3.5 cr then 4.41 cr and finally settled to 5.4 cr lol
this is there for transparency
the two most ridiculous reviews of movies where from taran and komal ( when it got praises everywhere)
April 27, 2011 at 12:35 AM
I expected a negative review from Taran. Notice the trend with Taran. When his reviews are out early, which means he was allowed the priviledge of a preview, they are mostly positive. Latest example is Shor In The City. His review was out as early as on Monday and he was literally urging people to go for it. But notice that when his reviews aren’t out until Friday, which means that he wasn’t offered the priviledge of a preview, then they are mostly negative ones. It was the case with DMD.
I am glad that Rohan came out exposing the truth. And I am really glad that his next directorial venture is on the cards already. Rohan is one of the very best directors around today and he has grown leaps and bounds with every movie made. I would say that DMD probably is right among the very best movies made during the last few years. It deserves to do well.
April 27, 2011 at 2:20 AM
I agree that some critics might be biased, but its a bit silly for people on this forum to be attacking critics just because they did not like the film. Taran’s ‘criticism’ did seem rather silly, but a lot of more intelligent critics did not like the film either: Anupama Chopra, Rajeev Masand etc.
It was a very commercial film, better made than most Bollywood thrillers, but hardly an indisputable work of art. There were plot loopholes aplenty and a lot of the film was just pandering to the lowest common denominator. Bipasha’s character looking so perfect all the time, when she was supposedly a drug addict for instance was just so ridiculous.
I do not understand why the people here are making this out to be a masterpiece and faulting everybody who doesn’t agree. It was stylish and entertaining with some good eye candy and some terrible music, with a few good and few terrible performances, but that’s about it. I mean you are naturally allowed to think it was an excellent piece of filmmaking, but this was hardly such a perfect, flawless film, that anybody who criticizes it has to be biased.
Shor in the City has been getting excellent, gushing tweets from all the critics, it was invited to several international film festivals and has a far superior soundtrack to DMD. Maybe it honestly just was better?
April 27, 2011 at 3:46 AM
first of all i myself didn’t liked the last 20 min especially the vidya part to get female emotion and melodrama here
but ya other critics have pointed at films reviews and what they found could have been better but these two individuals reviwes where totally out of the point ….with hardly anything that makes senses
it was simply putting down the movie and that two when you are supposed to be trade analyst and later they try to save their ass with incorrect reporting of general things
that deserves criticism
April 27, 2011 at 4:28 AM
iffrononfire, I did not mean to direct my comment at you, at all
I was just commenting on the general reaction to DMD on this forum, which I find to be rather pretentious and silly. Vidya Balan’s character, as you pointed out, is one of the many serious shortcomings of this film.
DMD for me was more entertaining and better crafted than the likes of Game, but nowhere near films like Kaminey. Unlike the Dhoom series (which I would put it on par with) this film is more stylized and less ‘dumb-flashy’ looking, so it is easier to intellectualize. But intelligent or even a near-perfect thriller, it most certainly is not.
April 27, 2011 at 5:30 AM
well kaminey itself was more glamourized rather than intellectualized ..
drug baron…derby horse race courses …whole mns saga into mainstream and add to it … the brothers who themselves look fictitious…a bengali speaking don for the first time etc
like vidya in dreams in climax even the shahid partin climax was unexplained and was totally left to audiences
infact the ending was more an escape rout(with feel good factor)
its like you know what is going to happen and that don’t make a convincing thriller
April 27, 2011 at 5:48 AM
Thats what I meant, Kaminey, DMD and Game are all stylized thrillers. Game was the worst, DMD was mediocre and Kaminey was fabulous, according to me.
April 27, 2011 at 5:55 AM
And maybe its just me, but Shahid’s dream sequences were visually spellbinding and actually made sense to me, unlike the awkward, forced, cheesy ‘angel’ incarnation of Vidya’s. What a criminal waste of the talent of the finest actor in the film.
April 27, 2011 at 6:08 AM
Didn’t like Kaminey at all, Kaminey was confused execution where style was more than substance …… 2.5/5
Game was worst ….. 1/5
DMD is best among all, clear approach, stylized content and clever but intelligent script with top notch performances. — 4/5
April 27, 2011 at 2:42 AM
Haha lol now this is a joke now people claim the movie is stable
in the lower end. Please check tuesdays number from Indore
at http://www.naachgaana.com/.
Here are the stats:
Dum Maaro Dum remains stable on low end, Tuesday Indore
Total Tuesday numbers = 2.20
So Mondays numbers were 2.25 or 2.5? If the movie was disliked
as people claim this movie would have been a washout
I like this,now BOI will start getting closer to the circle.BOI will
claim it is average to below average jokes
I like this people eating their own words
Eventually DMD will be a semi hit atleast not a flop by huge a shot
Naren
April 27, 2011 at 6:03 AM
Taran is following the trend now.He says sigh of relief for Abhishek
- dmd business analysis
As i said all these trade jokers need to do reality checks
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/business_talk/index.html
DMD is a semi hit atleast as per my analysis
Naren with analysis of DMD BO
April 27, 2011 at 10:40 AM
A bit early to give it any verdict Naren. In few days time things will be much clearer. Sabr karo
April 27, 2011 at 2:14 PM
hey guys .hii hav seen dmd twice .enjoyd it thoroughly.btw can anyone of you tell me if tuesday was a holiday in maharashtra becoz i was surfing bookmyshow yes and the evening and night shows especially all across fame properties in mum were almost sold out
April 27, 2011 at 2:19 PM
don’t think it was a holiday.. do know that Tue was very stable.. I wouldn’t be surprised if the number was slightly higher than Mon.
April 27, 2011 at 2:21 PM
on that note still no Tue update from BOI or Taran (twitter).
April 27, 2011 at 2:29 PM
hey guys .hii hav seen dmd twice .enjoyd it thoroughly.btw can anyone of you tell me if tuesday was a holiday in maharashtra becoz i was surfing bookmyshow yes and the evening and night shows were almost full in a particular chain of cinemas
April 27, 2011 at 2:30 PM
yeah satyam bhai i think that tuesday should be higher than monday .wud be ver surprised if that wont be the case
April 27, 2011 at 2:32 PM
and u are right that is why boi did not come upp with an article. even ty had a 40 to 45 % drop on monday but that ime boi said ty is stable on monday such double stantards
April 27, 2011 at 2:34 PM
and btw satyam bhai since i have started following boi i cant understand why it is so anti bachhan? do you have any idea?
April 27, 2011 at 2:47 PM
their principal ‘complex’ is the fact that Dharmendra could never become Amitabh Bachchan and not by a long shot. There is definitely a whole Punjabi agenda on the site. But in any case in the ‘present’ they can fix this ‘rage’ at the facts by having Abhishek behind everyone else! But this reveals how there can be very irrational reasons and biases behind the most consistent agendas. Incidentally they always support Dharam’s sons even to absurd extremes. Recently in a Thank You writeup they said the film had stars like Akshay Kumar and Bobby Deol. I know Akshay has had a lot of trouble at the box office but it will be quite impossible for him to descend to Bobby Deol’s subterranean box office level! Players will now present a problem for them!
April 27, 2011 at 3:06 PM
“and btw satyam bhai since i have started following boi”–cosyrohit—dont call satyam “bhai”. lol
Read Naveeds “fate” of the “ready trailers” fame!!!!!
hahahaa
April 27, 2011 at 11:19 PM
DMD holds well on Wednesday too. The total for wednesday is 184000. So
Monday = 2.5
Tuesday = 2.2
Wednesday = 1.86
Check http://www.naachgaana.com
Any moron can see that this is stable. I am expecting another 1.85 or more
for thursday that takes the total for the week to 24 crores. Mind
you we dont have any major release this month.
Week 2 will be as follows my prediction:
1) Friday = 2 crores
2) Sat = around 3 crores
3) Sun = 3.5 crores
4) Monday to Thursday next week will be around = 6 crores
Total for second week my prediction will be = 14.5 crores give and take
1 crore here and there
Total after week 2 will be around 36 crores.
Cheers
Naren
April 27, 2011 at 11:23 PM
By the way BOI have forgotten to report the week figures completely.
Now if you dont call this biased analysis then i dont know the definition
of the same
cheers
Naren
April 28, 2011 at 8:16 AM
Abhishek is going for the kill
By: Upala KBR Date: 2011-04-28 Place: Mumbai
Abhishek Bachchan will soon be learning an advanced form of Filipino martial arts Pekiti-Tirsia Kali from martial arts trainer Kanishka Sharma.
Quick learner
“I trained Abhishek during Game,” says Kanishka. “Pekiti-Tirsia Kali is a Filipino martial art which means ‘to immobilise or kill’ a guy ‘at close quarters’ in three seconds flat. It’s a highly specialised form of guerilla warfare and used in films like The Bourne Series and Mission Impossible.
Abhinay Deo, the director of Game wanted a form of martial arts that was fast-paced. While traditional Kali takes time to learn, Abhishek picked up the basics quickly. There are different levels of it and he wants to learn the next level now and make it part of his exercise regime.”
Kanishka is all praise for his pupil. “I have taught many actors but Abhishek impressed me with his knowledge of close quarter combat system. When he heard I was to teach him Kali, he asked me to come home before I started teaching him and explain to him what the system was about.
He told me he wanted to understand what he was doing. I went to meet him the next day and gave him a presentation and was pleasantly surprised at his knowledge of warfare and guns.”
Kanishka, who has trained in martial arts at the Shaolin temple, himself learnt the Kali form of martial arts from Philippines. “Today, I run a company based in Delhi and have also trained the armed forces of India.
I learnt the seven deadly martial arts at the Shaolin temple and trained with the monks. I finished choreographing the action sequences in the Bengali film Hasan Raja for Mithun Chakraborty. He’s amazing in action for his age and just takes a few seconds to learn.”
Pekiti-Tirsia Kali: What it is
It is a combat-oriented system as opposed to sport-focused style. Pekiti-Tirsia’s movements are based on the traditional blade art of the Philippines Kali, which involves slicing swords in a circular motion. All fighting ranges are integral parts of the Pekiti-Tirsia system, but special attention is given to close-quarter fighting. Pekiti-Tirsia is about emphasising destruction with counter offence while not getting hit. The Pekiti-Tirsia methodology originates from offensive and counter offensive principles against attacks from all ranges, angles and threat levels.
April 28, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Not sure if this has been posted previously
Abhishek Interview
http://www.thefilmstreetjournal.com/2011/04/no-saas-bahu-drama-no-abhimaan-either/
April 28, 2011 at 1:46 PM
super Intervew thank’s
April 28, 2011 at 1:51 PM
thanks, hadn’t seen it before, good interview.
April 29, 2011 at 3:24 PM
I like Abhi as a person and an actor. He is very down to earth but he has a knack for picking the wrong scripts. Any other actor with so many flops would have been out of the industry a long time ago.
Overall People do like him and his acting. He was able to revive his career with Dhoom.
One thing from the interview that rankled was comparing Dhobi Ghaat and Aamir. Please Abhi don’t go there. It is laughable that he even said that with a straight face. I guess the flops are not getting to his head.
April 28, 2011 at 12:58 PM
It is a very good interview in that he is more forthcoming and voluble here in that he is not just being nice or goody-two shoes. What rankles is only the Aamir /Dhobi Ghat/Raavan BO part. Particularly, as a producer he should know better how the economics of the indsutry work.
All in all, one of his better interviews.
April 28, 2011 at 1:51 PM
agreed..
April 28, 2011 at 2:23 PM
If one can be objective then new PR’s work has been quite evident in views, reviews, stories and write ups. Not complaining but it is joining ‘Band baja & baarat’!
April 28, 2011 at 5:42 PM
BOI are at it again. Manipulation of figures…how much can these
people stoop low. Check boxoifficeindia.com where they claim
that DMD has fallen considerably. To prove the fact they have manipulated the figures by few crores.
These guys are sick
April 28, 2011 at 11:57 PM
‘Nobody Lets Me Forget My Flops’
Abhishek Bachchan appears as a zombie as he saunters in his wing of Janak, the Bachchan office in Juhu, Mumbai, with a carafe of coffee in hand and bloodshot eyes. “I haven’t been sleeping for more than an hour a night. There is more caffeine in my body than blood,” he says. After the hectic promotions for Dum Maaro Dum, he’s off to Russia for a long schedule of Abbas-Mustan’s Players. He tells Harneet Singh how he takes his flops on his chin
What do you feel about Dum Maaro Dum (DMD) now that it has released.
Well, since excitement is not part of the occasion anymore, it’s pure nerves. DMD is as important as my last and next release. I always take my films personally. I envy my actor friends who build a shield and can remove themselves from the outcome of the movie. My problem is that I do everything whole-heartedly. I’m the kind who jumps into the pool even if he doesn’t know swimming. I did that, you know.
Jump into the pool without knowing how to swim?
Yes. Being severely asthmatic, I wasn’t allowed to swim as a kid. Every Sunday when the Juhu gang — who are all actors, directors and producers now — used to go to Hotel Sun ’n’ Sand, I was made to sit on the side. One day, I just jumped into the pool. My mom almost got a heart attack but I knew I’ll survive. I would take a bucket and throw it in the deep and go and bring it back. That’s how I taught myself to swim. That’s the kind of guy I am.
So how does the survival instinct kick in when you deal with flops?
If my film doesn’t do well, I stand on the frontline and say, bring it on. I own my flops. You see, my last three films (Raavan, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Say, Game) haven’t done well. A magazine called me ‘Zero No. 1’ but it’s not the end of the world. There’s still a lot of work left in me. I’m not going to accept it and I’ll make sure that the tide changes.
But the media will comment on the fate of the film since our industry is governed by the box office?
I agree but can you allow me to move on? Raavan was over a year ago but even now I’m asked about it. I’ve never looked back. I’ve lived my flops, suffered a lot, dealt with it and even tried to rectify my mistakes but nobody lets me forget it.
Do you feel that you have to prove yourself with every film all over again?
I don’t have an answer because I haven’t analysed it. But one thing is certain that when a film flops, it’s Abhishek’s flop but when it does well, the credit is never given to me. I don’t know why.
So let’s analyse it now. Do you think you get flak because of your heavy-duty last name?
I don’t think so. I don’t want to analyse it. If I do, then
I’ll get an excuse. I don’t want to find a patli galli. If you do that then you start using it and it becomes your main route.
What piece of recent criticism really hurt you?
I don’t mind what they say to me because I’m used to it. But I saw my father’s face fall when he made a comment on Raavan and such vicious things were said that he had to apologise to me.
Are you talking about Amitabh Bachchan’s comment on how the editing of Raavan ruined the movie?
Yes. It was a conversation that an editor of a magazine was having with my father on Twitter. He asked what went wrong with Raavan and why was Abhishek’s performance so patchy? So Dad said a lot of my scenes were edited out. That’s all. When the controversy started, we were in London with Mani Ratnam who is family to me. After that day, my father has never ever written about me or my film. I felt very bad for him because you’ve stopped a parent from even discussing about his child.
As an actor what do you think is your strength?
I have the ability to completely surrender to what I’m doing. In the last 10 years, I have worked with some of the biggest directors of my generation. Why are they coming to me? I think that’s because they feel I’ll submit to them and jump in with both feet.
What’s your biggest weakness as an actor?
I think maybe my strength is my chink. But then that’s life. When you are down you get epiphanies. When you are up then you’re too busy having a good time to think of anything else. We put on a brave exterior as actors but we know what’s going on.
Whose opinion really matters?
My Dad’s. Always. He told me to “Stand tall. Take it on the chin and make sure your chin is tough enough to take it.” Who gives you the best pep talk?
I’ve quite a few people, but I think the best one is by my wife.
The best lesson you have learnt in your decade-long career?
I’m not as idealistic about acting as I was. Today I realise that you make a film for the audience and not yourself so you need to give them what they want.
April 29, 2011 at 12:52 AM
Abhishek has been true to his answers and it looks to be directly from the heart.
Poor soul.. sad but encouraging interview in some manner
but felt little sad reading last few lines
“I’m not as idealistic about acting as I was. Today I realise that you make a film for the audience and not yourself so you need to give them what they want.”
As at least he was trying different roles but looks like he has to bend down to make audience(multiplex goer) happy by doing there type of movies.. hmmm… I wish he maintains both sides.. he might needs few hits simultaneously but he should not avoid experimental movies which are risky..
April 29, 2011 at 1:37 AM
One of his best ever interviews. No diplomacy, no excuses, no veiled references, nothing!
The whole Ravaan editing controversy explained so clearly, thank the Lord, because I was more than a little annoyed with Mr. B for it.
My 2 favourite bits – Dont look for the patli gali, it will soon become your main route. (profound)
– I am not as idealistic about acting as I was, you need to give the audience what they want. (some hope for us fans for the future)
April 29, 2011 at 2:46 PM
Satyam (& Many others, Dont know your names yet – new to this site), What you have said about Abhishek and him getting short end of the stick (not sure which post it was on), I COMPLETELY agree with it, dude has to keep proving time and again, Just because he is Amitabh bachchan’s son? I mean Dharmendra was almost as big as well and so was Sunny D, But Bobby NEVER got this kind of Flak and thrashing that Abhishek is recieving. Never mind he had some better films and better performances then Bobby D(Not hating on Bobby D, Liked him in some of his earlier movies – particularly Kareeb & Dillagi). Then why sidel Jr only? AB has always challenged himself in taking different roles (and at times proved it too) Just for example he started of in a Refugee, That was a different film it was not a convential film from any angle. He even did Yuva (that was a drastic change – w/o being afraid of being typecast as a Villian after that – I know at that point he didnt have any hits so beggers cant be choosers, but I dont doubt that he didnt have any other offers and you dont let go a Mani film go). Then he started doing some more convential masala flicks as in BNB, DHoom, Sarkar, Dus, BM all of them hits. Even dostana, But besides them all others (mostly after Yuva) none of them were as well call it safe bet movies (JBJ being an exception – Good movie btw) He did it again in Guru where even actors like Aamir Khan are indulging them selves in body building and getting 8 Packs and 6 packs etc, he goes out gains weight and builds a Keg, I mean raelly since when did looking good, dancing (Hrithik, shahid etc – keeping them in mind), getting six and eight packs become acting, really? if taht was the case we would have never got our Dilip Kumars, Dev Anands or Raj Kapoors and to certain extend Naseridin Shahs and Om Puris (Note: Not talking about AB sr at all – why compare at all). None of these actors knew how to dance, they were not greek god looking actors all they have was ACTING, they knew it as back of their hand not sure who said it but read it somewhere i will quote them ” Dev Anand romanced the camera more than he romanced his heroines” very rightly put, he wanted his audience to feel the romance not the actress, and I believe Ashok Kumar once said “Dilip sahab knew how to stand in front of the camera, he knew what he would look like if he made a certain gesture in front of camera he was really good at that, I could never get that right” Ashok sir is damn right, You knowing what you would look like in front of the camera with a certain expression is half the battle won. (mind you there were to tv’s attached to cameras in those days so you couldnt see your performance right after only at the editing table, i believe these tvs came in late 90′s). Coming back to Jr. yes he is being bashed unneccessarily, if the film goes hit its not him, if it is bombs its all him in the case of raavan (which was not that bad film, if you go on youtube and try to watch raavan movie, read the comments, many ppl have liked the movie and his performance,, But wouldnt say the same about the narrative of the movie). I am so glad to have found this website, someone (satyam) has the same frame of mind as I do on many aspects of films, actors, filmmaking process, biased opinions, cliques, cliches, favoratisim etc (will have to disagree with you on the Andaz Apna Apna front my friend – Its a classic, me and my bro always talk at home in those dialgoues, Aaaj teir birthday haina tu pee..lol)anyways, yes also agreed that the next 2 years are as we call it safe bet movies for jr. watch he is gonna kick ass(i really hope so), cause nothing unconvential about any of these films. right from DMD (for me its a success, lets not go by tarans and others #’s ) to Players, to Bol Bachchan, D3, D2, ) and what is this i hear about Sarkar Raj sequeul? Any truth in it? wow, cant believe finally found some ppl who really have the same thoughts on AB’s career. YESSSSSSSSSSS. Thank You.
May 2, 2011 at 7:26 AM
“There is nothing to settle with Ramu” – Abhishek Bachchan
By Joginder Tuteja, May 2, 2011 – 15:35 IST
There is a sigh of relief for Abhishek Bachchan. His Dum Maaro Dum may not have set the box office on fire but it certainly has fetched one of the better responses, both commercially as well as critically, when compared to his last few films like Game, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se and Raavan. Now that there is an element of resurrection coming in, Abhishek can be found in a joyous mood while shooting for Players in Russia. In an exclusive conversation with Joginder Tuteja, Abhishek talks about his state of mind after the release of Dum Maaro Dum as well as his immediate plans. Not just that as he also comments on his perceived relationship issues with Ram Gopal Varma, whose Department he is not doing anymore.
Abhishek, I know the world has to say different things about Dum Maaro Dum but I guess you must be quite delighted with the way your performance has come for some mighty appreciation. Is that something which was anyways expected for you or is there now a sense of ‘Come on, bring it on’?
I am overjoyed with the reactions to the film.
When I look at your films over the years, I guess this is four years after Guru (2007) that there has been such all around positive feedback, right?
(Says animatedly) Really? I thought the reactions to Paa, Sarkar Raj and Dostana were also very good.
Of course there is always the risk of someone getting typecast but tell me honestly Abhishek, would you now actually want more ‘ACP Kamath’ kind of characters coming your way?
Sure, why not? But unfortunately ACP Kamath will have to take a seat; ACP Jai Dixit (Dhoom 3) is next in line (smiles)!
Coming to the box office reception for the film, though Dum Maaro Dum took one of the best opening response for your films when compared to your last few outings, personally are you content or even you have that tiny thorn in your heart since you were expecting more?
I am very happy with the opening of the film. There is a substantial jump from the opening of my last two films so I am very relieved and happy. We all always expect the best; so do I. But as of this moment I have no complaints with the performance of Dum Maaro Dum. Quite the contrary!
I guess you must be pretty much looking forward to moving on though. After all in the snow of Russia, you must be having some great time with the team made of Players.
The shoot for Players is going very well. Abbas-Mustan are wonderful directors and a dream to work with. Also the unit and actors are great fun.
Abhishek Bachchan I guess next couple of years could well be the most hectic of all for you, isn’t it? After all you immediately start shooting for Ladies & Gentleman with Aishwarya this Summer.
I enjoy doing a lot of work, always have. I love making films and hope that never changes.
Around the same time, I guess you begin work on Bol Bachchan as well, right?
Yes.
There have been speculations around Bol Bachchan being a remake of old Golmaal (Amol Palekar, Utpal Dutt) with you playing the central protagonist. Is that true?
I am not at liberty to talk about the film as of now. I think you should ask the producers.
And what happens to Dostana 2? Speculations just seem to be never ending!
This question will be best answered by Tarun Mansukhani, the writer and director of Dostana 2. He is still in the process of writing the film. As soon as he is done, I am sure we will start. I look forward to it.
On a different note Abhishek, it is a known fact that you are not doing Department anymore. However a complete silence from you led to further speculations building up around not just the film but also your relationship with Ramu. You want to settle it on records once for and all?
Ramu is a very talented director. He’s very close to me and is someone I have nothing but respect and affection for. Also, there is nothing to settle! And if at all I have to settle something between Ramu and me, I will do it with him. I don’t see why I have to do it publicly or on this gracious platform that you have provided me with.
June 11, 2011 at 3:46 PM
nice article… abhishek dont worry man… you have evolved a lot… cheers