Happy birthday to Shilpa Shirodkar.

Happy birthday to Shilpa Shirodkar.

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Shilpa Shirodkar on 20th November, 2010. She was a prominent actress of bollywood films during the 90s.

She had been remembered the most for her performance in the film Gopi Kishen. Sunil Shetty played a double role in the film. Shilpa Shetty played the role of a simple city girl who was married to a funny constable. She delivered her dialogues with broken English and reality created sensation. Karishma Kapoor played the role of the smart girl who was cast opposite the smart Sunil Shetty. Shilpa Shetty in fact balanced the callousness of the character Gopi in the film. The film did excellent business in late 90s.

Shilpa Shetty did extremely well in the film Hum opposite Govinda. In that film she played the role of daughter of military major played by Kader Khan. Although she loved Govinda, her father never allowed her to get married to Big B’s family as they were involved with India’s military, air force or naval service. Shilpa Shetty married Govinda against the wishes of her father Kader Khan. As the film had strong star cast with Big B, Rajnikant, Govinda, Kader Khan, Danny, Anupam Kher and others, her performance did not get limelight, but she was very effortless in that role.

She did a great job in the film Kishen Kanhaiya. Anil Kapoor played a double role in that film. The film was based on the same story line as that of Dilip Kumar’s film Ram Aur Shyam. The twin brothers played by Anil Kapoor had contrasting characters like Dilip Kumar’s characters in Ram Aur Shyam. Shilpa Shetty acted opposite the docile Anil Kapoor who was beaten up by Amrish Puri. Shilpa Shetty had suffered due to the oppression of Amrish Puri in the film. Her role was very submissive and polite in the film.

Shilpa Shirodkar also acted in serious fllms like Prakash Jha’s Mrityudand. She kept her mark opposite Shabana Azmi, Madhuri Dixit and other actresses in the film. Shilpa Shirodkar added weight and stopped acting after 10 years.

The viewers expect her to make a comeback in character roles in future considering her acting capability and previous performances.

Happy birthday to Sunil Shetty.

Happy birthday to Sunil Shetty.

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Sunil Shetty on 11th August 2010. Although he started his career as an action star, especially in the film Balwaan, he proved his capability in every type of role very gradually.

His combination with Akshay Kumar had been considered very grand and both the actors had given many colourful hits during their illustrious career. Mohra was a big hit. There Sunil Shetty played the role of the anti-hero who was dictated terms by Naseeruddin Shah, while Akshay Kumar played the role of an honest police-officer. Their film Dhadkan opposite Shilpa Shetty did great business. Sunil Shetty received the filmfare award for the best villain for his brilliant performance in the film. The songs in the film were extremely successful and both the stars gave brilliant lips in those songs.

Sunil Shetty started a new chapter with Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal in his career in respect of comedy films with the film Hera Pheri. Three of them acted brilliantly in the film Hera Pheri along with Tabu and other actors. The film became so successful that the director Priya Darshan was compelled to make a sequel of the film with the title Phir Hera Pheri. It became super hit too. In this film Bipasha Basu played a very significant role along with the three musketeers. The third sequel of Hera Pheri is under production at the moment.

Sunil Shetty also acted in great patriotic films like Border. JP Dutta’s blockbuster utilized the acting skills of Sunil Shetty, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff and Akshay Khanna. The songs in the film composed by Anu Malik created history with Sonu Nigam doing a great job with “sandese ate hai”. His other hit films include Hu Tu Tu opposite Tabu, Krishna opposite Karishma Kapoor, etc. He acted in other successful films like Shashtra, Gaddar, Vishwasghat, Rakshak, Prithvi, Vinashak, Dhaal, Officer, Refugee, Jungle, Awaara Paagal Deewana, to name a few.

In 2009, Sunil Shetty acted opposite Sameera Reddy in Priyadarshan’s comedy film De Dana Dan. The film did not do equally good business like Hera Pheri or Phir Hera Pheri. In 2010, Sunil Shetty had worked in 3 films, which included Tum Milo Toh Sahi, Red Alert: The War Within and No Problem. The viewers wish him the best for the films in future and also for his Production House titled Popcorn Entertainment.

Review of De Dana Dan.

Review of De Dana Dan.

Director Priyadarshan had come up with another hilarious film De Dana Dan, the sequel of Hera Pheri and Phir Hera Pheri. He had used the same team of Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal, whom he had used in the films Hera Pheri and Phir Hera Pheri.

In this film Akshay Kumar had been shown as a butler, cook, personal attendant of rich industrialist in Singapore played by Archana Puran Singh. He had an affair with Katrina Kaif. Akshay Kumar’s friend Sunil Shetty came to Singapore to become rich but ended up being a courier delivery person. He had an affair with Sameera Reddy who was a rich girl but whose parents wanted her to get married to only a rich person.

In the meantime Paresh Rawal, who was a businessman, wanted to get Chunkey Pandey married to Sameera Reddy so that, he can get lot of money in dowry as Sameera Reddy was very rich.

Both Sunil Shetty and Akshay Kumar planned to kidnap a person to recover ransom. In that way they could get quick cash and impress their girlfriends. But things went wrong just like other Priyadarshan movies and the chaos leads to comedy instances.

Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty again did a brilliant job. The music of Pritam had rocked bollywood even before the film had been released. Some of the hit songs include “paisa” sung by Selina, Manak E, etc., “gale lag ja” sung by Javed Ali and Ban Jyotsna, “hotty naughty” sung by Sunidhi Chauhan.

The exotic location of Singapore is going to create special attention for the viewers. Katrina Kaif and Sameera Reddy brought out their comedy instincts in style.

As a whole the film is going to be super hit and bring huge revenue to bollywood film industry

Katrina Kaif's expectation from De Dana Dan.

Katrina Kaif’s expectation from De Dana Dan.

Katrina Kaif has a big expectation from the film De Dana Dan. There are few reasons for her expectation. Firstly with the passing of time the viewers question Katrina Kaif’s consistency in providing hit films. Secondly her pair with Akshay Kumar had always given hits including Namaste London, Welcome, Singh is Kinng, etc. So the acceptability of the pair is again questioned.

In response to the first issue, the critics, directors, producers and other involved in the entertainment industry will agree that it is not possible to give hits one after the other. Eminent market strategists like Raj Kapoor even suffered the consequences of flop films like Mera Naam Joker. With change of days, months, years, the tastes of viewers also differ. At one time during Big B’s domination, action films like Sholay, Zanjeer, Deewar, rocked bollywood films. But these days with exceptions most of the action suffers end up being flops.

Although Katrina Kaif acted in hit films one after the other like Race, Partner, Welcome, etc., those films which were released this year got mediocre market like Blue. The performance of Katrina Kaif was not an issue because she got a very small role and the major contribution was made by Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt and Lara Dutta. Katrina had learned from bitter experiences that she requires few flop films to let the viewers also know it is inhuman on the part of any actress to give only hits and nothing else. But she bounced back with super hit film Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani with romantic icon Ranbir Kapoor.

Katrina Kaif had one advantage. In face she had acted in the film De Dana Dan, which had been a comedy film. It is a sequel of the films Hera Pheri and Phir Hera Pheri. Both the previous films had been super hits. The combination of Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar had rocked bollywood before.

So there is every possibility of De Dana Dan, being a super hit film. Akshay Kumar had been cast opposite Katrina Kaif, while Sunil Shetty had been cast opposite Sameera Reddy. Let us hope that the film will do great business.

Happy birthday to Shilpa Shirodkar.

Happy birthday to Shilpa Shirodkar.

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Shilpa Shirodkar on 20th November, 2009. She was a prominent actress of bollywood films during the 90s.

She had been remembered the most for her performance in the film Gopi Kishen. Sunil Shetty played a double role in the film. Shilpa Shetty played the role of a simple city girl who was married to a funny constable. She delivered her dialogues with broken English and reality created sensation. Karishma Kapoor played the role of the smart girl who was cast opposite the smart Sunil Shetty. Shilpa Shetty in fact balanced the callousness of the character Gopi in the film.

Shilpa Shetty did extremely well in the film Hum opposite Govinda. In that film she played the role of daughter of military major played by Kader Khan. Although she loved Govinda, her father never allowed her to get married to Big B’s family as they were involved with India’s military, air force or naval service. Shilpa Shetty married Govinda against the wishes of her father Kader Khan.

She did a great job in the film Kishen Kanhaiya. Anil Kapoor played a double role in that film. The film was based on the same story line as that of Dilip Kumar’s film Ram Aur Shyam. The twin brothers played by Anil Kapoor had contrasting characters like Dilip Kumar’s characters in Ram Aur Shyam. Shilpa Shetty acted opposite the docile Anil Kapoor who was beaten up by Amrish Puri. Shilpa Shetty had suffered due to the oppression of Amrish Puri in the film.

Shilpa Shirodkar also acted in serious fllms like Prakash Jha’s Mrityudand. She kept her mark opposite Shabana Azmi, Madhuri Dixit and other actresses in the film. Shilpa Shirodkar added weight and stopped acting after 10 years.

The viewers expect her to make a comeback in character roles in future.

Happy birthday to Raveena Tandon.

Happy birthday to Raveen Tandon.

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Raveena Tandon on 26th October, 2009. She was a versatile actress of the 90s. Initially when she joined films her performance opposite Akshay Kumar and Govinda attracted the attention of many viewers.

Her films Mohra opposite Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty, Aatish and Vijeta opposite Sanjay Dutt, Vinashak opposite Sunil Shetty got great box-office success. In Vijeta she played the role of an honest police officer who loved a lawyer Sanjay Dutt. Sanjay Dutt took law in his own hands to punish the killers of his senior lawyer played by Aloknath. Raveena realized that her superior police officer Amrish Puri was a criminal himself and sided with Paresh Rawal. The performance of Raveena in a daring role in Vijeta amazed the viewers. She also showed her comedy skills in the film Andaz Apna Apna opposite Ami Khan ad Salman Khan.

But later on in her career she got challenging roles. She got the national award for the best actress for her brilliant performance in the film Daman. It was related to ill-treatment of women. She was sublime in the film Shool opposite Manoj Vajpayee, where the corruption in politics was at issue.

She gave landmark performance in the film Jago opposite Sanjay Kapoor. Her daughter was raped by miscreants in local train in Mumbai and she prayed for justice in court of law. Manoj Vajpayee, the police officer in the film faced the resistance from different members of the society in proving the case.

Raveena Tandon was brilliant in the film Daava opposite Akshay Kumar. It is a pity that when she was at the peak of her career that she left films after getting married and begetting children. The viewers want her to make a return to bollywood films in character roles as she still has a lot of acting left in her.

Happy birthday to Akshay Kumar.

Happy birthday to Akshay Kumar.

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Akshay Kumar on 9th September, 2009. He had been probably the most popular actor of bollywood films for the last 3 years. In fact by performing in every type of films including comedy films, romantic films, action films, he showed his versatility to the maximum level.

Initially he established himself only as an action star and most of his films like Mohra, Mai Khiladi Tu Anari, International Khiladi, etc., where action actions. Akshay Kumar used his skills in martial art to the highest potential to do risky stunts.

But from the time he started acting in romantic films, he gained the confidence of ordinary mass and showed his class. His performance in the film Dhadkan, opposite Sunil Shetty and Shilpa Shetty was appreciated by every section of the audience.

He formed a brilliant combination with Katrina Kaif in the films Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, Namaste London, Welcome, etc. In Namaste London, Akshay Kumar’s truthfulness in the role of a generous Punjabi lad appealed to the masses. In fact Akshay Kumar’s simplicity was in contrast to Katrina Kaif’s rude behavior in the film. At the end of the film, Akshay Kumar simplicity won the heart of Katrina.

Akshay Kumar’s simplicity in the film Singh is Kinng, also appealed to the masses. He went to persuade his friend who became a don in Australia, to return back to Punjab. But instead, he became sick and Akshay Kumar had to lead the team. Everything happened through comedy sequences.

Akshay Kumar was sublime in his comedy performance in the film Welcome. He was brilliant opposite stalwarts like Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Feroz Khan, Paresh Rawal and others. Akshay Kumar’s dancing skills over the years had also created added flavor in bollywood films.

Although his films Chandni Chowk to China and 8*10 Tasveer released in 2009, did ordinary business, his film Kambaqht Ishq did good business. He is scheduled to bounce back with his performance in the film Blue. The viewers expect him to continue his great work in the years to come.

Daddy Cool will do medium business.

Daddy Cool will do medium business.

Sunil Shetty’s new film Daddy Cool has hardly in prospect of doing great business. Director KM Rao experimented with the chaos that could have happened in the funeral of a respectable person in Goa.

Sunil Shetty, the son of the deceased father Sharat Saxena wanted to give him a memorable funeral by describing the rivers of Goa. He was a writer and tried to make it poetic. His brother Ashis Choudhary, who was even a more successful writer who resided in Mumbai, did not want to share the responsibility of his mother and told Sunil Shetty that he did not have to do it.

Vijay Patkar, an agent of Sunil Shetty’s wife Aarti Chabria wanted to give housing options to Sunil Shetty, so that he did not have to live with his mother Suhasini Mulay. Aftab Shivdasany came with Tulip Joshi and Chunkey Pandey, but behaved abnormally after consuming a hallucinogenic drug. Kim Sharma, who suspected her husband Javed Jaffery about illicit relationship with others, had a hard time to see him get involved with the model Sophie Choudhury.

Vrajesh Hirjee tried to impress Maria in the funeral. It did not even matter to him that a funeral was related to tragic feelings and praying for the departed to soul to rest in peace. It was followed up by a blackmailer Rajpal Yadav who told Sunil Shetty about the scandalous secret of his father. Prem Chopra, an old uncle also played his part.

The comedy elements in the film did not work that well. The script was not that supportive in nature. The music of the film was also not that impressive. If the film does ordinary business it is more than enough. Neither the story is new as it has similarities with the film Buddha Mar Gaya, nor the performances very unique. Sunil Shetty did well in his role.

Happy birthday to Sunil Shetty.

Happy birthday to Sunil Shetty.

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Sunil Shetty on 11th August 2009. Although he started his career as an action star, especially in the film Balwaan, he proved his capability in every type of role very gradually.

His combination with Akshay Kumar had been considered very grand and both the actors had given many colourful hits during their illustrious career. Mohra was a big hit. There Sunil Shetty played the role of the anti-hero who was dictated terms by Naseeruddin Shah, while Akshay Kumar played the role of an honest police-officer. Their film Dhadkan opposite Shilpa Shetty did great business. Sunil Shetty received the filmfare award for the best villain for his brilliant performance in the film. The songs in the film were extremely successful and both the stars gave brilliant lips in those songs.

Sunil Shetty started a new chapter with Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal in his career in respect of comedy films with the film Hera Pheri. Three of them acted brilliantly in the film Hera Pheri along with Tabu and other actors. The film became so successful that the director Priya Darshan was compelled to make a sequel of the film with the title Phir Hera Pheri. It became super hit too. In this film Bipasha Basu played a very significant role along with the three musketeers. The third sequel of Hera Pheri is under production at the moment.

Sunil Shetty also acted in great patriotic films like Border. JP Dutta’s blockbuster utilized the acting skills of Sunil Shetty, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff and Akshay Khanna. The songs in the film composed by Anu Malik created history with Sonu Nigam doing a great job with “sandese ate hai”. His other hit films include Hu Tu Tu opposite Tabu, Krishna opposite Karishma Kapoor, etc.

In 2009 he is also looking forward to the release of the film Blue along with Sanjay Dutt and Akshay Kumar. The viewers provide their best wishes for the success of Blue and Sunil Shetty’s other films in future.

Blue is going to be the costliest film ever.

Blue is going to be the costliest film ever.

The film Blue which is going to be released later this year is going to be the costliest film made ever in the history of bollywood. It has a budget over 100 crores and the standard of underwater shooting being done in the film can envy Hollywood directors.

Director Anthony DeSouza got inspired by Jaws and The Deep and made a thriller titled Blue which is going to be released in the later part of the year 2009. There was treasure that was hidden underneath the sea, which three friends including Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar and Zayed Khan had tried to find.

Lara Dutta had worked with Sanjay Dutt in the film. Lara Dutta had been sublime with him previously in the film Zinda. She had proved her metal once again. She even trained herself with Scuva diving before doing the stunts relating to diving in the film.

Lorenze Gonzalves, a big builder of US had trained Sanjay Dutt for his stunts in the film. Hollywood mae up artist Nikoletta Skarlattos did the make up for Lara Dutta who looked a bit different in the film. Katrina Kaif also had gave a cameo performance in the film.

She had shown her beauty in other films in the past. In Blue the viewers will see her fitness and acrobatic ability. Sunil Shetty did a great a job in the film. Akshay Kumar was brilliant as usual.

While doing his stunts, once he even collided with the body of a ship and started bleeding. The entire crew helped him during the injury to recover. Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue will also be seen in the film who had exciting scenes with Akshay Kumar.

AR Rehman’s music in the film had been sensational and he also make Kylie Minogue sing for him in the film.

In a nutshell it is cracker entertainment that is awaiting release within next two months. Ashtavinayak Cinevision again had worked out for entertaining the audience. The big budget project can land up being the greatest hit of the years.

Happy birthday to Karishma Kapoor.

Happy birthday to Karishma Kapoor.

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Karishma Kapoor on 25th June, 2009. She had been probably the only descendant of the Kapoor family who did not arrive in the bollywood industry with pomp and show. Her debut was made in a small manner.

She had to struggle hard and got good roles in films like Hero No.1 opposite Govinda. In Hero No. 1 Karishma showed her good dancing skills in songs like “mai to raste se ja raha tha”. Karishma was very impressive in the film Dil To Paagal Hai opposite Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit. The film showed triangular love story and strong music of Uttam Singh. Karishma gave good lips in the songs “le gai le gai”.

Karishma Kapoor ventured in parallel films like Shyam Benegal’s Zubeida. Her performance opposite Manoj Vajpayee amazed the viewers. She was equally impressive opposite Hrithik Roshan in the film Fida. She played a non-glamourous role in the film. She was the sister of Hrithik Roshan. She wanted Hrithik to return back to mainstream society. She did not show any mannerisms in the film.

At the same time Karishma Kapoor played important roles in commercially hit films. In Krishna, her performance opposite Sunil Shetty was appreciated by all the viewers. Her dance performance in the song “jhanjhariya buddhi khanak gayi” was very impressive. Similarly her performance in the song “batti na bujhao” and “hai hooku hai hukoo” opposite Sunil Shetty created sensation in bollywood.

Karishma Kapoor did well in comedy films as well. She was sublime opposite Salman Khan in the film Judwaa where Salman Khan had double role. She did even better in the film Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge opposite Salman Khan. In that film she had to balance the comedy andaz of Paresh Rawal, Anupam Kher and Om Puri and she did that in style. Even her lips in the song “jane kya hua hai dekho jiya bekarar” was very impressive.

Karishma Kapoor suited Govinda’s style of acting the most and contributed a lot in comedy films opposite him including Haseena Maan Jayegi. She balanced the strong dancing skills of Govinda with her own aggressive dancing style.

She left films at a time when she learned acting. The viewers expect her to make a comeback in character roles in future.

Ravina Tandon left films at a time when she learned acting.

Ravina Tandon left films at a time when she learned acting.

Ravina Tandon left films at a time when she learned acting. When she joined bollywood films her glamour appealed before the viewers more than her acting. She came to limelight with her appearance in the action film Mohra opposite Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty. The song “tu cheez bari hai mast mast” became super hit in the mid-90s.

From that time onwards her films opposite Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty always became super hit. Examples include Officer and Vinashak opposite Sunil Shetty and Dava opposite Akshay Kumar. He learned few action stunts also for sustaining in those types of films. The other hit films were opposite Sanjay Dutt like Vijeta and Aatish. In both these films her lips in leading songs like “sherry mai ho gaya diwana” became very popular.

But her maturity in acting came about in the later part of the career. She gave a lifetime performance in the film Shool, opposite Manoj Vajpai. Manoj Vajpai was a fearless police officer and faced the hardles from the ruling political parties in the state of Bihar. As the ruling party was corrupted they never wanted the police to investigate freely. When Manoj Bajpai was injured in the process Ravina Tandon gave moral support to him.

Ravina Tandon continued her good work in the film Jago opposite Sanjay Kapoor. Her daughter was raped in a local train in Mumbai. When the case was taken up by Manoj Bajpai he faced problems in getting testimony of witnesses who had seen the event. People feared the underworld gang who were involved with the atrocities. Ravina Tandon submitted before Court of Law that she was disgusted with the conscience of passersby in trains who had seen a small child being raped and yet failed to cooperate with the police to get the wrongdoers addressed and imprisoned.

Ravina Tandon got the national award for best performance in female role in the film Daman. When she left films around 10 years back, she was matured the most. The viewers expected that her enhanced standard of performances would enrich bollywood films. But she got married and begot a daughter and stopped acting. She is seen in television shows where she adjudicates dance performers.

But viewers expect her to make a comeback and still contribute in character roles.

Happy birthday to Shilpa Shetty.

Happy birthday to Shilpa Shetty.

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Shilpa Shetty on 8th June, 2009. She had maintained her romantic image and brilliant figure for over 15 years. She had remained indispensable for the last 15 years.

Starting her journey with Shahrukh Khan in the film Baazigaar, in the early 90s, she had acted in different types of films. She acted in romantic films like Dhadkan opposite Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty. The film had successful songs like “tum dil ki dhadkan me”. She also acted in action thrillers like Prithvi, opposite Sunil Shetty.

She was also sublime in off-beat films like Tarqueib. Nana Patekar played the role of the crime-investigator in the film. She was the friend of Tabu, the girl killed in the film. She also had speaking terms with Ashutosh Rana who was initially suspected to have murdered Tabu. Nana Patekar at the end of the film found out the murderer. But Shilpa Shetty showed her acting skills while relying to interrogation of Nana Patekar in the film.

Her performance in the film Auzaar opposite Salman Khan and Sanjay Kapoor, also require special mention. Salman Khan was a CBI investigator in the film and was given the task of investigation the unlawful business affairs of Sanjay Kapoor. In fact the underworld involvement of Paresh Rawal, the father of Sanjay Kapoor was at issue. Shilpa Shetty bridged the gap between Salman Khan and Sanjay Kapoor, after Salman convinced her that he concealed his identity for the benefit of Sanjay Kapoor, his friend. Shilpa gave brilliant lips and danced well in the songs “oye oye oye oyeoye”, and other songs composed by Anu Malik.

Shilpa Shetty had shown her comedy instincts in a number of films like Chor Machaye Shor. She played the role of the daughter of Paresh Rawal, and got attached with Bobby Deol, who was a subordinate of Paresh Rawal. He pretended to be twin brother, one having a moustache, the other without a moustache. In that comedy drama, Shilpa Shetty should her innocence and comedy instinct along with Bipasha Basu, who also played a significant role in the film.

Even at her middle age she had shown dance numbers which could have made young actresses envious about her. For example, in Dostana, released in 2008, she performed in a dance number opposite John Abraham, which amazed the viewers. She should be followed by new generation of actresses who want to stay fit and contribute in bollywood films for more than 20 years.

Akshay Kumar requires a hit very soon.

Akshay Kumar requires a hit very soon.

Akshay Kumar, the action star of bollywood film industry, requires a hit film very soon. He was at the top of the world during the release of the film Singh is Kinng.

He gave the maximum income tax to the Government in 2008, and due to his films becoming hit one after the other like Namaste London, Welcome, Singh is Kinng, he reached the summit of his career.

Although Katrina Kaif is credited for most of the hit films of Akshay Kumar, there is no shadow of doubt, that Akshay Kumar’s hard work was rewarded. He initially started his career with action films.

His combination with Sunil Shetty used to be considered to be one of the leading combinations which brought a new dimension to bollywood films. The hit films with the deadly combination included Mohra, Dhadkan, etc.

But with the success of comedy films in the last few years, both Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty changed styles and signed comedy films. The result was history. There films Hera Pheri and Phir Hera Pheri blasted bollywood with the success. In fact the combination of Akshay Kumar with Paresh Rawal and Sunil Shetty inspired the producers to make sequels of the same film.

These days Akshay’s combination with Katrina Kaif had been accepted by the viewers. 2009 had been a very bad year for Akshay. Both his films Chandni Chowk to China and 8*10 Tasveer did very poor business.

Akshay Kumar is returning back with Katrina Kaif with the film Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani very soon this year. Akshay desperately requires a hit very soon.

Viewers remember the success of actors for very short period. If Akshay fails to produce very soon, there is every possible chance of his losing the number one spot.

Pooja Batra in the 90s.

Pooja Batra in the 90s.

Pooja Batra made a very impressive entry in bollywood films in the 90s. Her success in the fashion industry attracted producers and directors of that period. She got very landmark roles like the one in the film Virasat.

She played the role of the girlfriend of Anil Kapoor, who returned from US and tried to adjust herself in the rural environment of the village where Anil Kapoor lived. But all of a sudden his father Amrish Puri died, and Anil Kapoor had to take charge of the administrative duties and for those reasons Pooja Batra returned back to US. The short role of Pooja Batra was very impressive.

In Sunil Shetty’s Bhai, Pooja Batra got a serious role. She taught Sunil Shetty’s brother, who got killed by miscreants. Even her father Om Puri, the lawyer in the film got killed. Pooja Batra married Sunil Shetty, after he became the leader of deprived people of the locality. Although the film was action based, the performance of Pooja Batra was as impressive as Sonali Bendre who also had attachment towards Sunil Shetty.

Pooja Batra was sublime as assistant reporter in Anil Kapoor’s film Nayak. Anil Kapoor was a reporter in the film who was asked to take the interview of Amrish Puri, who played the role of the Chief Minister of Maharastra. Anil Kapoor asked very bold questions and showed the statistics relating to the performance of the respective ministry. It was poor and required introspection. Amrish Puri gave him the challenge of bringing in reforms within one day and by passing an ordinance handed over the chair of CM to Anil Kapoor.

In one day Anil Kapoor arrested the wrongdoers, brought cases against unlawful businessmen and created sensation in the state. Pooa Batra assisted him in his work along with Paresh Rawal. Although Rani Mukherjee was the main actress in the film, Pooja Batra’s role was equally important.

To everyone’s surprise Pooja Batra left films in the late 90s, when she looked the most matured. The viewers still feel that lot of acting is left in her and she should make a comeback in character roles in future.

Reema Sen in Golmaal and Phir Hera Pheri.

Reema Sen in Golmaal and Phir Hera Pheri.

Comedy films in the last few years have allowed the unsuccessful actresses to get recognition through the group effort. Golmaal was one of the hit films where Reema Sen got a scope of performing opposite Ajay Devgan, Tushar Kapoor, Arshad Warsi and others.

Tushar Kapoor played the role of a dumb character who could not express himself. All the four friends took shelter in Paresh Rawal’s house as he was blind and thought them to be their grandson. Reema Sen was their neighbor and was liked by the all the four friends. She initially showed irritation about the actors but later one got impressed with their skills.

Each of the friends including Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, hatched up plans to impress Riya Sen in one way or the other sometimes by winning racing car competition or dancing competition, etc. At the end of the film Reema Sen married Tushar Kapoor to everyone’s surprise. The songs “golmaal” became successful.

Reema Sen got a witty role in the film Phir Hera Pheri. She had an affair with Akshay Kumar and got involved in the hera pheri to return the money to be given to the underworld gang. Sunil Shetty got involved with Bipasha Basu, who played the role of a fraud character who promised to get the money of private persons being doubled, and ran away with the money to pay the debts of few wrongdoers.

Reema Sen and Bipasha Basu played a key role when all the characters in the film assembled in a circus to get the diamonds hidden in the place. All the actors including Milind Gunaji, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, etc., did a great job in the circus scene. The acrobatic acts in the circus done by Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty entertained the viewers and the film ended up being successful.

Both the films Golmaal and Phir Hera Pheri had impressed the viewers to such an extent that the sequels of the films are under production at the moment. Reema Sen probably got the greatest success in those films (which were related to group effort), but her actual test lies in the films where she can act independently.

The viewers expect Reema Sen to show her unique style in new films to create her separate identity and contribute well in bollywood films.

Happy birthday to Namrata Shirodkar.

Happy birthday to Namrata Shirodkar.

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Namrata Shirodkar, one of the successful actresses of 90s, on 22nd January, 2009. She was the sister of successful star Shilpa Shirodkar and also a colourful personality. She showed her skills in the fashion world as well.

She did extremely well in Raj Kumar Santoshi’s film Pukar, opposite Anil Kapoor. She played the role of the daughter of a military major and interacted with Anil Kapoor. Anil Kapoor wanted to marry her, but her mother played by Rohini Hattangiri, was not interested as she got sick with the life military personnel.

Madhuri Dixit was a friend of Anil Kapoor, and due to jealousy with Namrata Shirodkar, she hatched a plan of disgracing Anil Kapoor. A false case was filed against him and he was thrown out from the armed forces. Namrata also left for accomplishing her career as a model and Anil Kapoor had to struggle to prove himself to be innocent.

The film took a turn in the second half as Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit worked together to prevent a terrorist attack from Danny and his men. Anil Kapoor received national award for his impressive performance in Pukar. Namrata’s performance was well appreciated.

Namrata Shirodkar was sublime in her role in the film Aghaaz. Sunil Shetty came to the city of Mumbai for education of her sister. But as Sunil Shetty did not fulfill the demands of the underworld group in the film, his sister was raped. Sunil Shetty filed a suit against all the members of the housing complex to make them aware of their responsibilities. All of them had scene the incident yet due to fear none of them raised any hue or cry.

Namrata Shirodkar helped Sunil Shetty a lot in understanding the nature of people in Mumbai who were professionals and not as simple as rural people. Her friendship with Sunil Shetty was depicted well in the film. She even played a significant role in getting his sister admitted in a college in the neighbouring area. Sunil Shetty united the local people in their fight against the demands of the underworld and killed the suspected culprits.

Namrata did her best in the film Vastav, opposite Sanjay Dutt. It was film totally based on the underworld people in Mumbai. Sanjay Dutt, who was a law-abiding citizen, killed one of the underworld person and from that time went on killing the other mafias and became an underworld don. But he also faced the agonies of living a life full of fear against the police. Namrata Shirodkar played the role of the wife of Sanjay Dutt in the film. She adjusted herself with the life led by Sanjay Dutt. Sanjay Dutt received filmfare award for his performance in the film.

Namrata Shirodkar left films during prime time of her career. The viewers of bollywood films expect her to make a comeback as it is felt that there is lot of acting still left in her.

Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty.

Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty.

During the last 15 years, the combination of Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty had given a number of hit films. Their combination had been as successful as the combination of Amitabh and Vinod Khanna in the mid -70s.


In Mohra, Akshay Kumar played the role of the police-officer, while Sunil Shetty worked with Naseer, thinking that he was killing the anti-socials for the welfare of the society. At the end of the film, Sunil Shetty realised that Naseer himself is one of the underworld dons. Very significantly Akshay maintained the romantic sequences in the film opposite Ravina Tandon.

In Dhadkan, both Akshay and Sunil Shetty, faced each other in a romantic subject matter. Both of them loved the same girl played by Shilpa Shetty. For Fulfilling his desire to marry Shilpa Shetty Sunil Shetty tried the evil means and was also appreciated by the critics for his villainish performance.


After experimenting in action films and romantic films, Akshay and Sunil Shetty had probably impressed the audience the most with their comedy performance in the film Hera Pheri. They paid rent and stayed with the same landlord played by Paresh Rawal and the individual fight between Akshay and Sunil Shetty always resulted in loss to Paresh Rawal. Akshay even took signature from Sunil Shetty, in blank paper and submitted in a bank to deprive him from the job and give the same job to Tabu. Sunil Shetty saw the family condition of Tabu and ultimately allowed her to work in the bank. Behind the comedy subject-matter there were tragic stories of all the characters.

Both Akshay and Sunil Shetty did equally well in the film Phir Hera Pheri. Akshay invested all the assets of Paresh Rawal and Sunil Shetty and paid to a fraud company which boasted that they could double the money in short time. Bipasha, the agent of the company ruined all of them and the film was based on the fact that how the three of them recovered the loss. While Paresh Rawal is an experienced actor and expected to do well, Akshay and Sunil Shetty’s performance improved with time. Viewers expect the combination to do well in the next episode of Hera Pheri which is going to be released in near future.

By: CR Chatterji.

Sunil Shetty – the action star of bollywood.

Sunil Shetty – the action star of bollywood.

Sunil Shetty had been on of the leading action stars of the 90s. He created a positive impression in the film Mohra, where he was used by Naseer (who showed everyone that he is blind) to kill his rivals in the market. He came to know about the identity of Naseer at the end of the film. Ravina and Akshay supported Sunil Shetty in the film.

He played the role of an anti-hero in the film Dhadkan opposite Shilpa Shetty, where both himself and Akshay loved the same lady. The song in the film “tum dil ki dhadkan me” became a huge hit. Sunil Shetty impressed the viewers with his performance in the film Bhai, where he came from a village with his brother but the killing of his brother made him an underworld don and from that time he indulged in anti-social activities to kill the major offenders. Sonali Bendre and Pooja Batra had done well in the film.


He performed in a double role in the film Gopi Kishen, opposite Karishma Kapoor and Shilpa Shirodkar. The characters included a police constable and an imposter. The constable was a fool, while the imposter took revenge against the offenders in the film.

Sunil Shetty had done well in the film Refugee, where he played the role of law enforcer in Pakistan, who also loved Kareena Kapoor. He did not like her affair with Abhishek Bacchan, who helped people to cross the border at different times. But at the end of the film Sunil Shetty helped the couple to get married.

In the film Aghaaz, Sunil Shetty played the role of simple villager who came to the city with his sister who was sexually harassed by the anti-socials of the society. He filed a suit against all the persons who lived in that colony and taught them how to be united in protesting against the misdeeds of the anti-socials. The people learnt to be brave and face the anti-socials which they did at the end of the film. He had done well in the film Hu tu tu, opposite Tabu.


He is also comfortable in the comedy roles, the ones he played with Akshay in Hera Pheri and Phir Hera Pheri. In both these films he was an honest character who was involved in the unlawful acts due to misdeeds of Akshay and silly acts of Paresh Rawal. Tabu and Bipasha Basu had done well in these films. His other notable films include Krishna, Rudraksh, etc. The viewers expect even better performance from him in the character roles along with this performance in the action films.

By: CR Chatterji.