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Subhash K Jha looks back at the 2005 Ram Gopal Varma drama D, which starred Randeep Hooda, in a new installment of This Day That Year.

After Ram Gopal Varma’s Satya and Company, after Mahesh Manjrekar’s Vaastav and Hansal Mehta’s Chhal D gives us this day our daily dread… Enough about unwashed men washing their conscience in the blood of the slain. Enough of this swivel-and-snarl routine with blood-red eyes, slurring speech, and smoking guns.

That reminds me…. Why are the censors so worried about smoking people when they should be concerned about those blazing guns that signal urban anarchy? In places D glamorizes violence with disdainful words and crackerjack visuals to a point where you wonder whom the script supports.

“Why do people look at us as freaks? We’re just doing our jobs like doctors and engineers,” Deshu tells his ‘gori chamri’ girlfriend. That’s how...

Randeep Hooda’s who is doing Vishram Sawant’s next Shooter says that it is a very stylish and yet realistic conceptualized film.

As the title suggest Randeep plays a shooter in the film. “It’s starts off as an underworld film. It’s about poor people based in Mumbai who turn criminals and how they become criminals who eventually end up doing something far more patriotic than any of us education rational thinking people with money would never dare to do. It’s larger than life character with fair bit of entertainment,” says Randeep.

This will be Randeep’s third film with Vishram Sawant. The first two being D and Risk. “We have a very different understanding between us. We are comfortable working with each other.”

Randeep Hooda who plays a shooter in Vishram Sawant’s Shooter says that the film is about underworld yet has a romantic angle to it.

Randeep Hooda, who is doing Vishram Sawant’s next Shooter, says that it is a very stylish and yet realistic conceptualized film. As the title suggests Randeep plays a shooter in the film. “It’s starts off as an underworld film. It’s about poor people based in Mumbai who turn criminals and how they become criminals who, eventually end up doing something far more patriotic things than any of us educated rational thinking people with money would never dare to do. It’s larger Read More...

Randeep Hooda, who is doing Vishram Sawant's next Shooter, says that it is a very stylish and yet realistic conceptualized film. As the title suggests Randeep plays a shooter in the film. "It's starts off as an underworld film. It's about poor people based in Mumbai who turn criminals and how they become criminals who, eventually end up doing something far more patriotic things than any of us educated rational thinking people with money would never dare to do. It's larger-...

After the stupendous success of Once Upon A Time In Mumbai and Sahib Biwi Gangster, there has been no looking back for actor Randeep Hooda. The actor has been shooting back to back for almost six films in a row these days and has singed his seventh film with Dharma Productions which will be directed by the great Rensil D’Silva.

The film will see Randeep sharing screen space with Sanjay Dutt, Emraan Hashmi and Kangna Ranaut. Sources quote that Randeep has a very important and meaty role in the film alongside Dutt and Emraan Hashmi.

Besides Rensil’s film, Randeep has an interesting line up of films to thrill fans. He will be seen playing a pivotal role in Jannat 2, which releases this Friday and then comes the lead in Jism 2. Apart from these two films Randeep will be seen making an interesting guest appearance in Homi Adjania’s Cocktail.

Now that Randeep Hooda has been signed for Jism 2, Pooja Bhatt wants Randeep Hooda to work hard on his body. Her first instructions when he came on the sets were that he will have to work on his body first and later concentrate on his role.

Not that Randeep does not have a good body but Pooja Bhatt wanted him to be perfect, with not an ounce more or less on his body. Pooja wants Randeep to look lean chiseled and sexy. But she doesnt want him to have the typical filmi style six pack ab for his role in Jism 2.

Pooja’s instructions were clear. Randeep had to look sexy in the assasins role and hence Randeep is now seriously working hard and is concentrating on having the perfect figure for Jism 2.

We are sure when the film releases Randeep will be the next hunk of 2012 and is certain...

Randeep Hooda is a busy actor this year with three films shooting almost exactly at the same time. Not only is he finishing up his work on Jannat 2, the actor is also starring as one of Kareena Kapoor’s suitors in Heroine, plus he is also starting a new project with Vishram Sawant.

Sawant, who also worked with Randeep in both Risk and D, turns his lens again to the underworld with a very real, gritty and tough film titled Shooter. About the film, Randeep said, “I don’t know how much I can reveal about it, but it’s definitely one of the most challenging scripts that I have come across in a long time. Vishram is crazy, so if you are working with him, he’ll keep you on your toes.”

For this character, Vishram wanted the actor to have a unique look. In fact, very unique because...

Randeep Hooda, who received rave reviews for his performance in the film Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster, has now signed director Vishram Sawant's film Shooter .Vishram Sawant had earlier directed Randeep in the film D, which was Randeep's first film as a lead actor. Interestingly, Randeep had agreed to sport a bald look for this role, but his Heroine schedule won't allow him to shave his head. "Yes, we had initially decided on that look for my character but since there was a schedule of Heroine in between, I was unable to concede. Vishram was quite unhappy about the development but I seriously couldn't help it. We have worked out another look now, which will hopefully be as interesting as the bald one", says Randeep. Ask him if it was easy to convince him to shave his mane and the actor says, "I was actually looking forward to a huge...

Randeep Hooda is back with D’s director Vishram Sawant for his new film, Shooter. Interestingly, Randeep and Vishram had agreed upon a bald look for his role, but Hooda’s Heroine schedule did not agree with his new look.

“Yes, we had initially decided on that look for my character but since there was a schedule of Heroine in between, I was unable to concede. Vishram was quite unhappy about the development but I seriously couldn’t help it. We have worked out another look now, which will hopefully be as interesting as the bald one”, s ...

Sachin Khedekar-Bose, Aamir Khan-Mangal Pandey, Randeep Hooda-Raja Ravi Varma, Dilip Prabhavalkar-Gandhi

Most youngsters may remember Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walking the Cannes red carpet for the nth time, but ask them who the Flying Sikh is and they maybe lost for an answer. Until of course Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra releases his next film. In spite of a plethora of nonsensical front-bencher movies, Bollywood has managed to produce some inspired biopics every now and then. Dolanchapa Chakrabarty revisits Bollywood’s biopic history…

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Gandhi

Coming from different schools of thought, Bollywood filmmakers have interpreted the same story in several distinctive ways. Different aspects of M.K. Gandhi’s life were exploited in movies of varying genres. The Indian father figure appeared in the form of thespian Naseeruddin Shah in the dark assassination film, Hey Ram (2000). He was later seen in a humorous avatar in Rajkumar Hirani’s...