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Turning the focus on Arshad Warsi’s best performance, Subhash K Jha looks back at Sehar, which just turned 20 in this edition of his feature series This Day That Year.

Sehar is a small-big film about unlikely heroes. The police force , often shown to be brutal and self-serving, gets a commendable pat on the back from first-time director Kabeer Kaushik in this biographical account of principled police-man Ajay Kumar (Arshad Warsi) fighting “absolute power” emanating from extra-constitutional guns in Up.

The film’s parched ambience and relentless stress on telling it like it is, make it a kind of documented drama that’s still rare in Hindi cinema. The characters are all familiar quasi-stereotypes: gun-toting law-unto-oneself type of anti-socials who have been done to bludgeoning death in the cinema of Govind Nihalani and Ram Gopal Varma.

What makes the age-old combat between Good and Evil in Sehar reasonably riveting is...

Earlier we had reported that Tusshar Kapoor will play one of the major roles in the upcoming gangster flick Chicago Junction. However, shifting his attention from the series of comedy he is doing of late, Tusshar will be seen in a different avatar in this film. Based on the backdrop of 70s, Chicago Junction is a story set amidst brutal gang wars with Tusshar Kapoor playing the role of a ruthless gangster. The actor describes his character as the most negative role he has ever played and he has even started prepping for the same. He will also be learning the local dialect of Up to get into the character. Claiming that this will be a difficult task for a positive person like him, Tusshar also mentioned about the physical training he underwent for this character where he has shed a few kilos for the same. Directed by Kabeer Kaushik,...

While Arshad Warsi has been preparing for many films including Welcome To Karachi and Jolly Llb 2, the actor has other films on the platter too. And now the next film added to the list is Chicago Junction, directed by Kabeer Kaushik. Elaborating on his character, Arshad Warsi mentioned that he will be playing a father along with Pankaj Kapur, who set out in search of their sons kidnapped by the mafia. Set in Uttar Pradesh, the film traces the deep rooted nexus of crime and politics with Naseeruddin Shah playing the negative role. Though other details are yet to be finalized, Chicago Junction is slated to go on floor in July and August.

Mumbai, Dec 13: Moviemaking is as tough as running a business, which is tricky and taxing, says actor Arshad Warsi, who tried his hand at production with "Hum Tum Aur Ghost" and ended up burning his fingers.

"Sehar" fame director Kabeer Kaushik wielded the megaphone for "Hum Tum Aur Ghost", which saw Arshad as a guy who can see dead people, but the story failed to connect with either the audience or the critics.

The 45-year-old's experience has taught him that a "producer's job is a thankless job".

"It is one of the most difficult things to do and especially with someone like me - I am a terrible businessman. If.

It is one of those rare weeks where a Hollywood venture, Spiderman, has dominated Bollywood, but a not so big project, Kabeer Kaushik's Maximum, and the Veena Malik starrer Daal Mein Kuch Kaala Hai. Without going into the details of Spiderman (including dubbed versions), in a nutshell the film has embarked upon a predictably bumper start across India (barring Bihar and East Punjab). The film is all set to create new records for Hollywood ventures in India. Read More...

It is one of those rare weeks where a Hollywood venture, Spiderman, has dominated Bollywood, but a not so big project, Kabeer Kaushik's Maximum, and the Veena Malik starrer Daal Mein Kuch Kaala Hai. Without going into the details of Spiderman (including dubbed versions), in a nutshell the film has embarked upon a predictably bumper start across India (barring Bihar and East Punjab). The film is all set to create new records for Hollywood ventures in India.

After doing bold films like Julie and Sheesha, Neha Dhupia impressed one and all with her performances in films like Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, Mithya, Singh Is Kinng and Raat Gayi Baat Gayi. Neha, who is known for her glamorous roles will be seen in a complete de-glam avatar in Kabeer Kaushik's Maximum, where she plays the role of Sonu Sood's supportive wife. Maximum is a cop drama also starring Naseeruddin Shah and Vinay Pathak and releases this week.

Bollywood Hungama gives you a chance to have a live video chat with the sexy Neha Dhupia on Thursday, June 28, at 1600 hrs Ist. Don't miss!

New Delhi, June 27: Nowadays, small is big at the box office. After san stars medium budget "Gangs Of Wasseypur" set the cash registers ringing last week, the ticket window is gearing up for a string of small budget movies - "Maximum", "Dal Mein Kuch Kaala Hai" and "3 Bachelors" - coming out Friday to woo movie buffs.

"Gangs Of Wasseypur", inspired by a real life story, is a crime thriller. Director Kabeer Kaushik's "Maximum", featuring actors Sonu.

Mumbai, June 19: Veteran actor Naseerudin Shah, who will soon be seen in Kabeer Kaushik's forthcoming film "Maximum", says while selecting a role he gives importance to script and how the film will be made.

"These days I don't think about what my role is in a film before choosing it. The film should be such that makes me feel proud of my association with it, that makes me happy and in.

Mumbai, June 18: Playing the role of a 'desi' housewife in Kabeer Kaushik's 'Maximum', Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia will sport a completely different look in the film and is very happy about this.

"I am very happy that I get to play this role in a film like 'Maximum'. Kabeer is such a capable director and I am so happy he thought I was capable enough to play this role," she said at the music launch of the movie Monday.

Also featuring Naseeruddin Shah,.

Despite receiving huge accolades for his debut film, Sehar, which is considered as actor Arshad Warsi's finest work till date (as a serious cop), director Kabeer Kaushik took a long break before starting work on his next film. And the reason behind this sabbatical was that he was very busy researching for his pet project, Maximum, which deals with that branch of Mumbai police which helped the city get out of the tentacles of the mafias and dons during the 2002-2005 phase.The f...

*  The promos of Kabeer Kaushik's Maximum have caught the eye. But if you think the film follows the beaten to death genre of cops versus gangsters/politicians, you're mistaken. "It's cops versus cops in Maximum," Kabeer Kaushik clarifies. *  Not many know that the child artist of Ferrari Ki Sawaari, Ritwik, was spotted by the casting director of the film at McDonalds, while placing an order. The child artist had no film/advertising experience, nor did he know how to play the game of cricket, which was the criteria for enacting this role. *  Kamal Haasan may have just completed his ambitious film Vishwaroop, but the actor/film-maker has no plans to take a break. He has decided to start Vishwaroop 2. Reportedly, it's the most expensive film made in India. "I wouldn't know about that, but it's the most expensive film I've been part of," he states. *  Jism 2 is back to its original release date: 3 August.

New Delhi, June 2: Bollywood's typical latkas and jhatkas aren't everyone's cup of tea. But for British-Indian actress Hazel Keech, who has grooved to an item number in an upcoming movie, it was as easy as brushing her teeth.

"I am a professional dancer, so picking up dance steps was like brushing my teeth," Hazel told Ians.

The actress, who played the boyfriend-snatching best friend of Kareena Kapoor in blockbuster "Bodyguard", will now be seen shaking a leg in an item number in Kabeer Kaushik's film "Maximum".

A sneak peek of the.

New Delhi, Mar 6: Tabu has reportedly been asked to do an item song for the upcoming Sonu Sood-Naseeruddin Shah starrer 'Maximum'.

Although she has taken a break from Hindi films, the 40-year-old actress was approached to sizzle in the track.

The film has been written and directed by Kabeer Kaushik, and features stars like Neha Dhupia and Vinay Pathak.

The flick is scheduled to release on April 13. (Ani)...

Kabeer Kaushik's film Maximum has completed its shooting and the post production is in progress.The film stars Sonu Sood, Naseeruddin Shah, Vinay Pathak, Neha Dhupia, Arya Babbar, Anjana Sukhani, Amit Sadh, Mohan Agashe, Swanand Kirkire and Rajendra Gupta. The film, an Action Drama, encapsulates the journey of two super cops and their struggle for power. "Maximum power". But they are not alone in this game. There are other players. The conspirators. Moving at every le...

The late Kishore Kumar started this trend of being an all rounder and 'his-story' continues. The latest to join the trend is Swanand Kirkire, who also happens to be the lyricist of the smash hit songs of films like Parineeta, 3 Idiots etc. Reports have it that he is now all set to face the camera as an actor in the forthcoming Sonu Sood - Neha Dhupia starrer Maximum. The reports also stated that he has already started shooting with Sonu Sood for the film in a city college. While Sonu plays a cop in the film, Swanand plays the role of Bachi Singh, a small time gangster who doubles up as Sonu's informer, so much so that Sonu is totally reliable on him. Swanand Kirkire went on record to say that he is indeed doing the role and that he knows director Kabeer Kaushik for many years and that when...

The late Kishore Kumar started this trend of being an all rounder and 'his-story' continues. The latest to join the trend is Swanand Kirkire, who also happens to be the lyricist of the smash hit songs of films like Parineeta, 3 Idiots etc. Reports have it that he is now all set to face the camera as an actor in the forthcoming Sonu Sood - Neha Dhupia starrer Maximum. The reports also stated that he has already started shooting with Sonu Sood for the film in a city college. While Sonu plays a cop in the film, Swanand plays the role of Bachi Singh, a small time gangster who doubles up as Sonu's informer, so much so that Sonu is totally reliable on him. Swanand Kirkire went on record to say that he is indeed doing the role and that he knows director Kabeer Kaushik for many years and that when...

Kabeer Kaushik's film Maximum has been much talked about ever since it was announced. With Tabu playing the leading lady in the film all eyes were turned towards the progress of the film. However, Bollywood Hungama has now learnt that the actress has walked out of the film. Apparently, the Chandni Bar star, who had earlier given a green signal to the project, opted out of the film after Kabeer started shooting. The said reason behind Tabu walking out is said that she felt that she would look older to Sonu Sood, who plays her husband. With Tabu walking out, director Kabeer was obviously thrown into a tizzy and has now roped in Neha Dhupia to play the said role. The actress has already started shooting for the film along with co-star Sonu Sood. Maximum will see Sonu Sood donning the role of a cop one more time post Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap.

Kabeer Kaushik's film Maximum has been much talked about ever since it was announced. With Tabu playing the leading lady in the film all eyes were turned towards the progress of the film. However, Bollywood Hungama has now learnt that the actress has walked out of the film. Apparently, the Chandni Bar star, who had earlier given a green signal to the project, opted out of the film after Kabeer started shooting. The said reason behind Tabu walking out is said that she felt that she would look older to Sonu Sood, who plays her husband. With Tabu walking out, director Kabeer was obviously thrown into a tizzy and has now roped in Neha Dhupia to play the said role. The actress has already started shooting for the film along with co-star Sonu Sood. Maximum will see Sonu Sood donning the role of a cop one more time post Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap.

Arshad Warsi was charged of being 'unprofessional' when he walked out of Maximum just days before the shooting was supposed to kick-start in Mumbai. Though accusations came from all corners, Arshad stayed quiet and concentrated on finishing his Double Dhamaal. However, now after weeks of being quiet, he believes that enough is enough. Breaking his silence, Arshad reveals what went wrong with the film. "It was never a lead role to begin with and I was supposed to do a special appearance in Maximum", informs Arshad, "When I heard the role, I wasn't kicked about it. Mujhe jama nahi. What was narrated to me was neither a special appearance nor a proper lead role. Eventually I realised that not just was it not written well, it wasn't even coming across as important enough for the film." It wasn't the same though during the early days of film's inception when Arshad...

Arshad Warsi was charged of being 'unprofessional' when he walked out of Maximum just days before the shooting was supposed to kick-start in Mumbai. Though accusations came from all corners, Arshad stayed quiet and concentrated on finishing his Double Dhamaal. However, now after weeks of being quiet, he believes that enough is enough. Breaking his silence, Arshad reveals what went wrong with the film. "It was never a lead role to begin with and I was supposed to do a special appearance in Maximum", informs Arshad, "When I heard the role, I wasn't kicked about it. Mujhe jama nahi. What was narrated to me was neither a special appearance nor a proper lead role. Eventually I realised that not just was it not written well, it wasn't even coming across as important enough for the film." It wasn't the same though during the early days of film's inception when Arshad...

A behind the scenes look into the contemporary world of Bollywood movies and Bollywood stars. What?s hot, what?s not; how things work and who are the people pushing the buttons that make it work.?Udita Jhunjhunwala

Tuesday May 17th, 2011 was the kind of day film journalists and photographers dread. It was a day that required careful planning of time, conservation of energy and abundant patience as multiple events (none of which would start on time) were scheduled across Mumbai on the same day.

Vir Das, Imran Khan & Kunal Roy Kapoor

Dk Bose & the Media ‘Bhag’!

The first event was the launch of the ?Dk Bose? video directed by Kiran Rao for Delhi Belly. Though she was not present, the film?s three leads were. When a reporter asked them to suggest a star to appear in the special item number for the film, Imran Khan suggested Katrina Kaif,...

Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi

Actor Naseeruddin Shah fills Arshad Warsi?s shoes as Warsi walks out of director Kabeer Kaushik?s Maximum

Actor Arshad Warsi has reportedly walked out of director Kabeer Kaushik?s next film Maximum at the last moment. However, Ishqiya co-star Naseeruddin Shah saved the day by agreeing to do the film. Not only this, the actor has also made adjustments so that he could shoot for the film between theatre commitments.

Reveals a Source “From the beginning Arshad had issues with the script. He wanted his character to be more hard-hitting, edgy and diabolic. Kabeer and Arshad are old friends, so he made whatever changes he could to please him. After that, things seemed to be fine and the film was ready to roll. But at the last minute Arshad backed out.?

According to sources the role has been modified to suit Shah. However, all...

A few weeks back Arshad Warsi delivered a successful film (Ishqiya) with first time director Abhishek Chaubhey. He couldn't quite repeat the same feat with Kabeer Kaushik even though he worked with him in his first film Seher and now Hum Tum Aur Ghost. Still, Arshad hasn't lost his confidence in first timers and has now agreed to work with Bejoy Nambiar who is all set to make a gritty thriller where the actor would be enacting the role of a cop. "Sometimes it so happens that...

Cast: Arshad Warsi, Dia Mirza, Sandhya Mridul, Boman Irani, Zehra Naqvi, Shernaz Patel, Tinu Anand, Javed Sheikh, Asawari Joshi, Rituraj Singh, Ashwin Kumar, Neelu Kohli and others; Director: Kabeer Kaushik; Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

A completely clunky story..you wouldn’t want to watch this immediately after Karthik Calling Karthik. Many similarities to the story, there is a shrink Shernaz Patel that Arshad Warsi visits here and Shefali Shah in the previous film. It’s Dia Mirza instead of Deepika Padukone lending a helping hand to her boyfriend after realizing that he’s suffering.

March 26, 2010:Hum Tum Aur Ghost- Disappointing fare

Rating: 2 out of 5*

Starring: Arshad Warsi, Dia Mirza, Boman Irani, Sandhya Mridul and Zehra Naqvi

Director: Kabeer Kaushik

Hot shot fashion photographer in London, Armaan Suri (Arshad) always spends his nights drunk and sleeping on a railway station bench. We are soon revealed that he hears dead people’s talking. What more? He even encounters dead people! He hides this fact with his girlfriend Gehna (Dia). The leader of sorts of the dead people Mr. Kapoor (Boman) tries to convince Armaan to make use of his special ability for.

Download H.T.A.G wallpapers Arshad Warsi is ready to face the biggest examination of his professional life. His debut film as producer, Hum Tum Aur Ghost, is scheduled for release next Friday. "I am excited and confident. I've made this film with a lot of passion and I sincerely hope the audience likes the effort," Arshad informs me. Meanwhile, the industry is abuzz with the speculation that Arshad had problems with the director of the film, Kabeer Kaushik. That explains why Arshad decided to take matters in his hand. "Well, we never got into fights. I am not the violent kind," Arshad states on record, "But it's true that Kabeer and I had differences." The differences stemmed from the fact that Kabeer wanted to make Hum Tum Aur Ghost into a serious film, while Arshad wanted it to be a light entertainer. "That's true," Arshad doesn't deny the industry talk,...

Download H.T.A.G wallpapers Arshad Warsi is ready to face the biggest examination of his professional life. His debut film as producer, Hum Tum Aur Ghost, is scheduled for release next Friday. "I am excited and confident. I've made this film with a lot of passion and I sincerely hope the audience likes the effort," Arshad informs me. Meanwhile, the industry is abuzz with the speculation that Arshad had problems with the director of the film, Kabeer Kaushik. That explains why Arshad decided to take matters in his hand. "Well, we never got into fights. I am not the violent kind," Arshad states on record, "But it's true that Kabeer and I had differences." The differences stemmed from the fact that Kabeer wanted to make Hum Tum Aur Ghost into a serious film, while Arshad wanted it to be a light entertainer. "That's true," Arshad doesn't deny the industry talk,...

Arshad Warsi is ready to face the biggest examination of his professional life. His debut film as producer, Hum Tum Aur Ghost, is scheduled for release next Friday. "I am excited and confident. I've made this film with a lot of passion and I sincerely hope the audience likes the effort," Arshad informs me.Meanwhile, the industry is abuzz with the speculation that Arshad had problems with the director of the film, Kabeer Kaushik. That explains why Arshad decided to take matters in his hand. "Well, we never got into fights. I am not the violent kind," Arshad states on record, "But it's true that Kabeer and I had differences."The differences stemmed from the fact that Kabeer wanted to make Hum Tum Aur Ghost into a serious film, while Arshad wanted it to be a light entertainer. "That's true," Arshad doesn't deny the industry talk,...

Arshad is behaving very possessively about his production Hum Tum Aur Ghost. Apparently the actor had a tiff with his director (who is also a personal friend) Kabeer Kaushik over creative differences. The result?  Arshad has decided to do the post production himself.Arshad and Kabeer have in the past worked on Saher. Arshad was very impressed with his work and took him onboard to work on his home production Hum Tum Aur Ghost. A source reveals, .Arshad had several differences with Kabeer during the making the film. They had a lot of heated discussions which have eventually turned into full fledged arguments. They are constantly at odds about scenes of the film in the editing room..The source continues, .This is Arshad.s first film under his banner and consequently the film is very close to his heart. He is very stressed about it and wants everything to go well.