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#87749 From: sunil <suneel_ab@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:10 pm
Subject: Re: I PITY YOU
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Hey Tejas...

 

 

My below lines does not apply to Ms. Thangevelo as again she is a women and she might have also got a soft corner for Mr. Bachchan but her distress may be is she might be disappointed to see the person who she  adores does not look good in movies  (like paa) or say not choosing dynamic and roles etc…

 

but this is for the people who just chat the nonsense about Amith Jhi to gain people’s attention.

 

I really appreciate you from the deep down my heart for taking time to explain a person about things which they really need ponder up on before penning few lines ….

 

Any one .... any human being who happens to read this mail will have to think twice before commenting or criticizing any one in this cosmos in an irrational and non-constructive way.....  if they have humane.

 

 Thanks again doodeee...

 

I indeed appreciate the way think.

 

thanks and regards,

 

sunil.k




From: Tejas Mankodi <tejasmankodi@...>
To: debash@...
Sent: Mon, November 23, 2009 5:43:34 PM
Subject: [bigb] I PITY YOU


Ms. Thangevelo,

I won't be rude and harsh to you, coz first thing you are a woman and second you said some good things about Mr. Amitabh Bachchan at the start of your article.

Let me come straight to the point, please go get your facts right before writing anything, patients suffering from the disease progeria never look beautiful, if you don't know, which I am sure you don't, coz u need to be little educated for that,  let me tell you progeria patients age faster like at the age of 12-13 they look 5 times of their age and they lose all their hair and nerves start appearing on their head. So Mr. Amitabh Bachchan cannot look beautiful in the movie Paa, got it, I really hope you did.

I am sure you don't have any knowledge about movies, if you say why he has to do movies like Bhoothnath and Aladin then I seriously pity you, you don't understand movies and you are no one to say what Mr. Amitabh Bachchan should do or should not do, do you know how much effort and hard work has gone behind the making of Aladin, you wouldn't know coz you don't understand movies don't know how come you are writing about it. Bhoothnath was an AMAZING family entertainer and an AWESOME movie, similarly Aladin was also a very nice family entertainer with Mr. Amitabh Bachchan at his Vintage best, its people like you who spoiled it by giving negative reviews, our poor AAM JANTA still reads reviews before watching a movie. Sad but true.

As far as Mr. Amitabh Bachchan imparting his wisdom is concerned is a good idea I am sure he is already doing it, unknowingly, any new actor or even an old enough an actor has daily to learn something or the other from him he is GOD of acting, and for your kind information, all sorts of film makers are dying to make movies with him, he has maximum number of movies than anyone in the entire film industry and people are willing to do anything to work with him.

So, lastly let me ask you some questions.

Why you people always choose the easier way to success by writing bad about some great personalities?

Have you guys sold your soul?

Do you guys have any dignity towards your profession?

Do you guys work only for money or is there something called as work ethics left inside?

I PITY YOU

Tejas Mankodi

PS: Your knowledge about cinema is ZERO. Sanjay Dutt is no longer associated with White Feather Productions.
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#87748 From: pupu mohanty <pupu_mohanty@...>
Date: Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:03 am
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Friends

these people are just want limelight like a failure actress shows her nudeness
to be in focus.

forgive this seek lady.

pupu


--- On Tue, 11/24/09, Tejas Mankodi <tejasmankodi@...> wrote:

> From: Tejas Mankodi <tejasmankodi@...>
> Subject: [bigb] I PITY YOU
> To: debash@...
> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4:13 AM
>
> Ms. Thangevelo,
>
> I won't be rude and harsh to you, coz first thing you are a
> woman and second you said some good things about Mr. Amitabh
> Bachchan at the start of your article.
>
> Let me come straight to the point, please go get your facts
> right before writing anything, patients suffering from the
> disease progeria never look beautiful, if you don't know,
> which I am sure you don't, coz u need to be little educated
> for that,  let me tell you progeria patients age faster
> like at the age of 12-13 they look 5 times of their age and
> they lose all their hair and nerves start appearing on their
> head. So Mr. Amitabh Bachchan cannot look beautiful in the
> movie Paa, got it, I really hope you did.
>
> I am sure you don't have any knowledge about movies, if you
> say why he has to do movies like Bhoothnath and Aladin then
> I seriously pity you, you don't understand movies and you
> are no one to say what Mr. Amitabh Bachchan should do or
> should not do, do you know how much effort and hard work has
> gone behind the making of Aladin, you wouldn't know coz you
> don't understand movies don't know how come you are writing
> about it. Bhoothnath was an AMAZING family entertainer and
> an AWESOME movie, similarly Aladin was also a very nice
> family entertainer with Mr. Amitabh Bachchan at his Vintage
> best, its people like you who spoiled it by giving negative
> reviews, our poor AAM JANTA still reads reviews before
> watching a movie. Sad but true.
>
> As far as Mr. Amitabh Bachchan imparting his wisdom is
> concerned is a good idea I am sure he is already doing it,
> unknowingly, any new actor or even an old enough an actor
> has daily to learn something or the other from him he is GOD
> of acting, and for your kind information, all sorts of film
> makers are dying to make movies with him, he has maximum
> number of movies than anyone in the entire film industry and
> people are willing to do anything to work with him.
>
> So, lastly let me ask you some questions.
>
> Why you people always choose the easier way to success by
> writing bad about some great personalities?
>
> Have you guys sold your soul?
>
> Do you guys have any dignity towards your profession?
>
> Do you guys work only for money or is there something
> called as work ethics left inside?
>
> I PITY YOU
>
> Tejas Mankodi
>
> PS: Your knowledge about cinema is ZERO. Sanjay Dutt is no
> longer associated with White Feather Productions.
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>
> ------------------------------------
>
>                
>      
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> on BigB and his upcoming films, check out
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>

#87747 From: "erikkdane" <erikkdane@...>
Date: Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:57 am
Subject: Re: PAA Team Better Have A Disclaimer Stating and Clarifying
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No problems or need for negativity at this point. Children suffering from progeria have very high, shrill, and tiny voices that sound much younger than their age. Watch some documentaries and see for yourself.

Here is what Balki has stated about AB's height:

Progeria patients don't become so tall. How do you substantiate that in the script?

There are rare cases. Progeria comes in different forms. They don't become tall in the most common form of progeria, which is Hutchinson Gilford Syndrome. There are many other varieties. There is a form in which you do grow tall and your skin decays totally. Whatever be the case, all progeria patients look exactly the way Amitji is looking in the film. But let me be very clear here… I was not trying to make an exact replica of a progeria patient. I have gone to the extent of being very sensitive and getting all the symptoms and weaknesses of a progeria patient right but I would have never taken away his height. I didn't want it to become a gimmick. To make him a dwarf would have really come across as a gimmick. And progeria is a little more open than that. There are only 40 cases in the world and there is no definitive pattern. There are aberrations in each of the cases.

Read the rest of the interview


Also read this interview: Express India 











--- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, Suri Khan <suriabfan1@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> why AURO is that TALL and why he speaks like a 4-5 yrs OLD when he's 12-13......This is HUGE fellas otherwise get ready for all sorts of attacks from the critics and haters........I hope Da Man and AB Corp is playing smart this time around........
>  
> Later,
>  
> Suri.
>

#87746 From: Suri Khan <suriabfan1@...>
Date: Tue Nov 24, 2009 2:36 am
Subject: PAA Team Better Have A Disclaimer Stating and Clarifying
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why AURO is that TALL and why he speaks like a 4-5 yrs OLD when he's 12-13......This is HUGE fellas otherwise get ready for all sorts of attacks from the critics and haters........I hope Da Man and AB Corp is playing smart this time around........
 
Later,
 
Suri.


#87745 From: "Tejas Mankodi" <tejasmankodi@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:43 pm
Subject: I PITY YOU
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Ms. Thangevelo,

I won't be rude and harsh to you, coz first thing you are a woman and second you
said some good things about Mr. Amitabh Bachchan at the start of your article.

Let me come straight to the point, please go get your facts right before writing
anything, patients suffering from the disease progeria never look beautiful, if
you don't know, which I am sure you don't, coz u need to be little educated for
that,  let me tell you progeria patients age faster like at the age of 12-13
they look 5 times of their age and they lose all their hair and nerves start
appearing on their head. So Mr. Amitabh Bachchan cannot look beautiful in the
movie Paa, got it, I really hope you did.

I am sure you don't have any knowledge about movies, if you say why he has to do
movies like Bhoothnath and Aladin then I seriously pity you, you don't
understand movies and you are no one to say what Mr. Amitabh Bachchan should do
or should not do, do you know how much effort and hard work has gone behind the
making of Aladin, you wouldn't know coz you don't understand movies don't know
how come you are writing about it. Bhoothnath was an AMAZING family entertainer
and an AWESOME movie, similarly Aladin was also a very nice family entertainer
with Mr. Amitabh Bachchan at his Vintage best, its people like you who spoiled
it by giving negative reviews, our poor AAM JANTA still reads reviews before
watching a movie. Sad but true.

As far as Mr. Amitabh Bachchan imparting his wisdom is concerned is a good idea
I am sure he is already doing it, unknowingly, any new actor or even an old
enough an actor has daily to learn something or the other from him he is GOD of
acting, and for your kind information, all sorts of film makers are dying to
make movies with him, he has maximum number of movies than anyone in the entire
film industry and people are willing to do anything to work with him.

So, lastly let me ask you some questions.

Why you people always choose the easier way to success by writing bad about some
great personalities?

Have you guys sold your soul?

Do you guys have any dignity towards your profession?

Do you guys work only for money or is there something called as work ethics left
inside?

I PITY YOU

Tejas Mankodi

PS: Your knowledge about cinema is ZERO. Sanjay Dutt is no longer associated
with White Feather Productions.
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#87744 From: Rajeev Sharma <rajeev17@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:08 pm
Subject: Re: 2012...???
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How do you explain wanted??  Def heavily promoted...but catered to the masses...single screens raked in on that one...

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On Nov 23, 2009, at 4:54 PM, "vakhat" <vakhat@...> wrote:

 

Rakes in 19 Crores in India?? I cant understand the Indian Cine goer. Few things are clear:

1. Average Hindi films just cant work anymore(Govinda, Salman, Suneil Shetty etc starrers have to me EXCEPTIONAL!).
2. Multiplex Audience is the ONLY audience that remains now. Single screens are done.
3. Timely advertising is everything.

But...just cause these movies OPEN BIG and are considered "HITS" immediately....are the really BLOCKBUSTERS?

Vakhat


#87743 From: "Tejas Mankodi" <tejasmankodi@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:06 pm
Subject: Re: PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS GUYS...
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Yet another despo wanting to have fame doing wrong things.

Yet another hate email. Here it come Ms. Whatever

Tejas

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From: "Fatima Mohamed" <MohamedF@...>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:20:43 +0200
To: <bigb@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [bigb] PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS GUYS...

 

Hi guys....i thought i'd share this article with you .....and perhaps you guys can give ms thangevelo a few lessons on hindi cinema. No need to be crass and rude...all you need to do is to show her that she does not know much on indian cinema. Its actually a fact, she is pretty much a two bit journalist who only started reviewing hindi movies a few years ago and this two bit journalist is giving AB advice....one wonders where these true wonders of the world fall from.....certainly not from a being!!! And this very same journo had a whole write-up on Paa the previous week and then goes on to contradict herself. And whilst replying to her...perhaps if someone can find a picture of a progeria patient who is really good looking because you see, according to her AB looks freaky.....perhaps ms thengavelo needs to do some research, something which journalist the world over don't seem to believe in.

Fats

debash@...nt.co.za

Sorry guys, time to move on
November 23, 2009

By Debashine Thangevelo

Before die-hard fans start penning their hate-mail to me, allow me to explain myself.

Firstly, I am in no way undermining Amitabh Bachchan (aka Big B), Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan's invaluable contributions to the film industry. Nor am I belittling their work. But, going by their films of late, it feels as if they are their own worst enemies right now.

Let's start with Big B. His lanky profile, baritone and debonair personality held him in good stead when he made his debut in Saat Hindustani (1969), a multi-star film, and bagged a National Film Award for Best Newcomer.

Forty years on, he has made the Bachchans a household name around the globe, with son Abhishek making unmistakable in-roads in the industry and doing his dad proud.

Big B's rise to stardom piqued from 1973 until an injury, while performing his own stunts for Coolie (1982), left him out of commission for a while.

He enjoyed a rather short-lived political career between 1984 and 1987 before a career slump saw him go into retirement until 1992. He then made a comeback as a producer and actor in 1996.

It wasn't until the new millennium, though, that the gods of fortune smiled on Big B.

He stepped in as host of Kaun Banega Crorepati, India's version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, and started to deliver several box-office hits (Mohabattein, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Baghban, Sarkar, and Black).

That he is a versatile actor, who can slip into any role is a given. But at 67, does he really want to end his career doing mediocre films like Bhoothnath and Aladin?

Film buffs will next see him in Paa, but, if I were to be blunt, he looks frightful in his getup as a 12- year-old boy with a condition that causes him to age at a rapid rate. Maybe sitting back and imparting his wisdom to upcoming actors and directors isn't such a bad idea.

In weathering so many legal storms recently, and that's not forgetting his brief spell in the joint, Dutt is looking the worse for wear. And it shows on camera. I am not even going to get into his villainous character in Aladin, but the time has come for him to leave the action roles to the newcomers.

After 28 years in the industry, the veteran actor, fondly referred to as Munnabhai (after the title of one of his hit films), seems to lack his youthful agility and gusto to play broody characters. Perhaps, he would better serve the film industry as a producer under his home banner, White Feather Films.

Bollywood's resident bad boy, Khan attracted a fair amount of ogling for his shirt-ripping moves in films. But as much as he has been a sex symbol in Tinseltown, he is fast losing that hunk factor. Aside from his string of flops of late (God Tussi Great Ho, Heroes and Yuvvraaj), Khan is looking every bit his 43 years. Anyone who saw London Dreams will have noticed his gaunt expression and receding hairline that's embarrassingly camouflaged by his long locks (hopefully, he will fire his stylist).

Soon to be seen as a warrior in Veer, a period film directed by Anil Sharma, perhaps he should give more thought to taking after his scriptwriter dad Salim - it could be his new niche!

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#87742 From: Rajeev Sharma <rajeev17@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:05 pm
Subject: Re: Re: No sarkar 3
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Lmao, mahendra!!  

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On Nov 23, 2009, at 4:57 PM, "vakhat" <vakhat@...> wrote:

 

Ok...He sound pretty adamant this time. This sucks dude. All good things come in 3s.

A Trinity, The Chinese Triad, Trimurti (Gods, no the Subhash Ghai film),
Blondes.

There as to be a Sarkar 3!!

Vakhat

--- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, Rajeev Sharma <rajeev17@...> wrote:
>
> I guess our hopes for a trilogy are gone. :-(
> http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/11/23/13509/index.html
> -rajeev
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>


#87741 From: "vakhat" <vakhat@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:57 pm
Subject: Re: No sarkar 3
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Ok...He sound pretty adamant this time. This sucks dude. All good things come in
3s.

A Trinity, The Chinese Triad, Trimurti (Gods, no the Subhash Ghai film),
Blondes.

There as to be a Sarkar 3!!

Vakhat

--- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, Rajeev Sharma <rajeev17@...> wrote:
>
> I guess our hopes for a trilogy are gone. :-(
> http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/11/23/13509/index.html
> -rajeev
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>

#87740 From: "vakhat" <vakhat@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:54 pm
Subject: 2012...???
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Rakes in 19 Crores in India?? I cant understand the Indian Cine goer. Few things
are clear:

1. Average Hindi films just cant work anymore(Govinda, Salman, Suneil Shetty etc
starrers have to me EXCEPTIONAL!).
2. Multiplex Audience is the ONLY audience that remains now. Single screens are
done.
3. Timely advertising is everything.

But...just cause these movies OPEN BIG and are considered "HITS"
immediately....are the really BLOCKBUSTERS?

Vakhat

#87739 From: reham abdel kader mostafa husein <chiisaiame7@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:20 pm
Subject: Re: PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS GUYS...
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That is the worst , most rediculous criticial article i've ever read... AB still have a lot to offer his fans... he still can amaze us with his brilliant and creative performance... 
" Maybe sitting back and imparting his wisdom to upcoming actors and directors isn't such a bad idea." ??????? and who had given her the authority to advice AB...? and what is wrong with Bhoothnath and Aladin..? they were a full entertaining movies and a lot of people loved them.. AB was having fun doing them... so what is the problem here...? 
why people are keeping on writting crap on PAA before it is released..? AB had said it is genuine in it's story line... just wait to watch then judge..? simple logic... but what is written in this article is just a nonsense... !!!


From: Fatima Mohamed <MohamedF@...>
To: bigb@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, November 23, 2009 9:20:43 PM
Subject: [bigb] PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS GUYS...

 

Hi guys....i thought i'd share this article with you .....and perhaps you guys can give ms thangevelo a few lessons on hindi cinema. No need to be crass and rude...all you need to do is to show her that she does not know much on indian cinema. Its actually a fact, she is pretty much a two bit journalist who only started reviewing hindi movies a few years ago and this two bit journalist is giving AB advice....one wonders where these true wonders of the world fall from.....certainly not from a being!!! And this very same journo had a whole write-up on Paa the previous week and then goes on to contradict herself. And whilst replying to her...perhaps if someone can find a picture of a progeria patient who is really good looking because you see, according to her AB looks freaky.....perhaps ms thengavelo needs to do some research, something which journalist the world over don't seem to believe in.

Fats

debash@... nt.co.za

Sorry guys, time to move on
November 23, 2009

By Debashine Thangevelo

Before die-hard fans start penning their hate-mail to me, allow me to explain myself.

Firstly, I am in no way undermining Amitabh Bachchan (aka Big B), Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan's invaluable contributions to the film industry. Nor am I belittling their work. But, going by their films of late, it feels as if they are their own worst enemies right now.

Let's start with Big B. His lanky profile, baritone and debonair personality held him in good stead when he made his debut in Saat Hindustani (1969), a multi-star film, and bagged a National Film Award for Best Newcomer.

Forty years on, he has made the Bachchans a household name around the globe, with son Abhishek making unmistakable in-roads in the industry and doing his dad proud.

Big B's rise to stardom piqued from 1973 until an injury, while performing his own stunts for Coolie (1982), left him out of commission for a while.

He enjoyed a rather short-lived political career between 1984 and 1987 before a career slump saw him go into retirement until 1992. He then made a comeback as a producer and actor in 1996.

It wasn't until the new millennium, though, that the gods of fortune smiled on Big B.

He stepped in as host of Kaun Banega Crorepati, India's version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? , and started to deliver several box-office hits (Mohabattein, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Baghban, Sarkar, and Black).

That he is a versatile actor, who can slip into any role is a given. But at 67, does he really want to end his career doing mediocre films like Bhoothnath and Aladin?

Film buffs will next see him in Paa, but, if I were to be blunt, he looks frightful in his getup as a 12- year-old boy with a condition that causes him to age at a rapid rate. Maybe sitting back and imparting his wisdom to upcoming actors and directors isn't such a bad idea.

In weathering so many legal storms recently, and that's not forgetting his brief spell in the joint, Dutt is looking the worse for wear. And it shows on camera. I am not even going to get into his villainous character in Aladin, but the time has come for him to leave the action roles to the newcomers.

After 28 years in the industry, the veteran actor, fondly referred to as Munnabhai (after the title of one of his hit films), seems to lack his youthful agility and gusto to play broody characters. Perhaps, he would better serve the film industry as a producer under his home banner, White Feather Films.

Bollywood's resident bad boy, Khan attracted a fair amount of ogling for his shirt-ripping moves in films. But as much as he has been a sex symbol in Tinseltown, he is fast losing that hunk factor. Aside from his string of flops of late (God Tussi Great Ho, Heroes and Yuvvraaj), Khan is looking every bit his 43 years. Anyone who saw London Dreams will have noticed his gaunt expression and receding hairline that's embarrassingly camouflaged by his long locks (hopefully, he will fire his stylist).

Soon to be seen as a warrior in Veer, a period film directed by Anil Sharma, perhaps he should give more thought to taking after his scriptwriter dad Salim - it could be his new niche!

http://www.tonight. co.za/index. php?fArticleId= 5256710&fSection Id=428&fSetId= 251

Please read this confidentiality disclaimer:

http://www.durban. gov.za/durban/ e_colophon/ edisclaimer



#87738 From: Deep Paali <deeppaali@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:56 pm
Subject: Re: Rajesh - Re: RANN pics 3
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hoh hoh hoh! bubbles very cute.....

--- On Sun, 11/22/09, b u b b l e s <raj.ash@...> wrote:

From: b u b b l e s <raj.ash@...>
Subject: Re: Rajesh - Re: [bigb] RANN pics 3
To: bigb@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 11:04 AM

 

Hahaha!
 
Arrey Boss, na yeh fever hai, na bukhar....
yeh toh ek nasha hai... jo boss ki her film se badhta jata hai!!!!
 
Yeh sala public log 12-year old/18-year old scotch toh bahut piya....
....lekin koi sala 40-year-matured daaru piya kabhi??? Haaain??? Nahin... !!!!
 
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:32 AM
Subject: Rajesh - Re: [bigb] RANN pics 3

 
Dear Rajesh,
 
Yaar, PAA ki Fever Nahi Gaye Hein, Aur Aap RANN ki Bhukar Bhi Chada Rahe Ho !!!!
 
Amit


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To: BigB <bigb@yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Sat, November 21, 2009 5:15:06 AM
Subject: [bigb] RANN pics 3 [2 Attachments]

 
 



#87737 From: "Fatima Mohamed" <MohamedF@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:20 pm
Subject: PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS GUYS...
MohamedF@...
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Hi guys....i thought i'd share this article with you .....and perhaps you guys
can give ms thangevelo a few lessons on hindi cinema.  No need to be crass and
rude...all you need to do is to show her that she does not know much on indian
cinema. Its actually a fact, she is pretty much a two bit journalist who only
started reviewing hindi movies a few years ago and this two bit journalist is
giving AB advice....one wonders where these true wonders of the world fall
from.....certainly not from a being!!!  And this very same journo had a whole
write-up on Paa the previous week and then goes on to contradict herself.  And
whilst replying to her...perhaps if someone can find a picture of a progeria
patient who is really good looking because you see, according to her AB looks
freaky.....perhaps ms thengavelo needs to do some research, something which
journalist the world over don't seem to believe in.

Fats

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Sorry guys, time to move on
November 23, 2009

   By Debashine Thangevelo

Before die-hard fans start penning their hate-mail to me, allow me to explain
myself.

Firstly, I am in no way undermining Amitabh Bachchan (aka Big B), Sanjay Dutt
and Salman Khan's invaluable contributions to the film industry. Nor am I
belittling their work. But, going by their films of late, it feels as if they
are their own worst enemies right now.

Let's start with Big B. His lanky profile, baritone and debonair personality
held him in good stead when he made his debut in Saat Hindustani (1969), a
multi-star film, and bagged a National Film Award for Best Newcomer.

Forty years on, he has made the Bachchans a household name around the globe,
with son Abhishek making unmistakable in-roads in the industry and doing his dad
proud.

Big B's rise to stardom piqued from 1973 until an injury, while performing his
own stunts for Coolie (1982), left him out of commission for a while.

He enjoyed a rather short-lived political career between 1984 and 1987 before a
career slump saw him go into retirement until 1992. He then made a comeback as a
producer and actor in 1996.

It wasn't until the new millennium, though, that the gods of fortune smiled on
Big B.

He stepped in as host of Kaun Banega Crorepati, India's version of Who Wants to
be a Millionaire?, and started to deliver several box-office hits (Mohabattein,
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Baghban, Sarkar, and Black).

That he is a versatile actor, who can slip into any role is a given. But at 67,
does he really want to end his career doing mediocre films like Bhoothnath and
Aladin?


Film buffs will next see him in Paa, but, if I were to be blunt, he looks
frightful in his getup as a 12- year-old boy with a condition that causes him to
age at a rapid rate. Maybe sitting back and imparting his wisdom to upcoming
actors and directors isn't such a bad idea.

In weathering so many legal storms recently, and that's not forgetting his brief
spell in the joint, Dutt is looking the worse for wear. And it shows on camera.
I am not even going to get into his villainous character in Aladin, but the time
has come for him to leave the action roles to the newcomers.

After 28 years in the industry, the veteran actor, fondly referred to as
Munnabhai (after the title of one of his hit films), seems to lack his youthful
agility and gusto to play broody characters. Perhaps, he would better serve the
film industry as a producer under his home banner, White Feather Films.

Bollywood's resident bad boy, Khan attracted a fair amount of ogling for his
shirt-ripping moves in films. But as much as he has been a sex symbol in
Tinseltown, he is fast losing that hunk factor. Aside from his string of flops
of late (God Tussi Great Ho, Heroes and Yuvvraaj), Khan is looking every bit his
43 years. Anyone who saw London Dreams will have noticed his gaunt expression
and receding hairline that's embarrassingly camouflaged by his long locks
(hopefully, he will fire his stylist).

Soon to be seen as a warrior in Veer, a period film directed by Anil Sharma,
perhaps he should give more thought to taking after his scriptwriter dad Salim -
it could be his new niche!


http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5256710&fSectionId=428&fSetId=251


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#87736 From: Tejas Mankodi <tejasmankodi@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:42 pm
Subject: Auro knows very little about Big B
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"Auro knows very little about Big B, his favourite film personality is Jackie Chan" - Big B Click here to add this article to My Clips

By Devansh Patel, November 23, 2009 - 12:24 IST

Amitabh Bachchan In the few seconds it takes Amitabh Bachchan to amble across his office room to shake my hand, I have the distinct feeling that he has already sized me up. It's the way those black eyes seem to take everything in, and give nothing back. In his brown suede track suit, Bachchan seemed relaxed and excited to talk about his most ambitious film, Paa, which is also produced by his company AB Corp Limited. "Would you like to have any tea or coffee?" he asks me. Now that's a chance only a fool would miss. "I will have some tea, thank you", I answer. He then makes you embarrassed. "I'm sorry to keep you waiting for half an hour", he says. I was speechless.

People all across the world wait for an icon of his stature for years only to see his face in flesh, and I was here having tea with him. What had I to say? But then in a second came this - "My Facebook profile this morning read, 'On my way to Janak...its Jalsa time with the little Auro. Is that what the next 15 to 20 minutes are going to be?" I ask. "Yes. I think we can do a few questions. May be I'll tell you how I behave as Auro, the role of a thirteen year old Progeria kid I play in Paa. Actually, I've got my teeth in the little orange box kept in front of you. I can even put them on and do the interview in the Auro look", he suggests. I was excited to know more about Auro. So I ask a witty one. "How much does Auro know about Amitabh Bachchan?" Big B replies, "Very little, I think (laughs). One of his favourite people in the film is Jackie Chan. Auro is more of a Play Station freak. He plays his video games, he has his own room to himself with all kind of paintings and pictures and little objects that he is really fond of. He has a huge monkey which is made in China and says that people won't understand the monkey because he speaks Chinese. Auro is fond of himself. He talks to him, imitates himself and dances. That's Auro."

Big B is someone who tends to get involved. Not getting involved is never an option for this maestro. It felt as if I was talking to Auro and not Amitabh. I ask the actor and producer whether he was a troublesome child throughout the film, to which he answered, "Not really. Auro is a very intelligent person, despite the fact that he is suffering from Progeria which is a genetic disorder where you age four of five times than normal. But otherwise, he is a bright child and not troublesome at all". Where Mr Bachchan is right now is intriguing, too, though. His most challenging role is here in the form of Auro. "The film is not issue based. It's not a film that you'll be seeing devoted entirely to Auro's abnormality. No. Auro is another character in a much larger script. Paa is a regular sweet jocular story of a child who helps reunite his father and mother", Bachchan delivers. With so much about Auro, the actor can't wait to recall his own days at school while he was a kid. It was flashback time. "I can surely remember my good old days at my own school when I was a kid. I went to a convent school in Allahabad. I did what a normal school child would do even today - did some drawings, games and a bit of theatre. I remember I played a chicken when I was in the convent school. That's the earliest memory I have of me in school."

Amitabh Bachchan But what he doesn't know is the fact that the little Auro's dancing step has become so famous amongst the school kids in India that every little boy and girl are dancing to the tune when the Paa trailer is played on the television. He laughs and says, "That's so good to know that the kids are catching up with the 'Auro Step'. In the film, Auro dances when ever he is excited. He dances with his school mates and they all do their own victory dance". From dancing to gaming. We shift gears. I call him the new gadget freak. He disagrees to some extent. "I've never been able to keep up with all the gadgetry. My grandson who is eight years old does it. And every time I think that I've bought him something new, I'm amazed to see that he can fix it up in five minutes. I'm surprised that their acumen with the gadgets now-a-days. I like to keep up with it and I have to make an effort. I still don't know how to use my laptop to its ultimate output but I do manage it well. I can go on the net, browse, upload pictures, write my blog but that's it. Send and receive emails too. But I'm sure I can do a lot more", he comments. At 66 the actor is playing a revolution, an innovation and an invention. He states, "I think it's important to understand what all it entails and then I leave it to you to categorise it whether it's a revolution or not. I think perhaps for the first time in our films, you will never see the main face of the protagonist. Yes, Auro is me and I look like what I look in the posters. So people won't see Amitabh Bachchan's face. Maybe that's revolutionary. I don't know whether a sixty year old actor has played a thirteen year old boy. Maybe that's an invention. And I think for the first time, I am playing a reel life son to my real life son who plays my father in the film. It's a role reversal. You can call that an innovation."

It is his voice that makes him so unmistakably Amitabh Bachchan. Goofy, but masterful; loud, yet full of cadence, it is the voice of a cartoon character and an orator all at once. Like him, it is both imposing and reassuring. Despite his overwhelming fame Big B is as charming and polite, funny and gentlemanly an encounter as you could ever hope to have. He is exactly as you think he would be, which only makes him more cheering. He is the best friend you've never had, but easily might. All of which feeds neatly into his celluloid persona. In many ways he is the perfect movie star: not quite handsome enough to unsettle; not celebrity enough to bring baggage; clever enough to disappear into the roles he plays; and yet always, overwhelmingly, Amitabh Bachchan.

Part 2 of the Interview with Amitabh Bachchan coming soon

 
 
 


#87735 From: Rajeev Sharma <rajeev17@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:56 pm
Subject: No sarkar 3
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I guess our hopes for a trilogy are gone. :-(
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/11/23/13509/index.html
-rajeev

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#87734 From: Shesa Nayak <sdnayak@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:37 am
Subject: Saw the First Aid for PAA in NDTV
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It was exciting to see the first aid for PAA in NDTV USA. Hope it will catch the momentum.
 
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#87733 From: Ibrar Hussain <amitabhbachchanji@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:09 am
Subject: Re: Rajesh Re: Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan
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Guys....stop watching non AB films....at this rate y'all fall ill...

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From: Tejas Mankodi <tejasmankodi@...>
Subject: Rajesh Re: [bigb] Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan
To: bigb@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, 22 November, 2009, 19:22

 
Agree Rajesh...it is a crap movie...and these reviewers are really paid by these faggot productions. ...I still cant get over the statement from TA....the biggest movie of the year....my foot...
 
MNIK a sureshot disaster.... .
 
Tejas

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From: b u b b l e s <raj.ash@gmail. com>
Subject: Re: Tejas: Re: [bigb] Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan
To: bigb@yahoogroups. com
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 10:54 AM

 
I saw the movie today and I must say - its a crap movie!!!!
There are so many faults with the story, direction, continuity that I don't even want to mention them...
Its so similar to New York, and this theme has been done to death!
 
I just hope MNIK is very similar to this theme and that it falls flat on its mouth!
 
I really fail to understand why it has been given such a thumbs-up by the reviewers... .
but then I guess all these reviewers are paid jokers who'll write anything thats asked of them in return for money or some other favours...
 
And this thing was clear with the reviews of Aladin - either they were not paid, or they were paid to give it bad press and kill the movie....
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Sanjay
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:14 PM
Subject: Tejas: Re: [bigb] Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan

 
Flop is written all over Kurbaan.

B.O. update: 'Kurbaan' has below-the-mark start
- By Taran Adarsh, November 21, 2009 - 08:48 IST
Kurbaan The much-hyped KURBAAN opened to a below-the-mark response. The opening was 40% to 50% at plexes, but much lower at single screens. The film has had a wide release and the numbers were expected to be huge, but the opening day business was not in proportion with the stature of the film.

The next two days [Saturday and Sunday] are crucial and the film should show an escalation in business. Meanwhile, the film fetched Rs. 1 crore in paid previews on Thursday night, according to a statement received by this writer from UTV.

--- In bigb@yahoogroups. com, Viral Mankad <viral_mankad@ ...> wrote:
>
> Tejas -- 100% agree with you. KJohar does NOT deserve my 8 bucks!!!! I will wait for the DVD. Thanks for bringing me back to my senses.
>
>
>
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
> From: Tejas Mankodi <tejasmankodi@ ...>
> To: bigb@yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Fri, November 20, 2009 10:36:15 AM
> Subject: Viral Re: [bigb] Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan
>
>  
>
> Viral..you know how TA is...will surely be praising movies coming our of Faggot productions. ...I saw the movie not that great..the way TA has mentioned biggest movie of the year....my foot.....it is yet another same run of ther mill movie on terrorism... like New York and many many more....
>
> dont waste your time in watching this wait for the dvd...watch Aladin instead again...:))
>
> Tejas
>
> --- On Thu, 11/19/09, Viral Mankad <viral_mankad@ yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> >From: Viral Mankad <viral_mankad@ yahoo.com>
> >Subject: [bigb] Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan
> >To: bigb@yahoogroups. com
> >Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 7:22 PM
> >
> >
> > 
> >Boy, what a review he has written up for Kurbaan -- makes me wanna go watch it pronto!
> >
>




#87732 From: "kishore" <herono1uk@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:43 pm
Subject: TejasRe: Re: Guys who destroyed ABCL (1999)
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I dont think AB is the sort to make the same mistake twice:)

Rock on PAA show them how it should be done

Kishore

--- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, "Tejas Mankodi" <tejasmankodi@...> wrote:
>
> True Kish I seriously wish this movie Paa will turn around everything for AB
Corp. I want his company to be amongst the top.
>
> Tejas
> Empower your Business with BlackBerry®
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "kishore" <herono1uk@...>
> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:25:13
> To: <bigb@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [bigb] Re: Guys who destroyed ABCL (1999)
>
> These guys should have been responsible for the decisions they made, and asked
to pay back where they were responsible..but its true, AB was a visulant with
his company, he left in others hands to let it progress, which you can not do,
you need to be responsible at nearly all levels of the business, it looks like
they are getting it right this time round
>
> Kishore
>
> --- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, "sreeramw" <sreeram_w@> wrote:
> >
> > Sanjiv Gupta-Who made mess of ABCL later on became CEO of Coke.Currently  he
has started his  own  company which manages equity funds.
> >
> > Manohar Arcot- is based in santa clara working with Intel.
> >
> > Haresh Chawla is group ceo of TV18.
> >
> > sw
> >
> >
> > --- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, "sreeramw" <sreeram_w@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Manohar Arcot,Sanjiv Gupta,Suku  etc
> > >
> > > The Best of Intentions
> > >
> > > It was just five years ago. The original executive summary, provided by
ABCL's executives to a select group of potential investors at the time of the
company's private placement, read: "The money that the promoters wish to raise
through a private placement is for working capital to pay for acquiring film and
television software rights, production of software, bagging audio rights, and
clinching contracts with celebrities for brand and event management."
> > >
> > > So far so good. Now, take a look at this final sentence: "In time, as
these acquisitions begin to generate revenue, ABCL will build for itself a
glitzy corporate office or entertainment headquarters and expand production and
post-production facilities to take the corporation into the big league of world
entertainment."
> > >
> > > A glitzy corporate office? Entertainment headquarters? The big league of
world entertainment? To dream of such things is one thing. To actually plan
concretely for them, even to the event of including them in the promoter's
prospectus, is stretching it a bit, don't you think?
> > >
> > > After all, some of the biggest producers, distributors, even financiers in
the Hindi film world, function in relatively humble offices. The Barjatyas,
mentioned several times in the same prospectus as a shining example of the kind
of success ABCL aspired toward -- after their Hum Aapke Hai Kaun grossed an
industry record of over Rs 1 billion -- are known for their spartan lifestyle
and for counting every paisa twice.
> > >
> > > Yet there it is in black and white. A "glitzy corporate office". And if
you ever had the pleasure of visiting the ABCL offices at Hotel Ajanta on
Bombay's Juhu Tara Road, you could see what they had in mind. The executives
were very apologetic of their temporary office and frequently referred to the
new office they would be shifting to shortly. After all, some of them were
drawing salaries ranging from Rs 50,000 to 200,000 (with Chief Executive Officer
Sanjiv Gupta said to be receiving an astronomical Rs 500,000 every month).
> > >
> > > The arrogance of those early statements and intentions put into writing at
the formation of ABCL contain the seed of the corporation and Bachchan's own
eventual downfall. Today, the last few members of the ABCL staff function in a
roughly partitioned section of a single floor of Sahara India's multi-storey
Goregaon office complex. There are separate cabins provided for the Bachchans,
Mr and Mrs. But of course, both of them are rarely present there.
> > >
> > > Bachchan himself is busy shooting for half-a-dozen films for outside
producers, trying desperately to raise sufficient funds to make payments towards
the interest on the loans taken by ABCL. This is proving virtually impossible,
with the interest itself amounting to over Rs 10 million a month. And with the
courts quickly attaching any advances he receives from producers, Jaya Bachchan
too is said to have returned to active acting to help meet the same deficit. She
even toured the USA recently with a Hindi play Bai Retire Ho Gayee to help raise
some much needed funds, besides working as programming director of the
forthcoming Sahara satellite television channel.
> > >
> > > And of course, daughter Shweta's in-laws, the Nandas of Escorts, are said
to be chipping in too. That leaves the third director on the ABCL board, brother
Ajitabh Bachchan. His contribution to the war chest was the sale of Ipca, the
pharmaceutical firm that he and the Bachchans jointly owned.
> > >
> > > But even all this firefighting does not seem to be doing much good. Two
months ago, public sector Canara Bank sought the Bombay high court's permission
to attach Prateeksha to recover its dues, charging the Bachchans for the
non-payment of a loan provided in the form of an open cash credit facility
totalling Rs 240 million, and overdraft against book debts of Rs 560 million,
foreign letters of credit worth Rs 250 million and a guarantee facility of Rs
350 million. Two other flats owned by the Bachchans and given as collateral for
loans located at Bhanu Apartments at Ruia Park Road, Juhu were also sought to be
attached.
> > >
> > > Another plot of land located in North Bombay was attached last month in a
separate Bombay high court ruling following an order by a court in the United
Kingdom to Amitabh and Ajitabh to repay a loan of $ 1.46 m (Rs 62.3 million) for
which the brothers personally stood guarantee.
> > >
> > > However, the Bombay high court in a ruling in the first week of May 1999,
ruled that the properties could not be attached at present, since the Bachchans
had applied to the BIFR to be classified as a sick company. This was seen as a
last-ditch effort to keep their debtors at bay, since once the BIFR declares a
company sick, no properties can be attached and a long process of reconstruction
begins.
> > >
> > > However, the court did succeed in attaching the amounts payable to Amitabh
as his fee for acting in the film Kohraam. For those who have been following the
whole story, Kohraam is the retitled film Bachchan had signed with Mehul Kumar
at the time of Mrituydaata's launch. Earlier called Aye Watan Tere Liye, Mehul
Kumar decided to retitle it in a desperate bid to disassociate it from that
earlier debacle.
> > >
> > > But why on earth did Bachchan agree to act in a second Mehul Kumar film?
After all, this was the man who was solely responsible for that hash called
Mrityudaata which almost single-handedly destroyed the Big B's second coming.
> > >
> > > Well, as a source close to the man put it, "You think I wanted to act in
another film directed by Mehul? Am I crazy? The only reason I did it was because
he had paid me ten million (rupees) to sign the film, and would pay me another
20 million (rupees) to finish it." Well, that's as good a reason as any.
> > >
> > > But even a dozen commercial films such as Kohraam can't drum up enough
fees to pay off ABCL's debtors. The total equity of the corporation was Rs 605.2
million, while its accumulated losses during the last financial year alone were
a whopping Rs 700 million. That figure, with interest mounting at the rate of
close to Rs 10 million monthly, now stands at Rs 800 million.
> > >
> > > Remember that glitzy corporate office mentioned in the private placement
prospectus? Well, not only did the executives not get that far, but even at the
Ajanta Hotel premises they were temporarily occupying, they left behind
chaiwallah (tea-supplier) and lunchbox caterer's bills of Rs 700,000 and Rs
600,000 respectively!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

#87731 From: Tejas Mankodi <tejasmankodi@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:22 pm
Subject: Rajesh Re: Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan
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Agree Rajesh...it is a crap movie...and these reviewers are really paid by these faggot productions....I still cant get over the statement from TA....the biggest movie of the year....my foot...
 
MNIK a sureshot disaster.....
 
Tejas

--- On Sun, 11/22/09, b u b b l e s <raj.ash@...> wrote:

From: b u b b l e s <raj.ash@...>
Subject: Re: Tejas: Re: [bigb] Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan
To: bigb@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 10:54 AM

 
I saw the movie today and I must say - its a crap movie!!!!
There are so many faults with the story, direction, continuity that I don't even want to mention them...
Its so similar to New York, and this theme has been done to death!
 
I just hope MNIK is very similar to this theme and that it falls flat on its mouth!
 
I really fail to understand why it has been given such a thumbs-up by the reviewers... .
but then I guess all these reviewers are paid jokers who'll write anything thats asked of them in return for money or some other favours...
 
And this thing was clear with the reviews of Aladin - either they were not paid, or they were paid to give it bad press and kill the movie....
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Sanjay
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:14 PM
Subject: Tejas: Re: [bigb] Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan

 
Flop is written all over Kurbaan.

B.O. update: 'Kurbaan' has below-the-mark start
- By Taran Adarsh, November 21, 2009 - 08:48 IST
Kurbaan The much-hyped KURBAAN opened to a below-the-mark response. The opening was 40% to 50% at plexes, but much lower at single screens. The film has had a wide release and the numbers were expected to be huge, but the opening day business was not in proportion with the stature of the film.

The next two days [Saturday and Sunday] are crucial and the film should show an escalation in business. Meanwhile, the film fetched Rs. 1 crore in paid previews on Thursday night, according to a statement received by this writer from UTV.

--- In bigb@yahoogroups. com, Viral Mankad <viral_mankad@ ...> wrote:
>
> Tejas -- 100% agree with you. KJohar does NOT deserve my 8 bucks!!!! I will wait for the DVD. Thanks for bringing me back to my senses.
>
>
>
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
> From: Tejas Mankodi <tejasmankodi@ ...>
> To: bigb@yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Fri, November 20, 2009 10:36:15 AM
> Subject: Viral Re: [bigb] Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan
>
>  
>
> Viral..you know how TA is...will surely be praising movies coming our of Faggot productions. ...I saw the movie not that great..the way TA has mentioned biggest movie of the year....my foot.....it is yet another same run of ther mill movie on terrorism... like New York and many many more....
>
> dont waste your time in watching this wait for the dvd...watch Aladin instead again...:))
>
> Tejas
>
> --- On Thu, 11/19/09, Viral Mankad <viral_mankad@ yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> >From: Viral Mankad <viral_mankad@ yahoo.com>
> >Subject: [bigb] Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan
> >To: bigb@yahoogroups. com
> >Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 7:22 PM
> >
> >
> > 
> >Boy, what a review he has written up for Kurbaan -- makes me wanna go watch it pronto!
> >
>



#87730 From: "b u b b l e s" <raj.ash@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:54 pm
Subject: Re: Tejas: Re: Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan
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I saw the movie today and I must say - its a crap movie!!!!
There are so many faults with the story, direction, continuity that I don't even want to mention them...
Its so similar to New York, and this theme has been done to death!
 
I just hope MNIK is very similar to this theme and that it falls flat on its mouth!
 
I really fail to understand why it has been given such a thumbs-up by the reviewers....
but then I guess all these reviewers are paid jokers who'll write anything thats asked of them in return for money or some other favours...
 
And this thing was clear with the reviews of Aladin - either they were not paid, or they were paid to give it bad press and kill the movie....
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Sanjay
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:14 PM
Subject: Tejas: Re: [bigb] Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan

 

Flop is written all over Kurbaan.

B.O. update: 'Kurbaan' has below-the-mark start
- By Taran Adarsh, November 21, 2009 - 08:48 IST
Kurbaan The much-hyped KURBAAN opened to a below-the-mark response. The opening was 40% to 50% at plexes, but much lower at single screens. The film has had a wide release and the numbers were expected to be huge, but the opening day business was not in proportion with the stature of the film.

The next two days [Saturday and Sunday] are crucial and the film should show an escalation in business. Meanwhile, the film fetched Rs. 1 crore in paid previews on Thursday night, according to a statement received by this writer from UTV.

--- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, Viral Mankad <viral_mankad@...> wrote:
>
> Tejas -- 100% agree with you. KJohar does NOT deserve my 8 bucks!!!! I will wait for the DVD. Thanks for bringing me back to my senses.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Tejas Mankodi <tejasmankodi@...>
> To: bigb@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Fri, November 20, 2009 10:36:15 AM
> Subject: Viral Re: [bigb] Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan
>
>  
>
> Viral..you know how TA is...will surely be praising movies coming our of Faggot productions. ...I saw the movie not that great..the way TA has mentioned biggest movie of the year....my foot.....it is yet another same run of ther mill movie on terrorism... like New York and many many more....
>
> dont waste your time in watching this wait for the dvd...watch Aladin instead again...:))
>
> Tejas
>
> --- On Thu, 11/19/09, Viral Mankad <viral_mankad@ yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> >From: Viral Mankad <viral_mankad@ yahoo.com>
> >Subject: [bigb] Adarsh goes GAGA over Kurbaan
> >To: bigb@yahoogroups. com
> >Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 7:22 PM
> >
> >
> > 
> >Boy, what a review he has written up for Kurbaan -- makes me wanna go watch it pronto!
> >
>


#87729 From: "b u b b l e s" <raj.ash@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:04 pm
Subject: Re: Rajesh - Re: RANN pics 3
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Hahaha!
 
Arrey Boss, na yeh fever hai, na bukhar....
yeh toh ek nasha hai... jo boss ki her film se badhta jata hai!!!!
 
Yeh sala public log 12-year old/18-year old scotch toh bahut piya....
....lekin koi sala 40-year-matured daaru piya kabhi??? Haaain??? Nahin... !!!!
 
 
 
 
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Dear Rajesh,
 
Yaar, PAA ki Fever Nahi Gaye Hein, Aur Aap RANN ki Bhukar Bhi Chada Rahe Ho !!!!
 
Amit


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Sent: Sat, November 21, 2009 5:15:06 AM
Subject: [bigb] RANN pics 3 [2 Attachments]

 

 


#87728 From: "Tejas Mankodi" <tejasmankodi@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:38 pm
Subject: KishoreRe: Re: Guys who destroyed ABCL (1999)
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True Kish I seriously wish this movie Paa will turn around everything for AB Corp. I want his company to be amongst the top.

Tejas

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From: "kishore" <herono1uk@...>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:25:13 -0000
To: <bigb@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [bigb] Re: Guys who destroyed ABCL (1999)

 

These guys should have been responsible for the decisions they made, and asked to pay back where they were responsible..but its true, AB was a visulant with his company, he left in others hands to let it progress, which you can not do, you need to be responsible at nearly all levels of the business, it looks like they are getting it right this time round

Kishore

--- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, "sreeramw" <sreeram_w@...> wrote:
>
> Sanjiv Gupta-Who made mess of ABCL later on became CEO of Coke.Currently he has started his own company which manages equity funds.
>
> Manohar Arcot- is based in santa clara working with Intel.
>
> Haresh Chawla is group ceo of TV18.
>
> sw
>
>
> --- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, "sreeramw" <sreeram_w@> wrote:
> >
> > Manohar Arcot,Sanjiv Gupta,Suku etc
> >
> > The Best of Intentions
> >
> > It was just five years ago. The original executive summary, provided by ABCL's executives to a select group of potential investors at the time of the company's private placement, read: "The money that the promoters wish to raise through a private placement is for working capital to pay for acquiring film and television software rights, production of software, bagging audio rights, and clinching contracts with celebrities for brand and event management."
> >
> > So far so good. Now, take a look at this final sentence: "In time, as these acquisitions begin to generate revenue, ABCL will build for itself a glitzy corporate office or entertainment headquarters and expand production and post-production facilities to take the corporation into the big league of world entertainment."
> >
> > A glitzy corporate office? Entertainment headquarters? The big league of world entertainment? To dream of such things is one thing. To actually plan concretely for them, even to the event of including them in the promoter's prospectus, is stretching it a bit, don't you think?
> >
> > After all, some of the biggest producers, distributors, even financiers in the Hindi film world, function in relatively humble offices. The Barjatyas, mentioned several times in the same prospectus as a shining example of the kind of success ABCL aspired toward -- after their Hum Aapke Hai Kaun grossed an industry record of over Rs 1 billion -- are known for their spartan lifestyle and for counting every paisa twice.
> >
> > Yet there it is in black and white. A "glitzy corporate office". And if you ever had the pleasure of visiting the ABCL offices at Hotel Ajanta on Bombay's Juhu Tara Road, you could see what they had in mind. The executives were very apologetic of their temporary office and frequently referred to the new office they would be shifting to shortly. After all, some of them were drawing salaries ranging from Rs 50,000 to 200,000 (with Chief Executive Officer Sanjiv Gupta said to be receiving an astronomical Rs 500,000 every month).
> >
> > The arrogance of those early statements and intentions put into writing at the formation of ABCL contain the seed of the corporation and Bachchan's own eventual downfall. Today, the last few members of the ABCL staff function in a roughly partitioned section of a single floor of Sahara India's multi-storey Goregaon office complex. There are separate cabins provided for the Bachchans, Mr and Mrs. But of course, both of them are rarely present there.
> >
> > Bachchan himself is busy shooting for half-a-dozen films for outside producers, trying desperately to raise sufficient funds to make payments towards the interest on the loans taken by ABCL. This is proving virtually impossible, with the interest itself amounting to over Rs 10 million a month. And with the courts quickly attaching any advances he receives from producers, Jaya Bachchan too is said to have returned to active acting to help meet the same deficit. She even toured the USA recently with a Hindi play Bai Retire Ho Gayee to help raise some much needed funds, besides working as programming director of the forthcoming Sahara satellite television channel.
> >
> > And of course, daughter Shweta's in-laws, the Nandas of Escorts, are said to be chipping in too. That leaves the third director on the ABCL board, brother Ajitabh Bachchan. His contribution to the war chest was the sale of Ipca, the pharmaceutical firm that he and the Bachchans jointly owned.
> >
> > But even all this firefighting does not seem to be doing much good. Two months ago, public sector Canara Bank sought the Bombay high court's permission to attach Prateeksha to recover its dues, charging the Bachchans for the non-payment of a loan provided in the form of an open cash credit facility totalling Rs 240 million, and overdraft against book debts of Rs 560 million, foreign letters of credit worth Rs 250 million and a guarantee facility of Rs 350 million. Two other flats owned by the Bachchans and given as collateral for loans located at Bhanu Apartments at Ruia Park Road, Juhu were also sought to be attached.
> >
> > Another plot of land located in North Bombay was attached last month in a separate Bombay high court ruling following an order by a court in the United Kingdom to Amitabh and Ajitabh to repay a loan of $ 1.46 m (Rs 62.3 million) for which the brothers personally stood guarantee.
> >
> > However, the Bombay high court in a ruling in the first week of May 1999, ruled that the properties could not be attached at present, since the Bachchans had applied to the BIFR to be classified as a sick company. This was seen as a last-ditch effort to keep their debtors at bay, since once the BIFR declares a company sick, no properties can be attached and a long process of reconstruction begins.
> >
> > However, the court did succeed in attaching the amounts payable to Amitabh as his fee for acting in the film Kohraam. For those who have been following the whole story, Kohraam is the retitled film Bachchan had signed with Mehul Kumar at the time of Mrituydaata's launch. Earlier called Aye Watan Tere Liye, Mehul Kumar decided to retitle it in a desperate bid to disassociate it from that earlier debacle.
> >
> > But why on earth did Bachchan agree to act in a second Mehul Kumar film? After all, this was the man who was solely responsible for that hash called Mrityudaata which almost single-handedly destroyed the Big B's second coming.
> >
> > Well, as a source close to the man put it, "You think I wanted to act in another film directed by Mehul? Am I crazy? The only reason I did it was because he had paid me ten million (rupees) to sign the film, and would pay me another 20 million (rupees) to finish it." Well, that's as good a reason as any.
> >
> > But even a dozen commercial films such as Kohraam can't drum up enough fees to pay off ABCL's debtors. The total equity of the corporation was Rs 605.2 million, while its accumulated losses during the last financial year alone were a whopping Rs 700 million. That figure, with interest mounting at the rate of close to Rs 10 million monthly, now stands at Rs 800 million.
> >
> > Remember that glitzy corporate office mentioned in the private placement prospectus? Well, not only did the executives not get that far, but even at the Ajanta Hotel premises they were temporarily occupying, they left behind chaiwallah (tea-supplier) and lunchbox caterer's bills of Rs 700,000 and Rs 600,000 respectively!
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>


#87727 From: "kishore" <herono1uk@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:36 pm
Subject: Sahar Re: DON Trivia
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Thanks for that Sahar. where did you get this is there a link??

Kishore

--- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, sahar gazeran <gzrn2shr3@...> wrote:
>
> Producer
> and cinematographer Nariman Irani was in a
> financial mess when his film Zindagi
> Zindagi (1972) starring Sunil Dutt flopped. He was in debt for Rs12 lakhs and
> couldn't pay it off on a cinematographer's salary. When he was doing the
> cinematography for Manoj Kumar's major hit Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974), the
> film's cast (Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran) and crew
> (assistant director Chandra Barot) decided to help him out. They all
> recommended that he produce another film and that they will participate in the
> film. They all approached scriptwriting duo Salim-Javed,
> who gave them an untitled script that had already been rejected by the entire
> industry. The script had a character named Don. Bachchan would play Don, and
> Barot would direct the film. Aman and Pran would play key roles in the film.
> The film took three-and-a-half years to complete.[3] Before filming was
completed, producer Irani had an accident on the set of
> another film he was working on, and died as a result. Barot faced budget
> restraints but he got help.[4].
> Aman did not take any money for her work in the film. Barot showed it to his
> mentor Manoj
> Kumar, who felt that the film was too tight and needed a song in the midst
> of the action-filled film, and so "Khaike Paan Banaraswala"
> was recorded. The film was released without any promotion on 12 May 1978 and
> was declared a flop the first week. Within a week, the song "Khaike Paan
Banaraswala"
> became a big hit, and word of mouth spread, so by the second week, the film
was
> also declared a big hit. The profits from the film were given to Irani's widow
> to settle her husband's debts
> Sahar
>

#87726 From: "kishore" <herono1uk@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:25 pm
Subject: Re: Guys who destroyed ABCL (1999)
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These guys should have been responsible for the decisions they made, and asked
to pay back where they were responsible..but its true, AB was a visulant with
his company, he left in others hands to let it progress, which you can not do,
you need to be responsible at nearly all levels of the business, it looks like
they are getting it right this time round

Kishore

--- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, "sreeramw" <sreeram_w@...> wrote:
>
> Sanjiv Gupta-Who made mess of ABCL later on became CEO of Coke.Currently  he
has started his  own  company which manages equity funds.
>
> Manohar Arcot- is based in santa clara working with Intel.
>
> Haresh Chawla is group ceo of TV18.
>
> sw
>
>
> --- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, "sreeramw" <sreeram_w@> wrote:
> >
> > Manohar Arcot,Sanjiv Gupta,Suku  etc
> >
> > The Best of Intentions
> >
> > It was just five years ago. The original executive summary, provided by
ABCL's executives to a select group of potential investors at the time of the
company's private placement, read: "The money that the promoters wish to raise
through a private placement is for working capital to pay for acquiring film and
television software rights, production of software, bagging audio rights, and
clinching contracts with celebrities for brand and event management."
> >
> > So far so good. Now, take a look at this final sentence: "In time, as these
acquisitions begin to generate revenue, ABCL will build for itself a glitzy
corporate office or entertainment headquarters and expand production and
post-production facilities to take the corporation into the big league of world
entertainment."
> >
> > A glitzy corporate office? Entertainment headquarters? The big league of
world entertainment? To dream of such things is one thing. To actually plan
concretely for them, even to the event of including them in the promoter's
prospectus, is stretching it a bit, don't you think?
> >
> > After all, some of the biggest producers, distributors, even financiers in
the Hindi film world, function in relatively humble offices. The Barjatyas,
mentioned several times in the same prospectus as a shining example of the kind
of success ABCL aspired toward -- after their Hum Aapke Hai Kaun grossed an
industry record of over Rs 1 billion -- are known for their spartan lifestyle
and for counting every paisa twice.
> >
> > Yet there it is in black and white. A "glitzy corporate office". And if you
ever had the pleasure of visiting the ABCL offices at Hotel Ajanta on Bombay's
Juhu Tara Road, you could see what they had in mind. The executives were very
apologetic of their temporary office and frequently referred to the new office
they would be shifting to shortly. After all, some of them were drawing salaries
ranging from Rs 50,000 to 200,000 (with Chief Executive Officer Sanjiv Gupta
said to be receiving an astronomical Rs 500,000 every month).
> >
> > The arrogance of those early statements and intentions put into writing at
the formation of ABCL contain the seed of the corporation and Bachchan's own
eventual downfall. Today, the last few members of the ABCL staff function in a
roughly partitioned section of a single floor of Sahara India's multi-storey
Goregaon office complex. There are separate cabins provided for the Bachchans,
Mr and Mrs. But of course, both of them are rarely present there.
> >
> > Bachchan himself is busy shooting for half-a-dozen films for outside
producers, trying desperately to raise sufficient funds to make payments towards
the interest on the loans taken by ABCL. This is proving virtually impossible,
with the interest itself amounting to over Rs 10 million a month. And with the
courts quickly attaching any advances he receives from producers, Jaya Bachchan
too is said to have returned to active acting to help meet the same deficit. She
even toured the USA recently with a Hindi play Bai Retire Ho Gayee to help raise
some much needed funds, besides working as programming director of the
forthcoming Sahara satellite television channel.
> >
> > And of course, daughter Shweta's in-laws, the Nandas of Escorts, are said to
be chipping in too. That leaves the third director on the ABCL board, brother
Ajitabh Bachchan. His contribution to the war chest was the sale of Ipca, the
pharmaceutical firm that he and the Bachchans jointly owned.
> >
> > But even all this firefighting does not seem to be doing much good. Two
months ago, public sector Canara Bank sought the Bombay high court's permission
to attach Prateeksha to recover its dues, charging the Bachchans for the
non-payment of a loan provided in the form of an open cash credit facility
totalling Rs 240 million, and overdraft against book debts of Rs 560 million,
foreign letters of credit worth Rs 250 million and a guarantee facility of Rs
350 million. Two other flats owned by the Bachchans and given as collateral for
loans located at Bhanu Apartments at Ruia Park Road, Juhu were also sought to be
attached.
> >
> > Another plot of land located in North Bombay was attached last month in a
separate Bombay high court ruling following an order by a court in the United
Kingdom to Amitabh and Ajitabh to repay a loan of $ 1.46 m (Rs 62.3 million) for
which the brothers personally stood guarantee.
> >
> > However, the Bombay high court in a ruling in the first week of May 1999,
ruled that the properties could not be attached at present, since the Bachchans
had applied to the BIFR to be classified as a sick company. This was seen as a
last-ditch effort to keep their debtors at bay, since once the BIFR declares a
company sick, no properties can be attached and a long process of reconstruction
begins.
> >
> > However, the court did succeed in attaching the amounts payable to Amitabh
as his fee for acting in the film Kohraam. For those who have been following the
whole story, Kohraam is the retitled film Bachchan had signed with Mehul Kumar
at the time of Mrituydaata's launch. Earlier called Aye Watan Tere Liye, Mehul
Kumar decided to retitle it in a desperate bid to disassociate it from that
earlier debacle.
> >
> > But why on earth did Bachchan agree to act in a second Mehul Kumar film?
After all, this was the man who was solely responsible for that hash called
Mrityudaata which almost single-handedly destroyed the Big B's second coming.
> >
> > Well, as a source close to the man put it, "You think I wanted to act in
another film directed by Mehul? Am I crazy? The only reason I did it was because
he had paid me ten million (rupees) to sign the film, and would pay me another
20 million (rupees) to finish it." Well, that's as good a reason as any.
> >
> > But even a dozen commercial films such as Kohraam can't drum up enough fees
to pay off ABCL's debtors. The total equity of the corporation was Rs 605.2
million, while its accumulated losses during the last financial year alone were
a whopping Rs 700 million. That figure, with interest mounting at the rate of
close to Rs 10 million monthly, now stands at Rs 800 million.
> >
> > Remember that glitzy corporate office mentioned in the private placement
prospectus? Well, not only did the executives not get that far, but even at the
Ajanta Hotel premises they were temporarily occupying, they left behind
chaiwallah (tea-supplier) and lunchbox caterer's bills of Rs 700,000 and Rs
600,000 respectively!
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>

#87725 From: "sreeramw" <sreeram_w@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:20 pm
Subject: Re: Guys who destroyed ABCL (1999)
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Sanjiv Gupta-Who made mess of ABCL later on became CEO of Coke.Currently  he has
started his  own  company which manages equity funds.

Manohar Arcot- is based in santa clara working with Intel.

Haresh Chawla is group ceo of TV18.

sw


--- In bigb@yahoogroups.com, "sreeramw" <sreeram_w@...> wrote:
>
> Manohar Arcot,Sanjiv Gupta,Suku  etc
>
> The Best of Intentions
>
> It was just five years ago. The original executive summary, provided by ABCL's
executives to a select group of potential investors at the time of the company's
private placement, read: "The money that the promoters wish to raise through a
private placement is for working capital to pay for acquiring film and
television software rights, production of software, bagging audio rights, and
clinching contracts with celebrities for brand and event management."
>
> So far so good. Now, take a look at this final sentence: "In time, as these
acquisitions begin to generate revenue, ABCL will build for itself a glitzy
corporate office or entertainment headquarters and expand production and
post-production facilities to take the corporation into the big league of world
entertainment."
>
> A glitzy corporate office? Entertainment headquarters? The big league of world
entertainment? To dream of such things is one thing. To actually plan concretely
for them, even to the event of including them in the promoter's prospectus, is
stretching it a bit, don't you think?
>
> After all, some of the biggest producers, distributors, even financiers in the
Hindi film world, function in relatively humble offices. The Barjatyas,
mentioned several times in the same prospectus as a shining example of the kind
of success ABCL aspired toward -- after their Hum Aapke Hai Kaun grossed an
industry record of over Rs 1 billion -- are known for their spartan lifestyle
and for counting every paisa twice.
>
> Yet there it is in black and white. A "glitzy corporate office". And if you
ever had the pleasure of visiting the ABCL offices at Hotel Ajanta on Bombay's
Juhu Tara Road, you could see what they had in mind. The executives were very
apologetic of their temporary office and frequently referred to the new office
they would be shifting to shortly. After all, some of them were drawing salaries
ranging from Rs 50,000 to 200,000 (with Chief Executive Officer Sanjiv Gupta
said to be receiving an astronomical Rs 500,000 every month).
>
> The arrogance of those early statements and intentions put into writing at the
formation of ABCL contain the seed of the corporation and Bachchan's own
eventual downfall. Today, the last few members of the ABCL staff function in a
roughly partitioned section of a single floor of Sahara India's multi-storey
Goregaon office complex. There are separate cabins provided for the Bachchans,
Mr and Mrs. But of course, both of them are rarely present there.
>
> Bachchan himself is busy shooting for half-a-dozen films for outside
producers, trying desperately to raise sufficient funds to make payments towards
the interest on the loans taken by ABCL. This is proving virtually impossible,
with the interest itself amounting to over Rs 10 million a month. And with the
courts quickly attaching any advances he receives from producers, Jaya Bachchan
too is said to have returned to active acting to help meet the same deficit. She
even toured the USA recently with a Hindi play Bai Retire Ho Gayee to help raise
some much needed funds, besides working as programming director of the
forthcoming Sahara satellite television channel.
>
> And of course, daughter Shweta's in-laws, the Nandas of Escorts, are said to
be chipping in too. That leaves the third director on the ABCL board, brother
Ajitabh Bachchan. His contribution to the war chest was the sale of Ipca, the
pharmaceutical firm that he and the Bachchans jointly owned.
>
> But even all this firefighting does not seem to be doing much good. Two months
ago, public sector Canara Bank sought the Bombay high court's permission to
attach Prateeksha to recover its dues, charging the Bachchans for the
non-payment of a loan provided in the form of an open cash credit facility
totalling Rs 240 million, and overdraft against book debts of Rs 560 million,
foreign letters of credit worth Rs 250 million and a guarantee facility of Rs
350 million. Two other flats owned by the Bachchans and given as collateral for
loans located at Bhanu Apartments at Ruia Park Road, Juhu were also sought to be
attached.
>
> Another plot of land located in North Bombay was attached last month in a
separate Bombay high court ruling following an order by a court in the United
Kingdom to Amitabh and Ajitabh to repay a loan of $ 1.46 m (Rs 62.3 million) for
which the brothers personally stood guarantee.
>
> However, the Bombay high court in a ruling in the first week of May 1999,
ruled that the properties could not be attached at present, since the Bachchans
had applied to the BIFR to be classified as a sick company. This was seen as a
last-ditch effort to keep their debtors at bay, since once the BIFR declares a
company sick, no properties can be attached and a long process of reconstruction
begins.
>
> However, the court did succeed in attaching the amounts payable to Amitabh as
his fee for acting in the film Kohraam. For those who have been following the
whole story, Kohraam is the retitled film Bachchan had signed with Mehul Kumar
at the time of Mrituydaata's launch. Earlier called Aye Watan Tere Liye, Mehul
Kumar decided to retitle it in a desperate bid to disassociate it from that
earlier debacle.
>
> But why on earth did Bachchan agree to act in a second Mehul Kumar film? After
all, this was the man who was solely responsible for that hash called
Mrityudaata which almost single-handedly destroyed the Big B's second coming.
>
> Well, as a source close to the man put it, "You think I wanted to act in
another film directed by Mehul? Am I crazy? The only reason I did it was because
he had paid me ten million (rupees) to sign the film, and would pay me another
20 million (rupees) to finish it." Well, that's as good a reason as any.
>
> But even a dozen commercial films such as Kohraam can't drum up enough fees to
pay off ABCL's debtors. The total equity of the corporation was Rs 605.2
million, while its accumulated losses during the last financial year alone were
a whopping Rs 700 million. That figure, with interest mounting at the rate of
close to Rs 10 million monthly, now stands at Rs 800 million.
>
> Remember that glitzy corporate office mentioned in the private placement
prospectus? Well, not only did the executives not get that far, but even at the
Ajanta Hotel premises they were temporarily occupying, they left behind
chaiwallah (tea-supplier) and lunchbox caterer's bills of Rs 700,000 and Rs
600,000 respectively!
>
>
>
> >
>

#87724 From: "sreeramw" <sreeram_w@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:10 pm
Subject: Guys who destroyed ABCL (1999)
sreeramw
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Manohar Arcot,Sanjiv Gupta,Suku  etc

The Best of Intentions

It was just five years ago. The original executive summary, provided by ABCL's
executives to a select group of potential investors at the time of the company's
private placement, read: "The money that the promoters wish to raise through a
private placement is for working capital to pay for acquiring film and
television software rights, production of software, bagging audio rights, and
clinching contracts with celebrities for brand and event management."

So far so good. Now, take a look at this final sentence: "In time, as these
acquisitions begin to generate revenue, ABCL will build for itself a glitzy
corporate office or entertainment headquarters and expand production and
post-production facilities to take the corporation into the big league of world
entertainment."

A glitzy corporate office? Entertainment headquarters? The big league of world
entertainment? To dream of such things is one thing. To actually plan concretely
for them, even to the event of including them in the promoter's prospectus, is
stretching it a bit, don't you think?

After all, some of the biggest producers, distributors, even financiers in the
Hindi film world, function in relatively humble offices. The Barjatyas,
mentioned several times in the same prospectus as a shining example of the kind
of success ABCL aspired toward -- after their Hum Aapke Hai Kaun grossed an
industry record of over Rs 1 billion -- are known for their spartan lifestyle
and for counting every paisa twice.

Yet there it is in black and white. A "glitzy corporate office". And if you ever
had the pleasure of visiting the ABCL offices at Hotel Ajanta on Bombay's Juhu
Tara Road, you could see what they had in mind. The executives were very
apologetic of their temporary office and frequently referred to the new office
they would be shifting to shortly. After all, some of them were drawing salaries
ranging from Rs 50,000 to 200,000 (with Chief Executive Officer Sanjiv Gupta
said to be receiving an astronomical Rs 500,000 every month).

The arrogance of those early statements and intentions put into writing at the
formation of ABCL contain the seed of the corporation and Bachchan's own
eventual downfall. Today, the last few members of the ABCL staff function in a
roughly partitioned section of a single floor of Sahara India's multi-storey
Goregaon office complex. There are separate cabins provided for the Bachchans,
Mr and Mrs. But of course, both of them are rarely present there.

Bachchan himself is busy shooting for half-a-dozen films for outside producers,
trying desperately to raise sufficient funds to make payments towards the
interest on the loans taken by ABCL. This is proving virtually impossible, with
the interest itself amounting to over Rs 10 million a month. And with the courts
quickly attaching any advances he receives from producers, Jaya Bachchan too is
said to have returned to active acting to help meet the same deficit. She even
toured the USA recently with a Hindi play Bai Retire Ho Gayee to help raise some
much needed funds, besides working as programming director of the forthcoming
Sahara satellite television channel.

And of course, daughter Shweta's in-laws, the Nandas of Escorts, are said to be
chipping in too. That leaves the third director on the ABCL board, brother
Ajitabh Bachchan. His contribution to the war chest was the sale of Ipca, the
pharmaceutical firm that he and the Bachchans jointly owned.

But even all this firefighting does not seem to be doing much good. Two months
ago, public sector Canara Bank sought the Bombay high court's permission to
attach Prateeksha to recover its dues, charging the Bachchans for the
non-payment of a loan provided in the form of an open cash credit facility
totalling Rs 240 million, and overdraft against book debts of Rs 560 million,
foreign letters of credit worth Rs 250 million and a guarantee facility of Rs
350 million. Two other flats owned by the Bachchans and given as collateral for
loans located at Bhanu Apartments at Ruia Park Road, Juhu were also sought to be
attached.

Another plot of land located in North Bombay was attached last month in a
separate Bombay high court ruling following an order by a court in the United
Kingdom to Amitabh and Ajitabh to repay a loan of $ 1.46 m (Rs 62.3 million) for
which the brothers personally stood guarantee.

However, the Bombay high court in a ruling in the first week of May 1999, ruled
that the properties could not be attached at present, since the Bachchans had
applied to the BIFR to be classified as a sick company. This was seen as a
last-ditch effort to keep their debtors at bay, since once the BIFR declares a
company sick, no properties can be attached and a long process of reconstruction
begins.

However, the court did succeed in attaching the amounts payable to Amitabh as
his fee for acting in the film Kohraam. For those who have been following the
whole story, Kohraam is the retitled film Bachchan had signed with Mehul Kumar
at the time of Mrituydaata's launch. Earlier called Aye Watan Tere Liye, Mehul
Kumar decided to retitle it in a desperate bid to disassociate it from that
earlier debacle.

But why on earth did Bachchan agree to act in a second Mehul Kumar film? After
all, this was the man who was solely responsible for that hash called
Mrityudaata which almost single-handedly destroyed the Big B's second coming.

Well, as a source close to the man put it, "You think I wanted to act in another
film directed by Mehul? Am I crazy? The only reason I did it was because he had
paid me ten million (rupees) to sign the film, and would pay me another 20
million (rupees) to finish it." Well, that's as good a reason as any.

But even a dozen commercial films such as Kohraam can't drum up enough fees to
pay off ABCL's debtors. The total equity of the corporation was Rs 605.2
million, while its accumulated losses during the last financial year alone were
a whopping Rs 700 million. That figure, with interest mounting at the rate of
close to Rs 10 million monthly, now stands at Rs 800 million.

Remember that glitzy corporate office mentioned in the private placement
prospectus? Well, not only did the executives not get that far, but even at the
Ajanta Hotel premises they were temporarily occupying, they left behind
chaiwallah (tea-supplier) and lunchbox caterer's bills of Rs 700,000 and Rs
600,000 respectively!



>

#87723 From: "sreeramw" <sreeram_w@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:52 am
Subject: ABCL (1997 ARTICLE)
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1997 ARTICLE


ABCL, the name itself stands for dynamism, afte all it carries the name of a
legend - a star oops! sorry a super-star Amitabh Bachchan. The name which sent
political stalwart, the late Hemavati Nandan Bahuguna, crashing at the hustings
- the face which made hysteric crowd bring down an imposing wall of the district
Court just to get a glimpse at. Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited first came
to light when they took over the publicity and distribution rights of the most
controversial film of 1995 - "The Bandit Queen", then came Miss World Pageant
and rest is history - literally.
Vijay, the angry protagonist of Deewar and Agnipath was a hero in a hurry.  So
were Amitabh Bachchan and his band of young professional managers at ABCL, their
dream venture. The management team worked overtime to leverage the mega stars
brand equity and get into every business related to films and film-making. And
two years from its inception the whole executive management is a demoralised
lot. Rumours abound: intefearance of the Bachchans in day-to-day affairs, a
near-total lack of professional management and a dormant, almost snoring, board
of directors has led to the present state of affairs.

ABCL - what does it do? What is it all about? The answer is very simple -
anything and everything to do with the entertainment business - for eg:- Make
films, once you make films you distribute them, you sell the music of the film,
you manage the actor who act in the films, and you have an event management
group that could leverage on the actor's brand equity as well. Then in related
areas you get into television production, as also in the lucrative area of
selling commercial time on television.

  In keeping with the vision the group moved fast, recruited 150 people, launched
15 films with cost per film ranging from Rs 3 to 8 crores, got distribution
rights for Bombay and Bandit Queen - both of which were successful at the box
office - got into music with Aby Baby, Diljale, Rakshak, Tere Mere Sapne etc,
and ofcourse on the event side the Miss World Pageant & and the BPL Dandia.

This rapid and ambitious growth however created a problem in the area of
capital. Two years ago, when ABCL made its private placement, the interest rates
had been moving up and the money market was turning illiquid. Despite Amitabh's
impressive presentations the bankers were not impressed and ABCL recieved less
premium than expected. But the company's ambitious young managers did not see to
cut back on their plans to suit the prevailing market condition. They went ahead
full throttle.

The first year the company did achieve its target turnover of Rs 65 crore and
made a profit of 15 crores. But in the depressing market conditions, that growth
was not substantiated in the second year, as against target of 200 crores only
115 crores is expected and profits are expected to be lower. Trouble started
between Bachchan and their professional managers when AB agreed to do stage
shows in North America in May and June this year. The professional managers
became upset that the booking were not done through ABCL. "We are the managers
of his personality. If he signs contracts outside the company that is against
any standard business practice", says a company source. Then the board of the
company, comprises largely of Bachchan friends like Chakor Doshi, Surinder
Kapoor and others, backed the Bachchan strategy of sealing back, while the
professional managers held on to their position of expanding and going. The
impasse finally resulted  in the CEO Sanjiv Gupta, putting in his papers on 31
March. He was soon followed by Harish Chawla, general manager for film
distribution, Makrand Bhambrey, vice-president for television, Manohar Arcot,
general manager for HRD and S M Suku, vice-president for marketing. The entire
top team had been decimated.

However, the industry is optimistic about the future of the company. "It will
bounce back probably scaled down version is the quote of the company. Bachchan
has brought in an old friend and confidante, Gautam Berry to take over the
operation. Berry was responsible for the Bachchans making their successful
investment in IPCA laboratories. Berry with his no nonsense attitude and Amitabh
with his film Mrityudata together look forward for making ABCL a hit. He has
adopted a different kind of a campaign for this film by launching the first-ever
interactive package called "Mrityudaata Touch Screen - Game of Death". All one
has to do is touch the make-shift screen attached to the computer to be involved
in an ingenious "Game of Death" with the Bachchan himself. This package would be
installed at Eros Theatre in Mumbai for 10 days from April 25. The whole idea
was put forth by Raja Interactive - a Mumbai-based firm - to merchandise the
film through "Touch Screen" technology. Another publicity gimmick by the big B
to be a contender in the rat race or is he having the honourable intention of
making his fellow desis computer literates is what everyone is thinking about.
Come one more flop, and that could well ring the curtain down on his one-stop
shop

#87722 From: Prashant R <abisgr8est@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:11 am
Subject: Re: Prashant: My Apprehensions about Paa(This Is Articel Is Written By........
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My message is awaiting moderation - I doubt he will publish my superlative filled message.

--- On Sat, 11/21/09, Shesa Nayak <sdnayak@...> wrote:

From: Shesa Nayak <sdnayak@...>
Subject: Re: Prashant: [bigb] My Apprehensions about Paa(This Is Articel Is Written By........
To: bigb@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 5:48 PM

 
While reading the article I felt little factual in the beginning but then I really felt irritated with the way the article has been presented and did not feel like reading till the end. Agreed, there could be something true but then tell me which movie in the world is accurate to the the "T"????. When all the press is supporting in giving PAA a thumbs up this man/women has tried to bring some negativity to get attention.. I do not give a sh** to such article but I expect that movie should be good else I will obviously be disappointed.
 
Thanks
Shesa
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From: Suri Khan <suriabfan1@yahoo. com>
To: bigb@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Sat, November 21, 2009 4:58:16 PM
Subject: Prashant: [bigb] My Apprehensions about Paa(This Is Articel Is Written By........

 
You can leave a comment for his article and he respond back, there're like 200 plus comment and also NO ONE has figured it out that is Mr K Mohammed and also there is this Cockroach called Shaan Khan who runs flimikahbar. com and he's a huge SRK fan and a big HATER of Da Man and he's been leaving negative comments on Da Man go read da comments...and also I've not left a msg but why don't you leave one if you like and unveiled who the REAL A SINGH(KM) is...
 
Suri.

--- On Sat, 11/21/09, Prashant R <abisgr8est@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: Prashant R <abisgr8est@yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [bigb] My Apprehensions about Paa(This Is Articel Is Written By........
To: bigb@yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 4:43 PM

 
ALL,
 
lets write against this bastard for panning the movie and AB before its release...
 
I think he is a SRKJO stooge,
 
I wonder where this nincompoops hide before a SRKJO release...
 
Kaminey was ok 2nd half movie but I wouldnt call shahid's performance as awesome.. he was better relative to his other performances. ..
 
guy lives in SFO bay are... wonder I can get this phone number...

--- On Sat, 11/21/09, Suri Khan <suriabfan1@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: Suri Khan <suriabfan1@yahoo. com>
Subject: [bigb] My Apprehensions about Paa(This Is Articel Is Written By........
To: bigb@yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 3:53 PM

 
Fellas,
 
The below article is from Passion For Cinema.com where Ms. Khalida oops Mr Khalid Mohammed writes nowadys but the author name is A SINGH yeah right...I bet my right hand its him...and also you can leave comments too....so NJOY is a good read LOL.....and also he takes a SHOTS @ G(ay)irly Johar and Media Made Star SRK(atleast he got this correct)Adjectives will be showered upon Mr. Bachchan by all and sundry, lesser film stars(SRK) will touch his feet LOL........
 
http://passionforci nema.com/ my-apprehensions -about-paa/
 
Suri.






#87721 From: "Tejas Mankodi" <tejasmankodi@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:53 am
Subject: Re: DON Trivia
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Wow this is what AB's POWER can do.

Tejas

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From: sahar gazeran <gzrn2shr3@...>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:46:29 -0800 (PST)
To: bigb group<bigb@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [bigb] DON Trivia

 

Producer and cinematographer Nariman Irani was in a financial mess when his film Zindagi Zindagi (1972) starring Sunil Dutt flopped. He was in debt for Rs12 lakhs and couldn't pay it off on a cinematographer's salary. When he was doing the cinematography for Manoj Kumar's major hit Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974), the film's cast (Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran) and crew (assistant director Chandra Barot) decided to help him out. They all recommended that he produce another film and that they will participate in the film. They all approached scriptwriting duo Salim-Javed, who gave them an untitled script that had already been rejected by the entire industry. The script had a character named Don. Bachchan would play Don, and Barot would direct the film. Aman and Pran would play key roles in the film. The film took three-and-a-half years to complete.[3] Before filming was completed, producer Irani had an accident on the set of another film he was working on, and died as a result. Barot faced budget restraints but he got help.[4]. Aman did not take any money for her work in the film. Barot showed it to his mentor Manoj Kumar, who felt that the film was too tight and needed a song in the midst of the action-filled film, and so "Khaike Paan Banaraswala" was recorded. The film was released without any promotion on 12 May 1978 and was declared a flop the first week. Within a week, the song "Khaike Paan Banaraswala" became a big hit, and word of mouth spread, so by the second week, the film was also declared a big hit. The profits from the film were given to Irani's widow to settle her husband's debts

Sahar



#87720 From: sahar gazeran <gzrn2shr3@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:46 am
Subject: DON Trivia
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Producer and cinematographer Nariman Irani was in a financial mess when his film Zindagi Zindagi (1972) starring Sunil Dutt flopped. He was in debt for Rs12 lakhs and couldn't pay it off on a cinematographer's salary. When he was doing the cinematography for Manoj Kumar's major hit Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974), the film's cast (Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran) and crew (assistant director Chandra Barot) decided to help him out. They all recommended that he produce another film and that they will participate in the film. They all approached scriptwriting duo Salim-Javed, who gave them an untitled script that had already been rejected by the entire industry. The script had a character named Don. Bachchan would play Don, and Barot would direct the film. Aman and Pran would play key roles in the film. The film took three-and-a-half years to complete.[3] Before filming was completed, producer Irani had an accident on the set of another film he was working on, and died as a result. Barot faced budget restraints but he got help.[4]. Aman did not take any money for her work in the film. Barot showed it to his mentor Manoj Kumar, who felt that the film was too tight and needed a song in the midst of the action-filled film, and so "Khaike Paan Banaraswala" was recorded. The film was released without any promotion on 12 May 1978 and was declared a flop the first week. Within a week, the song "Khaike Paan Banaraswala" became a big hit, and word of mouth spread, so by the second week, the film was also declared a big hit. The profits from the film were given to Irani's widow to settle her husband's debts

Sahar



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