The Republic Day weekend has suddenly caught the fancy of film people. And the Republic Day weekend in 2009 is being eyed for more reasons than one. This would be a 4-day weekend [26th January happens to be a Monday]. Also, the general feeling is that post Christmas festivities and New Year celebrations, the common man is back to work for the next couple of weeks and awaits the next big break during the Republic Day holiday. Therefore, the business shows a jump during this weekend.
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What's the common factor between Mithun Chakraborty and Anil Kapoor?
Well, apart from the fact that the two veteran actors have been a part of the industry for close to 3 decades and are still going strong, they are also getting a variety of roles to pick and choose from. However, what surprises is the fact in their recent releases; both of them have been having a common trait to their characters.
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Credentials: Close to 3 decades in the industry.

Status: Still going extra strong and leading in a big way in spite of hardly being in a 'race'!
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Boney Kapoor will just have to find another director to do the needful. The sequel to Mr India which Nikhil Advani was supposed to direct for Boney, is no longer on. At least not with Advani at the helm. Says Nikhil, “Very frankly, the offer had come to me at a very early stage. It happened like this. Anil Kapoor and I were shooting on a tube train for my film Salaam-e-Ishq when we got around to talking about the sequel to Mr India.
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As all the A-league stars are raising their prices, Anil Kapoor is not far behind. After the success of his two recent films Welcome and Race, the actor, it is believed, has hiked his price from Rs 3.5 crores to Rs 10 crores now.
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Father and daughter duo of Anil Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor will be seen in front of the camera for the first time.
Both stars have been offered an endorsement deal for which they will have to shoot for an advert. Neither has yet committed to the deal, but expectations are that they will. Anil Kapoor has previously in his career refused to do adverts, but may change his mind now. Admits Anil, “It’s true I have always refused advertisements until now. But now I am open to them. Sonam and I have been offered a lot of ads together and I am considering them for the first time.”
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Come March and Anuraag Singh would be launched by Subhash Ghai in his upcoming film BLACK & WHITE. Though he plays a terrorist in this hard-hitting drama that has Anil Kapoor leading the charge, buzz is that he has also signed another project titled DIPLOMA.
The film would be directed by Somnath Sen who had made his big screen debut six years back with LEELA (Dimple Kapadia) and followed it up with Rati Agnihotri starrer FAISLA (2005).

Though not much is known about the project, as the title suggests, the film has education as the underlying central theme.

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It looks like the Govinda-Salman Khan pair has competition. Even as David Dhawan plans to bring the "Partner" partnership alive again in a sequel, Anees Bazmi is busy scripting part two of "Welcome" in which he plans to cast Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar together again. "I'd love to take the 'Welcome' characters forward in a series. People love the characters. The box office figures say it all. The collections are Rs.1.32 billion so far. It's the biggest comedy hit ever. I'm now working on a sequel," Bazmi told IANS.
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Anil Kapoor donned the hat of a successful producer with his critically acclaimed film - Gandhi My Father - last year. The versatile actor even got all the ceetis and taalis, for his smashing performance - as the lovable Majnu Bhai - in the smash hit, Welcome. This year Anil has decided to do something which he probably hasn't done before!The actor would be seen hosting a quiz show on television, thereby following the footsteps of some of his other colleagues like Big B, SRK and Govinda, who have hosted T.V. shows in the past.Read the rest of this entry »

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After their last film Taal, director Subhash Ghai and Anil Kapoor are back with their next movie Black & White. The film is being directed by Ghai himself who returns after a hiatus since his last directorial venture Kisna. Black & White says Ghai is a social drama, “It has been taken from real life but is a work of fiction. It touches upon many social issues. Our country is like a rainbow which has many colours and many characters. I have captured them all in my film.” The director, who celebrated his birthday at the music launch of the film recently, adds, “It is a gripping film which you will want to see till the end and take all the emotions home. Black & White concentrates on two thoughts, two people and two beliefs. It is the story of human love and hatred.”Read the rest of this entry »

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With a lean season at Bollywood currently, one of the few films which is making people sit up and take notice is RACE. Its high adrenalin actions sequences are boasting of an international appeal while an unusual combination of multi star cast is intriguing too.

One such combination is that of veteran Anil Kapoor with Saif Ali Khan and Akshaye Khanna. While Saif and Akshaye had a great camaraderie demonstrated in DIL CHAHTA HAI, Anil Kapoor has acted with Saif and Akshaye only once earlier.Read the rest of this entry »

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One film which is creating quite some curiosity amongst Bollywood viewers this season is Abbas-Mustan directed RACE.

With its 'racy' promos creating a sensation with its mix of suspense, intrigue, stunts and some lavish production values, RACE has number of factors going in its favor. One such factor is the pairing of Anil Kapoor and Sameera Reddy who are returning together 3 years after MUSAFIR.

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WELCOME has turned out to be the last super hit of 2007 and is now a worthy competitor to surpass the total collections of films like CHAK DE INDIA and PARTNER (both in the range of 60-65 crores). While the 85 crore total of OM SHANTI OM may not really be manageable, the film is truly on its way to be the biggest ever grosser of Akshay Kumar.

While this is quite good for Akshay because the film consolidates his box office status with due respect to the pull that he managed for WELCOME, the fact remains that Nana Patekar and Anil Kapoor have turned out to be the biggest stars and gainers of WELCOME.Read the rest of this entry »

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