CHACHI 420
Raajkamal Films International’s Chachi 420 is the story of a man who is forced to divorce his wife. The wife gets the custody of their only girl-child. Since the guy loves his wife and child too much and is desperate to be with them, he transforms himself into a woman so that he can apply for the job of an ayah for his daughter. The ayah is selected and from there begins a laugh-a-minute comedy. How two middle-aged men fall in love with the man-turned-woman, how he tries to escape their advances and how he wins back his wife’s love are all narrated in a hilarious manner.
The film is inspired by the English film, Mrs. Doubtfire, and is a remake of the same banner’s Tamil film, Avvai Shanmughi. The story is quite novel, and screenplay writer Kamal Haasan has come up with excellent comedy situations. Gulzar’s dialogues complement the comic scenes marvellously.
But by its very nature, the film assumes the character of a film for the class audience. Although the subject is a family drama, many of the comedy punches have elitist appeal because there’s humour in the words more than in the actions. Another drawback which comes in the way of the drama appealing to the masses too, is the weak music. While ‘Chupdi chupdi chachi’ and ‘Dauda dauda bhaagaa bhaagaa sa’ are entertaining numbers in the film, the audio value of the songs is very limited. No song has the hummable quality about it.
Performances of all the artistes are first-rate. Kamal Haasan is par excellence in the role of a lady. His gait, his style of talking and walking, his make-up, facial expressions and mannerisms are all brilliant. Undoubtedly, he is one of the greatest actors of the Indian screen. Even as the humiliated husband, Kamal acts with a rare maturity. His action stunts are a treat to watch. In short, this is an award-winning performance from the master actor. Tabu has lesser scope and does well. She looks really beautiful. Amrish Puri, as Tabu’s father, is fantastic and not once does he go overboard. Om Puri is the surprise packet and delivers a mind-blowing performance in a comic role. Paresh Rawal, too, is hilarious and deserves distinction marks for the ease with which he gets into the skin of the character. Johnny Walker and Nasser lend terrific support. Ayesha Julka hardly gets any scope but in the couple of scenes in which she appears, she is cute. Baby Sana is wonderful and lovable. Raj Zutshi, Madan Bob, Atul Agnihotri, Ritu Shivpuri and the others provide the required support.
Kamal Haasan’s direction is praiseworthy but it must also be said that he has erred in making the film one-track. Except for comedy and few emotions, there isn’t much else. In fact, had the emotions been more pronounced, the results would’ve been far better. Vishal’s music, as said above, is not up to the mark. Editing (N.P. Satish) is very good. Jehangir Choudhry’s camerawork is top class. Action scenes (Vikram Dharma) are very well composed. Art direction (Boban) deserves special mention as the sets look so real. Production and other technical values are appropriate. Background score is very nice.
On the whole, high-priced Chachi 420 will neither be a universal success nor a universal flop. It is a good entertainer for the city audience only. Although it has not opened well, it will pick up by mouth publicity. Even then, its business will be the best in Bombay, Maharashtra and the South and in major cities of North India. Thanks to its high price (in some circuits), it may find it difficult to even reach the average mark there.
Released on 19-12-’97 at Eros and 15 other cinemas of Bombay by Friends India thru Shringar Films. Publicity: extraordinary. Opening: quite good. …….Also released all over. Opening was poor almost everywhere outside Bombay and Maharashtra.
AFLATOON
Tridev Arts’ Aflatoon (UA) is the story of two guys who look alike. While one is a harmless and happy-go-lucky good-for-nothing guy, the other is a crook whose profession is to blackmail rich men and thereby make his booty. The good-for-nothing guy has dreams of hooking some millionaire’s only daughter so that he can enjoy life thereafter. To achieve this aim, he tries to come close to a college girl and in so doing, the two get emotionally involved. The girl’s father is shocked to see his daughter’s boyfriend because the look-alike has also been blackmailing him (father) since years. The son-in-law-to-be then takes it upon himself to catch hold of his look-alike and put him in his place. How he operates in accomplishing his mission and how the two similar-looking guys try to get each other in trouble forms the latter part of the film.
The story is not very new but the presentation is quite different. Making the villain a dancer and singer has a charm of its own but one which will be appreciated more by the class audience. The first half is ordinary and, except for a couple of songs, it really doesn’t impress much. The real drama starts after interval and from that point, the film succeeds in keeping the audience somewhat interested though not completely involved. What it lacks in are emotions and comedy. Another drawback is that several things in the film just happen without proper justification. Dialogues are fair.
Akshay Kumar does well in a double role. His dance movement in tense situations is unusual and, therefore, arrests attention. Urmila Matondkar looks pretty, dresses up gorgeously and acts and dances very ably. Anupam Kher is alright. Shazia Malik delivers a good performance. Farida Jalal, Rajesh Joshi, Tiku Talsania, Harish Patel, Subbiraj, Sonia Sahni, Brahmachari, Puneet, Charlie, John, Dinesh Anand and the rest lend average support.
Guddu Dhanoa’s direction is fair. Of the songs (Dilip Sen Sameer Sen), ‘Yeh khabar chhapwa do’ is immensely likeable. ‘Oui maa’ and the title song are eye-filling, thanks to the choreography, locations, sets and colourful costumes. But the dance styles are now becoming routine. Raam Shetty’s action scenes are well-composed. The car blasts are especially good but do not generate the desired tension at all. Camerawork (Sripad Natu) is of a good standard. Production and technical values are very nice.
On the whole, Aflatoon, which has taken an ordinary start in many circuits, doesn’t have enough substance to warrant a phenomenal pick-up and will, therefore, find it difficult to touch the average mark in several territories.
Released on 19-12-’97 at Novelty and 20 other cinemas of Bombay thru ABC Pictures Pvt. Ltd. Publicity: good. Opening: fair. …….Also released all over. Opening was good in Delhi-U.P. but not up to the mark in most of the other circuits.
CINEMAX INAUGURATED
The swanky Cinemax Theatre at Goregaon, a Western suburb of Bombay, was inaugurated on 18th December with the premiere show of Chachi 420. The 640-seater cinema has Dolby digital and DTS sound system,cushioned seats with upholstery, is air-conditioned and has reverse slope seats in the stalls.
Built by the Kanakias where once stood Samrat cinema, ultra-modern Cinemax is controlled by Shringar Cinemas, a division of Shringar Films. It has Christie projectors and Xenon lamps.
Cinemax has three classes — Stalls, Dress Circle and Balcony — with admission rates of Rs. 40, 55 and 70 respectively. Patrons have the facility of booking tickets for the cinema on telephone, and tickets, if desired, will also be delivered home.
Seats in the cinema have popcorn packet/cold drink bottle holders. Service to the patrons is expected to be of high quality as patrons can even order for a snack tray at the start of the film itself.
ENT. TAX RAIDS RAISE A STORM IN JUNAGADH
The mamlatdar of entertainment tax, division Junagadh, carried out surprise checking of Pradip and Ajanta Talkies, Junagadh on 12th December and recovered duplicate tickets there. It was also found that accounts were not being properly maintained. The licences of both the cinemas were suspended for three days each, by the Junagadh Collector.
Following the raids and suspension of licences, the cinemas of Junagadh and the Cine Association of Junagadh gave a call for strike against the action taken by the authorities. Due to this, all cinemas of Junagadh remained closed.
In the meantime, the matter was taken to the court, and Judge Sheikh has fixed the case for hearing today (20th December).
A meeting of the Saurashtra Circuit Cine Association was also convened under the presidentship of Rashmibhai Patel in connection with the entertainment tax raids. It was decided to strongly represent before the state government and bring up the issue of harassment of cinemas by government offices with regard to entertainment tax. It was also decided that if no steps were taken by the government, stern action would be taken by the cinemas.
Meanwhile, the strike has been called off.
DEV ANAND ORDERED TO RE PRESENT IN COURT
Dev Anand has been directed by metropolitan magistrate B.A. Shelar to remain present at the Bandra (Bombay) court on January 13, 1998, when the case between producer M. Harwani (Pyaar Ka Tarana) and Dev Anand will be heard. Harwani had filed a cheating case against Dev Anand who had directed the film and was also its co-producer.
The case was orginally filed (four years ago) in the Andheri court and then transferred to the Bandra court. Dev Anand had filed a writ petition in the Bombay high court for quashing the proceedings in the criminal case but the court rejected it, holding prima facie case against the accused (Dev Anand) for commission of offence as well as a case of civil nature.
In October last, an application had been made on behalf of Dev Anand for exempting him from appearing in court, citing several rulings of high courts and the supreme court, and also pleading that Dev Anand was a senior citizen and a well-known film star and producer, but the prosecution opposed it on the ground that he was healthy to conduct his business and also because the charges against him were serious. The exemption matter will be decided in the next hearing on January 13, 1998.
10 DELHI CINEMAS CLOSED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF ENT. TAX
Licences of ten cinemas of Delhi were not renewed and the Delhi police’s licensing branch issued closure orders of them from 15th December for non-payment of entertainment tax dues in the government treasury.
Show-cause notices had been issued to 18 cinemas on 5th December by the licensing branch of the Delhi police for depositing the entertainment tax collected by them, with the entertainment tax department by 15th December and for obtaining NOCs from the department, failing which their licences would be cancelled. Of the 18 cinemas, only 8 complied but ten failed to get the no-objection certificates. As a result, licences of those 10 cinemas — Batra, Alpana, Akash, Ritz, Chand, Novelty, Swarn, Jagat, West End and Excelsior — were refused renewal.
FILMS SELECTED FOR IFFI MAINSTREAM SECTION
The Film Federation of India has selected the following films for screening in the mainstream section of the forthcoming International Film Festival of India to be held in New Delhi from January 10 to 20, 1998:
Pardes, Raja Hindustani, Sarkarnama (Marathi), Lathi (Bengali), Suryavamsam (Tamil), Avvai Shanmughi (Tamil), Osey Ramulamma (Telugu), Annamayya (Telugu), Janumada Jodi (Kannada), Amruthavarshini (Kannada), Chandralekha (Malayalam) and Aniyethipravu (Malayalam).
Supran Sen, secretary of Film Federation of India, will coordinate the film industry activities in connection with IFFI ’98 as per the notification issued by the I & B ministry.
AMPTPP URGES GOVT. TO APPOINT FILM PEOPLE ON PRASAR BHARATI BOARD
The Association of Motion Pictures & TV Programme Producers (AMPTPP) has written to the prime minister and the I & B minister, expressing surprise that nobody from the film and television industry had been appointed on the Prasar Bharati Board. The letter states that this is the industry directly involved and which may be able to give valuable advice or guidance for the proper functioning of the Board.
The AMPTPP has urged the ministers to take steps to include members from the film and TV industries on the Board.
PRAKASH MEHRA’S SON TO WED
Sumeet, son of Prakash Mehra, will wed Martha on 27th December. A reception to celebrate the wedding will be held the same evening at Hotel Centaur, Juhu, Bombay.
SANTOSH SINGH JAIN ELECTED FFI PRESIDENT
Santosh Singh Jain was unanimously elected president of the Film Federation of India at the first meeting of its newly elected executive committee, held on 19th December soon after its annual general meeting at Shalimar Hotel, Bombay. K.G. Dossani, Sultan Ahmed, Sv. Rm. Ramanathan and Vijay Narain Seth were elected vice presidents, and K.D. Shorey, hon. general secretary. N.N. Sippy was elected hon. treasurer. Supran Sen is the FFI secretary.
PYARELAL’S SON WEDS
Gautam, son of music director Pyarelal, will wed Rashmee today (20th December). A reception to celebrate the marriage will be held this evening at SNDT College Grounds, Juhu, Bombay.
GREAT-GRANDSON FOR SANTOSH SINGH JAIN
CCCA president Santosh Singh Jain was blessed with a great-grandson on 6th December when his grandson, Chirag’s wife gave birth to a baby boy in Raipur.
RANJITRAAJ NO MORE
Gujarati film actor Ranjitraaj expired on the midnight of 17th December at Nanavati Hospital, Santacruz, Bombay, due to cardiac arrest. He was 47.
He had started his career with R.J. Films’ Sonbai Ni Chundadi and played the hero in many films of the banner, like Sona No Suraj, Lanka Ni Laadi Ghogha No Var, Ramayan, Sati Madalsa, Kalja No Katko, Mahisagar Ne Aare etc.
He had also acted in Prem Na Bandhan, Naag Padamini, Saajan Ne Sathware, Okha Haran, Maadi Tara Aghor Nagara Vaage, Khodal Taro Khamkharo, etc.
Ranjitraaj had also acted in two Hindi films, Pyar Ho Gaya (produced by R.J. Films) and Sainik (with Akshay Kumar).
A condolence meeting will be held on Monday, December 22, at Gurukul High School, ISKCON, Juhu, Bombay between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
LAKSHMAN DAS DEAD
Lakshman Das, proprietor/licensee of Indralok Picture Palace and Menka Theatre, Gorakhpur, expired on 27th November at Gorakhpur after a prolonged illness.
All the four shows of both the cinemas were cancelled on 27th. The other cinemas of Gorakhpur suspended their noon shows.
HASAN BHIMANI DEAD
Hasan G. Bhimani (Hasubhai), partner in Diamond Talkies, Borivli, Bombay, expired on 14th December in Bombay due to heart failure. He was 45 and is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
G.S. KHANDEKAR NO MORE
G.S. Khandekar alias Baburao, former secretary of the CCCA, Bhusawal, expired on 13th December at his Dhantoli residence. He was 91.
WALT DISNEY’S WIDOW DEAD
Lillian, widow of legendary animator and filmmaker Walt Disney, has died, reportedly from complications following a recent stroke. She was 98.
Three years after the death of Walt Disney in December 1966, Lillian married John Truyens. She was widowed again in 1981.
SPECIAL SHOWS OF ‘THE JOURNEY’, ‘HYDERABAD BLUES’ FOR DISTRIBUTORS
Two special shows of each of the two English films, The Journey (directed by Harish Saluja) and Hyderabad Blues (directed by Nagesh Kukunoor) have been arranged exclusively for distributors of India by Krishna Shah, world rights controller of the films. The shows will be held on Sunday, December 28 (3 p.m. and 4.30 p.m.) and Monday, December 29 (6 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.) at Eros cinema, Bombay.
IFPDA GENERAL SECRETARY
Producer Anil Lahiri has been selected general secretary of the Indian Film Producer & Director’s Association for the Bombay and U.P. region. Girija Shankar Agarwal is the president.
‘Vaastaav’ Launched In Style
The muhurt of Vaastaav (The Reality), being written and directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, at The Leela on 14th December was a beautifully planned and well-executed one. The huge hall of The Leela was done up to represent a film set. The stage itself, on which the muhurt shot was enacted, was one on wheels and represented the interior of a middle-class house.
Sanjay Dutt, who plays the hero in the film, is shown as treading the wrong path in life — one which makes a person easy-rich but gives him the label of a criminal. With gold chains around his neck and a revolver in his hand, Sanjay enacted to pre-recorded dialogues as his bewildered and disgusted parents alongwith his friend watched him helplessly. Sanjay Dutt mocked at his mother and made fun of his father but they didn’t so much as chide him. At the end, four guys, dressed in black and representing the evil forces, surrounded Sanjay and took him captive as he finally collapsed.
Javed Akhtar and politician Gurdas Kamat lit the traditional lamp before the muhurt shot for which Sunil Dutt sounded the clapper-board. Jackie Shroff switched on the camera.
The muhurt shot was followed by thunderous applause. The muhurt event was managed by Wizcraft.
Sanjay’s parents are being played by Shivaji Satam and Reema. Deepak Tijori enacts the role of the friend. Others in the cast are Paresh Rawal, Raghubir Yadav, Mohnish Bahl and Mohan Joshi. A leading lady is being finalised.
Vaastaav is being produced under the banner of Adishakti Films & Visions Pvt. Ltd. The men behind the project are Balagiri and Gopi Malaya. Music by Jatin Lalit, lyrics by Javed Akhtar, story-screenplay by Mahesh Manjrekar, dialogues by Imtiaz Hussain, cinematography by Vijay Arora, and art by Sudhakar Manjrekar are the other major credits.
YOU ASKED IT
If a good opening of a film is ‘half the battle won’, what does a poor opening denote?
– A poor opening means ‘75% of the battle lost’, except, perhaps, if the film is novel and has chances of picking up by word of mouth.
When hardly a couple of Hollywood films dubbed in Hindi really run, why do they dub so many films?
– When hardly 20% of the Hindi films made really click at the box-office, why are so many films made every year?
Why is R. Mohan’s Kabhi Na Kabhi not being released?
– Reportedly, R. Mohan wants to release KAMA SUTRA before KABHI NA KABHI. First, the film (KABHI NA KABHI) was delayed because of some changes in the script, then due to date adjustments of the artistes, and later, because of music director A.R. Rahman. And now, after completion too, the delay hasn’t stopped.
MIX MASALA
TIME FOR REALITY
Mahesh Manjrekar, who is directing Vaastaav for a group of friends who are backing the project and for whom this is the first brush with the film industry, sent out cute clocks alongwith the invitations for the muhurt on 14th December. To justify the clock-invitation, the caption on the invitation card read: ‘It’s time to face reality’. Vaastaav means ‘reality’.
NO MEAN SCORE, THIS!
For Nizam distributor Ravi Machhar, the year 1997 must’ve been one hell of a year. His concern, Sahyog Films, has released a total of 14 films in the 12 months. Among the 14 are films like Judaai, Ishq, Virasat, Yes Boss, Deewana Mastana, Ziddi and this week’s Aflatoon.
TOLANIS TOGETHER
Will 30th January ’98 be a Tolani day in the industry? At least as of now, it seems so. For, two Tolani films are scheduled to hit the screens that day. The films — Vicky’s Zor which is presented by Sanjay Tolani, and Nandu Tolani’s Banarasi Babu. It may be mentioned here that the two Tolanis are cousins.
DO YOU KNOW?
* Telugu film actors Giri Babu and Prasad Babu have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and are likely to campaign for it in the forthcoming elections.
* Four major television software producing companies were raided by income-tax authorities on 15th December. The houses of Jeetendra and Shekhar Suman (one of the highest paid actors of television) were also raided.
* PARDES (tax-free) completed a record 19 weeks’ run at Sona, Borivli, Bombay. It fetched a share of 15 lakh in its total run. The previous record was held by RAJA HINDUSTANI which ran at the same cinema for 12 weeks and yielded a share of 10.5 lakh.
* Music director Vijay Davda, who is a struggler even after scoring music in four Hindi films and 11 Gujarati films (including the super-hit MAHIYAR NI CHUNDADI), besides some TV serials and under-production Hindi films, will be featured in the popular ‘Surabhi’ programme on DD1 on 21st December. In the programme, host Siddharth Kak has asked Vijay Davda the reason for the industry sidelining a talent like him. It may be mentioned here that Raj Kapoor had, in an interview many years ago, mentioned that Vijay Davda would soon be a music director to reckon with.
Who’s The Boss? Not The Secretary!
Have you ever realised that very often, it is the star secretaries who behave more like stars than their bosses themselves behave? Many of our star secretaries need lessons in basic manners and in dealing with people. There are some secretaries who are genuine and honest to their job, but most of them are not so. As if star tantrums are not enough, the poor producer has also to contend with secretaries with starry airs who will give dates of their stars if they (secretaries) feel like, cancel their dates if they so desire, inform the producer of a change if they are in a mood to do so, and just keep the producer on tenterhooks for the sadistic pleasure of it.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that most of the producers butter up the star secretaries, trying to please them in every possible manner because they want to remain in their good books so that their dates aren’t cancelled, the stars come on their sets on time and remain in a good mood while shooting. Even stars are aware of the starry behaviour of their secretaries but, more often than not, they will not correct them. There are two reasons for this: one, stars themselves are so insecure that they fear, their secretary will leave them if they try to check his excesses, and secondly, the general I-couldn’t-care-less attitude of the stars!
What the hell! Why are producers so scared of secretaries? After all, producers have signed the stars, not their secretaries. There’s no reason why secretaries should be given the status of stars by producers. Not giving undue importance to secretaries, of course, would be possible only if producers became more organised in their work, took dates in writing, would not try to cancel others’ dates to squeeze in their shooting, not resort to hanky-panky, in short, remain above board in all their dealings with stars and star secretaries. For, one wrong move from the producer, and the secretary would take advantage of it for all times to come. Why let such a time come in the first place?
It is not rare for producers to ‘bribe’ the secretaries with costly gifts such as gold chains or electronic equipments for their homes so that they are given preference in the allotment of dates or are accommodated out of turn. But producers must understand that if they can have their way by throwing money, so can other producers. Therefore, a ‘helpful’ secretary of today can become the most ‘destructive’ secretary tomorrow.
The star secretaries, too, need to do some soul-searching. By resorting to cheap gimmicks as above, they are only degrading their profession. Honesty in their work is a long-term approach which and only which will keep them in good stead. Otherwise, they may enjoy the status of a star today but can’t be sure that the star won’t fall down from the sky tomorrow.
After all, if the real stars of the industry lose their shine and sparkle on a Friday morning even before they know it, who are their secretaries? And if they think, Fridays don’t affect them, they are only fooling themselves. For, they are what they are because of their stars. And if their stars are governed by the stars of the galaxy, so are they.
– Komal Nahta
3-E
Education-Entertainment-Enlightenment
Queen’s English V/s. Artistes’ English
The press release of the Cine Artistes’ Association to condemn the attack on its member, Pooja Batra, by anti-social elements on 10th December, makes interesting reading, not because it condemns the act but for the errors in language. We reproduce the same hereunder so that you, too, can do what we did — laugh! The brackets are ours.
“The CINE & TV ARTISTES ASSOCIATION strongly condemns the cowardly an (read and) unsocial behaviour of the hoodlums, as per the press report, boozing near the Filmalaya Studio Canteen, on our members Ms. Pooja Batra, her brother Shri Chiraag and her Secretary, Ms. Swarna, in the late hours of Wednesday, the 10th Dec. 1997, when shooting got packedup at 10.30 P.M. without any rhyme and reason (the without any rhyme and reason is, obviously, for the unsocial behaviour although it seems to be for the packup!). Again as per the press report, Ms. Pooja Batra had to face vulgure (is that vulgar’s feminine form?) and abuse language by drunkards and later on Mr. Chiraag and Ms. Swarna were thrashed throughly (read thoroughly) when they tried to intervine (read intervene) in the matter. It look quite a time when police reached and the situation was brought under control but it was shocking that niether (new spelling of neither?) the Studio staff and Securities (we’ve heard of stocks and securities, not staff and securities) nor other unit members, for whom Ms. Batra was shooting could come forward to give security or protection to Ms. Batra because again as per the press news the hoodlums were armed with lethal choppers. An unlawful entry & attack by a Professor on TV Artist, Ms. Phalguni Parikh’s family members is another fresh incident.
“Under these circumstances at any location be it Filmalaya, Film City or Mud (read Madh) Island, where our popular artistes often go for shooting can give a sincere and genuine performance having in their subconcious (read subconscious) mind their safety and security. This is high time the Studio Owners and the Bunglow (read bungalow) Owners where shooting take place should have very strict and effecient (read efficient) security guards.
“Over and above atmosphere of safety and security should be created by the police beats very often freequently (is the double ‘e’ to stress on the frequency; if it is, it’s really sweeeet; and what does ‘often freequently’ mean?) visiting such places which was very emphetically (read emphatically) assured to the film personalities in high level meeting at Holiday Inn.
“We would very humbly request our guardians and protectors i.e. State Government in general and our Home Department in particular to take some very concrete, effective and long lasting steps to avoid the repitition (read repetition) of Ms. Batra harassement (an extra ‘e’ here too) case. It would not be out of the way if we adress (there’s a ‘d’ missing in the address, dear) and seek the attention of the women activists of Maharashtra and Mumabai (we know, people call this city Bombay or Mumbai, but Mumabai?!?) to openly condemned (now we must condemn the English in general and the tenses in particular) such inhuman and cowardly actions towards the honour of the women of India all over the country.”
The press release, we may add here, is signed by Ram Mohan, hon. general secretary.
Surely, the CAA can do with a good office secretary with a good knowledge of just simple English. Otherwise, you knows, it beecomes verys difficulty to understood the import of a press releege or any others communicashun! Gosh, what’s going wrong with ours Engleesh and spelleengs now!
One Of A Kind
The Kanakia brothers, who’ve built Cinemax theatre, which opened on 18th December, and Bombay distributor Shravan Shroff, whose company is the controller of the cinema, need kudos for their efforts. The cinema is indeed beautifully made, tastefully done up and gives the impression that it will be immaculately maintained. The sound system (DTS) is of top quality and the seats, comfortable. At last then, those living in the Western suburbs of Bombay have a cinema which they can look forward to visit. Of course, this is not to say that all the cinemas in the suburbs are below the mark. No, there are some well-maintained ones too, but Cinemax is indeed one of a kind.
Spate Of Releases
Are Govinda and Akshay Kumar going the Mithun Chakraborty way, as far as the releases of their starrers are concerned? Seems so, if the lists of forthcoming films of the two artistes are any indication. To be released in the coming four to five months are the following Govinda starrers: Aunty No. 1, Banarasi Babu, Pardesi Babu, Naseeb, Achaanak, Dulhe Raja, etc. Similarly, Akshay Kumar’s line-up of releases in the near future comprises Barood, Vidroh, Angaaray, Keemat, Zulmi etc.
