Fatso in New York South Asian Film Festival 2009October 9th, 2009 The prestigious 2009 South Asian Film Festival in New York, to be held between October 28 to November 3, will have a red carpet Premiere for an Indian feature, Fatso, a film by Pritish Nandy Communications. "Fatso is a fantastic film and it's a great pleasure for us to make it our Centrepiece Premiere at the Festival", says Galen Rosenthal, Director of the New York Film Festival.
'Do Knot Disturb' - a comedy gone awry (Film Review - Rating: *)October 4th, 2009 Film: "Do Knot Disturb"; Cast: Govinda, Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta, Riteish Deshmukh, Sohail Khan, Ranvir Shorey; Director: David Dhawan; Rating: *
When this parody is mid-way through, two questions strike us - what is the otherwise-classy Sushmita Sen doing in this atrocious homage to the spirit of revelry, most of it situated in the lobbies and corridors of a super-luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi?
And then the second question strikes us almost immediately - what are we doing watching all these wonderful actors making fools of themselves in a plot that seems to have been written with the express purpose of extolling the 'virtues' of infidelity and seduction?
Both Sushmita and Lara wear the shortest of dresses. The size of Sushmita's role matches her clothes.
MOVIE REVIEW: Do Knot Disturb (2009)October 2nd, 2009 Do Knot Disturb: Assault on your senses
Rating: 1 out of 5*
Starring: Govinda, Sushmita Sen, Ritesh Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Sohail Khan, Ranvir Shorey, Rituparna Sengupta, Rajpal Yadav and Manoj Pahwa
Director: David Dhawan
Govinda plays a rich husband married to Sushmita who owns the Saxena Group of industries. On the sly he has been having an affair with Dolly (Lara) an item queen who has dumped her ex (Sohail Khan) for greener pastures.
'Do Knot Disturb' to release across 1060 screens worldwideOctober 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - Director David Dhawan's Do Knot Disturb, a comedy about marriage and infidelity, is set to release across 1060 screens worldwide Friday. Co-produced by BIG Pictures and Vashu Bhgnani's Puja Entertainment, the film is bringing together the hit actor-director duo of Dhawan and Govinda for the 19th time.
Govinda goes gaga about Lolo and RaveenaSeptember 23rd, 2009 The fondness among stars for each other in tinsel town is often termed as off-screen chemistry. And our bolly-celebs have been quite vocal about their preferences, or in other words conformability.
My cheque bounced, so I quit 'Aap Ke Liye Hum': Urvashi SharmaSeptember 16th, 2009 MUMBAI - Actress Urvashi Sharma opted out of "Aap Ke Liye Hum" because her cheque bounced, but director Revathy Varma alleges that she threw star tantrums and was therefore replaced by Vidya Malvade. "I can't understand how I can be accused of unprofessionalism when the makers of this film have been the most unprofessional.
Do Knot Disturb ready for laugh riotSeptember 15th, 2009 Vashu Bhagnani is coming up with “Do knot disturb” which is out and out comedy film. David Dhawan who inherits comedy in every blood cell of his directs this film.
Madhavan gets Rs.10 mn for small part in Jaya-starrerSeptember 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - R. Madhavan, who had opted out of Revathy Varma's film "Aap Ke Liye Hum", is back after he has been paid a whopping Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) for a small part in the women-centric film that has Jaya Bachchan, Ayesha Takia and Raveena Tandon in lead roles. "But what to do? It's very difficult to get male stars for female-oriented films.
After Much Ado Jaya Bachchan Starrer Finally Starts Shooting Today!September 5th, 2009 By Subhash K Jha
Family matters kept Jaya Bachchan away from her rare film assignment. Marriage and honeymoon kept Ayesha Takia away.
Rajat Kapoor all booked this seasonJuly 23rd, 2009 Rajat Kapoor is a very busy man. Donning two hats simultaneously is not a cakewalk for sure.
David, Govinda reunite for another laugh riotJune 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - "Do Knot Disturb" by David Dhawan has a lot going for it as far as reunions go. Not only does it carry forward his partnership with favourite actor Govinda, but it also marks the director's coming together with producer Vashu Bhagnani after four years.
David Dhawan walks the ramp with Sushmita Sen June 13th, 2009 In his career spanning close to 20 years, filmmaker David Dhawan walked a fashion show ramp for the first time ever at IIFA 2009 in Macao. But before you jump to conclusions whether the roly poly filmmaker has changed his profession, let us tell you that this was for his upcoming directorial film Do Knot Disturb.
David Dhawan walks the ramp at IIFAJune 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood filmmaker David Dhawan, who has spent more than two decades in the industry, walked the ramp for the first time at the at the ongoing International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) event in Macau. The director was participating in a fashion show to promote his upcoming directorial venture Do Knot Disturb.
International accolades for small time Indian filmMay 8th, 2009 After 'Slumdog Millionaire', looks like more films are being about the horrendous lives on the Mumbai streets. A movie called 'Thanks Maa', has bagged two nominations at the prestigious Edinburgh International Film Festival which is one of the world's first international film festivals that started in 1947.
Vinay Pathak back on Television as a show anchorMay 3rd, 2009 Not many are aware that versatile actor Vinay Pathak got his first big break on Television before films, as a show anchor on Channel V. He used to host shows on the music channel along with best buddy Ranvir Shorey.