Kareena Kapoor defeats Salman Khan

A few days back we had reported that Salman Khan was busy doing a song for Veer, which cost the producers Rs. 3.5cr, making it the costliest song ever. But Kareena Kapoor it seems is ready to beat Sallu at it. A special promotional song, featuring Bebo and costing Rs. 6 crore, was shot by director Rohit Shetty for Golmaal Returns at the Filmistan Studios in Goregaon, Mumbai.

The song, ‘Tha karke’, features the entire cast and crew of the film that includes, Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Arora, Anjana Sukhani and Celina Jaitley. The theme of the song is Goan since this sequel too is based in Goa just like Golmaal(the original). The shooting of the song took the team a good 10 days.

Ganesh Acharya choreographed the number. The major cost of the song shoot went into the very expensive set specially erected to recreate Goa in Mumbai. The film is all set to release during the Diwali time on October 31st. The music of the film will be launched in a two-week’s time.

Enthiram to sport international standards of technical wizardry

Enthiram, the newly named Tamil pic that was earlier called Robot will start shooting in Machu Piccu in Peru. It features mega stars
and Aishwarya Rai and is slated to be the most expensive Indian movie ever with a budget of Rs 140 crore. Shooting starts on September 8th.

Enthiram will see technical features that are unprecedented for an Indian movie. It has roped in the best of international talent to embellish its cinematography , costumes, and action sequences.

Hollywood costume designer Mary E. Vogt – the expert who designed the futuristic suits and gadgets in Men in Black, Bat Man Returns and Inspector Gadget – will design the robots to be featured in Enthiram. She will also design the futuristic suits that will be donned by the artists.

Manish Malhotra will design the ‘normal costumes’ that will reflect the futuristic fashion that might be prevalent in the period depicted in Enthiram. The costume designer, who had worked in innumerable Bollywood projects, had already worked with Rajnikanth in Sivaji.

Stan Winston Studios, which have been catering to all animatronics needs of Hollywood, will take care of the animatronics involved in this film. Iron Man, Terminator, Jurassic Park, Pearl Harbor, and I-Robot are some of the movies that testify Stan Winston Studios’ efficiency. They will also be aided by companies like CafeEFX ILM, Tippet, Centro and Menfond.

Stunt choreographer Yuen Woo Ping, who choreographed the stunning and visually appealing stunts of Matrix, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Kill Bill, will take care of all the stunts of this film.
With such international talent involved, Enthiram promises to be at least a visually enticing spectacle if not a super hit movie.

Prince Of Romania Out To Tap Bollywood Mania

The Prince of Romania has extended his hand of friendship to Bollywood. On a goodwill visit to India, Prince Radu of Hohenzollern-Veringen was here to tell more about his country especially in the areas of tourism and film making.

Extolling the virtues of the Danube river, Carpathian mountains, 2000-year old monastries and the Black Sea, his country, according to the Prince, offers just the ideal setting for Bollywood filmmakers to flock there for shoots. “We have everything here — sun, sand” and the inevitable skiing resorts at the snow-clad mountains.

Speaking to FE, the prince said he would be back again with princess Margarita early next year to strengthen the relationship between the two countries. Prince Radu is the special representative of the Romanian government for integration, co-operation and sustainable development, but his visit here is not aimed at signing any official agreement, instaed to create a ground for mutual understanding.

“I am not here to sign any agreements. I am here to tell more about my country. I have tried to create awareness about the opportunities available in Romania during my meetings with several leaders,” he said. According to him, tourism offered a base for strong and reliable relationship between two countries.

“We are trying to raise awareness in the two countries and develop sectors like agriculture, services, organic products, and information technology,” he said. Romania has been invited to join NATO next June and it hopes to become a member of the European Union in 2007.

Romania is also an active partner in the Union of Europe UE) and Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and despite its efforts to a prosperous and stable life, is present in a lot of mission of peace keeping and management of crises.

The prince said Romania had offered to India its expertise in oil and gas sector especially in transportation and pipelines.

The two countries are expected to set up a joint working group on petroleum with representatives from the private sector. This is likely to be finalised during the next high level meeting between the two sides.