Dam 999 is directed by NRI Sohan Roy and is set in India. Rajat Kapoor has begun shooting for the film. Sufi Paranja Katha actor Thampi Antony is also a part of Dam 999. He will start shooting for it at Hyderabad from the next schedule onwards in May.

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• Raat Gayi Baat Gayi: A classy, slice of life affair
• Rating: 3.5 out of 5*
• Starring: Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Neha Dhupia, Irawati Harse Mayadev, Navneet Nishan, Dalip Tahil and Anu Menon
• Director: Saurabh Shukla

Advertised hinting the film as the desi version of Hollywood’s 2009 super hit The Hangover, Raat Gayi Baat Gayi is anything but that! But that doesn’t take away the fact that it’s a wonderfully crafted entertaining affair.

It is basically the story of Rahul (Rajat Kapoor) and his wife, Mitali (Iravati Harshe). The couple had, the previous night, attended a party with friends including Saxena (Dalip Tahil) and Amit (Vinay Pathak) and their respective wives, Jolly (Navneet Nishan) and Nandini (Anu Menon). At the party, Rahul had had a drink too many and had been following Sophia (Neha Dhupia), a sexy woman, at the party. The two had escaped to a room upstairs and were about to get naught, but Rahul just cannot remember what happened thereafter and if anything at all happened. Waking up in the morning with a hangover, Rahul is not sure whether his wife knows anything about his one-night stand with Sophia, that is if ever there was one. But his wife is in a foul mood. His friends, Amit and Saxena, don’t make things easy for him. Amit himself is in the midst of a marital crisis because Nandini has thrown him out of his house for cheating on her by prefering online porn over. As for their novelist friend, Saxena, he too has skeletons in his cupboard but he is a smart operator. What funnily shocking revelations tumble out as Rahul goes in search of what exactly happened in the night makes for a fun watch.

Narrated in a non-linear manner by actor cum writer-director Saurabh Shukla, the film is his finest effort as a director. Also, full marks to the production company PNC for delivering what one can truly term a ‘multiplex film’. The production values are of absolute high standards and the setting perfectly upmarket. There is absolutely no sleaze and the adult humour is just what one often hears at the parties. Great one-liners spread across plenty of sequences leave you laughing your guts out. The twist at the end is again a big surprise. The peppy songs are pleasant to the ears and very situational with the Love in C major being the pick of the lot.

Neha Dhupia in what can be called her first major multi layered role is a real delight to watch. Playing a sassy tease, Neha tantalizes, decieves, emotes and also brings out her character’s vulnerable side with amazing ease. Rajat Kapoor is very natural as always and shares great chemistry with his buddy on screen Vinay Pathak. Vinay after a long time is back in form. He is superb in the scene where he apologises to his wife. Irawati Harshe is yet another natural performer and one hopes we get to see her more often. Channel V’s Lola Kutty fame Anu Menon is very impressive. Navneet Nishan is very endearing. Dalip Tahil fits his part perfectly well. Ranvir Shorey as the attention seeking NRI is a laugh riot. There are also a host of cameos amongst which the most impressive being of filmmaker Sudhir Mishra.

Don’t expect a sleazy sex comedy while going in for this one and you shall be in for a great pleasant surprise.

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The movie Blue Oranges directed by Rajesh Ganguly starring Rajit Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Pooja Kanwal, Aham Sharma, Shishir Sharma, Harsh Chhaya, Richashree, Asheesh Kapur, Akhil Mishra, Siddhant Karnick is releasing on 18th Sept 2009.

The premiere of the film was held in Versova Cinemax on 11th Sept 2009 evening wherein lots of dignitaries were present. Besides cast Mona Vasu, Naseer, Karan Wahi, Ashish Chaudhury and many others were present . The film is produced by Khussro Films and Distributed by Cinevision Distributors Pvt. Ltd.,

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Sridevi was present at the music release of upcoming Hindi Movie Tere Sang (Sheena Shahabadi, Ruslaan Mumtaz, Satish Kaushik, Rajat Kapoor).

Sri Devi might not have yet zeroed upon a subject for her comeback vehicle, but she still manages to make her presence every now and then by gracing sundry events. Recently, she was spotted with hubby Boney Kapoor at the music launch of Satish Kaushik’s Teree Sang.

But if we go down the memory lane, we see that Sri Devi has always been there for director Satish Kaushik, and has always been a part of his celebrations. It has been a tradition for Sri Devi to pay a sweet gesture at Satish Kaushik’s events, by gracing them with her presence.

She yet again was present to bless the team of Teree Sang, especially debutant Sheena Shahabadi who is playing an unwed mother, in the recent Teree Sang music launch in Mumbai.

Teree Sang also stars Ruslaan Mumtaz, Satish Kaushik, Rajat Kapoor and is slated to release on August 7.

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Rajat Kapoor is a very busy man. Donning two hats simultaneously is not a cakewalk for sure. He has four films slated to release this year and has already signed three new ventures. One is titled Josh-E-Jawani, which will be directed by Sharad Kataria. Aparna Sen and Amol Palekar would be directing his other two films respectively.

Without divulging much detail about Aparna Sen’s directorial venture, he confirms,“Both Aparna and Konkana Sen will be sharing the screen space with me.

” When enquired about Amol Palekar’s film, he shed some light on the genre saying, “It is an intense love story where he would be romancing both Antara Mali and Rituparna Sen Gupta.

” Rajat also is excited about his next directorial venture titled Rectangular Love Story where Ranvir Shorey, Purab and Gul Panag are playing the lead roles. However, it is Tere Sang, which he is most excited about. He exclaims, “It was a wonderful experience of playing a father to un-wed pregnant girl.” On asking how he would deal with such a situation if it happened to him in real-life, he says, “I would accept my daughter and try to solve the situation with cool-mind unlike my role in the film.

” Tere Sang will be his first release this year followed by three more releases as an actor and one as a director.Esha Razdan/ Sampurn