Filmmakers' college days

It was a walk down the memory paths for Bollywood renowned filmmakers Imitiaz Ali, Abhishek Chaubey and Vishal Bhardwaj as they visited the alumni meet of their alma mater to experience again their bachelorhood at the Hindu college hostel in New Delhi University.Chandrachud Singh, warden for Hindu college and the professor of Political Science who prearranged the meet said that they have refurbished the hostel and asked the ex-hostellers to come back and live there for day.
And it was seen that three hundred students attended the meet starting from 1954 batch. Sounds amazing.Imtiaz Ali, Abhishek and Vishal Bhardwaj were all students of Hindu College, Delhi and they all also shared a hostel there. So, what all happened when all the buddies met under one roof, Chandrachud Singh asserted that there was a qawali singing assembly with a tandoor cuisine and a bar. But drinking in the hostel is strictly prohibited. Lot of sher-o-shayari also took place at the gathering. The party went on till late hours and all the students present at the Hindu college hostel enjoyed a lot.

Well, it’s hard to determine the fun they must have had more than ever after they got a pass from their wives and children to spend a night together with their friends whom they couldn’t meet for years.Just read on. Imtiaz Ali told that Vishal Bhardwaj was his senior at the college and was the one to introduce him to social drinking. To which Vishal immediately replied that he did that and now he have come back just to see if Imtiaz is continuing doing it or not.

Vishal also revealed that he stayed in the same wing for exact three long years and also remembered his room numbers. The filmmaker also stated that on their last day of the college, they all got drunk and lay down in front of the corridor and started cryin loudly because they had to leave the college. Sharing all kind of jokes, facing embarrassing situations, friendly atmosphere all were shared at the Hindu hostel and these guys enjoyed a lot.


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SRK to work with Imtiaz Ali

Bollywood king Shahrukh Khan is in a full mood to work with the outstanding filmmaker Imtiaz Ali. Though details of the project are under wraps for now, both Shahrukh Khan and Imtiaz Ali have been meeting regularly to discuss the project. Still left in perplexity that whether SRK will be playing the lead role in the film or not.

But one thing cannot be denied that Imtiaz Ali will be a part of the project. Shahrukh Khan has always said that he is keen to work with new talent. On one hand he has already met Anurag Basu and on the other side, the actor is working on a romantic script with Imtiaz Ali. Shahrukh Khan knows it very well that Imtiaz Ali is a very talented director in Bollywood and which is why he is deeply interested to work with him. As reported, Shahrukh might play an extended cameo in the film which is likely to star newcomers and the shooting of the flick will began only when Imtiaz wrap up the shooting of his upcoming film Rockstar.

Anurag Basu back to chat shows

Bollywood director Anurag Basu, who began his career directing various episodes for Ekta Kapoor's daily soap "Kasauti Zindagi Kay", has returned back to host a celebrity chat show.

Anurag Basu, whose Bollywood film "Kites" starring Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori has just hit the screens, is doing the chat show for Zee Bangla in Kolkata.



These days Anurag Basu is looking out for excuse to be in Kolkata and to do many other things other than direct a film. He was in Kolkata to play a role in Onir's film. Now he'll be recording a chat show here.

Anurag Basu, who is waiting for Imtiaz Ali to relieve Ranbir Kapoor from the shooting of his film "Rock Star" so that Anurag can rope in Ranbir for his film which is said to be based on Kishore Kumar bio-pic.

IMTIAZ ALI- A MAN OF COMMON TASTE

In Osian's film festival, Imtiaz Ali said "I don't want to make movies for a limited audience. When I am taking money from somebody else and making a movie I need to recover cost. I automatically think on those lines while directing a film because I am a man of common taste."




The 38-year-old director does not want to be in the league of "different" filmmakers.

He does not want to prove that he is a different director or that he wants to re-invent himself with his movies. He just want to tell those stories which he thinks he can show the best. He says he is a victim of his own limitations. Imtiaz Ali has become one of the most sought after directors in Bollywood post the success of 'Jab We Met' and 'Love Aaj Kal'. The film, despite its girl-meets-boy theme, struck a chord with the audience because of Ali's innovative story-telling method.

In an interview Imtiaz Ali said "Bollywood is in that phase now when people are bored of formula films, so we directors are under no compulsion to make a certain kind of movie. We can make them the way we want to. We are happy to be directing films at this point of time". "Before the films release we tend to say things to the media to sell the film. I try to lie as little as possible.

Imtiaz has always accepted the flaws in his films and is ready to accept the criticism openly when they are released. Ali said in an interview," None of my movies have been perfect, after a while I do see defects in them and wish that I could correct them."

His first three films have revolved around the subject of love, but Ali insists that there is no deliberate reason why he chooses to explore this topic repeatedly, be it in his first film 'Socha Na Tha' or his latest 'Love Aaj Kal'.

Anticipating films of these Maestro's

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These consummate filmmakers weavee magic on-screen. They are the best without a doubt...the very best.

Check out... the names of bollywood directors whose films are most awaited.

Raju Hirani - Solid and thoughtful entertainer and will continue to raise the bar and raise our faith in the future of Bollywood. What a spectacular films were Munnabhai, the latter better than the former.

Anurag Basu - Only because he started from the much-derided Bhatt camp, he remains the most underrated director today in Bollywood Life in a Metro was just a trailor...huge hopes with Kites.

Vishal Bhardwaj - My bet as the Indian auteur most likely to bring home an Oscar with his brilliant adaptations of stories.

Imtiaz Ali - Low-key, gentle, feel-good cinema at its most genuine. Socha Na Tha was as good as Jab We Met and so expectations are high with Love Aaj Kal too

Farhan Akhtar - Even with crap like Don, he had a coherent cinematic vision and pitch-perfect story-telling

Aamir Khan - What can we say about this little taskmaster. His debut film Taare Zameen Par was simply awesome.

Shimit Amin - Anyone who straddles two diverse genres with such adroitness, can definitely do a third and more. Remember poles apart two films Ab tak Chappan and Chak De!

Ashutosh Gowariker - Even his failures are of better quality than most other films...read Swades.

Sriram Raghavan - A director who isn't afraid to defy conventions, and with the writing chops to set new ones. Ek Haseena Thi was a superb thriller.