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He's shot DON in Malaysia, and stylishly so. "Malaysia is almost like a character in my Don See, the whole point of re-making a classic featuring Mr Bachchan was to give it my own twist. I've tweaked my dad and Salim Saab's script a bit. The essence of Don remains the same. But in terms of look, mood and flavour, my Don is very different. I'd say it's my homage to the original. " The tuning between Farhan and his leading man Shah Rukh is the talk of Bollywood. "We were friends from before Don. See, both Shah Rukh and I are ardent fans of Don and Mr Bachchan. When we finally started started working together it was like his enthusiasm combined with mine. Shah Rukh's energy level is very infectious. He gives very intelligent suggestions. And since I'm always open to suggestions—who says I'm not, that's totally untrue-- I enjoyed Shah Rukh's inputs. Though I must tell you it's a lot of hard work.." Talk veers to the much talked-about Khai pe paan benaras wala song-and-dance. "We knew what Mr Bachchan had done to the song in the earlier Don. Shah Rukh and I weren't even thinking about it when we took the plunge. First of all, we're a great fan of the song. It's truly a monster of a song. But what Saroj-ji (Saroj Khan) did with Khai ke paan is incredible. Of course there's an element of deja vu in the choreography. But Saroj-ji has taken the number somewhere else." The feisty filmmaker takes a deep breath. "In fact all of us are paying a homage to the earlier Don. It's true that we've improved on the technical value immensely. But how far could we go with technique alone? Whether it's Shah Rukh, Priyanka , Arjun Rampal, Isha Koppiker, Boman Irani, Om Puri, or Kareena doing that incredible number Yeh mera dil pyar ke deewana by Helenji, we see our efforts as a tribute to a film we've all seen and loved featuring our ultimate screen hero Amitabh Bachchan." Farhan regrettably doesn't recall ever going on the sets of Chandra Barot's Don as a child which his dad Javed Akhtar had written. "All my nostalgia for the film comes from watching Don on screen. It's taken me to a totally new territory." source:santabanta
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He told Salim saab that he will drop by immediately.” They met at Salim Khan’s residence at Galaxy Apartments more My-Don-is-very-different,-says-Farhan-Akhtar  Farhan Akhtar's remake of the 1970s Amitabh Bachchan hit "Don" is 60 percent complete and is likely to get a Diwali release. "We are looking at a Diwali release. The film is almost complete," Farhan told IANS. "I'm not stressed. But it is a very hectic round-the-clock schedule. We are working like crazy," said Farhan, sounding far less relaxed than he usually does. He's been shooting vigorously in Malaysia. "Malaysia is almost like a character in my 'Don'. See, the whole point of re-making a classic f more ROCK-ON-with-Farhan-Akhtar  Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar's next film ROCK ON released its first poster across 3000 cinemas worldwide this week. The film is set for release on 29th August but the first leg of marketing has started four months in advance to get the audiences excited about the film. 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But the story of Abhishek's film is not an extension of my Dil Chahta Hai," Farhan told IANS. Arjun Rampal has bee more Hrithik-and-Kareena-in-Zoya-Akhtars-Kismat-Talkies Hrithik Roshan has started shooting for Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodha-Akbar. And we all know about his 3 film deal with Adlabs. But before the Adlabs film, he will be starting shooting for another film with Zoya Akhtar, sister of Farhan Akhtar. Zoya will finally make her directorial debut with this film titled Kismat Talkies. Kareena Kapoor will play the female lead in this film produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under their Excel Films banner. Zoya was to make her debut with a film titled Luck – By Chance in 2004. Unfortunately the film never took off. Finally Kismat Talkies is slated to roll by end of March 2007. The next release of Excel Films is Honeymoon Travel’s Pvt Ltd. directed by Farhan’s assistant Reema Kagti.more Arjun-talks-Farhan,-dreams-and-Rock-On  Arjun Rampal is passionate about music and he will be seen in the much hyped about Farhan Akhtar’s movie Rock On. Chief Entertainment correspondent Rohit Khilnani got Arjun talking about what Rock On is all about. Rohit Khilnani: How is it working with Farhan? You have already worked with him in Don, he is a great friend, how is it working with Farhan as actor? Arjun Rampal: Farhan is a guy who is full of surprises. He is super talented. I think we are very fortunate to have him in more |
