Sagarika Ghatge goes wild just in Arjun Rampal’s shirt

‘Chak De India’ girl Sagarika Ghatge says she shared a fantastic equation with co-star Arjun Rampal while shooting for ‘Fox’ and everyone on the sets made her feel so comfortable that she even agreed to do a romantic scene with just Rampal’s shirt on.

“There was a scene for a romantic song where I was required to wear a night suit. But we couldn’t find anything on the sets that could make it look romantic so Arjun gave me his shirt - it was long enough!” said Sagarika.

Deepak Tijori-directed ‘Fox’ will see Sagarika playing the role of an upcoming lawyer as well as Arjun’s love interest. Sagarika was very keen on the role as she found her character as a woman of today - independent and self-reliant.


It is after a long gap of two-year after Sagarika portrayal of Preeti Sabharwal in ‘Chak De! India’ but she is confident and the actress is ready to face it head on.

“I take the whole thing very positively. ‘Chak De! India’ was a huge success and people appreciated my role with their heart. It’s okay if they remember me for having played Preeti Sabharwal, but at least it’s stayed on. The only way to come out of it is to do a film of the level of ‘Chak De! India’, ” she said.

Her future films include ‘Raftaar 24 X 7’ as well as an untitled project with JP Dutta.

Arjun-Karishma to Judge Nach Baliye-4

Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal will be seen as one of the judges of popular dance reality TV show "Nach Baliye". Giving him Company would be actress Karisma Kapoor and choreographer-director Farah Khan.

This will be Karisma's return to the small screen after a gap of five years. She was last seen in a mini TV series titled "Karishma: A Miracle of Destiny' in 2003.

The show being produced by Wizcraft will see 12 not-so-popular 'jodis' this time, battling against each other on the dance floor starting Oct 10 on STAR Plus.

The couples include Kapil Nirmal-Anjali Abrol of "Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat" fame, comedian Jaspal Bhatti and his wife Savita, actors Naman Shaw-Megha Gupta, actor Karanvir Bohra with wife Teejay Sidhu ,Mouli Ganguly-Mazher Syed, Reshmi Ghosh with beau Amit Gupta, Tanushree Kaushal-Vineet V. Raina, Mohit Malik-Addite Shirwakar, Jatin Shah-Priya Bhatheja, Shaleen Bhanot-Daljeet Kaur ,Sudeep Sahir with wife and singer Abhijeet Sawant with wife Shilpa,

The show hits the ground on STAR Plus Oct 10.

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The Last Lear fails to impress the Audience

Rituparno Ghosh, one of the finest storytellers from Bengal, chooses Utpal Dutt's play 'Aajker Shahjahan' as the premise for his new endeavour "THE LAST LEAR". The plotline is the type that holds appeal for a miniscule section of audience.

The problem with THE LAST LEAR is that there's too much Shakespeare in the movie,which everyone cannot dissolve. Besides, all theatre themes may not hold good on cinematic level.

Yet, there's no denying that THE LAST LEAR has its share of engrossing moments. A few individualistic sequences are noteworthy as also the portrayal of characters by some prominent names. But that's not enough!

In a nutshell, THE LAST LEAR fails to connect. At best, it may find some patronage at Festivals, but there's nothing for Indian moviegoers.

Harry [Amitabh Bachchan] lives for acting, loves theatre, adores Shakespeare and absolutely detests cinema. Enter Siddharth [Arjun Rampal], a movie director. He is smart, Harry finds out in the very first meeting. He is glad to have found a cerebral partner to have a conversation with.

Slowly, they bond over coffees, vodka and conversations. Harry decides to work in Siddharth's film. New relationships blossom. But an incident changes everything…

Director Rituparno Ghosh's choice of the subject has its limitations. It's good to think different, but THE LAST LEAR is abstract. From the writing point of view, a number of points remain unexplained and even if they are, it's difficult to decipher.

Like, for instance, Shefali Shah's hatred for Preity is unexplainable. Also, the accident and the aftermath lack clarity. Why does Arjun want a retake? Why does he want Amitabh to perform the death-defying jump all over again? This, when he knows that Amitabh can't see without his glasses. This and many more questiopns remains unanswered.

Amitabh Bachchan is the life of THE LAST LEAR. But it's definitely not his best performance so far. The actor has delivered stronger performances in the past. He's good, not great. Arjun is evolving into a fine actor. After ROCK ON!!, this is another performance that would fetch Arjun laurels. Preity is very effective. Shefali Shah is superb. Divya Dutta is wasted. Prosenjit is alright. Jishu impresses.

On the whole, THE LAST LEAR has something for the Festival circuit, but nothing for the cinema-going audience in India.