PVR Pictures’ Emraan Hashmi and Abhay Deol starrer SHANGHAI is all set to release on June 8, 2012. The film is directed by Dibakar Banejee and also stars Kalki Koechlin and Prosenjit Chatterjee in prominent roles.

The movie is based on the life of politicians and their greed and has been inspired from Costa Gavras directed movie Z, released in 1969. SHANGHAI portrays the present political scenario and how common man gets his revenge back.

Dibakar is thrilled at the way SHANGHAI has shaped up. “Frankly I have been stunned by the performances from our stars and our character artistes. I can safely say that all preconceived notions that people have about both Abhay and Emraan are going to be shattered by this movie,” avers Dibakar.

5) Don 2

Panned by many critics, this film makes it to the list for not only being the first genuinely slick action flick of Bollywood, but also because it brought  back memories of a Shahrukh Khan we didn’t despise. Don 2, despite its slow pacing and rather humdrum plot, worked rather gloriously because the Don himself got to deliver some fun punchlines; wear masks of actors far more good looking than him and romance the girl with the sexiest pout in Asia, Priyanka Chopra. Looking back at the year, this is the only mega hit of 2011 that was actually fun to sit through.

4) Stanley Ka Dabba

This film should be much higher up, if only it wasn’t for the lack of its mainstream elements. Yet, this is a small-scale, simple and spectacular film that works as effectively in providing a refreshing twist to the poor state of children’s cinema in India as it does in tugging at the heartstrings without trying too hard. The Partho kid is rather neat, but his father, director Amole Gupte (the writer of Taare Zameen Par) is the one who takes the cake here. A must-see!

3) Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

This film is in our list because this is, by far, the best looking flick of the year, a tour-guide to Spain that unimpressively breezed through much frivolity and mush before taking off the covers and showing us a heart and a soul. This was mainstream, commercial cinema that had something to say — and while the underlying theme was rather stale — the packaging was pretty damn great. Katrina rode a bike all the way through Barcelona only to give a man a kiss, Hrithik Roshan stood opposite her to complete the fantastic looking pair and Farhan Akhtar rose above the role to truly give a heartfelt performance.

2) The Dirty Picture

First banned and then unbanned in Pakistan, this gutsy film is perhaps the most unforgettable feature film of the year. The rigorously censored version in Pakistani theatres should be given a miss. This one is to be seen at home, late at night when kids and parents have been put to sleep. Revolving around a vulgar little South Indian item girl, The Dirty Picture is far braver an achievement than Delhi Belly — another push-the-envelope feature — simply because it uses a female to forward the theme. And what a female she is! Vidya Balan — a genuine actor revelling in her onscreen glory with such remarkable glee — is the one reason why this film is so high up on this list. Trendsetting stuff!

1) Rockstar

Take a bow, ladies and gentlemen. In a year when Aamir was absent, Hrithik was sleepy, Shahrukh and Salman were busy baking blockbuster recipes; one guy stood up and showed them all who the real daddy of performance is. Ranbir Kapoor and this realistic story of music, love and pain are not stuff that Bollywood is used to. Kapoor is a superstar and a spectacular actor who knows how to pull off both sides of him at the same time.

Fresh off the success of his last release ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA, Abhay Deol was honored this year as the featured celebrity at the Toronto Film Festival.

The unconventional Abhay Deol who rode into Bollywood as the dark house managed to win accolades for his brilliant performances and took the industry by storm. Apart from featuring as the ‘new face of Indian Cinema’ on the covers of Time Out and Man’s World, Abhay was felicitated at the prestigious film festival held at the Harbour Front Centre which celebrates South Asian Culture between 19th -21st August 2011.

Jason Kennedy, Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism said on behalf of Prime Minister of Canada,Stephen Harper “Many in Canada have appreciated Abhay’s films, particularly in the South Asian Diaspora, and we hope that his presence at the festival will continue to excite and entertain Canada and her diverse people.” More

Zoya Akhtar’s “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”, a story of the adventurous road trip in Spain of three friends, is spinning magic at the box office – grossing Rs 108 crore in 10 days.

Released by Eros International, the film starring Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Kalki Koechlin and Katrina Kaif has earned Rs.86 crore at the domestic box office (net collection Rs.60 crore) and Rs.22 crore overseas. The film starring Hrithik, Farhan and Abhay was released on over 1,800 screens. More

The acting maestro Abhay Deol has finally admitted that he is seeing Preeti Desai. The actor made this revelation on Simi Garewal’s India’s Most Desirables.

To the elegant Simi Garewal he publicly declared his relationship status by saying, ‘I am in a relationship at the moment with Preeti Desai, Miss. Britain.’ He also said, ‘I am very quiet about my affairs-that’s why they are never blown out of proportion.’ Now that is something we’d surely agree to!

From drugs to relationships to women, Dimpy, (that’s what Abhay is called at home) poured his heart out on the chat show. On the show he revealed that he experimented with drugs when he was younger. He moved out of home when he was 18 and went to study abroad. On the show he said, ‘I was rebellious and so abused my body!’ More

Zoya Akhtar’s road trip film, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (ZNMD), has given the box office and the audience a reason to smile.

ZNMD’s net collection on the first day was about Rs 7.5 crore and approximately Rs 9 to Rs 9.25 crore on the second.

Even though Harry Potter initially sped ahead of Zoya Akhtar’s film in the early shows, the Hrithik Roshan-Farhan Akhtar-Abhay Deol starrer quickly caught up. Yet, apprehensions about it slowing down in the coming days do exist. “I don’t know whether it will be able to sustain for too long,” adds Nahta, while trade analyst Taran Adarsh reveals, “It is not selling so much in single screens, but on the strength of the multiplexes, the youth has taken to the film in a big way. It might be one of the biggest openings we’ve seen.” Source

With the big names like Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar and Abhay Deol coming together, excitement, fun, and loads of entertainment are inevitable. This is what happened here Sunday night as the threesome took stage to perform live.

The three performed amidst large number of fans as part of their promotional tour for their upcoming film “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”.

Hrithik, Abhay and Farhan created magic on stage as they broke into singing and dancing on their popular song “Senorita”, originally sung by the three of them in the film. They were accompanied by Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin. More

The stars of ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA are all set to surprise you . Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif, Zoya Akhtar (director) and Ritesh Sidhwani (producer) fulfilled the promised made to audience and took a road trip adventure from Mumbai to Delhi in four days.

Looking fresh and all excited to take the road trip; they were there on time. With luggage that arrived earlier. With car loaded with food, water, books, ipods; they were all ready to head to their first destination, Surat.

Kalki, who has not been well, was not traveling with team to Delhi was there to flag off the journey.

Hrithik Roshan, who was extremely excitement said, “I have never ever done road trip and this is the first time I would be on a road trip in India. To see India in rains and to travel by road is quite exciting. ” More

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara cast Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin has taken to the road.

As a part of the unique promotional strategy designed by director Zoya Akhtar and her team, they will make a road trip from Mumbai to Delhi and halt in between too.

The trip starts from Bandra, Mumbai on July 7, with stopovers at Surat, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Udaipur and finally to end the journey in Gurgaon, on July 10. Our source said, “They will possibly drive 1500 kms on their own.

Once in Delhi, the star-cast will perform at a live concert in Gurgaon. This is the first time that such a different marketing strategy has been planned to promote a film.” More

Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif jazzed it up with song and dance at a concert to promote their upcoming film. Hrithik was a man on a mission as he performed before the huge crowd with a variety of dance steps as his other co-stars from the film joined in.

Abhay Deol performed a step imitating Dharmendra’s dancing style while Farhan Akhtar got Hrithik to do his famous moves from Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai. Katrina in a Spanish skirt and co-ordinated blouse performed some ‘senorita’ steps that had fans screaming for more. Kalki Koechlin was in the centre of things but performed half-heartedly.

Ritesh Sidhwani and Zoya Akhtar who were onstage were introduced to the crowd as well. Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonca  provided the musical accompaniment as the stars joined in the singing. Source

Abhay Deol is feeling nostalgic these days. After watching the final act of his latest film ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA recently, Abhay Deol is missing all the fun he had while shooting for the film. Now, if it was in the actors’ hands, he would have re-shot the film to revisit his fond memories.

Talking about his upcoming film ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA, Abhay says, “It is a wonder film. Though I have done two multistarrers before this film, but shooting for ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA was great fun simply given the camaraderie all of us shared on the sets. Recently, when I saw the full film for first time, I realised how much fun we had while shooting the film. Now, I really wish to go back and re-shoot the film if it was possible just to revisit all that fun.” More

Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar and Abhay Deol, who feature in the forthcoming film Zindagi Na Milegi Doba, are set to sing the song Senorita live at the music launch of the movie. They plan to launch the music video along with a live concert on 11th June at a suburban mall.

For the first time, the three actors will be seen singing live and jamming with the audiences. Music directors Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy will also be present there. All three actors are seen tap dancing for this particular number in the movie. More