Akshay Kumar, who has always been known to be superstitious about his films and has never believed in keeping private trial shows, is now all set to follow the other AK’s example and bend his own rules for his February release Special Chabbis with multiple trials.

And for that his is bending his old way of promotion and is ready to follow Aamir Khan’s method; private trial shows before the release of the film. Private Trial Shows for a film is a trend invented by Aamir Khan in which he used to showcase his films to selected audience before release to collect real reviews that hardly come after premiere of a film.

A source informs, “Akshay is busy shooting for his films till the 23rd of this month and once he finishes the first schedule of Vipul Shah’s remake of Thuppaki and Milan Luthria’s film, he will start showing the film to his Bollywood camp. Akshay is one actor who does not believe in having trial shows for his film and this will probably be the first time for him. He always kept a show a day prior to his release for the entire industry but this time around, it looks like he will have at least 8 to 10 trials.”

The source further said, “There are a couple of reasons for that. Akshay is very confident. He has rarely done realistic films and is eager to see how the industry welcomes him in this different genre.”

If media reports are to be believed then the second part of ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ is going to be more gripping than the first part. After ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, Anurag Kashyap has probably become the most recognised face of the Indian cinema in the foreign markets. The film received critical as well as commercial success.

Anurag Kashyap’s trigger-happy Gangs are back. Wild, wild Wasseypur is buzzing once again with the swish of daggers, the din of gunshots and the curved conversations of violent men perpetually on the edge of sanity.

In years to come, Gangs of Wasseypur will, for all intents and purposes, be critically assessed as a single film. It has been split into two only by the exigencies of the movie exhibition business.

But for the moment, the question is inevitable: does Gangs Of Wasseypur II take off seamlessly enough from where the first part of the blood-splattered vengeance saga ended?

It certainly does, but by no stretch of the imagination is this anything like reviewing the same film. Gangs Of Wasseypur II is as distinct from Gangs Of Wasseypur as today’s Wasseypur must be from the nondescript but dangerous boondocks that the first part dealt with.

Those who love a good political mud-slinger, this one could seduce your grey cells too. Every bullet that leaves the barrel has a consequence that has been measured and anticipated. No one can be trusted, everyone has an ulterior motive and the larger picture cannot be painted without joining all the dots. Makes no sense? Well, this means that you cannot let your mind wander in the screen and need to take in everything with one squint eye (like ACP Pradhyuman from CID).

The mystery surrounding the release of the second part of gritty thriller “Gangs Of Wasseypur” has been revealed — the movie will hit screens Aug 8, which happens to be a Wednesday.

“For all those asking and also those not asking but are eager to know will release on 8th August,” tweeted Kashyap.

“Sunn toh liya hai aapne ab apni aankhon se dekh bhi lo (You’ve heard it, now see it too),” he added with a mini-poster that reads “‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’ releasing 8th August, 2012″.

It’s official. The second part of Anurag Kashyap’s highly anticipated revenge drama GANGS OF WASSEYPUR will release on August 8 this year. The update was given by Taran Adarsh on Twitter. “Update: Viacom18 to release on Wednesday, 8 August. Innovative strategy by Vikram Malhotra “, is what he wrote. An hour later, the official twitter page of the film posted a tweet, “For all those asking and also those not asking but are eager to know will release on 8th August!”, and this was retweeted by director Anurag Kashyap.

The makers plan to formally announce the release date tonight at the success party of GANGS OF WASSEYPUR. The theatrical trailer of GANGS OF WASSEYPUR 2 too would be unveiled.

This piece of news shall surely bring cheer to fans of the film since the second part will hit screens in less than two months after the release of the first part. However, commercially, the film might have a tough time. The holy month of Ramzan will be in full-swing during August 8. Moreover, the monstrous EK THA TIGER will be arriving a week later (August 15) which might prove detrimental to the film’s box office collections.

Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Richa Chadda, Reema Sen, Piyush Mishra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi

Directed by Anurag Kashyap

Rating : ***1/2

Anurag Kashyap one more related to reality of India. Gangs Of Wasseypur Released today . Gangs Of Wasseypur has a capricious first half. The film never recovers from the unforgivably tedious first half-hour. Although, self-indulgent in parts the film manages to say a lot in approx 160 minutes of runtime. Manoj Bajpayee and Nawazuddin Siddiqui are outstanding, say

Smriti Irani‘s ridiculously bovine grin welcomes us to the Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhu Bahu Thi house, introducing us to the saccharine-soaked members of the smiley family, before the camera pulls out and the television is silenced by gunfire. And more gunfire.

As Pankaj Tripathi‘s Sultan leads a group of marauders through twisty side-streets, Anurag Kashyap’s film has, within seconds, evolved from soap opera to First Person Shooter. We’re jolted into its noisy, brutish world. Then, yet another metamorphosis: into a history lesson. And this — in keeping with the lamentable way most schoolteachers use the subject to provoke yawns and force dates down student throats — is instantly boring.

“Gangs Of Wasseypur has a capricious first half, but the film advances vigorously post intermission. There’s never a tedious moment in the second half of the gangster epic, the plot throws a number of disclosures at you, it dribbles with visual style, laces up with commanding, acidic and witty lines… with Rajiv Ravi‘s camera moving incessantly,” writes Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama.

But film critic Raja Sen, Rediff differs from Adarsh. He writes, “The film never recovers from the unforgivably tedious first half-hour, and despite many laudable moments and nifty touches, never quite engages. This is partly because of every Indian filmmaker’s befuddling desire to borrow plot-points from The Godfather whenever dealing with crime families, but mostly because Kashyap is defiant in his self-indulgence, piling on more and more when less could have done the job more efficiently.”

While the story is too long and tiring to narrate, just defining the lead cast will fill up this page. Sardar Khan (Manoj Bajpai) has a one-point agenda: avenge his father’s death from coal mine owner-turned-politician Vidhayak Ramadhir Singh (Tigmanshu Dhulia). Circumstances lead Khan to a dual life. In one, he is married to Najma (Richa Chadda) and has three sons and in the other, he is seduced by Durga’s (Reemma Sen) sexy back to have another son from her. He also has two sidekicks, the forever grumpy Farhan (Piyush Mishra) and the Rajkumar Hirani-lookalike Asgar Khan (Jameel Khan). Through most of the film, Sardar is either battling Ramadhir Singh or the Quereshis who had driven him out of Wasseypur initially. The story takes a romantic turn after a giant time leap. Sardar’s sons grow up to pursue their respective love interests, leading to some priceless comic scenes. The film concludes with a predictable climax and if you were awake through most of the film, you can guess the end atleast 15 minutes before the closing credits.

The cast is mostly spot-on. Richa Chadda and Jameel Khan are the pick of a very talented bunch, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui (who, Part One’s plot promises, will dominate the sequel) burns through the frames he’s in. There are admirably few familiar faces in key roles, and while characters age very sporadically — Tripathi’s Sultan, for example, barely ages a day in over four decades — their growth is very well defined. And the film’s best performer is composer Sneha Khanwalkar, whose Keh Ke Lunga is the song of the year. The films picks up a lot of steam in the final act, and the trailer for Part Two — which comes after the end-credits — with a man called Perpendicular treating a razor blade as if it were a stick of Wrigley’s, is crackling.

Considering the amount of blood spilled in this film, it could’ve just been called ‘Gangs of Sauce-e-pur’. Hot and sweet and different. ‘Bata deejiyega sabko!’

Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee has becomes a proud father as his actress wife Shabana, known as Neha, gave birth to a baby girl in a private nursing home. The baby was born Feb 23 and Manoj is very happy and excited.
 
“They have named the baby Ava Nayla Bajpayee. They kept quiet about it because that is the way they wanted it. Manoj has always been a very private person about his personal life and everybody knows this. In fact, they shifted from a bigger hospital to a private nursing home in Santacruz to enjoy this moment with close family,” a source close to the actor told reporters.

“Manoj had come to Mumbai for the delivery and now he is back in Bhopal for the shoot of `Aarakshan`,” added the source. Source

In a year which has been laden with some high profile box office flops, case in point being KITES (Hrithik Roshan), VEER (Salman Khan) and RANN (Amitabh Bachchan), RAAJNEETI is one film which is turning out to be one of the biggest films of the season.

“Well, people had been telling me this for last few weeks and the feelers have been amazing. As an actor you do feel elated when something like this happens because you have lived through the film and hence have a hands-on idea of how it has shaped up actually. This is why I was not scared of any expectations because I knew that they would be met”, says Ajay in a confident tone.

One can trust him to say that. Earlier this year, his ATITHI TUM KAB KAOGE turned out to be a surprise success at the box office and though not many in the trade believed that it would do well in theaters, Ajay was always confident about its extended run on big screen as well as the medium of home video. Today in case of RAAJNEETI, whether it’s the plot, cast, music, buzz, hype, timing, promotion – just about everything seems to have fitted in quite well. More

Wake up you all Katrina Kaif fans. This is a big surprise. Imagine the reigning queen of Bollywood touching the feet of an actor. Well, this did happen recently when Katrina Kaif went out of her and touched the feet of well known actor Manoj Bajpayee. The reason – Katrina is bowled over by the acting talent of this genius actor and didn’t want to miss a chance to express her respect for him.

Manoj Bajpayee is making headlines again for his critical role in the recently released film RAAJNEETI. The actor is happy over the way critics and fans have reacted to his act in the film.

In the past too, Manoj Bajpayee has invited such gestures from his ladies. It is a well known fact that during the release of the film SATYA, actress Tabu had also touched Manoj Bajpayee’s feet for being the powerhouse of the acting talent. Source

RAAJNEETI has recorded by far the best opening of the year by collecting nearly 10.50 crore net on its first day. The collections are just huge in Mumbai, Delhi/UP, East Punjab, CP Berar, CI and Rajasthan with South being good but lower comparatively.

This is the second highest opening ever after 3 IDIOTS (12.98 crores where we need to remember 25th December was the opening day). RAAJNEETI is closely followed by KITES (10.04 cr) and HOUSEFULL (9 crores).The collections are the second highest first day total however with 30% lesser shows at multiplexes than films like KITES and HOUSEFULL which were the second and third biggest first day openers respectively before RAAJNEETI.

The film has simply surpassed all expectations and may be on its way to being the first big smash hit of 2010 in India. Prakash Jha rocks. Source

Manoj Bajpai got recognition in filmdom with Ram Gopal Varma’s “Satya”, but says he will never go back to his mentor.

“You will never see me doing a film with him (Varma) again. The wound that he has given can never be healed,” Manoj said.

Varma gave Manoj a role in “Satya” after watching him in Shekhar Kapur’s “Bandit Queen”. But the two never got along well. Manoj alleged that Varma always humiliated him during the making of “Satya”.

The final break came when Varma was casting for “Ramu Ki Aag” and met Manoj for Samba’s role. But it didn’t work out and the director said Manoj and he could never see eye to eye. The day after the meeting with Manoj, Varma signed Sushant Singh for Samba’s role. Full News