Mumbai: Southern superstar Prithviraj Sukumaran, who debuted with 'Aiyyaa' in Bollywood, wants people to appreciate his acting skills in 'Aurangzeb', not his physical appearance, which was in focus in his first Hindi movie.
"Unlike 'Aiyyaa', I am not banking on my physicality with 'Aurangazeb'. It's something else. More than people telling me that you look good or have a good body, I would love it if people would say you are good at what you do," the actor told IANS.
He admits in 'Aiyyaa', which bombed at the box office, his sculpted body was in focus, but adds that 'Aurangzeb' is a "real film". "All the characters are real. I play a cop in the film."
Set in Delhi, 'Aurangzeb' is about real estate mafia versus cops and two seasoned actors - Jackie Shroff and Rishi Kapoor will be seen clashing with each other on-screen. Director Atul Sabharwal's crime thriller also stars Arjun Kapoor in double role....
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05:24 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Mumbai: Southern superstar Prithviraj Sukumaran, who debuted with 'Aiyyaa' in Bollywood, wants people to appreciate his acting skills in 'Aurangzeb', not his physical appearance, which was in focus in his first Hindi movie. "Unlike 'Aiyyaa', I am not banking on my physicality with 'Aurangazeb'. It's something else. More than people telling me that you look good or have a good body, I would love it if people would say you...
01:05 PM, Apr 23, 2013
His debut movie 'Aiyyaa' may not have garnered desired results at the box office, but director Sachin Kundalkar has moved on. He is now working on a social comedy that he plans to release this year itself. ...
05:24 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Mumbai: Rani Mukerji, who plays a distressed wife and a mother dealing with her son's death in her latest release 'Talaash', says she likes to challenge herself as an actor and be choosy as she does not want to be part of films that bore her as well as the audience. "I have to be choosy. If I don't challenge myself as an actor to play a particular part I...
02:59 PM, Dec 04, 2012
Mumbai: Rani Mukerji is disheartened that not many went to see her latest release 'Aiyyaa' and says that actors always crave for adulation. Produced by Anurag Kashyap and directed by debutant Sachin Kundalkar 'Aiyyaa' had Rani and south actor Prithviraj in lead roles. Rani played the role of a Marathi girl who falls in love with a Malayali boy. However, the film did not create magic at the box office....
11:20 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Mumbai: After debuting with 'Aiyyaa', Sachin Kundalkar is busy writing his second film and says it will go on the floors in January next year. "I am writing two scripts and both of them are almost ready. Now I have to choose between the two scripts and put it on the floor." "I have almost decided the star cast and I shall make an announcement by December. And if things...
09:55 AM, Oct 31, 2012
Mumbai, Oct 21: After making a success of it in the Malayalam film industry as an actor, Prithviraj Sukumaran now wants to make it big in Bollywood and says that he is thinking about going behind the camera to direct a film. "Direction is definitely on cards right now. But I don't want to produce anything in Bollywood because I don't know the industry at all. I understand that it...
12:53 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Actor Prithviraj, who is just one-film old in Bollywood, is extremely happy with the response to his recent Malayalam film 'Ayalum Njanum Thammil'. He says he now plans to remake it in Hindi with megastar Amitabh Bachchan. "This is a very special film for me because this story, the plot of the film, was thought of nine years ago. It's a film that I have traveled around with. I took...
06:11 PM, Oct 20, 2012
New Delhi: It seems director Sachin Kundalkar's 'Aiyyaa' had failed to make any mark at the box office. The film has collected a meager amount of Rs 4.7 crore in its first weekend. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweets, "#Aiyyaa - Opening Weekend *revised* 4.7 cr nett. Disaster!" 'Aiyyaa' revolves around a bubbly Marathi girl Meenakshi Deshpande who is madly in love with a South Indian boy. Prithviraj Sukumaran has played...
02:27 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Actor Prithviraj who had been keeping his fingers crossed waiting for the initial reviews of his debut Bollywood movie 'Aiyyaa' is quite relieved now. The movie which had a steady opening on October 12 at maximum screens across the nation also has brought good reviews for the actor. While trade analyst and popular reviewer Taran Adarsh finds him to be "damn confident actor with a striking screen presence", much of...
09:44 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji, who has rubbished rumours that she is married to filmmaker Aditya Chopra, says she has left her marriage destiny to god. "My name has been linked with several people, but 'upar waala' (god) will decide who will become my life partner," Rani said in reply to queries in Rajat Sharma's show 'Aap Ki Adalat', aired on India TV. Mukerji, whose latest film 'Aiyyaa' released...
04:09 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Cast: Rani Mukerjee Director: Sachin Kundalkar It's love at first smell for college librarian Meenaxi Deshpande (Rani Mukherjee), who falls hook line and sinker for brooding artist Surya (South Indian star Prithviraj) the moment she first catches a whiff of him. Meenaxi, the protagonist of writer-director Sachin Kundalkars bizarrely fascinating Aiyyaa, is a middle-class Maharashtrian girl with a heightened sense of smell, and a tendency to slip into a dream-like...
10:55 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Rajeev Masand says 'Aiyyaa' an original experiment let down by its many indulgences. What do you think? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:54 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Let's start with the good news. Rani Mukherjee looks great in a skimpy, black, sequined blouse. Her undulating stomach turns the heat up a notch in what is otherwise a loud and meandering comedy about a woman who falls in love with a complete stranger who smells heavenly. She gets some well-timed laughs as the slightly cuckoo, Marathi girl who fantasizes about film stars, idolizes Sridevi and co-habits a derelict...
11:33 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: A filmy Marathi girl, who is the biggest fan of Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit, falls in love with a Tamil artist. How her dramatic family reacts to the entire situation is what Aiyyaa is all about. Rani Mukerji and Prithviraj Sukumarans highly talked about film Aiyyaa is a romantic comedy. The promos of the film are interesting and Ranis three item numbers have already become quite popular. Last...
10:09 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: Its not been long when Rani Mukerji was among the top heroines of the Hindi film industry. She suddenly vanished from the scene after the failure of her ambitious project Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007). She appeared in big films such as Saawariya and Dil Bole Hadippa after it but slowly and steadily her position became weaker in comparison to her contemporaries. She returned to the limelight with...
03:21 PM, Oct 11, 2012
