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Looking Forward 2011
2011 is expected to see Aamir Khan dominate the silver screen as the actor-producer has two of his home productions lined up for release in the first half while his other ventures starring Rani Mukherji and Kareena Kapoor is slated to hit the screens in the later part.
Aamir Khan Productions' Dhobi Ghat which marks the directorial debut of his wife Kiran Rao releases on January 21. This weekend is extremely special for Aamir as it is this day that 'Rang De Basanti' released.
Starring Aamir Khan, Prateik, Monica Dogra and Kriti Malhotra, Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries) is the quiet and stirring story of four characters bound together as they go through a journey of longing, loneliness, love and loss.
Aamir's Delhi Belly will release in summer. Starring Imran Khan, Vir Das, Kunal Roy Kapur and Shehnaz Treasurywala, it is directed by debutant Abhinay Deo.
Delhi Belly is Aamir Khan Productions first English film and the actor who launched Imran in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, come back with Delhi Belly.
Aamir's next, an untitled venture directed by Reema Kagti marks the coming together of the Dil Chahta Hai team, with Aamir Khan, Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Siddhwani.
The film is a suspense thriller and one of the most awaited films of the year 2011, with audiences and Bollywood alike, awaiting, to see Aamir's next especially since his last two movies 3 Idiots and Ghajini were the biggest hits of recent times.
The Aamir-Rani-Kareena starrer goes on floors in February 2011 and releases the same year.
For Abhishek Bachchan who had a disastrous Raavan and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se in 2010, the new year will be a challenge with Excel Entertainment's Game hitting the screens on March 18 and Fox Star Studio's Dum Maro Dum releasing on April 22 where he plays a narcotics cop from Goa.
Director Rohan Sippy says DMD is an edgy, coming of age, cop caper, with Goa playing a full-fledged character, and has lot of thriller elements thrown in. Apart from Abhishek, Bipasha Basu and Rana Daggubati play important roles.
Game will be debutante director Abhinay Deo's second movie after Delhi Belly. He says the film is an edge of the seat thriller with jaw dropping action sequences. Filmed extensively in Greece, Abhishek is paired opposite Sarah Jane.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra's next Ferrari Ki Sawaari starring Sharman Joshi is directed by debutante Rajesh Mapuskar, a protege of Rajkumar Hirani. Hirani is currently busy scripting the film which goes on floors in March and releases later this year.
Patiala House will be Akshay Kumar's first release of 2011 on February 11. The movie has an eclectic cast, that boasts of a huge household. Leading the pack are Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Hard Kaur and Soni Razdan. Directed by Nikhil Advani, 'Patiala House' is about a family that is still ruled over by the head patriarch, and have all three generations living together.
Reliance Pictures's releases this year include Double Dhamaal, Don 2, Bodyguard and remake of Tamil film Singum to be directed by Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn.
Double Dhamaal starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Javed Jaffry, Mallika Sherawat, Kangana Ranaut and Ashish Chowdhary is directed by Indra Kumar and a sequel to Dhamaal.
Tigmanshu Dhulia's thriller tentatively titled Shagird starring Nana Patekar, Rimi Sen and Mohit Ahlawat releases in February-March 2011. This film is also produced by Reliance Pictures.
Studio 18's Tannu Weds Mannu, directed by Aanand Rai and starring R Madhavan and Kangana Ranaut is about a simple NRI boy coming home to find himself a homely bride and ends up falling in love with a small town, wild girl. The film releases on February 25.
Zingadi Milegi Na Dobara, starring an ensemble caste of Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar will release in May. While Shah Rukh Khan's Don 2 is slated to hit the screens in December.
Sidharth Roy Kapur of UTV Motion Pictures says his company has a combination of big and small movies in 2011.
"We kick start the year with No One Killed Jessica by Rajkumar Gupta this week followed by Dhobi Ghat, Saat Khoon Maaf by Vishal Bharadwaj in February, Thank You starring Akshay Kumar in April and later with My Friend Pinto by Sanjay Leela Bhansali," he said.
Sidharth said other projects in pipeline include Burfi, Joker, Delhi Belly, Short Term Shaadi, Chillar Party, Dostana 2, release dates of which will be announced later.
He said even though Guzaarish did not bring in the desired box office numbers, UTV believes it was a very beautifully and aesthetically made film with a great star cast coming from a very talented director.
"While the film didn't work that well with the single plexes audiences in small towns, we had a section of the audience which really loved and appreciated the film apart from the critics and the film community," he said.
Giving his assessment of 2010, Sidharth said in terms of budgets, the industry has seen sensible projects, keeping a check on the finances right from initial stages to post production stages, and will see more stringent practices in the coming years.
Sanjeev Lamba of Reliance Pictures said 2010 has been a year of a lot of learning and also some adjustments.
"We have looked in to our overall business and going forward we will do up to 6 Hindi films in 2011, which is on track. Our production model has changed. Our on-going deals are all co-productions or productions with Reliance Pictures owning a share of the intellectual property and this is the model we will follow going forward," he added.
Lamba said 2010 has been a mixed bag with incredible highs and few disappointments. "We had a great start with 3 Idiots that released in Christmas last year. Soon after that Well Done Abba released which got a lot of appreciation and fared reasonably well," he said.
He said his company released two Hollywood films -- 'Dinner For Schmucks' which was the first film in Reliance's partnership with the new DreamWorks studio and 'Skyline' which was an independent distribution acquisition for India.
"We are going to carry that momentum forward and we expect to do 10 Hollywood movies next year," he added.
On the 2011 business model, Lamba said for the first time an Indian-based production and distribution company will be a major player in both Bollywood and Hollywood content.
"In a steady state we should be doing 10-15 Hollywood films in a year and up to six Bollywood films and in years to come the number of films in Bollywood and Hollywood kitties will be equal," he added.
Speaking about 'Kites' and 'Raavan', the biggest debacles of last year, Lamba said the price that was paid for both the films were according to the market economics that prevailed in 2008 and 2009 and since then the market shifted considerably until the release.
2011 is expected to see Aamir Khan dominate the silver screen as the actor-producer has two of his home productions lined up for release in the first half while his other ventures starring Rani Mukherji and Kareena Kapoor is slated to hit the screens in the later part.
Aamir Khan Productions' Dhobi Ghat which marks the directorial debut of his wife Kiran Rao releases on January 21. This weekend is extremely special for Aamir as it is this day that 'Rang De Basanti' released.
Starring Aamir Khan, Prateik, Monica Dogra and Kriti Malhotra, Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries) is the quiet and stirring story of four characters bound together as they go through a journey of longing, loneliness, love and loss.
Aamir's Delhi Belly will release in summer. Starring Imran Khan, Vir Das, Kunal Roy Kapur and Shehnaz Treasurywala, it is directed by debutant Abhinay Deo.
Delhi Belly is Aamir Khan Productions first English film and the actor who launched Imran in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, come back with Delhi Belly.
Aamir's next, an untitled venture directed by Reema Kagti marks the coming together of the Dil Chahta Hai team, with Aamir Khan, Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Siddhwani.
The film is a suspense thriller and one of the most awaited films of the year 2011, with audiences and Bollywood alike, awaiting, to see Aamir's next especially since his last two movies 3 Idiots and Ghajini were the biggest hits of recent times.
The Aamir-Rani-Kareena starrer goes on floors in February 2011 and releases the same year.
For Abhishek Bachchan who had a disastrous Raavan and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se in 2010, the new year will be a challenge with Excel Entertainment's Game hitting the screens on March 18 and Fox Star Studio's Dum Maro Dum releasing on April 22 where he plays a narcotics cop from Goa.
Director Rohan Sippy says DMD is an edgy, coming of age, cop caper, with Goa playing a full-fledged character, and has lot of thriller elements thrown in. Apart from Abhishek, Bipasha Basu and Rana Daggubati play important roles.
Game will be debutante director Abhinay Deo's second movie after Delhi Belly. He says the film is an edge of the seat thriller with jaw dropping action sequences. Filmed extensively in Greece, Abhishek is paired opposite Sarah Jane.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra's next Ferrari Ki Sawaari starring Sharman Joshi is directed by debutante Rajesh Mapuskar, a protege of Rajkumar Hirani. Hirani is currently busy scripting the film which goes on floors in March and releases later this year.
Patiala House will be Akshay Kumar's first release of 2011 on February 11. The movie has an eclectic cast, that boasts of a huge household. Leading the pack are Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Hard Kaur and Soni Razdan. Directed by Nikhil Advani, 'Patiala House' is about a family that is still ruled over by the head patriarch, and have all three generations living together.
Reliance Pictures's releases this year include Double Dhamaal, Don 2, Bodyguard and remake of Tamil film Singum to be directed by Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn.
Double Dhamaal starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Javed Jaffry, Mallika Sherawat, Kangana Ranaut and Ashish Chowdhary is directed by Indra Kumar and a sequel to Dhamaal.
Tigmanshu Dhulia's thriller tentatively titled Shagird starring Nana Patekar, Rimi Sen and Mohit Ahlawat releases in February-March 2011. This film is also produced by Reliance Pictures.
Studio 18's Tannu Weds Mannu, directed by Aanand Rai and starring R Madhavan and Kangana Ranaut is about a simple NRI boy coming home to find himself a homely bride and ends up falling in love with a small town, wild girl. The film releases on February 25.
Zingadi Milegi Na Dobara, starring an ensemble caste of Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar will release in May. While Shah Rukh Khan's Don 2 is slated to hit the screens in December.
Sidharth Roy Kapur of UTV Motion Pictures says his company has a combination of big and small movies in 2011.
"We kick start the year with No One Killed Jessica by Rajkumar Gupta this week followed by Dhobi Ghat, Saat Khoon Maaf by Vishal Bharadwaj in February, Thank You starring Akshay Kumar in April and later with My Friend Pinto by Sanjay Leela Bhansali," he said.
Sidharth said other projects in pipeline include Burfi, Joker, Delhi Belly, Short Term Shaadi, Chillar Party, Dostana 2, release dates of which will be announced later.
He said even though Guzaarish did not bring in the desired box office numbers, UTV believes it was a very beautifully and aesthetically made film with a great star cast coming from a very talented director.
"While the film didn't work that well with the single plexes audiences in small towns, we had a section of the audience which really loved and appreciated the film apart from the critics and the film community," he said.
Giving his assessment of 2010, Sidharth said in terms of budgets, the industry has seen sensible projects, keeping a check on the finances right from initial stages to post production stages, and will see more stringent practices in the coming years.
Sanjeev Lamba of Reliance Pictures said 2010 has been a year of a lot of learning and also some adjustments.
"We have looked in to our overall business and going forward we will do up to 6 Hindi films in 2011, which is on track. Our production model has changed. Our on-going deals are all co-productions or productions with Reliance Pictures owning a share of the intellectual property and this is the model we will follow going forward," he added.
Lamba said 2010 has been a mixed bag with incredible highs and few disappointments. "We had a great start with 3 Idiots that released in Christmas last year. Soon after that Well Done Abba released which got a lot of appreciation and fared reasonably well," he said.
He said his company released two Hollywood films -- 'Dinner For Schmucks' which was the first film in Reliance's partnership with the new DreamWorks studio and 'Skyline' which was an independent distribution acquisition for India.
"We are going to carry that momentum forward and we expect to do 10 Hollywood movies next year," he added.
On the 2011 business model, Lamba said for the first time an Indian-based production and distribution company will be a major player in both Bollywood and Hollywood content.
"In a steady state we should be doing 10-15 Hollywood films in a year and up to six Bollywood films and in years to come the number of films in Bollywood and Hollywood kitties will be equal," he added.
Speaking about 'Kites' and 'Raavan', the biggest debacles of last year, Lamba said the price that was paid for both the films were according to the market economics that prevailed in 2008 and 2009 and since then the market shifted considerably until the release.
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