Saturday 17 September 2011

YES!! How awesome is it? Ra.One 's album is Brilliant. Songs like Chammak Challo, and Dildara not only toped the charts in India but in the world!

The album is now On the No.1 spot  in "Top World Albums"



Not Only That!! but it's also:

No.1 in UK,
No.2 in USA & Canada,
No.3 in Germany & Australia,
No.10 in NewZealand



the songs are also making waves:

Chammak Challo is at No.3 Spot
Dildara (Stand by me) at No.9













All of this IN ONE DAY FLAT!! :D :D

Ra.One FAQ


1.       What is Ra.One ?
Ra.One is  an upcoming Si-fi superhero Bollywood film.
2.       When is it releasing ?
26th October 2011
3.       Who stars in it ?
    Shahrukh Khan as Shekhar Subramanium / G.One
    Kareena Kapoor as Sonia Shekhar Subramanium
    Arjun Rampal as Ra.One
    Armaan Verma as Prateek Subramanium a.k.a. Lucifer
    Shahana Goswami as Jenny Nayar
    Satish Shah as Iyer
    Dalip Tahil as Barron
   Tom Wu as Akashi
 
4.       Who’s producing the film?
 
The film is produced under SRK's production company Red Chillies Entertainment.
 
5.       What does Ra.One and G.One mean ?
 
Ra.One : "Random Access: Version One" as well as the mythological character Ravana who is a mixture of ten different evil characters.
G.One :  The Good One  or Jeevan, a superhero who saves the mankind from Ra.One's torment.
 
6.         Will it be released in 3D only? Because I hate watching movies in 3D.
 
No, just like every other film in 3D-Ra.One would release in both 3D and 2D formats. And it would be dubbed in both Tamil & Telugu and perhaps some other languages !
 
PS : Actually, It’s Bollywood's second 3D project after Haunted – 3D (2011)
 
7.       What is the budget of Ra.One?
 
Well, the film is still in Post-production, so there are NO confirmed news, but reports of media has estimated it to be between 140-175 crores.(Pffew-We know :O)
 
8.       For how much have the Satellite and music rights been sold?
 
Ra.One had been sold to Star India for a record sum of INR 35 crore. As for Music rights, they’ve been sold to T-series for 15 crores (both the highest ever).
 
9.       What is the story of this film ?
 
Well to cut it short, it’s a story of a family that faces hardship when a bad guy comes after them. Of course since it’s a superhero film, Good vs Evil is an obvious angle. So, it’s about, Family, romance, action, with a si-fi angle.
 
10.   Is it true that Sanjay Dutt and Priyanka Chopra Have done cameos in the film ?
 
Yes, It’s true.  They’ll be featured in an action-packed sequence involving their characters and G.One.
 
11.   Does Shahrukh khan play a double role in the film?
 
Yes. He plays both G.One the superhero and Shekhar, a South Indian game designer whose main aim in life is to win back the love of his son
 
12.   Who is the kid and what character does he play ?
 
Armaan Verma is a child actor being introduced in Ra.One for the first time, so little is known about him currently.
He plays,  Prateek/Lucifer, Shekhar and Sonia’s 13 years old son. A video-gaming freak that loves villains and feels that heroes are boring and predictable. Prateek doesn’t get along with his nerdy father and is embarrassed by his loud Punjabi mother.
 
13.   Can G.One fly?
 
Well if you’re expecting him to fly like Superman then the answer is No! He can Parkour.
 
14.   Where do the events of the film take place?
 
The film’s first half happens in London then the story moves to Goa, India.
 
15.   Has Akon really recorded songs for Ra.One ?
 
Yes, two to be exact. Chammak Challo and Criminal.
 
16.   Who composed the music and is it out?
 
Vishal-Shekhar due are the director of Ra.One music.  for full list of  LEGAL Download  songs. Go here:  Here .
 
17.    Why is the film named after the Villain?
 
According to SRK and I quote: the negative characters in films stands out, like we remember Gabbar Singh, Mogambo, Shakaal ....(....)...So in these films with negative characters, Hero has to arrive becoming a larger than life character, so I thought...even when I see Batman I remember Joker character...so I just felt that this will be different and unique, Ra.One is evil and evil doesnt have any physicality, we can become evil anytime, so this is the logic behind and I have kept the name of the film Ra.One
 
18.   Where can I find all the trailers and song promos of Ra.One?

In the Ra.One movie Official Youtube Channel: RaOneMovie 
19.    Why haven’t we seen Ra.One yet?

Why so interested in the Villain? Isn’t the most important part in a Superhero film is well obviously the superhero? Nevertheless, you will see Ra.One, on the big screen, when you’ll go watch the film.

20.    What about the Video Game?


Ra.One is the first Bollywood film to have its own PS2 & PS3 game. It’s coming out mid to end of October and it serves as a prequel to the story of the film. 

 
21.     Is it true that The VG has 2 kareenas? One good and On bad? and will it be the case for the film as well?
According to SRK, Yes there are 2 kareenas! As for the film No, there is only one Kareena, she's good and she doesn't do any fignting what so ever.



Thursday 15 September 2011

Ra.One track-list

The film's music launch took place in a huge set at Mumbai's Film City where performances were seen by the film's music directors and cast members. Radio Mirchi ran a contest through which it gave its listeners a chance to not only attend the music launch event but also meet the stars of the film. The event was attended by over 700 people from various media outlets and was also telecast live on YouTube. Ra.One became the first Bollywood film to sell the rights of its music launch telecasting to a television channel.



No.
Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Chammak Chhalo"   Akon & Hamsika Iyer 3:46
2. "Dildaara (Stand By Me)"   Shafqat Amanat Ali, Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani & Clinton Cerejo 4:09
3. "Criminal"   Akon, Vishal Dadlani & Shruti Pathak 5:06
4. "Bhare Naina"   Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani & Nandini Shrikar 6:00
5. "Right By Your Side"   Siddharath Coutto 4:22
6. "Raftaarein"   Vishal Dadlani & Shekhar Ravjiani 4:29
7. "Jiya Mora Ghabraaye (The Chase)"   Sukhwinder Singh & Vishal Dadlani 4:37
8. "Chammak Chhalo" (Punjabi Mix) Akon & Hamsika Iyer 3:57
9. "Comes The Light (Theme)" (Instrumental)
1:34
10. "I'm On (Theme)" (Instrumental)
1:21
11. "Song Of The End (Theme)" (Instrumental)
1:47
12. "Chammak Chhalo" (Club Mix) Akon & Hamsika Iyer 4:17
13. "Criminal" (Club Mix) Akon, Vishal Dadlani & Shruti Pathak 5:33
14. "Chammak Chhalo" (International) Akon 3:47
15. "Chammak Chhalo" (Remix) Akon & Hamsika Iyer 4:36

Wednesday 14 September 2011

Ra.One Characters-in actual English

G.ONE (The Good One)
G.one stands for the ‘Good one’. He is made of electricity and is programmed to protect. He is infused with powers to fly, speak different languages and control probability amongst other things. G.One’s powers are centered in his HART. (Hertz Amplifying Resonance Transmitter) What makes G.one endearing is his bond with the kid – Prateek. He is not just another super hero with weapons and metal parts… He is a superhero with a H. A. R. T.



  
PRATEEK SUBRAMANIAM
Prateek is A – bad ass whiz kid, and an ace video game player. He is in the school rock band and plays for the school football team, and loves to skateboard, but video games is his first love and he is capable of playing even the most difficult games with ease. Prateek belongs to the ‘bad is cool’ set of kids. He loves villains and feels that heroes are boring and predictable. Just Like any other teenage kid, Prateek doesn’t get along with his nerdy father and is embarrassed by his loud Punjabi mother, so he mostly hangs out with his friends and his video games.


SHEKHAR SUBRAMANIAM
Shekhar is a South Indian game designer, who still hasn’t come up with a single successful video game. Shekhar is a fun loving guy, who loves his family but spends most of his time in his game design lab rather than with his family the only problem in his life is his estranged relationship with his son, Prateek. A relationship which he tries to better but usually ends up making it worst. Shekhar’s main aim in life is to win back the love of his son, for which he is ready to try every trick in the book. A foodie at heart, he has some really weird eating habits. Apart from food Shekhar also loves quoting great philosophers and revolutionaries, while at the same time adding his own modern day twist to it.


SONIA SUBRAMANIAM
Sonia is a beautiful punjabi woman, full of life and zest. She is ready to face any obstacles that come her way, except modern technology. Sonia is technologically challenged and she literally runs away from technology. A feminist by nature, Sonia aims to pen down a book on male centric abuses. Amongst the family of three – Sonia often finds herself acting as an adhesive between her geeky husband Shekhar and her cool son Prateek, who are constantly fighting. Sonia is hopeful that one day this father- son duo will finally bond.

Wednesday 17 August 2011

Ra.One's Crew!

So, here is a Shot of the end credits from the HD trailer of Ra.One:



You can't help but notice that there are some remarkable names in there!
* The stars : Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor & Arjun Rampal.
* The director: Anubhav Sinha.
* Music Composers: Vishal-Shekhar.
* Screenplay: Anubhav Sinha, Kanika Dhillon, Mushtaq Sheikh & David Benullo.
* Cinematography: Nicola Pecorini ( The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Tideland).
* Editing: Martin Walsh ( an Oscar winning editor, his films include: Chicago, Clash of the Titans & V for Vendetta) & Sanjay Sharma.
Director of Choreography: Ganesh Hegde
* Art designer: Sabu Cyril (Robot, Om Shanti Om)
* Sound Design: resul pookutty ( Oscar & BAFTA winning sound designer, Slumdog Millionaire.)
Re-recording Mixer: Anup Dev (3 Idiots, Omkara, Veer-Zaara)
* Action Department Andrew Gill (Death Race, The Expendables) & Spiro Razatos ( Fast Five, Death Race).
* Visual Effects: Red Chillis VFX (Om Shanti Om, DON).

Quit Impressive! huh?

Tuesday 16 August 2011

Ra.One trailer on iTunes Trailers, Reachs Number 1 in 5 days.


Shah rukh khan crosses a new milestone for Hindi cinema. Khan's most ambitious project to date, the superhero flick Ra.One has interred new Global territories.
The First Theatrical Trailer of "Ra.One " in cinemas this October has been made available on "Apple Trailers" in High Definition (HD). Not only that, but the trailer has reached the number 1 position on the most popular section as well, only in 5 days.
Taking one more step forwards to making Bollywood an international brand.

Thursday 14 July 2011

The King is Back!! DON 2 Trailer




How many of you watched this 20+? I know I did! It's MIND-BLOWING for God's sake! :D
Epic scale, High standards, International feel! December, get here soon!!!!

Friday 1 July 2011

What's the big deal about Shah Rukh Khan? some ask...

Today I'm dedicating this post to talk about one of my all-time favorite actors. The Bollywood Icon: Mr.Shah Rukh Khan. 
There ahve been many ignorant people or movie critics (if you'd like to call them that) who have directed several accusation towards SRKin the past, being it that he is over hyped or that he could do better and should move on to different things, or that's he's not a method actor and shouldn't be called the "BEST" and many others. Today, I give you my personal opinion about the matter.

See, I'm a movie Buff and up till recently, I wasn't much interested in Hindi cinema, don't get me wrong, most of the Hindi films I've seen on TV (mostly Akshay kumar's or Salman's) were "leave you brain at the door and come watch"kinda films. If you've spend your whole life watching American and European movies, they're high on well crafted action sequences, painfully logical scripts and superiority written dialogues and screenplays. All in all I hated Bollywood! to me, Bollywood =Trash cinema.

Then one fine evening my friend handed me a DVD or MNIK, I've heard of SRK Before (who hasn't?!) but I wasn't interesting..then She MADE me watch it...and something miraculous happened that left my family stunned...yes STUNNED...I cried watching a movie, it was the first time in my entire 20 yrs of life I've actually shed real tears for a Movie!!


When the movie was over I ran straight to my computer and typed Shah Rukh Khan into google...and from them I couldn't, wouldn't, and wont stop looking him up each and every single day. I've watched each and every single film of his in 1 month...I think he was brilliant in most, was Ok in some and was terrible in many...
:p

When I come to compare SRK in my mind, I don't use names like Brad Pitt, Tom cruise, he's not of they're caliber he's mush much better....I use name like Al Pacino, Rovert De niro and Jack Nicholson! Why? because the 3 of them (who are living legends of American cinema) were often accused of being too flamboyant, too over the top and overlay overrated...Witch we all know, they're NOT...

On the versatility issue, these people are Mad, For a man who started out by playing Negative roles and having the privilage of being sited in Encyclopædia Britannica's "Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema" it was stated that "he defied the image of the conventional hero in both these films and created his own version of the revisionist hero."

Then moved to a man's Hero by playing the tough, suave, action hero, to comic roles and then ending it by being the most "celebrated romantic hero of his time.
How can they even dare say he's not versatile?!!

Sometimes I feel like Indian media want him to be PERFECT...Each film of his has to be Huge at the Box Office, he has to give his best performance in each role, every movie he produces need to be well made...But they completely miss the point of Cinema as an Art...They stated treating it as Business. Witch is immensely sad. Cinema is purely experimental, there is no fixed formula success., for him to achieve what he did at his age...He's nothing less of miraculous.


See, the problem of "them" is the fact that they're under-educated when it comes to Cinema of the World...

Wednesday 29 June 2011

Vivek Oberoi makes it to the list Heroes of Philanthropy, Salman doesn't

So Forbes Asia on Thursday announced its 'Heroes of Philanthropy' list for the fourth year running, with four Indians among the top 48 philanthropists. 

Vivek Oberoi has made to the list Heroes of Philanthropy. At 34, the actor is the youngest and the only Bollywood actor to make the cut for his work in health, education and disaster relief. “I’m humbled, I didn’t realise that someone was keeping track. I hope this will prod others into pushing for a cause they believe in,” says the actor who is in the elite company of Shiv Nadar (HCL Technologies), Azim Premji (Wipro) and Jackie Chan in that list.

But surpise, surprise, an other fellow bolly actor turned Philanthropist, who's got his own charity foundation Mr.Salman khan..is missing from that list.