Humlog Foundation Annual Awards

Every year on the occasion of Mahashivratri, Humlog Foundation Chairman Mohan Mirchandani organizes the Annual Event “Humlog Foundation Annual Awards” at the unique venue of Radio Club .

Needless to say this year too it was a star studded affair . Mohan Mirchandani, himself only likes to host the awards ceremony.


This year lot of guests and celebrities were honoured


Mamta Sharma, the singer of "Munni Badnaam Hui" was there along with Lalit Pandit.


Dr.Nitin Raut minister for animal husbandry Maharashtra was there too for the event.



Avnika Gor was there too; who is of course a young lady now!







Kavita Paudwal started the event with the 'Jai Jai Shiv Shankar' song and 'Dum a Dum Mast Kallandar'

And Sahila Chadha and Nimay Bali too freaked the function along with their lovely daughter.



Pahalaj Nihalani was there to receive the award



Adi Irani and Shiva coming together


This award is the with a religious value and is higly anticipated.

This is the only award ceremony which has a religious under current and it’s happening from last 30 years on the eve of "MahaShivratri". In the past actress and actors of the likes Jackie Bhagnani, Vatsal Seth, Yuvika Choudhary, Jagdeep, Ranbir Kapoor, Priety Zinta, John Abrahim, Tushar Kapoor, etc have attended the Hum Log Awards.

This year Vivek Oberoi, Anushaka Sharma, Ranveer Singh, Vashu Bhagnani & many more celebs are likely attending the Showbiz Award.

Vinay Pathak in a Firstever Double Role - Utt Pataang

Written and Directed by Srikanth V. Velagaleti, RASH Productions' UTT PATAANG is slated to release on 4th February, 2011. The film stars:

Vinay Pathak (in double role)


Mahie Gill

Saurabh Shukla



And Mona Singh, Sanjay Mishra, Brijendra Kala, Delnaz Paul, Govind Namdeo, etc . It will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (India) Pvt. Limited in India.


UTT PATAANG is a comedy thriller of happenings of one night that finds a simpleton Vinay Pathak, who is on the brink of a break up, caught in a dangerous money deal gone horribly wrong. Caught in this chase for the bagful of money, is his private detective friend Saurabh Shukla, a heartbroken woman (Mona Singh), a French-obsessed gangster (Vinay Pathak again) and the gangster’s moll (Mahie Gill), all thrown into a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse chase. Layers of secrecy unfold and game gets worse as the night wears on.

Director Srikanth V. Velagaleti says, "The film is a funny take on a tale of love and friendship colliding with greed and deception. It has Vinay Pathak in a double role for the first time and every actor has come up with commendable performances."


“UTT PATAANG - even at the script stage was a very engaging read. And now the film has turned out better thanks to the efforts of the cast & crew. It is a roller coaster ride of emotions running on a highly unpredictable plot. We sincerely hope the audiences enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making this film” Says Aparna Joshi producer of UTT PATAANG.


“A new age hilarious story told in a non-linear format filled with twists and turns that will keep you entertained till the climax. It has the potential to be the first sleeper of 2011” says Denzil Dias - Deputy Managing Director (Theatrical), Warner Bros. Pictures India.


Utt Pataang is written and directed by Srikanth V. Velagaleti and Produced by Aparna Joshi of RASH Productions. The Screenplay and Dialogues have been written by Saurabh Shukla. The music is composed by Shamir Tandon and Arun Verma is the Director of Photography. Art Direction by Tina Dharamsay and the Editor is Sankalp Meshram. Costume Design by Prachi Amonkar. Media Consultants - Arati Salgaonkar, Perception Managers


The celebs present for the Utt Pataang premiere were:

Dhobi Ghat Review: Ghar Ke Na Ghat Ke...

Dhobi Ghat Review Kiran Rao’s Dhobi Ghat is the story of four Mumbai based characters who, while dealing with personal demons end up crisscrossing each other’s paths and in the process change forever. Laced with some magical moments Dhobi Ghat might stir the viewer to some extent but on the whole the film comes across as a much manufactured exercise with a slight hint of pretense.



Shai (Monica Dogra), a New York based investment banker on a sabbatical of sorts, meets a reclusive artist, Arun (Aamir Khan) and they hit off like a house on fire. Shai thinks that the chemistry is good enough to explore further but Arun’s a different man by the daylight. Shia decides to concentrate on vacation assignment of photographing people with strange vocations and befriends Munna (Prateik), a local washer man who dreams of becoming an actor. As Munna shows her the sights of the city she clicks his portfolio. They end up spending most of their time together but she can’t seem to get Arun out of her head. Arun shifts into a new house and gets lost in the life of the earlier tenant Yasmin (Kirti Malhotra) through the three video tapes he finds in the house. Shia locates Arun through Munna who happens to be the common link between the two and surreptitiously starts photographing him. While Arun gets immersed in Yasmin’s life that is going from bad to worse, Munna starts falling for Shia who still pines for Arun but will the four get what they want?

Kiran Rao’s Dhobi Ghat walks the same path as most Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu films like Babel, 21 Grams or Amores Perroes. The whole deal of three or four characters whose lives collide and alter the course of their very existence has been done to death and Rao’s film does have a big Inarritu hangover. So much so that she even gets the Mexican auteur’s regular Argentine composer Gustavo Santaolalla to do the background score. Having said that her characters are unique, their stories interesting enough to follow but Dhobi Ghat tries to be something different from what it ends up being.

Read complete Dhobi Ghat Review on our site Buzzintown.com.

For Dhobi Ghat Synopsis and Dhobi Ghat Trailer please visit our site.

Cast: Prateik, Monica Dogra, Kriti Malhotra and Aamir Khan

Written and Directed by: Kiran Rao

BUZZ RATING 2/5

Dhobi Ghat Movie staring Aamir Khan

Dhobi Ghat is an Aamir Khan home production and a Directorial debut for his wife Kiran Rao. Dhobi Ghat is releasing on 21 January 2011. The star cast of Dhobi Ghat includes Aamir Khan, Kirti Malhotra, Kitu Gidwani, Monica Dogra (Debutant), Nafisa Khan, Prateik Babbar (Debutant).

Friends sharing with you stills of Aamir Khan in Dhobi Ghat.








Dhobi Ghat Wallpaper



For Dhobi Ghat Synopsis and Dhobi Ghat Trailer please visit our site.

Friends what do you think will Dhobi Ghat be a critical as well as commercial success?

Phaas Gaye Re Obama - DVD & VCD Launch

Neha Dhupia, Rajat Kapoor, Sanjay Mishra, Manu Rishi Chadda, director Subhash Kapoor & producer Ashok Pandey along with Uday Suneja from Eagle Home Entertainment launched the DVD & VCD of successful film ‘Phas Gaye Re Obama’ for home viewing at Inorbit Mall, Malad Mumbai

Eagle Home Entertainment has brought out the DVD at Rs. 299 and VCD at Rs. 149, of successful comic caper ‘Phas Gaye Re Obama’ starring:

Rajat Kapoor

Neha Dhupia

Manu Rishi Chadda

Sanjay Misra

Amol Gupte, Devendra Chaudhry, Avantica etc for home viewing. The film‘s produced by Ashok Pandey under the banner of Revel Films Pvt Ltd. and directed & written by Subhash Kapoor. According to Surendra Suneja, MD of Eagle Home Entertainment, “we have released the DVD of Phas Gaye Re Obama because the film was a very entertaining film, something viewers can watch at home with their families. An association with Crossword for the launch is esteemed.”

Storyline

Phase Gaye Re Obama, one of the few hits of 2010, is a comedy set against the backdrop of global recession that originated in USA. The film traces the journey of OM Shashtri, an American citizen of Indian origin, who loses all his wealth overnight to this recession & the bank asks him to vacate his home unless he pays up mortgaged amount of $100,000 within 30 days. Seeing no other option OM comes to India to sell a small piece of an ancestral property. But within days of landing in India he is kidnapped by a 'recession-hit' underworld gang who think that he is still a millionaire. What happens to Om, the hotchpotch between the 'poor' gangs to cope with their 'poor' catch & statement made by small town Indian gangsters to President Obama...is what largely forms the plot.

NOTE: DVD MRP – 299, VCD MRP – 149