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Love Bites
...a look back in affection at Betaab
August, 1983.
"Betaab" is released.
Overnight, newcomers Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh make mega-waves. in showbiz. Rahul Rawail reaffirms his credentials as a hotshot director.
Javed Akhtar's career as a solo script writer, after his split with Salim Khan, takes off.
Eighteen years later, the principal players have moved on to many more films. But Betaab remains a touchstone in their lives. Flashback to the 1980s. Love Story(1981) starring Kumar Gaurav is a major hit. Rocky(also '81)starring Sanjay Dutt, also makes an impact. Clearly, love is in the air. And star sons are making whoopee.
Dharmendra plans to launch his elder son Sunny Deol who's studying acting in London. Sitting in his living room today, Sunny Deol takes a trip down movielane. "One day, dad called me in London and told me that he was ready to launch me. I was told to take the next flight home."
Javed Akhtar is pencilled for the script. And R.D. Burman for the music score. Fight composers responsible for the action in Sholay are flown in from the U.K.
"Dad had spoken to Ramesh Talwar to direct the movie. The choice was between him and Rahul Rawail. I don't know what happened exactly but Rahul was finally chosen," rewinds Sunny. Rahul Rawail remembers Dharmendra calling him to his residence. "I told him that we should make a movie based on Taming Of The Shrew. But Betaab's script was Javed's brainchild completely."
The search for a new heroine to star opposite Sunny Deol began. One of Rawail's friends who was into hoteliering knew Rukhsana Sultan and her daughter. "When I met Dingy she seemed pretty okay for the role." Nursing her one-month baby Ibrahim, Amrita chortles on being reminded of those betaab days. She was studying at Modern school in Delhi. Her mother was into politics. No one in the family had any clue about the movies. "I'd met Jaya Bachchan," Amrita smiles. "I guess she must have told Dharamji about me. Anyway, Dharamji came to see me and wanted to cast me. The problem was that my mother wasn't keen that I get into films." She persuaded her mother to give her one chance. She rewinds, "It was too good an opportunity to miss. I promised my mother that I would come back to Delhi after the movie and continue with my studies. Of course, in my heart I knew it was goodbye to Delhi. I'd be mad to return. I told myself if the movie flopped, I'd become a junior artiste or whatever but I would never go back."
The screen test remains a Kodak moment for both Sunny and Amrita. Amrita guffaws, "They told me they just wanted to shoot certain angles of mine. Frankly, I had no clue what they were upto. I had to put on full make-up. It was a first for me. And I had to mouth Amitabh Bachchan's dialogue from Trishul. It went something like Maa main tere khoon ka badla loonga. I remember arguing that I couldn't say a man's dialogue."
The next day Amrita and her mother went to see the screen-test. "When she saw me on screen, mum was sure that I wouldn't be chosen. Even I thought I would be rejected. I was that bad. But strangely Dharamji and Rahul were ecstatic. If I were the casting director I would have never chosen myself."
Sunny remembers feeling nervous during the screen-test. His entire family was watching. He smiles, "I couldn't even say my dialogue without stammering. My grandfather who was watching me perform was extremely upset with me. He gave me quite a lecture in Punjabi saying that I would never become an actor."
Vis-a-vis the story sessions with Javed Akhtar at Holiday Inn, Amrita states, "I remember, I was mesmerised with the language Javed Akhtar used while narrating the story. He wove such a fantastic fairy tale. That was my introduction to entertaining cinema. I knew then that I'd found my calling."
On the mahurat day at Mehboob studio, the ambience was crackling with excitement. Says Sunny, "We had a puja at home that morning. There was a strange expectation in the air. All the big guys of the industry were at the function. My dad has a lot of goodwill. Curiously, I didn't feel nervous. I was given a line of dialogue which I delivered easily. Today I would be nervous. But back then, I thought I knew it all."
Amrita remembers Dilip Kumar coming up to her at the mahurat and telling her not to let the camera chew her, but to chew up the camera instead. Dingy giggles, "I thought to myself, the camera should be bubble-gum then. I didn't understand what he meant."
Rahul Rawail was quite confident of delivering the goods. "Yet, I was nervous," he rewinds. "I wanted to live upto the faith Dharmendra had reposed in me." Shooting started in right earnest with the song Baadal kyon garajta hai. Halfway through the song, cinematographer, Manmohan Singh realised that the camera had gone out of sync. And the song had to be reshot. Shaking his head, Sunny says, "I couldn't understand what out of sync meant. But I used to go around thinking I knew everything about movie-making. I remember I used to be super-charged about everything."
The scene then shifted to Kashmir, Pahalgam to be precise. Sunny house was set up there. A bridge was built across the river. The 40-45 day schedule was a picnic for all. "It was one of the best outdoors, I've ever enjoyed," says the director. "Everything was just perfect. The weather, the locations just seemed so right." "Dad had come to the set initially," Sunny recalls. "Before leaving, he had given strict instructions that I shouldn't be allowed to do any risky action scenes. But then I saw the fight composers ill-treating the horse.
They couldn't sit on it. I told them I would try. My duplicate challenged me to do it. I calmly took the reins in my hand and sat on the horse. It was so easy. That's when I started doing my own stunts. I think I did them better than the duplicates. Of course, my dad wasn't told about the stunts. He got to know after the movie was released."
Another incident that Sunny and Amrita remember is the time when they shot in the swift currents of the river. The current was so strong that they spent nearly 30-40 days to get one shot right. Notes Sunny, "It was very dangerous. There were ropes along the river bank. The rapids were so strong that if we'd slipped we'd have been swept away with the current. I remember Amrita had a tough time. She nearly got drowned." Amrita can't forget her fall into the ice-cold water. "Once I even passed out. Then I had an asthma attack. I was given brandy to combat the cold. I remember freezing. It was terrible. And guess what? The scene was chopped at the editing table."
Sunny goes nostalgic thinking about Kashmir: "It was so idyllic. The set really felt as if it was my home. I returned to Kashmir while shooting for Manzil Manzil. I visited Pahalgam just to refresh my memories. I sat at the location for hours thinking about the good times we had during Betaab. Everytime I went to Kashmir I'd visit the location."
Rahul Rawail reportedly gave Amrita a tough time on the sets. Rawail shrugs, "That's not true. I was only interested to make Amrita perform to the best of her ability. There was no question of targeting anyone."
Amrita chortles, "Yes, he made me cry a lot. He'd find faults with me. Today, of course when I look back I know Rahul was just being a stickler for detail. But I was only 16-17 then. I couldn't understand why I was being singled out. Probably I gave him the wrong vibes that I wasn't concentrating. He was always on short fuse. Once I had to got to Delhi to meet mom. I was dubbing for the film. And that tyrant made me stay awake till four in the morning. He insisted that I finish my dubbing. I screamed and howled but it had no effect on him."
She continues, "Even Sunny used to bully me in his own quiet way. The constant refrain was Amrita, `Stop eating!' I was on a constant diet and my waist was constantly fluctuating. Frankly, I couldn't have asked for a better debut. It was one of the finest love stories ever made."
If Rahul Rawail was tough on Amrita, Dharmendra gave Sunny a virtual nightmare while dubbing. He says, "As it is, I used to be petrified of dad. He didn't like my dubbing. So he made it a point to be present during my dubbing. It soon turned into a nightmare for me. He'd make me dub till I got it right. He was never satisfied. I used to cry like a child, I felt like a student who could never get his arithmetic problems right. But all that has helped me so much. Back then I used to hate it."
The film was completed without any hiccups. Rahul Rawail gives all the credit for that to Dharmendra: "He was a dream producer. I never had to worry about a thing."
Amrita agrees, "I never ever felt that I was a newcomer or that my father isn't Dharmendra. Whatever Sunny got, I got too. I had the best of make-up and costumes. Do you know that Parmeshwar Godrej did my clothes for Betaab."
Then came the D-day. There was considerable debate on the right time to release the movie. Dharmendra didn't want to release it during school and college exams. Neither did he want to release it in the monsoon. After much consultation, August was deemed the right month. Sunny chuckles, "Believe it or not, the day the movie was released, Bombay was flooded with rains." The premiere was held at the Gaiety cinema in Mumbai. And the party was at the Sea Rock hotel. Amrita reminisces, "All those who saw the film said it was brilliant.
Bigwigs like Prakash Mehra and Raj Khosla told me that I would be in their next film. H.S. Rawail even gave me a signing amount. I was on cloud nine. One day I was nothing and the next I was being besieged by the who's who of show business. When my mother saw the film, she was very proud. I guess that's when she started taking me seriously."
Sunny Deol was faraway in Russia shooting for Sohni Mahiwal when Betaab was declared a hit. He didn't want to go to Russia without knowing the b-o fate of his first film but director Umesh Mehra wouldn't agree. "That outdoor was really awful. The food was bad," Sunny grimaces. "I had temperature. Then I cut my thumb and fingers. The director still wanted me to shoot. That really put me off. He was being aggressive and I didn't like it. I didn't know what was happening back in India. Russia was still behind an iron curtain then."
When he returned to Bombay three weeks later, Sunny Deol had become scalding hot property. He suddenly found himself on every producer's wish-list. "It all seems hazy today," says Sunny. "But even then, I wasn't aware of what was happening to me. I was so detached. People would come upto me and say that you are a perfect replacement for Amitabh Bachchan and I'd laugh. I'd done just one film and the comparisons had begun." The chemistry between the lead pair was simply electric. Rewmind him about that and his eyes twinkle. "I was so shy. And Dingy was so bright and bubbly. She would talk non-stop. She was just like her character in the film. Somehow we bonded. Probably because we were the two odd people out. We were the only ones who had no clue about what was happening around us. We became very good friends."
Amrita on her part found Sunny too shy and uncommunicative. "I first met him at his house. I'd gone with my mother. I used to freak out on chocolates. I had a bagful of them. I offered him a bar just to break the ice. But he just turned around and said that he didn't eat chocolate. I was so surprised. How could anyone not like chocolate. We were diametrically opposite. I guess that chemistry worked on screen."
"Everything about Betaab was just right," says Rahul Rawail. "The script, the dialogue, the lyrics, the music. Pancham did such a good job. It was pure magic. It was almost as if everything was pre-ordained." Sigh, love was certainly in the air those days.
As most fathers hope for, actor Sunny Deol has followed in his father Dharmendra’s footsteps, and made just as big a mark for himself as an action hero.
Sit with this famous father-son duo and you’ll feel they’re more friends than parent-child. But say this to Sunny and he quickly says, “It’s difficult to be friends with your child. Friendship takes away the element of parenthood. One cannot be too lenient with the child because then there will be no fear in them, they won’t value anything you give them. So how was it for him growing up as the son of a famous filmstar? “I’ve grown up loving dad and being proud of his achievements. In fact, I still feel like a child in front of him,” reveals the actor who equates a father to shelter and a mother to cuddles.
Meanwhile, giving his take on fatherhood, Dharmendra says, “A father means protection. When the father is around, the children do not fear anything, they feel they can take on anything or anyone. Yet however, they are more inclined towards the mother.” He goes on add that though the love between a father and son is great, it is not expressed as much. But he cautions against fathers getting to friendly with children. “No matter how close you are to your child, as a father there must be a distance. Fear helps keep the child in control, at least quite a bit,” says the actor.
Sunny is father to 18-year-old Ranveer and 15-year-old Rajveer Singh. So what kind of a father is? “I’m quite strict. I see that they don’t go out much. And if they do, they have to be home by eight latest,” he says adding that it is in fact the ever doting grandfather Dharmendra who spoils them. “If they want something and I am not willing to give it to them, they know exactly who to get it from,” he says looking at his father who helplessly shrugs, that charming smile intact.
Responding to this Dharmendra says, “I can’t help it. When they come all pleading to me, I have to give in to them.” Sunny goes on the reveal that the yester-years hero is so doting on his grandchildren that brother Bobby’s youngest son’s day starts with spending time with his grandfather. “Only then will he get ready for school,” he adds. And while he’s busy relating these incidents, the smile on Drarmendra’s face is worth literally a million bucks.
Talking further about the bond between him and his sons, Sunny laments saying, “I have suddenly realised how quickly time is flying by. They are growing up so fast. Sometimes I try to hug them but they just run away.”
What is the toughest part of parenthood and what is the easiest, we ask the duo. “It’s nice when you see your children growing up into good human being, obedient to elders and successful in whatever they do in life,” says Dharmendra adding that the toughest part is to see one’s child going down the wrong way and not doing well in life.
Sunny meanwhile gets a tad emotional and says the toughest part of parenthood is when your child — who looks up to you like God — expects a miracle from you and you know that it is way beyond you. “It’s difficult to reason with children. They know what’s good and what’s not. So even if you try and correct them, they just won’t listen. You just need to keep your fingers crossed that they don’t end down the wrong road of life,” he adds.
And what about Dharmendra’s relationship with his daughters? “A father is a father. They are always more lenient too daughters. Daughters are given preference. After all, one day they get married and go away. Yeh ladke toh idhar he pade rehte hai,” he says much to our amusement. Even the much amused Sunny can’t help but laugh out when his father says this.
Dharmendra concludes saying that among other things, parent should definitely teach children about harmony and loving everyone despite race, colour and religion, “That’s the most important thing,” he says. Amen to it paaji!
Ааааа... у меня уже культурный шок . может, Саня обезболивающих переел, что его тааак потянуло поговорить...
Sunny Deol drives crazy
21 Jun, 2009
License to drive
I think the best way to travel is to have the terra firma beneath you and complete control in your own hands. That's why I have always driven to my shoots, and always drive while holidaying. In fact, I learnt driving when I was 12 years old, first sitting on my driver's lap, and then, when my legs reached the clutch and accelerator, with him by my side. Luckily, dad was so busy doing three shifts those days that he didn't notice.
There's a stark difference between driving in India and driving abroad. In India, there are no laws, or rather, no real enforcement. So when you go to Europe or the US, you feel like you're a pupil again, back in school. And since I have erred everywhere, I know the penalties everywhere. In the UK, they give you points against your license for speeding or overtaking wrongly. After a certain number of points add up, your license is suspended for a while. I got so many points that I came close to losing my license! Luckily my trip ended after that, so now I have a clean slate for the next trip.
In Canada I got into real trouble – for speeding, and then for not having my passport or any other ID on me, just after 9/11. I guess they didn't haul me in only because I was filming there, and they knew about this India film unit which was shooting along the highway.
In New Zealand, I have actually been chased along the highway by the police for miles on end, and then booked for speeding. No questions asked.
In the US, once I got into a scary situation with a cop. (Only, I didn't know he was a cop because he wasn't in uniform.) I was driving through a small town, and I changed lanes at a traffic signal. Now, this man overtook me from the wrong side to tell me that I wasn't allowed to change lanes. He then passed on. But I chased him, overtook him, parked in front of him and got down to fight. That's when he flashed his cop's ID card at me. I argued that he had provoked me. Anyway, he couldn't book me because he wasn't in uniform, or on duty.
Dip Thoughts
But driving isn't just about the need for speed. What I enjoy about driving is the number of things you get to see and experience along the way. The parks, the walks, the rivulets... I keep getting off the car to enjoy it all. In fact, most often, while driving around Europe, I take the country lanes rather than the highways.
And yes, when I stop by a cold stream, I simply have to get down and take a dip in it. I do it in India all the time. I've developed the habit since the time I was shooting for Betaab . Back then, I used to splash about in the rapids of Kashmir. Now I take quick dips in all streams, I remember doing it in Switzerland too.
Action-Packed!
My favourite driving route is the one from Manali to Rohtang Pass . It's the most beautiful route I've ever driven on. The scenery, the climate, the altitude, all add up to its beauty.
And then, there's the Fauji Da Dhaba en route, which makes the best paranthas I've ever had. They will give you two paranthas with half a pound of butter in between, and you have it and digest it perfectly because you can't possibly have indigestion in that weather. In Mumbai, even a fourth of that amount can have you laid up.
I remember the time when I went through a hilarious incident (on hindsight, of course. At that time, it seemed deadly) on that route once. I was traveling with my action director and a couple of friends from Rohtang to Manali. It was winter, and snowing. Now, the route here is narrow and zig-zag, with a steep fall. I was driving down, when suddenly the car began skidding. It skidded towards the edge. That's when I suddenly saw my action director open the door to jump out! I guess once an action director, always an action director. Now, I couldn't jump because the fall was on my side. At the last minute, I switched off the engine, and as soon as the vibration stopped, the car plonked into the snow and was embedded - right on the edge. We were saved, and we never stopped teasing the action director who wanted to jump out in true filmi style.
Wai Fly, When I Can Drive?
I guess my love for driving comes from my dad. When we were kids, dad used to drive us all from Mumbai to Kashipur, in a caravan. We used to be on the road for six to seven days, enjoying the drive. We've driven from Mumbai to Nainital too. So I think this need to drive, to enjoy nature along the way, to feel free, comes from my childhood. I hate flights. So as much as possible, I drive to my shoots. Recently, for instance, I needed to go to Wai for a shoot. I drove there. I left Mumbai at 3 am, and reached Wai by 6 am. In Mumbai too, I drive myself as much as possible. It's only when I'm stressed that I don't drive for I'm scared I may vent my anger on the traffic... My car has a lot of dents, anyway. I never get them repaired because it doesn't really matter. As long as the engine and the suspension of a car are fine, how do dents matter?
Free Be
Driving abroad is all about freedom too. In small town Europe, where no one knows you, where no one is trying to be too nice to you, where you can stop at any inn you want, it feels great. When I set off, I carry my antenna with me because I want high-speed network, I usually have a friend with me, and, of course, I take along my wanderlust. It's the good life.
Отправлено: 09.07.09 21:59. Заголовок: Cаня продолжает р..
Cаня продолжает разговаривать. какая прелешть... те же там же.
- вы застенчивый? - да. я застенчивый. и всегда таким был. Саня как чесТный полковник.
а разговор об Абхане быренько свел на свои старые хиты. хитромудрый .
Bollywood films stink right now: Sunny Deol
9 Jul 2009
Away from jingoistic screenplays, Sunny Deol is a nice, soft-spoken guy, given to smiling shyly.
Sitting in his fifth floor penthouse office, he is the picture of calm even as he is uncharacteristically critical of himself, the films being made and the industry as a whole
Are you reclusive or just shy?
Basically, I’m shy and have always been like this. People usually take my shyness as having a big ego and being snobbish but the truth is that when I don’t know how to deal with certain situations, I’d rather just move away from them.
Even when it comes to promoting films, I can’t rush around like the younger lot of stars. They want to do everything at the same time. But the fact is that instead of concentrating on their talent they waste their time on frivolous things, like how they are looking and PR stuff.
What is your idea of a holiday?
A place where you just are free, where time is not the issue. My kind of holiday is when I can unwind without knowing that I am unwinding.
So how many holidays do you take?
(laughs) I don’t get many but whenever I get some time, I switch off. I feel more relaxed when I am out of Mumbai especially in places where there aren’t many people around.
What’s keeping you busy here?
I am concentrating on learning from my mistakes. Basically everything that I am doing right now, be it writing, production work or acting, I am trying to work on instinct and not give in to a technical view of it. The most difficult thing in the industry right now is getting finance to get things moving and that’s what I am doing. Vijayta films (the Deol’s production concern) always did what it wanted to without giving in to market dictates and that’s what I want to achieve again.
What are these mistakes you are learning from?
It’s more a shortcoming actually. I trust everybody and if someone says something about me, I don’t retaliate. Sometimes this affects me financially too. Now I am learning to address all this legally and not make it into a tamasha, which is something I abhor. Most of the time, I know exactly what’s happening but because I prefer to not say anything the perpetrator thinks I am a foolish man who doesn’t know what’s happening. Anyway, these are my shortcomings and I have to overcome them. (shrugs)
Do you think you could ever do father’s roles?
(laughs) I am not so old. And anyway if there is a 10-12 yr old child, I am a father. But I certainly don’t see myself playing a father like they used to in films earlier. Actually you shouldn’t be asking me this question (laughs), I think I am doing well, people still like me the way I am, and they still want to see me that way.
Do you like the sort of cinema being made currently?
Cinema, right now, stinks. I am not being extra critical about it. I don’t mean every film is bad. But in general it is awful. Years ago, my dad and other actors used to do many films at a time, and they used to do three to four shifts a day. The directors would do two to three films at a time and the movies took three to four years to complete and release. But they used to be much better than the films made now where we do one film at a time and spend so much time and energy on them because we are spending it on idiots. We don’t have directors who can control the actors and we don’t have actors who trust the script and don’t have producers who make a script, they only make proposals. It is sad, really sad. Then we say we are progressing. I don’t see any progress.
But there is something called the new age cinema ...
Every few years we have a new age cinema. To me, there is nothing new in it. It is basically about how the new generation looks at it. All the elements are the same, it is still about romance, hatred and everything else that has always been there. All that is new is the technology. I remember when I joined the industry my dad wanted me to learn Urdu (it was vey difficult). Now I see that the younger generation doesn’t even know Hindi. It’s all about Hinglish. I wonder what the language will be after five years.
You are directing a film called The Man. Is the ‘man’ in it like ‘man’ in say Batman, Superman, Spiderman?
Currently it’s just a working title. It will be a nice film, can’t talk about it much right now because it is difficult to explain the genre of the film. I promise, it will be a nice film, it will be a commercial film. To me, commercial is you see a movie, get intoxicated and come out with a hangover. And no, it’s not a superhero movie.
How do you manage to keep your children away from exposure in the press?
In the same way as my dad kept us away. Generations come and go but values don’t change. Fortunately, it’s been the same for us. I have two sons, Karan (18) who is called Rocky at home and Rajveer (15).
Have they ever expressed a desire to join films?
I am sure they will actually.
Do they look like you?
They will obviously have some resemblance.
What do you think of the way Abhay, your cousin, has been conducting his career? It has been totally different from a normal mainstream actor.
He is the kind of boy who does what he likes to do and sticks to that. Somehow, I can relate to that. I did what I wanted to do. Arjun, Betaab, Yateem, Dacait were all movies which most of the actors would not want to do. I would always advise all actors to do what they actually want to do and what they believe in. They should love acting and cinema. It should not be about fashion parades, and six pack abs. Not that you shouldn’t have six pack abs, but it’s not the only thing.
If Gadar released today, would it be an equally big hit?
Even now when it runs on television or anywhere, people sit down and watch it. So I am sure it would have done well now as well too. The emotion in the film will always connect. It was basically a film about family, togetherness. It was a film about humanity. People could not digest its success because Anil Sharma is not considered that great a director by some media and industry people. Though I would say, he is one of the great directors of the times. That was one reason why the movie didn’t get that standing which it deserved. But the public gave it what it deserved. I don’t think any film can do that kind of business. People just wanted to see it over and over again. It just touched so many chords.
Отправлено: 08.02.10 16:49. Заголовок: I don't know if ..
I don't know if it's the right topic but this is the latest news about Sunny :
DEOL'S ARE A MISFIT IN TODAY'S BOLLYWOOD : SUNNY DEOL Wednesday, February 03, 2010 (New Delhi)
His father Dharmendra often got compared to a Greek god and the string of action hits he delivered is unmatched till date but actor Sunny Deol feels that in today's scenario his family is a misfit in Bollywood.
The actor, who is known for his larger-than-life performances on screen with action hits like Ghayal, Damini, and Ziddi, is a reclusive in real life and is famous for not attending award ceremonies.
"Our family has been in the industry because people liked our work. We never went for propaganda to promote our films, In fact today is a scenario that we are a misfit in the industry right now. But nobody changes and we are not going to change to that extent," Sunny told PTI.
Sunny, 53, feels that action genre has gone under the knife for all the wrong reasons.
"Action films were not just about action, they were emotional outlets like Hollywood have this films which are larger than life, you just went to see them for the feel good effect. Here directors don't understand that," he said.
"I always did films without thinking if I am ahead of time or not. I still feel that films which were made years back were better than the ones made today," he added.
The actor, who was in the capital to inaugurate Club Fitline's third Health Club admits that "he find most actors to be fit now a days. But the only person I am in awe of is my dad."
The two-time National award winner has not delivered any major hit in the recent times.
"I had a bad phase from 2003 onwards but now I am feeling good and you will be seeing me in a couple of movies. I am not looking at any particular kind of role, I am just looking for a good script to work on," Sunny said.
He is also set to recreate the magic of Apne, the first Bollywood film to feature real life father and sons together which starred him, Dharmendra and brother Bobby Deol.
"Yamla Pagal Deewana will see our family bonding again after Apne but in a more hilarious way and not dealing with serious and emotional issues," Sunny said.
After making his directorial debut with Dillagi in 1999, the actor's next project behind the camera is his home production The Man, an action flick which has been put on the backburner.
It was reported that the lead heroine Shilpa Shetty is too busy with with her marriage and IPL commitments to give dates for the movie.
"We are reworking on the dates and I would not like to comment on it before the filming gets over," Sunny said.
The actor will next be seen in Right Ya Wrong by Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts which will release in March and promises that he will bring back his action streak once again.
"Pictures are in the making where you will see me again as the action star, but they are in a very initial stage and I would not like to talk about them at the moment," he said.
Отправлено: 09.02.10 11:39. Заголовок: Yes, Sunny is right...
Yes, Sunny is right. His old action movies were better ! Movies like Ghatak, Ghayal, Ziddi, Indian, Dacait were the best ones for me !! Damini was also a very good movie.
I'm looking forward to "Right Yaaa Wrong" and "The Man". I hope they will be better than "Fox" which was a little disappointing (according to me).
Отправлено: 14.02.10 12:05. Заголовок: MONEY MATTERS MORE T..
MONEY MATTERS MORE THAN CREATIVITY IN BOLLYWOOD Mumbai | Feb 14, 2010
Actor Sunny Deol says even though he and director Rajkumar Santoshi have made critically acclaimed films, including the National Award winning 'Ghayal' together, investors feel the duo is not "commercially viable".
"Film industry is now market-driven. You need to be seen, talked about rather than be known by the movies you make," Sunny told PTI.
Speaking about directors Rahul Rawail and Santoshi, with whom he worked in movies like 'Arjun' and 'Dacait', the actor said the two have done good work with him.
"Rahul is not doing any work now. Raj and I are planning but don't know when will it happen. We may or may not work together. Investors feel Raj and I are not commercially viable that is why projects are not coming in," the actor said.
Sunny, who debuted with 'Betaab' in 1983, said his career had taken a backseat in the last few years because of his illness as he suffered from a severe backache.
"I was out of the country for nearly six months every year (in the last few years). I realise that over the period a lot of things have changed and there is so much that I have not done," the 53-year-old actor said.
Sunny said for him and his family, movies are their only PR (public relations). "Now actors have to be seen and written about. We are unable to do that and never will," he added.
Sunny said he was not happy with the present day movies. "Everything is for money and creativity has taken a backseat. Marketing has taken precedence over the content. Old movies were ahead of their times. Earlier producers had passion for movies, but now a days its only about money," he said.
The actor is also disappointed that entertainment has become costly. "When ticket prices were less, there was a lot of turnover. Ticket prices have gone up and the number of audiences has reduced. Multiplexes have taken away the charm of the silver screen," he added.
Sunny, who turned director with 'Dillagi' in 1999, is raring to go and catch up with the lost time in Bollywood.
"Our company Vijeta Films is starting our new film, 'Yamla, Pagla, Deewana' starring my father (Dharmendra), (brother) Bobby and me. It is going on floors next month. The film is directed by Sameer Karnik. It is out and out a comedy film," the actor, who is growing a beard to be seen in the role of a Sikh in the film, said.
Sunny is also doing a T-series film with Madhavan and Kangana Ranaut, being directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru. "It is an interesting love story. I am also doing an action film for Vijeta Films with Neeraj Pathak," he said.
The actor said his plans to rejuvenate the Vijeta banner which is going slow because of the current economic downturn.
"Big companies are keeping quiet. Investors are not coming out," he said.
Neeraj Pathak's 'Right Ya Wrong' starring Sunny will release next month.
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Sunny Deol V/s Subhash Ghai: The two biggies engage in war of words
By Subhash K. Jha, March 17, 2010 - 12:30 IST
Sunny Deol is very upset with the way Subhash Ghai and his production house Mukta Arts have marketed Right Yaaa Wrong.
Says Sunny, "It was always a good film. Mukta Arts has not been fair to it. They've publicized it like a small producer would have. For a large production house they really didn't seem to know what to do with the film. It was all talk talk talk... There were so many meetings and so many plans. But nothing happened. I'm fed up of all this empty talk. Now I only want to work on projects with a clear plan of action."
Sunny feels Ghai was not interested in the film. "He didn't believe in Right Yaaa Wrong. And he was surrounded by advisers who were constantly trying to bisect and dissect the film. Filmmaking may be a team effort. But you can't have a team of people always providing inputs and advice. That only causes chaos and confusion. The film has to finally go by one man's vision. And that man is the director."
Apparently, Ghai didn't allow the director Neerraj Pathak to do his work. "At the end of the day it's his vision that determines the end-product. You've to let the director do his job. Fortunately or unfortunately, I'm not the kind of person who interferes beyond a point. I can't sit and talk talk talk. I'm a man of action."
Sunny accuses Ghai of releasing the film at the wrong time. "They kept saying they'd release the film at the right time. Finally they released it on the day the IPL matches started. How is that the right date? The truth is, they had lost interest in the film. But when they held trials people liked the film. Suddenly they decided to release it with haphazard publicity at a time when I'm shooting in Punjab. They were earlier supposed to release in December, then January...what was I supposed to do? Give up shooting and run around doing the publicity (for Right Yaaa Wrong) when they wanted me to? All big talk. The world is filled with big talkers."
Sighs Sunny, "It's a changed industry. Nothing works the way it used to. A few films click, and that's it. I'm not interested in any kind of politics. And the directors ...we need good directors. The directors we (the Deols) have given a break to have run away after working with us. Everyone is into their own kind of cinema, not necessarily sensible cinema."
Is Sunny talking about Raj Kumar Santoshi? "He was supposed to do a project with me again. I guess it wasn't meant to be. He will do films only where the economics are to his advantage. He doesn't have the b**ls to make the cinema he believes in unless the money is right. Who's doing the work they believe in? Imtiaz Ali made Socha Na Tha with our cousin Abhay Deol. Now that film is being remade over and over again in different packages. Anyway, if I was once bitten and twice shy I'd be called an emotional man. But if I was twice bitten and thrice shy then I'd be called a foolish man. Santoshi or anyone else makes films wherever there's money. What happened to creativity? I wonder! Filmmakers follow Friday trends."
Sunny's second film as director The Man has been delayed for some time. Explains Sunny, "There're many reasons for it. It's a big-budget film. We're trying to find buyers for it. The film is 50 percent complete."
Sunny is happy with the way their family film Yamla Pagla Deewana is shaping up. "It's a great story. And the film will rock. My dad, my brother and I are shooting in Punjab. They treat us like family here. As for my dad, nobody can reach the place where he is." Sunny is very proud of his cousin Abhay Deol. "He has the guts to do the kind of cinema he believes. Just like all the other Deols."
On the other hand, Subhash Ghai reacts to Sunny's comments, "Mukta Arts is the worldright controllers and distributors of Right Yaaa Wrong. We weren't able to sell the film anywhere. There were no buyers. The set-up was not saleable. Our job was to give money for the film's making and therefore we were the most insecure people in the project. Sunny saab's reactions have to do with the way the film has been received .Why didn't he say all these things before release? I had gone to Sunny's home at least six times. We wanted to release it initially on November 30. But the stars, and I'm talking not just about Sunny but Irrfan, Konkona and Esha Koppikhar, had no time to promote the film. As far as my intervention in concerned, the director Neeraj Pathak himself came to me to ask for advice. I only advised him to increase the film's tempo. Is it a crime to give suggestions for a film where there're so many financial stakes? The film was started when there was a boom...big fruits were laden on the tree. When it was released the tree had dried up. All the cast and crew reaped the fruits. We the film's world financiers were left with no money. We sold the entire overseas territory for Rs. 20 lakhs. We spent Rs.1.5 crores on the publicity. But the actors were not available for the publicity. Sunny said he's too shy to do publicity. Look at Shah Rukh and Aamir how they promote their films. They hold their producers' hands and take them everywhere for a film's publicity. Instead of publicity for Right Yaaa Wrong, Sunny left for Punjab to shoot his film. Please don't blame Mukta Arts. Now why is Sunny getting agitated? He's a good boy. But he's innocent about the changing marketing strategy of cinema. Sunny needs to get real." http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2010/03/17/6044/index.html
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"I am open to challenging roles" - Sunny Deol
By Taran Adarsh, March 23, 2010 - 08:36 IST
Sunny Deol has is ready to embrace the changing scenario. Okay, let me explain. The actor, who has maintained a low profile all this while, has decided to turn aggressive… off screen, of course. More market-friendly and more media-friendly too. "Times have changed. It's important that the world knows what kind of work you do. It's all about making the right noise," Sunny confides.
He's shooting non-stop with dad Dharmendra and bro Bobby for Sameer Karnik's YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA in Punjab. "Gone are the days when people used to let the product do the talking. Earlier, in the 1970s and 1980s, my father and several of his contemporaries had multiple releases each year and most of them hit the bull's eye, without anyone devoting 20 days for promotional activities. Yet, those films drew audiences in hordes," Sunny reminisces.
So why has he, all of a sudden, decided to follow Aamir, SRK and Akshay's footsteps? "The initial weekend business plays a crucial part today. You need to work hard and make people aware of your film. Marketing and promotion have become all-important these days," Sunny states.
The actor has also decided to re-invent himself. A lot of people feel that the actor started repeating himself in film after film, which made a dent in the box-office earnings of his films. "That's true! But I am open to working in movies that have something different to say. The viewers aren't keen to watch the same stuff, which is why you find a spurt in storytellers keen on narrating fresh stories. I am open to challenging roles," Sunny emphasises. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2010/03/23/13899/index.html
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