Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Monday,
March
20,
2006
For
every
director
who
makes
one
film
at
a
time,
there
are
countless
others
who
bite
off
more
than
they
can
chew.
If
we
look
back
at
2005,
there
were
many
directors
who
were
working
on
more
than
one
project
at
a
time.
Some
cases
in
point
were
Priyadarshan,
whose
Garam
Masala
and
Kyon
Ki,
released
on
the
same
day,
Vikram
Bhatt
with
Elaan,
Jurm
and
Deewane
Huye
Paagal
and
Mahesh
Manjrekar
with
Padmashree
Laloo
Prasad
Yadav,
Viruddh
and
Vaah!
Life
Ho
Toh
Aisi.
In
the
coming
year
as
well,
there
are
quite
a
few
directors
who
have
more
than
one
film
to
offer.
Priyadarshan
repeats
the
same
trend
that
he
followed
last
year.
His
Malamaal
Weekly
has
already
hit
the
theatres.
The
film
has
an
ensemble
cast
of
actors
like
Paresh
Rawal,
Om
Puri,
Arbaaz
Khan,
Ritesh
Deshmukh,
Reema
Sen
and
Rajpal
Yadav.
Along
with
Malamaal
Weekly,
he
is
also
readying
for
the
release
of
Chup
Chup
Ke,
which
stars
real
life
lovers,
Kareena
Kapoor
and
Shahid
Kapur.
Incidentally,
both
are
comedies.
Then
there
is
Bhagam
Bhaag,
a
movie
with
Govinda
and
Akshay
Kumar
and
another
one
with
Percept
Picture
Company
titled
Pirate
about
a
dedicated
music
band
who
are
trying
to
survive
in
a
tough
and
competitive
world.
Pirate
is
scheduled
for
a
September
release.
The
other
comedy
king
Satish
Kaushik
has
Shaadi
Se
Pehle
and
MilengeMilenge
lined
up
for
this
year.
Another
director,
known
for
his
comic
timing,
David
Dhawan,
has
been
a
busy
man
lately.
The
films
in
his
kitty
include
the
ambitious
remake
of
Amar
Akbar
Anthony
as
well
as
Partner,
which
will
be
Govinda's
comeback
vehicle.
After
completing
their
final
schedule
of
36,
China
Town
for
Mukta
Arts,
director
duo
Abbas
Mustan
will
soon
gear
up
for
another
thriller
for
Ashtavinayak
and
K.
Sera
Sera
starring
Sanjay
Dutt,
Ajay
Devgan
and
Bipasha
Basu
in
the
lead.
Vikram
Bhatt
has
been
simultaneously
working
on
two
projects.
The
first
one
to
see
the
light
of
the
day
will
be
Ankahee.
What's
interesting
about
this
project
is
that
apparently,
it
is
based
on
Bhatt's
own
life.
The
Sushmita
Sen
phase
of
his
life,
to
be
precise.
Esha
Deol
will
be
seen
essaying
the
role
of
Sushmita.
Vikram
and
his
wife
will
be
played
by
Aftab
Shivadasani
and
Amisha
Patel,
respectively.
The
other
project
is
the
Ramesh
Sippy
produced
Rooh
which
was
earlier
titled
Fear.
Apart
from
these,
three
more
of
his
films
have
recently
gone
on
floors.
The
first
is
titled
Cellphone.
The
second
is
an
untitled
venture
which
was
announced
recently.
A
thriller,
it
will
star
Aftab
Shivdasani,
Celina
Jaitley,
Amrita
Arora
and
Jackie
Shroff
in
pivotal
roles.
Lastly,
there
were
talks
about
him
making
a
film
on
the
recent
case
of
the
rape
of
a
South
African
model
in
Mumbai,
in
December.
Ram
Gopal
Varma
has
been
in
the
news
not
only
for
whether
he's
remaking
Sholay
or
not.
Expected
from
the
factory
this
year
are
films
like
Ram
Gopal
Varma
Ke
Sholay
(tentatively)
,
the
Sarkar
Sequel,
Boo
-
Darna
Zaroori
Hai
(where
he
directs
the
Amitabh
-
Riteish
Deshmukh
episode)
and
Shiva.
And
we
are
not
even
mentioning
here
the
projects
where
he
is
just
associated
as
a
producer.
Just
like
Priyadarshan,
Mahesh
Manjrekar
too
is
following
last
year's
trend.
He
will
start
the
year
with
Deha
that
has
an
unusual
pairing
of
Dino
Morea
and
yesteryear
actress
Jaya
Prada.
However
his
other
films
Pyaar
Kiya
Nahin
Jaata,
Tere
Pyaar
Ki
Kasam
and
An
Unusual
Love
Story
are
as
good
as
shelved
by
now.
After
basking
in
the
success
of
Iqbal,
Nagesh
Kukunoor
has
not
exactly
been
taking
it
easy.
He
recently
announced
Dor
starring
Ayesha
Takia
and
Gul
Panag.
Along
with
that,
he
is
slated
to
direct,
Mukta
Arts
next
project.
Sangeeth
Sivan
is
busy
with
Subhash
Ghai's
Apna
Sapna
Money
Money
and
Balaji
Telefilms
next
venture.
One
would
have
thought
that
after
the
disaster
that
was
Girlfriend,
Karan
Razdan
would
be
lying
low.
However,
that
is
far
from
the
truth.
The
director
has
not
only
one
or
two,
but
four
films
on
hand.
The
first
of
his
films
will
be
Umar
which
will
release
in
the
forthcoming
weeks.
His
other
projects
include
Eight-Shani
(earlier
Junoon
-
The
Obsession),
Souten
-
The
Other
Woman
and
the
long-delayed
and
perhaps
now
shelved
Rakhail
-
The
Mistress.
Just
like
Razdan,
another
director
who
has
been
famous
for
his
so
called
bold
films
is
T
L
V
Prasad.
His
recent
works
include
films
like
Tauba
Tauba
and
Mazaa
Mazaa
apart
from
directing
the
major
chunk
of
the
low-budget
Mithun
movies
in
the
last
decade.
This
year
his
line
up
of
films
includes
Ek
Se
Mera
Kya
Hoga
and
Naughty
Boy.
Another
director
who
has
turned
to
the
sleazy
genre
is
Partho
Ghosh.
The
man
who
once
gave
us
interesting
films
like
100
Days,
Agni
Sakshi
and
Yugpurush
is
now
busy
making
Meri
Life
Mein
Uski
Wife,
Kaanch
-
The
Broken
Glass
and
Kahin
Aag
Na
Lag
Jaaye
while
his
other
films
Panchhi,
Surya
and
Mastana
are
still
in
limbo.
But
the
man
who
takes
the
cake
when
it
comes
to
working
on
multiple
projects
is
none
other
than
the
director
who
delivered
one
of
2005's
biggest
hits,
No
Entry.
The
man
we're
talking
about
is
Anees
Bazmee.
Now
his
projects
are
definitely
something
to
talk
about.
He
has
been
on
a
signing
spree
post
No
Entry.
He
tops
this
list
with
an
astounding
10
projects.
While
his
long
delayed
films
like
Sandwich
(earlier
titled
Hum
Do
Hamara
Ek),
Radheshyam
Seetaram
and
Dil
Dhadke
Baar
Baar
almost
seem
to
be
shelved
now,
he
is
through
with
the
Ajay
Devgan
starrer
Benaam.
Apart
from
that
he
is
working
with
Rajkumar
Santoshi
on
the
remake
of
the
Telugu
hit
Autograph,
Firoz
Nadiadwala's
Welcome,
a
film
with
UTV
and
Ekta
Kapoor
each
and
finally
on
the
sequels
of
No
Entry
and
Mr.
India.
Those
who
have
been
in
Bollywood,
know
how
uncertain
a
career
here
is.
And
these
makers
sure
don't
want
to
take
a
chance
by
putting
all
their
eggs
in
one
basket.
Anees
Bazmee
Slno |
Film |
Producer/Banner |
Cast |
Status |
1 |
Benaam |
Snigdha
Patel |
Ajay
Devgan,
Bhumika
Chawla,
Sameera
Reddy |
Delayed |
2 |
Autograph
remake |
Rajkumar
Santoshi |
Akshaye
Khanna |
Under-production |
3 |
Welcome |
Firoz
Nadiadwala |
Akshay
Kumar,
Anil
Kapoor,
Nana
Patekar,
Firoz
Khan,
Katrina
Kaif |
Under-production |
4 |
A
film
with
UTV |
UTV |
Ajay
Devgan |
Pre-production |
5 |
A
film
with
Ekta
Kapoor |
Balaji
Telefilms |
Tusshar
Kapoor |
Pre-production |
6 |
No
Entry
sequel |
Boney
Kapoor |
Anil
Kapoor,
Fardeen
Khan,
Salman
Khan |
Pre-production |
7 |
Mr.
India
sequel |
Boney
Kapoor |
Anil
Kapoor |
Pre-production |
8 |
Sandwich
(earlier
titled
Hum
Do
Hamara
Ek) |
Smita
Thackeray |
Govinda,
Raveena
Tandon,
Mahima
Chaudhary |
Shelved |
9 |
Radheshyam
Seetaram |
N
Kumar |
Aishwarya
Rai,
Suniel
Shetty |
Shelved |
10 |
Dil
Dhadke
Baar
Baar |
Dashaka
Films |
Karan
Nath,
Gracy
Singh,
Amisha
Patel |
Shelved |
|
Priyadarshan
Slno |
Film |
Producer/Banner |
Cast |
Status |
1 |
Malamaal
Weekly |
Sahara |
Paresh
Rawal,
Riteish
Deshmukh |
Releasing
soon |
2 |
Chup
Chup
Ke |
UTV |
Kareena
Kapoor,
Shahid
Kapoor |
Releasing
soon |
3 |
Pirate |
Percept
Picture
Company | |
Under-production |
4 |
Bhagam
Bhaag |
Asthavinayak,
K
Sera
Sera |
Govinda,
Akshay
Kumar |
Under-production |
|
Vikram
Bhatt
Slno |
Film |
Producer/Banner |
Cast |
Status |
1 |
Ankahee |
Pritish
Nandy
Communications |
Aftab
Shivdasani,
Esha
Deol,
Amisha
Patel |
Releasing
soon |
2 |
Rooh
(earlier
titled
Fear) |
Ramesh
Sippy |
newcomers |
Releasing
soon |
3 |
Cellphone |
Pammi
Baweja |
Zayed
Khan,
Sohail
Khan |
Under-production |
4 |
Untitled
thriller |
Horse
Shoe
Pictures |
Aftab
Shivdasani,
Celina
Jaitley,
Amrita
Arora
and
Jackie
Shroff |
Under-production |
|
Ram
Gopal
Varma
Slno |
Film |
Producer/Banner |
Cast |
Status |
1 |
Darna
Zaroori
Hai |
Factory |
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Riteish
Deshmukh |
Releasing
soon |
2 |
Shiv |
Factory |
Mohit
Alawat,
Nisha
Kothari |
Under-production |
3 |
Sarkar
sequel |
Factory |
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Abhishek
Bachchan |
Pre-Production |
4 |
Ram
Gopal
Varma
Ke
Sholay |
Factory |
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Ajay
Devgan,
Mohit
Alawat,
Mohan
Lal |
Pre-Production |
|
Karan
Razdan
Slno |
Film |
Producer/Banner |
Cast |
Status |
1 |
Umar |
P
D
Gupta |
Kadar
Khan,
Satish
Kaushik,
Prem
Chopra |
Releasing
soon |
2 |
Eight
Shani |
Lucky
Kohli |
Vastavikta,
Raj
Tara |
Releasing
soon |
3 |
Souten
-
The
Other
Woman |
Naveen
Tak |
Mahima
Chaudhary |
Releasing
soon |
4 |
Rakhail
-
The
Mistress |
Ripples
Entertainment |
Meghna
Naidu |
Shelved |
|
David
Dhawan
Slno |
Film |
Producer/Banner |
Cast |
Status |
1 |
Partner |
Sohail
Khan |
Salman
Khan,
Govinda |
Under-production |
2 |
Amar
Akbar
Anthony
remake |
Tips |
Salman
Khan,
Arbaaz
Khan,
Sohail
Khan |
Pre-Production |
|
Satish
Kaushik
Slno |
Film |
Producer/Banner |
Cast |
Status |
1 |
Shaadi
Se
Pehle |
Mukta
Arts |
Akshaye
Khanna,
Ayesha
Takia,
Mallika
Sherawat |
Releasing
soon |
2 |
Milenge
Milenge |
Boney
Kapoor |
Kareena
Kapoor,
Shahid
Kapoor |
Delayed |
|
Abbas
Mustan
Slno |
Film |
Producer/Banner |
Cast |
Status |
1 |
36,
China
Town |
Mukta
Arts |
Kareena
Kapoor,
Shahid
Kapoor,
Upen
Patel |
Under-production |
2 |
Untitled
Thriller |
Asthavinayak,
K
Sera
Sera |
Sanjay
Dutt,
Ajay
Devgan,
Bipasha
Basu |
Pre-Production |
|