Katrina: No trouble on Ek Tha Tiger sets

Recent reports suggested that there was union trouble for the unit of Kabir Khan's Ek Tha Tiger while shooting at an outdoor location in Dublin.

The film's heroine Katrina Kaif denies this. "This is the first time I am hearing of this. What trouble? Which workers' strike? We've been shooting here uninterrupted since we arrived. There's been absolutely no disturbance of any kind. In fact, the local people here are very supportive. They go out of their way to make us feel at home," she says.

The only sore point, if any, is that Katrina is shooting during the night.

"I am unable to keep in touch with anyone back home because I am asleep during the day," she says.

Yet, she tries to keep tabs on the collections of her last release Mere Brother Ki Dulhan. "Imran (Khan), Ali (Zafar) and I had so much fun shooting it. It was one of the most enjoyable shootings of my life. We'd do a shot and then laugh over it for hours."

The idea of a Mere Brother… sequel has been put forward. If it materializes, Katrina is game for it.

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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan nets Rs 255 mn in opening weekend

MUMBAI: Mere Brother Ki Dulhan did fairly well in its first weekend to collect Rs 255 million. However, the inevitable drop in collections has been noticed today.

Bodyguard has been squeezed dry with an extensive release and multiple screenings (as many as 2400 shows between 31 August and 9 September in a town like Ghaziabad) during its first nine days. Released mid-week on Eid (Wednesday, 31 August) it collected Rs 1.15 billion in nine days.

The collections over the second weekend have tapered down to approximately Rs 160 million and come to a trickle as of today (Monday), with some cinemas reporting poor audience due to lack of repeat value.

Bol made no impact beyond critical appreciation, collecting just Rs 13.5 million in its first week.

The Girl In Yellow Boots stays on the lower side with Rs 14 million in its first week.

Aarakshan tally at the end of four weeks is Rs 379 million.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara's eight-week total is Rs 869 million.

Murder2's total at the end of nine weeks stands at Rs 491.5 million.

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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan - Katrina puts the Dull in Dulhan

While films need scripts to work, in a genre like the romantic comedy, you already know that you didn't exactly come in expecting the smartest script ever written. You are there because you are a sucker for romance and you want to live vicariously through the beautiful people on screen. You are there to watch them share an electric chemistry, fall in love / fall back in love and fight the odds together. You already know that in a romantic comedy template — boy meets girl, boy loves girl, boy gets girl. What makes the ride to that ending interesting is the journey of how they got there, the people who are giving you company during this trip you've taken a hundred times before, with probably better looking people saying something smart or funny.

You are not going to get a Notting Hill or My Best Friend's Wedding every time and certainly not from this Yash Raj Films offering that even sounds like a film they already made (Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai) and a poster that reminds you of another Katrina Kaif film (Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani). In fact, everything in this film will give you a sense of deja vu of scenes you've seen before — be it from Onir's Sorry Bhai or Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding. But even all that can be forgiven if you love the leads.

Katrina, as gorgeous as she may look, is not the best actress around. Given the responsibility of carrying the entire film on her shoulders, Katrina is severely exposed. Playing the loud, bubbly, rebel without a cause needs more than a Katrina in the shortest of skirts and cartoonish outbursts.

The boys are all right. While Imran Khan plays the same role he did in I Hate Luv Storyies (an assistant director who hates the larger-than-life aspects of cinema), Ali Zafar in an extended cameo works his presence and ends up the most likeable of the three. Newbie Tara D'Souza is just put there to make Katrina look like an actress.

The good news is that the film stays clear of drama with a subject like this (falling for your brother's bride) and while that in itself is an encouraging sign from Yash Raj Films, the bad news is that Mere Brother Ki Dulhan has zero drama to deal with. Absolutely no surprises once the filmmaker brother plots to re-script his love story by manipulating the players — his brother, the families, the ex-girlfriend, etc.

But how long can you keep chuckling that absolutely everything is going as per plan. There's a specific reason why robberies never go the way they are planned in heist films because if they did, the film would be over by the end of the first act. MBKD takes a while to get going before arriving at the plan. And once the plan is in play, absolutely nothing goes wrong. Just some binging on bhang, item songs (that Madhubala song scored by Sohail Sen and the aftermath is simply the best part of the film), disguises for no reason (as the makers resort to pop culture references to bide time) before the inevitable.

It's all too light to leave any impact, a prank best caught on TV.

And for a romance film, it makes you fall out of love with Katrina.

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Director: Ali Abbas Zafar

Cast: Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ali Zafar, Tara D'Souza

Storyline: An assistant director falls in love with his brother's bride and has to rewrite the script to facilitate a happy ending for himself.

Bottomline: A barely watchable film that comes with no surprises whatsoever.

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Mere Brother is Dulhan : Movie Rewiew

Story: Londonstani Luv Agnihotri (Ali Zafar) has just had a break-up with his long-time girlfriend. Unable to bear the heartbreak, he asks his brother Kush (Imran Khan) to find a nice desi bride for him and arrange his marriage, pronto. Kush settles for wild cat Dimple (Katrina Kaif), his college friend, only to realise that he's the one who is actually losing his heart to the bindaas babe. Will it be too late before love prevails....

Movie Review: They make a completely unusual pair and are a study in contrast, Imran Khan and Katrina Kaif. While Imran is a picture of restraint and low key dramatics as the younger brother who falls in love with his bhaisaheb's fiancee, Katrina essays the role of an over the top bohemian girl who loves to break rules and disregard convention. It's hard to think of them as a romantic couple -- the awkwardness is almost visible when Katrina asks a somewhat dazed Imran to promise to kiss her everyday. Yet, somehow, the duo manage to pull it off in what turns out to be a light and breezy comedy where the traditional Bollywood love story turns untraditional and offbeat. But only partially....

It's an interesting debut by director Ali Abbas Zafar, yet ironically something seems to hold him back from creating a full blown comedy. The first half of the film, with the umpteen wedding preparations, gets too long drawn and the fun and games that Katrina tries to infuse in the proceedings seem a bit forced: example the completely unfunny scooter ride and the late night drunken sequence. The party begins with the arrival of Ali Zafar who takes time to warm up to the proceedings, but once he does, there's no holding him back. The actor had already displayed his flair for comedy in Tere Bin Laden. Once again, he showcases his spontaneity as the confused groom who suddenly realises he is still in love with his ex. For help, he turns to his brother once again and Imran Khan is more than willing to oblige, of course with Katrina's vivacious contribution.

It is the verve factor which works admirably for the film which doesn't have much to boast about in the story department. The film tries to remain high spirited throughout, both in terms of the narrative and the performances and mostly succeeds in keeping the smiles coming. The music by Sohail Sen has already become popular and comprises chartbusters like Madhubala and Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai amongst others. All in all, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan holds out a promise for a pleasant weekend viewing.

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Pretty Katrina is professional too!

Actor Katrina Kaif is a professional when it comes to her work. Mere Brother Ki Dulhan co-star Imran Khan and director Ali Abbas would second that. In a funny and quirky scene between Imran and Katrina, director Ali Abbas found something amiss. He decided to add a gun as a fun
and interesting element to the scene but while shooting, Imran accidentally hit the gun on Katrina's nose and her nose started bleeding.

Katrina was a very good sport about it all and continued shooting after she took a quick break in order to regain herself.

In this age of star tantrums and item number wars, such news comes as such a breath of fresh air. Here's wishing Kat good health and good luck. Keep up the good work, girl!

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Katrina and Kareena worry about Salman

One may be an ex-girlfriend, the other is a present co-star, but both Katrina Kaif and Kareena Kapoor are concerned about friend/co-star Salman Khan

Bodyguard is making a lot of noise all over the country, with BO registers ringing up profits like mad, never mind that the critics are panning the film – but the hero is not here to experience the high. Salman Khan has left for the United States, to get his trigeminal neuralgia treated by experts. And his lady friends are a little sad about his absence, though they are understandably worried. Kareena has been left holding the baby that is Bodyguard for a while, and Katrina…well…we can never be sure what she is holding where Salman is concerned, but their friendship cannot be doubted. Kat has made her new project with Sallu top priority, refusing plum assignments to accommodate Ek Tha Tiger. We hear that these include Dhoom:3 with Aamir Khan and the gang, and Ayaan Mukherjee’s new one co-starring Ranbir Kapoor. And since the Yash Chopra film with Shahrukh Khan will happen only next year, Katrina has time to do her thing with Salman, whenever she is needed to. And the concern is obvious, the strain is showing, people say, since she is worrying so much about her man-friend that her face cannot show off the happy-fun mood that Mere Brother Ki Dulhan promotional activities need. Now that is friendship, no?

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