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  • Tere Bin Laden – Dead or Alive Review : An Idea That’s Past Its Sell By Date

    Tere Bin Laden – Dead or Alive Review : An Idea That’s Past Its Sell By Date

    tere-bin-laden-2[tps_footer]A film within a film, or a film talking about itself, can be very confusing, leading up to moments when you can’t understand if it’s the film or the film within the film that you are watching.

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    This sequel to writer-director Abhishek Sharma’s 2010 sleeper hit ‘Tere Bin Laden’ is one of those scripts trying to stretch a good thing too far, only to see it snap.

    The first Tere Bin Laden was quirky and satirical and quite good; the second is an obvious attempt to recreate the magic, with little success. A few clever lines and gags, Manish Paul’s reasonable comic timing and some interesting casting (mimic Iman Crosson as the American President, Sikander Kher in various prosthetics, costumes and muddled accents) cannot rescue this laborious attempt from anything but extreme mediocrity.

    Paul is Sharma (an obvious dig at the film’s director Abhishek Sharma) who discovers an Osama Bin Laden lookalike Paddi Singh (Pradhuman Singh) and makes a successful film ‘Tere Bin Laden’. But Sharma is chucked out of the sequel by the film’s producers, the Shetty sisters (producers Arati Shetty and Pooja Shetty-Deora) and its egoistic star (Ali Zafar playing himself and overdoing his Shah Rukh Khan devotion) for a bigger marquee director. Sharma’s film, however, comes into the attention of both a group of amateur Pakistani terrorists led by Khaleeli (Piyush Mishra) and the CIA (Sikander Kher, funny as the over-the-top David Chadda), who want to kidnap the fake Osama for their own benefits.

    The Obama lookalike (Iman Crosson) and other sundry characters aid (or destroy) this tug-of-war between various parties for possession of Paddi and his stark resemblance to the once most dreaded – but now deceased — terrorist.

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    Some cutesy gags do help build momentum early on, but then they become too few and far in between to sustain interest. At least all the actors are trying hard (or too hard) to get their act together, which is the only reason this gets two stars.

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  • Impersonator Brings Obama In Tere Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive

    Impersonator Brings Obama In Tere Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive

    Tere-Bin-Laden-[tps_footer]Bollywood was quite surprised when a low budget film ‘Tere Bin Laden’ became a hit in 2010. Director Abhishek Sharma began writing the sequel to the film along with actor Pradhuman Singh who played the role of Osama Bin Laden. The sequel to the film titled ‘Tere Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive’ features a prominent character, US President Barack Obama. The trailer to the sequel is lot more crazy than the first one.

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    Both Abhishek and Pradhuman began their search for the actor to portray the character of African-American President. After a lot of searching, director Abhishek Sharma found a video online ‘President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden’, which featured American rapper-comedian Iman Crosson. The director came across the video in which Iman had rapped Obama’s very serious speech when he announced the death of the wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden.

    In an interview with Mirror, Abhishek Sharma revealed how they found the perfect Obama for their upcoming movie. He said “My team got in touch with Iman who’s based in Los Angeles. He flew down to Mumbai and we shot with him on a large set of Abbottabad, recreating the speech and the rap.”

    The interview also revealed that Iman has been invited to White House twice. The actor-comedian has met the President, made him smile through his mimicry and received a compliment as the ‘best mimic’. Barack Obama also knows that Iman is playing his character in ‘Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive.’

    Iman Crosson, who goes by the name as Alphacat on his Youtube channel, is known for his impersonation of the President. He calls himself as the President’s ghost writer and also raps all his speeches making it as funny and hilarious for his audience. He has done many spoofs on the various artists and the politicians.

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    Well, with that being said, it looks like President Obama will surely be watching the upcoming comedy flick. The movie also stars Manish Paul and Sikander Kher in pivotel roles. It is set to release on February 26, 2016.

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  • WATCH: Deadly Dialogues In New Promos Of ‘Aurangzeb’

    WATCH: Deadly Dialogues In New Promos Of ‘Aurangzeb’

    MUMBAI: The makers of upcoming Bollywood crime thriller ‘Aurangzeb’ have released short promos from the film.

    The mini promos begin with the dialogues like, “Paseena bahane se kai achha hai, khoon bahao, apna nahi doosro ka”

    “Baadshaahat bhai chaare ko nahi dekhti” (Kingship knows no kinship) and finally,

    “Mera baap bolta hai launda uska moti khopdi ka hai, Chala zara check karte hai goli paar jaati hai ya bounce hoke yahi reh jaaati hai” (My father says that I have a thick skull, pull the trigger, let’s check if the bullet goes in or bounces off).

    In the backdrop the groovy ‘Barbaadiyaan’ plays on loop.

    ‘Aurangazeb’ is Arjun Kapoor’s second film after his debut last year with YRF’s ‘Ishaqzaade’ directed by Atul Sabharwal. The film also features Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jackie Shroff, Rishi Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Sikander Kher. ‘Aurangazeb’ marks the debut of Pakistani beauty Sasha Agha who also has sung the dance number ‘Barbaadiyaan’ in the film.

    The film’s story revolves around two determined policemen played by Rishi Kapoor and Prithviraj Sukumaran, who make a plan to implant a look-alike of a gangster’s right-hand man played by Arjun Kapoor. And then begins the dark story of greed, lust and power.

    ‘Aurangzeb’ produced by Aditya Chopra is set to hit the screens on May 17, 2013.

  • TRAILER: ‘Aurangzeb’ Featuring Arjun Kapoor

    TRAILER: ‘Aurangzeb’ Featuring Arjun Kapoor

    MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films has released the trailer of their next ambitious project ‘Aurangzeb’, directed by Atul Sabharwal.

    The film’s title is inspired by the Mughal Emperor ‘Aurangzeb’ aka “world-seizer” who ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent.

    ‘Aurangzeb’ features Arjun Kapoor, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jackie Shroff, Rishi Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Sikander Kher and Sasha Agha and is touted to be a remake of the 1978 hit film ‘Trishul’.

    The trailer begins with a glimpse of north Indian city – Gurgaon. A group of policemen have made up their mind to bring down a family of gangsters. And they soon realize, they must think like the criminals.

    The plot of ‘Aurangzeb’ revolves around the two determined policemen played by Rishi Kapoor and Prithviraj Sukumaran. They struggle to find evidences against Yashvardhan (Jackie Shroff), with the smart Ajay (Arjun Kapoor) covering up the criminal minded real estate agent’s tracks. The police then hatch a plan and capture Ajay and implant his look-alike Vishal into Yashvardhan’s camp.

    Thus begins the dark story of greed, lust and power supported by Amartya Rahut’s music.

    Produced by Aditya Chopra, ‘Aurangzeb’ will release on May 17, 2013.