Showing posts with label Nataraja Subramaniam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nataraja Subramaniam. Show all posts
Enjoyed playing the role of Defence Intelligence Agent in Holiday-Akshay Kumar
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Hiren Kotwani (BOMBAY TIMES; February 12, 2014)
A number of factors make Holiday — A Soldier Is Never Off Duty exciting. It’s a collaboration between Akshay Kumar and Vipul A Shah, who have given hits like Aankhen, Waqt — The Race Against Time, Namastey London and Singh Is Kinng. Then, it’s helmed by A R Murugadoss, who pioneered the 100-crore club with his first Hindi film, Ghajini. Now, the trade is curious to see his second outing. Not to forget the pairing of Akshay and Sonakshi, who have given a success like Rowdy Rathore.
All eyes are on Holiday... because it has an engaging story revolving around an army captain — played by Akshay — some high-end action, romance and a good soundtrack by Pritam.
Vipul, who is the producer of the film, says, “In every person’s life, some special films happen. I’m lucky that I got so many special films with Akshay in the last 10 years. There are huge expectations from the team. We’re looking forward to it ourselves.” For now, they are awaiting the reactions to the trailer, which goes online today at 2.30 pm.
Akshay says, “To work alongside my long-time friend Vipul after so many extraordinary films together, on a project that is helmed by Murugadoss, is of course something I couldn’t wait to get my hands on.”
He adds, “It’s great to see the magic my director creates with professionals like our director of photography Nutty, (Nataraja Subramaniam), our heroine Sonakshi and the rest of our talented crew. It’s also the first time I’m playing a DIA (Defence Intelligence Agent), a role I’ve enjoyed portraying more than I ever imagined.”
Murugadoss says, “I was a little reserved initially, but Akshay made me feel very comfortable. Now, I can say that I’ve got a close friend in the Hindi film industry. Being a filmmaker, Vipul sir lends his directors great support, like in this case, me.”
Sanjeev Lamba, CEO, Reliance Entertainment, the co-producers of the project, says, “This is a high-octane action thriller. I hope fans enjoy a spectacular summer when the film opens globally.”
The last word is reserved for Akshay, who signs off, saying, “The next time someone asks me what I’d have done if I weren’t an actor, I’d say that being a DIA is on the top of my list.”
Holiday — A Soldier Is Never Off Duty, presented by Reliance Entertainment, releases June 6.
Preity Zinta plays spoilsport for Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Roy
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Vickey Lalwani (MUMBAI MIRROR; February 12, 2014)
Ranbir Kapoor was supposed to fly out to South Africa in March to shoot his cameo for Roy, along with Arjun Rampal. The film’s director was to leave for a recce with his Director of Photography (DOP) S Nataraja Subramaniam on February 8. But the plans have gone awry after Preity Zinta filed an FIR at the Khar police station against Nataraja. Her contention is that Nataraja, who was also the DOP of her home production Ishkq in Paris, took an advance of Rs 20 lakh from her and is yet to return the amount despite not dropping out of the film. Following the complaint, Nataraja, who has worked on films like Love Aaj Kal and Raanjhanaa, has taken off to Chennai and is trying to get anticipatory bail. He has told Vikramjit to wait till the dispute is settled. According to a source close to the development Nataraja was dropped for another DOP because Preity wanted to cut corners. “She had signed Nataraja for Rs 85 lakh and had given him Rs 20 lakh as the signing amount. He had worked on the film for eight months before he was dropped. He thinks he was entitled to the advance,” reasons the source. “Preity’s sudden move took him by surprise.” Nataraja has now approached Anil Mehta, the industry’s senior cinematographer, to play the mediator and last weekend he met the actress. Vikramajit confirmed the news saying, “Nataraja has my full support. I will wait for him, I hope the crisis will be over by this month's end.” When contacted, Nataraja said, “I will come to Mumbai soon to sort out the matter. I had done a lot of work on Preity’s film. I don’t know what has been conveyed to her by her production team. There is definitely some misunderstanding but we should be able to sort things out.”
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