Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (Movies)-Emraan Hashmi Ajay Devgan Kangna Ranaut &amp; Prachi Desai

Emraan Hashmi finally finds a car!

To find a lavish car for Emraan Hashmi in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai was not an easy job for director Milan Luthria. It took him good five months to ink upon a Classic 1971 Ford LTD.

According to sources, Emraan was just a car away to get into the skin of Dawood Ibrahim’s character. No sooner did Milan’s search for car end that Emraan was a happy man with vintage whine. Interestingly, Emraan’s 1971 Ford has been used previously in Terminator and The French Connection.

Well, it isn’t just Emraan for whom Milan went out his way but Ajay Devgn too who plays the role of Haji Mastan has been lucky enough to drive 1967 Mercedes for which Milan was struggling for three months.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai- (New Trailer)

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Free style wrestling with Haji and Rukhsana…

If the setting was surrealistic, even bizarre (a lavish suite in the old wing of the Taj Mahal Hotel), the people present at the ‘business meeting’ were even more so. Apart from Rukhsana, Haji Mastan and yours truly (I pretended to be Rukhsana’s secretary), there were five or six Bhais there.

It was a chiffon and pearls meet polyester and rexine moment. Rukhsana conducted the proceedings with all the hauteur of an empress dealing with serfs. She swished her French chiffon saree pallav around her broad shoulders, played with the Basra pearls around her thick neck, constantly adjusted the gigantic shades she wore indoors\outdoors, and talked down to Haji in a posh accent. Everybody studiously ignored me (appropriately dressed for my p.a.’s part in a downmarket khadi kurta).

Haji paced the room restlessly, his white rexine chappals making a soft squishy sound on the deep pile carpet. The other goons glowered and kept staring at the door as if expecting a police party. The agenda for the meeting was simple — Rukhsana and Haji were haggling over gate money. Most people outside the professional wrestling circuit did not know that Rukhsana controlled all the kusti fixtures that took place in and around Delhi. She wanted to negotiate better terms for the Bombay bouts (his territory), and Haji wasn’t playing footsie. They were haggling over Pakistani wrestlers and their fees. More importantly, they couldn’t agree on their respective cuts. She refused to budge… and so did he.

At this critical point of the negotiation, there was a knock on the door, followed by the buzzer ringing. Everybody froze! Haji’s goon squad sprang up and took strategic positions…. even Rukhsana momentarily forgot her haughty act and looked startled. Oh oh… something was clearly not going as per the schedule. Who was at the door? Cops? Rivals? Hotel security? Enraged wrestlers? Would guns be pulled out? Knives flashed? Would I be killed in a cross fire between hostile underworld gangs?

Rukhsana reached for the phone on the elegant, marble topped table next to her chair (those were pre-mobile phone days, remember?). There was pin drop silence in the suite as she hit the button with a swift, smooth move of her perfectly manicured index finger. A gigantic solitaire on her ring finger, caught the light from the chandelier and flashed evilly. “Hello…” growled Rukhsana… as I held my breath. This was turning out to be a chilling evening. I said a short prayer… would it be answered? More next week!

- Shobhaa De

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Emraan Hashmi Retro 70's pictures- Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai

Monday, June 28, 2010

Once Upon a Tme…. With Shobhaa (Part II)

What is it about men in white that startles the unwary? Is there a rule somewhere that says ‘White Not Allowed’ if you’re a guy? Bollywood Baddies have always had a penchant for the colour one generally associates with vestal virgins. Pran frequently wore white for his villainous roles, and I’m pretty sure Amrish Puri growled, “Mogambo khush hua,” clad in pristine white breeches. It was, of course, Jumping Jack Jeetendra who patented the allwhite (down to the pointy, shiney shoes) look in Bollywood… and he wasn’t even a baddie. Sanjeev Kumar liked his whites. So did Dilip Kumar. Even that loveable eccentric Raaj Kumar was often spotted in white (so what if it clashed with his flaming orange wig?). Raj Kapoor liked his ladies in white, and wore a lot of white himself. As did his devastatingly handsome younger brother Shashi (strictly kurta-pajamas, please).

That was then. Let’s cut to now — soon we are going to see Ajay Devgn sporting strictly white for his role as ‘Sultan’ in a forthcoming film. And (wink-wink) we all know where that wardrobe inspiration is coming from. The notorious ‘Seventies don of dons, Haji Mastan, invariably wore white. And if advance reports about the film are to be believed, Ajay’s character is based on Hajibhai’s (never mind what publicists and Haji Mastan’s family have to say about this ‘resemblance’!).

Frankly, I do think Ajay is the only Bollywood actor who can pull off this role – he even looks the part. If anything, Ajay appears far more menacing than the original. How do I know? Well, I had the dubious pleasure of meeting Haji Mastan a couple of times under rather strange circumstances and in very unlikely company. It was during Sanjay Gandhi’s very short reign (post the ignominious Emergency – surely the most disgraceful period of our history?) as India’s absolute supremo. Sanjay Gandhi’s henchwoman at the time was a feisty, attractive and ambitious person called Rukhsana Sultan (mother of Amrita ‘Dingy’ Singh, Saif’s ex). I was researching a cover story on Rukhsana, during the course of which she asked me to come over to her plush suite in the Taj Mahal Hotel (Mumbai), to meet some of her business associates. Ha!! Little did I know then that one of those associates would be the dreaded don — Hajibhai himself!

Cheers!

Shobhaa De

Monday, June 21, 2010

Making of song 'Pee Loon' - Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai

Exclusive Video of the Making of 'Pee Loon' - check it out!

Friday, June 11, 2010

Pee Loon - | New Full HD Song| Once Upon a Time In Mumbai (2010)

Pee loon tere neelay neelay nainon se shabnam...
Pee loon tere geelay geelay honthon ki sargam...
Pee loon ...hai peenay ka mausam...
Tere sang ishq taari hai...
Tere sang ik khumari hai...
Tere sang chain bhi mujhko...
Tere sang bekraari hai.

Tere bin jee nahi lagda, tere bin jee nahi sakda,
Tujhpe hai haare maine vaare do jahan,

kurbaan... tera kurbaan....

Hosh mein... rahun kyun aaj main
Tu meri baahon mein simti hai, mujh mein samayi hai yun

Jis tarah ki koi hum nadi, tu mere seenay mein chupti hai sagar tumhara main hoon
Pee loon... teri dheemi dheemi lehron ki cham cham
Pee loon... teri saundi saundi saanson ko har dum
Pee loon hai peenay ka mausam...

Tere sang ishq taari hai
Tere sang ik khumari hai
Tere sang chain bhi mujhko
Tere sang bekraari hai
Kurbaan...meharmaa... ke main to kurbaan, sun le zara

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