Give Me Red

Even as Hurricane Bodyguard sweeps through the country smashing all existing opening day records, the only challenger to the unstoppable Salman Khan comes in the form of Vidya Balan. Make that Vidya Balan in a red sari heaving to something to the effect of Ooh la la, tu hai meri fantessy.

The theatrical trailer of Ekta Kapoor’s The Dirty Picture, which was unleashed amid the Bodyguard frenzy, is an instant eyeball-grabber. Balan who plays the central character in this biopic inspired by Southern starlet, Silk Smitha, packs in a oomphy wallop. Youtube and social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook have gone ga ga over her. Compliments are pouring in from colleagues and competitors alike. Sonam Kapoor tweeted her feelings: “Ohmigod just saw the promo of The Dirty Picture. Vidya Balan, I bow down to you. You are bold, provocative and brilliant.”

Balan, who is literally in the hot seat, is feeling the love. “I wanted to reply to everyone but I’m unable to get a grip on my phone due to the artificial nails that I’m sporting for the song that I’m shooting,” she laughs. Balan’s especially touched by Kapoor’s tweet. “I’m more than flattered with what she said,” she says. Since there’s still a fair bit of wait till the release of the film, December 2, Balan would like to tone down the trailer praise, deafening as it may be. “We are still shooting the film and we cannot afford to lose our steam. We are still wired on telling a good story,” she says.

'Murder 2' team studies serial killers across Mumbai, Delhi and Goa

In 'Murder', the character played by Emraan was killed in the end. This also means that it is not quite a sequel in the making here but is instead a franchise which is being exploited while bringing on the similar genre that results in instant familiarity for the audience. "'Murder 2' has been inspired by legendary stories of such serial killers and other dark characters. Some of these stories have been myths while others are facts but Bhatts and (director) Mohit Suri have tried to incorporate those elements which are the most intriguing", informs a source, "You pick up any major city in India and it has it's own story to tell when it comes to such serial killings. Mumbai has its own share while Delhi too has it's own. Goa setting comes into picture here because it again has a history of serial killers." So while there have been so many murmurs, rumours and speculations around Emraan's role in 'Murder 2', one asks the man at the hot seat to spill the beans himself. "Well, I obviously can't talk much about it right now because it is a suspense film", says Emraan, "However I can admit that the film deals with a serial killer which is played by me". With Jacqueline Fernandez in the lead, 'Murder 2' releases all over on 8th July.

Emraan Hashmi undecided over MURDER 2

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Emraan Hashmi is finding himself in a dilemma. Even though practically each of his films has boasted of chartbuster music, he has had enough of it when it comes to promotional music videos. Reason being that in the Mohit Suri directed affair, he is playing a serial killer in MURDER 2. No wonder, he feels that it would be a little out of place for him to start singing and dancing for a song and that too for promotional purpose.

"Call it a personal preference but I find these so called item videos to be disconnected from the rest of the film. Maybe we should just have little bit of such portions and then intersperse them with the actual shots from the film. That would still make sense," says Emraan who has already expressed his apprehensions to his producer and uncle Mukesh Bhatt.

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It may be difficult for him to convince the makers though. After all Bhatts have struck gold whenever Emraan has done music videos for them, as has been the case with films like JANNAT, KALYUG, RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES and many more.

"I know, but then there is a saturation point for such numbers as well," argues Emraan, "Also, I truly believe that all these songs for which I did music videos would have worked anyways. You don't have to always start dancing and lip synching for no reasons."

Tell him that market diktats may well force him to wear his dancing shoes again and he says in a surrendered tone, "Let's see how it goes. I agree, sometimes all these things are the need of the music company so you have to understand their point of view as well."

In the recent past Emraan has resisted doing a music video for his last two films DIL TOH BACCHA HAI JI as well as CROOK. Now it has to be seen whether for MURDER 2 he is pulled in and asked to bow down to the pressure or not.

Emraan's 'Murder 2' not scared of competition

Even though there is one announcement or other that threatens to result in a clash with Emraan Hashmi's 'Murder 2' on 8th July, the makers (Bhatts) are undeterred. Recently there were reports around Hrithik Roshan's 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' taking on 'Murder 2' heads-on. However the Mohit Suri directed film is not willing to budge from it's spot which it had announced weeks ago.

Informs a reliable trade source, "Every second week there is some film or another that targets the day when 'Murder 2' is supposed to arrive. First it was Ajay Devgn's 'Singham' and it was dubbed as the clash of 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai' antagonists. Then it was also said that the serial kisser would be taking on angry old man Amitabh Bachchan with 'Bbuddah - Hoga Terra Baap' eyeing for the same spot."

However with both 'Singham' as well as 'Bbuddah - Hoga Terra Baap' turning out to be false alarms more than anything else, seems Bhatts have stopped taking any such announcements seriously and for all the right reasons. Also, even 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' is now seriously considering 15th July as the D-day.

"What does one expect Bhatts to do? Why should they play around with their release plan on the basis of hearsay or some sudden announcements coming out of nowhere," an industry insider adds, "I don't see why Bhatts should be thinking of changing their release plans. Their film is complete, the song promotion should begin anytime and the biggest of them all, it's a franchise they are playing on. For its target audience, 'Murder' is no less a brand."

Though Emraan Hashmi was unavailable for comment, Mukesh Bhatt sounded quite sure about sticking to its original plans. "'Murder 2' is complete and we were the first to announce our plans long time back. We are not pushing our film any further."

With 15th July being wide open and no film yet scheduled for arrival on the said date, one can be rest assured that 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' would think of letting go off the clash and arrive a week later.

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