‘Konsert Jom Heboh’ Goes To Miri
October 23, 2008
Elyana appears in Konsert Fenomena: Elyana & The Fabulous Cats (RTM2, tomorrow, 3pm).
THIS weekend, “travel” to Miri in Sarawak for Konsert Jom Heboh 2008.
The two-hour concert will air “live” on Sunday (TV3, 9pm) and Spider, Hattan, Misha Omar, Bob, Nurul, Aizat, Sofaz, Suki and One Nation Emcees are among the artistes who will be performing.
Catch One Nation Emcees in Konsert Jom Heboh 2008 (TV3, Sunday, 9pm).
Penelope Cruz stars in Vanilla Sky (RTM2, tomorrow, 9pm).
Catch entertainment programme Konsert Fenomena: Elyana & The Fabulous Cats tomorrow (RTM2, 3pm). Elyana joins forces with hip-hop/pop outfit The Fabulous Cats. Watch out for other guest artistes such as Tam Spider and Ash Nair.
New series Big Shot debuts tomorrow (ntv7, 10pm). Starring Michael Varta, Dylan McDermott, Christopher Titus and Joshua Malina, the series is about four competitive friends who are at the top of their game. They seek comfort in their friendships – discussing business, confiding secrets, seeking advice and supporting each another through life’s twists and turns.
TOMORROW
Bollygood on 2 (RTM2, 12.30pm) – Masti
Three married men, tired of their wives’ jealous ways, yearn for their carefree bachelor days. They set their sights on other women, but eventually realise they have all been seeing the same girl.
She then blackmails them but is found dead in a car the next day.
A hilarious cat-and-mouse game between the three men and a suspicious police officer follows.
Starring Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh and Amrita Rao.
Saturday Nite Special On 2 (RTM2, 9pm) – Vanilla Sky
After surviving a car crash, caused in part by his jilted lover, David’s face is badly injured. He struggles to find out the truth when his dreams turn into reality, and reality is a nightmare.
Everything seems muddled, until a doctor manages to repair his face, and life is back to the way it should be, together with a “mystery girl” he has been eyeing. Or is it?
Starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz.
Anugerah Skrin 2008 (TV3, 10pm) – Relung Kasih
After the death of her parents, Maria has to take care of her four siblings doing menial work to make ends meet. Her siblings grow up and lead comfortable lives of their own, but they begin to drift from her.
Starring Jasmin Hamid, Azhar Sulaiman, Siti Fazurina, Jehan Miskin and Anita Baharom.
Hong Movie Saturday (ntv7, midnight) – Dream Lover
Cheung is a penniless yet talented car mechanic. One day he meets Kei and falls in love with her, but she disappears without a trace. Years later, Cheung becomes extremely wealthy and eventually finds Kei, but it seems that things cannot be the same again.
Starring Tony Leung and Wu Chien Lien.
Chinese Movie (8TV, 8.30pm) – Sky of Love
Wen Tao and Jia Hui start communicating through a radiophone. From their conversations, they discover that they are both studying in the same institution of learning. But further into the relationship, they discover that they are very different from each other.
Starring Ken Chu and Gigi Leung.
SUNDAY
TV3 Cinema (TV3, 12.30am) – Goal!
How far would you go to live your dreams? When Santiago Munez is given the chance of a lifetime, he must leave his family, his life in Los Angeles and everything he knows to become a sought-after football player.
Starring Kuno Becker, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel, Marcel Lures and Alessandro Nivola.
Sunday Day Time Special (RTM2, 3pm) – Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Two years after Cloud & Co save the world from Sephiroth, the citizens of the planet begin suffering from a strange sickness called Seikon-Shoukougun. Meanwhile, Cloud has secluded himself, and is being haunted by demons from his past.
This stunning animation features the voice talents of Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Ito, Tsuduruhara Miyuu, Maaya Sakamoto and Keiji Fujiwara.
Pesona 3 (TV3, 3pm) – Ragam Pemandu
Hamid is dedicated chauffeur to Rahim, who is always helpful to Hamid’s family, despite the gaping difference in their social status. Rahim also pays for Hamid’s children’s education.
Starring Hamid Gurka, Aznah Hamid and Latiff Ibrahim.
New Straits Times
Salman Mengaku Musuhi Shah Rukh
August 14, 2008
MUMBAI: Pelakon yang kerap menimbulkan kontroversi dengan tingkah lakunya, Salman Khan, akhirnya mengaku beliau bergaduh dengan seorang lagi pelakon handalan, Shah Rukh Khan dan berkata mereka tidak akan berbaik buat masa terdekat, jika tidak untuk selama-lamanya.
Dalam temu bual dengan media berhubung perkara itu, Salman berkata, punca pergaduhan bukan seperti yang dilaporkan iaitu keengganan Shah Rukh membuat penampilan istimewa dalam filem terbarunya, Main Aur Mrs Khanna.
“Punca pergaduhan bukan disebabkan profesional. Ia bersifat peribadi. Kami pernah ada masalah sebelum ini, tetapi kali ini saya tidak fikir kami boleh selesaikan.
“Kami adalah dua manusia berbeza. Nilai dan cara kami berfikir berbeza. Saya tidak fikir kami boleh menjadi kawan,” Salman dipetik sebagai berkata dalam temu bual Indian Express tanpa mengulas lanjut mengenai punca sebenar pergaduhan itu.
Dalam satu laporan lain, Salman berkata beliau melihat kedudukannya dengan Shah Rukh sama seperti beliau melihatnya dengan aktor Vivek Oberoi, yang tidak pernah dimaafkan.
Berdasarkan nada Salman, jelas beliau tidak berada dalam keadaan untuk berdamai dengan Shah Rukh dalam masa beberapa tahun ini. Kedua-dua aktor itu pernah bergaduh disebabkan tindakan Salman menceroboh ke set penggambaran ‘Chalte Chalte.
Bagaimanapun, mereka berdamai semula pada majlis perkahwinan pengarah dan pereka tari, Farah Khan. – Agensi
Berita Harian
Banal Theme, Boring Acting – Mission Istaanbul
August 8, 2008
Banal theme, boring acting – Mission Istaanbul
MISSION SNOOZE :Mission Istaanbul
Genre: Action
Director: Apoorva Lakhia
Cast: Zayed Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Shriya Saran
Storyline: A journalist finds his life in danger as he discovers the truth behind a controversial TV network with a little help from a mysterious commando.
Bottomline: Chances of box office success? Mission impossible.
It is hard to admire ‘Mission Istaanbul.’ Little to appreciate, even less to admire, director Apoorva Lakhia’s film shows all signs of bankruptcy of ideas that is the privilege of the mediocre.
For all the hype, and lesser expectations, ‘Mission Istaanbul’ is a ragtag coalition of inexplicable action, lots of loopholes, and three — or is it four? — songs that does nobody justice.
Arriving at an intersection of crude commerce and an artiste’s licence to creativity, Lakhia’s film could have been so easily accepted a few years ago. Then the audience would not have read too much into a tagline that accompanies the film’s name: ‘Darr ke aage jeet hai’. But in circa 2008, you have to be particularly dumb or easily acquiescing to ignore this marriage of market with movie.
Still, just in case you missed out, a little into the second half, the director thrust a few cans of Mountain Dew in our face. Subtlety is conspicuous by its absence.
Old plot
Earlier, films did not make too much claim on our intelligence. Unfortunately, it is not the same anymore. And Lakhia, fresh from the success of ‘Shootout at Lokhandwala’, but a couple of years after directors of all class, language and region have milked the terrorist tap dry, comes up with a film that has such a familiar look to it that you feel, you have seen it, heard it and read about it.
Come on, you’ve got to be kidding the audiences, or more likely yourself, if you felt by putting an oval-faced white man behind an American flag you could sell them the dummy of Bush. Likewise, all the digs at Osama bin Laden or Al Jazeera (TV channel). The film’s fabric is tearing at the seams. And nobody is fooled.
If there is a guise here, it is thin. If it is an attempt to strike a chord, it fails. A journalist from India ends up joining hands with an Indian at the receiving end of a terrorist attack.
Too many reels are wasted, too much directionless, untamed energy in full blast before the final denouement. And all along, the cast, led by Vivek Oberoi and Zayed Khan, and ‘helped’ by Shriya Saran and newcomer Shwetta Bhardwaj, keeps pace.
Never suspected of being generously talented, they compete in evoking yawns, with probably Zayed winning the race. A twitch, a grimace, a sulk is all that he offers from his limited repertoire.
Fragmented, deceitful, ‘Mission Istaanbul’ has no sting. As for the chances of box office success, well, mission impossible!
ZIYA US SALAM
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