Is Guzaarish inspired by Spanish film The Sea Inside?

The first look promo of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's highly anticipated Hrithik-Aishwarya starrer Guzaarish was unveiled earlier this week. While the promo is quite splendid to say the least, the film does bear some resemblance to a 2004 Spanish film called The Sea Inside which is based on a true story of a sailor Ramdon Sampredo who becomes a quadriplegic following an accident. In Guzaarish, the buzz is that Hrithik, who plays a magician, ends up in a wheelchair because of an accident that happens when a magic trick goes wrong.

Bhansali's earlier films such as Black was also inspired from The Miracle Worker while Saawariya was loosely based on a Russian short story 'White Nights'.

While neither Bhansali nor his lead actors were in any mood to reveal even a bit about the story of Guzaarish at the launch event, going by the promos of the two films, there is no denying that there is some similarity between Guzaarish and The Sea Inside.

Home | Television News | Swastika does not want to star in Hindi serials Swastika does not want to star in Hindi serials

Swastika Mukherjee, the famous Bengali actress was highly appreciated in her role of a bar singer in the movie Byomkesh Bakshi. Right now the actress is getting a lot of offers to star in Hindi serials. Swastika recently revealed that she is not interested in signing up for Hindi serials just yet. In an interview, Swastika said that she has worked in a lot of Bengali serials before and now some of her TV friends have moved to the Mumbai TV industry. These friends of Swastika have offered her quite a few lead roles in upcoming Hindi serials but she is not too eager to appear on TV just yet.

The actress said that she does not want to be typecast playing a certain role in Hindi serials and ruin her acting career. Swastika informed us that right now she is doing a lot of interesting projects in both art house and mainstream Bengali films. Right now Swastika is not interested in trying her hands at small screen and seems satisfied with her projects in the film and theater world. Swastika is also endorsing renowned jewelry brand so she has no time left to act in serials as of now.

Check Out: Aamir Khan as milkman in Tata Sky's new ad

Aamir Khan is known to get into the skin of the character he plays. This is all the more evident in the latest Tata Sky commercial which sees Aamir playing a milkman.

The commercial, in a funny way, shows Tata Sky's new feature which allows customers a subscription holiday once a year. Like his previous avatars, Aamir once again seems completely in character as he plays a milkman who argues with a customer who is willing to pay for only the days he was in town. Aamir in turn explains that the cow who gives milk doesn't know that the customer was on vacation and hence asks him to pay for the whole month's milk supply.

After seeing the commercial, one thing is certain that this actor truly deserves the tag of 'Mr. Perfectionist'.

Vishal-Shekhar, Sajid-Wajid lose one contestant each in Sa Re Ga Ma

It’s that time in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa again when contestants’ dreams get crashed. So it’s Karma Sherpa and Altamash Faridi who will be eliminated this weekend in Singing Superstar.
This week Emraan Hashmi and composer Ismail Darbar were special guests on the show. Both Karma and Altamash were hopeful but unfortunately had to leave this show due to less public votes. Emraan had a good time and was impressed with the contestants. Their mentors Vishal-Shekhar and Sajid-Wajid were also disappointed with the results; however they cheered both of them and promised to help them in future.
Daler Mehndi’s team of five singers was safe. The elimination episode is likely to air on Saturday.

Amitabh to start KBC on September 21

Amitabh Bachchan is finally beginning the much-awaited Kaun Banega Crorepati shoot, starting September 21.
A source says, "We are going to start our first five-day schedule on September 21. We hope to finish canning at least 10 episodes. A huge set has been erected in Film City. The auditions were very good and we are really happy about it. We will mostly not have celebrities in first schedule as of now; we intend to shoot all 10 episodes with commoners. The show will go on air from October 11, on Amitji's birthday. It will be a Monday-Thursday show at 9 pm. Our second schedule is likely to start on October 4 and will go on till October 9. In the second schedule we may have few celebrities.”
It is going to be a one hour show. This season, the makers have brought in a few changes in the format. The last phase of auditions in Mumbai got over last week.