KRK – The Superstar!

Kamal Rashid Khan – KRK – is a star! A superstar actually.

I havent been able to latch on to Bigg Boss in the manner similar to the last 2 seasons. But whatever I see, its kind of a lazy pick up inspite of 2 weeks into it. The problem with this season is that everyboy seems to be playing it safe. We don’t have the Ravi Kishen or the Raja Chaudhary kind of guys who are a great mix of attitude and entertainment. Neither do we have anyone like Rahul Mahajan who will be at antics all the time, Vindoo comes close, but he is just a talker. The guys seem to be a boring lot. The girls are even more boring….except for Sherlyn Chopra who seems to be doing things which are difficult to comprehend.

And then there is Deshdrohi fame KRK. He seems to be some noisy contraption of a machine, you are forced to notice even if you dont want to. He is living it up. The millionaire. The romeo. The angry young man. The lone ranger. He is everything. Irritatingly so. And he has been nominated for the third week in a row. Along with his partner Sherlyn Chopra. One of them will vacate the house this week and we will have to ive with boring inmates now on.

God bless the Bigg Boss house.

Update 22 October: I take my words back. The man KRK cannot be a superstar. Not after the roadside goonda type behaviour on national television. The show may just get interesting now that KRK is going to be thrown out of the Bigg Boss house.

Deshdrohi screening banned in Maharashtra!

This blog is turning out to be a movie blog! No way. This is going to be the last of movie related posts that I am putting up for some time now. 

 

Alas! Kamal Rashid Khan’s magnum opus Deshdrohi’s screening has been stayed by the Maharashtra state government for 60 days. The film will entertain the rest of the country from November 14. So, as much as I wanted, I won’t be able to view this movie, let alone review it. What luck!

 

But with the rampant piracy that is happening, I guess whether this ban is really going to work? In Mumbai, any movie CD is available almost on the day of release. And given the penny pricing of these CDs, coupled with this renewed interest in Kamaal Rashid Khan and Deshdrohi, my sense is that more people will be able to see this film.

 

KRK’s Deshdrohi now join a select set of films that have been banned in the recent past –

·         Fanaa banned in Gujarat

·         Jodha Akbar banned in MP

·         Aaja Nachle banned in Haryana (I guess, not sure!)

·         Da Vinci Code banned in Punjab and Goa

 

Welcome to the big league!

Deshdrohi

KRK – Kamal Rashid Khan is here with a mission. His acting launch pad Deshdrohi is hitting screens on November 14 competing with Dostana. The publicity for Deshdrohi is no less than it was for Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, which was a launch pad Aamir Khan. In fact, Himesh Reshammiya can take a tip or two here, Karzzzz publicity was nothing compared to this. 

 

Sample this. Kamal Rashid Khan is everywhere. I switch on the TV to watch cricket, I see him. I watch a news channel, I see him. He is definitely on all music channels and all entertainment channels. He is out on the hoardings and I can’t miss him when I am driving. I try and hide in the safety of mall, and I see OOH media screens with KRK! Worse, he follows me to work on the screens in my cafeteria.  I give up. The man is unstoppable!

 

Deshdrohi is a topical film based on the current migrant situation in Mumbai. Serious agenda, but I guess watching the promos make me feel that this is going to turn out to be a laugh riot. His clothes could probably set a new fashion trend, those leather jackets and all… His gun skills are going to be the journals of reference for generations to come. And KRK’s dialogue delivery is icy cold; it can freeze tiger’s blood! We have been fortunate to catch some of his gems on TV. I am sure the action is going to be awe inspiring. The glam quotient is high with Gracy Singh (who started her career with Aamir Khan in Lagaan, followed it up with Sanjay Dutt in Munnabhai MBBS and Ajay Devgan in Gangajal), playing the romantic lead, from what I hear. And not to miss some sizzling item numbers by Kim Sharma and Saif fame Rozza.

 

Issme action hai, drama hai, romaans hai, tragedy hain aur haan, bhaiyyo aur beheno, issme comedy bhi hai (which I am sure is not intentional!!). Aaiye, dekhiye, ek laakhon mein ek samajik sachchaiyo par adharit filum, jo aapko sochne par majboor karegi. What sochna, we don’t know. To each is own like KRK!!!