Student of the year Pictures, Stills and Wallpapers

Student of the Year directed by Karan Johar. Its a comedy film starring new comers like Varun Dhawan, Siddharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles. Student of the year is Dharma Productions movie. 

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Bollywood remembers Rajesh Khanna as the ‘king of romance’

Bollywood celebrities are saddened by the death of the original superstar Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai on Wednesday. He is being remembered as a ‘king of romance’, a ‘charmer’, the ‘first superstar’ and many similes of lavish praise. 

An ailing Rajesh Khanna succumbed to his prolonged illness today and left for his heavenly abode at the age of 69. As soon as the news of his death spread around, tributes started pouring in for the superstar. 

Here’s what Bollywood stars and celebs have been tweeting: 

Shahrukh Khan: To live with intention & walk to the edge. Play with abandon, choose with no regret. Smile & made us do the same.Sir,u defined our era.RIP 

Bipasha Basu: Loss of a Superstar!Iconic Actor!RIP Rajesh Khanna! 

Shahid Kapoor: RIP to the 1st king of romance ...... Rajesh khanna ...... 

Poonam Pandey: Kaka made his death a celebration IN REEL LIFE, Let us Make It Same In REAL LIFE. zindagi BADI honi chahiye lambi nahi. RIP RAJESH KHANNA. Anand mara nahi. Anand Marte nahi. RIP RAJESH KHANNA 

Genelia D'Souza: R.I.P Rajesh Khannaji 

Karan Johar: the magic...the mannerism...the mania of RAJESH KHANNA is inscribed in every archive of indian cinema...forever....RIP SIR!!! 

Shabana Azmi: He was d SUPERSTAR like no other Did 10 films with him Met him last at Apsara awards Pale shadow of himself but smile as winsome RIP RajeshK 

Shilpa Shetty: Jus heard the sad news,heartfelt condolences & prayers 2 the family 2 cope with this irreparable loss,R.I.P Rajesh Khanna,a Superstar always 

Sonam Kapoor: Rip rajesh khanna 

Anupam Kher: Rajesh Khanna gave us a crash course in Romance. He introduced us to a special twinkle in the eye that made us feel good about ourselves.RIP 

Mahesh Bhatt: When we lose a loved one, something within us dies. Our generation loved Rajesh Khanna. Today a bit if us dies with this enigmatic star. 

Shekhar Kapur: 2 young.2 early.Tragic. #RIPRajeshKhanna. A candle that burned brighter than any star for 2 short a time 

Tusshar Kapoor: Rajesh Khanna ji, our 1st superstar is no more! I worked with him in kyaa dil ne kaha & learnt a lot just talking to him! May his soul RIP! 

Farah Khan: Just hrd the saddest news.the 1st Superstar of india is no more.bt the legend that was Rajesh khanna will live eternally thru his films. 

Madhur Bhandarkar: The epitome of superstardom is no more amongst us. There was none, there is none & there won't be any like you kakaji. You will be missed. 

Kunal Kohli: The word SuperStar was used first for Rajesh Khanna.His style.His Ada.His charm.His smile.His songs.His films. He.Will always live on 

Neha Dhupia: RIP Rajesh khanna Saab ... U , ur stardom, ur magic will live forever! 

Ken Ghosh: RIP Rajesh Khanna- my first memory of a film theatre was weeping while watching - "Haathi Mere Saathi"- 

Dia Mirza: "Babumoshai eto bhalo bhasha bhalo na..."Anand, Kati Patang, Bawarchi and many more... What a legacy you've left behind. RIP Rajesh Khannaji 

Pooja Bedi: Deeply saddened to know Rajesh Khanna is no more with us on this planet! Wish the family & all his ardent fans strength! 

Sophie Choudry: R.I.P Superstar,Legend Rajesh Khanna Sahib. Ur magic, ur movies & all the incredible songs u were part of shall live on in our hearts 4ever 

Arshad Warsi: RIP KAKA.... God bless n have mercy on his soul.... 

Ayesha Takia: So beyond sad 2 hear of the passing of Rajesh khanna ji. Let us all pray for his family,so they may get strength.RIP Rajesh Khanna ji. 

Manish Malhotra: RIP superstar RAJESH KHANNA:his movies:songs:mannerisms:will always be cherished and remembered. His iconic stlye:Belts over his kurta collared shirts: scarf around his neck:slip on shoes:. And his romantic songs will always be cherished 

Rahul Bose: RIP Rajesh Khanna. The Phenomenon. Thank you for the magic.

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It’s Karan Johar versus Priyanka Chopra!

A simmering spat between actress Priyanka Chopra and a clique of powerful star wives has now spilled out in the open with filmmaker Karan Johar taking up the cudgels on behalf of the star wives.

A tabloid report that came out two days back has put a spark to the tinderbox.

To give you a recap, it has long been alleged that two star wives have been using their clout in the industry to plant negative stories about Priyanka Chopra in the media. Though no names were ever revealed, it was all but clear that the star wives being mentioned were Gauri Khan and Sussanne Roshan.

The differences between the Gauri-Sussanne duo on one hand and Priyanka on the other cropped up after a raft of stories on Shahrukh Khan’s closeness to Priyanka started doing the rounds. Thereafter, Priyanka was given the royal snub by the two star wives on many occasions, but a media report earlier this week has brought this simmering war out in the open.

In the report, a friend of Priyanka Chopra was quoted as saying: “If these women (allegedly Gauri and Sussanne) are insecure about their relationships with their husbands, they should sort it out with them, at home. Why target Priyanka?” The friend even took on Karan Johar for being duplicitous, and alleged: “PC is upset and flummoxed by the campaign unleashed by a powerful producer-director who can make and break careers in Bollywood.”

The provocation was enough to have the rarely undiplomatic Karan Johar lose his cool and give it back to Priyanka, and that too on a social networking site.

Refraining from taking any names, Karan seems to have blamed Priyanka Chopra for using her PR machinery to sully the names of Gauri and Sussanne both of who are close to K-Jo.

This is what Karan Johar wrote on twitter: “Using their hired PR machinery and hiding behind so called "friends" to get news into tabloids is nothing but spineless and lame!!! Some people need to wake up and smell the KOFFEE!!! Get a reality check before its too late!!! Grow up!!! and dont mess with goodness....”

Thereafter, Karan Johar has refused to confirm or deny if his jab was aimed at Priyanka Chopra. The actress’s spokesperson too has refused to comment on the matter.

It can be recalled that Priyanka Chopra and Karan Johar once used to be on good terms, especially during the making of Johar’s production Dostana, in which Priyanka played the female lead. But the two now seems to have had a falling-out!

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Agneepath - Review

Director: Karan Malhotra
Actors: Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif

The ageless, eccentric baldie Kancha Cheena (Sanjay Dutt), modeled loosely on the lines of Marlon Brando (Col. Kurtz) in Apocalypse Now, has a thing for the Bhagwad Gita. The line, "Kya lekar aaye the, aur kya lekar jaoge," referring to the perishable human body that's merely a cloth or uniform for the eternal soul, is Kancha's favourite catch-phrase.

The land he lords over looks equally mythical. The absence of the nation-state is worrying. It's clearly Kancha's Lanka, his private North West Frontier that the police find hard to penetrate, fearing for the lives of the locals and their own. The village is Mandwa, not very far from Mumbai, where lynch mobs rule, and Kancha's writ runs.

We're in the early '90s. There are no cell-phones, though more than a few microphones at press conferences. Growing up within the ranks of Mumbai's notorious underbelly is young Vijay (Hrithik Roshan), son of 'siddhantwadi' (principled) Master Dinanath Chauhan, waiting to avenge his father's humiliation and death. Rauf Lala (Rishi Kapoor; intelligent anti-casting) is his mentor; Priyanka Chopra (in an extended cameo) plays his girlfriend.

The philanthropic father was a Gandhian, and would advice his son, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." "Mahatma Gandhi wasn't born in Mandwa," the son would tell him. Little Vijay and his pregnant mother were driven out of their village. Kancha's the Ravan. Vijay must be Ram.

This is the Ramayan in ways that several huge blockbusters have vaguely reinterpreted in the past (Anil Sharma's Gadar, or Prakash Jha's Apaharan, for instance; even the producer of this film Karan Johar's Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham, for that matter). It's simple enough to spot Hindu mythology in so many Hindi film stories. Making it too explicit (Mani Ratnam's Raavan) is unnecessary. The popular philosophy - karm, dharm - easily follows.

Vijay has an unusual sympathiser in the city's police commissioner (Om Puri), since they share a common enemy. In return, Vijay saves the commissioner's life. They're probably even now; if not, Vijay tells the cop, he can clear the debt in his next birth. It's not surprising the makers of this film profess to believe in reincarnation. This picture is an unabashed film buff's product of the same thought. It's a 1990 Mob opera, modified, reborn.

The debutant director (Karan Malhotra) is an equally unapologetic devotee of Bollywood's old-world scale and melodrama that few get right. He does, to a great extent, though almost every scene's an announcement, the jarring background score is always in jaagran (or concert) mode, and the camera is constantly at close-up or mid-shot, which can get exhausting to the eye.

The original Agneepath, inspired by Scarface, was directed by the late Mukul Anand, a filmmaker highly influenced by Hollywood's visual detailing and slickness. He was widely regarded in the '90s as a "tech-wizard" of sorts. Which was fair, given he made films like Khuda Gawah in 1992, set in the rugged terrains of Afghanistan, when the biggest hit pictures playing at theatres near you were Beta and Tehelka (the latter gets a nod here)!

Would this movie have the same impact on the young as did Anand's incredible Hum (1991) for the generation before? No. Would this Agneepath suffice still? Yes. Despite its commercial failure, the original had rightly earned the gravel-voiced Amitabh Bachchan his first National Award since his debut in 1969.

The external logic of a star driven, fantasy fed film such as this may not be easy to gulp for many. The internal logic, or the reason you believe it all, depends a lot on the credibility of the headlining performance. Bachchan's irreplaceable, of course. So is Hrithik, India's hardest working, most intense super-star, ever.

In a career spanning 12 years, there's something to be said about an actor for the number of times he's likely to have heard, from masses or critics, that "this is his best performance yet": Koi Mil Gaya, Lakshya, Krishh, Dhoom 2, Jodha Akbar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Guzaarish. One can safely add this film to the list.

An earnest Vijay Dinanath Chauhan delivers poetic justice before a nearly packed hall on the proverbial 'first day first show'. Audiences at my cinema respond to the cues and lines. The comments passed sometimes distract you from the screen. Everyone guffaws at the same time. This is the kind of genuine theatre experience, now getting rare, which remains most precious in the life of a film-goer. Reason can take over later. I had a ball!

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Agneepath becomes biggest first day opener!

Karan Johar's modern version of Agneepath has broken all records to become the biggest opener ever. According to the latest trade reports, the film has garnered Rs 25 crore, beating the opening collections of Salman Khan's Bodyguard (Rs 21.6 cr).

Unlike the 1990 film, which only got critical acclaim and not box-office return, the remake is veering towards the road of success, if trade pundits are to be believed.

"The film, which stars Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra and Rishi Kapoor, made Rs. 25 crore (all-India net collection) on its first day at the box-office, January 26, 2012. This is an all-time record," writes trade guru Komal Nahta in his blog koimoi.com.

"As figures are still flowing in, it remains to be seen if Agneepath will break the record for the highest collections in a day, held by Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One (Rs. 25.10 crore; for all three versions). In fact, if you consider only the collections of the Hindi version of Ra.One, the record for the highest collections in a day has already been broken by Agneepath," adds Nahta.

The film has also been getting good collections from abroad. "Agneepath opened in parts of Overseas on Thursday. Australia Thu A$ 75,403 on 14 screens. Excellent!" tweeted trade expert Taran Adarsh.

Hrithik, who stepped into the shoes of megastar Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay, is excited that his hard work has paid off.

"WOW!!!! THANK u THANK u THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! Agneepath 1st day - 25cr!!!! My damaged bodyparts suddenly feel ALIVE, I feel like I can FLY now!!! Thank u people, I have the fuel now to make KRRISH EXPLODE!!!!" Hrithik wrote on his Twitter page.

Sanjay Dutt and the film's lead actress Priyanka Chopra, are equally delighted with the positive response, and have thanked fans for the amazing response to the film.

"'Agneepath has redefined the power of Indian box office for all of us. It's heartening to see the strength of the Indian cinema audiences growing like this. We all were very confident of the film but for this kind of success and unprecedented number that it has posted on day one we must thank our audience," said Priyanka.

Sanjay took to Twitter after a year, to share his sentiments about the appreciation towards the movie, and his role as the villain, Kancha Cheena.

"I am overwhelmed with the response and support of everyone. Thank you for loving me so much," he wrote.

"The film has had an excellent opening. The occupancy was around 95 percent. It was the most eagerly awaited and would be one of the biggest blockbuster," said Anant Verma, director and business head, DT Cinemas.

However, he says it would be unfair to compare the new "Agneepath" with the original as they have been given a completely different treatment.

"You can't compare the two films as they are shot differently and have different characters also. There is no connection between the two other than just the name," he added.

Yogesh Raizada of Waves Cinema adds that all the characters have done complete justice to their characters.

"The response to the film has been rocking on first day. We have had 90 percent occupancy. All the actors have done complete justice to their characters whether it is Rishi Kapoor as Rauf Lala, Hrithik as Vijay or Sanjay as Kancha Cheena," said Raizada.

The film, directed by debutant Karan Malhotra, and produced by Karan Johar, is expected to have a successful run at the box office in the coming days.

"Since there is no big movie releasing in the coming weeks, the film will work well," he added.

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