As fans are eagerly waiting for the third instalment of Gangs of Wasseypur, the threequel of the movie has landed in a controversy even before it has floor to the floor. Gangs of Wasseypur 1.5 is slated to be completed by October and the producers want it to hit the theaters by the end of the year.

The locals of Wasseypur, however are not happy with the franchise and are set to stage protests against the Anurag Kashyap movie. According to people, the franchise is depicting Wasseypur in poor light and creating wrong perceptions that the place is a breeding ground of criminals.

The protesters don’t want Kashyap to use their town’s name in the movie and are also not happy with Zeishan Quadri, the director and co-scriptwriter, who incidentally hails from Wasseypur. They even go on to say that since the release of the first movie, the crime rate has risen sharply.

Gangs of Wasseypur 1.5 well on schedule

Meanwhile, the franchise seems to be unaffected by the recent developments and is aiming to commence the project on time. Quadri, who was in Wasseypur recently for research work has insisted that the movie’s work is well on schedule. “The first two installment of the Gangs of Wasseypur portrayed the events that occurred till 2002.” Quadri informed. “The threequel will tell what happened between 2003 and 2015,” he said.

“The script has already been completed, and now we have started shooting for the movie. It is expected to be completed by October and the movie will hit theatres by the end of this year.”

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After weeks of speculation, the reason for shifting Raees release date has been revealed by the man himself, Shah Rukh Khan. Earlier, the much-awaited movie was slated to hit the big screen on Eid 2016, along with Salman Khan’s Sultan, but later the dates were shifted to January 26, 2017.

The shift in dates left the fans disappointed, as they were hoping to see an ultimate box office showdown between King Khan and the Bhai of Bollywood.

Shah Rukh, in an interview, revealed that Raees would not be complete in time for an Eid release. The Baadshah of Bollywood added that his injury led to an 8-9 month delay in the completion of the project, so the dates had to be shifted.

“Then Sultan was ready for release along with Raees,” Shah Rukh revealed. “Two big films on the same day. So, we all decided that if you are completely ready, we can accommodate.”

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Earlier, there were rumors circulating that SRK didn’t want to release his movie with Salman’s sports drama, because his last two films – Dilwale and Fan – failed to live up to expectations.

Raees, directed by Rahul Dholakia, is based on Gujarat’s illegal liquor sellers and a cop, who wants to bring them down. Along with SRK, the movie also features Mahira Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

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The movie traces the life of Prithipal Singh, one of the greatest Indian hockey players. After walking away from hockey, Prithipal was caught between two student groups during his stint as the head of student welfare at the Punjab Agricultural University.

Prithipal finds himself being accused of murdering a student and a deadly blood feud is ignited.

Earlier I used to boast about how we never felt the need to book tickets in advance for a movie. That’s because within three kilometer radius of where we stay (Indirapuram), there are at least a dozen multiplexes.  Not anymore.

After trying at four places on the first day, I gave up and settled to watch Bhaag Milkha Bhaag on Monday.All my friends, family liked the movie but I was disappointed. And the reasons could be many. May be I’m now used to watching emotions hidden beneath a layer  – thanks to new young filmmakers like Vikram Motwanes, Anand Rais and Dibakar Banerjees. And no longer like human emotions so pronounced and on the surface, am now used to subtlety.

May be like me many of us watched with two filters – one as a movie fan and the other as a mad sports follower. C’mon this is not a sports film even if run your imagination faster than Milkha Singh in his hey days.

The biggest moment of Milkha Singh’s sporting career is literally hidden at the top. There is no mention of the Rome Olympics moment anywhere in the rest of the movie. And an inconsequential Indo-Pak Friendly event has been preferred as the climax of the movie. Prasoon Joshi, I’m sorry, you might be the most sought after lyricist and writer but you should have shown the script to a sports fanatic before filming.

Like the good old days, Farhan Akhtar becomes a world class athlete from being a knife wielding errant youth within a span of one song shot in the hills. The overplayed trials and tribulations of the hero take centrestage and coaching, strategising the nuances of the sport is sadly missing.
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra might say he didn’t make a sports film, but why not…why not a sports film on one of India’s greatest sporting legend. You can also make millions by telling how an athlete becomes a winner in a pure sports way – how to get off the block faster…how to run the curves….how to run the first 100m….then the next…then the next. Milkha Singh deserved a true sports film. Learn it from the masters of Hollywood, how they turn them into blockbusters.

And then it’s completely unjustified to make full blown scenes out of hero getting excused from regular drill sessions, wearing or stealing the Indian jersey, which contributed immensely to make it a three and a half hour long film. Some of the scenes like a ghee drinking one near the police station did not add anything to the movie or the hero’s character. May be Rakeysh Mehra wanted to portray how corrupt and helpless Delhi police were even then. Simple logic – if you do not have powerful content, enough content then chop the damn movie. The director, producer, everyone must have seen the movie multiple times at the post and post the post production, why nobody decided to cut out a few scenes, which they could easily done making the story telling even crisper.

And what was the need to handle Milkha Singh’s troubled past with kid gloves. He might have turned a hooligan in his youth but the director has been so careful not to tarnish his image that it irritates you. May be Rakeysh Mehra didn’t want to upset Milkha Singh. After all he’d given the director the rights to make the film for one rupee.

Now the makers are basking in the success of the movie. Remember reading Farhan Akhtar’s interview somewhere that the biggest compliment he got was when Milkha Singh cried watching the movie. I have been a sports producer and have made some of the most well-known sportstars cry by producing 2-3 minutes packages on them. So why waste three and a half hour film..