Bumika Chawla Interview

[PUNJABI MOVIES] Yaariyan (2008)

Directed by : Deepak Grewal
Produced by: Pinky Basrao
Starring : Om Puri, Gurdas Mann, Gulshan Grover, Asrani, Bhumika Chawla
Music by: Onkar, Aadesh Shrivastava, Sachin Ahuja, Jaidev Kumar
Distributed by: Pinky Basrao Films
Release date(s): January 11, 2008
Country: Flag of India India
Language: Punjabi

Definitely made for the NRI audience, the movie ‘Yaariyan’ seems to do the trick that was desired for by the movie makers. Now, you cannot deny the fact that Punjabi songs sell no matter where you release them. Being a musical drama ‘Yaariyan’ definitely owes its success to its rocking Punjabi music. A major chunk of the NRIs worldwide are essentially Punjabis and this movie’s worldwide release wanted to impress this specific breed. If you take a look at the UK box office, you would definitely find the previous years major successes were all Punjabi movies.

Yaariyan’ is the story of any man who leaves his country, family and kin to search for success and fulfilling dreams. Produced under the banner of Pinky Basrao Films, this movie has been directed by Deepak Grewal, who has also written the story. The movie stars Gurdas Mann, Bhumika Chawla, Om Puri, Gulshan Grover, Okuku Wanyama, Raj Toora, Harjinder Singh with Farida Jalal and Asrani in special appearance.






Gurdas Mann plays Jassa Singh an essential Indian born and bred man, who seeks to fulfill his dreams. He travels far to fulfill his dreams and what happens in his journey makes it even worthwhile. What makes this movie sellable is the fact that the movie lets the lonely man who has gone to the West in search of his dreams relate to the protagonist. The journey may look romantic from the cover but can be as tricky and beguiling as possible. Everyman who has made a fortune in the West would vouch for the fact that at some point or the other they have left the companionship of hardwork and honesty. ‘Yaariyan’ builds on this guilt conscious Indian born righteous man, even though quite late but realizes what all he has left behind in the mad rush. In their wish to achieve success faster, most take short cuts or adopt unscrupulous means. It is their souls that awakens them and makes them see what has happened to them and how following dreams madly has left them completely changed and troubled. They are happy to narrate the so-called white fairy tales but are afraid to stumble upon the unwanted and black truths and the difficult choices they made to reach their destinations never comes to the surface.

Bhumika Chawla and Bharat Thakur wedding...

WEDDING is a very auspicious day for anyone and so it would be for BHUMIKA CHAWLA too... She is as you already know is marrying very famous Yoga Guru BHARAT THAKUR on 25th of October. It will be solemnized according to Punjabi and Bihari rituals. The bride’s wedding ensemble is simple, but elegant. It will include a Ghagra for the Punjabi ceremony and a Banarasi red silk sari for the Bihari. An 80-year-old jeweler from Bharat's hometown in Bihar is designing the Maang Tika, Necklace and Bangles for her.




Now that her trousseau's taken care of, Bhumika's mind is on her would-be Bharat’s preparations for their wedding day. Well, he is sporting a beard for the occasion to impress Bhumika’s father who is a retired army colonel who wears a Pagdi! Complaining about her cool and unruffled Yogacharya would-be, Bhumika says, "He acts at the last minute..." If you didn't knew before... Bhumika first met Bharat "Smoking" at a party thrown by Salman Khan. It was a moment they remember and cherish. "I was telling a friend that I need to start yoga. And there was Bharat at the same party! I never imagined this would be a permanent bond then, but I’m happy it’s progressed that way..." reveals a shy Bhumika.

Bharat, of course, had known about her for long. He admits shyly that he had selected Bhumika as his wife years ago after seeing her in the Tamil movie Rojakuttam. "I used to ride a red Vespa scooter then and when I saw Bhumika on screen and told my friends that if ever I settled down, it would be only with this heroine, they laughed..." he says. Bhumika has succeeded in getting him accustomed to Bollywood. And so comfortable is the yoga master with the industry, that he intends to turn producer after their marriage. "I will cast her as the heroine in all my movies..." says the wannabe producer who plans to give up smoking for his would-be. Bhumika blushes, "That’s kind of him but variety must be offered. And work to me is like worship. I will continue working even after marriage..."




“Baba, aapne mera naam Neerjara kyon rakha hai?” These are the famous words which made history in the smash hit Tere Naam and were mouthed by the ‘innocence personified’ lass Bhumika Chawla. Well, it was the same innocent smile and warmth that greeted the Bollywood’s who’s who, in her wedding with the renowned yoga guru Bharat Thakur. After months of ‘yes-no-yes-no’ kind of relationship, Bhumika and Bharat put an end to all the speculations by saying ‘I Do’ to each other.

Those present on this D-Day included the eternal Mr. and Mrs. Bachchan, along with Abhi (minus Ash), Kareena ( minus Saif), David Dhawan with his wife Lali, Manish Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, Ayesha Jhulka, Gurudas Maan, to name a few.

Yuvakudu (2000)

Starring: Sumanth, Bhumika and Jayasudha
Directior: Karunakaran
Producer: Nagarjuna and Sudhakar Reddy
Music: Manisarma

Karunakaran's second directorial venture though not as good as his first one, Tholiprema, will not disappoint the viewers. The film is all about a young man who wants to live life to the core by realizing his dreams in both love and career. The basic storyline of the film revolves around this point.

Siva(Sumanth) is the only son of Padmavathi (Jayasudha), widow of an Army Officer, who brings him up against all odds. Siva aspires to be an Army Officer like his father, but his mother is dead set against it. What's a film without a love-angle to it? So, we have Siva meeting Sindhu (Bhumika) and falling in love with her at first sight. However, Sindhu spurns Siva's proposal for marriage. Coincidentally, Padmavathi and Sindhu happen to meet each other and get close. Padmavathi, coming to know that Sindu is Siva's love, convinces her to marry her son. Sindhu, who initially agrees to the marriage only for Padmavathi's sake, starts liking Siva. Then, the story takes a different turn with Siva joining the army and Padmavathi getting upset. Sindhu stays back with her mother-in-law. But, when Sindhu starts seeing her husband without Padmavathi's knowledge, she feels betrayed and leaves home. Sindhu goes in search of her mother-in-law and meets her at a camp held for victims of bomb blasts. At the same place, Siva successfully thwarts a bomb explosion. When people hail Siva, Padmavathi realizes her son's achievement and joins them, taking the film to a happy end.

The narration is quite entertaining though there are lapses in screenplay. All the lead actors -- Sumanth, Bhumika and Jayasudha - performed well. Sumanth is at ease in both action scenes and dance numbers. Bhumika complements him well. Coming to music, it seems Manisarma has taken more interest in re-recording than in composing.

Khushi (2001)

Genre: Love
Cast: Pawan Kalyan & Bhumika
Music: Mani Sharma
Fights: Pawan Kalyan
Photography: PC Sreeram
Costumes: Renu Desai
Story, Screenplay & Direction: SJ Surya
Producer: AM Ratnam
Theatrical Release Date: 27th April 2001

This film stars with showing the births Siddhardha Roy (Pawan Kalyan) and Madhumita (Bhumika Chawla) in Kolkata and Kaikaluru respectively. They grow up and the scene changes and this couple are of 20 years old now. Siddardha Roy, who is fondly called as Siddu, is all set to go to Canada after securing the admission for doing his MS. On the other hand, Madhumita, who is fondly called as Madhu, is all set to engage a guy whom her father has chosen.

But the destiny has other plans for them. Siddu meets with an accident and gets hospitalized. The guy with whom Madhu is supposed to get engaged elopes with his secret sweetheart. And Madhu and Siddu get an admission in the Nizam college of Hyderabad.

They meet each other and find that they have lots of things in common and are made for each other. But there is one catch. They want others to express the love to them than expressing themselves.

One fine evening, during exams time, this couple wanted to do combined study. As Madhu is reading a book on 'Internet', our Siddu joins her with a book on 'Cobol'. Madhu is sensually dressed with a black transparent saree which made Siddu voyeur at her novel which gets exposed due to the breeze of air. Madhu gets suspicious and realizes that Siddu is ogling at her novel, in deed. She asks him about what he is doing and he denies the act of ogling at her. A small issue gets blown out of proportion and their inflated ego takes over their hearts and they decide that they are no more friends. They do not share any relationship.

They are brought back together as Madhu's best friend Lakshmi and Siddu's best friend Babu are in deep love and Lakshmi's father Gunduba Satti threatens Lakshmi of dire consequences if she continues her relationship with Babu. Madhu and Siddu decide that though they are united to save their friends, they individually share no relationship.

They marry off Lakshmi and Babu. As told by a background voice in the biginning of the film, it is sure that Siddu and Madhu are going to marry each other. But the most exiting thing is about this film that the turn of events they have gone through.

You must watch this film on a big screen with DTS effect to experience this amazingly essayed celluloid poetry.

Rojapoolu (2002)

Actors : Bhoomika Chawla, Radhika, Raghuvaran, Sriram
Director : Sasi
Music Director : Bharadwaj
Producer : Ravichandran V
Year : 2002

Vasu (2002)

Banner: Creative Commercials
Dialogues: Trivikram Srinivas
Lyrics: Sahiti, Pothula Ravi Kiran & Sirivennela
Camera: Ramesh Babu
Art: Anand Sai
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Thrills: Vijay
Story - Screenplay - Direction: A Karunakaran
Producer: KS Rama Rao
Theatrical Release Date: 10th April 2002

Cast:
Venkatesh,
Bhumika Chawla,
Ali,
Vijay Kumar,
Manjula,
Varsha,
Sunil,
Jogi Naidu,
Achyut

After graduation, Vasu (Venkatesh) runs a college canteen, music school and teaches music for seven years to make his living. His father (Vijay Kumar) is an IPS

officer and he wants Vasu to appear for Civil Services examinations to take up IPS career. But Vasu has different plans for his future. He dreams of becoming a

musician and a singer.

One fine day a young IPS officer comes to Vasu's places to seek the blessings of Vasu's father. He admits that Vasu's father is the source of inspiration for him to

become an IPS officer. Vasu's father, dejected that his son does not heed his advice of giving civils exams, feels bad about his son. Meanwhile, Vasu spots a

beautiful girl Deepti (Bhumika Chawla) on the street. He plays every possible trick to woo her. But all his plans backfire on him and make himself a fool in the eyes of Deepti.

Vasu father spots Vasu bashing the guys up in the streets and asks him to leave the house and stay outside. Venky leaves the house. Deepti comes down to Vasu's

place along with her luggage when Vasu was about the leave the house. Later on, Vasu comes to know that Deepti is the daughter of Vasu's father's childhood

friend. Vasu sees this as an opportunity to get close to Deepti. He returns to his home and promises that he won't touch music again and concentrates only on his

studies. But Vasu secretly pursues his music ambitions.

Vasu passes the preliminary auditions of Music Talent search conducted by Sony Music Company. When Vasu's father spots the letter from Sony, he argues with

his son and asks him to either be there in house and study for IPS or leave home to pursue his dream of becoming a musician.

Deepti falls in love with Vasu and vice versa. But they never express their feelings towards each other. Vasu's sister loves the brother of Deepti and its okayed by

the parents of both parties. It is also revealed that Deepti already Okayed a guy called Manohar by looking at his photograph (this is much before she met Vasu).

Now it's time for the real test. It's D Day. Vasu is on the stage to prove himself as a singer and musician in the final auditions of Sony Talent Search. Deepti is getting

married to Manohar on the same day. Vasu's sister is also getting married to Deepti's brother.

Will Vasu win the prize at audition and marry Deepti? Watch the film for yourself if you want to know yourself.

Okkadu (2003)

Movie title : Okkadu
Year of Release : January 15, 2003
Cast: Mahesh Babu (as Ajay), Bhumika (as Swapna), Prakash Raj (as Obul Reddy, Factionist), Mukesh Rushi (as Assistant Commissioner of Police), Parachuri

Venkateswara Rao (as Personal Secretary to Home Minister), Raajan P Devan (as Home Minister), Chandra Mohan (as father of Swapna), Dharmavarapu

Subrahmanyam (as Passport Officer), Bramhanandam, Sangeeta, Niharika, Janaki Das

Music : Manisharma
Story :Gunasekhar
Screenplay :Gunasekhar
Lyrics : Sirivennela Seetarama Sastri
Art : Ashok
Photography : Sekhar V Joseph
Direction : Gunasekhar
Producer : MS Raju
Banner : Sumanth Art Productions

Ajay is a Kabaddi player and his team visits Kurnool where they win the match and enters into Nationals. Ajay rescues a girl Swapna from the clutches of factionist Obul Reddy. Ajay keeps her in his own house since there is no other place where she can be safe. Ajay's father is an Assistant Commissioner of Police and always wants Ajay to win the Nationals. After Ajay takes Swapna away, Obul Reddy uses the influence of his brother who is the Home Minister. With this the entire police force will be on the search for the two.

Ajay and his friends manages the Passport officer and gets Passport, Visa and flight tickets for USA where Swapna would be taking her studies. Due to circumstances, Ajay and Swapna relocates from their house to Charminar but the police comes to know of their presence there. Friday 1:45 Charminar area is an important time for Muslims who go for prayer. Once the clock ticks the time, people in large numbers comes out of the mosque and Ajay and Swapna makes their way out escaping both the police force and the goons of Obul Reddy. They finally make it to the airport where Ajay says he is understood her. He hugs Swapna but in no time ACP hits him at the back while goons of Obul Reddy takes Swapna away.

The house of Obul Reddy gets prepared for the marriage of Reddy with Swapna. Swapna however sits cool eating chicken with confidence that Ajay comes and resuces her. A series of dialogues and Swapna says she will marry him if he wins over Ajay. The rest of the movie deals with how Ajay beats Obul Reddy.

Simhadri (2003)

Directed by S.S. Rajamouli
Produced by V. Vijay Kumar Varma
Written by Vijayendra Prasad
Starring Jr. NTR,
Bhoomika Chawla,
Ankitha,
Mukesh Rishi
Music by M.M. Keeravani
Editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Release date(s) July 9, 2003
Language Telugu

An innocuous and good-hearted lad Simhadri (Jr. NTR) is handpicked by Ram Bhupal Varma (Nassar). The bond Ram Bhupal Varma and Simhadri share is like that of a father and son. Kasturi (Ankita) is the grand daughter (daughter's daughter) of Ram Bhupal Varma. Kasturi likes Simhadri a lot. Once in a week, Simhadri visits a mentally retorted girl called Indu (Bhoomika Chawla). He entertains her and passes on the money to her caretakers (Rallapally and Ragini). After coming to know about Ankita's liking towards Simhadri, Ram Bhupal Varma decides to get them married. At this point of time, it is revealed that Simhadri is very close to a mental girl Indu. The alliance breaks off. Mean while a bunch of gangsters are in search of Simhadri. They found him at the banks of Godavari River along with Indu. In that confrontation between gangsters and Simhadri, Indu gets injured. When she comes back to her senses, she becomes a normal girl. The first thing she does then was to stab Simhadri.

Simhadri is hospitalized and is dying. Then we see hoards of buses coming from Kerala to see Simhadri, whom they call as Singamalai. In the flashback it is revealed that Ram Bhupal Varma's elder daughter Seeta (Seeta) elopes with a guy (Bhanu Chandar). They settle in Kerala. Simhadri takes up the job of uniting family and visits Trivendrum. There he finds Indu as the grand daughter of Ram Bhupal Varma. He convinces the separated family and when the reunion is about to happen, Seeta is stabbed by a local goon Nair (Rahul Dev). A rowdy named Bhai Saab (Mukesh Rishi) controls the mafia of Kerala. Nair and Bhai Saab belong to the same mafia. Simhadri takes law into his hands and eradicates goons in Kerala. The local Kerala people starts calling him 'Singamalai'. When Simhadri along with Indu and her father is about to return to Vizag, Simhadri realizes that Indu's father's suitcase has a bomb. Now Simhadri has two choices:to murder Indu's father so that all the lives on the train can be saved or he can let the bomb kill everyone on the train, including Indu's dad and Indu herself. Simhadri chooses to murder. As soon as Indu sees Simhadri kill her father, she gets hit in the head with a pole, causing her to become mentally challenged. After the flashback was revealed, lots of people come outside the hospital, chanting Singamalai Singamalai. Bhai Saab's men come to the hospital to kill Simhadri, but Simhadri, who had recovered and with the help of his friends and police, he takes down Bhai Saab and his goons.

MissAmma (2003)

Movie: MissAmma (2003)
Year: 2003
Starring: Bhumika Chawla, Sivaji,

Samba (2004)

Cast: NTR, Bhumika Chawla, Genelia, Prakash Raj, Vijay Kumar, Tanikella Bharani, Chalapati Rao, Ahuti Prasad, Mansoor Ali Khan, Hemanth Ravan, GV, Jessy Singh, Ali, Venu Madhav, LB Sriram, Krishna Bhagavan, Malladi Raghava, Prasanna Kumar, Brahmaji, Subbaraju, Nutan Kumar, Sameer, Master Teja, Vijay, Sitara, Sukanya, Sukumari, Vijaya Singh, Pragati, Kalyani, Shirmili, Saraswatamma, Reshmi, Baby Greeshma, Baby Abhinaya
Story: GS Rao
Dialogues: Kona Venkat
Cinematography: K Ravindra Babu
Music: Mani Sharma
Art: Srinivasa Raju
Fights: Vijay
Editing: Gowtam Raju
Lyrics: Bhuvana Chandra, Chandra Bose, Sahiti & Suddala Ashok Teja
Choreography: Prabhudeva, Lawrence, Raja Sekhar, Ashok Raj
Executive producer: Arikepudi Sivaji
Producer: Kodali Nani
Screenplay - direction: VV Vinayak

Image is a strange thing. It is the strength of an actor. It is also his weakness. NTR Jr is a mass hero and his films cater to a diverse cross-section. That is his strength. But this also limits his range as far as his acting goes. He cannot be seen other than in larger-than-life roles.

Kodali Movies Private Limiteds Samba, starring him and the petite Bhumika and Genelia, in the lead, is a good example of that.

The film, produced by Kodali Nani and directed by V.V.Vinayak, will be that umbrella term used by industrymen for potboilers - mass entertainer.

In that, Sambha will be everything without exactly being one. The director Vinayak has said that the film will have robust action scenes, family sentiments and a lot of cute romance sequences. The director has said that it a love film with dollops of everything. The two heroine, one hero, one villain story almost plays itself out. The story line is not difficult to guess. The film is important for NTR Jr, as it is coming after the debacle of Andhrawala. NTR Jr, an earnest trier, is said to have put his best foot forward in this film. With Prabhu Deva as the chief choreographer he better had to. The song and dances are said to be the major highlights of this film. NTR Jr himself brings to his dances the same kind of energy that he puts to his action shots.

The music of Mani Sharma is said to have the right tonal mix to keep the audiences dancing in the aisle. NTR Jr does not believe that the story is run-of-the-mill. Like all heroes he says it id different. And we believe him. It is a commercial, mass film with a strong dose of social message, he adds.

The cast also has Vijay Kumar, Tanikella Bharani, Chalapati Rao, Ahuti Prasad, Mansoor Ali Khan, Hemanth Ravan, GV, Jessy Singh, Ali, Venu Madhav, LB Sriram, and Krishna Bhagavan. Kona Venkat has written the dialogues, Mani Sharma the music, camera is by K.Ravindra Babu and choreography is by Prabhudeva, Lawrence, Raja Sekhar, Ashok Raj.

The story line (?) is such that the film banks heavily on the heroes mass appeal. NTR Jr does not flag at any point. Despite his over plumpness, NTR Jr is fulsome in whatever he does. He never flags. In dance. In action. In emotion. In everything. He gives off his best. He knows the film revolves around him and carries the burden manfully.

Prakash Raj as the main villain tends to go over the top in many places. He has his moments but he also gives the impression of being too stylized and can be accused of hamming at several places. His role also ---- a cardboard caricature --- also lets him down very badly. The other small villain Mansur Ali Khan (as the hideously named McDowell Mani) is eminently forgettable.

In such films, the heroines have very little to do and so it is with Genilia and Bhumika (each nicely hived off into each half). Both look good and add the requisite glamour. Acting? Well, look out for that in their next film.

Venu Madhav and Krishna Bhagawan provide some light-hearted mirth.

Jai Chiranjeeva (2005)

Actors: Chiranjeevi, Sameera Reddy, Bhoomika
Music: Mani Sharma
Director: Vijayabhaskar

Sathyanarayana Murthy (Chiranjeevi) is a rough but kind man who lives in Amalapuram with his niece, mother, sister, and her husband. Sathya and his niece Lavanya share a special bond with each other and are the best of friends. One day Lavanya dies while playing on the swings. Sathya later finds out that she has been murdered by the gun-dealer Pasupathi (Arbaaz Khan)while testing one of his guns . In order to get his revenge Sathya must travel to the USA but the only way to get to the USA is to get a green card. The only way he can get a green card is to marry Neelu (Bhoomika Chawla). The rest of the film is how Sathya goes to the U.S and takes his revenge on Pasupathi.

Nuvvu Nenu Prema (2006)

Cast: Suriya, Jyothika, Bhoomika
Direction: Krishna
Production: K.E. Gnanavel
Music: A.R.Rahman

Suriya became well known among the Telugu audiences with his film 'Gajini'. However, his other films dubbed later failed to leave a mark. Very recently, his latest Tamil film 'Sillunu Oru Kaadhl' was dubbed into Telugu as 'Nuvvu Nenu Prema'.

Though the film was expected to release much earlier, it was delayed due to unavoidable circumstances. Suriya himself involved and got it released with himself turning the presenter of the film. The film was directed by debutant Krishna, an associate of Gautam Menon.

Vaishnavi (Jyothika) is a village belle. However, she had modern thoughts and wanted to marry a boy after loving him. Her friends were able to marry the boys with whom they fall in love, but Vaishnavi could not get such an opportunity. Vaishnavi marries Gautham (Suriya) arranged by her father.

Though Gautham looked moody during the marriage, they married life goes off well and they had a daughter and they lead a love life in Mumbai. Gautham gets a job in a big car company, while Vaishnavi also goes for a job in a firm. One day, Gautham gets an insult from an engineer during a seminar, who calls him a mechanic.

Irked over the incident, he takes it a challenge and prepares an engine design which gives more mileage on Indian roads. Gautham gets an opportunity to give a demo in the US. While Gautham is away from home, Vaishnavi happens to see an old diary written by Gautham, through which she learns that her husband had already loved a girl called Aishwarya (Bhoomika), daughter of an MP (Costumes Krishna) when he was a student and also married her.

But Aish's father takes her away immediately after their marriage as he did not like the alliance. Aish's father sends her to Australia. After the failure in love and marriage, Gautham marries Vaishnavi. In the diary, Gautham writes that he could not spend at least one day with her.

Learning about this, Vaishnavi meets Aishwarya and invites her to their home. Vaishnavi, takes her daughter with her, leaving Aishwarya and Gautham alone to enjoy the day which he wanted. Though she leaves her home, she could not resist herself, as she could not even dream of her husband sharing the bed with some other.

She returns home, only to find a letter from Aishwarya that she could not stay not even for the whole day and spent only one hour in their home. In that one hour, she claims that 40 minutes passed off silently, 10 minutes for trying to convince Gautham to talk and in the remaining 10 minutes of talk Gautham talked only about Vaishnavi.

So, with a relieved feeling that her lover is in safe and lovely hand of Vaishnavi, Aishwarya left the place. With this the film ends on a happy note. As a whole, the film gives a message that love is not just a spontaneous feeling, but the understanding of two souls.

The performance by the three lead artistes is a highlight. The entire film revolves around Suriya, Jyothika and Bhoomika. However, Bhoomika walked away with honours with a brilliant performance, both as a lover and later as a rich girl, who takes the life very casually.

Jyothika's role had a scent of total sentiment and attachment towards her husband. Suriya also gave total justice to his character, which had different shades. His histrionics were the major plus point for the success of the film. Music my AR Rahman is another highlight.

All the songs were melodious and proved that Rahman is a master of music once again. The production values are good and some parts of the movie including a couple of songs were shot in beautiful locales in Canada.

Debutant director Krishna looked promising with this film and he has a bright future.

[TELUGU MOVIES ] Maya Bazaar (2006)

Banner: RKK Films banner
Cast: Raja, Bhumika, SP Bala Subramanyam, Tanikella Bharani, Dharmavarapu, LB Sriram, Ali, Gundu Sudarshan, Duvvasi Mohan, Surya, Uttej, Goparaju Ramana, Siva Narayana, Bhaskar, Devadas, Suman Kumar, Pardhasaradhi, Nagineedu, Girishar, Master Karthik, Raja Sridhar, Jayalalitha, Bangalore Padma, Jayalakshmi, Baby Harshita Baby Yani
Direction: Mohana Krishna
Production: B Satyanarayana, Raj Kishore Khaware
Music: Radhakrishnan

Make no mistake, Maya Bazaar of 2006 has no similarities with the legendary film of the same name. But wait, there maybe one important link ---- this one also hopes to be as big as the previous one was.

National award winning director Indraganti Mohan Krishna (of Grahanam fame) comes up with yet another offbeat film. His latest Maya Bazaar is socio-fantasy flick in which mythology and present day affairs are blended effortlessly. It is very rare combo but noble intentions do not always materialize into good cinema.

The sluggish narration is the major problem and somewhere down the line, the film loses its track and unnecessary sub plots mar the proceedings further. If director Mohan Krishna had given a little more care about the screenplay, then Maya bazaar would have been entertaining.

Kubera (SPB) is cursed by a Muni for insulting human race. By serving a good human being only his curse can be go off. So Kubera finds Srinu (Raja), a driver, a good human being. Srinu’s sole aim in life is to serve the underprivileged. One day he finds a girl stranded in airport and takes care of the child Siri (Baby Harshita). Siri has heart ailment and she needs to be operated immediately.

Kubera helps Srinu with the money and in return asks a favour when he needs. Meanwhile, Srinu becomes rich and falls in love with Anupama (Bhoomika). As everything goes well, suddenly Kubera lands in and asks for Srinu’s life. Did Srinu give his life to the Kubera who helped him to grow to great heights?

The basic plot is good but the narration lacks spark. S P Balasubramaniam’s performance as Kubera makes the film engaging. Actually director Indraganti has handled the mythology part better than the other scenes. The film also has unique climax. But there are too many unwanted scenes and unrelated characters that hinder the smooth flow of the film.

Raja does his role convincingly. Bhoomika is not much to do in the film except for appearing in songs. Baby Harshita is cute. Radhakrishna’s music is big disappointment and the placement of songs further pains the audiences. Technically, the graphics and art is good.

Anyway, it is watchable once for its noble intentions and engaging climax.

Tere Naam (2003)

Cast: Salman Khan, Bhoomika Chawla, Ravi Kishen, Sarfaraz Khan, Sachin Khedekar
Director: Satish Kaushik
Music: Himesh Reshammiya, Sajid-Wajid



A woman comes from a Hindu high caste family. Her name is Nirjala. Her family want her to get married to a Hindu upper caste man. She agrees to do so. But

before the wedding, she meets with a poor Indian. This man belongs to a very low caste. This man also has a very hot temper and gets into fights all the time. But

both fall in love with each other. Nirjala's family refuse to permit her to get married to him. They force her to get married to the man of their choice. In the

meantime, Radhe gets into fight, and someone hits him very hard on his head. Radhe loses his senses and falls down. When he wakes him, he finds himself a mental

patient. The hospital finds him very violent and they chain. He is unable to remember his past. Then Nirjala re-enters his life. Will this cure Radhe or make him

even worse? Written by Calista

Radhe Mohan is a bad boy. He smokes, drinks, brawls and rags college freshers. Worse, he hangs around the same college campus he passed out of years ago and

has never cared about looking for a job which angers his elder brother. But the soft side of Radhe's otherwise rugged persona comes to the fore when he falls in

love with the beautiful and innocent Nirjara, the daughter of a local priest. He slowly wins her heart over but they don't know what fate has in store for them . An

old enemy attacks Radhe and cracks his head in the process. As a result, Radhe loses his mental balance. After all medical options are exhausted, Radhe's brother

takes him to place where the mentally ill are healed using Ayurveda. But Nirjara's memories haunt Radhe and he makes efforts to escape.

he film is about Radhey Mohan (Salman Khan), a rowdy ex-college boy who, after a ragging (hazing) session, loses his heart to first year student Nirjara

(Bhoomika), a traditional Brahmin girl. Just when Nirjara reciprocates his love, Radhey is attacked by a gang of thugs, loses his mind and is admitted to an ashram

where, it is hoped, the more traditional means of treatment could have a therapeutic effect on him. Eventully he returns to normal, and rushes back to Nijaras

house, only to find that she has committed suicide. After accepting this fact he returns to the asylum. In the end it shows Swamiji tending to nothing meaning that

Salman has been cured and has left the asylum fine except for the fact that he lost his love.

Run (2004)

Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Bhumika Chawla
Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya
Director: Jeeva
Producer:
Lyrics: Sameer
Year: 2004
Genre: Hindi

SYNOPSIS
It's not in the mushy-gory story, hell no! The tale is of a headstrong boy from a town Siddu (Abhishek Bachchan) who falls in love with Jahnavi (Bhumika Chawla)

in the metro with the coy and simpering sister of a monstrously possessive gangster Ganpati (Mahesh Manjrekar) who, we are told, chops off a boy's limb for

teasing his precious sister.

Cinematographer-director Jeeva shoots the entire film in a fading light. Romance, which is generally done in velvety colours, gets a granite treatment.

The romantic songs - tuned by Himesh Reshammiya as self-consciously trendy - are shot innovatively. But they impede the film's fast and furious flow to its

combative end where Siddhu and the girl's obsessive brother battle it out in the fist-to- fist, hand-to-hand climax. What motivates the menacing mood is some

expertly shot action sequences. Watching Abhishek play the larger-than-life hero for the first time is fun. This film depends almost entirely on his charms to see it

through. Abhishek is willing...and stable.

Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa (2004)

Movie Name : Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha
Year of Release : 2005
Presenter : Gautam Kumar
Producer : Mukesh Talreja, Sunil Manchanda
Executive Producer : Jitender Bagga


Director : Atul Agnihotri
Cast : Salman Khan, Bhoomika Chawla, Rati Agnihotri, Helen, Aasif Shaikh, Preity Zinta
Music Director : A. R. Rahman
Lyricist : Mehboob
Cinematographer : Kishore Kapadia
Dialogue Writer : Javed Siddiqui
Screenplay Writer : Purendu Shekhar
Editor : Keshav Naidu
Art Director : R. Verman
Sound Designer : Jagmohan Anand

Synopsis :
Rishabh (Salman Khan) is a partner in an upcoming media company while Pari is a doctor. Both are intensely in love with each other. Pari (Preity Zinta) has a fatal

accident; Rishab is devastated. What stops him from being sucked into a whirlpool of depression is but one slender thread - he has still to fulfil Pari's wish - to build

a charitable hospital for the poor. Life takes an unexpected turn for Rishabh when he meets Dhani (Bhumika Chawla). Unlike as they are; the forces of nature

prevail and Rishabh and Dhani are drawn to each other. Rishabh gets a new lease of life. He instinctively feels that whatever was missing in his life will be restored

to him. For Dhani, this is the first experience of falling in love and living life to its fullest. Still he reaches out to Dhani only to uncover a harsh and shocking reality.

He finds himself at the crossroads of life - one leading to depression and one towards Dhani.

Silsiilay (2005)

Director: Khalid Mohamed
Producer: Vashu Bhagnani
Cast: Tabu, Kay Kay Menon, Celina Jaitley, Bhumika Chawla, Rahul Bose, Divya Dutta, Riya Sen, Jimmy Shergill, Ashmit Patel, Natassha
Music: Himmesh Reshammiya
Lyrics: Sameer

Journalist Khalid Mohammed returns as director in the forthcoming movie Silsiilay (we’ll ignore the weird spelling of the title for now!). After his previous flicks

Fiza and Tehzeeb, will Khalid find box office luck with his third attempt at filmmaking?

The film stars Tabu alongside a long list of non A-list stars, including Bhumika Chawla, Jimmy Shergill, Ashmit Patel, Natassha, Rahul Bose, Celina Jaitley, Riya Sen

and Kay Kay Menon (lets also ignore the lack of box office draw with these ‘stars’).

The story focuses on the lives of three women. The first is Rehana (Tabu) who is stuck in the middle of a love triangle with her husband (Kay Kay) and his mistress

(Celina Jaitley).

Then there’s Bollywood star Zia (Bhumika Chawla in a freaky new look) whose career is climbing at a fast rate (if only this was true in real life for Bhumika).

However she’s about to dump the man behind her success.

Finally Anushka (Riya Sen), an office receptionist who is also in the middle of a love triangle between the man she fancies – rich boy Nikhil (Ashmit Patel) – and

the man who fancies her – office colleague Tarun (Jimmy Shergill).

Whilst Khalid Mohammed showed some talent in Fiza and pleased a few people in the rather full Tehzeeb – he desperately needs a box office blockbuster for his

career. Turning to tactics such as weird spelling of titles isn’t the way forward… lets hope Silsiiilllay is a little more original!

Dil Jo Bhi Kahey (2005)

Cast

* Amitabh Bachchan ... Shekhar Sinha
* Revathi ... Sandhaya Sinha
* Karan Sharma ... Jai Sinha
* Bhoomika Chawla ... Gayatri Pandey
* Annabelle Wallace ... Sophie Besson
* Malcolm Stoddard ... Norman Besson
* Claire Oberman ... Claire Besson

Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... is a Bollywood film released in 2005. It is directed by Romesh Sharma who is best known for having produced Hum (1991). Amitabh Bachchan,

Revathi, Bhoomika Chawla, Annabelle Wallace, Malcolm Stoddard and Claire Oberman star in the film.

Synopsis

Shekher Sinha (Amitabh Bachchan), his wife Sandhaya (Revathi) and their son Jai (Karan Sharma) are one of the many Indian families living in Mauritius.

Jai ventures out to Stockholm, Sweden to obtain education in culinary studies and incidently meets Sophie Besson (Annabelle Wallace), a Roman Catholic

Franco-Mauritian. They start meeting regularly and soon fall in love. Jai is introduced to Sophie's parents Norman and Claire Besson (Malcolm Stoddard and

Claire Oberman) but Norman (a previous slave master) instantly disapproves of him (because of his ethnicity). Jai feels his father and mother would approve of

Sophie. Unfortunately Sandhaya disapproved her (because of her Catholic faith) and tells Jai to end his relationship with her.

The lovers plan to elope but Jai fails to turn up on the stipulated wedding time in Church. Sophie reluctantly returns to her parents to marry the boy of their

choice (Gordon). By this time Jai is engaged to Gayatri Pandey (Bhoomika Chawla), to fulfill his mother's wish (who has astma). Sophie wants to know why Jai did

not turn up. Will the two lovers get rid of opposition and be together?

Family - Ties of Blood (2006)

Movie Name : Family
Tagline : ties of blood
Year of Release : 2006
Release Date : 12 January 2006
Genre : Drama, Family

Banner : Amitabh Bachchan Corporation, DMS Films
Presenter : Amitabh Bachchan Corporation, DMS Films
Producer : Keshu Ramsay


Director : Rajkumar Santoshi
Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Bhoomika Chawla, Gulshan Grover, Aryeman, Ashok Samarth, Sushant Singh, Kader Khan, Shernaz Patel, Vivek Madan,

Sunil Grover, Sanjay Singh, Anjan Shrivastava, Raza Murad
Music Director : Ram Sampath
Lyricist : Sameer
Cinematographer : Ashok Mehta
Story Writer : Shaktiman
Dialogue Writer : Rajkumar Santoshi, Tigmanshu Dhulia
Screenplay Writer : Rajkumar Santoshi, Shridhar Raghavan
Editor : Shyam Salgaonkar
Art Director : Nitish Roy
Action Director : Abbas Ali Moghul
Sound Designer : Kiran Ramsay
Background Sound : Ram Sampath
Choreographer : Bosco Ceaser
Playback Singer : Arnab Chakraborty, Soumya Raoh, Suhail Kaul, Sona Mohaptra, Madhushree
Publicity Designer : Rahul Nanda, Himanshu Nanda
Publicity Printer : Pragati Printers


Synopsis :
Family is the story of two families who have nothing in common. They move in different orbits, nothing binds them together. They don't even know each other.

But the families of Viren Sahai and Shekhar are entwined by fate. Instigated by tragedy and fuelled by revenge, the two families come face to face. On an

irrevocable collision course that will spark an inferno, consuming and destroying everything that comes their way. Some will survive. Many will die. Fates will be

determined by the complex and combative relationships between father, son, brother, wife, sister, daughter... Every minute wil cunt. And as the minutes turn to

hours... the body count will rise, blood ties will weaken, faith will be broken. But in the end, when all seems lost, when nothing remains to be won, in the end... all

that matter is family. Just family.

Gandhi My Father (2006)

Movie Name : Gandhi My Father
Tagline : one family's tragedy was the price of a nation's freedom
Year of Release : 2007
Release Date : 3 August 2007
Genre : Drama

Banner : Anil Kapoor Film Company
Presenter : Anil Kapoor Film Company, Eros International
Producer : Anil Kapoor
Associate Producer : Anil Gupta


Director : Feroz Abbas Khan
Cast : Akshaye Khanna, Bhoomika Chawla, Shefali Shah, Darshan Jariwala, Daniel Janks
Music Director : Piyush Kanojia
Cinematographer : David Macdonald
Story Writer : Feroz Abbas Khan
Editor : Sreekar Prasad
Art Director : Nitin Desai
Production Designer : Nitin Desai
Costume Designer : Sujata Sharma
Sound Designer : Resul Pookutty
Hair Designer : Penny Smith
Make-up Designer : Penny Smith
Line Producer : Iqbal Kidwai
Publicity Designer : Rahul Nanda, Himanshu Nanda
Photographer : David Macdonald



Synopsis :
Gandhi has always been compelling, complex and strangely contemporary. Sir Richard Attenborough introduced “Mahatma” the great soul to the West and the

world remains grateful to him. I grew up understanding Gandhi through others: till I discovered a deep wound he carried in his heart. Somewhere in the shadows

of this great man lived his son, roaming the streets of India like a beggar. Converting to Islam as a rebellion, reconverting to Hinduism as a penance and finally

drinking himself to death. Mahatma Gandhi could transform the soul of a nation but could not save the soul of his own son. The unfolding of a personal tragedy

against the racial hatred in South Africa and colonial humiliation in India moved me deeply. Finally my search to know the human side of Gandhi took me to South

Africa, to different parts of India, libraries, scholars and his immediate family members. I then decided to make a film about a principled father and an

unfortunate son. To me, Gandhi became a greater human being as he struggled personally, socially and politically. But always put his principles and quest for

human dignity above everything else.

[HINDI MOVIES] Benaam (2006)

Year of Release : 2006
Genre : Thriller

Banner : Snigdha Movies Pvt Ltd
Producer : Snigdha Dinesh Patel


Director : Anees Bazmee
Cast : Ajay Devgan, Bhoomika Chawla, Sameera Reddy, Mukesh Tiwari, Vijay Raaz, Ahmed Khan, Govind Namdeo, Rahul Dev, Vidya Mallavde,

Varsha Usgaonkar, Rajpal Yadav
Music Director : Himesh Reshammiya
Lyricist : Sameer
Cinematographer : Johny Lal
Story Writer : Anees Bazmee, Humayun Mirza
Editor : Shirish Kunder
Art Director : Priten Patil
Costume Designer : Violet Monis
Sound Designer : Buta Singh
Choreographer : Bhushan Lakhandri

It is indeed an irony! But Anees Bazmee's film Benaam has actually lived up to its name. The film's title is going to be changed. However, they haven't thought of a

suitable title so far. When we spoke to the director, he told us that Benaam was always supposed to be the working title. It will be changed as soon as they come up

with the perfect title for the film. The film which stars Ajay Devgan, Sameera Reddy and Bhumika Chawla will release sometime in January, 2006.

Meanwhile fresh from the success of No Entry, Bazmee also confirmed that he has been signed in to direct the sequel to No Entry as well as Mr. India for Boney

Kapoor. Needless to add, both the films will have Anil Kapoor as the male lead. Currently he is busy scripting both the films.

Roja Kootam (2001)

Directed by Sasi
Produced by A. M. Rathnam
Starring Srikanth
Bhoomika Chawla
Rekha
Raadhika
Raghuvaran
Vivek
Prakash Raj
Lawrence Raghavendra
Mumtaz
Jai Akash
Vijay Adhiraj
Music by Bharadwaj
Release date(s) 2002
Language Tamil


Srikanth and Sriram are best friends. Srikanth is the only son of Radhika and Raghuvaran who is interested in anything but his academics. He falls in love with Bhoomika who also eventually happens to reside opposite their house with her loud-mouthed sub-inspector Mom, Rekha. With the responsibilities of a brother to get his sisters married Sriram leaves for Libya on a job got by Srikanth's parents. Before he leaves, he tells Srikanth that Bhoomika and himself are in love and asks Srikanth to look after his lover until he is back. Srikanth swallows his love secret for the sake of friendship. Meanwhile Rekha arranges for Bhoomika to get married to Vijay Adhiraj for his wealth. At this juncture Bhoomika and Srikanth lie that they are already married. They both leave their parents and Srikanth starts earning to support Bhoomika. Finishing his job assignment Sriram returns only to give yet another family responsibility as an excuse. He apologizes for not being able to marry Bhoomika as he is a tight corner to marry somebody else for the sake of his sister's marriage.

Badri (2001)

Cast: Bhumika Chawla, Monal, Vijay
Music Director: Ramana Gogula
Director:
Producer:
Lyrics: Palani Bharathi
Year: 2001
Genre: Tamil

Badrinatha Moorthy (Vijay), who is fondly called as Badri by everyone prefers to be called as Badri. A spoiled college brat, Badri hangs around with a bunch of friends of similar nature. Janaki (Bhumika Chawla), is his neighbour and also his childhood friend. She secretly loves Badri, but never reveals it. Badri's elder brother, Vetrinath (Riyaz Khan) and his father runs a canteen in which Malli (Anu Mohan) is a cook. Vetrinath, representing govt. college, practices kickboxing to participate in the intercollege competition, but is defeated by rival, Rohit from Model college. Badri's gang and his govt. college mates are looked down cheaply by Model college's Rohit and gang and are insulted often. Badri plans to teach them a lesson and tries every trick to woo Lovely (Monal), who is a new entry into model college. Badri pretends as the lone son of a multi-millionaire and wins over Lovely's heart by presenting her a diamond ring on valentines day. He borrows money from Janaki for this. Lovely realizes Badri's true identity through Rohit and ditches him. Janaki's father (M. Vasudevan) blames Badri's father for the money borrowed. His father gets sick of his misdeeds and kick him out of his house. Vetrinath tries to talk Badri out of his problems, and while returning home is attacked by Rohit and his men. Vetrinath lies in hospital and is declared unfit to compete in kickboxing competition. Badri realizes the truth behind Vetrinath's incident and decides to participate in kickboxing competition. But Vetrinath's guru refuses to train Badri, as he questions Badri's integrity. Badri manages to convince his guru and learn kickboxing with all his energies concentrated. He wins over Rohit and also everyone's heart again.

[TAMIL MOVIES] Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (2006)

Actors : Bhumika Chawla, Jyothika, Surya
Director : Krishna N
Lyrics : Vaalee
Music Director : Rahman AR
Producer : Gnanavel, Kalaipuli Thanu
Year : 2006

Sillunu Oru Kaadhal's Audio was released yesterday. Well the music is by none other than A.R.Rehman. There are totally seven tracks of which I liked the song 'Jillendru Oru Kadhal' by Tanvi. Other songs are also good but I liked this particular track more than the rest of 'em. The next song 'Kummi Adi' sounds like a folk song. Then 'Machakaari' sounds like some song which i had heard in some other movie. 'Majja Majja' is a slow song with beats and the starting of the song sounds like someone having hiccups. 'Maricham' is a fast song. 'Munbe Munbe Va' & 'Newyork Nagaram' are both melodious songs. The name of the movie was changed at the last moment from "Jillunu Oru Kaadhal" to "Sillunu Oru Kaadhal" to get tax exemption(Surprising).

New York- My pic of the Album. Such freshness….Tamil cinema has never ehard such a new fresh song that is so addictive in its first hearing it self….the guitars at the background are awesome…This song talks about a mans loneliness bcoz his love is somewhere else and wihtout a doubt form the tone of the songs you can simply feel it…i really felt the loneliness the composer tried to convey to his listeners and none other than ARR can do it with such a blast! and ARR’s voice oh man…splendid…one of his best sung songs ever…maybe Dil Se re is the other… Its gonna be the Youths anthem after Paathshala form Rang De Basanti..NO DOUBT!!!! PROVE ME WRONG IF U CAN!
Munbe Vaa- Ah ah Shreya Ghoshal…Mam you are seducing with your voice every time I hear that song….so seductive…I love her voice and this song just brings out her talent even more..awesome…for a non Tamilian to come and sing this song with such emotions sure needs to be applauded….I am thinking of singing thsi song for the Tamil Kalai Vizha lets see if I can find a female for the duet… Poor Naresh Iyer I didnt find he got enough lines to prove his talent…but still he did his best with the lines given…
Jillunu Oru Kadhal- Kinda like the theme song of the movie and it rocks! the new voice Tanvil does an awesome job in his Tamil Jazz composition….I dont think any other music director has the guts to do somethign Jazzy…comon everybody is only bothered about incorporating rap in their songs…comon yar..there are so many other musical forms which can be explored in Tamil music than rap and ARR knows it well and does it brilliantly…awesome funky song like the name it self..it has the same feel as Hello Mr. Ethirkachi form Iruvar….love it as well

Filmography

Tamil Movies

Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (2006)
Badri (2001)
Roja Kootam (2001)

Hindi Movies

Benaam (2006)
Gandhi My Father (2006)
Family - Ties of Blood (2006)
Dil Jo Bhi Kahey (2005)
) Silsiilay (2005)
Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa (2004)
Run (2004)
Tere Naam (2003)

Telugu Movies

Maya Bazaar (2006)
Nuvvu Nenu Prema (2006)
Jai Chiranjeeva (2005)
Samba (2004)
Missamma (2003)
Simhadri (2003)
Okkadu (2003)
Vasu (2002)
Rojapoolu (2002)
Khushi (2001)
Yuvakudu (2000)

BHUMIKA CHAWLA PROFILE

BHUMIKA CHAWLA PROFILE:

Original Name: Rachna Chawla
Screen Name: Bhumika Chawla
Nickname: Gudiya
Born: August 21, 1978
Birth Place: Delhi, India
Nationality: Indian
Height: 5'3"
Mother tongue: Hindi
Profession: Actress

FAMILY:
Father: Colonel A S
Mother: Bali Chawla
Siblings: Elder brother & Elder sister

Marital Status: Single
Boyfriend: Bharat Thakur (Famous Yoga instructor)

FAVOURITIES:
Heroes: Aamir Khan and Amitabh
Heroines: Madhuri Dixit and Julia Roberts
Holiday spot: Hill stations
Color: Black and White
Pets: Dogs
Car: Rolls Royce
Dress: Pants and Kurthas

Hobbies: Reading, listening to music and traveling and her favorite traveling spots include hill stations
Languages Known: Hindi, English
Debut Movie: Yuvakudu (Telugu)

Sweet dreams: Oops, I dont get sweet dreams. Only nightmares. But dont ask me about those nightmares. If I tell it would be a nightmare to you.

On Ad films: Good to work with ad films. I am glad I have started my career with ad films. It is there where I have learnt nuances of acting and expressions.

Awards: Best Actress Award for the film Kushi in Telugu