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After a four year haitus , Deepak Shivdasani is back to the stream with an out-and-out comedy flick titled ‘Mr. White Mr. Black’.

Macho man Suniel Shetty and Munnabhai’s circuit Arshad Warsi play the roles of Mr. White and Mr. Black respectively. Mahima Mehta, Rashmi Nigam and debutant actress Anishka Khosla form the female lead of the movie.

But the eternal question remains……’Is Mr. White Mr. Black funny enough to tickle your funny bone for 2 and half hours?’

The movie begins deceptively. There is a stylish heist of diamonds by a bunch of three shapely, hot girls. Having been caught off guard, you adjust in your seat, bracing up for something sensational to follow. But what you get is a mustachioed Gopi ( Sunil Shetty ) coming from his village Hoshiarpur to Goa to find his brother Kishen ( Arshad Warsi ).

Gopi (Sunil Shetty) a simpleton, arrives in Goa. His mission - to hand over an incredibly tiny piece of land to his childhood friend Kishen, which was his father’s last wish. Kishen (Arshad Warsi), now a conman, swindles people with a little help from his accomplice, Babu (Atul Kale), to earn enough money to educate his sibling Divya (Mahima Mehta) who’s studying in London. Kishen,living to his reputation, he even fools his girlfriend ( Rashmi Nigam ) into thinking that the crook is his twin brotherHari, for whose crimes he unduly gets blamed.

While Kishen avoids Gopi as if he has plague, a pretty young thing , who happens to be the daughter of a rich man, falls for Gopi.

Kishen is not going to give up his flourishing business and travel to Hoshiyarpur just to take possession of a measly piece of land! Gopi, in his mission of chasing Kishen, is given a helping hand by love-smitten Tanya (Anishka Khosla), daughter of the owner of KG Resorts.

Diamonds worth crores have been stolen in a breathtaking heist by three gorgeous girls who are now holed up at KG Resorts. As the movie plods through its plot-holes, Kishen, Babu and everyone else learns about this and joins the mad race to get their hands on the diamonds worth Rs 25 crore that actually belong to an unforgiving don (Aashish Vidyarthi).In all this mayhem, Gopi finds himself a part of the gang.

Who gets the diamonds? Does Gopi manage to take Kishen to Hoshiyarpur? And was the land just a meager piece of land or something more? The answers are out in black and white by the time you go through this hectic cinematic maze!

Mr. White, Mr. Black strives hard to make you laugh. There just isn’t any story but rather just a set of silly sequences and foolish jokes put together sloppily along with some dull music to complete the required time to qualify as a movie.

The first half of the movie is not even remotely close to what you call a comedy movie. Post interval, few moments make you smile, but that’s about it. At regular intervals the story shifts focus to some other characters that have very little significance in the movie. To add to this, the performance by the star cast is just satisfactory. Music is no relief. It just doesn’t gel with the tunes of this day and is very repulsive.

Sharat Saxena steals the show with a good performance. Suniel Shetty isnt at his comic best. Arshad Warsi disappoints. Amongst the girls, Anishka Khosla is below average. Mahima Mehta is bad and so is Rashmi Nigam. Sandhya Mridul looks bad.

Overall,if you are looking forward to an entertaining weekend, Mr. White Mr. Black is not the answer.

The film, attempted as a comedy, turns out to be a somewhat tragic experience for the unsuspecting viewers who walk in the cinema halls expecting some good laughs but walk out with their expressions suggesting they have endured some kind of torture.

To say that the film is a childish, imbecilic comedy would be a gross understatement. With a plot that seems to go nowhere (or everywhere at whim), ‘Mr. White Mr. Black’ throws at you heaps of unimaginable tripe lathered with some beaten-to-death clichés.

What ‘Mr. White Mr. Black’ lacks is a good script peppered with witty oneliners. The comedy in the film is mostly a bland mix of slapstick and kitschy moments patched up unintelligibly to make a hodgepodge of a movie. It is not that there are no funny gags, but they are few and far between. On top of it, the film’s plot really goes haywire in the second half with the romantic tracks involving the two heroes and the unwanted songs that only test your patience.The less written about performances, the better. Arshad Warsi is wasted in a role that seems to have no real comic backbone. Sunil Shetty is not made for comedy. Yet he keeps trying such roles in vain. The two girls, Rashmi Nigam and Anishka Khosla, simper and smile at right moments but don’t show much acting potential. In supporting roles, Aashish Vidyarthi is over the top. Sharat Saxena is somewhat tolerable.

Maybe you should just gift the tickets to your best friend turned enemy as a goodwill gesture!!! Or gift a CD of the songs to the girl/boy you want to break-up with! The message will be loud and clear without any of the normal melodrama.

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Bollywood Bad Boy, Salman Khan is always in the news mostly for all the wrong reasons!  That he is a mann ka mallik is a known fact. And if his recent pull out from the Zee Cine Awards wasn’t enough, a source from Khan’s upcoming show Dus ka Dum tells us that Salman recently sneaked out of the set leaving the crew bewildered and waiting at RK Studios.

“It was the last schedule of the show on Tuesday. And with him leaving for Australia to film Mr. and Mrs. Khanna , the channel was to film promos for the show. They had arranged for dancers also for it. The promos were to be shot at the end of the day after the episodes had been canned.”

“But it seems Salman was not in the mood to do them and he quietly left the sets without letting anyone know! The crew, who were doing a quick turnaround, were busy getting the lights and crew ready… they were informing the dancers about their stuff. And when one of the crew members went in to call Salman to the floors he realized that he wasn’t in the room!” says our source.

Though this is much different from his normal loud tantrums, it still left the channel in a lurch.Now with Khan leaving for Down Under to film for Mr. and Mrs. Khanna the promos are completely on hold. The channel has nothing to put and the next shooting schedule for Dus ka Dum only begins a month later. “This vanishing act of Salman could cost the channel as much as ten lakh rupees! Everyone was very angry but what can you do? Star hai na…”

This news comes just a few days after news of Salman pulling out of the Zee Cine Awards left his fans wondering. It is believed that the actor was unhappy with the choreographer assigned to him and therefore decided to make a u-turn at the airport where he was about to take a flight to London for the ceremony!

Though it does seem that Katrina has managed to mellow down the brash Khan, his tantrums and attitude still have much scope for improvement…..It seems high time that Salman adopts some of Katrina’s cool and calm mannerisms and sense of responsibility. Long way to go Kats baby, you have your work cut out for you!!!

After Katrina in Slice and Rani’s much seen endoresement of Munch , we will now see Rani endorsing Margo.

Henkel India chooses Rani Mukherjee as a brand ambassador for their Beauty product Soap Margo. Margo has a strong platform in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.

It is perhaps for the first time that Margo is going in for a Celebrity Endorsement.

So here’s to seeing much more of our Bollywood stars on the small screen and bill boards endorsing daily use products!!!

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Hrithik Roshan is bursting with joy, as he has become the father of a bundle of joy yet again!

Hrithik’s wife Suzanne Khan gave birth to a boy on Thursday at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital. The baby was born at 11.27 am local time. The boy is said to be healthy and weighs around 3.3 kgs.

Suzanne’s doctor, Dr Kiran Coelho, confirmed the birth saying that both the “new mum and her baby boy were stable.”

“She has delivered a healthy baby boy. He was born around 11.30am. Both the baby and the mother are well and healthy. The entire family is by her side. Everyone is very happy,” confirmed the actor’s publicist.

Hrithik, who accompanied her right to the door of the delivery room, was seen beaming with pride. Hrithik had been putting off all his travels, outside Mumbai, for last few weeks because of Suzanne’s pregnancy.

Suzanne’s father Sanjay Khan who was at Lilavati by his daughter’s side was ecstatic as he told us about the new addition to his family. “We are all so happy. My tribe has just got another addition. It’s a great great feeling. We want to thank everyone for their love and blessings to my children,” said Khan.

Speaking about the celebrations in store grandpa Sanjay says, “We are very simple family and so we will do what anyone else does when a baby comes into their home. We will deliver laddoos and mithai… and thank the lord for being so nice to us!”

The couple had said, in an earlier interview, that they were looking forward to a girl, as they already have a cute son named Hrehaan. They had also added that they’d be equally excited, if it’s a boy.

And a boy it is indeed, for the star couple!

Sister-in-law Farah Ali Khan, who became spokesperson for the Roshans and Khans, said Hrithik was on top of the world.

“One look at the baby and Hrithik said, ‘He looks so much like his brother, Hrehaan!’,” reported Farah. “He’s the most perfectly formed baby I have seen. Hrithik stayed with Sussanne all through.”

The couple already have a two year old son Hrehaan who like his younger brother was also born at Lilavati Hospital in March 2006. Hrithik and Suzanne had named their first son Hrehaan by merging their names together. We wonder how they will name their second son!

Zayed and Malaika Khan, Sanjay and Zarine Khan, Simone, Rakesh, Pinky and Sunaina Khan were present at the hospital to celebrate with the couple.

Just last evening Sanjay Khan had predicted to us that his daughter would deliver very soon and that like the first time around this time too she would give him a grandson!

Station Bollywood shares their joy and extends congratulations to both families!We invite you all to wish them through Station Bollywood.

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