Sajid Nadiadwala and Imtiaz Ali Highway Diaries: The taste of Sambhar Salt Pan!

A quick description for people, who do not know about what the Highway Diaries is: Highway Diaries are small video episodes put together by the makers of the upcoming film Highway. This road film has been written, directed, as well as produced by Imtiaz Ali. Film producer Sajid Nadiadwala is presenting the movie worldwide in association with the UTV Motion Pictures. Usually a movie gives us several little experiences as we travel to different locations for the shoot. However, Highway is a one of its kind movie that has been made with these experiences put together as one. These videos depict the entire journey of the making of the film and the exciting incidents that the cast and crew came across.

Actors Alia Bhatt and Randeep Hooda are playing the lead role in this Sajid Nadiadwala presentation Highway. It has been shot across six north Indian states. The fifth episode of the Highway Diaries is all about knowing the Sambhar Salt Pan region of Rajasthan from close. This video showcases the lead actress Alia and other actors shooting for Highway in a salt factory in Sambhar, which is in Rajasthan. The young actress has been born and brought up in Mumbai in the famous Bhatt family and thus, one would be well aware of her lifestyle. Shooting at a place like Sambhar, where there is salt all around was a great experience for the girl. Talking about the place she said, “The movie has taken me to amazing places and all of those, I probably might not have had seen otherwise. Sambhar – the salt factory was the most beautiful and the weirdest experience. It was Sambhar, where I actually started feeling like my character – Veera.”

Highway, being presented by Sajid Nadiadwala might have taken you across some of the best places in India in its videos. The film releases on 21^st February, 2014!

Sajid Nadiadwala angry over the unauthorized poster of ‘Heropanti’ put up at PVR, Juhu!

Many would be waiting for the upcoming Sajid Nadiadwala film Heropanti’s poster to be put up as it is one of the most awaited films of 2014. However, faking one to attract the people is no fair thing to do. This time it is not a video leak that has made the film producer angry but an unauthorized poster of Heropanti put up in PVR multiplex, Juhu in Andheri. No posters for the movie have been given out by the production house as they are still working on it. Meanwhile, the multiplex had put up an internet version of the poster on a plasma slide, which was noticed by an onlooker, who concluded that it is not authentic. Heropanti marks the debut of the star kid Tiger Shroff and is being directed by Sabbir Khan.

Discussing the issue Sabbir said, “I am not aware about it as the first look of the film is not yet out. The poster and artwork is still being worked on. Also, picking it up from the Internet, which has probably been made by a fan, is inappropriate and surprises me.” The makers including Sajid Nadiadwala are looking upon the matter and also have asked the multiplex authorities to pull it off. The manager of Andheri PVR Ved Sharma explained, “I am not aware about any such poster. The Delhi team will be able to help with this.” While one person is clueless about the issue, PVR’s marketing head Ashish Suri cleared, “It has been picked from the Internet, but we always get posters from the production houses. I will have to check with the team which manages social media.”

All this commotion needs to be solved out fast before the original poster of the Sajid Nadiadwala produced Heropanti releases. “We will try to get to the bottom of this matter. It is highly irresponsible for an established multiplex chain to do something like this,” said a source close to the production house!

The Bikaner episode of Highway Diaries by Sajid Nadiadwala and Imtiaz Ali!

We are sure that you must be enjoying all the episodes of Highway Diaries by Sajid Nadiadwala and Imtiaz Ali for their upcoming film Highway. This concept of sharing the behind the scene videos with the audience is quite a creative one. It is rightly said by the director, producer, and writer of the movie Imtiaz Ali that Highway is a road film. Also, the experiences involved in its making have actually made the entire story. For the first time, it is not the movie that has made them gain the experience, but the experiences that together make the movie. Happy to bring this 40 minute TV show episode to a whole new platform after a span of 15 years is its director Imtiaz. He always wanted to work on this project and finally his dream comes true.

Highway is being distributed as well as presented worldwide by film producer Sajid Nadiadwala in association with UTV Motion Pictures. Actors Alia Bhatt and Randeep Hooda are playing the lead role in the movie, which is about these two characters, which are extremely different from each other. Coming back to the Highway Diaries, this time it was Bikaner, a place in Rajasthan that was covered in the 6^th episode of the video series. The director along with his crew enjoyed travelling on truck-tops along the typical Rajasthani highways, villages and farms. They also captured the folk music of Rajasthan live in the state.

The executive producer of Highway Rajesh Sharma said, “In our childhood, we have had read in books and seen in films the folk music of Rajasthan. Due to this movie we have got the opportunity to watch that live at actual locations. I am feeling very good today.” After listening to the performance Rajesh added, “It was a wonderful experience, the performance was lively as well as exciting. We had fun.” This Sajid Nadiadwala presentation Highway will release on 21^st February, 2014!

No recent news about Randeep Hooda’s character in Sajid Nadiadwala’s ‘Kick’!

Usually, when there is no recent update over a movie or a project in Bollywood for a long time, then one should consider it to be already shelved. Similarly, off late we have not been hearing or reading anything about actor Randeep Hooda’s character in the Sajid Nadiadwala film Kick. Being the producer’s directorial debut and a remake of a Telugu movie, which is close to Sajid’s heart, he has been putting much effort in its making. The film is said to feature actors Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez in the lead. Earlier, the cast also included the name of the suave actor Randeep Hooda, who will be seen in the producer and Imtiaz Ali’s Highway next year.

However, he has not been in the news currently for his role in Kick. Initially also, when the cast was finalized, nothing except for Randeep being a part of this film was ever revealed about him. Also, Sajid Nadiadwala has recently signed in the versatile and very hardworking actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui for Kick. He wanted an actor, who is well skilled and strong at performing dramatic roles. Nawaz’s character in the movie has been kept under wraps yet, but we hear that he is playing a significant role. The Gangs of Wasseypur actor read the script and fell in love with his character. Does Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s entry in Kick mean Randeep Hooda’s exit? This has not been clearly reveled until now by the production house.

Nevertheless, Nawazuddin Siddiqui for the first time has come together with Salman Khan and Sajid Nadiadwala to do a big budget film as a vital character. He has received much appreciation in the past for his acting talent in movies like Talaash and The Lunchbox, where he played extremely diverse roles. With Kick Nawaz is entering the mainstream commercial cinema for the first time and is immensely happy about it!