Amit Sharma
“The boxoffice may be saying another story, I am very happy with the impact,” Maidaan Director Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma the director of the impeccable sports film Maidaan says he is deluged by extreme compliments from people all across the spectrum of society. “Sir,if I show you the messages , you will be so proud of the film.And, shall I tell you something without sounding arrogant, I am not counting the footfalls . I am looking at the impact Maidaan has made. Just the other day, I got a message from a 60-year old theatre and movie actress Swaroopa Ghosh who had graduated from NSD and has been struggling since then. She told me she had decided to go back to her hometown.She saw Maidaan, and de | Click Here...
Review of ‘Maidaan’: Lands a rousing goal into the net with its sports portrayal but struggles with characterisation and long runtime
Rating - *** (3/5) Team India Hai Hum! It's a rousing chant that transforms into a song in the dying minutes of Maidaan, and sporadically, for a couple of montage sequences. A film that runs for three hours always treads on dangerous waters. It's a bold call made by the makers when they decide to not skim on the runtime, especially for a period drama. In this case, a period sports drama. Maidaan chooses to pirouette around the tropes you anticipate in any sports drama, and that becomes even more obvious when a Hindi film superstar is playing the protagonist. You know | Click Here...
Breaking : Blame The Moon: Maidaan , Chote Miyan Postponed
The great Wednesday clash between two of the biggest film this year, has been postponed by a day. Ali Abbas Zafar’s Chote Miyan Bade Miyan and Amit Sharma’s Maidaan are no longer being released on Wednesday , April 10 , as per plan.The shifting of the date for the citing of the precious moon on Eid, is being given as the reason for the last-minute change. “The moon will now be cited on the night of April 10 instead of the night of April 9, which means Eid will be celebrated now on April 11 instead of April 10. Releasing two such big films without the Eid holiday as the i | Click Here...
AR Rahman shockingly admits that he had second thoughts on doing ‘Maidaan’; said ‘why am I doing this?’
The sports biographical drama, Maidaan is up for release in just over a week and gradually, the hype is getting bigger and bigger. So far, two trailers and one song, Mirza have been released and they have indeed made quite an impact so far. Apart from having Badhaai Ho director helming the film and Ajay Devgn being at the forefront, one of the biggest draws of the film is the fact that music maestro, AR Rahman has composed the music. However, coming across as a surprise, Rahman went on to make some candid revelations in a recent interview with Connect FM Canada. Rahman | Click Here...
Amit Sharma Aka Desi Gamers- Networth, Gaming Career, Real life, and more.
An Indian YouTuber named Desi Gamers was born on January 26, 1997, in Siliguri, West Bengal, and plays and broadcasts video games. He joined YouTube on May 11th, 2015, and is currently worth $50,000. One of India's top gamers Desi Gamers has a net worth of Rs. 39 lakh, or $50,000 U.S., and his projected yearly revenue is Rs. 32.4 lakh to Rs. 34.8 lakh. His main source of income is YouTube, but he also earns money through affiliate marketing and sponsorships. Career Desi Gamers began preparing for competitive tests after graduating. At that time, he had a phone with a re | Click Here...
I’m Co-Producing Intern – Amit Sharma Opens Up On His Bachchan-Deepika Project
The Badhaai Ho director who is now immersed in completing his big football drama Maidaan with Ajay Devgan, will next direct a Hindi remake of the Robert De Niro-Anne Hathaway 2015 romcom The Intern about a 70-year old man seeking a job after retirement in a company run by a very successful young woman entrepreneur. Says Amit, “It’s too early to talk about The Intern. Right now I’m completely into Maidaan. We’ve just completed one schedule with footballers from Thailand. And we move on to the next match in a few days.” In the meanwhile the screenplay of The Intern is | Click Here...
I’m Co-Producing Intern – Amit Sharma Opens Up On His Bachchan-Deepika Project
The Badhaai Ho director who is now immersed in completing his big football drama Maidaan with Ajay Devgan, will next direct a Hindi remake of the Robert De Niro-Anne Hathaway 2015 romcom The Intern about a 70-year old man seeking a job after retirement in a company run by a very successful young woman entrepreneur. Says Amit, “It’s too early to talk about The Intern. Right now I’m completely into Maidaan. We’ve just completed one schedule with footballers from Thailand. And we move on to the next match in a few days.” In the meanwhile the screenp | Click Here...
Here’s Why Ajay Devgn Is No.1 Star Of 2021, Bhansali, Rajamouli & Amit Sharma Tell Us Why
Call him the quiet super-achiever. Without the hype machinery going berserk, Ajay Devgn has emerged the most reliable superstar in Bollywood in the last few tumultuous years. Consider this: the last superhit of Hindi cinema before the pandemic was Tanhaji.It starred Devgn. Now the first hit post the pandemic Sooryavanshi also stars Devgn, albeit in a special appearance. Rest assured,the flow of hits is not going to stop there. Among the flow of superhits that is likely to continue in the coming months Devgn figures prominently in two of them. He plays an | Click Here...
“Today I Miss Surekhaji More Than Ever,” Amit Sharma On 3 Years Of Badhaai Ho
Director Amit Sharma now busy with his real-life sports drama Maidaan featuring Ajay Devgan, still remembers every detail of the release of Badhaai Ho. “It was October 18, 2018 and we were all very excited.I knew I had done my best . But we never knew it would turn out to be such an influential film. Even today, three years later strangers come up to me to talk about the it.” What Badhaai Ho did for Amit was to give him the confidence to do what he believed in. “After my first film Tevar (starring Arjun Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha and produced by the leading man’ | Click Here...
”Dude, Kaisa Raha Mera Shot?’ Badhaai Ho Director Amit Sharma Finally Speaks On Surekha Sikri
Everyone who knew her was badly hit by Surekha Sikri’s death. None more so than director Amit Sharma who was the last to work with her in the brilliant Badhaai Ho. After days of silent mourning Amit called me back on Sunday afternoon. “I couldn’t speak. The loss was very personal, Sir. I can’t tell you how close I felt to Surekhaji. In her I saw my own grandmother. My grandmother only spoke in Punjabi. When Surekhaji would finish a shot she’d look at me and ask, “Dude, kaisa raha mera shot?’ I would plead with her not to call me Dude. It came in the way of my grandmothe | Click Here...
Amit Sharma Wins 19 National & International Awards
Badhai Ho director Amit Sharma has a lot to be thankful for. During the past one year he has won 19 Indian and international awards for excellence in ad filmmaking. And there are many more to come. Amit Sharma whose feature film Badhai Ho was a game-changer among mainstream Bollywood entertainers says he is confused about his identity. “Am I a feature filmmaker or an ad filmmaker? What is my calling card? I enjoy making both kinds of films equally. Last year I made two major ad films for Dove soap and Facebook. Both have got me any number of awards both locally and in | Click Here...
The Maidaan Set Is Damaged, Our Morale Isn’t: Amit Sharma
The torrential rains in Mumbai have caused havoc to property and humankind. The large football-stadium set of director Amit Sharma’s Maidaan where he was scheduled to shoot India playing against various international teams, has been damaged by the rains. How serious is the damage ? “It is pretty bad. We’re all under shock. But luckily I’ve a very supportive producer. Boney Kapoor Sir was my first producer. He was as supportive and generous when I made my first film Tevar. We are now working on minimizing the damage and restoring the set as s | Click Here...
Football Players From Worldover To Play In Maidaan: Amit Sharma
“Badhai Ho, you have tested Negative,” I pun-joked with filmmaker Amit Sharma whose new ambitious venture Maidaan promises to do for football what Lagaan did for cricket and Chak De for hockey. Amit who has now fully recovered from Covid laughs nervously. “The idea is to do my best. We have invited football players from the all across the world to come and play in our matches for Maidaan: Japan, South Korea, France, Thailand… there is some problem getting Australian players to come to India because the country is under lockdown.” A serie | Click Here...
Amit Sharma On Fighting Covid
Badhai Ho director Amit Sharma has fought his way out of Covid Positive.Speaking to me on the day his quarantine ended Amit said, “It happened in spite of all precautions .I had moved out of my home into a hotel for the last three months to work on my film Maidaan. The plan was to move back home, when I was detected Covid Positive.” Luckily Amit’s family was out of station. “It is fortunate that my wife and son are out of town. They left for my wife’s parents’ home in Delhi for the next two months. So I was in quarantine in my home without the | Click Here...
Ajay Devgan Sir Deserves Another National Award For Maidaan: Amit Sharma
Badhaai Ho director Amit Sharma started shooting on February 14 for a long outdoor schedule of his biopic Maidaan which stars Ajay Devgan as the legendary football coach Syed Abdul Rahim. Sharing information on the lengthy schedule, Amit says, “We go right up till the end of April with this schedule. We’re shooting all the major football matches with real football players.We will take very short breaks in-between keeping in mind minor injuries that may happen during shooting.” Shooting with real footballers is not a problem. Finding them was. “I had to look for footbal | Click Here...
Amit Sharma On The Shooting Of Maidaan
The Badhai Ho director Amit Sharma is shooting in his words,like a mad man. “We had completed around fifty days shooting before the lockdown, Now we have 50-55 days more of shooting to complete and we’ve already locked in on 15 October, 2021.” The huge set, built at a cost of approximately 9 crores, depicting a cricket field had to be dismantled due to the disruption of the shooting and built again. Says Amit. “It was a big blow . But there was no other option. The set had to be rebuilt and we are now shooting on it with utmost speed. Luckily I’ve a producer Boney Ka | Click Here...
Yes, it is happening: Rajkummar Rao confirms being part of Badhaai Ho sequel
Director Amit Sharma and his leading man Ayushmann Khurrana both said no to the Badhaai Ho sequel. Apparently the Badhaai Ho producers Junglee Pictures offered the sequel to the original director and leading man. However, both Sharma and Khurrana want to avoid repeating themselves. Hence Badhaai Do went to Rajkummar Rao, Confirming this Rao says, “Yes, that is happening. Harshvardhan Kulkarni is directing.” While Rao won’t divulge any more detail it is understood that he and Bhumi Pednekar will play two misfits who come together. | Click Here...
Director Amit Sharma is simply in awe of his Maidaan actor Ajay Devgn
Amit Sharma created mass hysteria and sensation around himself when he came up with his successful directorial, titled 'Badhaai Ho'. Not only did the film do exceptionally well at the movies but it was a flavor and genre of comedy that was as yet unexplored in Indian cinema. Soon after, it was declared that he will be spearheading the Boney Kapoor production with Ajay Devgn, which is based on the life of Indian Football coaching legend, Syed. After a long wait, the title of the movie has been finalized and the shoot of 'Maidaan' has already started. And it seems that Amit has | Click Here...
The Kapil Sharma Show Written Update 4 May 2019 Full Episode : Gajraj Rao and Neena Gupta celebrate Badhaai Ho success
Today's The Kapil Sharma Show Written Update 4 May 2019 beings with Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao and Amit Sharma gracing the couch tonight. The team shares their experiences and secrets working on the movie together. Later, Singer Guru Randhawa too joins the guests to promote his new single "Slowly Slowly" for which he collaborated with international artist Pitbull. Neena Gupta shares that it was Tabu who recommended her for the movie when she, herself refused it at first. And Ayushmann Khurana thought that Neena was too hot to play his on-screen mother. It was only after the produ | Click Here...