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  1. Photo: Shraddha Kapoor in "Teen Patti"

    Though it has not been confirmed, but Teen Patti will be released this year. After one half year filming in India and England, this film is already completed. Produced by Ambika Hinduja under Serendipty banner, Teen Patti costs high budgets and casts multi-starers. Now, it gets into post-production and the movie, whose English translation means “three cards”.

  2. Image: Shraddha Kapoor in Teen Patti

    Though it has not been confirmed, but Teen Patti will be released this year. After one half year filming in India and England, this film is already completed. Produced by Ambika Hinduja under Serendipty banner, Teen Patti costs high budgets and casts multi-starers. Now, it gets into post-production and the movie, whose English translation means “three cards”, will have its world premiere in Mumbai in August 2009.

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  3. Out of the five high-profile films Amitabh Bachchan is working on this year, Teen Patti, directed by Leena Yadav, is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated.


    The film features a host of stars, Big B along with Oscar-winner Sir Ben Kingsley, and other popular actors such as Madhavan, Boman Irani, Siddharth Kher, Mahesh Manjrekar, Raima Sen, Dhruv Ganesh, Vaibhav Talwar and Shraddha Kapoor.

    Amitabh Bachchan plays Venkat Subramaniam, an absent minded professor of mathematics who is on the verge of cracking a theory that could redefine the principles of probability and randomness.

    A thriller about interplay of luck, fate and mathematical probability in gambling, Venkat trains five of his brightest protégées (Madhavan, Siddharth Kher and newcomers Dhruv Ganesh, Vaibhav Talwar and Shraddha Kapoor) for high stakes gambling.

    At the same time, Sir Ben, who plays Perci Trachtenberg, one of the greatest living mathematicians in the world, understands that Venkat’s new theory could have far reaching implications on mathematics and science. It’s a theory that questions the idea of what is fate and what is random.

    The film was rumoured earlier to be inspired from the Kevin Spacey starrer 21 and though the film does have some similar moments, Leena has changed the storyline by including Kingsley’s character in the movie.

    Scripted by Shivkumar Subramaniam and Leena Yadav, the film is produced by Ambika Hinduja and marks the debut of actor Shakti Kapoor’s daughter, along with Dhruv Ganesh and Vaibhav Talwar.

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  4. All crews and casts of Teen Patti went to London in the early of May 2009 to finish last scenes of this film. After long speculation, finally Oscar-award winning actor Ben Kingsley who propelled to fame for his depiction of Mahatma Gandhi in 1982 returned to his Indian roots to star in a Bollywood movie, Teen Patti, with megastar Amitabh Bachchan. Buzz said before it would be Pierce Brosnan or Richard Gere who will play a pivotal role along with Big B.

    Photo: Shraddha Kapoor and all casts of Teen Patti in London

    Shraddha Kapoor was there together with the complete casts. Check it out!

    Sir Ben has two projects lined up in India with his own production company. One film will tell the love story behind the building of Taj Mahal, while another is about an American youngster in India.

    "In the short time since making Teen Patti, I've also had offers to act in other Indian films," said Kingsley, whose next Hollywood film is Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese. "I'd love to return to India to film there," he said.

    "In the short time since making Teen Patti, I've also had offers to act in other Indian films," said Kingsley, whose next Hollywood film is Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese. "I'd love to return to India to film there," he said.

    Back to the shoots of Teen Patti, parts of the film set in England were shot at St John's College, Cambridge. Big B and Sir Ben Kingsley also picturized some scenes in a bar there.

    Leena Yadav in the making of Teen Patti



    Madhavan along side Sir Ben Kingsley in London

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  5. In the early 2009, all shoots of Teen Patti has been accomplished in Pune, India before going to abroad. During that time, Amitabh Bachchan has kept his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan immortal through his poems. He used post his favorite poems from his father’s collection on his blog. Apparently the cast and crew of Teen Patti were lucky enough to enjoy Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s poetry through Amitabh Bachchan.

    A unit hand told us a notable experience that happened on the last day of the shoot. “To make the last day of the film’s shoot special the entire cast and crew of Teen Patti requested Mr Babchchan to recite of his father’s poetry. After cajoling him, he finally agreed to recite for 20 minutes. However everyone gathered in a classroom when Big B started reciting his favorite poems which continued for almost two hours.” Says a unit hand.

    Alongside Madhavan, Mahesh Manjrekar, and Raima Sen this movie also stared by John Barry, who has taught acting to Shah Rukh Khan and Manoj Bajpai, is all set to make his acting debut. The theatre teacher was there to conduct a workshop with Amitabh Bachchan and some college students, who are part of the cast for Teen Patti (Siddharth Kher, Vaibhav Talwar, Dhruv Ganesh, and Shraddha Kapoor). As expected, the students were in awe of Amitabh Bachchan.

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  6. If you were to Google Siddhanth Kapoor, you'd be dished out close to six pages of news on his arrest at the Bombay East 72 rave party in October 2008. With no good word on the guy in cyber space, it's ironic when friends and acquaintances tell you he's not your average messed-up celebrity kid. Those who've grown up with Siddhanth aka "Bully" find it tough to share gossip on him, the stuff you'd expect from the Pandora's Box of the rich and famous.

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    Siddhanth Kapoor

    The "most chilled out guy" has the life of any other 25 year-old gyming, kickboxing, catching movies, and meeting his group of 12 friends over dinner. When he isn't doing any of this, he works on improving his Urdu diction. "Sonam (Kapoor) is a childhood friend, so is Boney Kapoor's son, Arjun. But, that's as far as celebrity friends go. The rest are just people I went to school and college with," he shrugs.

    Allergic to page 3

    While growing up, his parents kept him and younger sister Shraddha away from celebrity parties. And that perhaps has something to do with his allergy for "page 3-type" socialising. It's tough to find a photograph or news piece on him, anywhere, until the rave bust happened, that is. "I stay away from all that. I haven't given interviews either."

    Slouching on a couch beside giant glass panes that overlook the sea, comfortable in worn out jeans and flip-flops, he nonchalantly says, "I don't care where people come from, who their parents are, what they wear. Nothing." He holds your gaze constantly with a novel glint in his eye, without blinking much and smiling, however sporadically, with utmost genuineness, some despair and comfort, all at once. A few features (especially the eyes) and the contours of his face bear an uncanny resemblance to his father's Bollywood's favourite bad guy. It's the sort of face, soft but craggy, that instantly speaks of having endured tough times.

    "The rave bust was the hardest time in my life. It was disturbing to be singled out, to make it to the headlines, get misrepresented on TV channels and tabloids... all because I was a celebrity kid. He was just DJing at the party, a passion he's harboured for a decade. "But I happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time," he throws his hands up in the air exasperated. The media that had gone to town over the drug test, turned cold when the result was declared negative. "Nobody did a follow-up to that story," he rues.

    I'll never stop DJing

    Back in 1999, Siddhanth bagged his first gig at Head Quarters, better known as HQs, Colaba's favourite teen night spot. Since then, he has DJed at sundry clubs and parties. He is a proud collector of 5 Caselogics of music, and loves all forms of electronic. But, he plans to change his style a bit, and focus more on house. "But playing at parties is out of the question. I am going to stick to leading nightclubs, those that are safe to play at."

    Direction helps an actor

    In last two years, Siddhanth has been busy assisting South director Priyadarshan on Bhool Bhulaiya, Bhaagam Bhag and Dhol. "Direction equips you to understand the nuances of filmmaking, which are necessary for actors to know camera angles, dialogue and discipline on set." After studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Film and Theatre Institute, New York and direction at the New York Film Academy, Siddhant is scouting for quality auditions. At the moment, he is nervously waiting to hear from Anurag Kashyap Productions on a lead role he auditioned for last week. He's clear that he will be picky about roles, the kind of stuff Saif Ali Khan did in Omkara or Abhay Deol in DevD. But for now, he's elated that his 22 year-old sister is making her debut in Leena Yadav's Teen Patti starring Big B. "I am the typical possessive older brother. But we are very close,"
    he smiles.

    Mom's the word

    The family is the closest they have ever been, he admits. "We have been through a lot. But, we have stuck on." He credits this calm, collected outlook to his mother, Shivangi's (Kolhapure) daily Mahikari Japanese spiritual regime. "It purifies the mind, body and soul. Mom, Shraddha and I practise it daily. I think that's what has kept us going, kept us together."

    source: http://www.mid-day.com/

  7. Shakti Kapoor’s daughter who wants to follow her father’s footsteps is set to be realized soon.

    Shivangi Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor, and Shraddha Kapoor

    Discussing her debut, Shraddha says, “It’s a dream come true. It’s my first film, yet I am sharing screen space with living legend Amitabh Bachchan. I can’t talk about my role because I am under a contract not to give out details. I just want to say that the script is wonderful. I can hardly wait for the film to release. I’m so grateful to my brother Siddhanth. It is because of him that I got the chance to do Teen Patti.” Siddhanth and producer Ambika Hinduja studied together and that is how Shraddha ended up auditioning for the role.

    Shraddha’s mother, Shivangi Kapoor, too is extremely excited for her daughter. She says, “As a child, Shraddha always wanted to become an actress and she would watch all of her aunt Padmini Kolhapure’s films. I’m so happy that her dream has finally come true. Before she entered the film industry, she graduated from Boston. She has always been a confident girl.”

    Teen Patti will also showcase the debuts of newcomers Dhruv Ganesh and Vaibhav Talwar. In the film, Amitabh Bachchan plays a professor who teaches five of his brightest students how to gamble with high stakes- he is doing this for a cause.

  8. Shraddha is born to Shakti and Shivangi Kapoor in Mumbai. She inherited beautiful look from her mother who is the elder sister of Padmini and Tejaswini Kolhapure. Shivangi is not an actress and even rarely spot in public with her husband. But in 2007, we can see her in Nach Baliye 3. Just watch out the video! Shakti Kapoor was born in 1951 and Shivangi Kapoor is 12 years old younger than him. They got married when Shivangi was 17 years old. They got their first child in 1983 (Siddhanth). Though Shivangi married at her young age, now, she lives happily with her family in Mumbai.



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  9. Shakti Kapoor may play a bad man on screen but in real life he is a complete softie. His wife and children are his life and slowly but surely he has been actively helping the kids chart out their life ahead.

    His daughter Shraddha will be making her Bollywood debut in Teen Patti which also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Mahadavan, Mahesh Manjerekar and dad Shakti. “Now we share a great time at home. We discuss each other's scenes…Shraddha sits with me everyday for half an hour discussing how her movie is coming along. She has been shooting for the past two months but it was stopped because of illness of Bachchan Saab. It is great that she got a chance to work with him in her first movie,” says a proud daddy.

    Shakti Kapoor’s son is also hoping to pursue his acting dreams. His son, Siddhanth, used to be a DJ but Shakti says he is now planning to take his acting seriously.

    “My son will not become composer - he will become a hero only. He used to be a DJ. That is his hobby…he enjoys it and that is why he tried his hand in it. My daughter Shraddha is already ready with her launch. And soon my son Siddhanth will also be seen in a movie,” he says.

    But Kapoor says while he may actively participate in his kids’ lives, he never forces them to take any decision.

    "I never tell them which films to select. My daughter has studied in Boston. She is more mature than me and in fact sometimes I take her advice. We do not have that ego hassle in our home…it is all mutual and we treat each other as friends," he says.

    And it looks like acting is the only focus in the Kapoor household. Alongwith the kids, Shakti Kapoor is equally busy with his films.

    “I am doing 6 films - two of them are for Priyan (Priyadarshan) Malamaal Weekly sequel and another one, one with Satish Kaushik - Khalbali Hai Kalhbali. Then I am doing films with Sanjay Dutt, Bhatti on Chutti is there and Kis Se Pyar Karu with Arshad Warsi .This is best time to work as there are lots of options available for us,” he informs.

    "Now we cannot work like earlier where we are working in 10 films at same time.
    We can only do max 4 films as nowadays star gives 20 days for the film then producer take all crew somewhere out of the country ,so we cannot regularly come and go there. Like Akshay or Govinda has given these many dates then we have to finish shooting during that time."

    Lastly he says that he likes playing stylized villains in the films but then he has been typecast for his comedy roles, he will also see as hero in Tara Sitara film.


  10. This year is going to be the newcomers' year. After Neil Mukesh, Mimoh, Ranbir and Sonam Kapoor, now it's Shraddha Kapoor – Shakti Kapoor's daughter - who'll be getting into films.

    Shraddha has been signed by Ambika Hinduja for her next film Teen Patti directed by Leena Yadav. The girl will share screen space with Amitabh Bachchan. Speaking about Shraddha, father Shakti Kapoor says, "Sharaddha is young and beautiful like her mother. She always wanted to be an actress and now eventually has signed her first movie. I am quite happy about her debut."

    Shraddha has studied in Boston. Being inclined towards acting since childhood the going-to-be actress says, "I always wanted to be an actress. My brother Siddhanth and (producer) Ambika studied together. Ambika came to know about me from him and informed me about the movie. I auditioned for Teen Patti and got selected." Shraddha is very excited about sharing screen space with Amitabh Bachchan. She informs that she is extremely humbled, excited and obviously nervous about her first film and refuses to divulge any details about it. The shooting for the movie begin in early 2008.

    Being the daughter of Shakti Kapoor and the niece of actor Padmini Kolhapure, Shraddha must have received a lot of advice on acting and films? "Yes, I am constantly learning from them by watching their films. They are amazing. I haven't done any acting course but I do get acting advice from them. However, choosing films as my career is completely my own decision."

    Shakti Kapoor corroborates her statement with, "Her mother Shivangi is taking care of her. I will think about my son Sidhhanth's career. Shiddhant is young and like Shraddha he too is getting good offers is inclined towards acting. He has done an acting course from New York, and has been assisting Priyadarshan since the last five years. Now that he is getting good acting offers, he's busy grooming himself and looks forward to a proper launch."

    Good Luck, Shraddha!