In this interview Shirish talked about his various projects, the ones in the works, on hold due to financial issues and of course the one in the past. His experience in the film industry so far, basically some really good Filmi fun! And of course, you’ll notice the format of the interview…ab waqt ke saath toh chalna padta hi hai but it took a while to figure out how to embed the files, for some reason all the codes out there weren’t working, but it finally worked and now you get to be a little more filmi!

We’ve been hearing a lot about your upcoming films – Tees Maar Khan, Joker, Alien Sahib, and Udan Patola – can you give us a little tidbit about each one.

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Discusses why he changed the name to Alien Sabhib form Udan Patola and further talks about Alien Sahib.

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Talks about another film in the works under ‘Three’s Company’ with Salman Khan, an action film. They will start shooting for this film once completing Alien Sahib. He also discusses Joker.

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Please tell us about your experience with Jaan-E-Mann.

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What’s your favorite thing about Jaan-E-Mann, favorite memory about making that movie?

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What made you change your paths so drastically, from electronics engineer to writer/director? Also, what advice would he give to anyone interested in working in ‘Bollywood?’ (We know, we know…it’s Filmistan.)

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What kind of challenges do you face in your job?

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What’s the best thing about your job?

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How do you start the process of writing a script? Do you first have the characters in mind or the story?

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And lastly, our “rapid fire” round…the favorites!

Pastime: Watching movies!
Food: I’m not a foodie, I’ll eat basically anything….protein shakes!
Movie: Man on the Moon by Milos Forman.
Filmmaker: James Cameron
Book: Mahabharat
Song: Chayyia Chayyia from Dil Se
City: New York

And lastly. . . Shirish close your eyes and tell us your favorite thing to do in Mumbai. If it were a Sunday morning, where would you take us?

Hmmm….haven’t thought of that yet. I’d have to look at your pictures first.

Jasmine: You would have to look at our pictures?
Shirish: Yeah, yeah…(laughs)
Jasmine: We’re your Facebook and Twitter friends. (laughs) We’ll say ‘hi’ on there and than you’ll know what we look like.
Shirish: I’ll take you wherever you guys want to go yaar. (laughs)

There was a lot of laughing going on at this point…that’s why we transcribed this part of the interview, it’s kind of hard to hear over all that laughing.

Sona: What do you do on Sunday mornings?
Shirish: I’m mostly working…(laughs)
Shirish: I guess you’ll take us to your workplace than…

More laughing

Shirish: Yeah yeah, I’ll take you to my workplace…that’s what I do, I just wake up and go to work (laughing)!

“The Times of India” gives grades to the fab-five moneymakers.

Aishwariya Rai Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan are going to help India’s children study…it seems what worked for Anuraadha is going to work for all kids. Mera Bharat Mahaan!

Vijay Dinanath Chauhan! Of course you think of Amitabh Bachchan right? Well, looks like Hrithik Roshan and Karan Malhotra want to change that…massive eyeroll! Let’s wait and see what happens…

Ayesha Takia, Gul Panag, Mallika Sherawat were the first ones, and now Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor and Karan Johar have joined the club, and are twittering away! Tweet, tweet, tweet!

A lot of Hrithik news…a song choreographed by Farah Khan was cut from the upcoming film “Kites.” That’s not the news though, Farah Khan was never informed for the decision…that’s not a smart move by the Roshans.

And lastly, Filmistanis finally get with the program and come online.

Best picture: Jodhaa Akbar
Best director: Ashutosh Gowariker, Jodhaa Akbar

Best actor: Hrithik Roshan, Jodhaa Akbar
Best actress: Priyanka Chopra, Fashion
Best Debutant Star – Male: Farhan Akhtar, Rock On!
Best Debutant Star – Female: Asin, Ghajini
Best Supporting Actor: Arjun Rampal, Rock On!
Best Supporting Actress: Kangana Ranawat, Fashion
Best Performance As Villain: Akshaye Khanna, Race
Best Comedy Performance: Abhishek Bachchan, Dostana

Best Music Direction: A.R. Rahman, Jodhaa Akbar
Best Lyrics: Javed Akhtar, “Jashan-e-Baharaa” from Jodhaa Akbar
Best Male Playback Singer: Javed Ali, “Jashan-e-Baharaa” from Jodhaa Akbar
Best Female Playback Singer: Shreya Ghoshal, “Teri Ore” from Singh is Kinng

Best story: Neeraj Pandey, A Wednesday
Best Dialogue: Manu Rishi, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
Best Screenplay: Neeraj Pandey, A Wednesday

Lifetime Achievement Award: Rajesh Khanna (Babu Moshaai)

Film of the Decade: Lagaan (Really?)
Director of the Decade: Rakesh Roshan
Male Star of the Decade: Shah Rukh Khan
Female Star of the Decade: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Style Icon: Bipasha Basu (You mean Sonam!)

Best Background Score: A. R. Rahman, Jodhaa Akbar
Best Costume Design: Neeta Lulla, Jodhaa Akbar
Best Editing: Ballu Saluja, Jodhaa Akbar
Best Art Direction: Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Jodhaa Akbar
Best Makeup: Madhav Kadam, Jodhaa Akbar
Best Action: Peter Heins and Stun Siva, Ghajini
Best Sound Recording: Resul Pookutty and Amrit, Ghajini
Best Visual Effects: Prime Focus, Ghajini
Best Cinematography: Jason West, Rock On!
Best Song Recording: Purple Haze, Rock On!
Best Choreography: Farah Khan, “Desi Girl” Dostana
Best Sound Re-Recording: Leslie Fernandes, Race

These are some of the pictures of filmistantis at various events at LFW 2009. Enjoy!

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Pictures thanks to Filmicafe!