Bollywood actors walk ramp for charity in Mumbai

Mumbai, Oct 14 (ANI): Bollywood actors lent their support to a social cause as they walked the ramp to raise funds for a charity.

The 'Being Human' show at the HDIL India Couture Week in Mumbai, saw Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Saif Ali Khan, Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, and many others make an appearance at the ramp, to raise funds for the charity 'Being Human' run by actor Salman Khan.

Eight designers, including Gavin Miguel, Shane and Falguni Peacock, Rocky S, Rohit Gandhi and Kunal Rawal designed the collection for this special show.

The show also had children who were present at the ramp during the entire show.

"Being paid is also good. And doing this kind of stuff is even better," said Salman.

The actors said they felt good to be associated with a noble cause.

Do Knot Disturb yourself with this film

If David Dhawan and Govinda come together in a film, you can be sure of some non-stop entertainment. After all, they have rained down hits like Coolie No 1 [ Im, Hero No 1, Deewana Mastana and Partner.

Unfortunately, Do Knot Disturb falls way short of expectations and you start wondering if the director has lost his magic touch.

The trouble with the film is its story. It's so weak that one cannot expect the actors to do their comic act and keep the audiences entertained.

Govinda plays a rich businessman, whose interest is only to take care of his mistress Dolly (Lara Dutta ) rather than do any work. He runs his wife's (played by Sushmita Sen ) business, who guesses that her husband is cheating on her. She hires a detective (Ranvir Shorey ) to catch her husband in the act.

Govinda outsmarts her by getting Ritesh Deshmukh to act as Lara's boyfriend, so that his wife rests her fears.

The problem arises when Govinda starts doubting Ritesh's intentions. Much else unfolds on screen but you're bored stiff by now.

Rajpal Yadav and Sohail Khan try to make the plot interesting but they fail as the story goes nowhere. The dialogues are loud and repetitive.

Lara Dutta fails to impress and Sushmita Sen has put on oodles of weight. Hello, just because you're playing a housewife doesn't mean you have to put on so much weight!

Govinda and Ritesh do well but the script fails them.

Music director Nadeem-Shravan return after a long time but they have come up with only one good song called Bebo.

The film has some good one-liners but that is not what you expect from a David Dhawan film. Do Knot Disturb yourself this weekend on this film.

3 Ladies who shaped Govinda!

Govinda has got into shape and how? Everyone who's meeting the actor off late wants to know the secret of his weight loss.

Well Govinda has not one, not two but three ladies to thank for his weight loss. The first two being his co stars from the upcoming release DO KNOT DISTURB - Sushmita Sen and Lara Dutta.

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Govinda admits, ''When I started shooting for DO KNOT DISTURB, I had just left politics and weighed 108 kgs at that time. When I saw Sush and Lara on the sets and how fit they are, I was very inspired to shed some weight. So that was the starting point for me, after which my wife Sunita took over and now she doesn't even let me eat,'' he laughs.

"I have lost 25 kgs already and now I want to lose some more weight and then maintain it as well," Govinda concludes

Govinda Aala Re

Govinda is one actor who can never be written off. There are some things which only he can do and how. Even his brief appearance in 'Wanted', where he dances with Salman Khan on one stanza of the song 'Jalwa', just goes on to reassert the point that he is one of a kind. Nobody can quite dance like him.


Despite being so talented, the actor has been guilty of taking his success for granted and he has paid a heavy price for that. But Govinda has been lucky to have been given not just one chance but two to make a comeback. The first can be traced back to 'Partner', where his old friends Salman and David Dhawan helped him to make a comeback. But right after 'Partner', which was quite a success, the actor was unable to capitalize on his success fully. The films that followed were not able to showcase the vintage Govinda that we are so used to seeing. But Dhawan has come to his rescue once again and given Govinda another chance to stage his comeback. The film is 'Do Knot Disturb' and when it releases next month, the audience will hope to see vintage Govinda again. The film's promos look very promising and, let's face it, the Dhawan Govinda combination has generally been a sure fire winner. The actor also probably realizes that is yet another chance for him to re establish himself as a comic actor par excellence. As for being a versatile actor, he even has Mani Ratnam's 'Raavan' coming up, which will see him in a new light. Hence, things are really looking up for the actor. In fact, one would not be exaggerating if one said that the Dame Luck is keen to bless him with good fortune.

Riteish Deshmukh: Reactions for DO KNOT DISTURB are quite positive

A year after he was last seen in a lead role, Riteish Deshmukh is now all set to wear the hero's cap again. The film in question is DO KNOT DISTURB which is now all set for a 2nd October release. His last major release was DE TAALI but that was a delayed project. Between DE TAALI and DO KNOT DISTURB, he also did bit roles in CHAMKU and KAL KISSNE DEKHA which was mainly to help out friends.
He is happy now that DO KNOT DISTURB is treading the right path as far as enthusiasm amongst the paying public is concerned.

"Thankfully, the reactions that we have got so far are quite positive", says Ritiesh from Europe where he is currently shooting for Sajid Khan's HOUSEFULL, "Today, promos are so important to set the tone right for a film. This was especially important for DO KNOT DISTURB since there are certain things about the film that we wanted audiences to know now and some other things that had to be revealed only in theaters."

He isn't willing to reveal much about the film's 'hidden part' but does maintain that it was quite tricky to cut the promos.

"David-ji (Dhawan) was convinced though that this is the right promo for the film. He knew that audiences would get excited about the premise of the film and meanwhile also wonder ki yaar yeh ho kya raha hai. I guess with the kind of feedback coming our way, the team has indeed succeeded in conveying that impression", says Riteish.

A multi starrer with Govinda heading the cast along with Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta, Sohail Khan and Ranvir Shorey along with Rajpal Yadav, Himani Shivpuri, Rituparna Sengupta and Manoj Pahwa, DO KNOT DISTURB has music by Nadeem-Shravan and is a Vashu Bhagnani production.

'It is not easy to be a hero for 25 years'

After Partner, Govinda hopes to churn out another hit in Life Partner, directed by writer-turned-director Rumi Jaffery. The film co-starring Fardeen Khan, Genelia D'Souza, Tusshar Kapoor, Prachi Desai and Amrita Rao sees Govinda playing a divorce lawyer.

Patcy N got to talk to him about Life Partner, and his long innings in Bollywood.

What are you trying to convey in your forthcoming film Life Partner?

The film is about how you should be with your life partner, how you should take care of your life partner and work things out together. It is also about the people you meet in your life, and how you should be careful with certain types of people.

I have worked with Rumi Jaffery in Saajan Chale Sasural, Coolie No 1, Hero No 1, Haseena Maan Jayegi, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and now Life Partner. I have given hits with him. And I plan to give a hit with Life Partner too.

You had worked with Rumi Jaffery when he was a writer. But now you are working with him as a director. How was he in his new job?

He has done a fantastic job in this film. I would say the actors were excellent as well. Even Amrita Rao, who stars opposite me in the film, is very good. I am working with her for the first time in this film. She has tremendous confidence. I have seen the film and I think she has done a great job.

I think everything is good about this film because of the script's simplicity. It says very simply: aap pyar ko rishte ka naam dena chahte hai, par jab rishte ko pyaar dena bhool jaate hai toh rishte kharab hojate hai.