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Akshay Kumar was a very surprised man when he came to know of his honourary doctorate.

The 40-year old actor landed in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday to receive to his honourary doctorate degree from ‘Assumption University’, which is scheduled to be held on Friday at a special ceremony in Windsor on the US-Canada border.

While staying with businessman Ajay Virmani, President of Cargojet, who nominated Akshay for the degree, Ajit Jain caught up with the very jetlagged star (Akshay flew directly from Bangkok where he is currently shooting his latest film Singh is Kinng) for this exclusive 75-minute interview.

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Amitabh Bachchan is expected to move his current blogging to the new site, while his wife will also join him. Jaya is expected too blog about politics, as that is her area of speciality. Son Abhishek Bachchan will also provide his thoughts on a daily basis as he is much more in tune with the youth audience.

Aishwarya Rai will also be a part of this website but is not expected to blog. Instead, she will provide inputs on a regular basis in regards to international issues. Finally, daughter Shweta will provide insights on fashion and make-up.

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 Big screen clash between Ram Gopal Varma and Priyadarshan has been awaited. Sarkar Raj and Mere Baap Pehle Baap, which were earlier supposed to come together on June 6, have now been spaced by a week. As per the current release plans, while Sarkar Raj is confirmed for the June 6 release, Mere Baap Pehle Aap has been pushed ahead by a week and would now be coming on June 13.

Confirms a source on condition of anonymity, “Yes, it is indeed true that Mere Baap Pehle Aap has opted to come a week later. There was no point to have two big and prestigious films coming together, especially so when the week later was pretty much wide open as well. There are no major films arriving on June 13 which gives Mere Baap Pehle Aap an open week to enjoy.”

This would mean that Sarkar Raj would now have a clean run once it hits the big screen on June 6. Ekta Kapoor has already moved C Kkompany to June 20 (which could be pushed further by a fortnight) while it seems highly unlikely that Heroes, Mehbooba and Right Ya Wrong - three other films which currently find a place in the release calendar - would eventually stick to the plan.

“Yes, for Sarkar Raj it is indeed ‘mauja hi mauja’ as it gets an entire week for itself”, laughs our source, “It couldn’t have been better for Ram Gopal Varma for whom Sarkar Raj is perhaps the most important project of his career.” She goes on to add, “Not just is Sarkar Raj enjoying a solo release for itself, it also is the first major release after the IPL finals. No doubt, hardcore movie buffs would be delighted to have a film like this coming on the screen after a month and a half long cricket mania.”

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The terms of revenue share agreement between distributors and multiplexes should be decided in advance not film to film. Typically, a 50-50 share split between the distributor and exhibitors in in opening week is a fair proposition. As the bigger the hit, all sides stand to gain equally. However as of Thursday, the multiplexes and Yash Raj were at odds with the release of Akshay Kumar-Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor starrer Tashan, with Yash Raj said to have altered terms of share at the last minute. As consequence, the release of the film in multiplexes on Friday is now in limbo.

Tashan like Dhoom 2 has been expected to be a big hit. But the multiplex tiff will affect its opening week. And the issue over long term will remain, which is about standardizing the revenue share policy. If Chopras can get away with higher terms at last minute, then other distributors are bound to follow suit and soon everybody will be looking to exceed the previous mark at the oddest of times.

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The multiplex revenue problem returned with Tashan again. The makers demanded a higher share but told multiplexes they would return money if Tashan did not do well.

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Spontaneous dialogues and performance of Anil Kapoor and Akshay Kumar are the only attractions of the movie Tashan, that lacks proper finishing in all sections or it can be said that there is no Tashan in the movie. The movie looks raw and the script of the movie is full of flaws though it later tries to amend into a meaningful cinema but overall the outcome is unimpressive. Tashan may be entertaining for the youngsters who are die -hard fans of Yash Raj banner movies but the movie really needs brushing up and improving in script, editing, direction, cinematography and choreography.

The story of the movie is about Bhaiyyaji who has the so called Tashan to learn English like the American President and he is expert in killing people. Bhaiyyaji gets coached by the call centre executive Jimmy who has the Tashan of making friends with girls. Jimmy was convinced by Pooja, to teach Bhaiyyaji English. Pooja has the Tashan to make fool of people around her and last is Bachchan Pandey who is another criminal who speak in a so called northern criminals kind of language.The movie is about how the four people who hate each other have to come together and be friends in the process to achieve their aims.

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Tashan has been in news for a long time now. The movie stars Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor in the lead. Akshay Kumar seems to be unstoppable with 4 back-to-back successes in 2007. Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor are on an all time high after the super success of Race and Jab We Met. Anil Kapoor’s last two movies have been blockbusters (Welcome and Race). The curiosity around Tashan has built up steadily over the past few weeks, major credit of which should go to the star cast. Does it live upto the enormous expectations? Will Kareena sport a bikini? Is it a out-n-out Akshay Kumar movie or does Saif Ali Khan have some part to play? What about the chemistry between Saif and Kareena?

Before the review, let me introduce the characters of Tashan.

Lakhan Singh urf Bhaiyyaji (Anil Kapoor) is a trigger-happy gangster who enjoys gunning down people and speaking English in his own inimitable style.

Pooja Singh (Kareena Kapoor) is a girl whom you just can’t trust. She doesn’t mind playing with anyone’s feeling to achieve her goal. She uses her beauty and jawani as her main tool to make others dance to her tunes.