Aishwarya Rai's Action Replayy to get honor by Oscars library

Aishwarya Rai's Action Replayy to get honor by Oscars library: Filmmaker Vipul Shah’ s latest release Action Replayy, which hit the screens on Diwali last week, opened with an average response. But now, Shah has got into real action as something lucrative and honorable has come on his way for the film.

Reportedly, the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (Oscars) has asked producer Vipul Shah to give the screenplay of the film for permanent script collection in the archive of the Academy.

Vipul Shah and Aatish Kapadia has jointly penned down the screenplay of Action Replayy. Looks like their hard work paid off. This invitation reached Shah last week and he has acknowledged this honor.

Time to celebrate for the team of Action Replayy. The film took us back to the 70s featuring Askhay Kumar and Aishwarya Bachchan with their amazing on screen chemistry. They last worked together for the film Khakee (2004). However, not much of their compatibility was shown in the film. Nevertheless this time, the expectations were really high from them. Critics might not have relished the servings of 70s but its worth has been realized by the great Academy.

The hard work of the team will now bring them some real good moments when the script of Action Replayy will be used for teaching the film students. It is definitely a big achievement for sure.

Box Office Report: Golmaal 3 up and Action Replayy?

Box Office Report: Golmaal 3 up and Action Replayy?: Aishwarya Rai took on Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar battled Ajay Devgan and with both the films having finally hit the theatres, the Box office report card has finally arrived and if the opening day is anything to go by, then it’s the Golmaal trilogy that is having things going its way.

Rohit Shetty’s comic caper which stars quite a few talented and rib tickling actors has demolished all competition from the retro flick Action Replayy which has received a pretty lukewarm response. Golmaal 3, riding high on its predecessors’ success, has been welcomed with open arms by the normal janta.

While Golmaal is going houseful with advance tickets flying off the shelves, Action Replayy is lagging behind and failing to pick up speed. While G3 is having an occupancy of 100 percent in some cinemas, Action Replayy is barely managing 40-50 percent.

But it is expected that as the weekend proceeds, Action Replayy shall recover slightly. But then going by the critics’ verdict, Action Replayy may never reach the stage it wanted to.

Both films have got advance bookings for Sunday but compared to Golmaal 3, Action Replayy is nearly licking dust. Despite the festive Diwali season and the presence of Aishwarya-Akshay, the film’s concept hasn’t quite lured the viewers who are veering towards the paisa vasool Golmaal fun.

Retro Fashion of Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai in ‘Action Replayy’ Pics

Retro Fashion of Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai in ‘Action Replayy’ Pics: It’s always fun to go back in time, in fiction and fashion, that is. Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s comedy Action Replayy also goes retro. So, we have the movie’s lead pair Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar sporting chic, garish and vibrant clothes a la the 1960s and 70s, known for flower power, polka dots and the famous bell bottoms.

Action Replayy’s hero Akshay has reinvented his style for the film and in keeping with the theme has tried to make a bold 70s style statement. Shirts in bright red, pink, orange were part of his wardrobe. Aishwarya Rai’s clothes were no less stylish and glam. Designer Manish Malhotra actually researched a lot to dress up Ash for the film.

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Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai's Action Replayy Movie Review

Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai's Action Replayy Movie Review: Now, this was really a zor ka jhakta, and it came from the blue. Vipul Amrutlal Shah and Akshay Kumar have had a pretty clean sheet working together.

Be it Namastey London or Singh Is Kinng (which Shah only produced) the duo has provided entertainment to the masses whenever they teamed up together. So the audiences are bound to have rocket high expectations particularly when the theme of their latest film is intriguing as to take us back to the glorious 70s, when bell bottoms, side burns, hippie hairdos and polka dots were all the rage.

Akshay has once again been turned into a goofball, with buckteeth and thick spectacles. He’s derided by his overbearing father (Om Puri) as ‘gadha’ (donkey), and quite rightly so, for he’s a gutless wimp who shivers and shakes at the very idea of facing up to his fiery padosan (Aishwarya Rai). In one scene he holds her hand and gets an electric shock as potent as the bolt of lightning. He’s also the butt of every joke played by his shrewd rival-in-love (Ranvijay Singh).

On paper, the transformation of this simpleton into a dude may sound interesting, and with Akshay at the helm, it might have been a topnotch laugh riot. But it is not. For one thing, the script is so shoddy and plotholed that you can pass a whole time machine through it. Secondly, Akshay’s comic timing hasn’t been capitalized on. There are no punchy dialogues, hardly any potent humour and lot of unnecessary and forgettable songs (Pritam) in between.

Story? Bunty (Aditya Roy Kapoor) is tired of his perpetually quarrelling parents Kishen and Mala (Akshay and Ash). On their 35th wedding anniversary, when a surprise party thrown by Bunty turns into a slugfest between his parents, he decides to travel back in time to set a few things right. He goes back to 1975 when Kishen and Mala were neighbours and hated each other. Bunty’s mission is to make his parents fall in love so that they could live happily ever after. And he does that by transforming the wimp Kishen into a swashbuckler.

Borrowing nuggets from Back to the Future, Vipul Amrutlal Shah tell a tale that simply lacks vim and vigour. The sequences when Ash pulls a fast one on Akshay are dull at best. The writing is of mediocre quality sans any laugh-worthy moments. Ranvijay’s character is mostly running from pillar to post to win Ash’s love. Om Puri and Kirron Kher’s characters have almost been turned into caricatures. Even Ash’s tomboy act is overdone.

Akshay isn’t half as hilarious as when he’s in form. His spineless Kishen may evoke sympathy, but no laughter. In one scene when a baleful Ranvijay and his sidekick Raghubir Yadav corner him and threaten to strip him, Akki crawls on the floor and pleads: “Bhagwan ke liye mujhe chhod do”.

Aditya Roy Kapoor gets a lot of footage and the lad is pretty comfortable playing the love guru. Neha Dhupia’s character has no purpose in the script. Perhaps the director owed her the promise of another role after Singh Is Kingg.

In short, Action Replayy disappoints. If you are looking for entertainment during this festive weekend, this film may not be the best idea.

Akshay Kumar to Promot his new film ‘Action Replayy’ in KBC

Akshay Kumar to Promot his new film ‘Action Replayy’ in KBC: Akshay Kumar, the man with the muscle of tinsel town, is all over the place these days. Right from his massive reality show on star plus, ‘Master Chef’, to the promotional strategies for his forth coming Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s ‘Action Replayy’, the audiences just can’t get enough of him.

Reports about the man getting into real action to promote his flick in the much coveted ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ are spreading like wild fire, as this seems to be just the show that is going to amazingly effective in pulling the audiences to theaters.

The most amazing aspect of the film is being said to be the fact that it is based on the retro 70’s style, when Twinkle’s dad, Rajesh Khanna was a phenomenon in the world of entertainment and showbiz, and there are still many stories, which are told about what an alarming number of fan following the super star had during those days!

Even Big B, who has worked with Rajesh Khanna in two of the most mind blowing films, ever to have been made, one is of course ‘Anand’, and the other ‘NamakHaram’, and in both the films, Rajesh Khanna’s character dies, has time and again, said that Rajesh Khanna, who has been the first ever super star, was simply the most extra ordinary star ever to have stepped into the industry!

Thus, to have action  and culinary master, Akshay Kumar playing the most amazingly  challenging  mind game with Big B,will certainly be one historical phenomenon, and so will the film ‘Action Replayy’,be remembered to get these two amazing stars, together on the big platform of ‘KBC4’.