By IndiaFM News Bureau, September 12, 2007 - 11:33 IST
Abdul Sulaiman Nadiadwala, father of film producer Sajid Nadiadwala, breathed his last yesterday. He had been pale and constantly complained of chest pain since last week, hence was admitted in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Criticare hospital. He passed away on Tuesday morning.

The who’s who of Bollywood were present for the funeral at the kabrastan in Yari Road to pay him respects; including the likes of Salman Khan, Sajid Khan, Boney Kapoor.

Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment has been in the industry for over 50 years now. Suleman Nadiadwala had produced over 200 films starting from as early as 1955. Later Suleman Nadiadwala’s son, Sajid Nadiadwala, took over the administration of the family run production house and gave hits like Jeet, Judwa, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi and Heyy Babyy.

10 Sep 2007, 1326 hrs IST

Director Sajid Khan has refuted all rumours about him making a sequel to “Heyy Babyy”, and says his next venture will be an action-packed movie.

The film will require a gigantic budget, but Sajid isn’t worried because he has the support of Sajid Nadiadwala.

Director Sajid Khan has refuted all rumours about him making a sequel to “Heyy Babyy”, and says his next venture will be an action-packed movie.

“I’m not making a sequel to ‘Heyy Babyy’ . When I saw the announcement on television, I said okay this is what I am doing. In fact, while we were shooting for the film in Australia, the idea of a sequel had come up. I said the film will work big time. But I knew I wouldn’t want to do a sequel,” Sajid told IANS. Read the rest of this entry »

If producing his last film Jaan-e-Mann wasn’t exactly a cakewalk for Sajid Nadiadwala, neither was Heyy Babyy all fun and games. In fact, Sajid is so sapped he needs a break. “I haven’t had time for my family. My father isn’t well. I’ll start my film with Sabir Khan early 2008. Then I’m doing my next with Sajid Khan.”

Sajid feels he could’ve avoided the ultra-strenuous situation of making Heyy Babyy. “At the age of 40 I didn’t need all these stringent laws in Australia. In Mumbai one can shoot with a child with far less regulations. I’m aware of how taxing the shooting of a film with a child can be. I’m a father. And my little boy has worked in my film Mujhse Shaadi Karogi and in Farah Khan’s film Main Hoon Na Just because Farah was family, we couldn’t say no to her. I remember how traumatized he was…The baby in Heyy Babyy shot for 80 days. We all knew the mother’s anguish—even Akshay Kumar is a father. But it was still a grueling experience for us. To my cast’s credit they handled the child well.” Read the rest of this entry »

If presence of Akshay, Ritiesh and Fardeen along with a cute kid wasn’t enough, a slew of entertaining tracks ensured that the film saw an increase in eyeballs as it neared it’s release. The item number featuring an ‘All girls Band’ took the promotion to a different level altogether while some genuinely funny promos on the small screen have already been popular amongst all age groups.

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