This movie is the animated remake of Karan Johar’s 1998 hit Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

First of its kind, Koochie Koochie Hota Hai, directed by Dostana fame Tarun Mansukhani, has Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukherjee in the form of cute, animated puppies.

Produced by Dharma Productions, it also has other actors like Ritesh Deshmukh, Simi Garewal, Anupam Kher, Sanjay Dutt and Sajid Khan giving their voiceovers to the characters.

Enjoy the trailer here:

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SHIV SENA BAD REVIEW: Party workers attacked and damaged this theatre in Mumbai.

The Shiv Sena has broken its word. The party’s workers on Tuesday attacked two theatres in Mumbai that will screen actor Shah Rukh Khan’s new movie My Name is Khan.

Shiv Sena workers attacked and damaged the booking windows of the Mehul Theatre in western suburb of Mulund. Another group of party workers targeted the Shreyas theatre in Ghatkopar.

Groups of Sena activists were also seen protesting and shouting slogans in Kanjurmarg, Bandra, Khar and other parts of the city after police promised tough measures to prevent any untoward incident during the release of the film directed by Karan Johan and also starring Kajol.

As many as 12 Sena activists were arrested from Mulund, and 24 were detained in Ghatkopar and Kanjurmarg in connection with the protests.

Earlier in the afternoon, director Karan Johar had called on Police Commissioner D Shivanandhan and returned satisfied by the police security promised for the movie.

Joint Police Commissioner (Law and Order) Himanshu Roy said anybody attempting to disrupt the film in any manner would be dealt with “very firmly”.

“We shall also frisk and search suspicious persons coming to view the movie to prevent any untoward incidents inside the cinema auditorium,” Roy told a news conference.

The Sena violence came a few days after the party had unofficially dissociated itself from banning the movie release in the city.

Khan has refused to apologise for saying that Pakistani cricketers should have been included in the Indian Premier League tournament but he has also sought to close the issue with the Sena.

“I very, very clearly want to say there is no reason to apologise, it’s just a big fuss. I think it would be nice if everything went off peacefully without anyone having to lose their self respect or the ideology for that matter,” he told CNN-IBN in an interview.

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‘Avatar’ ventured further into rarefied territory at the worldwide Box Office during the weekend, surpassing the $2 billion mark days after it broke the record held by ‘Titanic.’

James Cameron’s 3-D sci-fi spectacular has grossed $2.039 billion after seven chart-topping weekends of release, distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday.

The film last Monday smashed the $1.843 billion record set in 1998 by the filmmaker’s “Titanic.”

The News Corp. -owned studio declined to forecast where the film would end up, since it expected Tuesday morning’s Oscar nominations to spur a new wave of interest.

It did predict that “Avatar” would break “Titanic’s” North American record of $601 million by Wednesday. The film moved to $594.5 million after a $30 million weekend in the United States and Canada.

The foreign total stands at $1.45 billion after a $95 million weekend from 120 countries. It remained No. 1 in many of them, including France (sales to date: $134 million), China ($126 million), Australia ($84 million) and Brazil ($43 million).

The one caveat to the “Avatar” records is that sales are not adjusted for inflation, or for the fact that ticket prices were considerably higher for 3-D screenings.

Oscar underdog

While “Avatar” is expected to figure prominently in the Oscar nominations, especially in the technical categories, it has been overshadowed during awards season by “The Hurt Locker,” a low-budget war film directed by Cameron’s ex-wife. Kathryn Bigelow added another trophy to her collection on Saturday at the Directors Guild of America Awards. Only six times in 62 years has the DGA winner not gone on to take the Oscar for best director.

“Titanic” picked up 14 nominations and won 11 prizes including best picture, director and editing for Cameron.

Elsewhere in North America, Mel Gibson opened at a distant No 2 with the kidnap thriller “Edge of Darkness,” his first on-screen performance since 2002.

The Warner Bros. release earned $17.1 million, exceeding expectations of an opening in the low to mid-teen millions. Still, it marked his worst opening since “Braveheart” launched with $9.9 million in 1995. He was last in theaters with “Signs,” which opened to $60 million in 2002.

Gibson, who has directed two big movies since starring in “Signs,” has kept a fairly low profile since his 2006 arrest for drunken driving in Malibu when he made anti-Semitic comments.

Warner Bros. distribution president Dan Fellman said he considered the opening weekend to be a “sneak preview” and he hoped positive word of mouth would sustain its performance in coming weekends. Just over half the audience was aged 35 and older, he said.

Also new was the widely lambasted Walt Disney Co. romantic comedy “When in Rome,” starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel. It opened at No 3 with $12.1 million in sales.

Fox’s “The Tooth Fairy,” which was steady at No 4 with $10 million in its second weekend; the total for the Dwayne Johnson comedy rose to $26 million at the Box Office. “The Book of Eli” fell two spots to No 5 with $8.8 million; after three weeks, the Denzel Washington drama has earned $74 million.

Warner Bros, a unit of Time Warner Inc., also released “The Book of Eli.”

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UTV Spotboy today announced that its much awaited film “NO ONE KILLED JESSICA”  will also star Rani Mukherjee along with Vidya Balan. Directed by Rajkumar Gupta of Aamir fame, the film will go on the floors in February. The music for the film will be composed by Amit Trivedi, who burst onto the scene with UTV Spotboy’s productions Aamir and Dev D.

No One Killed Jessica, is a fast paced thriller set in the hub of political power, New Delhi. It is the story of two amazing women and their relentless pursuit of justice that mobilizes an entire nation to prove that in a democracy there is no greater power than the power of the people.

Vikas Bahl, Chief Creative Officer, UTV Motion Pictures, said, “It’s our pleasure to announce that Rani along with Vidya has also agreed to be a part of a story we really want to tell. When you have actors like Rani and Vidya by your side the joy of creating characters that can shake the audience and leave an impact for time to come is immense. NO ONE KILLED JESSICA is one of our much cherished projects and it has scaled up to the level it deserved to, thanks to Rani and Vidya becoming a part of it”

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