Cast: Sonu Sood, Naseeruddin Shah, Neha Dhupia, Vinay Pathak, Amit Sadh

Directed by Kabeer Kaushik

Rating: *

Music Director: Amjad Nadeem

Contrary to popular belief, this film isn’t about a nighty-clad mother (maxi-mum). It is about Aamchi Mumbai- the maximum city. But director Kabeer Kaushik’s film takes minimum interest in Suketu Mehta’s interpretation of the city and if anything, only curdles it into a milkshake of clichés. So Mumbai isn’t about the ‘Mum-bhais’ anymore. It’s about trigger-happy encounter cops, dance bars which can’t be distinguished from item song shoots and a lot of people lying mum in a pool of their own blood; pretty much like the theatre screening this film.

Pratap Pandit (Sonu Sood) is an encounter cop of few words and many bullets. A family man by every right, he is sorely disappointed when his wife- Supriya (Neha Dhupia) succumbs to a bullet later in the film. That said, unlike every self-respecting family man, he is a regular at dance bars and has his way with item girls who want police protection. So he’s a good cop, full-time fop and a mediocre pop. Anyway, his popularity leads to professional jealousy among ATS (Anti-terrorist Squad) cop Arun Inamdar (Naseeruddin Shah), his boss and chelas. This is soon followed by some confusion about how the Crime branch is trying to hog all the limelight from the ATS and how the two departments do pretty much the same thing (and they don’t mean making merry with public funds). But the commissioner wants them to go on doing what they do best, so Inamdar and Pandit go on a shooting spree, killing gangsters, informers, random people, extras on the set, some assistant directors, the script-writer (oh no! he escaped since he never showed up).

The story of Maximum takes you back to the year 2003 in Mumbai where the local police had satrted a war against the dominating underworld. The command has been given in the hands of two potential and brave police officers Pratap Pandit (Sonu Sood) and Arun Inaamdar (Naseeruddin Shah) to eradicate crime from the city. The story revolves around these two police officers, their way of handling the task and their struggle for ‘maximum’ power. Both the officers show contradictory characters with Pandit (Sonu Sood) being ambitious and Inaamdar (Naseeruddind) conniving and silent. Both the officers engage in their self-defeating turf war which leads to a dramatic conflict between the both. The climax of the movie is a bit unpredictable.

Pandit’s wife (Neha Dhupa) is killed by his rivals in the climax.
The film does not prove worth due to lack of a proper plot and storyline that fails to keep the interest of the audiences going. Talking about the performances, Naseeruddin Shah as an encounter specialist is as usual the element of the movie justifying his character to the best while Sonu Sood has also made his appearance noted with less but intense dialogue delivery and too many bullets speaking for him. Neha Dhupia, who is playing Pandit’s wife in the movie, looks pretty in the traditional outfits as a housewife. Vinay Pathak plays Tiwari, an Uttar-Bharatiya neta, looks has justified his role as a politician. Amit Sadh as a reporter is quite impressive in his role.

Buzz is that Neha Dhupia has been added to the ensemble cast of Karan Johar’s next production which is an action adventure.

The film to be directed by Qurbaan director Rensil D’Silva features Emraan Hashmi and Kangna Ranaut.

The film is slated to roll later in the year as Rensil is currently busy as a writer for Karan’s upcoming directorial venture. Source

Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia, the bronzed beauty Chitrangada Singh, and Arbaaz Khan were seen at a special event sponsored by Gillette yesterday.

The curvaceous babe Neha Dhupia made us drool uncontrollably in a body hugging red dress. Arbaaz looked smart in blazer and Chitrangada in a brown floral dress posed for the shutterbugs with the actors.

At the event, Neha was seen shaving her legs with the new launched razor along with actor Arbaaz Khan who was lathered up too. Later, Neha even kissed the clean shaven actor. Source

When a film brings together the likes of Saurabh Shukla, Vinay Pathak and Neha Dhupia, it is almost certain that there would be Rajat Kapoor  involved as well. This time around he gets into the comical zone by playing a choreographer in PAPPU CAN’T DANCE SAALA.

“And guess what, he is the one who had to do the maximum acting when compared to all of us because ‘Rajat can’t dance saala’”, winks Neha, “In real life he struggles when it comes to dancing and look at the irony here as he is playing a dancer. Frankly, he is by far one of the most comical dancers that I have ever met. Moreover since in the film he is shown as a serious choreographer, it also ends up bringing in a lot of comic relief.”

The film features Vinay Pathak as a pharmacist while Neha plays a backup dancer who hails from a small town. Circumstances bring them together and there is a clash of ideologies, though in its own bitter-sweet way with humour taking centre-stage. With the team coming together all over again, one can almost assume that the quartet of Vinay, Neha, Rajat and Saurabh is pretty much inseparable and keep returning in one or the other combination. More

Bollywood stars celebrated Halloween with friends and family, and posted some pictures on twitter.

Neha Dhupia tweeted her picture (left), and asked, ‘Trick or treat ???’

Priyanka Chopra, who is in Los Angeles, celebrated Halloween at her studio. ‘halloween in the studio… loud music.. crazy beats.. party in the house… this one blows thru the roooooof!!!’ she updated.

Mallika Sherawat celebrated Halloween in Los Angeles as well, with drag queens! ‘With all ma drag queens;)’ she tweeted with the picture. More

She has been forever known for her bindaas image and hasn’t blinked an eyelid when it comes to being seen in a dare-bare avatar, especially in her earlier lot of films. However when it came to kissing for her upcoming film, she was nervous like never before. While the fact that the man opposite him was a veteran (and an unconventional leading man) like Raghuvir Yadav did play in her mind, Neha Dhupia was also conscious about the presence of close to 100 odd people on the sets when the scene was canned.

“Neha and Raghuveer share a kiss in GANDHI TO HITLER. Since she is playing Eva Braun, the girlfriend of Hitler (played by Raghuvir), and their relationship forms an integral part of the film, it was but obvious that their intimacy is shown on-screen. The scene was explained to her by director Rakesh Ranjan Kumar way in advance. However when it came to the actual shoot, Neha did develop cold feet,” informs a unit member. More

It’s Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding day, and everybody is talking, and tweeting about it. So how can Bollywood be left behind?

Neha Dhupia wanted to catch the wedding on television but seemed clueless about it. ‘Wow! royalwedding …. which channel can v catch glimpses of it ?’ she tweeted.

Jiah Khan sounded excited about the wedding, and tweeted: ‘Bring on the royal wedding!!!!!!!!!!!!’

R Madhavan laughed: ‘William Weds Kate. A Perfect Match. Lol.’

Composer Vishal Dadlani wasn’t so keen on the wedding. ‘Watching the Royal Wedding. Why? Beats me. *changes channel*’ he updated. Source

Former beauty queen-turned-actress Neha Dhupia is fit as a fiddle, but a new workout plan has caused her body pain.

“Started a new fitness program yesterday… Ve aches n pains in different muscles and parts of my body that I never knew existed… Aarrrghh!” Neha posted on her Twitter page.

Her forthcoming release is Dear Friend Hitler. Source

Actress Neha Dhupia is now tired of the ‘sexy’ tag, which she believes has worked against her. The former Miss India, who started her Bollywood journey with bold roles in Qayamat and Julie, feels that despite having done some very serious roles, she has not been taken seriously in the industry because of her ‘sexy’ image. “I sincerely believe that the term ‘sexy’ is always used against me,” Dhupia told PTI.

The actress had to work hard to get over the Julie nickname that she earned for herself after a dare bare portrayal of a prostitute in the namesake film in 2004. “No one seems to realise that I can do a lot more. Why don’t people remember Mithya, Singh Is Kinng, Dasvidaniya or a Maharathi?” she questions.

“I strongly believe that my biggest flaw is that I am sexy. Just because of that, it is always safely presumed that I would be busy out there seducing people on screen,” she says.

“What makes you think that I am a seductress? May be I am a victim myself in that party. Yes, in the film’s context, I do flirt and have a drink with others around. But then may be ‘I am a poor-little-vulnerable-I-don’t-know-what-to-do’ Neha than being a sexy seductress Neha,” she jokes. Source

During the premiere of American mini series IFC’s BOLLYWOOD HERO, guess who was seated next to Neha Dhupia. None other than Hollywood superstar Ed Norton.

A source close to Neha said, ”Neha did not know who was seated next to her during the screening of BOLLYWOOD HERO. She did not recognize him initially.” When Neha looked closely she couldn’t believe her eyes. She kept pinching herself to make sure that it was actually Ed besides her.

”Ed’s presence took her by surprise. He had actually squeezed out time and attended BOLLYWOOD HERO’s premiere,” said our source.

The source added, ”Ed complimented Neha on her performance in the series. Neha is still drooling over the praise. She hasn’t got over it as yet.” Source

Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia sparked off a frenzy among the US media at the premiere of Independent Film Channel’s 3 part comedy TV series Bollywood Hero in New York.

Dressed in black and brown gown, Dhupia made lensmen’s flashbulbs go pop constantly even as she happily posed for them.

The premiere of Bollywood Hero was held on 4th August at Rubin Museum of Arts and accompanying the former Miss India were the film’s lead man Chris Kattan and costar Pooja Kumar.

Living upto its tag line that says Chris Kattan goes to Bollywood to become a Bollywood star, this comedy venture utterly succeeded in drawing laughs from the invitees. Neha plays Bollywood actress Alima Lakhani who meets Chris and has the most roller-coaster experiences with him in the series.

A source close to Neha said, “Neha was warmly welcomed. She was surprised that the premiere Bollywood Hero, a television series, was as grand as a release of a big Hollywood film. Neha got a warm welcome at the Red Carpet overwhelming her completely.” Source

The most sexy girl Neha Dhupia is ready to leave for the US on August 1 for the premiere of the movie Bollywood Hero in which she plays the role of an Indian actress called Lalima. “It’s a nice and funny movie. And mine’s a very funny role. I play a typical Bollywood actress and it’s a spoof on Indian cinema the way it is known. Chris Kattan plays the lead in the movie,” says Neha, who is very excited about this project.

“My friends called me a couple of days ago and said that they’ve seen billboards of my pictures all over New York. I didn’t have to go out of my way for this movie and it was a very interesting script,” she adds.

Apart from movies, Neha hasn’t had time to do anything for herself lately. “There’s just so much work that trust me, I’m trying to catch up on sleep on board flights as well.” However, she’s happy that she’s in a relationship with someone who understands all this . “We have known each other for as long as I can remember and have been in a relationship for a while now. More