What’s better on a Thursday night than seeing your favourite actor or actress in a hit movie? Watching them two times in a row, of course!
Every Thursday at 17:00 KSA & 18:00 UAE for the entire month of May, Zee Aflam brings viewers ”Double the fun” movie night, when they can enjoy back-to-back movie entertainment with their favourite stars.
The channel will air some of the best movies of Shahid Kapoor, Ayesha Takia, Bobby Deol and Katrina Kaif.
Shahid Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films as well as a trained dancer. Starting off his career by working in music videos and advertisements, Kapoor made his Bollywood debut as a background dancer in 1999. Four years later, he made his debut as a lead in Ishq Vishk (2003) and won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance. Following through with acclaimed performances in films like Fida (2004) and Shikhar (2005), he had his first commercial success with Sooraj R. Barjatya’s Vivah (2006) a film depicting the journey of two individuals from engagement to marriage. Co-starring alongside Amrita Rao, the film was received favourably by most critics and became one of the highest grossing films of the year as well as Kapoor’s second biggest commercial success to date. Zee Aflam will be airing Kapoor’s Vivah as well as Vaah Life Ho Toh Aisi this month.
Ayesha Takia is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. Takia was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to a Gujarati father, and an Anglo-Indian (half British and half Marathi) mother. Takia started her career with commercials and music videos when she was fifteen, which brought her to the attention of the movie industry, and a few film offers followed. She signed a contract for Socha Na Tha. However, there were delays in making Socha Na Tha so Taarzan released first and was therefore her “debut” film. She won the Filmfare Best Debut Award in 2004 for her performance in Taarzan: The Wonder Car which is being aired on Zee Aflam this month along with her movie Sunday.
Bobby Deol was born into an acting family and is the son of the acclaimed Bollywood actor Dharmendra and the brother of Sunny Deol, also a successful actor in the Mumbai based Indian film industry. Deol has been featured mostly in thriller films, often playing wealthy but vulnerable middle class characters, affected by the corrupt establishment and women and often propelled into crime to avenge the deaths of loved ones. His films commonly involve themes of jealousy, deceit and revenge and in his more romantic thrillers often involve him caught in love triangles. Deol was awarded the Filmfare Best Debut Award for his role in the 1995 film Barsaat and was later nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in Humraaz in 2002. Aee Aflam will be airing Deol’s Chor Machaye Shor & Gupt this month.
Katrina Kaif is a British Indian actress and model who has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu and Malayalam films. Born in Hong Kong, she was raised in Hawaii, United States and later moved to her mother’s home country, England. At the age of fourteen she was approached by an agent and she began modeling and even walked on the London Fashion Week.
Kaif’s London modeling-work led her to discover by London-based filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, who gave her a part in his film Boom (2003). She moved to Mumbai and was offered a number of modeling assignments. Kaif saw success with the 2005 film Sarkar where she played the bit part of Abhishek Bachchan’s girlfriend. Her next release, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), where she was paired opposite Salman Khan, earned her the Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award. Kaif’s first release for 2009, New York, with John Abraham was a critical and commercial success. Kaif’s performance was highly appreciated with the critic Taran Adarsh writing, “Katrina gives you the biggest surprise. Known for her glamour roles, Katrina proves that she can deliver if the director and writer offer her a role of substance. She’s outstanding. In fact, people will see a new, different Katrina this time. ”In the year 2010, she is set to appear in the multi starrer film Raajneeti that opens in June. She is currently filming for Farah Khan’s Tees Maar Khan along with Akshay Kumar, which is set to release in December 2010. Zee Aflam will be airing Katrina’s Yuvvraaj & Race this month.
