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Bollywood heartthrob John Abraham hopes that his upcoming film " Force" helps him get recognition as an action hero but at the same time he is not ready to give up his romantic image on screen.

"Action does not mean that we leave the romantic image. 'Force' has a lot of action backed by very strong emotions. I think it's a beautiful romantic-action film. I don't want to remove the tag of a romantic hero and I think it is always going to be with me," John told reporters here.

Directed by Nishikant Kamat, "Force" is a remake of Gautham Menon's 2003 Tamil film "Kaakha Kaakha" and John will be seen romancing Genelia D'Souza in it. John, 38, is confident that "Force" will remind audiences of the 1990s actioners like "Ghatak" and "Ghayal". "We just feel that this film has raw, real action... last time you saw real action was probably when Sunny Deol used to do 'Ghatak', 'Arjun Pandit' and 'Dacait'. I think the masses like hard-hitting action... that when you punch someone, he is completely injured," he added. Ajay Devgn's "Singham" was an out and out action drama and raked in moolah at the box office and John is all praise for the actor. "I am very happy that Ajay Devgn's movie 'Singham' has worked well because Ajay truly deserves it. If you have seen the movie 'Aakrosh', I think Ajay Devgn's action in 'Aakrosh' is superlative. He is a brilliant action hero," he said.

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MUMBAI: Actor Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday night tweeted that he wanted to call the victims of Sikkim quake on his show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC).

The actor said that many quake-hit villages in north east India still remain unattended by the administration. He tweeted, "Conversing with gentleman from Darjeeling .. stating that several villages still unattended to after quake and in desperate condition If there are some people that are reading this please inform concerned Government authorities of condition in Darjeeling area."
Bachchan has plans to invite some people from the quake-hit area on his quiz show. He tweeted, "Calling people to KBC affected from the quake we shall endeavour .. as far as charity goes, believe it needs to be done not talked of.''
About 111 people were killed after an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit north-east India and Nepal on September 18.

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Will Desi Boyz mark an entry for Akshay Kumar in 100 crore club?

Three years back Shah Rukh Khan was ruling from the top and Akshay Kumar was giving him massive challenge to occupy the Number One slot. However, in the interim period Aamir Khan and Salman Khan came with multiple films that topped the Rs.100 crore mark and formed an exclusive club. Now that Shah Rukh is all set to join the club with Ra.One and Don 2, the industry is quite positive that Akshay too would achieve the same with Desi Boyz.

"First promo of Desi Boyz has seen a very good response ever since it was premiered along with Mausam as well as online", says a trade guru, "The film is looking fresh while the look of Akshay and John has quite appreciated as well. They seem to be sharing a great chemistry together and it is apparent that they have a winner in hand."

While response on YouTube and social networking sites have been largely positive, albeit with some bits of usual negatives trickling in as well, those in the know-how feel that Desi Boyz could well be one of the most aggressively marketed films of Akshay in the recent times.

"His Thank You wasn't promoted as a blockbuster in the making while his delayed films like Patiala House as well as Action Replayy were never expected to cross any major milestones. Yes, Tees Maar Khan was sold as a major festival film last Christmas and resultantly turned out to be Akshay's biggest opener as well. It is a different matter though that audience didn't take a liking to it due to which it couldn't sustain", remarks an observer.

"Desi Boyz should very comfortably break the opening weekend record for Akshay", he continues in the same breath, "One should also understand that market has improved leaps and bounds over last one year. Practically every biggie is netting close to Rs. 50 crores in one week itself. There is no reason why Desi Boyz shouldn't record similar collections. Of course once that happens, it would be film as a whole which will do all the talking. However all around vibe so far is good and with talks of Pritam composing at least a couple of major chartbusters for Akshay and John, seems like half the battle has already been won."

When contacted, director Rohit Dhawan said, "Akshay is one of the best actors in the country. He is capable of every genre whether it is action, romance, drama, comedy. That man can do anything under the roof. He is capable of so much; it is eventually left to the directors and script writers to get the best out of him."

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John says `Force` measures up to Sunny Deol`s `Ghayal`

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