New Delhi:
1. The original Agent Vinod is a 1977 action flick directed by Deepak Bahry. Mahendra Sandhu played the dashing Agent Vinod in the movie. Asha Sachdev, Jayshree T, Nasir Hussain and Iftekhar were some of the other actors in the film.
2. Actor Mahendra Sandhu made 17 films. He became a director but made only one film, Kisme Kitna Hai Dum, in 1992.
3. Mahendra Sandhu played CBI Agent Vinod in Videsh, another crime thriller with Shoma Anand as the lead actress.
4. While the 1977 film involved the kidnapping of a prominent Indian scientist, the new Agent Vinod begins with events spread across Moscow to Cape Town.
5. Kareena Kapoor features in her first-ever mujra for beau Saif's home production. Dil Mera Muft Ka has been choreographed by Saroj Khan.
6. Kareena's inspiration for the mujra has been the inimitable Rekha.
7. Locations for Agent Vinod include Marrakech in Morocco to Riga in Latvia to Karachi and London. Saif Ali Khan also shot for the film in Delhi, undoubtedly adding a desi twist to the spy movie. Some reports said the climax has been shot in Delhi. Wait for Friday to know if it is indeed so.
8. Problems have persisted for the film - it's been delayed leading to endless wisecracks online with many referring to it as Ageing Vinod.
Just last month, Saif was involved in a brawl at an upscale restaurant where he allegedly punched an NRI businessman, Iqbal Sharma. Saif was arrested on a complaint filed by Sharma and released on bail the same day. Later the actor apoligised for losing his cool, even as Salman Khan, whose sister-in-law Malaika Arora Khan was part of Saif group that evening, stood up in his support.
9. Days ago Iranian pop band Barobax slapped a case on the makers of the film alleging that portions of the song Pyaar Ki Pungi is lifted from the title track of their January 2010 album, Soosan Khanoom, registered under the Copyright Act in Canada. Later, Dinesh Vijan, co-producer of the movie, asserted that the song is an original track.
10. On Tuesday, Pakistan banned the film, reportedly for the reference made in the film to Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI. A disappointed Saif said: ""But we didn't want to offend anyone and the heroine of the movie is a Pakistani, though they would be happy about that. We have done the best we could. We don't want to upset Pakistani viewers, they are a large part of our audience."
2. Actor Mahendra Sandhu made 17 films. He became a director but made only one film, Kisme Kitna Hai Dum, in 1992.
3. Mahendra Sandhu played CBI Agent Vinod in Videsh, another crime thriller with Shoma Anand as the lead actress.
4. While the 1977 film involved the kidnapping of a prominent Indian scientist, the new Agent Vinod begins with events spread across Moscow to Cape Town.
5. Kareena Kapoor features in her first-ever mujra for beau Saif's home production. Dil Mera Muft Ka has been choreographed by Saroj Khan.
6. Kareena's inspiration for the mujra has been the inimitable Rekha.
7. Locations for Agent Vinod include Marrakech in Morocco to Riga in Latvia to Karachi and London. Saif Ali Khan also shot for the film in Delhi, undoubtedly adding a desi twist to the spy movie. Some reports said the climax has been shot in Delhi. Wait for Friday to know if it is indeed so.
8. Problems have persisted for the film - it's been delayed leading to endless wisecracks online with many referring to it as Ageing Vinod.
Just last month, Saif was involved in a brawl at an upscale restaurant where he allegedly punched an NRI businessman, Iqbal Sharma. Saif was arrested on a complaint filed by Sharma and released on bail the same day. Later the actor apoligised for losing his cool, even as Salman Khan, whose sister-in-law Malaika Arora Khan was part of Saif group that evening, stood up in his support.
9. Days ago Iranian pop band Barobax slapped a case on the makers of the film alleging that portions of the song Pyaar Ki Pungi is lifted from the title track of their January 2010 album, Soosan Khanoom, registered under the Copyright Act in Canada. Later, Dinesh Vijan, co-producer of the movie, asserted that the song is an original track.
10. On Tuesday, Pakistan banned the film, reportedly for the reference made in the film to Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI. A disappointed Saif said: ""But we didn't want to offend anyone and the heroine of the movie is a Pakistani, though they would be happy about that. We have done the best we could. We don't want to upset Pakistani viewers, they are a large part of our audience."
