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Saif Ali Khan has had his hands full this year with Vishal Bhardwaj’s Rangoon, Raja Krishna Menon’s Chef and Nikkhil Advani’s production, Baazaar. While the actor is gearing up for his next release, Kaalakaandi, helmed by Akshat Verma, he is also currently shooting for his Netflix series ‘Sacred Games’. Saif Ali Khan has become theRead More

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After starring in Rangoon and Chef this year which didn’t do well at the box office, Saif Ali Khan has once again stepped up and will star in a very different role in his upcoming film, Kaalakaandi. The film marks the directorial debut of Delhi Belly writer Akshat Verma and stars Khan in a quirkyRead More

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Saif Ali Khan is one of those actors who continues to make films regardless of their fate at the box office. With two of his movies Rangoon and Chef failing to do business this year, Saif Ali Khan still thinks taking good roles is much better irrespective of the films’ fates. On Wednesday, Bollywood HungamaRead More

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It has turned out to be a horrendous run for Saif Ali Khan’s Chef as the first week collections are the lowest amongst films that had a similar budget and released in 2017. If the start was poor, the follow through wasn’t there either and that resulted in Week One numbers standing at a mereRead More

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The trade and industry is in a state of shock after the Saif Ali Khan-starrer Chef opened to disastrous collections at the box office. The film looked niche but there were still some expectations, considering Saif is a popular actor and the film is directed by Raja Krishna Menon, who charmed last year everyone withRead More

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Padmapriya Janakiraman, who is eagerly awaiting the release of her forthcoming film, Chef alongside Saif Ali Khan, recently paid a surprise visit to her dance guru Jayalakshmi Eshwar in New Delhi. The talented actress, who visited Delhi for the movie promotions of Chef, decided to extend her stay for a day so that she canRead More

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One did not expect a major opening for Saif Ali Khan‘s starrer Chef. In fact it was predicted that the opening numbers would be in the region of Rs. 3 to 4 crore. Note that this would have been a great number but still given the fact that the film wasn’t really seeing universal appealRead More

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The slice-of-life gastronomical film Chef released on October 6 across the globe. Starring Saif Ali Khan in a lead role, this Raja Krishna Menon directed film didn’t have an aggressive marketing strategy. But it did catch attention due to Saif’s presence, the delicious theme, the music, the fresh appeal and for being an urban familyRead More

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The main release of this week, Saif Ali Khan's Chef, failed to whet the appetite of the audience, opening barely...

Saif Ali Khan is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film, Chef — an official remake of American film Chef released in 2014. Playing the character of a New York based chef, Saif shares how he trained under a professional chef at a five star hotel for the role.

“I enjoyed it. My director wanted me to be comfortable in the kitchen. People usually cheat in movies with scenes of cutting and chopping, but we have done that well. But I found frying relatively easy, I am now an expert at it,” laughs Saif.

What attracted him to Chef was its modern take on relationships and its complexities. “It shows the relevant issue among urban middle classes and the upwardly mobile people who have work pressures and have trouble balancing family with work. The situation that the character is in, I found to be funny, touching, amusing, interesting. We have...

Saif Ali Khan's performance imbues Chef with more depth than the script has. Ultimately, director Raja Krishna Menon's film is too bumpy to leave you satiated.

Watch Sucharita Tyagi's Not A Movie Review of Chef, starring Saif Ali Khan. The movie is directed by Raja Krishna Menon.

There is a lot of teasing between the father and son, played with endearing casualness by Saif Ali Khan and Svar Kamble. Aptly, Chef teases our appetite for cinema. It’s a culinary delight— warm tender, inviting and appetizing– served up in a dainty dish with a dash of debonair but played-down posturing, like a master-chefRead More

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If your leading man is a divorcee and on top of that he is a smoker, the Censor Board frowns on your film. That’s what director Raja Krishna Menon discovered to his dismay and amusement. The critically acclaimed director of Airlift was pretty much shocked when told that his film Chef about a man separatedRead More

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Anupama Chopra caught up with Saif Ali Khan ahead of the release of his film, Chef. The actor discussed nepotism and the controversy his comments sparked off, his son Taimur being a star at 10-months and how he's trying to rediscover himself as an actor right now.

Though there are 8-9 films releasing this Friday, the only notable arrival across the country is Saif Ali Khan’s Chef. The film would be seeing a predominantly multiplex release and would also be finding its way at certain major single screens. The promos have given an impression of a classy entertainer in the offering thatRead More

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Saif Ali Khan is currently in Dubai promoting his next release Chef. Yesterday he did media activation with 1000 people at the Ibn Batuta mall where he gave away pizza boxes and signed Chef hats to a few lucky winners and people picked from the crowd in the food truck. Few know that apart fromRead More

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One of the films we are eagerly awaiting to see is Saif Ali Khan’s Chef, the official Indian adaption of the Hollywood hit film. Directed by Raja Krishnan Menon, Chef follows the journey of New Yorker, Roshan Kalra, a Michelin-starred culinary master who is forced to go back to India and reconnect with his roots and with his family, especially his 11-year old son, Armaan. Their relationship is bittersweet, and throughout the film Roshan finds out what it really means to be a good father.

Interestingly Saif Ali Khan, who is of course a father in real life, found in reel life the role of Roshan Kalra was surprisingly daunting.

“I find it difficult to connect with or like other’s kids. I only like mine,” he jokes, but then goes on to explain, “therefore, to play a father to another kid and be convincing while doing that was my biggest concern.

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Saif Ali Khan was supposed to return post Rangoon debacle with the dark comedy Kaalakaandi. While the film seemed to have suffered a crisis in terms of finance back-up, the actor is now gearing up for his next, Chef. He has his hopes pinned to the same considering that he hasn’t had a hit inRead More

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The forthcoming flick, Chef, starring Saif Ali Khan in the lead, helmed by Raja Krishna Menon celebrates life at its best. The makers dropped a new song that sees the actor brushing up on his relationship with his on-screen son.

Banjara composed by Raghu Dixit and written by Ankur Tewari, is sung by Vishal Dadlani.

The film is a unique tale of a journey that Roshan Kalra (played by Saif Ali Khan) undertakes to find out his true priorities and source of happiness. It’s a story of food and love and family and togetherness. And that of a father’s rediscovery of the bond with his son.

Watch the song video to Banjara here:

Starring Saif Ali Khan, Chef is directed by Raja Krishna Menon and releases in cinemas on 6th October 2017.

Watch how Saif Ali Khan mastered the art of cooking, in the first behind the scenes video from Chef. The actor did all his training in Jw Marriott, Mumbai.

Chef, presented by Gulshan Kumar in association with Abundantia Entertainment is a Bandra West Pictures Production and is Directed by Raja Krishna Menon. Chef is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Vikram Malhotra, Janani Ravichandran and Raja Krishna Menon, and is slated to release on 6th October, 2017.

Saif Ali Khan will soon be seen playing a Chef in Raja Krishna Menon’s next directorial venture. The trailer of the film has struck the right chord with the audience and movie connoisseurs have not only taken notice of the mouth-watering ‘foodgasm’ scenes and Saif’s culinary skills, but also his casual yet contemporary everyday Dad look!

Well, true to his chef-father avatar the actor’s clothes had to depict a convincing easy-going style and hence the designers took inspiration from urban dads in our country. The kind of look that Saif is sporting in the film is something that one will see young fathers wear on their day out with their kids, when they’re lounging around at leisure or on holidays.

Talking about the same, Raja says, “While styling Roshan Kalra (Saif Ali Khan), I wanted a very casual creative every day look so naturally, we veered...

Here’s presenting the new soulful song Tere Mere from Saif Ali Khan’s upcoming film, Chef also starring Padmapriya, Svar Kamble and Chandan Roy Sanyal.

The music has been composed by Amaal Mallik and the song has been sung by Armaan Mallik, lyrics by Rashmi Virag.

Chef, presented by Gulshan Kumar in association with Abundantia Entertainment is a Bandra West Pictures Production and is Directed by Raja Krishna Menon. Chef is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Vikram Malhotra, Janani Ravichandran and Raja Krishna Menon, and is slated to release on 6th October, 2017.

After the energetic song 'Shugal Laga Le' from Saif Ali Khan's Chef here comes it's second song...

Check out the first song from Saif Ali Khan starrer Chef...

After unveiling the first look of Saif Ali Khan in and as Chef the makers of the film released its first trailer today...

Based on the 2014 film, Chef, the film has Saif Ali Khan playing a workaholic chef and is directed by Raja Krishna Menon...

By now, we all know that Saif Ali Khan plays the protagonist in Raja Krishna Menon’s forthcoming drama Chef, a remake of the Hollywood film by the same name. This is the latest still of the film where we see the actor aptly portraying the ‘chef’. Saif Ali Khan plays a professional chef in theRead More

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Reports in sections of the press that Saif Ali Khan’s better-half Kareena Kapoor Khan makes a brief appearance in his latest starrer Chef had the film’s director, the highly regarded Raja Kirishna Menon keeling over with amusement. “Where do they get such false information from? Kareena Kapoor Khan doesn’t have any role to play inRead More

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Saif Ali Khan had been very busy with the promotions of his recently released film Rangoon.  The actor has resumed shooting for the same as well. Now, moving on to his next film Chef, Saif Ali Khan will be showcasing some of his cooking skills in this film. While the movie is still being filmed,Read More

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By the time Saif Ali Khan finishes shooting for Raja Krishna Menon’s Chef, he will be a master cuisine creator. Saif Ali Khan is being trained for the part by two of the most accomplished chefs of Mumbai. Shedding light on Saif’s rigorous training in the culinary arts, director Raja Krishna Menon says, “Basically, Saif was training for Indian cooking earlier. And, now, he’s trainingRead More

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On December 20, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan welcomed their baby boy at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. Both mother and baby are healthy and are back home. The happy parents have named their angel Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi.

Saif said in a statement earlier: “To have a child now completes us. There is something about a baby that is kind of half mine and half of hers, so, it’s a nice feeling.”

Saif Ali Khan is said to be taking a paternity leave till January next year which is when he will be working on his next movie Chef. While Kareena said she hopes to be back doing films soon.

From everyone at BollySpice we send all our love for the parents and their beautiful baby boy.

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Visiting the Golden Temple to seek blessings before a film’s release is a common occurrence. But shooting inside the sacred temple’s premises? Not so easy. So director Raja Krishna Menon (of Airlift fame) discovered when he landed at Amritsar to shoot with Saif Ali Khan for the film Chef. Apparently, the authorities had a toughRead More

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Saif Ali Khan is currently shooting for his travel based movie titled Chef, which has been inspired from the Hollywood movie by the same name. Since Chef’s theme revolved around food and travel, Saif Ali Khan has been travelling to several places in India for the shoot to feature several Indian cuisines. As a partRead More

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It is going to be an unusual clash at the Box Office next July. Reason being that Saif Ali Khan is bringing his Chef on the same day as Shraddha Kapoor’s Haseena – The Queen of Mumbai. “It was Haseena that was announced first. However, unveiling of plans surrounding Chef means it is going toRead More

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Saif Ali Khan is currently shooting for the Hindi remake of Hollywood film Chef in Kochi. As the film is about food and travel, it will be shot in the several places showcasing several cuisines. While shooting in Kochi, the shooting of Chef was stalled because of a local person’s displeasure. An Anglo-Indian, Auria Keri,Read More

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Agreement follows Amazon’s deal with India’s Dharma Productions earlier this week.

Days after announcing a deal with Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, Amazon has unveiled an exclusive SVoD deal with major Bollywood producer T-Series.

New releases from T-Series will stream on Amazon’s upcoming Indian SVoD platform within a few weeks of their theatrical release in India and ahead of their TV premiere.

New titles covered by the deal include Anubhav Sinha’s Tum Bin 2 [pictured]; Hansal Mehta’s Simran, starring Kangana Ranaut; Noor, starring Sonakshi Sinha; Chef, starring Saif Ali Khan; Raabta, starring Sushant Singh Rajput; Saket Chaudhary’s Hindi Medium, starring Irrfan Khan; and Vishal Pandya’s Wajah Tum Ho.

“T-Series is one of the leaders in the Indian entertainment industry. As a result of this partnership, Amazon Prime members will soon enjoy a wide variety of some of the best Bollywood movies in the country, all within...

On the back of Airlift success, B4U Motion Pictures wins the overseas distribution rights for T-Series and Abundantia’s next two productions Noor & Chef.

Abundantia is built with the vision of producing and supporting progressive, high-quality entertainment content and the company has made strong strides in its motion pictures business in a short span of time with films like Airlift and Baby.

Launching both B4U Movies and B4U Music in 1999, the B4U network has been labeled as the foremost Asian channel to pioneer Bollywood and Indian Entertainment worldwide. Currently with the number one music channel in India and a vast presence across 100 countries worldwide, B4U has created a brand with a strong momentum across multiple platforms including TV, Cinema, Press, New Media and Digital. B4U Motion Pictures has its footprints across all these countries and has delivered successes like Queen, Drishyam and Airlift recently.

Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan decided to join their friends at Koko – the newest place the city dines and parties at in Mumbai. Keenan Tham, Partner, Koko recommended dishes off the menu to Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan who were there with common friends. Bebo looked ravishing in a simple black dress and her pregnancy glow.

>Friday Night done right by the Khan’s with a visit to the latest hot spot in Kamala Mills – Koko by Ryan and Keenan Tham. Kareena Kapoor Khan who is expecting her first baby with Saif Ali Khan indulged in Asian delicacies like Hamachi Carpaccio, Crispy Pork Belly, Aromatic prawns and Chicken Longhai dimsums, while Saif Ali Khan sipped on Dirty Martini’s and Sake. It surely was a perfect evening with the best food, drinks and company.

Koko

Situated in the midst of a burgeoning corporate and lifestyle address in Mumbai,...

A day ago, Saif Ali Khan got admitted in a suburban hospital in Mumbai after the actor allegedly got this thumb injured during a shoot. However, after a day of treatment, he has now been discharged.

Saif Ali Khan was apparently shooting for his home production, to be directed by Akshat Sharma when he suffered this thumb injury. However, his sister and actress Soha Ali Khan stated that the actor was not only rushed immediately to the hospital (Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in suburban Mumbai) but also received medical aid at the right time. Though he had to undergo a minor surgery for the same, he is said to be now on the road of recovery.

In fact, Saif Ali Khan was spotted walking out of the hospital along with his wife Kareena Kapoor Khan and the rest of the team today morning. Last seen in Phantom, Saif Ali Khan will...