Fruit and Nut is a 2009 Bollywood comedy film directed by well-known comedian Kunal Vijaykar and starring Boman Irani, Cyrus Broacha, Dia Mirza and Mahesh Manjrekar in pivotal roles.^[1] The film was produced and distributed by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, and was released on October 23, 2009.^[1]

Synopsis[link]

Monica Gokhale (Dia Mirza) works for Bombay Heritage Society under Khandar Zala (Mahesh Manjrekar). Her plans of revamping the city's old buildings go against Maharaja Hari Holkar (Boman Irani). To stop Gokhale, Holkar has her kidnapped. However, she is rescued by Jolly Maker (Cyrus Broacha), an innocent and not so smart person. This not only brings fame to Maker, but also makes Holkar join hands with Zala to bomb the Secretariat building and recruit scientist Vishwas Atmavishwas Pinakin (Rajit Kapoor) for the same. Realizing their plan, Gokhale reveals her true identity and joins hands with Maker to stop the crooks from destroying the city.

Cast[link]

• Boman Irani as Hari Holkar
• Cyrus Broacha as Jolly Maker
• Dia Mirza as Monica 'Monu' M. Gokhale
• Mahesh Manjrekar as Khandar Zala
• Atmaram Bhende as Peter
• Rajit Kapoor as Vishwas Atmavishwas Pinakin (credited as Rajit Kapur)
• Vijay Patkar as Clint
• Surendra Rajan as Dhotilal (Holker's associate)
• Kishore Nadlaskar as Motilal (Holker's associate)
• Suhas Khandke as Mayor (credited as Suhas Khadke)
• Anisha Hinduja as Suman (a terrorist hired from Dubai)
• Sachin Nayak as Anna (a begger and undercover RAW agent)
• Bachan Pachera as Sulaiman (a terrorist hired from Dubai)
• Anil Mahtrey as Inspector Chaugle (credited as Anil Mhatre)

Release[link]

Critical reception[link]

The film received very negative reviews from critics. Most dismissed the film as "slapstick. Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM rated the film as 1.5 stars out of 5, and said, "Director Kunal Vijaykar tries hard to keep you entertained, but the writing is just not captivating. Sure, you do laugh at a few jokes/situations, but there are times when the jokes aren’t too funny and also tend to get repetitive." Anupama Chopra of NDTV gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, and stated, "Vijaykar and his actors are straining too hard to make you laugh at jokes that are simply too flimsy for film. It’s exhausting more than entertaining. See it if you must." Nikhat Kazmi of The Times Of India gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, and said, "Neither fruity nor nutty, this film ends up as a total squish. After an unfruitful watch, you feel completely let down." Kaveri Bamzai of India Today Group gave the film 1 star out of 5, and said, "Unfortunately, the writers seem to have exhausted themselves thinking of the funny names and the interesting premise. There is nothing beyond it, except for two senseless item songs, one each for Irani and Mirza to stretch their legs." Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, and stated, "Despite juvenile jokes like peeing on open electric wires, Fruit & Nut is mercifully not the sort of vulgar comedy we’ve got used to seeing at the cinemas these days." ^[2]

Box office[link]

Fruit and Nut failed to perform well at the box office, partly due to high-budget film like Blue and All The Best: Fun Begins, which had released the previous week. The film earned around 3-4 million in its first week, and was declared a flop/disaster.^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Fruit and Nut (film) at the Internet Movie Database
• Fruit and Nut at Oneindia.in
• Fruit and Nut at BharatMovies.com

Dairy Milk

A Dairy Milk Caramel bar.
Type	Confectionery
Owner	Cadbury (Kraft foods)
Country	United Kingdom
Introduced	1905
Related brands	List of Cadbury products
Markets	Worldwide
Website	cadburydairymilk.co.uk

Dairy Milk is a brand of milk chocolate currently manufactured by Cadbury; except in the United States where it is made by The Hershey Company. It was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1905 and now consists of a number of products. Every product in the Dairy Milk line is made with exclusively milk chocolate.

History[link]

In June 1905, Cadbury launched its first Dairy Milk bar, with a higher proportion of milk than previous chocolate bars, and it became the company's best selling product by 1913. George Cadbury Junior, responsible for the development of the bar, has said "All sorts of names were suggested: Highland Milk, Jersey and Dairy Maid. But when a customer’s daughter suggested Dairy Milk, the name stuck.".^[1] Fruit and Nut was introduced as part of the Dairy Milk line in 1928, soon followed by Whole Nut in 1933. By this point, Cadbury's was the brand leader in the United Kingdom.^[2] In 1928, Cadbury's introduced the "glass and a half" slogan to accompany the Dairy Milk bar, to advertise the bar's higher milk content.^[3]

Production[link]

Many of the newer Dairy Milk varieties are now manufactured in the Republic of Ireland, France and Poland. Aficionados^[who?] complain that the product no longer tastes as good and has lost its creamy texture. Dairy Milk itself is also manufactured in France and these products are sold in the UK. Several reformulated versions are sold in the United States as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not allow products that replace cocoa butter with vegetable fat to be called chocolate.

In Australia, Cadbury Dairy Milk was reformulated in 2006 and again in 2009, with the addition of palm oil as a replacement for some cocoa butter. This occurred in conjunction with a weight reduction of the standard block from 250g to 200g. There has been some outcry over the reduction in block size while the price stayed the same, although Cadbury states that the wholesale cost per gram should be the same and the retailers may not have adjusted their prices.^[4][5] In August 2009, Cadbury announced it would return to a Cocoa Butter only formula due to a poor response from consumers.^[6]

Dairy Milk is sold in the United States under the Cadbury label, but it is manufactured by The Hershey Company in Pennsylvania.

Fairtrade[link]

Cadbury secured Fairtrade certification for solid-chocolate Dairy Milk bars in the UK and Ireland in 2009, with the first bars bearing the Fairtrade Mark produced on 21 July 2009.^[7] The company has since announced plans to roll out Fairtrade-certified Dairy Milk bars in Australia and New Zealand (and by extension Japan) in spring 2010, and in Canada that summer.^[8]

Advertising[link]

Pre-2007 advertising[link]

Dairy Milk has always tried to keep a strong association with milk, with slogans such as "a glass and a half of full cream milk in every half pound" and advertisements that feature a glass of milk pouring out and forming the bar.

A campaign for the Fruit & Nut variety ("everyone's a fruit and nutcase") was particularly memorable and featured the writer, radio and television personality Frank Muir.

On 9 March 1976, American singer Neil Diamond performed a concert televised throughout Australia during which he did a humorous live commercial for Dairy Milk. This concert, including the ad as a bonus selection, was released on DVD on 1 July 2008.

In 2004, Cadbury started a series of television advertisements in the United Kingdom and Ireland featuring a human and an animal (representing the human's happiness) debating whether to eat one of a range of bars including Dairy Milk.

Glass and a Half Full Productions (2007-2011)[link]

In 2007, Cadbury launched a new advertising campaign entitled Gorilla, from a new in-house production company called "Glass And A Half Full Productions".^[9] The advert was premièred during the season finale of Big Brother 2007, and consists of a gorilla at a drum kit, drumming along to the Phil Collins song "In the Air Tonight".^[10] It is supposed to relate the joy of playing drums to that of eating a chocolate bar.^[11] The advert has now become extremely popular with over five million views on YouTube, and put the Phil Collins hit back into the UK charts.

On 28 March 2008, the second Dairy Milk advert produced by Glass and a Half Full Productions aired. The ad, entitled 'Trucks' features several trucks at night on an empty runway at a airport racing to the tune of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now".^[12] The ad campaign ran at the same time as the problems at Heathrow Terminal 5 with baggage handling; in the advert baggage was scattered across the runway.^[13]

On 5 September 2008, the Gorilla advert was relaunched with a new soundtrack – Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" – a reference to online mash-ups of the commercial. Similarly, a version of the truck advert appeared, using Bon Jovi's song "Livin' on a Prayer". Both remakes premiered once again during the finale of Big Brother 2008.^[14]

In January 2009, 'Eyebrows', the third advert in the series, was released, of two children moving their eyebrows up and down rapidly to a set electro-funk beat: "Don't Stop the Rock" by Freestyle.^[15]

In April 2010, a fourth advert aired, entitled 'Chocolate Charmer', containing a scientist mixing milk and chocolate to make a dairy milk bar to the tune of "The Only One I Know" by The Charlatans. This was subtly different to the others as it did not feature the 'A Glass and a Half Full Production' title card at the start.

In April 2011, a fifth advert aired, known as 'Charity Shop' or 'Dancing Clothes', featuring dancing clothes at a charity shop to the tune of "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" by Jermaine Stewart. This exposed the song to a new generation who downloaded the track and returned the song to the UK Top 40 so far reaching no. 29. This ad also marks the return of the Glass and a Half Full title card.

Glass and a Half Full Records[link]

A new 'record label' was launched as part of the Glass and a Half Full Productions campaign. The first song released was Zingolo featuring Tinny, to promote Fairtrade Dairy Milk. A full music video was made incorporating the 60 second ads, as well as a Facebook page.

Joyville (2012-present)[link]

The 2012 campaign focuses on an 'organisation made to bring joy to people'. Chocolate fountains were put in shopping centres such as Westfield London and the first ad focused on the relaunch of Dairy Milk Bubbly.

Recalls[link]

Cadbury was fined GB£1 million in July 2007 due to its products having been found to have been at risk of infection with salmonella (at a factory in Marlbrook, Herefordshire). They spent a further £30 million decontaminating the factory.^[16]

On 14 September 2007, Cadbury Schweppes investigated a manufacturing error over allergy warnings, recalling for the second time in two years thousands of chocolate bars. A printing mistake at the Keynsham factory resulted in the omission of nut allergy labels from 250g Dairy Milk Double Chocolate bars.

The 2008 Chinese milk scandal did not leave Cadbury unaffected, after many mainland Chinese manufactured Dairy Milk (trademark of Cadbury) were tainted with melamine. Melamine is a toxic chemical, particularly to infants, which may be safely used in plastic manufacturing. Recycled melamine typically cannot be used for plastic manufacturing hence is rather cheap to purchase ($100USD/tonne) and thus is often used in mainland Chinese dairy manufacturing to "trick" protein content testing methods to suggest a higher than actual protein level exists.^[17]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Cadbury UK

Boman Irani
Born	(1959-12-02) 2 December 1959 (age 52) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	2000–present
Religion	Zorastrian
Spouse	Zenobia
Website
www.bomanirani.com

Boman Irani (Hindustani pronunciation: [boːmaːn iːraːnːiː] Gujarati: બોમન ઇરાની; born 2 December 1959) is an Indian film and theatre actor and photographer. Irani began his acting career in theatre and moved to film in 2000 at the age of 44 with a role in Josh. Irani gained attention for his role in the 2003 comedy Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. He later appeared in Lage Raho Munna Bhai for which he received several IIFA award nominations and in 3 Idiots opposite Aamir Khan which earned him a Filmfare Award and a Star Screen Award for Best Actor in a Villainous Role. He is the host of Bollywood Ka Boss.

Early life[link]

Irani was born into a Parsi family on December 2, 1959, in Mumbai.

He finished his schooling from St. Mary's School. He is a graduate of Mithibai College in Mumbai. After his Polytechnic Diploma Course, he joined the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower and worked there as a waiter & room service staff.^[1] Thereafter, he joined his mother to run their ancestral bakery shop between Novelty and Apsara Cinema in South Mumbai.

At the same time he also established an Uncle Chips franchise in Dadar which ran until 1986 before shutting down owing to a loss.^[2]

Irani turned to photography in 1987 and continued until 1989. He is a professional photographer.

Career[link]

Theatre career[link]

Acting had been a passion to Boman even during school and college days inspired by his great friend Mahan Shri Chandan kr. Singh. He trained under acting coach Hansraj Siddhia from 1981 to 1983 and adopted professional acting methods inspired by Chandan Singh. Unlike national theatre, Irani preferred British theatre and he soon developed different accents.

Irani's mentor was Alyque Padamsee — the veteran theatre actor best known for his role as Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Gandhi. He was introduced to Padamsee by Shiamak Davar.^[1][3] Irani's earliest theatrical appearance was in Roshni where he played a cameo at the Regional Theatre in Versova. He followed this up with serials like Family Ties and Mahatma vs Gandhi, playing Gandhi after the role was turned down by Darshan Jariwala. His most illustrious play till date has been I am not Bajirao which ran for 10 years.^[1]

His busy film career has slowed his theatre career but, despite this, Irani continues to perform on stage whenever possible. He has over 40 plays to his credit — around 15 of them as the lead character.^[4]

Film career[link]

Irani started out in a number of advertisements like Fanta, Ceat and Krackjack biscuits ('As Mr. Jack of the Krack and Jack duo'^[5]).

It was with Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. that Irani became really popular. His role as J. Asthana earned him a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Comedian. Since then Irani has essayed many comedic, (Main Hoon Na, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Dostana, Khosla Ka Ghosla, Waqt: The Race Against Time, No Entry, 3 Idiots), supporting (Veer-Zaara, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara, Lakshya, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., Sorry Bhai!, Page 3, My Wife's Murder), and negative roles in (Don: The Chase Begins Again , Don 2: The King Is Back ,Eklavya),And a comedy role in Housefull 2 And He will also be in the upcoming film to be released in 2012 known as Tezz.

Irani also hosted the IIFA Awards together with actor Ritesh Deshmukh in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in Toronto.^[6] He has also been on Kaun Banega Crorepati with Sanjay Dutt. He is also considered as a remarkable actor these days.

Personal life[link]

Irani is a Parsi and follows the religion of Zoroastrianism. He speaks English, Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali and Marathi fluently.

Irani is a member of the Parsee Television Actors Community and is also its Secretary. This community includes others such as Smriti Zubin Irani and Cyrus Broacha.

He is married to Zenobia, with whom he has two sons, Danesh and Kayoze.

Awards[link]

• 2004 - Winner: Screen Weekly Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role; Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
• 2007 - Nominated: Filmfare Best Villain Award; Lage Raho Munnabhai
• 2010 - Winner: Star Screen Award for Best Villain; 3 Idiots
• 2010 - Winner: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award; 3 Idiots
• 2010 - Winner: IIFA Best Villain Award; 3 Idiots

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Boman Irani at the Internet Movie Database
• Farah Khan learning acting from Boman Irani
• Boman Irani’s son makes Bollywood debut

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Cyrus Broacha
Born	(1971-08-07) August 7, 1971 (age 40) Mumbai
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Spouse	Ayesha

Cyrus Broacha is a TV anchor, theatre personality, political satirist, columnist and author. He is also a stand-up comedian and prankster, best known for his show Bakra on MTV and his show The Week That Wasn't on CNN-IBN.

Early years[link]

Cyrus was born on August 7, 1971 to a Parsi father and Catholic mother. He studied at Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai and graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He was also a student of the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute (New York).

He started acting at the age of five with a school play The Emperor's New Clothes. Every year he performed and wrote for the school magazine, winning prizes for English and drama.

Career[link]

Cyrus Brocha, when only 12, acted in his first Hindi film Jalwa with Pankaj Parashar and starred alongside Naseeruddin Shah. The next year, he did his first professional play Brighton Beach Memoirs under the baton of Pearl Padamsee. The press hailed him as a child prodigy, and his career in acting took off. He continued acting in several plays, as theatre became his passion. He also came into the limelight during his college's Malhar festival. When he was in college, FM radio took off in India, and he gained a reputation as a radio jockey.

After graduation, Cyrus went to the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York where he studied acting for theatre. After returning to India, he acted in many commercials, television serials and plays. He also hosted shows and corporate events, while pursuing his passion of theatre with over 20 commercial theater productions.

MTV[link]

His popularity had MTV seeking him. As anchor with them, his reputation grew as he became MTV's main face. He has, till date, interviewed almost everyone in the Hindi film industry from Amitabh Bachchan to Shah Rukh Khan. His candid-camera show is MTV Bakra.

Host[link]

Cyrus has hosted many cricket shows including the popular Chevrolet Cricket Show on Ten Sports, and interviewed nearly every cricketer from every generation. Broacha anchors a news satire and comedy show, The Week That Wasn't on CNN-IBN, co-written and directed by friend Kunal Vijaykar. He presents the show Faking News on IBN 7, directed by friend Vijayakar. He led India's "Rock the Vote" campaign and represented MTV at the UNAIDS conference in Hanover, Germany. He moderated the Indian segment of "Be Heard - A Global Discussion With Colin Powell" in February 2002.^[1]

He appeared on Sony Entertainment Television's hit show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, India's Dancing with the Stars, and Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi Level 3 on Colors TV. He is also a columnist who writes for two leading national papers and two magazines. He hosts an annual show called Greenathon on NDTV.

Actor[link]

Cyrus Broacha has acted in the following Hindi movies:

• 99
• Little Zizou
• Fruit and Nut
• Mumbai Chakachak

Author[link]

In January 2010, he released his book Karl, Aaj aur Kal, a semi-autobiographical comedy about celebrities, Bollywood and politics. It traces the lives of two young best friends, Karl and Kunal, giving a humorous, tongue-in-cheek and witty account of how they make it big in Tinseltown. In 2011 he released another book, The Average Indian Male, which is a riotous account of the Indian male commonly referred to as the "aam aadmi".^[2]

Personal life[link]

Cyrus Broacha is married to Ayesha,^[3] a photographer. The couple have a son Mikhaail and a daughter Maya.^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• IMDB entry
• StarWeLove.com

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Dia Mirza
Born	Dia Handrich (1981-12-09) 9 December 1981 (age 30) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other names	Diya Mirza Diya Dee
Occupation	Actress, model, Film Producer
Years active	2001-present

Dia Mirza, (Bengali: দিয়া মির্জা; born on December 9, 1981) Dia Mirza Handrich nicknamed Dee^[1][2] is a Indian model and actress who appears in Bollywood films. The actress along with her boyfriend Sahil Sangha^[3] and good friend Zayed Khan has started her own production house, Born Free Entertainment,^[4] their first film Love Breakups Zindagi made under the banner was released on 7 October 2011.

Personal life and education[link]

Dia Mirza was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a German graphic and industrial fair designer, architect, artist and interior designer from Munich and her mother, Deepa is a Bengali Hindu who is an interior designer, landscaper and currently does social work as a volunteer to help alcoholics and addicts. They separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother married Ahmed Mirza, who died in 2004. She adopted her steppfather's surname and has recently adopted the last name of her birth-father, becoming Dia Mirza Handrich.

When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad district, she attended Vidyaranya High School for Boys And Girls, a school based on the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Khairtabad. She attended Stanley Junior College and completed her graduation in Bachelors of Arts from Andhra Pradesh Open University, Hyderabad.^[5]

Career[link]

Diya Mirza started working at the age of 16 years while continuing her college education. She worked as a marketing executive in a multi-media firm called Dr. Neeraj’s Multi media studio. She simultaneously modelled for the print and television advertisement campaigns of various brands such as Walls, Lipton, Emami etc.^[6] Mirza wanted to complete her graduation in Arts by correspondence, but decided to postpone it as it was becoming difficult to juggle between the Miss Asia Pacific competition, modeling assignments, travelling and training.

Miss Asia Pacific[link]

Diya Mirza was a second runner up at Femina Miss India, 2000 and was subsequently sent to Miss Asia Pacific, where she won. When she won the Miss Asia Pacific title on 3 December 2000 in Manila, Philippines, she became the first Indian contestant to win this title in 29 years.^[7] She completed the hat-trick of India winning international pageants in the year 2000; Lara Dutta won the Miss Universe title and Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World title in the same year.^[8]

Film career[link]

Diya Mirza made her cinematic debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R. Madhavan. Although the film was not a box office success, she appeared in Parineeta, a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production. She also starred in the music video, Kajara Mohabbat Wala alongside Sonu Nigam from his album Kajara Nite. The album contained multiple remixes, but was mainly advertised with the title song, sung by Sonu Nigam and Alisha Chinai.^[9]

She also appeared in the films Dus and Fight Club. She was the only female actor among the six key characters in the film, Acid Factory in which she played a femme fatale who is also a gangster.^[10]

Community Services[link]

Diya Mirza has been involved with Cancer Patients Aid Association, Spastics Society of India, and has worked extensively with government of Andhra Pradesh to spread HIV awareness, prevention of female foeticide, PETA, CRY and most recently the NDTV Greenathon – an effort to find tangible solutions against pollution and book, "Deke Dheko" by Radio Mirchi (a campaign initiated to collect books for underprivileged children). Her other hobbies include writing, reading, painting, pottery, horse riding and theater. She has written several articles for The Hindustan Times and various other publications as a guest writer. She is on the board of the Coca Cola foundation that works towards development in rural India.^[11] She recently adopted 2 cheetah cubs at the Prince of Wales zoological park in Lucknow.^[12]

Controversies[link]

Diya Mirza and fellow-actor Aamir Khan publicly expressed support for the Narmada Bachao Andolan, a group protesting the building of a dam. This aroused the ire of political activists from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who led a protest march against the actress.^[13] Pakistani and Indian news media spread that Shoaib Akhtar was going to marry Mirza, which she denied.^[14]

Filmography[link]