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"Govinda is nothing like what he was in the past" – Ganesh Acharya

"Govinda is nothing like what he was in the past" – Ganesh Acharya

They say that you cannot sail in two boats, because there’s a constant fear of drowning. Well, the ace choreographer Farah Khan is one such person who proved it wrong and how! Well, joining the bandwagon is yet another choreographer (read ‘ace choreographer), who took the proverbial directorial plunge with the Manoj Bajpai-Juhi Chawla starrer [...]

Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam

Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam

Now this one may turn out to be a laugh-riot. And looking at the likes
of Mallika Sherawat, Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon and Paresh Rawal coming together on a common platform for a fun ride, Maan Gaye Mughall E Azam promises a whacky soundtrack. However, there are slight apprehensions too. Anu Malik has been inconsistent [...]

''Money Hai Toh Honey Hai is not a brutal comedy'' – Hansika Motwani

''Money Hai Toh Honey Hai is not a brutal comedy'' – Hansika Motwani

Gorgeous, sensuous, sultry are just some of the terms that one would associate with the girl-turned-heroine Hansika Motwani, for whom the silver screen is simply the second home (or is it first?). The testimonies to her success can be gauged by the numerous awards that she has got, including the prestigious Filmfare Award for the [...]

"I am not in charge of casting for Bachna Ae Haseeno" – Deepika Padukone

"I am not in charge of casting for Bachna Ae Haseeno" – Deepika Padukone

You can’t be a film old and then get so lucky. First film with SRK’s production, Red Chillies and second with Yash Raj Films. I guess by the time Deepika is ten films old; she would have worked with Indian Film Industry’s top ten production houses. And that is exactly where the problem lies. While [...]

"I like the emotional scene between me and Vidya during pre-climax" – Shahid Kapoor

"I like the emotional scene between me and Vidya during pre-climax" – Shahid Kapoor

He is Bollywood’s very own Prince Charming with the most pleasant smile, a smile that simply lightens and enlightens anybody’s day! He is none other than Shahid Kapoor, whose ubber boyish charm in his debut film Ishq Vishk took everyone by storm. And this euphoria continues with his latest release Kismat Konnection, a film in [...]

Guess Who!

Guess Who!

We are sure that your weekend must have been really good (read ‘best’). Well, after the lazy weekend, here comes your dose of mind-refresher, the quintessential something that you need to have a great week ahead! We are indeed talking about your favorite game of ‘Guess Who’, only on your favourite film website, Bollywood Hungama! [...]

Subhash K Jha speaks about Money Hai Toh Honey Hai

Subhash K Jha speaks about Money Hai Toh Honey Hai

Don’t groan. Give this a chance. It won’t make you dance. But hey Money Hai Toh Honey Hai has a certain sincerity of purpose and a rather sturdy narrative mode that serves the comic purpose until interval. That’s when the pace slackens, the interest-level droops and the chuckles drop drastically to make way for a [...]

Wishing Sanjay Dutt a Happy Birthday

Wishing Sanjay Dutt a Happy Birthday

He is the son of the most illustrious parents one can ever get, parents (legendary Sunil Dutt and Nargis Dutt) who were (and will forever remain) the torchbearers of Bollywood. He is none other than Sanjay Dutt aka Sanju who is also fondly called as ‘Munnabhai’, after his smash hit films Munnabhai MBBS and Lage [...]

Unforgettable Diary: Day 8 – When Madhuri-Ash reunited for 'Dola Re Dola'

Unforgettable Diary: Day 8 – When Madhuri-Ash reunited for 'Dola Re Dola'

- The BIG evening arrived. The evening of 26th July. The evening when Madhuri announced loud and clear, yet again, that she is THE lady when it comes to making hearts ‘dhak dhak’ go all over again. Worldwide. And she did that in style. Making her debut in ‘Unforgettable’ at Los Angeles, she made a [...]

Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots goes on floors

Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots goes on floors

Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Madhavan and Boman Irani has gone on floors. The film is a feel good family entertainer. It has the same warmth, simplicity and fun associated with Raju Hirani’s films.
Hirani doesn’t want to give away the look of his protagonists right now, which [...]

"SRK never created problems for Dulha Mil Gaya" – Viveck Vaswani

"SRK never created problems for Dulha Mil Gaya" – Viveck Vaswani

Viveck Vaswani is a happy man. His Dulha Mil Gaya, which has been in the making for around 1 and half years now, is fast nearing the finishing mark. The film would be more than 90% through this week as a marathon 20 day schedule comes to a close. In fact in the days gone [...]

Hijack

Hijack

Music to be composed for an action film is always a tricky business. Not many, except for perhaps Sanjay Gupta, have perfected this art when it comes to movies being made today. So, with expectations of a theme track, a hot item number and a couple of melodious number, one plays on Hijack which promises [...]

The Unforgettable Tour Diary: Day 9 – Abhishek, Riteish, Vishal and Shekhar climb the speakers

The Unforgettable Tour Diary: Day 9 – Abhishek, Riteish, Vishal and Shekhar climb the speakers

- Within 24 hours of rocking the show at LA, the stars were already on the job in front of San Francisco crowds. With back to back shows over the weekend, fatigue was bound to set in but the moment lights went on and thousands of fans screamed in unison, it was business as usual [...]

Sajid Khan confirms the cast of 'House Full'

Sajid Khan confirms the cast of 'House Full'

What’s the final star cast of Sajid Khan’s HOUSE FULL, his next venture after the immensely successful HEYY BABYY? In between there was talk that Amitabh Bachchan was expected to head the cast of this multi-starrer, which stars Akshay Kumar in the lead. Besides, Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone were being considered.
“I had never [...]

Harman Baweja plays cricket with Ranji players in Jodhpur

Harman Baweja plays cricket with Ranji players in Jodhpur

If Harman has the pluck to play cricket with the champs, it’s because national cricketer Praveen Amre has been taken on as the expert consultant in Victory to make sure Harman gets it right, each time.
Making a cricket movie isn’t easy. So, Harman Baweja has discovered while shooting for debutant director Ajit Pal’s Victory. [...]

Sanjay Dutt to star in Milan Luthria's Once Upon A Time In Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt to star in Milan Luthria's Once Upon A Time In Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt, who celebrates his birthday today, is all set to play a gangster one more time. It’s meant to be the ultimate comprehensive look-see at Mumbai’s underworld. And who better equipped to star in it than Sanjay Dutt who has acted in more films on the underworld than Ram Gopal Varma has directed?
The whole [...]

Surprises galore with 'Kinng'

Surprises galore with 'Kinng'

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That SINGH IS KINNG is eagerly anticipated by people within and outside the industry can be gauged by the fact that a number of producers are keen to launch/include the promo of their films with SINGH IS KINNG, which opens worldwide on August 8.
Since SINGH IS KINNG [...]

Asin bows out of Akshay Kumar's film

Asin bows out of Akshay Kumar's film

It seems South India’s Next Best Thing Asin is determined to take her success-quotient to a high a level in Bollywood as it is in Tamil and Telugu cinema. No false moves no slipups for the stunning sensation from the South who is being touted as a blend of Hema Malini and Rekha.
Just recently, Asin [...]

"I just went blank" – Abhishek Bachchan

"I just went blank" – Abhishek Bachchan

It’s amazing what a power of three can do to a film and the Tour. Yes, I am talking about the Bachchan family, Amitabh, Abhishek, and Aishwarya. First it was their film Sarkar Raj that grossed almost £400,000 in the U.K. and now it’s their Unforgettable Tour which is selling like hot cakes in America. [...]

Mallika turns clapper-girl on the sets of Ugly Aur Pagli

Mallika turns clapper-girl on the sets of Ugly Aur Pagli

Trust Madame Mallika Sherawat to do the unthinkable! The incident we are referring to took place on the sets of Mallika’s forthcoming film Ugly Aur Pagli.
It so happened that the team of Ugly Aur Pagli was shooting late in the night. However, the clapper-boy had to leave for the day. So to not let the [...]

Taare Zameen Par DVD launch in a complete Masti Ki Paathshala

Taare Zameen Par DVD launch in a complete Masti Ki Paathshala

Attending the DVD launch of Taare Zameen Par literally took me back to my school days. After all, I was seated in the midst of some 200 odd children dressed in their crisp white uniform at the Green Lawns High School, Mumbai. The school which has given India one of the youngest and brightest actors- [...]

Subhash K Jha speaks about Mission Istaanbul

Subhash K Jha speaks about Mission Istaanbul

Ouch! It cuts like a knife. The editor’s scissors snips and snaps through the masterly material on international terrorism demonstrating a tailor’s tight command over size and measurement. In fact, editor Rajesh Singh’s work is so exemplary in the first-half, you sort of brace yourself for a grander pow-wow in the second-half.
Alas, the pace grace [...]

The Unforgettable Tour Diary: Day 6 – Time for some 'dhak dhak' to kick start!

The Unforgettable Tour Diary: Day 6 – Time for some 'dhak dhak' to kick start!

-It was BIG so far, it is bound to be BIGGER from here on. ‘Dhak Dhak’ Queen Madhuri Dixit has joined the show and stakes have gone further up from here. There would be seven shows in USA over next few days and as is pretty much expected by now (looking at the response in [...]

Akshay fights with WWE wrestlers in Singh Is Kinng

Akshay fights with WWE wrestlers in Singh Is Kinng

On the small screen, Akshay ‘Khiladi’ Kumar may be seen encouraging 13 beautiful ladies to do some daredevil stunts in his new reality show Fear Factor- Khatron Ke Khiladi. However, when it comes to the big screen, Akki himself would be seen doing some really brave stunts and action scenes in his forthcoming release Singh [...]

Mukhbiir

Mukhbiir

Frankly, how much expectation can one really have from the music of a film which deals with the journey of an informer? Even though the film Mukhbiir has youngsters like Sameer Dattani and Raima Sen, at the very outset one knows that this one won’t really boast of a conventional soundtrack.
So would this Mani [...]

God Tussi Great Ho

God Tussi Great Ho

Together, Salman Khan and Sajid-Wajid have delivered multiple hits in films like Partner, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, Tere Naam, Hum Tumhare Hai Sanam, Tumko Na Bhool Payenge, Hello Brother and Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya. With their 10 year association continuing to go strong, the trio now comes together for God Tussi Great Ho which also [...]

C Kkompany

C Kkompany

Suddenly Tusshar Kapoor seems to be seen a lot more than what he used to till a few years back. He began the year with a guest appearance in Halla Bol, followed it up with an item song ‘Manzar’ in Sunday, tasted success with One Two Three and now would be seen in C Kkompany. [...]

Ishq Ho Gaya Mamu

Ishq Ho Gaya Mamu

A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. That’s the magic of love, and the same magic forces a guy to marry the whole girl just because he had liked her tiny dimple. Well, Ishq Ho Gaya Mamu is all about the magic of love with a pinch of madness, becauseâ?¦as they say [...]

Chamku

Chamku

Inspired from real life incidents, the film depicts the journey of a male Naxalite from the southern interiors of Bihar, tutored under a covert governmental program & trained to kill. Chandramohan Singh urf CHAMKU. This is his story set in real time. A brutal past Kill – or – be – killed fights. Political assassinations, [...]

Chandni Chowk To China

Chandni Chowk To China

Chandni Chowk To China, the first ever Bollywood Kungfu comedy takes you on a madcap Journey from the by-lanes of Chandni Chowk in Delhi, to Shanghai, the Great Wall and rural China, marrying in its wake hilarious gags, breathtaking action, spectacular locations, and heart stirring emotions.
Our protagonist Sidhu (Akshay Kumar) is the lowest on [...]