After Abhishek Bachchan who has lost 14 kgs to look like Mani Ratnam’s on -the-run fugitive in his new film, it’s Mani’s earlier favourite Madhavan who is required to undergo a physical melting-down.
And it’s not for the love of Mani. It’s for Raj Kumar Hirani.
Apparently, Hirani has asked all his three leading men Aamir [...]
Sanjay Dutt who has lately been out of the country holidaying with his wife in New Zealand heads for Kashmir to shoot for Rahul Dholakia’s Lamhaa under the heaviest ‘bandobast’ ever provided to any Indian actor for shooting in any part of the world.
Producer Bunty Walia was under serious discussions with every security channel in [...]
Violently ill and shivering with the cold at the premiere of her first international film, Love Has No Language, in Auckland on Nov 5, Celina Jaitley rubbed shoulders with the creme de la creme of New Zealand. And that too in the pouring rain.
“It was the grandest premiere I ever attended,” gushes Celina. Days after [...]
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Being “green”, living healthy, embracing compassion and looking fabulous is the current rage in tinsel-town, as more and more celebrities are finally figuring out that the best way to make all these things a part of their daily lives is by going vegetarian.
PetaDishoom -PETA (People for Ethical Treatment [...]
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The promos of UTV Motion Pictures’ Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! have just hit the screens and by the looks of it, this one promises to be yet another light-hearted entertainer. The film starring Abhay Deol (as Lucky), Neetu Chandra and Paresh Rawal in lead roles is [...]
Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi has been chosen for the prestigious Bharat Ratna award (the highest civilian award in the country). What makes this achievement all the more special is the fact that after a gap of seven years, the Government has selected a performing artist for this highest award. Prior to Pandit [...]
The general trend is that ‘It’s always the man who wants to be God. But as far as this man is concerned, it’s the Gods who want to be him’, for he is a man who a package deal of all the possible talents ever! It won’t be a surprise to know that even Gods [...]
Eesha Koppikhar believes that there is a price to pay when you work for a Rajshri Production’s film. The price she paid was that it turned out to be her best ever role she’s been waiting for since she began her acting career. The slender and sensuous actress illustrates the physical and mental wear and [...]
It was as natural as rain, as predictable as the entertainment taxes that, one day Arjun Rampal would win over his audiences. What was surprising was that when it happened, in 2006, after the release of Don, came an award winning performance in 2007 – Om Shanti Om. Come September 2008, Rock On created a [...]
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Even as Preity Zinta’s character in Samir Karnik’s Heroes garners rave reviews it comes as a surprise to know that the role of the brave and dignified war widow is modelled on Preity’s mother, Neelu Zinta.
Not only that, once Preity signed on, she worked for days on her [...]
Nobility as a quality in cinema seems almost the hallmark of Sooraj Barjatya’s cinema. Especially during these times of stress, cynicism and violence, any film that doesn’t belch out venomous fumes is worthy of applause.
But wait. Before we cheer Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi for walking the straight and narrow road, let’s be warned. The route [...]
What’s up, ‘dock’? You have to salute the Urmila-Dutt dinner on the dock in the second-half of this socially relevant in parts, emotionally elevating morality…tale where Sanjay Dutt, gloriously goofy uncertain and endearing, proposes to the object of his adoration.
The sequence shows great emotional control, comic timing and dramatic subtlety…It builds up splendidly into [...]
Not many directors get a chance to direct their first film for a really reputed and well-known production house. However, debutant director Kaushik Ghatak is an exception as he has just directed his first film Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi for Rajshri Productions Pvt. Ltd. Having started his career in the television industry and directed numerous [...]
Recently, Farah Khan conducted a Masterclass on Bollywood at London. This was as a follow up to the reception she had where The Mayfair Media Club celebrated her award winning career as a Film Director and Choreographer. Farah has fond memories about the event and the interview she gave, especially since it was indeed a [...]
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The single-minded focus on Kareena in the publicity and marketing has taken its toll on the other performers in what was meant to be an ensemble cast.
Anjana Sukhani who plays Tusshar Kapoor’s romantic interest does feel the lack of visibility. “I’m nowhere to be seen in the Golmaal [...]
The release schedule of several biggies has undergone a change. Some have been postponed, some preponed. Let’s have a look… ALADIN was initially meant to release on December 25 [Christmas], the same day as GHAJINI strikes. But the visual effects of ALADIN are yet to be completed, hence the film will arrive next year. Eros [...]
What do you call a girl who is not just ‘Bindaas’ but also redefines the term in her own way! Well, she is none other than Eesha Koppikhar, the girl with the million dollar smile and is also the most prized possession of Bollywood. All it took for her is a mere photoshoot by the [...]
The Republic Day weekend next year [23rd January] had got crowded, what with Anil Kapoor’s laughathon SHORTKUT, Mukesh Bhatt’s eerie RAAZ – THE MYSTERY CONTINUES and Zoya Akhtar’s directorial debut LUCK BY CHANCE, a take on the Mumbai film industry, getting confirmed for that week.
But there seems to be a slight change. LUCK BY [...]
After giving his mandatory cameo appearance a skip in his last directorial outing Black & White, Subhash Ghai is back at it.
He initially decided not to appear in his new opus Yuvvraaj. But apparently his friends from the film’s cast persuaded him to exercise his lucky-mascot status.
In a song that was shot during Diwali, [...]
Blessed was the day when he embraced the silver screen
By portraying life which the human race always seen
B.R.Chopra was the name of that gentle soul
Who helped many a star score millions of goal!
For all those who think that it’s a typing mistake that we have addressed the legendary as ‘was’ instead of ‘is’, then, [...]
Arjun Rampal is going through the best phase of his career. Post OM SHANTI OM, ROCK ON!! and THE LAST LEAR [which won him accolades for his fine performance], Arjun feels that film-makers are finally taking him seriously. “I was so disheartened in the intervening period. I started dreading Fridays at one point. Everything boils [...]
Aah, now this one is a huge film. For a 10 year old who may still be wondering what’s the fuss about the coming together of Shah Rukh Khan and Aditya Chopra, a trip to Maratha Mandir, Mumbai, is mandatory to check out Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge which is still running there for 13 uninterrupted [...]
With the stock markets crashing, the world economy in a mess and a global recession taking place, there is one man who comes as a saviour – Suneil Shetty. In the times when money is termed sexier than sex, EMI (Easy Monthly Installments) comes with all the solutions to it. Produced by Anna, as he [...]
Fashion has made its statement – loud and clear, and so has Madhur Bhandarkar. It’s a hit, and to celebrate the films success, UTV, Madhur Bhandarkar and his three glamorous actresses – Priyanka, Mugdha and Kangna are heading to Taj Lands End in Mumbai today. Now this will be one hell of a party where [...]
Govinda is about to switch lanes, drastically. Having made a career out of comic roles, he’s for the moment bidding adieu to laughter to embrace action. The preparation has started in all seriousness. Govinda has got himself a martial arts and physical trainer and is working on his physique and agility.
Says the comic virtuoso, “I’ve [...]
If you were to ask the beautiful and the curvaceous Priyanka Chopra a word that ‘binds’ Friendship, Company, Companionship, Dosti, Mitr etc…then, we are sure that she will simply rattle it out as ‘Dostana’, which also happens to be the name of her forthcoming film. And Miss Chopra is leaving no stone unturned when it [...]
One hit young and Prachi Desai is already in a controversy. First she’s said to have miffed her mentor Ekta Kapoor by refusing to do her film. Now it’s the Bhatts whom Prachi politely turned down, opting out of their much talked-about Jashn. Apparently, Abbas-Mustan who are working with Prachi on her second film Life [...]
The cast and crew of Farhan Akhtar’s debut film as an actor, Rock On, continues to celebrate the success of the film even two months after the film’s release. In fact, recently the band members of ‘Magik’ namely Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Luke Kenny and Purab Kohli even performed at the ‘Rock On for Humanity’ [...]
Post HANUMAN, a majority of animation films may’ve sunk at the box-office, but Karan Johar sounds least perturbed. He continues to feel that there is immense scope for animation movies in India. “Notwithstanding the recent setbacks, I strongly feel that animation films have tremendous scope in India,” Karan tells me.
He’s gung-ho about KOOCHIE KOOCHIE HOTA [...]
While shooting London Dreams in London, Vipul quietly finished the script for his next film starring Akshay Kumar which he starts in February 2009
Says Vipul from Goa where he’s holidaying with his family, “After doing Waqt, Namastey London and Singh Is Kinng, we had to do something that would take us into another zone. My [...]