Cast: Nana Patekar, Bobby Deol, Shriya Saran, Khulbushan Kharbanda, Chunky Pandey, Jackie Shroff, Sachin Khedekar Director: Sangeeth Sivan Rating: * Everything that can go wrong in a film does in “Ek: The Power Of One”. Decades ago Raj Khosla had made “Bombai Ka Baboo” about a man who replaces the missing son of a simple rustic family and learns a few lessons on humanism.
Director: Deepa Mehta Cast: Preity Zinta, Vansh Bhardwaj Rating: **** When the first slap comes, it hits the audience hard across the face.
Cast: Vinay Pathak, Gul Panag, Anuj Chaudhri, Sid Makkar Director: Parvati Balagopalan Rating: **1/2 Let’s get one thing, er, straight. Homosexuality is finally out of the closet in our films. Well, sort of.
Director: Raja Menon Cast: Neseeruddin Shah, Vijay Raaz, Arjun Mathur, Tannishtha Chatterjee Rating: *** A mellow, mirthful and at times moving story of three north Indian migrants, “Barah Aana” may not be the ideal idea of an evening out or even an entertainer. But for a discerning audience, this tale of tantalizing possibilities brings in a sense of un-visited surprise.
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Raghuvir Yadav, Sanjay Suri, Tisca Arora, Paresh Rawal, Deepti Naval, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash Director: Nandita Das Rating: ****1/2 Nearly flawless, almost pitched perfectly to show the trauma of those who lose limbs, lives, love and faith in a communal carnage, Nandita Das’ directorial debut leaves you speechless. This is what cinema was always meant to be. But somewhere in its chequered course from information to entertainment, our movies began to feel like vaudeville entertainment meant more for diversion than intellectual stimulation.
Director: Anurag Kashyap Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Mahi Gill, Aditya Shrivastava, Raj Singh Chaudhury, Abhimanyu Singh, Ayesha Mohan, Jesse Randhawa Rating: *** The blossoming of Anurag Kashyap into a formidable storyteller who bends all rules of filmmaking acquires a startling new definition with “Gulaal”, which is about student unrest and intense politicking. “Gulaal” emblazons itself across the screen as a deft and brutal film on the culture of decadence in a typical north Indian setting. And it spares no room for niceties as it is a powerful portrait of a culture that thrives on bullying tactics.
Stories of the two IPL queens battling it out on the playing field and on television came to a sudden turning point this week when Shilpa Shetty extended an olive branch to her supposed rival in the IPL Preity Zinta.
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Preity Zinta was specially invited by the Prime Minister of New Zealand for a special evening reception along with the Indian cricket team at the Parliament of NZ.
Preity is right now in NZ to watch the cricket one-day series between India and New Zealand. But [...]
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After some flip-flop and a period of uncertainty around the release of the film, the D-day has been finalized. This Vashu Bhagnani film will now release on 1st May, around a month later than the earlier release date of 3rd April. This has been done after [...]
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Vipul Shah may be busy wrapping up his ambitious project London Dreams, but that hasn’t deterred him from announcing his next film. Vipul’s next is a film titled Action Replay and stars Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in lead roles.
While Akshay Kumar has been a favorite with Vipul Shah (Waqt-A Race Against Time, Aankhen, [...]
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They say that ‘Actors are simply born and just cannot be made’. Well, the man who is undoubtedly a living example of this is none other than our today’s Birthday boy Anupam Kher. He is the same man whose life’s philosophy of ‘Nothing in the world is useless as even a dead clock shows the [...]
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Writing scripts for animation movies is certainly different in comparison to live action movies. The dialogues and scripts cannot be overstretched and, hence, have to be as compressed short so that the whole story gets conveyed, says Girish Dhamija, who is writing the dialogues and also co-writing the script of his first animation feature Ab [...]
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Akshay Kumar, it seems, has taken a fancy for international singers of late. After Chandni Chowk To China, the actor has again teamed up with US-based desi hip-hop and rap star Bohemia for a peppy song and music video for his forthcoming film 8X10 Tasveer . [...]
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A 30-something Jai has the supernatural ability to delve into the past of the deceased by just touching any object that belongs to them. But with such gifts come responsibility, and Jai along with others sometimes doubts the credibility of his gift but ekes out a living all the same. Written and directed by Nagesh [...]
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She came, she shot, and she (apparently) broke quite a few hearts. If there has been one personality from the world of glamour who managed to divert media’s attention from Slumdog Millionaire to something else in the week gone by, it was Kylie Minogue. In the country for the shoot of a song and dance [...]
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Maker of Kya Kool Hain Hum and Apna Sapna Money Money, Sangeeth Sivan, is turning adventurous with the release of his action flick Ek – The Power of One . He has played around with the on-screen personalities of both his lead heroes in the film – Bobby Deol and Nana Patekar.
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You need to be criticized to survive, says Sajid Nadiadwala reacting to apprehensions about his leading lady Kareena Kapoor’s acting skills. In the second part of this exclusive interview with Bollywood Hungama, Sajid dares to give a frank and honest opinion about the Ashutosh Gowariker-Sajid Khan big fight at the recently held Star Screen Awards. [...]
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Kylie Minogue is not only shaking a leg for Blue, she’s also fallen in love with all things Indian including Bollywood and the sari.
Now it can be told. The reason why Akshay Kumar has been playing Kylie Minogue’s unofficial host in Mumbai is because she is a huge Akshay Kumar fan.
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Recently, while shooting for Ashutosh Gowarikar’s What’s Your Raashee, Priyanka spent her time with her cousins in Chicago.
Sighs Priyanka, It was more masti than work. We chose this time to shoot in Chicago because the script needed snow. And we got it in plenty. I loooooove the snow. [...]
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Post VICTORY, Harman Baweja’s career has touched rock bottom. Rumours of all kinds seem to be floating within the industry. A few days ago, a news-report stated that Sanjay Leela Bhansali was planning to replace Harman with John Abraham in CHENAB GANDHI. The ‘latest’ rumour doing the rounds is, Ashutosh Gowariker has shortened Harman’s role [...]
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The SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE kids are under a spotlight. After attending the Academy Awards and hobnobbing with the biggest and best names in Hollywood, the kids have been in the public eye ever since. While the world is still talking about them, Vashu Bhagnani has gone ahead and [...]
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Forbes magazine has just voted Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan the most bankable star from Bollywood in Hollywood.
And this, just when the desi media has been carping about her abbreviated role in her latest Hollywood release Pink Panther 2.
Aishwarya has been voted among Forbes’ Most Valuable Actors ahead of Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik [...]
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The Slumdog Millionaire (SM) producers – Fox-Searchlight now want to make a film with Irrfan in the lead.
Says Irrfan, The studio head Peter Rice came to me and said he’d now like to make a film with me in the lead. Do you know Peter Rice is responsible for the film’s release? Otherwise it was [...]
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There has been a bit of a health scare at the Roshan’s residence when on the evening of the Filmfare awards Hrithik’s mom fell ill. But now Pinky Roshan is well on the way to recovery. Informs Hrithik, She’s well now. Everything will be fine in time. But she’s okay now.
Hrithik regrets missing out on [...]
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Vipul Shah may be currently busy wrapping up his ambitious project London Dreams, but that hasn’t deterred him from announcing his next film. Vipul’s next stars Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in lead roles. Though there were rumors earlier that the film is titled Action Replay, Vipul is yet to confirm the final title. [...]
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The countdown to IIFA Awards 2009 has begun and what makes this year’s IIFA all the more special is the fact that it completes 10 years of awarding cinematic excellence. In other words, IIFA celebrates a Golden Decade in Indian Cinema.
The IIFA Awards 2009 Voting Weekend is scheduled to kick start this Friday, March 6, [...]
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The cute, bubbly and vivacious actress Ayesha Takia broke a million hearts as she tied the knot with long time boyfriend and restaurateur Farhan Azmi. The nikaah ceremony took place on Sunday, March 1, at Farhan’s Colaba restaurant and was attended by only close family and [...]
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Kunal Khemu: Sachin
Sachin is full of big ideas. The problem is implementation. And his well-rounded buddy, Zaramud is not helping either. Actually, he’s making it worse.
Soha Ali Khan: Pooja
One first look, she is your typical Delhi girl. And like Delhi girls go, they are either Pooja or Neha. But this vibrant Pooja has a [...]
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Little Zizou is a comedy for audiences of all ages and nationalities. It is the rambunctious and moving story of how two battling Bombay families finally come to terms. In the spirit of Federico Fellini, with just a hint of Mel Brooks, Little Zizou presents characters who show us the necessity of love and the [...]
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A 12 year old street kid named Municipality, while on the run from the reformatory, finds saves a two day old abandoned baby from becoming the prey to a ferocious street dog. Failing to find any takers among the people whom he deemed responsible and respectable, Municipality takes up the onus of finding the [...]
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