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Blue Eiffel tower in London Dreams

Blue Eiffel tower in London Dreams

Vipul Shah’s forthcoming magnum opus London Dreams starring Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and Asin will be the first ever film to feature a blue-colored lit Eiffel Tower. In case you are wondering if the Eiffel Tower has actually been painted in blue, let us tell you that the blue colour is courtesy the special lighting [...]

Wishing Lara Dutta a very happy Birthday

Wishing Lara Dutta a very happy Birthday

“We think we are human beings undergoing a temporary spiritual experience…what we forget, is that we are actually spiritual beings undergoing a temporary human experience”
The above mentioned line might just pass off as ‘mere words’ to many, but for today’s Birthday girl Lara Dutta, it is the way of life, for she is [...]

SRK – Salman to clash?

SRK – Salman to clash?

If all goes well, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan will come face to face on July 3. The clash is purely professional, what with their respective films – SRK’s DULHA MIL GAYA and Salman’s WANTED – hitting the screens on that Friday.
DULHA MIL GAYA producer Viveck Vaswani is eyeing 3rd July because “July 4 [...]

Mani Ratnam hospitalized

Mani Ratnam hospitalized

The highly respected and renowned film director Mani Ratnam, was admitted in a hospital on Tuesday night after he complained of breathing problems and discomfort in his chest. The film director is currently recuperating and would be allowed to resume work after resting for a couple of days. Nikhil Murugan, Mani’s spokesman, said “Doctors said [...]

Anushka Sharma loses chance to do Arundhati remake

Anushka Sharma loses chance to do Arundhati remake

It’s touted as the biggest hit in the history of Telugu cinema. And now Arundhati is all set to be remade into Hindi.
Many producers including Ghajini’s Madhu Mantena were vying for the Hindi remake rights. But the producer of the Telugu version M. Shyam Prasad Reddy has decided to remake the film in Hindi.
Sonu [...]

T-Series issues legal notice to Delhi based Ad agency

T-Series issues legal notice to Delhi based Ad agency

In a world where everything has been done and yet again redone, it’s hard to find or even come up with an original. However, with the advent of the remix version of various tracks the original composers of songs are increasingly being pushed aside with the remixed version often doing better than the original composition.
This [...]

Asin wins an international award for Dasavathaaram

Asin wins an international award for Dasavathaaram

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She is the biggest sensation down south and her Bollywood debut will go down in history as one of the biggest and most successful films ever. She is none other than Asin. This lass after making her Hindi film debut with Ghajini opposite Aamir Khan, has been in [...]

Jiah Khan signs a 3-film deal with Madhu Mantena & 2-film deal with UTV

Jiah Khan signs a 3-film deal with Madhu Mantena & 2-film deal with UTV

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Incensed by the outrageous ouster of Jiah Khan from Ken Ghosh’s Yahoo, the Ghajini producer Madhu Mantena has immediately signed Jiah for a 3-film deal.
“I think I owe her that,” says Madhu Mantena, “Especially after the way she has been treated.”
Jiah who has so far been very [...]

Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor to star in Siddharth Anand's next

Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor to star in Siddharth Anand's next

It looks like the seemingly never-say-die friendship between director Siddharth Anand and Saif Ali Khan is for all practical purposes, over.
After their two films together Salaam Namaste and Ta Ra Rum Pum, the two had sworn to work together again… and again. But Ta Ra Rum Pum didn’t do well. And Siddharth quickly got gravitated [...]

Randeep Hooda wins silver medal at the prestigious Delhi Horse Show

Randeep Hooda wins silver medal at the prestigious Delhi Horse Show

Randeep Hooda has taken a sabbatical from acting to focus on his other passion, horses.
And the passion has paid off. Last week at the prestigious ‘Delhi Horse Show’ Randeep and his two horses Ranji and Johnny Walker won a silver medal in the national dressage category which is considered by equestrians to be the toughest [...]

Kambakkht Ishq

Kambakkht Ishq

Characters:
Viraj (Akshay Kumar)
Viraj is a successful Hollywood stuntman who loves women but thinks that commitment and marriage are words that should not exist in the dictionary. He gets paid the big bucks for doing what the heroes can’t do and lives a lavish life. Women, parties, and the adrenalin rush during a stunt…these are [...]

MIPTV 2009 at Cannes: Putting a perspective to the moaning

MIPTV 2009 at Cannes: Putting a perspective to the moaning

TANUJ GARG relays his thoughts after attending the world’s biggest market for audio-visual content for the third consecutive year
The first half of the year is inordinately testing for me, as I prepare for two of the biggest industry events in Cannes – MIPTV (April) and Marche Du Film (May).
The 2009 edition of MIPTV, [...]

Anurag Kashyap on the cover of 'andpersand'

Anurag Kashyap on the cover of 'andpersand'

He is someone who dared to be ‘different’ in true sense of the word, for he is none other than Anurag Kashyap, the ‘new age’ filmmaker who, through his films, dared to go the zara hat ke way.
Anurag, the man who gave the cinegoers, films like Black Friday, No Smoking, Gulaal and the much [...]

Spacetoon India announces animation IP Fafa & Juno

Spacetoon India announces animation IP Fafa & Juno

Kids Animation India, the publishing and merchandising division of Spacetoon India has announced the launch of its first intellectual property, Fafa & Juno. This fun loving cartoon girl and panda duo have been created in-house with the objective of appealing to audiences across all global demographics such as the Middle East and South East Asia. [...]

Aamir – SRK solidarity: This was no tamasha!

Aamir – SRK solidarity: This was no tamasha!

I am shocked at the kind of stories a section of the film media cooks up to attract eyeballs, at times. Everyone knows that Aamir and SRK lent their complete and absolute support to the producers/distributors on the multiplex issue. But a section of the media has been discussing: [i] Who delivered a ‘better speech’, [...]

Sonakshi Sinha to debut opposite Salman Khan in Arbaaz Khan's production

Sonakshi Sinha to debut opposite Salman Khan in Arbaaz Khan's production

Sonakshi Sinha, daughter of yesteryear’s actor Shatrughan Sinha, is all set to make her entry into showbiz. The young actress must indeed be feeling on top
of the world as she gets to share screen space with none other than Salman Khan in her very first film.
The film in question (as yet untitled) is directed [...]

"My next film is a biography – Rakta Charitra" – Ram Gopal Varma

"My next film is a biography – Rakta Charitra" – Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma is continuing to make films in heap. In 2008, he made a hat trick with Sarkar Raj, Contract and Phoonk. And now in 2009, he has completed shooting Agyaat, his India 24/7 (earlier titled Rann) is already underway while plans have been formalized to kick start the shoot of yet another film [...]

Sajid Khan's special rendezvous with Sylvester Stallone and Akshay Kumar

Sajid Khan's special rendezvous with Sylvester Stallone and Akshay Kumar

In the past, Sajid Khan has interviewed some of the biggest stars in Bollywood on his popular chat show ‘Sajid’s Superstars’. However, never in his wildest dreams would he have thought that one day he would get to have a rendezvous with one of Hollywood’s biggest action stars. Yes…we are talking about none other than [...]

"My son Rohit's film is not postponed" – David Dhawan

"My son Rohit's film is not postponed" – David Dhawan

Even as David Dhawan prepares to shoot the next schedule of his Rensil D’Silva penned prison-break tale Hook Ya Crook rumours abound that David Dhawan’s son Rohit’s directorial debut has been delayed indefinitely.
“That isn’t true,” clarifies David, “Rohit film was meant to start at the end of the year or January 2010. The schedule is [...]

Aamir offered to get single screen's toilets cleaned for industry's sake

Aamir offered to get single screen's toilets cleaned for industry's sake

In demonstration of solidarity for the producers who are united in their battle with the multiplexes, Aamir Khan has now gone a step ahead. He has even offered to clean toilets in single screen theaters and make them hygienic enough for audiences to come in.
This drastic step comes in the light of current situation [...]

'A Wednesday' prequel now?

'A Wednesday' prequel now?

If there’s one film of 2008 that continues to be a hot favourite of most moviegoers even today, its debutante director Neeraj Pandey’s A WEDNESDAY. The film was a major critical and commercial success, winning accolades and box-office rewards simultaneously.
The latest is, the makers are planning to make a prequel of this brilliant film. ”You’ve [...]

Nandana Sen denied an international project as it required her to go topless

Nandana Sen denied an international project as it required her to go topless

After the controversial nude scenes in Ketan Mehta’s Rang Rasiya, Nandana Sen got another highly-prestigious offer that required her to go topless.
Italian filmmaker Italo Spinelli offered Nandana the lead of a tribal woman who’s surreptitiously shot nude by a photographer.
The film is based on Bengali litterateur Mahashweta Devi’s provocative and controversial story Choli Ke [...]

Priyanka Chopra gets discharged from hospital

Priyanka Chopra gets discharged from hospital

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Signing films left, right and centre, diffusing the dark cloud of recession; one actress seems to be working really hard at it. She is none other than Priyanka Chopra.
Her constant busy schedule however, took its toll on Piggy Chops when she reportedly fainted on the sets [...]

Aage Se Right

Aage Se Right

Aage Se Right is the story of chance, co-incidence and real life humor based in the present day Mumbai. The film spans over five days of panic, chaos and mayhem.
The film is about a cop and terrorist. Through a series of events not in their control the cop loses his gun and the terrorist loses [...]

Putting 'India' in the game: Sony Playstation's Atindriya Bose

Putting 'India' in the game: Sony Playstation's Atindriya Bose

Sony Playstation recently released its first localized Indian game, Hanuman: Boy Warrior for the PS2. According to Sony, the game clocked a sale of 10,000 units on the first day itself. Riding on this recent success, Sony is working with a number of Indian gaming studios on a slate of localized games. In an in-depth [...]

Freida Pinto features on the cover of April issue of People magazine

Freida Pinto features on the cover of April issue of People magazine

After the success of Slumdog Millionaire, one can easily say that ‘Since fame cannot be everywhere, Freida Pinto was created’. And the reason for this is the simple fact that there’s hardly any magazine for which this actress has not graced the cover. The magnitude of her success is so magnanimous, that the magazines do [...]

Priyanka Chopra's triple treat with Grazia

Priyanka Chopra's triple treat with Grazia

This will definitely be the first time that any magazine, be it fashion or otherwise has ventured this un-trod path of having not one or two but three different covers! Yes…that’s right folks. This month’s 1st anniversary special issue of the well known fashion magazine ‘Grazia’ features three different cover pages.
The leaf motif that [...]

Film titles from hit songs

Film titles from hit songs

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Sajid Nadiadwala’s Kambakhht Ishq and Mukesh Bhatt’s Tum Mile are but the latest in a long list of film titles have been culled from hit songs over the years. Aa Dekhen Zara and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi are also recent examples. Screen checks out an [...]

Book Review: Shah Rukh Can

Book Review: Shah Rukh Can

This one is a voluminous book. A real voluminous one at that. If Shah Rukh Khan has been known for his non-stop talk then writer Mushtaq Sheikh too doesn’t appear far behind when it comes to translating his thoughts into words. He writes, and writes and then further writes about Shah Rukh, something that makes [...]

Ek Se Bure Do – Bollywood Movie Review

Ek Se Bure Do – Bollywood Movie Review

Cast: Arshad Warsi, Rajpal Yadav, Natassha, Tusha Director: Tarique Khan Rating: * Time and again one comes across a statement that “this film has been made for single screen audiences in smaller towns and cities”. Well, no audience should be subjected to a movie like this. Simply put, “Ek Se Bure Do” is a terrible movie.