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Ekk Deewana Tha had to be told to wider audience – Gautham Menon

Ekk Deewana Tha had to be told to wider audience – Gautham Menon

In 2003, it was Kaakha Kaakha that put South Indian director Gautham Menon into the spotlight.

I am directing UTVs next movie for 2013 line up – Akshat Verma

Akshat Verma is an articulate man and so are the characters he writes. A one film old writer, he has bagged two awards already under the Best Story and Best Screenplay category for Delhi Belly at the recently held Screen Awards

All about Oprah Winfreys visit to Mumbai

All about Oprah Winfreys visit to Mumbai

0 1 Oprah Winfrey visits Bachchan residence Touted as one of the most powerful women in the world, Oprah Winfrey has come to India to shoot her new show… 0 2 Parmeshwar Godrej hosts party for Oprah Winfrey Bollywood celebs attend Parmeshwar Godrej’s party thrown in the honour of International talk show host Oprah Winfrey 0 3 Oprah Winfrey Meets Bollywood Oprah Winfrey wowed India as the biggest of Bollywood celebrities thronged to her party in Mumbai. Take a look

Tusshar Kapoors top ten all time favourite comedies

Comic movies cannot be rated on how much they make you laugh. It’s just that they make you laugh, that’s it! Comedies are light-hearted dramas, crafted to amuse, entertain, and provoke enjoyment

Reflections – Women power returns

Reflections – Women power returns

Ever since Vidya Balan created a stir with The Dirty Picture , I have often found myself in the middle of conversations where some unsuspecting souls wonder aloud around the film’s success marking ‘the return of women power’.

Players is first Indian movie to be shot at North Pole – Abbas-Mustan

Players is first Indian movie to be shot at North Pole – Abbas-Mustan

They’ve pioneered the saying – ‘Chills Thrills & Frills’ in Bollywood.

Don 2 – Sensible, stylish and all out SRK – User review

Don 2 – Sensible, stylish and all out SRK – User review

When Don 2 was first announced, it had the tag line the chase continues.

Anshuman Jha talks about KLPD

Anshuman Jha talks about KLPD

Ever thought what abbreviation could make the guys mortify?

Book Review The Navketan Story

Book Review The Navketan Story

Now why didn’t anyone think of this before?

I want to make Tukkaa Fitt edgy in its edit and humour – Shawn Arranha

It’s not about how many movies Shawn Arranha has directed before Tukkaa Fitt that questions his abilities as a director, it’s his experience as an assistant director in more than dozen odd movies over the past decade and a half that counts and that makes him a perfectionist. One look at his debut movie Hide N Seek and you know the man knows his art and craft well. The edits, the shot taking ability and the most important thing: that edge of the seat eagerness of what’s going to happen next.

Rowdy Rathore

The film is a remake of the superhit Telugu film Vikramarkudu, which was also remade in Tamil as Siruthai, another superhit. The film will see Akshay Kumar back in his original action avatar, this time under the direction of the maestro of the masala action genre, Prabhudeva

Reflections 2011 – Faith lost in small films

On Friday morning when I stepped into a multiplex to watch Jo Hum Chahein , I was the sole occupant in the auditorium. Ten minutes later another couple stepped in and then the doors were closed pronto. Finito

I never have any expectations so I am never let down – Neha Dhupia

I never have any expectations so I am never let down – Neha Dhupia

Starting her Bollywood career with bold movies like Julie and Sheesha , Neha Dhupia floored us with her performances in films like Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, Mithya, Dasvidaniya, Raat Gayi Baat Gayi and Phas Gaye Re Obama .

No other actress couldve portrayed the role like Vidya – Rajat Arora

No other actress couldve portrayed the role like Vidya – Rajat Arora

Let’s get this straight. There are writers in Indian cinema and then there is Rajat Arora. I’ve never met this man or interacted with him till I interviewed him

Rockstars voice Mohit Chauhan to pay tribute to Nasir Hussain

He was the voice of ‘Jordan’ Ranbir Kapoor in Rockstar .

"There’s nothing vulgar about The Dirty Picture" – Tusshar Kapoor

The first thing I notice when I walk in Tusshar’s house is Scarlett Johansson seductively lying on the table. I meet eye to eye with her and then pick her up and start to flip the glossy GQ

Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine goes on floor

Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine goes on floor

The much talked about movie Heroine went on floor today. The shooting began with a silent prayer for the victims of 26/11

Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine goes on floor

Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine goes on floor

The much talked about movie Heroine went on floor today.

Ek Deewana Tha

Sachin is a regular guy-22 year old engineering graduate from a middle class family in Mumbai who is in love with the world of cinema. As a struggler in the film industry-where his long days are filled with waiting and then some more waiting, surviving on his father’s pocket money and desperately trying to make an entry into any of the main film camps-there is nothing that makes each day worth looking forward to. And that’s when he sees Jessie, and it is love at first sight for him.

Ek Deewana Tha

Ek Deewana Tha

Sachin is a regular guy-22 year old engineering graduate from a middle class family in Mumbai who is in love with the world of cinema. As a struggler in the film industry-where his long days are filled with waiting and then some more waiting, surviving on his father’s pocket money and desperately trying to make an entry into any of the main film camps-there is nothing that makes each day worth looking forward to

Book Review: Beyond the Boundaries of Bollywood – A boring academic affair

Book Review: Beyond the Boundaries of Bollywood – A boring academic affair

‘Yeh Kucch Zyaada Hi Deep Chali Gayi’ This is what you end up muttering to yourself moments after flipping through a few pages of ‘Beyond the Boundaries of Bollywood’. While the book pretty much claims at the very beginning that it isn’t about Bollywood alone but is instead aspiring to take the reader through ‘The Many Forms of Hindi Cinema’, the very approach adopted here coupled with the kind of content that one ends up going through turns out to be highly academic

"I’ve been called the ‘next big thing’ for the longest time" – Ranbir Kapoor: Part 2

"I’ve been called the ‘next big thing’ for the longest time" – Ranbir Kapoor: Part 2

Ranbir Kapoor is charming, he is witty and he is ripped. He is as likeable as a guy that handsome can be

Imtiaz Ali to fight for Tibetans

Imtiaz Ali to fight for Tibetans

The movies chartbuster song Sadda Haq was shot in Tibet and in the process the filmmaker came to know the real story of the natives and their free Tibet Movement…

"It’s time to respect SRK for his contribution to Indian cinema" – Mushtaq Shiekh

"It’s time to respect SRK for his contribution to Indian cinema" – Mushtaq Shiekh

To start a career with a pseudonym ‘Shiekhspear’ is like a blessing in disguise. Then some more blessings from his dear ones: Shah Rukh Khan and Ekta Kapoor. Then the near ones: his family and relatives.

Ranbir rubbishes similarities between Rockstar and Walk The Line

Ranbir rubbishes similarities between Rockstar and Walk The Line

As it happens with majority of biggies, as they come closer to their release date, all sorts of speculations and rumours start making the rounds around the film’s subject as well as content. Rockstar hasn’t been spared either; what with a few wondering whether the film seeks it’s inspiration from its Western counterpart

"A tweet got me a role in My Friend Pinto" – Kalki Koechlin

Kalki Koechlin has come a long way after making a sensational debut as Chanda in Anurag Kashyap’s modern interpretation of Devdas, two years back in Dev D.

13th Mumbai Film Festival sets the ball rolling with Brad Pitt starrer Moneyball

13th Mumbai Film Festival sets the ball rolling with Brad Pitt starrer Moneyball

The 13th Mumbai Film Festival, a Reliance Entertainment initiative, organized by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) kick started with the much anticipated film Moneyball starring Brad Pitt and directed Bennett Miller. The film was screened on all the screens at the festival’s main venue- Cinemax Versova

Ranbir and Nissan to take audition for Bollywood movie on Facebook

Ranbir and Nissan to take audition for Bollywood movie on Facebook

Nissan India and Ranbir Kapoor are searching for 20 passionate members of the public to star in the world’s first Bollywood movie auditioned entirely on Facebook. From October 19, movie-fans will be able to join in one of the world’s largest on-line talent hunts by uploading a short clip of themselves dancing for a chance to appear alongside Ranbir in the 3-minute Bollywood blockbuster – New Star of India. Members of the public will vote to decide who the 20 lucky Ranbir co-stars will be, and will also help produce the movie by shaping the plot, choosing the music, picking the wardrobe and naming the characters

Reflections – Is Bollywood only about Kareena and Katrina?

The other day when I was penning my thoughts on the amazing journey of Katrina Kaif over the years, a thought crossed my mind – ‘What is indeed the state of affairs in Bollywood that every second biggie which gets launched has either Kareena Kapoor or Katrina Kaif as their first choice?’.

Hum Tum Shabana

Is HUM TUM SHABANA a present-day adaptation of David Dhawan’s immensely likeable DEEWANA MASTANA? That’s what a lot of people seem to be asking me online. Call it a coincidence, but two guys chasing one girl isn’t new to Hindi movies.

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