Vidya Balan has expressed her joy of being invited to be a part of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival by stating how she feels immensely proud to be representing India during this prestigious occasion. “It’s extremely exciting and invigorating to be on the same jury as (Steven) Spielberg, Ang Lee and others. It’s [...]

Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has criticised the use of the term ‘Bollywood’ as a reference to Indian Cinema. Mr Bachchan made this statement during an interview with The Daily Telegraph, following his appearance at the Cannes Film Festival. “I just feel that the Indian film industry has its own identity so I’d rather call it [...]

Rahul Bhat was excited to walk the Red Carpet as his latest movie Ugly was screened at Cannes 2013. The talented actor, who plays the lead in Anurag Kashyup directorial venture after Gangs of Wasseypur, is also the surprise element of the movie. The film was screened on 19th May at the prestigious film festival and [...]

Neil Nitin Mukesh will be seen in a fighting sequence with tribes of Kenya in Susi Ganesh’s Shortcut Romeo. For this particular scene no ropes or fighting equipments were used. The action in the film is much superior to the action which Neil has done in his previous films. Talking about the fight sequence, Director [...]

Prashita Chaudhary’s foray into the best of world cinema continues at Cannes. The young and dynamic producer whose Cinemorphic Entertainment Company has backed Ari Folman’s Congress, which opened the Director’s fortnight at Cannes on 16th May, has now joined hands with renowned Hollywood producer Edward Pressman for the film ‘The Man Who Knew Infinity: A [...]

Closeup, India’s leading toothpaste brand announced a one of its kind collaboration with Dharma Production’s Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Closeup Deep Action tooth paste has come up with special edition Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani packs in the market. The event was held at Taj lands End Bandra on on 17th May. In its unique and [...]

The December incident of Gangrape in Delhi caused a thought stirring revolt in the country. A short film titled ‘Maya’ has been based on the incident and this film has now made it to the short film category of the Cannes festival. The people who have made the film are three media professionals who are [...]

After Akaash Vani, actor Kartik Tiwari will be seen in Subhash Ghai’s upcoming release Kaanchi. Kartik is two films old, and a call from a veteran like Subhash Ghai came as a pleasant surprise for him. “After Akaash Vani, I did not expect to have a film, that too from Subhash Ghai. So when Mukta [...]

If anyone is on a high from success, its Sachin Jigar. With ABCD still doing the rounds and Go Goa Gone taking over the airwaves, does the duo muster up for (another) hattrick? Hot off the press.. well, iTunes actually, we have Girish Kumar’s debut film with Shruti Hassan, Ramaiya Vasthavaiyya. Straight off the bat, [...]

Starring Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Keifer Sutherland, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri Directed by Mira Nair The dubbing does subject the content to some tonal drubbing. And one wishes the Indian distributors had just let the characters speak the way they felt. Misguided vocalization cannot take away from the power and inner strengths of [...]

Deepika Padukone was named India’s “Most Beautiful Woman” 2013 by People magazine. The magazine unveiled its latest special edition at an event hosted on Sunday in Mumbai. Deepika, who adorns the cover of the special issue of the magazine, was conferred with the title as per the results of a poll conducted by the magazine. [...]

On Sunday, the 19th of May 2013 Indian Cinema’s official entry Bombay Talkies had its star-studded Gala screening at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival 2013. The premiere event took place in the beautiful French Riviera city. Produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Flying Unicorn Entertainment, Bombay Talkies brings together India’s leading contemporary filmmakers, including Karan [...]

Imtiaz Ali’s Highway has reached Kashmir where the crew has been filming at some stunning locations. Kashmir is one of the six states, along with Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Himachal, where the movie is being shot. In this final rigorous schedule of Highway, the team has had to trek 2-3 km every day to reach [...]