The Big Fat Bollywood Wedding, that’s what we referred to the wedding of two of India’s biggest superstars: Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, former Miss World and international star. It’s unbelievable how fast time flies. Just as the hype from the wedding is beginning to die down, the fans and the stars themselves are ready [...]
Following the footsteps of Disney and Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox is all set to make its mark in Bollywood. The Indian Film Industry will see the next big Bollywood production company by the name of Fox Star Studios, a joint venture of Fox and television gurus STAR India. If rumours are anything to go [...]
Lakme’s Fashion Week has started off with a bang but it was nothing compared to the grand after-party at Manish Malhota’s. The extravagant list of party-animals included Kareena Kapoor hand-in-hand with her boyfriend Saif Ali Khan, Dia Mirza looking ever-so-glamorous in a Little Black Dress, Muzamil Ibrahim sporting a very stylish blazer, Deepika Padukone looking [...]
Bollywood’s “pretty doll” Katrina Kaif, who does nothing but the roles that suit that title, is keen on bringing her sister Isabella to Bollywood. If the rumours are to be believed, she has been taking Isabella to parties and events in order to expose her to the industry and the media. Though, when asked if [...]
A movie is nothing without the lines spoken by the characters in the film. Delivered by brilliant actresses and actors, many of these lines become synonymous with certain characters and films. Certain lines just manage to become legendary, to the point where when you hear them you are immediately drawn back into the story of [...]
There’s less than a month to go till the release of Yash Raj Films’ Tashan which promises to be a masala action entertainer starring Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor and Anil Kapoor. With composers Vishal-Shekhar at the helm of the music, one can expect a rocking score after the work they did in [...]
Shilpa Shetty is shocked to hear that she is married. A report on Rediff.com has published a picture of Shilpa’s visit to Shirdi Sai Baba Temple this week along with her family and boyfriend Raj Kundra, and speculated the actress has secretly married him. “Shilpa is flabbergasted with such irresponsible journalism,” said her publicist Dale [...]
Power – it’s what drives everybody in this industry. Power in the Bollywood industry consists of influence on the media and the audience. An influence which increases during the years, but also vanishes in an instant. So, for 2007′s edition of BollySpice’s Power List, we have thought to take into consideration the artists’ popularity, their [...]
U.S. based indie film company Ambassador Pictures, Inc., is finishing up the casting for its film ‘Between the Night and the Moon.’ This project has been written exclusively for Kangna Ranaut by Juan C. Sanchez. The director of the project Italian filmmaker Gilda Pianelli says, “Our film is about love, passion and rage. It is [...]
Saturday night was filled with glittering gorgeous stars, music, dance and of course the antics of Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan at the Filmfare Awards. For the 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards, the field was so rich that no one film came out on top and many films took home a statue or two [...]
The Indian arm of Eros International, the London AIM listed leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector, was awarded the prestigious Amity Corporate Excellence Award at Amity International Business School’s Tenth International Conference-INBUSH (International Business Horizon) 2008. Eros was conferred the ‘Amity Corporate Excellence Award’ which is based on the results of [...]
The Filmfare awards are Bollywood’s biggest awards show and the one that many consider the Bollywood Oscars. The award show will be hosted this year once again by the hysterical team of Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan, with Vidya Balan stepping in to do hosting duties as well. It is a night full [...]
2007 was a magnificent year with delightful arrays of movies. There was drama, comedy, tragedy, action and sometimes just plain bakwaas. Starting off with the unfortunate failure of Salaam-E-Ishq, the year gradually proceeded with many disappointing films, but then arrived the King Khan, with a fresh script and started this year with a bang! After [...]
United States independent film company Ambassador Pictures, Inc. is in development for their next full feature film. The film entitled, ‘Between the Night and the Moon’ (working title) is a modern day Romeo and Juliet written by Juan C. Sanchez. The film is being specifically created for India’s ‘award winning’ dynamic leading actor Kangna Ranaut. [...]
Happy New Year and welcome to 2008! While 2007 was a particularly successful year in both box office and quality wise, 2008 promises to be a year filled with a lot of experimentation, along with some much-awaited film releases. Thanks to Aly Kassam who wrote an article with a sneak peak into 2008′s films — [...]
Award season is upon us and for 2008 Bollyspice decided to have a special feature before each of the awards ceremonies. For this new feature some of our writers penned who they thought should win the awards. Since it is rare to see who we want to win actually end up winning, Razeen has decided [...]
Bollywood Ka Boss, the new quiz show which has begun airing from the 6th of January, 2008 at 9 pm, is being anchored by Boman Irani. This show is based on an exclusive format and has all the makings of a characteristic Bollywood blockbuster, with a grand prize of Rs. 50 Lakhs. “A lot of [...]
“The man who taught your mother how to dance and how to live…” The most beautiful dialogue of the film. It made me want to start watching it again. One of the ways I know that I truly love a movie is if, while watching it, I am ready to start watching it over again. [...]
From Sanjay Leela Bhansali to Vishal Bharadwaj or Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra, the journey definitely seems a bright and eventful one. The offers have been pouring in from the best of filmmakers for Sonam Kapoor ever since her debut venture Saawariya hit the big screens. It’s now pretty evident that Anil’s little girl is all [...]
On the weekend I had the opportunity to watch one of the two new Diwali Releases, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s SAAWARIYA. For those of you that do know me, I am a fine lover of the arts and off-beat style cinema – from my adventures at the Toronto Film Festival and other such movies. As such, [...]