Kollywood actress Padmapriya says she is feeling butterflies in her stomach as she waits for the release of her Bollywood movie Striker next week. The movie also marks the return to the screen of Siddharth. She admits, however, that she enjoyed the experience of making the movie. “I am contented about playing the role,” she [...]
India’s transgender beauty contest, supported by Bollywood stars Celina Jaitley and Seema Biswas, hit the road in Mumbai this week and will travel to Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and other cities before reaching the grand final on February 21st. The contest is intended to raise the profile of the Hijra transgender community in India. [...]
The eyes of the fashion world have already been pleasantly impressed by the innovation and leading edge presentation at the first day of the Bangalore Fashion Week. Swapnil Shinde’s magnificently avant-garde gothic collection made the audience perch on the edge of their seats and when Mugdha Godse appeared in a clinging full-length velvet and lace [...]
Suchitra Khrishnamoorthi provides one of the more eye-catching roles in Rann but you wouldn’t know it as she is completely missing from any of the fast-edited promos announcing the work. “Since I’m not part of any promotions or publicity, everybody thinks that I’m cooking up stories about being part of the flick,” she says, “Even [...]
Shraddha Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor’s daughter, makes her debut in Teen Patti. “The whole experience was a journey of learning,” she says, “A few that I can point out are patience, which is something I lacked before getting involved with Teen Patti and team work. Being a part of an ensemble cast and also working with [...]
Tanushree Dutta thinks the success of Avatar will boost the ratings for the newly-complete Ramu – The Saviour, her child-oriented fantasy movie filmed on a paradise island in Thailand. “Yes, you are right,” she says, “Post Avatar, Ramu will get more eyeballs now. In a way the delay in the making of the film, due [...]
Udita Goswami has decided that 2010 is the year when her career is really going to take off and to get ready for it, she has enrolled on a course with New York’s Film Academy’s LA campus. “I want to enjoy college life,” she says, “Since I started young in my career, I missed out [...]
Two Bollywood oriented films have set mouths chattering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The first is Gurinder Chandha’s astonishing horror comedy It’s A Wonderful Afterlife that was the opening movie at the Festival. Starring former Fred Flintstone Mark Addy and Persuasion’s Sally Hawkins, the film is about an Indian mother-in-law who takes the responsibility [...]
Next time, it’s the full moon, you can sit in your car with your loved one, look up and say, depending on where you live, “Hey Babe, there’s SRK” or “Good Grief, darling – I do believe that’s jolly old Sharukh Khan!” And there he’ll be staring down at you from the Sea of Tranquillity [...]
Former Miss World Tourism, Sonal Chauhan admits that she rarely cooks. Recently, however, she was let down when she had friends around for dinner and the restaurant she’d booked to deliver the food failed to show up. Suddenly faced with a situation, she beelined for the kitchen and threw together some pasta and a risotto, [...]
After her topsy-turvy Bollywood career – a monster hit with Ghajini and a monster flop with London Dreams – South star Asin is taking her time with choosing her next project. “I’m taking up select films which excite me, which is why I do not have a number of releases one after another,” she explained, [...]
Sameera Reddy looked stunning in a bridal gown designed by Neeta Lulla at a fashion show to launch the high couture store Aza in Delhi on Friday. She was thrilled to be involved in the show. “This is Neeta Lulla’s extremely special collection,” she said, “What I love about it is that it’s got a [...]
Here we are with the countdown for the Top 10 Actors of the Year. The emphasis in this prestigious – some might argue, the most prestigious – section of our annual review is on Acting ability, with a capital A – not just the actor with the biggest fan base, the most developed, though hideous-looking, [...]
Following her stunning transformation from girl next door to Tollywood glamour puss in Adhurs, in which she outplayed even Nayanthara, southern starlet Sheela is being tipped for the top. To celebrate her new-found success, she’s been partying in Dubai with her family. “I chilled out for 10 days in Dubai, turned into a shopaholic, ate [...]
Divya Spandana, also known as Kuthu Ramya – a name she picked up from her debut film in Kollywood, has been cheerily fishing for a role with Tamil superstar Ajith of late. “I will be very happy if I get an opportunity to share the screen space with him,” she admits, “I have heard my [...]
Early signs are that Salman Khan’s ego-project Veer with its ludicrous costume design, high school acting and straight-to-video storyline is destined to be a flop – although there is still some hope that it may pick up sales in the DVD market. It is also said to have some plus points in terms of the [...]
Popular South actress Sneha is rapidly becoming a fixture opposite superstar Mammootty in all of his biggest movies. Having worked with him on Vande Matharam, also named Aruvadai for the Tamil market, in which she plays an airline pilot in an exciting terrorist-based action movie, she has already signed up for Pramaani and Pokkiri Raja. [...]
Siddharth is full of praise for his co-star in Striker, actress Nicolette Bird. “Nicollete looks like an angel in the film,” he says, “She’d talk about Kolkata and I’d often share my experiences of shooting in Howrah. I’d want to do a Bengali film someday. I’m good with languages. If the script is good enough, [...]
Rubina Ali, Ayush Khedeker and Azharuddin Ismail of Slumdog Millionaire will be reunited in a Welsh movie about a philanthropic millionaire who helps out at a homeless shelter. Producer Nirvashoo Jithoo says, “We are so excited about this. At first, it seemed it was going to be impossible to track down the children but we [...]
Amitabh Bachchan mourned the passing today of communist leader Jyoti Basu, who has died at the age of 95. He had visited Jyoti the day before in hospital. “Deeply grieved and send our prayers and condolences,” Amitabh blogged, “A huge pillar in the Indian political firmament has fallen. The nation is in grief.” Jyoti had [...]
She may have caught our attention playing a ghost in TV’s Kya Hadsa Kya Haqeeqat, but Ishitta Sharma is more than pleased to find herself as a real person in an SRK movie – Dulha Mil Gaya. “I was overjoyed, excited and overwhelmed by the fact that I got to meet him,” she says, “He [...]