The writers at Bollyspice were invited to an exclusive press conference for the first ever Bollywood/British film Naachle London – effectively a British production, but heavily inspired from old school Bollywood with relevant doses of melodrama, music, dance and family values. The film is directed by Neville Raschid (Ealing Comedy, Lost Dogs) and stars Raj [...]
2011, was a year of many highs and several lows for the Indian film industry. There was drama, catfights, box office clashes, chartbusting songs, 100 crore+ blockbusters, scandal, women centric films actually doing well, hook ups and break ups amongst other things. To break away from the clichéd countdowns that appear at the end of [...]
Don 2, for all intents and purposes is an important film for Shah Rukh Khan especially after the flak he received for Ra.One and all its overkill and hype. The first Don, released in 2006 was a remake of an Amitabh Bachchan classic of the same name with a slight twist at the end, and [...]
There had been whispers in trade circles as to who would be playing the lead role in the remake of Agneepath ever since it was announced by Dharma Productions. Abhishek Bachchan seemed like the most natural choice, seeing as Amitabh Bachchan had wowed critics with his national award winning act in the same role a [...]
Harman Baweja and Kareena Kapoor were adjudged the worst actor and actress respectively for their films What’s Your Rashee? and Kambakkht Ishq at the Golden Kela awards recently. The Kela awards, which have been running for two years, are Bollywood’s equivalent to the Hollywood Razzies which celebrate the best of the worst in cinema. Kambakkht [...]
Boney Kapoor must be ruing the day he decided to cast Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in the same film. His Milenge Milenge has been knee deep in trouble since it began filming way back in 2004. Initially there were some financial problems, then Salman Khan, who was to make a cameo in it walked [...]
Karisma Kapoor, the reigning diva of the late 90s and early Noughties gave birth to a baby boy at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on 12 March 2010. Karisma, who wowed audiences with superlative performances in Raja Hindustani, Dil To Pagal Hai, Fiza and Zubeidaa among others gave up her career in movies and married [...]
After getting raves for his performance in Rang De Basanti a few years back, and more recently for Striker even though the film failed to click commercially, Tamil star Siddharth is being considered to play one of Priyanka Chopra’s seven husbands in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Ek Batta Saat. Talks are also on with Irrfan Khan to [...]
After much speculation and a case of casting musical chairs, the female lead for Rohan Bluffmaster Sippy’s Dum Maro Dum has been finalised. After reports that Priyanka Chopra dropped out of the film as she was keen to star opposite Abhishek Bachchan and not South star Rana Daggubati, it was rumoured that her Fashion co-star [...]
Hot on the heels of Priyanka Chopra’s big win at the prestigious National Awards earlier this week, archrival Katrina Kaif too is yearning to be recognised as an ‘actress of substance’ and win the coveted award. Sources on the set of her upcoming film Raajneeti say, “Katrina is very keen on winning a National Award. [...]