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Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Movie Review
The first thing that stood out of the initial trailers of Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (LSTCK) was the name of Anurag Kashyap associated with it. The man of the dark side of cinema whose banner AKFPL gave Udaan, Gangs Of Wasseypur as well as Sunil Bohra’s Shahid, and Chittagong, is crossing over to the [...]
“There can’t be a better coach than Karan” – Alia Bhatt
For Alia Bhatt, conversations of late begin with her likeness to Kareena Kapoor. Nicknamed Baby Bebo by designer Manish Malhotra, Varun chips in that she exudes similar intensity and vivacity. “Who would mind that?”, she quips confidently confessing that the actress happens to be one of her particular favorites. In Student of the Year Alia [...]
“I like the struggle; paving my own path, my own identity.” – Varun Dhawan
The first thing you notice about Varun Dhawan is his friendly banter. As he meets, greets, and casually acknowledges his gathered audience of press, fans and well-wishers, you can’t ignore the strong resemblance in conduct that he’s inherited from father David Dhawan. Chip off the old block? I wonder. Varun is nonchalant about tags, as [...]
“Everything just fell in its place beautifully and I couldn’t have asked for more” – Sidharth Malhotra
The reverse countdown has begun at Dharma Productions as the team gets set for Karan Johar’s directorial Student of the Year to hit the screens worldwide on 19th October. In between interviews, magazine cover shoots, promotional events, brand associations, product launches, the team is making sure they’re playing every trick available in cinema textbooks to [...]
Jankee Parekh’s ‘Iktara’ reprise
The beauty about entertainment writing is that you get to meet and get to know so many artistes with such passion for their work that it brings a special joy just having to pen two lines about them. One such artist I have recently got to know is Jankee Parekh. Singer, musician, performer, Jankee’s love [...]
Heroine Movie Review
In news for more controversial reasons than one, Heroine like all Madhur Bhandarkar movies was on the must-watch films list of many. For a country constantly fascinated with the inside tittle-tattle of the glamour world, salacious gossips has many takers. When a filmmaker intents to throw mirror on the colorful life of mainstream actress in [...]
Barfi! Movie Review
I was recently reading this gorgeous book by Shakti Salgaonkar called “Imperfect Mr. Right”. The book is a tale about how we almost dismiss Mr/Miss Right because of our societal expectations from our partners in terms of stature, riches, backgrounds etc, but fall for that very same person when packaged differently and their true identity [...]
Whistling Woods and the Film Industry pay tribute to Ashok Mehta
Subhash Ghai and Jackie Shroff paid a day long tribute to ace cinematographer Ashok Mehta at the Whistling Woods campus with veterans of the Industry and the family of Ashok Mehta. The campus was decorated with exhibits, special classes & seminars discussing films shot by Ashok Mehta and his work as a Cinematographer and finally [...]
Shuttlecock Boys Movie Review
This initiative of PVR in releasing small-budget Indie films is getting rather interesting and what began as just another movie show to attend, I’ve now begun looking forward to what the ‘directors rare’ series puts forth week on week. Now showing this week is Shuttlecock Boys which as the extremely nervous debutant director Hemant Gaba clarifies [...]
Editorial: Bollywood – creating female stereotypes, one rom-com at a time
I happened to watch Cocktail at an extremely crowded press plus crew plus family plus friends show. While you can read my official movie review, as I was thinking about the film some more I wanted to write about some of the other aspects that bothered me about Cocktail. These additional thoughts touch on some points [...]
Lakme Fashion Week holds press conference to announce participating Designers and Sponsors for Winter/Festive 2012
Fashionistas are gearing up for another season of the LAKME FASHION WEEK Winter/Festive 2012 scheduled to take place in Mumbai August 3 to August 7, 2012. All set to bring new energy to the runway and maintain its leadership in promoting the Business of Fashion, Lakmé Fashion Week held a press conference to announce and [...]
Cocktail Movie Review
Practical relationships, breakup parties, hookups, casual flings – the past few years has seen Indian cinema exposing its audiences to changing faces of urban relationships circa yesterday, today and tomorrow. Despite strong deja-vu the trailers emitted hinting a Love Aaj Kal sequel, the makers of Cocktail maintained that the movie a fresh take on the [...]
Kshay Movie Review
It’s not every day that a black and white Indie that has been in the making for over 4 years, helmed by a debutant director with constrained budget and unfamiliar names gets unanimous positive feedback from everyone who views it. Having done rounds of International film festivals, having won prestigious award, KSHAY (which roughly translated [...]
Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Woods celebrates Cinema100 – a Centenary of Indian cinema
Hallways adorned with the original posters of timeless classics. Auditoriums across the sprawling campus at Whistling Woods International (WWI) playing Indian cinema’s gems such as Kabhi Kabhie, Bimay Roy’s Devdas, Sholay, Kanoon, Anand, Magadheera, Diamond Queen, Sahib bibi aur ghulam, Kalicharan, Kagaz ke phool, Charulata, Arth, Awaara, Sholay, Umrao Jaan, Charulata, Guide, Salaam Bombay, Meghe Dhaka Tara, Bandini, Sujata and 36 Chowringhee Lane, Amar Akbar Anthony, Mother [...]
“Zanjeer is a tribute to Mr. Bachchan and my father (legendary actor Chiranjeevi)” – Ram Charan
Ever since its announcement, the Zanjeer remake has been in the news for varied reasons – beginning with speculations on the cast, on to remake rights issue, then to everyone’s curiosity on how well legendary actor Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan will debut in the iconic character of the angry young man played by Amitabh Bachchan [...]
“I felt for the first time in my life; that if I stood on the balcony and took off, I could fly” – Shah Rukh Khan speaks on KKR Win
“That’s how happy I was”, Shah Rukh stated with a sheepish crooked grin at the press conference held earlier today at his palatial bungalow, Mannat. It has been close to 72hours of non-stop revelry for Kolkata Knight Riders after their victory on Sunday at the fifth season of the Indian Premier League. Tongue-in cheek, Shah [...]
Love Wrinkle Free Movie Review
Firstly – a round of applause to PVR Directors Rare for releasing movies such as ‘Love Wrinkle Free’. It’s exciting times for Indian Cinema wherein in between the ongoing IPL season and some other big banner movies; little gems like Love Wrinkle Free are finding their space on the big screen. The beauty of a [...]
Sridevi’s English Vinglish releases worldwide on 21st September
Eros International Media Ltd (EIML), a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry has announced it will be releasing R. Balki produced English Vinglish starring Sridevi worldwide on 21st September 2012. The film will be trilingual and has been shot in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. English Vinglish, directed by Gauri Shinde who makes [...]
NDTV Toyota Greenathon Campaign 4 a success!
1500 kms over 30 days across 5 states, 8.89 crore funds in 12 hours, 508 villages, a galaxy of celebs, singers, citizens concluded the 12-hr gala finale of the fourth edition of the NDTV-Toyota Greenathon on Sunday at the sprawling Yash Raj Film studios in Mumbai. Presented by the country’s reputed news network, NDTV, Brand [...]
PVR Director’s Rare to release award-winning indie feature ‘Kshay’
For film lovers in India, the month of June seems to be a great month for indie-spirited cinema. Be it Dibakar Banerjee’s Shanghai or Anurag Kashyap’s Cannes pick Gangs of Wasseypur. Joining the bandwagon is a relatively obscure indie feature film which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2012. [...]
Aamir’s Satyamev Jayate a big hit!
The minute Aamir Khan’s much ambitious TV debut Satyamev Jayate premiered last Sunday morning, social networking sites went into frenzy with everyone tuned into providing their ten cents of comments on the show. Even as Aamir took to the small screen with his unabashed truth telling on the sensitive topic of female infanticide (saving the [...]
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