Since releasing his new album, Rangeele, in January 2012, Kailash has been on a whirlwind tour around South Asia, performing across several cities in India, Indonesia and Bali. On March 18th, 2012 Kailash travelled to Dhaka, Bangladesh with his band Kailasa where they performed the rousing anthem ‘Hausla Buland’ (encouragement/high spirits) live at the match [...]
Over the weekend, rumors surfaced in Bollywood over a plagiarism accusation thrown at music director Pritam over his eloquent creation ‘Pyaar Ki Pungi’ from the Saif Ali Khan starrer Agent Vinod. The beginning beats of ‘Pyaar Ki Pungi’ have ‘supposedly’ been taken from a song titled ‘Soosan Khanoom’ by an Iranian band called Barobax. However [...]
Balaji Telefilms and White Feather Films kicked off their venture, Shootout at Wadala with a party held at Mumbai’s suburban nightspot Escobar. The party was hosted by Mr Suresh Mehta and Mr Sanjay Gupta, the director of the film. The party was attended by the cast of Shootout at Wadala namely John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Tushar [...]
Dibakar Banerjee insists that Abhay Deol is not his muse. In fact, Banerjee only cast this Punjabi brat from Bandra because he felt that Deol was perfectly suited for the role of Tamil Brahmin, IAS officer named Krishnan. He adds, Abhay being very cautious about the roles he plays further makes him a perfect fit [...]
Vinod Chopra Films- 30 Years of Striving in Cinema: from Sazaaye Maut to 3 Idiots, the last thirty years have been an incredible journey for Vinod Chopra Films. While this journey has had its ups and downs, the idea with which we began has stayed with us, inspiring and governing everything that we do: “Chase [...]
Now in its third year, The Asian Awards has cast its net wider to include nominees from across the Asian continent. In previous years, The Asian Awards has celebrated the achievements of individuals of South Asian origin, but for the first time this year, nominees with origins from China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and [...]
The Press Club, Mumbai endeavors to promote best practices among journalists and encourages quality writing, fair play and high ethical standards. In the pursuit of these goals, the Press Club has been awarding the best performers among photo-journalists in Mumbai for the last 10 years. Last year, for the first time, the Club introduced awards [...]
Eros International Media Ltd (EIML), a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry has announced the beta-launch of its dedicated online entertainment service, “Eros Now”. As an Eros International brand, a leader in theatrical production and distribution for South Asian content, Eros Now will ultimately provide access to Eros’ Bollywood film library as [...]
Agent Vinod comes to protect Mumbai Underworld and you can play the game online. The gaming portal Ibibo.com has joined hands with action thriller movie, Agent Vinod and developed a game around the underworld mafia world. Bringing about a synergy between Bollywood and online gaming, Ibibo has introduced Agent Vinod as a protection Agent and [...]
Directed by Dibakar Banerjee the upcoming dramatic film Shanghai, which stars Abhay Deol and Emraan Hashmi, is based on the book “Z” by Vassilis Vassilikos. Not only does it have a renowned director the film also stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Kalki Koechlin, Supriya Pathak Kapur, Anant Jogue, Pitobash and Farooque Shaikh. Praising the Emraan and Abhay [...]
As we said in our last article we need to wait to find out from YRF if London Ishq it is. Well, now we have confirmation that in fact London Ishq it is not. In a press statement YRF said, “Yash Chopra Movie Still Untitled” The as yet untitled film, starring Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif [...]
Emraan says he hates to play it safe with characters he portrays in movies. Known for his serial kisser image in Bollywood, Emraan has had a total makeover in Dibakar Banerjee’s upcoming political thriller Shanghai. To this he adds “… I would hate to play it safe. It’s just not the word for me. Be [...]
In an exciting association, Eros International Media Ltd (EIML) just announced it will be co-producing three films with Prakash Jha Productions. The first of the films titled Chakravyuh, directed by Prakash Jha will star Abhay Deol, Arjun Rampal, Esha Gupta, Manoj Bajpai and others. Written by Prakash Jha, Anjum Rajabali and Sagar Pandya, the music [...]
A rich, brash, gullible Delhi brat – that’s what Parineeti Chopra’s debut role asked from her – and the eight trophies she’s won, stands testimony to what an outstanding performance that was. Says Chopra, “Tell me, how many people get all the awards at every award function they attend and that too — for a [...]
UTV Motion Pictures starts shooting India’s first ever 3D dance film, ABCD. Prabhu Deva, international dance diva Lauren Gottlieb of So You Think You Can Dance fame, several famed choreographers and India’s dancing sensations are set to groove to Remo D’Souza’s direction. It is strange to think that India, a country that is known for [...]
The announcement is finally made. According to Karan Johar’s recent tweet Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani starring the beautiful couple – Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, Aditya Roy Kapur and Kalki will go on the floor this month, directed by Ayan Mukherji. Mr. Karan Johar, “Our film…YEH JAWANI HAI DEEWANI starts this month…directed by ayan mukherji and [...]
Bhangra-Urban legends RDB thrilled onlookers when they met up with superstar music maestro David Guetta in India this weekend, who was in the country to perform three exclusive gigs for his many fans in the Subcontinent. If sources are to be believed, insiders mentioned a discussion took place in regards to a possible music collaboration [...]
Vidya Balan should be one happy person for sure. The actress, who won the National Award for Best Performer (Female) last week, is likely to have one of the biggest box office hits in her career pretty soon, since her latest film Kahaani is all set to become a blockbuster from the looks of it. [...]
The lead pair of the forthcoming film Bumboo Kavin Dave and Mandy Takhar seem to be in a very mushy mood when they together. Throughout the shooting of the film, one could not help but see the chemistry between the two off screen. “Kavin is very protective about Mandy and takes care of her smallest [...]
March 12, 1930 witnessed the Salt Satyagraha – A movement led by the Father of the Nation as a campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest. 82 years later no one seems to care. As popular social networking sites celebrate singers’ birthdays, no one seems to remember the sacrifice and sheer courage of a man [...]
John Abraham hurt his nose on the sets of Sanjay Gupta’s under-production Shootout At Wadala. The incident happened when the unit was shooting in Thane (on the outskirts of Mumbai). Apparently, a junior artiste punched John’s nose very hard. The actor’s nose started bleeding profusely and the shoot was stalled for an hour. It is [...]