What is the perfect end to a balmy Friday evening in June? To wind down, drink in hand, with Akshay Kumar at a hotel in London and be one of the few people with the opportunity to get an exclusive glimpse of his upcoming film Khatta Meetha – all courtesy of Sterling Communication. I had [...]
Hello, my lovelies. We are a half of the way through the year and it is time to cast a look at what the year has to offer in film releases so you can all mark up your diaries with release dates. So here is a snapshot of what the rest of 2010 has to [...]
So it’s the week after the big release of Kites and the star-studded European premiere of the movie in London’s Leicester Square… our writers Rima Bhatia and Amrita Tanna who attended the event as well as the screening, discuss their thoughts about the movie, their likes and their dislikes and of course give their final [...]
Date – 18th May 2010 Location – London Event – Kites Press Junket Attending the event for BollySpice, Amrita Tanna and I, Rima Bhatia had thee opportunity to sit down and have a quick chat about Kites with Director Anurag Basu and Music Director Rajesh Roshan on the morning of the Premiere. What followed was [...]
West End Odeon, Leicester Square, London. 18th May Hundreds of Screaming fans…. If you combine those three elements – you can only come to one conclusion. Yes, it was the Red Carpet Event and the Premiere for Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori starrer Kites organized by Sterling Media…. and BollySpice.com was there! With the stars [...]
Salman Khan is known for his masti bhara attitude at award functions where he takes the opportunity to have a little fun during his live performances. So for this generally genteel Khan to put his foot down — the reason is going to have to be completely justifiable. Sources say that Khan refused to stick [...]
Mr. India is a film that brings back a host of memories — an invisible Anil Kapoor as Mr. India dancing with a sari clad Sridevi in ‘Khate Nahin Khathi’, ‘Miss Hawa Hawai’ and of course Mogambo — the villain who became as famous as Amjad Khan’s Gabbar. Released in 1987 Mr. India director Shekhar [...]
If you were offered an eight figure sum for your life story what would you do? Most of us would jump for joy and start thinking of ways to spend the money. Very few among us would actually turn it down. That is exactly what Milkha Singh did. Milkha, the winner of the gold medal [...]
This time last year actress Amrita Arora was planning her wedding to industrialist Shakeel Ladak on March 9, and it looks like the first wedding anniversary will be celebrated as a threesome… Amrita Arora has given birth to a baby boy on Friday in Mumbai with congratulations filtering in almost immediately from the film fraternity. [...]
Gather round, gather round, gather round my lovely junta. What an eventful year this has been! A strike between the producers and the multiplex’s meant that there were no released for a period of approximately 4 months earlier this year. The Industry suffered. The junta suffered. Then there was a global meltdown! The Industry suffered [...]
Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan. What can you say about a jodi who is just 5 films old, yet one of the most bankable jodi’s in Hindi cinema? A jodi that has not yet delivered a box office dud. A jodi that has produced some of Bollywood’s biggest hits – [...]
Venue: R-City mall in Mumbai Event: Weekday Shoot for Vipul Shah’s upcoming film Action Replay Incident: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan should be used to receiving attention by now, but when reports of her developing an attitude started doing rounds on the circuit because of the attention she receives from fans, we became a bit surprised. Having [...]
Director Sajid Khan is over the moon because Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has agreed to perform an item number for upcoming release, Houseful starring Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone. Penciled in as a promotional track for the film, Ash has already allotted four days for the shooting of the song. Sources reveal, “Sajid Nadiadwala and Sajid [...]
They all from hail from different fields yet these 130 renowned figures have one thing in common. They have all been awarded India’s highest Civilian Award. Heading up the proceedings were the recipients of the Padma Vibhushan – Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, former RBI Governor Yaga Venugopal Reddy, Apollo Hospital head Pratap Reddy and artists [...]
What do you do when you get handed the opportunity to be one of the rare few to attend a preview of one of the most anticipated films of the year? You drop everything you are doing, nod your head in acceptance and ask three questions… When, where and what time? And that is exactly [...]
Date: 2nd December Location: London, UK/ Mumbai, India Event: 3 Idiots Press Conference Actor Aamir Khan, Director Raj Kumar Hirani and Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra met with the press in London in a ‘first of its kind’ press conference via video link organised by Reliance BIG Pictures and Sterling Communications Ltd. Fresh from the question [...]
ASIDE — The Beginning – So I am starting this feature a little bit differently. When I initially suggested this feature to our wonderful Editor earlier this year I was full of hope; sort of like a graduate fresh out of a university. Then a couple of weeks later – in between juggling my professional [...]
Looks like Jermaine Jackson is enjoying his trip to India, from the food (with the full spice quotient) to exploring the cities, and of course the partying. And that to with Shah Rukh Khan. Jackson who is currently touring India shooting for a song with singer Adnan Sami ‘Let’s Go to Mumbai City’, has been [...]
After a dream debut starring alongside Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Anushka Sharma‘s next film signing seems to be one from outside the Yash Raj camp. Nikhil Advani’s Patiala House teams Anushka Sharma up with Akshay Kumar. Now those that are familiar with the Yash Raj banner and their contracts will [...]
Rumors on the grape vine regarding actress Shilpa Shetty’s marriage may soon become a reality. According Shetty’s father Surendra Shetty the marriage will be taking place within the year. The information was revealed when papa Shetty sought release of his passport through an application citing his daughter’s marriage as the reason for travel before a [...]
Having faced the camera with Love Aaj Kal (even if it was for a few minutes and that to right at the end)after an absence of a few years, Husband – Wife jodi Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh look all set to be facing the camera together for director Habib Faizal’s Do Dooni Char. Sources [...]