Bollywood

Archie Comics to have Bollywood Remake

Written by Sheetal Makhan on September 15th, 2010

Our favourite Archie characters will soon be seen on the silver screen. However, instead of being set in Riverdale, Archie and the gang will be in Delhi. The film, directed by debutant Amit Chauhan, will be called Boys Toh Boys Hai and will star Anshuman Jha and Raj Kumar Yadav, who both debuted in Dibakar [...]

The winners of the 57th National Film Awards have been announced!

Written by Sheetal Makhan on September 15th, 2010

The winners of the 57th National Film Awards have been announced! The awards recognizes the best of Indian cinema, including the best films in each region and language of the country. Congratulatory messages are pouring in on Twitter for Amitabh Bachchan who was adjudged Best Actor for his role in the movie, Paa. Bachchan gave [...]

Salman Khan: Farewell Twitter?

Written by Sheetal Makhan on September 14th, 2010

Salman Khan fans who follow him on the micro-blogging site, Twitter would have been disappointed by his latest tweet, which read: “Looks like I might have to get off Twitter. Don’t want to but what to do? I think I messed up, so sorry guys, sorry bolne mein koi sharam nahi (translation: there is no [...]

Malhotra to only work with Dharma Productions

Written by Sheetal Makhan on September 14th, 2010

Debutant director, Siddharth Malhotra regards Karan Johar as his guru and has said that he will continue to work only with Dharma Productions until he is kicked out. The We Are Family director has apparently been getting handsome offers from the film industry, but maintains that he has learnt everything from Sooraj Barjatya and Karan [...]

Karan Johar slams Aishwarya-Abhishek-Katrina rumours

Written by Sheetal Makhan on September 11th, 2010

Filmmaker Karan Johar has used the social networking site, Twitter to slam rumours involving Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, her husband, Abhishek Bachchan and Katrina Kaif. Karan tweeted: “Rumours about Aishwariya dissuading Abhishek from working with Katrina are absolutely baseless and ridiculous!!! The cast of Dostana 2 is Abhishek, John and Katrina and we start filming early [...]

Director Imtiaz Ali turns to acting

Written by Sheetal Makhan on September 5th, 2010

Director turned actor, Imtiaz Ali of Jab We Met fame will soon be seen on screen with Sushil Rajpal’s upcoming Old Monk. Sushil initially wanted Imtiaz to play the lead role in his latest release, Antardwand – a story based on a real life tale of a Bihar kidnapping. Unfortunately, Ali was occupied with his [...]

Ranvir and Konkona wed in private ceremony

Written by Sheetal Makhan on September 4th, 2010

Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sen Sharma have finally made their relationship official and were married at their Goregaon residence on Friday, September 3. Koko, as Konkona is affectionately known, wore traditional Bengali attire with her grandmother’s jewelry. Her handsome groom was dressed in a traditional shervani adorned with flowers from head to toe. It was [...]

New cast for New Hera Pheri

Written by Sheetal Makhan on August 29th, 2010

Producer, Firoz Nadiawala is ready for round three of Hera Pheri and is signing Aneez Bazmee as director of the new film. Rumours have it that a new cast can be expected like Abhishek Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Nana Patekar, who will apparently replace Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty. Hera Pheri is Nadiawala’s [...]

Dunno Y…Na Jaane Kyun selected for IFFI

Written by Sheetal Makhan on August 4th, 2010

Sanjay Sharma’s Dunno Y…Na Jaane Kyun has been making waves with international media. The film will be screened at the I View New York Film Festival and also won an award at the closing ceremony of the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. The latest feather in the director’s cap is that Dunno Y… has [...]

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Kate Winslet together in commercial

Written by Sheetal Makhan on July 15th, 2010

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Kate Winslet will soon be seen together in a L’Oreal commercial. Both actresses are celebrity ambassadors for L’Oreal and it is said that an internationally acclaimed director will be brought in to shoot the commercials in Italy. Aishwarya says that she has always admired Kate Winslet’s work and looks forward to [...]

Anupam Kher turns down Hitler film

Written by Sheetal Makhan on June 24th, 2010

Anupam Kher who was set to play the role of Hitler in Rakesh Ranjan Kumar’s Dear Friend Hitler has turned down the project. Apparently, his decision was made after speaking to two women – Soni Razdan’s mother and Sister Doloros who works with him. Soni’s mother, a German, told Kher, “It’s not only the Jews [...]

Raavan to be released in selected Karnataka theatres

Written by Sheetal Makhan on June 4th, 2010

Mani Ratnam’s Raavan will be released in 24 selected theaters in Karnataka. The president of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC), Vasant Kumar Patil said that the film, titled Raavanan in Tamil, will have a restricted release and said that “a decision has been taken to follow the existing policy of allowing non-Kannada films in [...]

Ranbir/Priyanka-starrer inspired by Friends

Written by Sheetal Makhan on May 31st, 2010

Siddharth Anand’s forthcoming film,Anjaana Anjaani starring Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra has been inspired by the award-winning American sitcom Friends. Anand says that he remembers wanting to meet and know every character when he watched the world’s favourite group of friends hanging out at the coffee shop in the hit sitcom. He says that when [...]

February release for Dum Maaro Dum

Written by Sheetal Makhan on May 28th, 2010

The thriller, Dum Maaro Dum starring Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu is set for an international release on February 4 next year, according to its producers. Fox Star Studios India is co-producing the film with Ramesh Sippy. The company hopes that it will be on a global level like My Name is Khan which was [...]

Sherlyn Chopra gets Playboy offer

Written by Sheetal Makhan on May 28th, 2010

Sherlyn Chopra, who has no problem flaunting her figure, has apparently been approached by Playboy, an American men’s magazine, to do a cover shoot with them. She recently tweeted, “Got a Playboy cover offer. Don’t know what to say.” She went on to say that while she adores nudity because “it is pure and it [...]

Lara Dutta joins Don 2 cast

Written by Sheetal Makhan on May 25th, 2010

The latest star to join the cast alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Arjun Rampal in Don 2 is Lara Dutta. While the producer Ritesh Sidhwani and director Farhan Akhtar aren’t revealing much about Lara’s role, it has been revealed that she will play a femme fatale in the sequel. Contrary to rumours, Lara [...]

Mani Ratnam to be honoured in Venice

Written by Sheetal Makhan on May 19th, 2010

Venice International Film festival director, Marco Mueller announced this week that Mani Ratnam’s Raavan will be screened in Hindi and Tamil at the 67th Venice International Film Festival in September. The director will also be presented with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award, which in the past has honoured other filmmakers around the world [...]

Imtiaz & Hrithik team up

Written by Sheetal Makhan on May 16th, 2010

The industry is buzzing following news that producer Sajid Nadiawala has signed Imtiaz Ali and Hrithik Roshan for his next film, something which other producers have been trying to do in recent years. A source says that after Housefull, Sajid will be making a Hindi remake of Kick, a South Indian superhit that will have [...]

Hollywood Cinematographer for Gowarikar’s Buddha

Written by Sheetal Makhan on May 14th, 2010

German cinematographer, Karl Walter Lindenlaub has been signed by director, Ashutosh Gowarikar to work on his epic, Buddha. Lindenlaub is responsible for Hollywood films like Independence Day, The Jackal, Up Close & Personal, The Haunting, Black Book and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. In a statement, Gowarikar described the past two months of pre-production [...]

Singh is Kinng taken to court

Written by Sheetal Makhan on May 12th, 2010

A case has been filed by American Rights Management Company against Vipul Shah’s Singh is Kinng on grounds of copyright infringement. This comes two years after the films theatrical release. The comedy film starred Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif with a musical score by US rapper, Snoop Dogg. Filed in New York District Court, the [...]

Tusshar Kapoor is the next Rajshri hero

Written by Sheetal Makhan on May 8th, 2010

Tusshar Kapoor has been chosen for the next film under the Rajshri banner. Keeping with the Rajshri theme, the film will, of course, be a love story, but is said to have a twist and modern backdrop — something slightly different to previous films under this banner. Rumours have it that Shahid Kapoor was the [...]