Ever since Neil Nitin Mukesh, grandson of the legendry Mukesh and son of the brilliant Nitin Mukesh, made his debut as an actor, music enthusiasts have been dying to hear his singing debut. Finally, the wait is over. Neil has lent his voice for his next action thriller, Aa Dekhen Zara co-starring Bipasha Basu. However, [...]
When Kajol danced around to the lyrics ‘mere khawbon mein jo aaye’ in the all time favourite Dilwale Dhulaniya Le Jayenge, the song became an instantaneous hit. Now its namesake, a movie tilted Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye, is up for release in Febuary 2009. This Randeep Hooda (Monsoon Wedding) and Raima Sen (Parineeta) starrer [...]
Seems like Harman Baweja’s Victory may not be the only sporting movie this season as another not-so-talked about film will not be far behind. 42 Kms, releasing on the 23rd January this year, is going to tackle the journeys of five different individuals who themselves will be tackling a 42 km run. The movie stars [...]
One might say 2008 was the year of Rahman. While songs from Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Jodha Akbar, Ghajini, and Yuvraaj topped the Indian charts, A R Rahman enthralled international audiences with the extraordinary musical score he created for Slumdog Millionaire. As Rahman bagged the Golden Globe for Best Original Score, he left the [...]
Music has no language. This was evident early last year when Bollywood favourites Vishal and Shekhar made their debut down South with the film Chintakayala Ravi (Telugu). Now, the rocking musical trio of Shankar-Eshaan-Loy (Dil Chahta Hai, Kal Ho Naa Ho and Rock On!!) have also entered the arena of Regional Indian Cinema with Siddhartha’s [...]
Lately Indian Cinema has seen a steady flow of movies about sports such as Lagaan, Chak De India, Salaam India, and Goal. Victory is one such film and its sport of choice is India’s favourite sport, cricket. Victory stars the industry’s newest member Harman Baweja (Love Story 2050) and Amrita Rao (Vivah) in pivotal roles [...]
The audiences have not even started to recover from Excel Entertainment’s last offering, the incredible Rock On!!, and they have been plunged into their latest album, Luck By Chance. Farhan Akhtar’s second venture as an actor is written and directed by debutant Zoya Akhtar and has an impressive cast list, namely Konkona Sen Sharma, Sanjay [...]
Vikas Svarup’s acclaimed novel, Q and A has now been made into a motion picture titled Slumdog Millionaire. Directed by Danny Boyle, it stars Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Anil Kapoor, and Irrfan Khan in pivotal roles. Slumdog Millionaire is currently bagging countless awards at International Film Festivals, recently named best picture for the National Review [...]
What seems like a wait that lasted decades is slowly coming to an end. As cinegoers await A.R. Murugadoss’s Ghajini to the hit the screens, the music of the eagerly awaited remake of the Tamil blockbuster (of the same name) has hit the stores. Partially inspired by Chris Nolan’s Memento, Ghajini‘s Hindi remake stars Aamir [...]
The immensely successful musical duo of Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani, better known as Vishal-Shekhar, have debuted into Regional Indian Cinema this year with the romantic-comedy Chintakayala Ravi (Telugu). The duo that first came into light with Jhankaar Beats, went on to be one of Indias’s music directors. Their most notable works are the energetic [...]
In a time when formula-bound albums are highly popular, Dostana is one formula-bound album that manages to stand out of the crowd. Even though it has the basic ingredients of a typical album such as a romantic number, a Punjabi one and an item song, it stills manages to be fresh and engaging. Dostana is [...]
The title says it all. Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal Returns with Tushaar Kapoor, Ajay Devgan and Arshad Warsi who are psyched up for the second ride while Sharman Joshi has been replaced by Shreyas Talpade. Accompanying the gents are Kareena Kapoor, Celina Jaitley, Amrita Arora and Anjana Sukhani. After giving the chartbuster title song for the [...]
Popcorn Motion Pictures and Balaji Motion Pictures in association with Sahara One Motion Pictures are gifting audiences EMI (Easy Monthly Instalments) this Diwali. EMI stars the talents of Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, Ashish Choudhary, Urmila Matondkar, Malaika Arora Khan and Neha Oberoi. In the director’s seat is debutante Saurabh Kadra while the music is handled [...]
Despite having a star-studded cast, Drona‘s music release has had a pretty quiet release without any anticipation or media hoopla surrounding it. Directed by Goldie Behl (Bas Itna Sa Khawb) and made under the banner of Rose Movies and Eros Entertainment, Drona dares to venture into the unconventional genre of fantasy and the supernatural with [...]
Legendry filmmaker Shyam Benegal’s comedy caper Wecome to Sajjanpur hits the silver screen at the end of this week. Welcome to Sajjanpur stars the immensely talented duo of Shreyas Talpade (Iqbal) and Amrita Rao (Main Hoon Na) in the lead roles. Music has been directed by the acclaimed Shantanu Moitra and lyrics have been penned [...]
Ru Ba Ru makes a quiet appearance in the bundle of music releases this week, pinned against the highly anticipated Kidnap. Directed by Arjun Bali and produced under the banner of Percept Picture Company in association with Zee Motion Pictures, Ru Ba Ru stars Randeep Hooda (Monsoon Wedding, D — Underworld and Risk) and Shahana [...]
It is a known fact that Farhan Akhtar is making his debut as an actor with Rock On!!. What may not be known, is the fact that he is also debuting as a singer with this movie. Rock On!! also stars Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny, Shahana Goswami and introduces television heartthrob Prachi Desai. [...]
The newest installment from the house of Yash Raj is Bachna Ae Haseeno starring the real life couple Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone with Minisha Lamba and Bipashsa Basu. Promos promise a funfilled romantic comedy in true Yash Raj style with overseas locations, designer costumes, and all-round NRI appeal, while the image the music aims [...]
As Salman Khan’s Partner hits silver screens worldwide, talks have commenced about his next movie, a Hollywood venture titled Marigold where he stars opposite sexy Ali Larter of the TV show, Heroes. Marigold has music by the talented trio of Shankar, Eshaan, and Loy who have been busy since the music of Heyy Babyy also [...]
In recent years, there has been a major decline in Hollywood movies, not in numbers but in the calibre of the movies produced. Sure, movies that are given Oscars at the end of the year are identified as a groundbreaking works of art, but they still do not appeal to the everyday cine-goer. It’s rare [...]