Bollywood Features

Exclusive Report: Ra.One’s London Red Carpet Premiere

Written by Sunny Malik on October 27th, 2011

Ra.One had a fabulous premiere in London on Tuesday night October 25th and of course, we were there! Not only did the stars walk the red carpet, but for the first time ever, the Cineworld cinema at The O2 hosted just one film on all of its eleven screens for the epic premiere of Ra.One. [...]

Diwali on Screen!

Written by BollySpice Editors on October 26th, 2011

A few years ago we published this article about Diwali on screen and we thought why not bring it back for today to celebrate The Festival of Lights! In celebration of Diwali, we here at BollySpice.com decided to see how many films we could think of that have Diwali scenes. We thought it would be [...]

Damadamm Movie Review

Written by Subhash K Jha on October 26th, 2011

Starring Himesh Reshammiya, Purbi Joshi, Sonal Sehgal Directed by Swapna Waghmare So here he is. Himesh Reshammiya is back in front of the camera. This time he moves away from the wannabe-rockstar’s image to play a working-class nerd. Himesh’s Sameer is a bit of an idiot. So he celebrates the departure of his over-possessive bossy [...]

A Tribute to Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge!

Written by BollySpice Team on October 22nd, 2011

One thing you must know about BollySpice is that we all write about what we love, which is Bollywood, and for many of us here on the team, one of the films we love the most is Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge or DDLJ. The film debuted on October 20, 1995 and 16 years later it [...]

The comeback queens of Bollywood

Written by Mahak Dewan on October 20th, 2011

Lo, behold and get ready to see your favourite mainstream actresses of 90’s coming back to grace the silver screen all over again. Times have clearly changed and the career of a leading actress has now got a much deserved extension due to changing norms of film industry. Yesteryear actresses were not this privileged and [...]

Akshay Kumar, Asha Bhosle and Jay Sean and many others honored at the Asian Awards

Written by Stacey Yount on October 19th, 2011

On a night of triumph Freddie Mercury, Ravi Shankar, Jay Sean, Muttiah Muralitharan, Asha Bhosle, Amir Khan, Meera Syal and Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar were among those honoured at the Asian Awards 2011, a global celebration of Asian achievement in partnership with Lebara, on October 18th at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane London. Lord [...]

Tukkaa Fitt Diaries Week 2: Versova Village and The Passion for Films!

Written by Stacey Yount on October 19th, 2011

We are back with week 2 of our exclusive look into the making of Tukkaa Fitt! This unprecedented access, only on BollySpice, shows you what goes into the making a film week to week to week. Tukkaa Fitt is a comedy directed by Shawn Arranha and stars Mahaakshay Chakraborty, Vaishali Desai, Hiten Paintal, and Rajpal [...]

Special Report: The Chicago South Asian Film Festival

Written by Sunny Verma on October 17th, 2011

As the Bollywood presence continues to establish itself in the US, the city of Chicago continues to show itself as one of the strongest influences of promoting South Asian content. The Chicago South Asian Film Festival premiered last year, and 2011 has already brought us the first ever Chicago Global Runway, which was a fashion [...]

Ten Amazing Ghazals & Songs of Jagjit Singh

Written by Saher Saroosh on October 15th, 2011

We suffered an enormous loss with the death of the veteran Ghazal singer, Jagjit Singh. Today, we’re looking back at some of his best ghazals that will take you back to the times when your days weren’t complete without his voice. Chittin Na Koi Sandes This is one of the few ghazals that makes me [...]

Azaan Movie Review

Written by Subhash K Jha on October 15th, 2011

Starring Sachiin Joshi,Candice Boucher,Sarita Choudhary,Aly Khan, Ravi Kissen, Aarya Babbar Directed by Prashant Chadha Rating: *** ½ As we see rescue operations post a bombing attack being carried out in slow motion, the soundtrack goes almost inert in a show of frozen protest…And you know there and then that Aazaan has something out-of-the-ordinary to offer [...]

Mod Movie Review

Written by Subhash K Jha on October 15th, 2011

Starring Ayesha Takia Azmi, Rannvijay Singh, Raghuvir Yadav, Tanve Azmi Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor Ahhhhhhh! It’s been a while since one felt that stab in the heart while watching a love story trot towards its somber culmination. Love’s like that. When put on film it can make you fall in love with the emotion called [...]

Tukkaa Fitt Diaries – Week 1 – The Mahurat Shot

Written by Stacey Yount on October 8th, 2011

We have an exciting new feature just for BollySpice readers from the sets of a Bollywood film currently in production! We are going to be getting exclusive tidbits and reports every week from the set of Shawn Arranha’s new film Tukkaa Fitt, which is an AAP Entertainment and Premal Goragandhi production. The comedy stars Mahaakshay [...]

Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Movie Review

Written by Subhash K Jha on October 1st, 2011

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. And the power to create a cinema that takes the prevalent language of narration into the domain of the dark and unpredictable, is a privilege belonging to some politically savvy filmmakers. Sudhir Mishra tops the list. Tigmanshu Dhulia follows close behind. The manner in which Dhulia brings into foreplay the murky sleazy [...]

Films that make you laugh until your stomach hurts

Written by Amrita Tanna on September 21st, 2011

“Life isn’t all Haha Hee Hee” as Meera’s Syal’s book suggests, but in Bollywood, the comedy genre has its very own niche and following. For an all-rounded movie spectacle a la Dharma Productions style, any given movie should have portions of emotion, drama, dance, action and comedy. It can be said that in recent years, [...]

Why They Love Sonam Kapoor

Written by BollySpice Editors on September 20th, 2011

Since we write about what we love, which is Bollywood, one of the things we enjoy writing here at BollySpice is special features highlighting stars and their careers. Sometimes it is spotlights where we look at their whole career graph, sometimes it is a countdown of their best movies or their best scenes and sometimes [...]

Ra.One Character Sketches and More!

Written by BollySpice Editors on September 11th, 2011

Coming up this Diwali, October 26th is the Anubhav Sinha epic superhero/adventure/action/romance/comedy/music okay pretty much everything good all rolled into one film that stars the good Shah Rukh Khan, the beautiful Kareena Kapoor and the bad (we think since we have not seen him yet but sure he looks great) Arjun Rampal. Add to that [...]

Ali Zafar’s Mere Brother Ki Dulhan!

Written by BollySpice Editors on September 10th, 2011

He is as a hugely successful popstar and on his first outing as an actor Ali Zafar blew critics away with his performance in Tere Bin Laden. For his next role, Ali took on a Yash Raj Film Mere Brother Ki Dulhan with Imran Khan and Katrina Kaif. From what we have heard Ali held [...]

Katrina Kaif talks all things Mere Brother Ki Dulhan

Written by Meera Sharma on September 9th, 2011

Katrina Kaif stars in this weekend’s big release Mere Brother Ki Dulhan that will see the actress take on a new rock chic avatar and see her star alongside Imran Khan and Ali Zafar. The Yash Raj production is a fun filled, romantic comedy that promises to keep you entertained throughout. The film tells the [...]

Imran Khan On Katrina, the two Ali’s and Mere Brother Ki Dulhan!

Written by Stacey Yount on September 9th, 2011

He has done the romantic hero, played the sad scenes, the action stunts and has danced to the beat for some fabulous films including his first Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and I Hate Luv Storys. He has even done an indie adult comedy, a little film called Delhi Belly, which was a huge hit. [...]

Films that Make You Want to Live in an Extended Family

Written by Amrita Tanna on September 7th, 2011

The loving mums, the stable dads, the annoying sisters and the protective brothers; Bollywood films are jam-packed with them. However, in true tradition, these relationships bring with them the trusted grandparents, the aunts, the uncles and the cousins without whom, one has to admit, a big fat Bollywood family would be incomplete. We enjoy the [...]

Seven Reasons We Love Kareena Kapoor

Written by Adriana Najera on August 31st, 2011

Kareena Kapoor is a classic. She is beautiful and sexy and talented. Since her debut performance in Refugee, in which she was praised because of her ease in difficult scenes, Kareena has stunned audiences with her magnetism and charisma. That was in 2000. In 2001 she starred in five films, two of which she was [...]