When it rains, it pours! Priyanka Chopra definitely believes this as this week not only brought her rave reviews for her role in Barfi! but it also marked the inaugural of her first international single. Looking ravishing albeit a bit nervous in a Falguni and Shane Peacock leather dress, PC launched her single ‘In My [...]
Can you believe that it has been 25 years since Kishore Kumar left this world? It is hard to believe, mainly because his songs live on even today, through numerous singers who base their styles on him from Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet, Vinod Rathod to the younger singers of today such as Babul Supriyo or Shaan. [...]
We showed you earlier the video from the great song ‘Mere Nishaan’ for the upcoming film OMG Oh My God, starring Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal. We even showed you the blooper with Akshay filming with his Rowdy Rathore mouche on! Now check out what went on behind the scenes with interviews with singer Kailash [...]
Directed by Karan Johar, Student Of The Year is making all the noise with the release date being just a month away. Starring Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan, the film is all set for its big release on the 19th of October. To amp up the excitement, Dharma Productions has just released a [...]
On September 21st, we will finally get to see Heroine in all it glory! Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, the heroine of this Heroine is played by Kareena Kapoor, who is supported by the men in Mahi’s life played by Arjun Rampal and Randeep Hooda. The film is based on the life and times of a [...]
Comedy king Priyadarshan returns with his latest laugh riot Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal featuring an all-star cast led by veterans Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, and Om Puri. Releasing in theaters worldwide on September 28, the outrageous action-comedy also stars Shreyas, Madhhurima, Asrani, Shakti Kapoor, and Neeraj Vora with music from Sajid-Wajid. Release Date: September 28 Cast: Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, [...]
English Vinglish, starring the beautiful Sri Devi and produced by Eros International and R. Balki, received a tremendous response at this year’s prestigious Toronto International Film Festival. The film, directed by Gauri Shinde, premiered to a sold out crowd at the Roy Thompson Hall at Toronto on September 14th 2012. The global audience gave English [...]
On 14th September, Rani Mukerji donned in a gorgeous Pink Sari was spotted at the launch of “Dreamum Wakepum”, her first song of the film Aiyyaa in the droning Matunga locality. Actor Prithviraj was seen shaking a leg with Rani, and the duo were extremely excited about their song. The song launch happened amidst the Matunga Street. [...]
Documentary filmmaker Ashim Ashluwalia makes his transition to feature films with this story of the two brothers, Sonu (Nawazuddin Sidiqqui) and Vicky (Anil George) who work making lurid and sleezy (and highly illegal, given the censorship and repression of the times) schlock horror and porn films in 1980s Bombay. Vicky is the ambitious one of [...]
Vasan Bala’s first feature film, Peddlers, follows the lives of three unrelated individuals whose lives gradually intersect: Mac (Siddharth Menon), a streetwise orphan who deals drugs and does odd jobs; Bilkis (Kriti Malhotra), a young former chemistry teacher with cancer who comes to Mumbai to work as a drug mule, and eventually gets work in [...]
Just five films old and an already established star in the Southern film industry, Priya Anand is a girl to look out for! Her awe inspiring respect for cinema and love for the cinema culture of India brought her back across the seven seas from the US with the hope to pursue a career in [...]
“Isn’t it unfortunate that you still don’t know where your heart lies?” says Shiv’s father to him. Shiv’s parents are worried about him. At twenty-three he is coddled and a little cocky, and totally aimless. But Shiv agrees with his father, so it’s perhaps not surprising that he sets off on what turns into a [...]
After months of speculation, YRF is pleased to announce the title of Yash Chopra’s Romance, Jab Tak Hain Jaan. Starring Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma, the film has also brought together the award winning pair of A. R. Rahman and Gulzar, who orchestrated by Yash Chopra, have created some wonderful and poetic music [...]
Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra is nervous and excited at the same time these days. The 30-year-old beautiful actress is about to launch her first international single In My City featuring will.i.am produced by Red.One under Universal Music and her next film Barfi! is set to open worldwide and in the UK this Friday, 14th September [...]
Anyone who is a devoted Bollywood fan knows the name Kapoor. The eminent Kapoor clan is considered to be one of the most powerful dynasties in the Bombay film industry. They are a dynasty which is full of talent and over the past eighty years, their cinematic presence has been seen by generations of audiences. [...]
Saturday evening saw the final show from Saregama’s Celebrating the Legends UK tour in London, at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo, headlined by Roop Kumar Rathod and Sunali Rathod. Presented as a tribute show to Indian musical legends Mohammad Rafi, Talat Mahmood, Noor Jahan and the nightingale of India – Lata Mangeshkar, the house full audience [...]
To celebrate the release of India Fantastique, a book that celebrates 25 years of Indian designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, Sotheby’s in London held an exhibition celebrating the work of the designers and famed photographer Ram Shergill. Ram Shergill has photographed the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, the late Amy Winehouse, and Naomi Campbell. [...]
Wednesday saw the exclusive launch party of the book India Fantastique, which marks the 25th Anniversary of famed designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, at the prestigious London auction house Sotheby’s. Stilt walkers greeted guests, which included the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Dame Judi Dench, film director Gurinder Chadha, steel baron Lakshmi Mittal, as [...]
Ranbir Kapoor is all set to light up the big screen on the 14th September with his next film release Barfi. The romantic comedy directed by Anurag Basu sees Ranbir Kapoor paired opposite Priyanka Chopra, for the second time, and sees southern actress Ileana D’Cruz make her Bollywood debut. Bollyspice.com caught up with Ranbir Kapoor [...]
Part 1 of director Anurag Kashyap’s sprawling family saga of power and revenge did two very important things: it introduced the character of Faizal Khan (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), and it left me with a definite appetite to see Part 2. I had the chance to do just that a screening held in advance of the presentation [...]
“He didn’t understand how it had happened. Undoubtedly he never would. These moments are like shooting stars. They pass before us, leaving only a luminous trail impossible to decipher. Where do they come from? What do they plunge toward?” From the novel Z by Vassilis Vassilikos A controversial political activist fighting the displacement of people [...]