While the producers are still fighting it out with the multiplex distributors over the percentage situation, UTV Motion Productions has come up with an innovative way to cash in on the state. From the beginning of May, there will no movies releasing and in the light of vacant film cinemas, they have decided to release [...]
The rumour mill is on in full mode as it churns out more and more stories about the supposed casting for Aamir Khan’s Delhi Belly. News was released recently that Siddharth was initially approached for a lead role in the film by none other than Aamir Khan, however when he quoted a price much out [...]
Seems Salman Khan is adding a new job to his CV along with painter and actor, he can now list another track as a singer in work experience. For his new film Wanted, Salman has lent his voice to one of the promotional tracks composed by the master soundtrack duo Sajid-Wajid. Salman, who also was [...]
Amitabh Bachchan anxiously blogged this week about the happenings on the sets of Leena Yadav’s Teen Pati which has international icon Ben Kingsley as a part of its multi-starer cast. Big B stated in his blog that things are so rushed on the sets that scenes are being compiled by the minute without adequate planning, [...]
The Cannes Film Festival is not only about movies, it’s also about business. It’s the key annual event where producers and distributors from all over the world meet up to discuss projects and to strike deals. This year’s festival takes place from the 14-25 May and the President of the Jury will be French actress [...]
The Big B is moving to Hong Kong. Not the real Amitabh of course, but his wax figure from Madame Tussaud’s in London. It will be shifted to the Hong Kong branch of the organisation for five months — the first Bollywood star to appear there. “We anticipate that Bachchan’s wax figure will be incredibly [...]
We all have our personal favorite song from Delhi 6. With ‘Masakali’ taking the crown in the album and the title track not far behind for most of the populous, Abhishek Bachchan has own favorite from track: ‘Genda Phool’. You remember the picturization? It was Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman and the rest of the ladies up [...]
The names of the movies that are coming up in the next few months seem to be getting more and more unusual. In fact, while some are completely English, others are a collaboration of both—fusion style titles or completely Hindi. English, Hindi or both, the titles are funny, thought provoking and even vile but will [...]
Prateik Babbar, son of the late Smita Patil and Raj Babbar has been named “The Next Big Thing” by CNN-IBN’s Entertainment Editor Rajeev Masand. The young actor made everyone sit up and take notice with his nuanced performance in the hit film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na as Amit. In a conversation with Masand he [...]
Child actor Tanay Chheda has been a part of some fabulous films in his young career. He played Darsheel Safary’s best friend in Taare Zameen Par and was the middle version Jamal in the Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire. Now he has landed another high profile project My Name is Khan and he will be [...]
Fresh from her critical success in Delhi-6, Divya Dutta is enjoying working on Haat — The Weekly Bazaar. She was recently asked to perform an item number for the movie in front of a real village audience rather than in a studio setting. At first nervous, she soon warmed to the experience. “We were shooting [...]
12 year-old Karan’s world is blissful…. a family to nurture him, a good school for learning and a nice circle of friends to play with. His evenings are generally spent playing cricket around a tree with his group of friends namely Ritesh (the baby-faced whiz kid), Laddu (the quintessential fatso, butt of many jokes) and [...]
Boman Irani and Anupam Kher are the most MISMATCHED couple on screen and both tend to draw so many laughs because of this. Together, they had created the magic in their first film. And now after Khosla ka Ghosla, both are coming back together in Xperience Film’s first movie It’s A Mismatch. Both are playing [...]
Jennifer Lynch and Mallika Sherawat will be appearing at the annual Fangoria event at the Los Angeles Convention Centre beginning on April 18th. They will unveil clips of the new movie Hissss and sit on a panel before groups of horror fans. With positive vibes towards Bollywood riding high in the US in the wake [...]
If any director can confidently call himself “different,” it is Neeraj Pandey. His directorial debut, A Wednesday!, was an unconventional story and unexpected from a first-time director. The movie was not only critically appreciated but won many awards and drew in great crowds to the cinema halls. As a director, Pandey gained himself great credibility [...]
One would hope and assume life would change for the Nishabd actress post the blockbuster Ghajini but it seems the hardships for Jiah Khan are only beginning! To the actress’s dismay she was recently asked to leave project Yahoo directed by Ken Ghosh and co-starring Shahid Kapoor. It was reported earlier that Shahid faced a [...]
Neetu Chandra, fresh from her success in the excellent 13B, and Tanushree Dutta have been having problems with the filming of their new thriller movie The Apartment. In particular, the problems have been with their fishy co-star Sunehri, who just won’t swim into frame at the right moment. “It was so funny,” Neetu explained “We [...]
There has been much speculation about who would star opposite Saif Ali Khan in his next production Agent Vinod directed by Sriram Raghavan. Now we can reveal it will be Kareena Kapoor, Saif’s real life ladylove. Originally the leading lady’s role in the spy thriller was much smaller than Saif’s but now that Kareena has [...]
Sequels in the past have worked—Lage Raho Munnabhai, Krrish and Dhoom 2 being good examples, and then have not worked or have not lived up to their hit reputation—remember Phir Hera Pheri and Golmaal 2? Sequels have become a favorite amongst directors who prefer to keep to a similar plot and star cast. 2009 will [...]
Not only is Shahid Kapoor sporting a new look for his double role in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Kaminey (Treacherous), it seems Priyanka Chopra will also be seen in a new avatar. Master director Vishal Bhardwaj is known for creating new and many times completely different looks for the actors in his films (think Saif Ali Khan [...]
Seems the story that a sequel to the smash hit Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na is just a rumor. According to the Mumbai Mirror, director Abbas Tyrewala was supposedly working on the script for the film that would show Jai (Imran Khan) and Aditi’s (Genelia D’Souza) life after marriage. However, Imran Khan recently totally rubbished [...]