Bipasha Basu is ready to return to Kashmir to complete the filming of Lamhaa. Earlier the star had left the set in a hurry when she felt her personal safety was at stake when security arrangements began to break down. “Work is very important for me but at that time my life was beyond work,” [...]
Deepa Mehta has confirmed that both she and author Salman Rushdie are looking at Imran Khan for the key role of Saleem in her movie of Midnight’s Children – but the casting has yet to be confirmed. “My friend Rushdie will take an active part in the casting for the film,” explained Deepa, “He will [...]
The worldwide premieres of this film are yet to come to an end, and the film is yet to open not just nationwide but worldwide. Already Warner Bros Pictures are planning a sequel to the Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone starrer Chandni Chowk To China, their first Bollywood film which had its London premiere earlier [...]
The library of motion picture of arts and sciences (aka Oscar’s library) is interested in acquiring a copy of the Kismat Konnection screenplay to archive in the permanent core collection. The scripts placed in this collection are made accessible for research purposes only where media students, film makers, screenplay writers and actors are regular patrons. [...]
Here is the first look of Ashutosh Gowarikar’s next film, What’s Your Raashee, starring Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja. Parts of the film are being shot in Chicago, and the movie should be done by April.
As part of the promotion for the new movie Dev D, a pretend sex hotline has been opened on +91 22 61424800. Callers ringing this number will have the chance to hear Chanda talking in a husky voice in a choice of four languages. “The makers want the audience to be prepared about what to [...]
What makes a box office disaster? At the lowest level, you can look at the absolute loss to the company making the movie — but that would be a fairly dry list suitable only for accounting students. More important perhaps is the loss on expectation that the moviegoer or fan feels when he sees the [...]
2008 has drawn to an end, and what a difference 3 months can make. The top ten chart has been updated and we have some new entries and some exits. The festive season had several big releases to round up the year and what a way to end. Ladies and gents (drum roll please) I [...]
Amitabh Bachchan has agreed to attend the London premiere of Akshay Kumar’s new spectacular, Chnadni Chowk to China. “Akshay called at 5.30 a.m. and said, ‘CC2C is premiering at Leicester Square, London, on Jan 12th. I shall be honoured if you could come and join us.’ I told him I shall,” announced Amitabh, who is [...]
David Dhawan is back in the director’s chair again two years after his 2007 release Partner, was declared a box office hit. This time he is heading up UTV Motion Pictures’ Hook Ya Crook,, which goes on the floor later this month. Written by Rensil D’Silva, the award-winning writer of Rang De Basanti, Hook Ya [...]
John Landis (director of Beverly Hills Cop 3, Blues Brothers 2000, Coming To America and Trading Places), Rob Cohen (Dragonheart, The Fast & Furious and Bruce Lee Story) and McG (Terminator 4), you would think I was rattling of the names of a guest list to a Hollywood premiere right? Wrong! These were just some [...]
The acclaimed film Slumdog Millionaire has swept the 14th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards winning five top prizes including Best Picture of 2008. The Mumbai-set film also won Best Director for Danny Boyle, Best Writer for Simon Beaufoy, Best Composer for A.R. Rahman, and Best Young Actor/Actress for Dev Patel. The awards were given out in [...]
Both Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone wowed the audience at the New York premiere of Chandni Chowk to China. Deepika looked stunning in a silver satin sequined gown with fishtail and a mandarin-style collar – with a most elegant lime-green dupatta sash. Akshay was accompanied by his wife Twinkle Khanna. This is just the first [...]
After being caught in the dip of the post-Mumbai raid with Dil Kabaddi, Konkona Sen Sharma is back with two strong contenders in The President is Coming and Luck by Chance. Of the two, she is perhaps more proud of the small budget The President is Coming. It’s the story of President Bush’s 2006 visit [...]
Now this one is sure to surprise several Bollywood fans, as it would only seem fitting that Shah Rukh Khan star in Yash Chopra’s next directional venture. After all, SRK has been part of almost all the hits Yash Raj Films has seen in the last two years. However, Mumbai Mirror reports that Chopra Sr. [...]
After a hitaus of almost 14 months, Sonam Kapoor is back! UTV recently released the first song promo for Delhi 6 called “Masakalli” and Sonam is in nearly every frame. The promo starts with Sonam’s character, Bittu, trying to sing and goggling some water and then spitting it on Abhishek Bachchan. There are rumors that [...]
Danny Boyle’s hit film Slumdog Millionaire has earned a Best Picture nomination from the Producers Guild of America putting the acclaimed film on track to be a major contender at next month’s Academy Awards. The PGA nomination is particularly important since generally most of the five nominated films go on to also earn an Oscar [...]
Sanjay Leela Bhansali has confirmed that his upcoming project with Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be filmed in English and aimed at the international market. “I know it is important to make films for our market but it’s the time when our cinema should reach the remotest corner of the world,” he explains, [...]
Good evening Bollywood fans! Once again we come together at the end of the year to acknowledge the best of the…uhh lets correct that, we come together to acknowledge the worst that occurred in Bollywood over the last year. Most awards congratulate the best that occurred over 2008, but we want to be hatke and [...]
Shahid Kapoor is certainly working hard these days. In the works are Kaminey directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, an untitled film for Yash Raj starring opposite Rani Mukerji and his dance film for Ken Gosh tentatively titled Yahoo. He is so busy that his long awaited project with his dad, well known actor Pankaj Kapoor, in [...]
Note: This article contains major spoilers of the film. Do not read on if you don’t wish to know what happens. Also, the views expressed in this article belong solely to the writer and are not endorsed by BollySpice.com Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, one of the highest grossing movies of 2008, was certainly one [...]