Bollywood Movies

Vishal Malhotra Making Young Hearts Flutter

Written by Andrew Stephenson on July 13th, 2008

With his brooding Ritchie Valens good looks, Vishal Malhotra has made more than a few young hearts flutter in Jannat and soon he will be making even more take notice in Kismat Konnection. “Shahid and I play friends in KK. My role is of a talented guy who is rather short of luck,” he explains. [...]

Prateik Babbar’s Amit Shines in Jaane Tu

Written by Stacey Yount on July 12th, 2008

With a wonderful story, great music and a cast full of soon to be stars Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na is well on its way to being a huge hit. Critics and fans alike are praising the film. It is not only Imran and Genelia who are getting noticed for their outstanding performances but also [...]

Singh is Kinng From Punjab to Egypt

Written by Stacey Yount on July 11th, 2008

Singh is Kinng, one of this summer’s highly anticipated films has been filmed not only in Punjab but also in Australia and Egypt. For two of the songs, the picturesque locales of Egypt were used as the backdrop. Both ‘Jee Karda’ by Labh Janjua-Suzie Q and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Shreya Ghoshal’s song ‘Teri [...]

Lara Dutta Hits the Gym

Written by Andrew Stephenson on July 11th, 2008

Lara Dutta has been hitting the gym lately in her efforts to develop a leaner shape for her new film, Blue. “I am healthier than ever before because of all the working-out I have been doing and feel that I am in my best form ever,” she says, “I have never wanted to be waif-thin, [...]

Bollywood’s Half-Year Crisis

Written by Andrew Stephenson on July 9th, 2008

Despite the big banner headlines talking about Bollywood money buying into Hollywood, things are not going too well on the ground floor in Mumbai at the moment. The first six months of 2008 have been a disaster with only three or four movies that could be considered commercial hits at this point — Race, Jannat, [...]

Hansika Motwani – Bollywood’s New Honey

Written by Andrew Stephenson on July 6th, 2008

New teenage sensation Hansika Motwani is certainly heading places and will soon be seen in Money Hai to Honey Hai with many stars including Govinda and Celina Jaitley. What’s it been like working with him? “I enjoyed working with Chi Chi sir (Govinda) and the entire crew of the film. They all were my seniors [...]

Blog: Most Under-Rated Performances

Written by Prathna Tiwari on July 6th, 2008

Note: The views expressed in this article do not reflect the views of BollySpice.com’s staff or owners. They are solely the views of the writer of this opinion piece/blog. As I think of my favorite artists in Indian cinema and their finest moments, I realize that the ones whose performances come to mind are the [...]

Udhayathara Signing Her Name

Written by Andrew Stephenson on July 5th, 2008

Rapidly rising Mollywood star Udhayathara may be appearing in Autograph 2, Cheran’s sequel to Autograph. Navya Nair and Sneha have already been cast in the movie. Busy Udhayathara has also recently completed Thee Nagar with Karan and Kannum Kannum with Prasanna. She will soon be appearing in a second movie with Karan called Malayan, directed [...]

“A sardar singing on a pyramid will definitely go down in Singh history!” – Akshay Kumar

Written by BollySpice Editors on July 4th, 2008

Even the land of the Pharaohs was excited about welcoming the ‘Kinng’, Akshay Kumar! Recently, when Akshay and Katrina were in Cairo to shoot the ‘Jee Karda’ song for the keenly anticipated Singh Is Kinng, the plush five-star property, Oberoi Mena House is said to have allocated the Presidential Suite for Kumar. This was indeed [...]

Jaane Tu takes priority over Dus Ka Dum for Salman!

Written by Prathna Tiwari on July 4th, 2008

Salman Khan is known to do things in his own unique way. This time around, the actor takes charge as the host of ‘Dus Ka Dum’ and requests for the shooting to be rescheduled as he is required to attend the premier of Aamir Khan’s Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na. However, if you think our [...]

Randeep Hooda – Our Very Own Will Smith

Written by Prathna Tiwari on July 4th, 2008

Indian cinema keeps in its tradition of Hollywood inspirations and remakes with Percept Picture Company’s upcoming release starring Randeep Hooda as a superhero. The managing director of Percept Picture Company spoke to Mumbai Mirror and explained the inspiration of the film, the character, the storyline and the cast. * The role is set to be [...]

Raima & Riya – Double the Delight

Written by Andrew Stephenson on July 4th, 2008

For the first time on screen, the two hot Bollywood sisters, Raima & Riya Sen will be appearing together in a movie. Riya is particularly excited by the development, “I’ve been dying to work with my sister. Although she’s a year older to me and although we look very different Raima is like my twin. [...]

Rakesh Mehra speaks about filmmaking and the completion of Dilli 6

Written by Prathna Tiwari on July 3rd, 2008

It’s about time we heard from the cinematic genius who has been hiding for months now, working hard on Dilli 6. At last his work is over. Dilli 6 is now complete and in the safe hands of Rakesh’s wife, Bharathi, who is toiling very hard now to do immaculate editing to the movie. Bharathi [...]

Vidya Balan the Con Artist

Written by Sandy on July 3rd, 2008

Actress Vidya Balan has had some great innings in the industry with few setbacks and will soon be seen in a role that could be her best yet. She will be starring in the upcoming movie, Ishqiya, which is a story based in a small town in north India. Vidya will play the role of [...]

Akshay climbs the world’s tallest building for Singh is Kinng!

Written by BollySpice Editors on July 2nd, 2008

Only Akshay Kumar could have pulled off this stunt! While shooting for Singh Is Kinng on the Gold Coast in Australia, superstar Akshay Kumar would climb 78 floors up and 78 down down regularly in the building where the team was put up despite the rigorous shooting schedule. And this was no ordinary building! It [...]

Vivek shoots solo song for Mission Istanbul

Written by Stacey Yount on July 2nd, 2008

Vivek Oberoi lit up the stage at this year’s IIFA performing to the song ‘Apun Ke Saath Jo Ladega’ from Mission Istanbul. After seeing his brilliant performance, the producers of MI decided to give the hunkstar a solo song in the movie. Originally, there was no solo song planned for him, but only because it [...]

Summer Gupshup with Atul Pandey

Written by Prathna Tiwari on July 1st, 2008

Summer Gupshup, an exclusive interview with Atul Pandey – Producer of Summer 2007. In the last few years, Indian cinema has undergone a significant change. Audiences today yearn for movies that have more than just fairytale romances, a larger than life hero, and Gabbar-like villains. They yearn for cinema that has the foundation of a [...]

Jaane Tu… & Abbas Tyrewala – A Destiny

Written by WW on July 1st, 2008

With the release of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na hot on our heels, all those who are part of the project have been talking about it right, left and centre. Abbas Tyrewala, the man behind Main Hoon Na, Munnabhai, Maqbool, Darna Man Hai, Salaam Namaste and Welcome talks about Jaane Tu and his take on [...]

Nayantara – Happy in Kollywood

Written by Andrew Stephenson on July 1st, 2008

Fun-loving Kollywood bad girl Nayantara shocked many and enraptured many more with her bikini-clad appearance in Billa last year – but she swears she will never do it again. “I still get compliments for my bikini shot in Billa,” she says. “It’s been a while since its release, but my look in the film has [...]

Abbas-Mustan set to remake yet another Hollywood flick…

Written by Aly Kassam on July 1st, 2008

During a period when most directors tend to scorn blatant copying from Hollywood, director duo Abbas-Mustan continue to create “inspired” works of cinema, their latest release being the hit Race. Perhaps the saddest part is, they have no qualms about admitting this, as they gear up for their next remake which is of the successful [...]

Akshay Kumar’s Blue Accident

Written by Sandy on June 30th, 2008

Akshay Kumar’s thirst for thrill injured him whilst 75ft deep in water, shooting for his upcoming action, adventure movie alongside Sanjay Dutt and Lara Dutta in the Bahamas. The shot required Akshay to be underwater surrounded by 35 sharks. It has been said that Akshay is a certified deep sea diver, but the stunt went [...]