Pretty Asin from the South has two potential big Bollywood hits coming her way with two of the biggest stars — Ghajini with Aamir Khan and London Dreams with Salman Khan. Salman is being particularly attentive to the young South Indian star, making her feel at home and even helping her to find accommodation in [...]
In her new movie Kidnap, opposite Imraan Khan of course, Minissha Lamba has had somewhat of a makeover becoming a tough extrovert kind of character. Did she find this difficult? “It was anything but easy,” she says, “It was very much out of my safety zone, as I have never dressed like her. My attitude [...]
Divya Dutta had a happy birthday celebration – her birthday was September 25th. She’s riding high on the success of Welcome to Sanjjapur. Her co-stars from the movie were there as well as director Shyam Benegal who met up with American director Jennifer Lynch for the first time. Jennifer is currently directing Divya in the [...]
Opening this Thursday is the highly anticipated film Drona, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra. In the film action/adventure/fantasy film Priyanka plays Abhishek’s bodyguard and for the role she was asked to do many stunts. Most of them she took in stride, but there was one sequence she was not so comfortable with. Director Goldie [...]
As you probably know by now Hello, which opens on October 10th, is based on Chetan Bhagat’s best selling novel One Night At The Call Centre. If you have not read it, in the book Chetan Bhagat is the narrator of the story and his character is a writer. For the film, director Atul Agnihotri [...]
In just two days Sanjay Gadhvi’s Kidnap will roar into theaters. The film stars Vidya Malavade, Minissha Lamba, Imran Khan and Sanjay Dutt. In this exciting interview Sanjay Dutt talks all things Kidnap including: his role, working with Imran Khan and how the action scene made him feel like a teenager again. He also lets [...]
It is with deep regret and remorse that we inform our readers that legendary singer Mahendra Kapoor (74), passed away due to a cardiac failure on Saturday, 27th September 2008 at his residence in Mumbai. His son, Rohan, tells IANS that Mr. Kapoor had not been in good health for a while. Kapoor’s dream was [...]
Both Filmfare and Screen India recently announced the winners of their respective polls. Recently the magazines surveyed their readers about many different topics; with Filmfare asking who is the hottest and Screen India wanting to know what is in and what is out in Bollywood. Both Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif topped lists on both [...]
This Eid’s most keenly awaited film Kidnap sees the latest teen sensation Imran Khan in a radically different avatar. From essaying a cute, lovable boy-next-door in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na to a new-age angry young man, Imran has grown by leaps and bounds. Kidnap sees him perform some death-defying stunts, which even had veteran [...]
On Thursday, October 2nd, Goldie Behl’s fantasy adventure film Drona will open in theaters. The film stars Priyanka Chopra, Jaya Bachchan, Kay Kay Menon and in the title role Abhishek Bachchan. Recently Abhishek spoke a bit about the film to Taran Adarsh. “It’s my biggest and best film so far. I don’t speak like this, [...]
Zayed Khan is thrilled. He will soon be shooting for what he believes to be Bollywood’s first ever underwater item number. “It’s never been done before. On the concept level itself, it sounds too outrageous… The entire cast singing in the deep-sea. That’s unique-man!” he says. The number is in Blue and the entire main [...]
It’s not been an easy ride for Jacqueline Fernandez, the former Miss Sri Lanka who represented her country in the Miss Universe contest in 2006. As her country descended into civil war when she was a child, her family upped sticks and moved to Bahrain. However, she blossomed there, excelling in sports and languages — [...]
She’s quite a flame; Shama Sikander is her name. You may have seen her here and there and that glimpse rare, but now’s the time she is about to arrive. Starting out with some movies and TV shows, the actress has even made her presence felt when she’s walked the ramp for Ritu Kumar, Shaina [...]
Producer Ashok Amritraj brings to the big screen his latest comedy The Other End of the Line starring Jesse Metcalfe of Desperate Housewives and Shriya who recently starred opposite Rajnikanth in the Indian blockbuster Sivaji: The Boss. To be released nationwide on October 31, the film is the first in a five-year co-production deal between [...]
Minissha Lamba, last seen as the tame Mahi in Bachna Ae Haseeno, has been in the news for her sexy avatar in the forthcoming Kidnap. About how and why director Sanjay Gadhvi zeroed down on her, he revealed exclusively, “I believe that there is a shortage of good young talent in the industry. I was [...]
Welcome to Sajjanpur, which released on September 19th is creating raves all around with starry reviews and critics who cannot stop praising Shyam Benegal intelligence. Welcome to Sajjanpur brings together the fresh pair of Shreyas Talpade and Amrita Rao as Mahdev and Kamla. Bollywood Hungama spoke to the talented Shreyas Talpade about the venture and [...]
Speculations were doing the rounds whether Darsheel Safary, whose sensitive portrayal of Ishaan Awasthi in Taare Zammen Par won him many accolades, would do another movie or not. One of the reasons is that his parents wanted to make sure their son concentrated on his studies and procured good results. However, now the rumours have [...]
As December slowly approaches (at a crawling pace for SRK fans!), Aditya Chopra’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi continues to get more exciting. After newcomer Anushka Sharma was signed to play the lead role opposite Shahrukh Khan, it was reported that SRK will be donning two distinct looks in the film. Recently, it was also [...]
Never underestimate Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, that’s for sure. Post-marriage, many have been claiming that Aishwarya has been putting on a ‘traditional bahu’ act in order to change her image, but her latest photoshoot for the one-year anniversary or Vogue India proves otherwise. While some of her contemporaries have been hogging headlines by shedding their clothes [...]
In just over a week the action/adventure/fantasy film Drona will hit theaters. Directed by Goldie Behl, the film boasts an all-star cast including Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon and Jaya Bachchan. The film’s story revolves around Abhishek’s character Drona discovering who he truly is and then with his bodyguard Sonia (Priyanka) at his [...]
Glamorous Rakhi Sawant has been chosen as the Queen Cheerleader for the second season of the Indian Cricket League (ICL) that begins on October 10th. They will perform at every match. “Cheerleading is not just tamasha (mindless drama). It is a sport by itself,” said Rakhi. “Until now, it was the exclusive domain of the [...]