Bollywood News
Yash Chopra To Receive FIAPF Award
Mr. Yash Chopra was awarded the FIAPF Award for outstanding achievement in film making at the annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the region’s highest accolade in films. The awards were announced last year on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, on 11th November 2008, amidst more than 700 film industry luminaries from the Asia-Pacific region, Europe […]
Happy Birthday Reema Sen!
Sultry Reema Sen turns 28 years old today with the news that her latest movie – the big budget Aayirathil Oruvan which also stars Karthi – will be released on Republic Day. The post-production on this Indiana Jones-style adventure is taking longer to complete than the director anticipated, but he argues it will be worth […]
Priyamani Camped in Bollywood
Having completed her shooting stint for Raavana with Aishwarya Rai and Abshishek Bachchan, Priyamani is currently camped out in Mumbai, possibly hoping that more Bollywood offers may come her way. Meanwhile, work is continuing on the Kannada movie called Raam with Puneet Rajkumar. Best known for her stunning performance in Paruthi Veeran with Karthi, a […]
Scene by Scene: Mohabbatein Climax
Like many movie buffs my film tastes vary constantly. A Hollywood drama, a Govinda comedy and a Satyajit Ray masterpiece can all hold a place in my favourites, regardless of box office verdicts. Mohabbatein was not a runaway hit when it was released in 2001. The Times of India’s Khalid Mohammed gave it a two […]
More Explicit Cuts for Jail
When news of Neil Nitin Mukesh’s naked scene in Jail made rounds, it not only shocked audiences but added more credibility to the hat of Madhur Bandarkar as realistic director in Bollywood. However, the scene was soon edited and chopped as the cast and crew did not want to offend or stir up any controversies […]
Mughda Godse Teaches Neil How To Walk
Looking perfect in a black-and-white sari, Mughda Godse walked the ramp yesterday at the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Show for designer Reynu Taandon. She was joined by Neil Nitin Mukesh and Manoj Bajpayee, her co-stars from Jail. She could be seen backstage teaching them how to walk. A little embarrassed, she said, “I was not teaching […]
Charmme About to be Charmed by Mammootty
Charmme is about to team up in another Malayalam film with Megastar Mammootty, who is currently basking in the success of his megahit Pazhassi Raja. She will star with him in Dronar. She is already working in another Mollywood film — with Dileep in Aagathan. Charmme, winner of a Best Actress Award for Mantra, is […]
Chance Pe Dance Theatrical Trailer
We bring for you the new trailer for Shahid Kapur and Genelia D’Souza’s upcoming film Chance Pe Dance. Directed by Ken Ghosh of Ishq Vishq fame, this film is a UTV Motion Pictures production and is scheduled to release in January 2010. Take a look at this must see trailer and enjoy Shahid dancing to […]
Manoj Bajpayee’s Second Encounter with Jail after 10 Years
“Hey that is Manoj Bhai. Why have you come after 10 years to meet us?” is what many inmates at Tihar Jail were saying to Manoj Bajpayee. Ten years before Manoj had gone to Tihar as part of the celeb team for the development programme of the inmates. Comments Manoj, “It was so amusing because […]
Sibling Sensations for Wills
Day 2 of the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Show brought siblings together in Sanjana Jon’s show based on family loyalty. Salman and Sohail Khan and Riya and Raima Sen were amongst other groups of siblings – as well as Sushmita Sen – showing support for the troubled designer whose brother, fellow designer Anand Jon, was recently […]
IFFI will be far from iffy!!
With over 200 films showing in 10 days, the 40th International Film Festival of India in Goa, which runs from November 23rd, looks like being the strongest yet. The festival has been divided up into emerging continents – Africa, South America – and also countries such as Poland, Spain, Italy, France and Croatia. In addition, […]
(Un)wanted Posters: Upcoming Releases Unleash Social Media Backlash
It would seem that some of the upcoming releases are creating waves in ways they might not have intended or expected. Posters for the films ended up pasted over the paintings of the most recent incarnation of The Wall Project in Mumbai. The Wall Project is an experiment in public art — its mission is […]
Saifeena Sideline Vivek
Vivek Oberoi is not a happy man even after bagging a film as grand as Kurbaan, with which he hopes to revive his career. The actor has been completely “sidelined” in the promos of the film in which he is supposedly playing a pivotal role. Thus far, most of the promotions have focused on the […]
Raj Gives Shilpa a Big Rock
Finally, Shilpa Shetty has become engaged to her beau Raj Kundra. I imagine Shilpa’s father thought he’d never get her off his hands! The event took place at Raj’s residence in Mumbai and was essentially a family affair – although of course Shamita was absent as she’s currently locked up in The Big Boss house. […]
Happy Birthday Asin!!
We wish a happy birthday to top southern actress Asin Thottumkal, who is 24 years old today. The Kerala-born actress is currently enjoying the promotion campaign for her new film London Dreams and recently talked about how co-star Salman Khan and her father got along together on set. “Salman and my father got along very […]
Mantra gave Kunal Dekhmukh a beer bath
Many times we have seen directors ordering actresses to get wet with beer in a movie for some romantic scene but for a change the director of Tum Mile, Kunal Deshmukh, was at the receiving end of the beer bottle. Mantra, who is playing the second lead in the film, managed to achieve the impossible. […]
Gulzaar Saab at Osians
Each and every day more and more avenues are arising to recorgnise and highlight the talents of the Indian film fraternity. The latest of these special occasions was the 11th Osian’s-Cinefan Film Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema which honoured our very dear Gulzaar saab with life time achievement. The legendry lyricist till date remains […]
First Look: Aao Wish Karein
We have got your first look of the new film Aao Wish Karein. Directed by Glen Barretto, this is the first film as producer for Bollywood star Aftab Shivdasani. With the tag line: “If you believe in fairy-tales, you become a part of it” , this promises to be not your typical masala film. We […]
I Hate Luv Storys goes to the floor!
The new film from Dharma Productions, directed by newcomer Punit Malhotra and starring the new jodi of the gorgeous Sonam Kapoor and the handsome Imran Khan began its first filming schedule today. The film called I Hate Luv Storys, is according to Imran a love story but beyond that not much is known. Twitter followers […]
Dia Mirza is Not Bitter
Dia Mirza is not feeling bitter about the lack of success of Acid Factory, a film on which she’d pinned a lot of hopes – it’s the type of all-action movie that’s likely to do better on DVD and downloads anyway. She’s already looking forward to Kurbaan with Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, due […]
Sushmita Sen Revisits Her Past
It’s a unique new TV show whose format is sure to be bought up worldwide. In NDTV Imagine’s Raaz Pechle Janam Ka celebrities and others will be hypnotised and sent back to explore their past and perhaps even their previous lives on-air. One of the first volunteers is Bollywood star Sushmita Sen. “Sush will be […]
