When you think of Hindi film music I bet that one of the first thoughts that comes to your mind is SEL aka Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The trio has been making the stars and us dance to their tunes in many a hit film. This year alone they scored big with the Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara soundtrack. [...]
Anushka Sharma could not have asked for a better debut three years ago. She was chosen to play the leading female role in Aditya Chopra’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, produced by Yash Raj Films opposite superstar Shah Rukh Khan after auditioning for the part. She has since then continued to work with India’s legendary [...]
“Only three things work in the film industry,” says Balan’s character, ”Entertainment, Entertainment and Entertainment.” While many Bollywood movies have been exploiting this fact to the core with “entertainment” solely replacing content, Ekta Kapoor’s and Milan Luthria’s The Dirty Picture proves a point that you can serve both entertainment and good content together. And yes, [...]
If you’ve seen any of the promos for Players, you’ll already know that the film – a remake of the classic heist flick “The Italian Job” – has been given a thoroughly slick makeover by the directing duo Abbas-Mustan, who appear to have created one of their characteristic thrillers with a cyber-cool techno edge. With [...]
Cocktails are back! Well, only on the sets of Homi Adjania’s next film starring Deepika Padukone, Saif Ali Khan and newbie Diana Penty, tentatively titled Cocktail. The crew flew out to Cape Town a few days ago and have been shooting on the beach for some important sequences. The schedule in Cape Town started on [...]
As we told you we have a special treat and it is here! We finally get to see our first look into the film starring the new jodi of Kareena Kapoor and Imran Khan. Directed by Shakun Batra, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu is from what we can tell a very fun, sweet, full of [...]
After her outstanding performance in No One Killed Jessica playing the no make-up, pared-down-jeans-and-t-shirt wearing Sabrina Lal, Vidya Balan has gone to the other side of the spectrum for The Dirty Picture. In this musical she is in full Indian filmi costume, makeup, picturizations, and story. Before we even saw the first glimpse of Vidya [...]
There were a few reasons one would have been looking forward to the release of Desi Boyz. Not only did the movie mark the return of the two hunks following the success of Garam Masala in 2005,Akshay Kumar and John Abraham, but it was also heavily anticipated because it would carry on the run of [...]
Sita Sings The Blues is an 82 minute animated film by Nina Paley, whose animation experience prior to this was apparently a 4 minute short film. Paley is an American woman who became aware of the Ramayana story when she was visiting her husband who was posted on a work assignment in India. As a white [...]
One of our favorite people to interview has to be Mr. Akshay Kumar! He is always funny, gives fabulous answers and you can feel the passion he has for every movie he makes. That is true once again for Desi Boyz, which opens Friday, November 25th. Directed by newcomer Rohit Dhawan (yes, son of comedy [...]
Compared with the hype surrounding Shahrukh Khan’s Ra.One, his second and last release for the 2011, Don 2: The Chase Continues (Don 2) makes its entry with a whisper rather than bang. While Don: The Chase Begins Again (Don 1) had immense pressure on the makers to aesthetically re-create the yesteryear favourite, the sequel has [...]
Did you ever wonder who was the person behind the scenes making the stars look so good? Well, now we can introduce you to one of the best who has styled some of the biggest A-list actors in Bollywood including Kareena Kapoor. Purshottam Hans, also known as Pompy amongst the members of the Indian Film [...]
After the widespread success of Band Baaja Baraat, the same winning team is back with Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. Salim-Sulaiman and Amitabh Bhattacharya have reprised their roles as music directors and lyricist respectively. The album contains 7 tracks and features the vocal talents of Benny Dayal (Papu Can’t Dance – Jaanu Tu), Shilpa Rao, Shraddha [...]
With the tweet, “IT’S A GIRL!!!!!! ))))” Proud Papa Abhishek Bachchan announced to the world that he and wife Aishwarya Rai were blessed with a baby girl today. An ecstatic Dadaji aka Amitabh Bachchan also tweeted the families joy writing, “T 561 – I AM DADA to the cutest baby girl !! A dada ji [...]
Good news for all A. R. Rahman fans! BollySpice brings to you the curtain raiser of A R Rahman’s musical, directed by Gautham Menon upcoming movie – Ek Deewana Tha. Stars – Prateik Babbar, Amy Jackson, Manu Rishi, Sachin Khedekar, Ramesh Sippy (Special Appearance) Written & Directed by – Gautham Vasudev Menon Music & Background [...]
Unlike other Bollywood guitarists and rockers who manhandle the guitar, using it like a coconut scraper and sporting some attitude, when Ranbir Kapoor thrashes his Rickenbacker like Pete Townsend, you just know here’s the original cinematic rocker. Janardhan Jakhar (Ranbir Kapoor), a Delhi college boy idolizes his hero Jim Morrison and his provocateur antics in [...]
As the weeks get closer to 2nd December, Ekta Kapoor and The Dirty Picture team are certainly turning up the heat by teasing audiences with new material. The new Dirty Picture trailer certainly will certainly turn that heat into roaring fire. In the first trailer, we were introduced to the magic of the 80s music [...]
We recently gave you some of the exclusive highlights of the press conference in London for Rockstar in our report from Sunny Malik (you can read it here). For his coverage for Bollyspice, he gave us some great quotes and fabulous pictures of stars Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri and director Imtiaz Ali. Now we have [...]
Eros International plc, a leading global company in Indian filmed entertainment invited us to a press conference with Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri and the talented Imtiaz Ali at their International headquarters in London for their much awaited film “ROCKSTAR” releasing in cinemas worldwide on 11.11.11 The Rockstar team arrived in London on Sunday and went [...]
In case you didn’t know radio hosts Raj & Pablo love Bollywood! They not only have the hit radio show Love Bollywood on BBC Asian Network, they also have a show called Bollywood Showdown on the B4U network, broadcasting to film fans around the world. In 2010, they released a fabulous compilation album that was, [...]
You know, sometimes an actor makes his debut in any film industry, be it Bolly or Holly, and he does not make much of an impression. It is only years later, when he gets that one special role, that you see him for the fine actor that he is. You then look back at his [...]