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First Look of Ajay in Himmatwala!

Written by Stacey Yount on August 8th, 2012

Sajid Khan is getting back to work with the tribute to the classic Himmatwala. Talking about the film, Khan says “I can only say one thing about my film — that it is loosely based on the yesteryear film. It’s a completely new story in a contemporary set-up with several new characters.” Adding, “Our film [...]

The Rest Of 2012: Movies We’re Dying To Watch!

Written by Shakila Hashem on August 7th, 2012

2012 has been a blockbuster year for Bollywood so far. Several films have done tremendous business while others have broken out of the regular mold and given audiences something fresh and new to watch. But the year is hardly over! Bollywood usually reserves its best and biggest films for the second half of the year [...]

Raaz 3 Music Review

Written by Sheetal Tiwari on August 7th, 2012

The Raaz franchise re-emerges with its third film, Raaz 3 this year. Great music has been synonymous with the last two movies and with names like Emraan Hashmi and Mahesh Bhatt associated with it, expectations are certainly running high. Raaz featured music by Nadeem-Shravan while Raaz – The Mystery Continues featured music by Raju Singh [...]

Jism 2 Movie Review

Written by Aashi Gahlot on August 4th, 2012

The film that has attracted much controversy in India is finally unveiled. The sequel to Jism (2003), Jism 2 is an erotic thriller directed by Pooja Bhatt. Sunny Leone, the Indo Canadian porn star, makes her Bollywood debut in the story that also features Randeep Hooda and Arunoday Singh. The film begins with a Biblical [...]

Shuttlecock Boys Movie Review

Written by Pooja Rao on August 4th, 2012

This initiative of PVR in releasing small-budget Indie films is getting rather interesting and what began as just another movie show to attend, I’ve now begun looking forward to what the ‘directors rare’ series puts forth week on week. Now showing this week is Shuttlecock Boys which as the extremely nervous debutant director Hemant Gaba clarifies [...]

Amitabh Bachchan: “It was a privilege to carry this prestigious torch which really represents the entire Olympic movement.”-

Written by Sunny Malik on July 30th, 2012

On Thursday, 26th July 2012, Indian film legend Amitabh Bachchan proudly carried the Olympic Torch during its final relay leg around London before the much-awaited Games opening ceremony on Friday, 27th July. The superstar actor, dressed in the official Olympic Torch Relay attire and his participant number of ‘63’ emblazoned on the front, was relaxed [...]

Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum Movie Review

Written by Shalu Dhyani on July 27th, 2012

Are films with crass humour, sexual innuendoes, gay jokes, private parts’ references and double entendres your cup of tea? If no, director Sachin Yardi’s Kya Super Kool Hain Hum (KSKHH) is not for you. If yes, this Ekta Kapoor production starring Riteish Deshmukh, Tusshar Kapoor, Neha Sharma, Sarah Jane Dias and Anupam Kher may just [...]

Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi Music Review

Written by Stacey Yount on July 27th, 2012

Starring choreographer turned director Farah Khan, who is making her debut as a lead actress, the love story of Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi also stars the great Boman Irani. This is not a classic Hindi romance, with the young college students finding love. In fact, this romantic comedy tells the tale of love [...]

Tusshar talks Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum!

Written by Stacey Yount on July 23rd, 2012

Tusshar Kapoor is back in his comedy avatar with Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum, which is set to release on July 27th. Partnering once again with Riteish Deshmukh, the funnymen revisit the world of the original hit Kyaa Kool Hain Hum from 2005. In what is being called a “sex comedy”, the like of something [...]

Editorial: Bollywood – creating female stereotypes, one rom-com at a time

Written by Pooja Rao on July 22nd, 2012

I happened to watch Cocktail at an extremely crowded press plus crew plus family plus friends show. While you can read my official movie review, as I was thinking about the film some more I wanted to write about some of the other aspects that bothered me about Cocktail. These additional thoughts touch on some points [...]

Challo Driver Music Review

Written by Stacey Yount on July 19th, 2012

Challo Driver, directed by and starring Vickrant Mahajan is a comedy film that also features Kainaz Motivala, Prem Chopra, Manoj Pahwa, Tariq Vasudeva, Juhi Pande and Silky Khanna. Set in Delhi, Challo Driver is the story of Arjun Kapoor, a fiery young construction magnate and Tanya Malhotra, an arts graduate from Chandigarh — who unwittingly [...]

Ek Tha Tiger Music Review

Written by Sheetal Tiwari on July 19th, 2012

The forthcoming Yash Raj Films venture, Ek Tha Tiger has created Indian Cinema history with the overwhelming excitement surrounding its release. Ek Tha Tiger sees the newly crowned king of the box-office, Salman Khan, join forces with Bollywood mogul Yash Raj Films, under the direction of Kabir Khan (New York). Khan’s prior box-office smashers, namely, [...]

Special Review: Trishna

Written by Katherine Matthews on July 13th, 2012

This is the truth. The truth love has taught me. My love, you showed me how the world really is. (from one of Amit Trivedi’s very fine original songs from Trishna) Michael Winterbottom’s latest film, Trishna, is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Winterbottom, of course, is no stranger to Hardy’s [...]

‘Mashallah’ – from Ek Tha Tiger

Written by Stacey Yount on July 12th, 2012

To say that Yash Raj Films’ Ek Tha Tiger starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif is highly anticipated is somewhat of a ridiculous and most definitely an understatement. With each new reveal of glimpses into the thriller/action/romance the excitement from fans and people in the Hindi film industry just gets higher. It looks like in [...]

“Cocktail has captured the imagination of the audience” – Saif Ali Khan

Written by Sunny Malik on July 11th, 2012

A tired but excited Saif Ali Khan promoted his upcoming release Cocktail, directed by Homi Adajani in the British capital earlier this month. The 41-year-old actor flew into London after finishing the Turkey schedule of Race 2. Khan, who shot Cocktail primarily in London, excitedly spoke about the film to BollySpice reporter Sunny Malik. Check [...]

‘Do this scene again’ said Homi Adajania – Saif Ali Khan at Cocktail press conference in London

Written by Sunny Malik on July 10th, 2012

Eros International held a press conference for their upcoming co-production with Illuminati Films, Cocktail with leading actor Saif Ali Khan and producer Dinesh Vijan at their London headquarters last week. Cocktail, which releases in the UK and worldwide through Eros on 13th July, also stars Deepika Padukone and newcomer Diana Penty. Synopsis When Veronica (Deepika [...]

Jism 2 Music Review

Written by Rumnique Nannar on July 9th, 2012

From Bipasha Basu’s sensual debut in Jism, we have the unlikely but extremely suitable star in Sunny Leone who makes her entry into Bollywood in Jism 2. While Jism was a fairly good erotic thriller, it relied on that passionate music by M.M Kreem and that sizzling chemistry between Bipasha and John Abraham. The new [...]

Who’s Hot Who’s Not – Esha Deol’s Reception Party

Written by Meera Sharma on July 9th, 2012

Esha Deol and husband Bharat Takhtani wedding reception took place last week and the reception was a star-studded affair. The reception, which took place in Mumbai, saw stars such as Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Rekha, Sridevi, Kajol, Jeetendra and Vidya Balan attend to celebrate with the newly married couple. With such a star studded affair [...]

Salim and Sulaiman in conversation on All Things Music and the UK concert!

Written by Stacey Yount on July 9th, 2012

Beginning with Hamesha in 1997, the great musical duo of Salim and Sulaiman Merchant have given Bollywood’s actors and actresses, and of course, fans some of the greatest music heard and danced to in Hindi Cinema. They are the gentlemen behind incredible soundtracks such as Aaja Nachle and Chak De! India in 2007, Rab Ne [...]

Bol Bachchan Movie Review

Written by Shalu Dhyani on July 8th, 2012

That director Rohit Shetty is a fan of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Golmaal is quite evident from the fact that he has named his most successful movie franchise after it and even his All The Best had two of its heroes watching the film on their home theatre. So it is no surprise that his latest Bol [...]

Raima Sen attends the closing event at LIFF

Written by Meera Sharma on July 8th, 2012

Bollywood actress Raima Sen was in London for the closing event at the London Indian Film Festival on Tuesday 3rd July. Two of Raima Sen’s Bengali movies, Abosheshey and Baishey Srabon where screened at the two week film festival, with the actress walking the red carpet for the UK premier of the Bengali thriller Baishey [...]