New Delhi: While mainstream films have seen mass consumption in the country, a new breed of Indian fiction is seen doing the same. These books speak in a language which is hooking on a lot of first time readers. Indian writing in English has moved far beyond the Amitav Ghoshes, Vikram Seths and Salman Rushdies, even past Chetan Bhagat, who barged into the Indian publishing milieu and revolutionised the market....
01:00 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Mumbai: Mahie Gill picks bold roles, but being typecast in those characters is not something that the actress is worried about. She has featured in films like 'Dev D', 'Not A Love Story' and 'Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster', in all of which she shed her inhibitions. "I will not get typecast. I don't think the issue is about revealing, it's about doing particular characters. It's not a big thing. When...
12:47 PM, Feb 26, 2012
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Love triangle is an evergreen subject in the Hindi film industry. Even when the story does not need to focus on the second lover, directors ...
06:51 PM, Oct 11, 2011
New Delhi: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma's brutal crime biopic Not A Love Story is a pale shadow of the director's strong narrative of systematic crime and his fascination with the underworld that goes back to his days of 'Shiva'. When he returns as producer with Shabri this week, one can only hope that Varma finds his niche back as the master-teller of the crime story. There is Stanley Kubrick's horror...
05:50 PM, Aug 23, 2011
This week on Now Showing, Rajeev Masand reviews 'Not A Love Story', 'Chatur Singh Two Star', 'Bad Teacher', 'The Devil's Double' and 'Fright Night'. ...
09:57 AM, Aug 20, 2011
Cast: Mahie gill, Deepak Dobhriyal Director: Ram Gopal Varma Sixteen years after making Rangeela, a film centered on a struggling actress and her fairytale rise to stardom, Ramgopal Varma gives us 'Not A Love Story', whose protagonist is also a wannabe star, but one who doesn't get a fairytale ending. Barring a few cosmetic changes, Varma's new film is inspired by the heinous real-life story of Neeraj Grover's murder by...
12:51 AM, Aug 20, 2011
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption protests at New Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, that has galvanized civil society, may have taken the shine off an otherwise packed weekend with multiple big-budget international releases hitting the cinema theatres on Friday. While filming for his 'Not A Love Story', director Ram Gopal Varma blogged about his fascination with a 2008 incident that shook up an entire nation. The controversial thriller 'Not A...
07:16 PM, Aug 19, 2011
It's a packed Friday at the Box Office this week. Ram Gopal Verma's thriller 'Not A Love Story' and Sanjay Dutt starrer 'Chatur Singh Two Star' will be released today. ...
10:03 AM, Aug 19, 2011
New Delhi: Acclaimed filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt describes Ram Gopal Varma as a "man who has audacity", and says he should be given a standing ovation for making "Not A Love Story", which releases on Friday. "Ram Gopal Varma deserves a standing ovation for making an outstanding film, 'NOT A LOVE STORY' raises the bar for Indian Cinema," Bhatt posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. He watched the film Tuesday. The movie,...
02:40 PM, Aug 17, 2011
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