Mumbai: He has endorsed almost every consumer product right from hair oil to cars, but megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he is not a salesman. The 69-year-old actor is amused by Bollywood's current obsession with marketing films and the crores spent to draw attention of the audience. "Now... gosh I fail to even imagine the various 'technologies' that are put into use for attention to be drawn towards a particular film....
04:34 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Amitabh Bachchan's item song titled 'Bole Bachchan' is out now. Amitabh is seen shaking a leg with son Abhishek Bachchan and Ajay Devgn in the song. Directed by Rohit Shetty, 'Bol Bachchan' will hit the screens on July 6, 2012. Asin Thottumkal and Prachi Desai are also in the star cast of this comedy film inspired by 'Gol Maal'. ...
10:27 AM, May 31, 2012
Mumbai: Finally, the two acting titans, Amitabh Bachchan and Naseeruddin Shah are all set to work together in a film. While they have not officially signed on the dotted line, Vivek Agnihotri is planning to bring them together in Twelve, his remake of Sidney Lumet's '12 Angry Men' (1957) that itself was based on a teleplay. And that's not all. Agnihotri is also keen to cast, along with Om Puri,...
05:23 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Stop me if you've heard this one. "Petrol pump attendant : Kitne ka daaloon? Driver: 2-4 rupye ka gadi ke upar spray kar de bhai. Aag lagani hai.' On the day petrol prices were hiked by an all-time record of Rs 7.50 per litre, Bollywood stars went on a tweeting spree to express their outrage. But there was one problem. The jokes were heavily recycled and by the...
04:50 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: If the buzz about tinseltown is any indication, the Sanjay Dutt-Ram Gopal Varma feud over Department is far from over. Well-placed industry sources reveal that the actor is very angry with the director for publicly (posting on a micro-blogging site) blaming him for the debacle of their film. So much so that he could well do a Sanjay Gupta on him, to try and ensure that no actor works...
02:02 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: With 'Department', Ram Gopal Varma is back on familiar grounds. In some ways, in fact, his new film featuring the silver-haired Amitabh Bachchan stands like a companion piece to 'Sarkar' but Varma is unwilling to draw any parallels. In both, Bachchan plays a dreaded politician " and sports the same hairdos. "His mannerism and style is totally different here. His ways of dealing with a situation is unique,...
03:20 PM, May 24, 2012
Los Angeles: Baz Luhrmann has managed to give a glimpse of the glamour and excess of the roaring 1920s of America through the trailer of his 3D film 'The Great Gatsby'. An adaptation of the F Scott Fitzgerald classic, the film also marks the Hollywood debut of Amitabh Bachchan, who plays a small role of Jewish money lender Meyer Wolfshiem. The actor appears twice in the trailer, which debuted worldwide...
12:28 PM, May 24, 2012
Amitabh Bachchan plays the role of Meyer Wolfshiem in Buz Luhrman's film of F Scott Fitzgeralds iconic novel, 'The Great Gatsby'. Who was Meyer Wolfshiem, really? Here are the two excerpts from the novel in which Wolfshiem appears. * * * Roaring noon. In a well-fanned Forty-second Street cellar I met Gatsby for lunch. Blinking away the brightness of the street outside my eyes picked him out obscurely in the...
11:09 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: The trailer of 'The Great Gatsby' is out. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Isla Fisher in the lead roles. Amitabh Bachchan is also visible in this trailer. 'The Great Gatsby' is his first Hollywood venture. Have a look. ...
09:53 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Directed by Baz Luhrmann 'The Great Gatsby' will hit the screens in December 2012. Latest reports claim that Amitabh has a blink-and-you-miss-it role in the film. However, Amitabh Bachchan is happy about sharing the frame with Hollywood biggies Leonardo Di Caprio and Tobey Maguire. The 69-year-old actor sports a moustache and beard in the photo, released today by Warner Bros. Bachchan, who plays a small role of Jewish...
10:55 AM, May 22, 2012
Mumbai: It's his debut international project in an acting career of four decades. And even if he has a blink-and-you-miss-it role in 'The Great Gatsby', Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is happy about sharing the frame with Hollywood biggies Leonardo Di Caprio and Tobey Maguire. "I play Meyer Wolfsheim for about a few seconds... yaa...by the time you look down on your popcorn to pick another morsel, I'd be gone from...
02:41 PM, May 21, 2012
Mumbai: "My granddaughter is called Aaradhya", Amitabh Bachchan has posted on Twitter, putting to rest six months of speculation over the name of Abhishek and Aishwarya's child. Abhishek and Aishwarya welcomed their first child, a daughter, Nov 16 last year and since then fans have been curious to know her name. The 69-year-old revealed the name when one of his fans, Haseena Wazeer, asked him about it on Twitter. Hasween...
12:57 PM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: Ram Gopal Varma's latest film 'Department' saw a 'dismal' opening overseas, according to film trade analyst Taran Adarsh, based on early estimates. Figures of Friday, May 18, suggested that the film received a lukewarm response in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Adarsh tweeted that Department on Friday collected UK 4,418 across 12 screens, A$ 5,130 across 13 screens, and NZ$ 1,661 across 7 screens. He termed the...
01:58 PM, May 19, 2012
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Rana Daggubati, Amitabh Bachchan, Anjana Sukhani Director: Ramgopal Varma If there's a point to Ramgopal Varma's 'Department', I'm afraid I missed it. There's a good chance I might have been distracted by his relentlessly dizzy camera. Carrying on his fascination with the mafia, Varma looks at the dynamics and the inner workings of a special unit within the Mumbai police force created in the wake of increasing...
01:17 AM, May 19, 2012
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