When asked by critic Roger Ebert, no less, to clarify a 'blasphemous' rumour of acting in a remake of Orson Welles' 1949 classic 'The Third Man', Leonardo DiCaprio said exhaustedly, after a long, plausible explanation, 'The undertaking seems foolhardy.' But we are talking of Bollywood here, in which seldom a remake has bettered the original"in some infamous cases like 'Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag', a stomach-churning version of 'Sholay', this...
01:31 PM, Apr 01, 2012
CNN-IBN brings you the score card of films which hit the bulls eye and the ones which missed it completely in 2012. ...
08:52 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Mumbai: After working with Rishi Kapoor in the 'Agneepath' remake, filmmaker Karan Johar has teamed up with him again in 'Student of the Year' (SOTY). The filmmaker is so impressed with the senior actor's versatility that he calls it 'unreal'. Rishi, who sent shivers down audiences' spine as ruthless Rauf Lala in 'Agneepath', a remake of the 1990 film of the same name, has been cast as Yoginder Vasisht in...
06:51 PM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: Constant media scrutiny has compelled Bollywood diva Priyanka Chopra to stop reading newspapers. She says it's a way to protect herself as she likes being in her own bubble. "Every time there is something I know that is going to irritate me, I try and block it out. So I don't read the newspaper or see the news," said Priyanka after winning the title of Big CBS Love's...
03:20 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood clearly believes in striking the iron when it's red-hot and here's one jodi that's following it. After the success of Agneepath at the box office, we now hear that Hrithik and Priyanka are all set to star together once again. Despite rumours of Piggy Chops being singled out by many in the industry post her alleged closeness to SRK, Hrithik obviously seems to have chosen to stay by...
10:39 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has denied that his late night brawl at the Mumbai restaurant was a promotional act for 'Agent Vinod'. ...
11:49 AM, Feb 24, 2012
Mumbai: The veteran actor will soon pen his autobiography and promises to be extremely candid about the facts of his life. Fast approaching his 60th birthday, in September, Rishi Kapoor is all set to pen his autobiography. And buzz is that three leading publishing houses are all vying to clinch the rights to this book. Apparently the actor has more or less already zeroed on the publisher he wants to...
01:35 PM, Feb 22, 2012
Those who have seen the documentary 'Capturing the Friedmans' would probably understand the meaning of 'perturbing reality'. The film showcases a family whose head has ...
05:29 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: The recent cases of a 12-year-old who died aping a TV serial suicide and a 15-year-old who stabbed his teacher to death after being reportedly influenced by watching revenge drama 'Agneepath' have put the spotlight on the influence showbiz exerts on young, impressionable minds. But films and TV shows are not alone to blame, say experts. Media literacy for kids is one way out, suggests child psychiatrist Samir...
02:49 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Mumbai: Instead of feeling over the moon with the success of her last film Agneepath, looks like Priyanka Chopra has hardly anything to cheer about. In the past few months, PC has been attracting attention for all the wrong reasons. From her film, her friends and her love life, everything seems to be attracting controversies. So what has really forced a bunch of Bollywood biggies to sideline this leading lady?...
08:34 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Mumbai: Once a pipe dream for most filmmakers, a billion-rupee haul at the box-office is slowly becoming the norm for Bollywood films, thanks to the rising number of screens and a focus on smaller towns. Four films 'Ready', 'Singham', 'Bodyguard' and 'Ra.One' crossed the billion-rupee (100 crore rupees) benchmark in 2011 while Karan Malhotra's 'Agneepath' achieved the milestone this week. "There are a lot more theatres than there were before...
12:26 PM, Feb 08, 2012
While 'Gali Gali Chor Hai' failed, 'Agneepath', in its second week, made it past the 100-crore mark. ...
05:43 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Mumbai: Nine members of a family, including a pregnant woman and four kids, allegedly brutally assaulted by ten SSC students, after the former objected to their 'dirty dancing' to the Agneepath song at a Dahisar theatre. That nine members of the Vaipy family had to be hospitalised after watching Agneepath is only half the story. The victims were allegedly beaten up with hockey sticks and iron rods by 10 teenagers...
11:56 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Mumbai: A movie outing for a family turned ugly when they had a heated argument with a group of school students, who allegedly thrashed them outside the theatre to avenge their ouster from the hall, resulting in eight arrests police said on Friday. A 30-year-old unemployed man and seven SSC students were arrested on charges of assault and rioting after they trapped and assaulted Sunny Vaiti (23), his brother Amol...
09:01 AM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor finds himself lucky to get good character roles at his age at a time when the industry is mostly churning out youth-oriented movies. Kapoor, who surprised fans with his villainous turn as Rauf Lala in Karan Johar's revenge drama 'Agneepath', says actors are forced to retire after a certain age because the industry does not have enough space for them. "Unfortunately,...
05:40 PM, Feb 03, 2012
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