New Delhi: If there is one man in the Hindi film industry who can claim to have 'been there, done that', it has to be Anupam Kher, a veteran of over 450 films and character actor extraordinaire. Kher has seen the gradual expansion of the film industry into a self-sustaining global behemoth since his 'Saransh' days in the gaudy 80s. But when I asked him what he saw when he...
05:52 PM, May 30, 2012
Lucknow: The Lucknow police have registered FIRs against four people including former Cabinet Secretary Shahshank Shekhar Singh and Senior IAS officer Navneet Sehgal. A case of criminal intimidation has been filed in the Hazrat Ganj police station on a complaint by Taj Corridor case litigant Anupama Singh. Anupama Singh alleged that she got life threats from them. The Rs 175-crore Taj Heritage corridor scam came to light in 2002-2003. The...
12:18 PM, May 26, 2012
Cast: Anupam Kher, Emma Kearney, Bhairavi Goswami, Abid Ali, Shakti Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan Director: Karan Razdan There are good films, bad films, average films, one time watch films, but 'Mr Bhatti On Chutti' doesn't qualify in any of these categories. In fact, it shouldn't even qualify as a film. It's just a compilation of shots where some casual people think they can act. 'Mr Bhatti On Chutti' is a test...
08:33 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: After facing delays and objections from the censor board, Anupam Kher-starrer 'Mr Bhatti On Chutti' is all set to get released on May 18. Earlier, 'Mr Bhatti On Chutti' had landed in trouble with the censor board when the makers of the film were asked to bleep out the names of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former US president George Bush. Directed by Karan Razdan, 'Mr Bhatti...
05:07 PM, May 17, 2012
Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu's curtain raiser was held in Hyderabad, for which Nani, Samantha, Gautham Menon and others were present. Produced by C Kalyan, who is teaming up with the director after 12 years, the film will be releasing in June. "I am happy to be producing this film under Gautham's direction. Chandamama made me a good producer. This film is very important for me. Both Nani and Samantha are very...
03:36 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: For long they've played second fiddle to mainstream actors in films despite a strong theatre background. But the tables have turned for veterans like Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Irrfan and Om Puri who graduated from stage to screen and are bagging prominent roles in Bollywood. The change is more than welcome, says Anupam, who recently played the key role of a blind man in Pramod Joshi's 'Chhodo Kal...
02:48 PM, Apr 21, 2012
New Delhi: Veteran actor Anupam Kher is 'shocked' after reading reports that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has asked producers of his next film 'Mr.Bhatti On Chutti' to mute dialogues mentioning political leaders George Bush and Manmohan Singh. "Censor board asks makers of my film 'Mr.Bhatti On Chutti' to mute the names of George Bush and Manmohan Singh. Shocking," tweeted the 57-year-old. Directed by Karan Razdan, the movie...
01:43 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Cast: Sachin Khedekar, Anupam Kher, Mrinal Kulkarni, Anjan Srivastav Director: Pramod Joshi People aspire for money and power in the pursuit of happiness, little realising that the ultimate happiness comes from within. We have read and heard several anecdotes about the philosophy that a wandering soul can attain the ultimate peace only when it gives up the desires. The second phase of this thought process leads to self pity and...
09:27 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: He has been part of the film industry for almost three decades. Veteran actor Anupam Kher says that there was a lot of togetherness earlier in the industry, but Bollywood has now become professional but impersonal. "The industry has become more professional, which is very good, but at the same time it is getting very impersonal," Kher told IANS in an interview here. "When there were no vanity...
01:42 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Dadasaheb Phalke's silent Marathi feature film Raja Harishchandra premiered in May, 1913. The countdown to 100 years of Indian cinema begins this year. As part of our celebrations, we start with a series of retro reviews of some of the timeless classics. How would you rate films such as Saheb Biwi Aur Ghulam, Pakeezah or Sholay if you saw them today? We hope to revive the familiar nostalgia and fondness...
12:55 PM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: In the quest to be successful, people are ignoring the simple pleasures of life. Marathi filmmaker Pramod Joshi is trying to convey this message in a light-hearted manner through his movie 'Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein', which releases Friday. On the same day another fun filled movie 'Bittoo Boss' will hit the screens. 'Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein' doesn't boast of too many well-known faces other than Anupam Kher, Sachin...
05:23 PM, Apr 09, 2012
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