Mumbai: Unlike his music maestro father, Kishore Kumar, the 59-year-old Amit Kumar does not want to sing for Bollywood films anymore. Instead, he is happy creating music for his personal albums within the cosy confines of his home. Eight months ago, when filmmaker Anurag Basu sent his assistant to meet Amit regarding a biopic on his father, he approved the script, but made it clear that he only liked the...
06:26 PM, May 07, 2012
Mumbai: The Indian film industry will celebrate 100 years of its existence in 2013. Celebrities are excited and say that the progress and growth of the cinema in the last 10 decades have been outstanding. On May 3 1913, India's first full-length feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' was first shown in public. Although it was a silent film, it marked the advent of the Indian film industry. Here is what some...
06:00 PM, May 02, 2012
Mumbai: "Nothing is getting delayed because of her (Priyanka), she has given a lot of dates," said Anurag Basu at the success party of Onir's 'I Am'. "I have been denying it again and again but these reports keep cropping up. She has already finished her work, only two days work is left and it is merely a patchwork, it's me who wants to shoot in those two days," he...
02:54 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Progeria, autism, dyslexia, Alzheimer's, Asperger syndrome -- movies on these rare diseases would have typically been the themes of documentaries until a few years ago. But not any more. Bollywood, so associated with escapist fare, is opening its heart and investing money in creating awareness about such diseases through commercial scripts, with successful stars and effective marketing. Filmmaker Anurag Basu's upcoming 'Barfi!' is a case in point. At...
07:31 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Actor Ranbir Kapoor and director Anurag Basu are busy playing cricket on the sets of the film 'Barfee'. ...
06:50 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Innovative marketing has become an integral part of film promotions nowadays and UTV Motion Pictures carries forward the trend by roping in B-school students to design marketing campaign for its upcoming film 'Barfi!'. "The idea behind roping in the students from top B-schools was to attract young audience. The film is targetted towards youth and what better way than to have young minds to create the marketing campaign....
07:01 PM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: UTV Motion Pictures has locked July 13 as the worldwide release date for Anurag Basu's much-awaited 'Barfee', starring Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Telugu star Ileana D'Cruz. 'Barfee' narrates the story of a young, cute but shrewd man whom girls adore. He is deaf and dumb, and like a 'Chalu Chaplin', a press statement from the production company said. Priyanka plays an autistic girl in the film, while...
01:43 PM, Jan 05, 2012
Ranbir Kapoor is slated to set into Kishore Kumar's shoes for the legend's onscreen biopic to be directed by Anurag Basu. ...
03:43 PM, Nov 22, 2011
Mumbai: No one would be happier than director Anurag Basu to see the release of Ranbir Kapoor's 'Rockstar' as he can now start shooting for his 'Barfee'. Imtiaz Ali directed 'Rockstar' has opened with lots of praise for Ranbir's peformance. "Ab bas ho gaya. 'Rockstar' will release Friday and then my last big schedule for 'Barfee' will start from November 15 in Kerala and Ooty. I don't mind waiting. Ranbir...
06:28 PM, Nov 11, 2011
Mumbai: Though Ranbir Kapoor plays a deaf and mute man in Anurag Basu's Barfee, his character would be no sad sack but a happy-go-lucky chap. For some months, Anurag concentrated on instilling a positivity and laughter into the script before he began shooting and decided to make Barfee a positive life-affirming film with plenty of humour, music, dancing and singing. The title of the film was changed from the dark...
03:14 PM, Apr 13, 2011
The shooting of Barfee was halted Wednesday as director Anurag Basu, as well as lead actors Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, wanted to catch the India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final at Mohali. "It was Anurag who triggered off this whole cricket fever during the first spell off Barfee. The first thing he wanted to know when the schedule started was if the television in his van worked, since he didn't want...
03:37 PM, Mar 30, 2011
Anurag Basu had virtually gone missing after the debacle of Kites. But the director has no plans of moving away from cinema -- he plans to make three films in 2011! "I was supposed to do two films Silence with Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, and the film on Kishore Kumar in 2011. Silence would've happened in 2010. It got pushed ahead because Imtiaz Ali's film Rock Star with Ranbir...
11:30 AM, Nov 13, 2010
Mumbai: Fans of Kishore Kumar and Ranbir Kapoor have a reason to celebrate. If all goes well Ranbir Kapoor will soon be seen playing the legendary singer on the big screen as a Kishore Kumar biopic is on its way. Ranbir Kapoor has been exercising his vocal chords singing the famous Mohammad Rafi number 'ehsaan tera hoga mujh par' and with good reason. The actor has been signed on to...
10:24 PM, Aug 13, 2010
The 'Kites' filmmaker returns to his roots, his hometown Kolkata ...
11:53 AM, May 24, 2010
The film has been scripted by as many as four writers ...
11:32 PM, May 21, 2010
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