Kay Kay Menon, the management graduate-turned-actor who has been in Bollywood for over a decade, feels cinema is being misused as most of them are riding on marketing gimmicks while content has taken a backseat. "Marketing has taken over content today and I have serious objections to that. It is the job of marketing people to think of creative ways to publicise a film. Just adding an item number in...
09:02 AM, May 26, 2011
DAMs - The Lethal Water Bomb, a thought-provoking documentary on the 106-year-old Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala, bagged three awards at the prestigious Los Angeles Movie Awards (LAMA). The 21-minute documentary, produced by Biz TV Network and directed by Dubai-based Sohan Roy, a naval architect by profession, won awards for excellence, best editing and best visual effects. Roy's office said that the LAMA 2011 award highlights the safety issues related to...
04:57 PM, May 24, 2011
Nothing could be a bigger platform than Kolkata's Eden Gardens to draw such huge public attention at one time to the new faces of Always Kabhi Kabhi, superstar Shah Rukh Khan's latest production. The cast and crew of the film would accompany Khan to support his Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in its face-off with the Mumbai Indians there Sunday. "We are all going to Kolkata...
12:03 PM, May 22, 2011
Actor Salman Khan, who has donned the producer's hat with children's film Chillar Party, has said that the profits from the movie will go to his Being Human charity. "I'm co-producing 'Chillar Party' in association with UTV and we will release it July 8. Whatever money that we make out of this film will go into the Being Human charitable trust. The profits will not come to me or to...
11:21 AM, May 21, 2011
Dev Anand and Amitabh Bachchan have wished a speedy recovery to southern megastar Rajinikanth, who is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Chennai hospital. "I pray for my dear Rajini's sound health and speedy recovery (sic)," Dev Anand, 87, posted on his Twitter page. Amitabh, who is a close friend to Rajinikanth, also took to the micro-blogging site to share an update on the latter's health, and...
02:24 PM, May 19, 2011
Movie production majors UTV Motion Pictures and the Walt Disney Company in India Thursday announced a creative alliance to co-produce a slate of films for family audiences. While Disney and UTV will share creative responsibilities for these films, UTV will manage the production, marketing and distribution aspects. "Together with UTV, our goal is to produce films that have a direct connection with the dynamic and expanding India audience and that...
02:14 PM, May 19, 2011
Coming to your box office this Friday are names that don't ring a bell. Yet they are the protagonists of a new trend in Bollywood - youth stories told with a fresh perspective.Bollywood has for long been dominated by 40-plus talent, be it in acting or direction. But now some of these very established names are teaming up with new actors and filmmakers to tell new tales like Pyaar Ka...
02:02 PM, May 19, 2011
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who has transcended geographical boundaries and won hearts of millions with his charismatic screen presence, says he doesn't consider himself a star. "The reason I say I am not a star is because I am completely human. I still cry, I still laugh, I crack jokes, I get stressed, I feel disturbed but I think you people love me so much because I could be human,"...
01:50 PM, May 19, 2011
Fed up of congratulatory messages, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has finally spoken out about her rumoured pregnancy saying the news is not true. "Sick and tired of all the congratulatory msgs and calls, so for the last time 'I AM NOT PREGNANT'. All this is so annoying...grrrrrrrrr (sic)," Shilpa posted on micro-blogging site Twitter Thursday. Last week, the grapevine was abuzz that Shilpa, and her businessman husband, Raj Kundra, are...
12:14 PM, May 19, 2011
From being a musician to becoming a film producer and having to deal with the nitty-gritties of the film-making process has been a rather natural transition for Mukul Deora. Because, as he puts it, he likes to view everything as being a part of the creative process. The Vinay Pathak-starrer Bheja Fry 2 is his first baby under his production banner, and he says it is one of the best...
10:25 AM, May 17, 2011
After his run of women-centric films from Chandni Bar, Page 3, Satta and Corporate to the blockbuster Fashion, produced by UTV, Madhur Bhandarkar now turns his lens inward and presents his most ambitious work yet - HEROINE. The film is based on the life and times of a superstar heroine of Bollywood. The film is an entertaining, daring, emotional, shocking, glamorous, scandalous behind the scenes account of the reality behind...
03:14 PM, May 13, 2011
Actress Preity Zinta seems to be upset about reports that Shandar Amrohi's biography "From Nowhere To Somewhere" will tell all about his decision to adopt her and give her everything in his will. She says there's no truth in this news. "No1 has or ever will adopt me or sign me in a will. Things said in interviews and reported are far from facts as the proof is in the...
03:49 PM, May 12, 2011
Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu has reacted strongly to the alleged taped conversation between her and former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh, and says she can "openly challenge" anyone to prove that she is the one in the tape. "Pls request u all to go n hear d conversation 1st n then if u still think its me, I openly challenge anyone to prove it is me!" Bipasha posted on...
03:34 PM, May 12, 2011
Actress Kangana Ranaut had a blast at her sister's wedding and danced on her hit number Kadi sadi gali bhul ke vi aaya karo at one of the wedding functions Kangana's elder sister got married Wednesday at their family home in Bhambla village in Mandi district, some 200 km from here. The actress danced throughout the night with her childhood friends on the songs of "Tanu Weds Manu" a day...
03:00 PM, May 12, 2011
Bollywood producer Ekta Kapoor is doing every bit to promote her small-budget film Ragini MMS - so much so that she has pasted stickers of the teaser ad on her personal cars.Ekta's Jaguar was spotted with a Ragini Yahan Baithi Thi sticker, while she flaunted her BMW with another sticker that read Ragini Ka MMS dekha kya. "Ekta is very kicked about the movie and apart from working with her...
11:57 AM, May 11, 2011
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