New Delhi: Kalki Koechlin had to go through quite a transformation for her role in 'Shanghai' as director Dibakar Banerjee wanted her to look ugly yet adorable. The brief given by her director was quite simple - 'Look ugly'. However, it was nothing short of a nightmare to actually realise the filmmaker's vision. "Dibakar wanted me to look ugly and vulnerable. The first thing that he did was chop my...
05:55 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Kalki Koechlin comes from a non-film background, but the actress has managed to carve a niche for herself with her unconventional choice of scripts. She however admits it is hard to keep up the good work in filmdom. "I feel lucky enough to have had a good start by working in alternate niche films like 'Dev D' that have a different style. I have got an opportunity to...
02:27 PM, May 16, 2012
Of all the people in the world, I shouldnt be a producer, says Anurag Kashyap. I dont understand accounts. But someone has to step up and make these movies, he adds. Kashyap, for those who dont know, is best known as the director of 'Black Friday' and 'Dev D'. For those in the know, Kashyap is an uncompromising film-maker who makes the films he wants to make. One of his...
11:49 AM, May 10, 2012
Music director Amit Trivedi picked up the national award for Dev D and then went on to create a series of hits with Wake Up Sid. ...
05:05 PM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: Meet a 28-year-old computer wizard who's set up his own software company, raising $35 million dollars in investment. Sachin Dev Duggal has designed software for businesses around the world and he hopes his own company will be the next big thing in computers. At 14, he was a businessman, making pocket money by assembling computers. Sachin Dev Duggal, says, "I messed up my mom's computer by accident and...
10:39 AM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: At fourteen, he was a businessman, making pocket money out of assembling computers. "I messed up my mom's computer by accident and she insisted I fix it. I read a few books and got it running again. Then I began assembling computers for acquaintances. Profits were almost 100 per cent and I earned close to ten thousand pounds, " says Sachin Dev Duggal. At seventeen, he was writing...
11:47 AM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: Actor Abhay Deol, who has carved a niche for himself in the film industry with unconventional roles, feels it is better to be a star than just an actor today as people recognize you and you keep getting work because of your stardom. While sharing his thoughts in the India Today Conclave on 'Can You Be a Superstar Without Being an Actor?', Abhay said: The truth of the...
12:31 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Mumbai: Mahie Gill picks bold roles, but being typecast in those characters is not something that the actress is worried about. She has featured in films like 'Dev D', 'Not A Love Story' and 'Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster', in all of which she shed her inhibitions. "I will not get typecast. I don't think the issue is about revealing, it's about doing particular characters. It's not a big thing. When...
12:47 PM, Feb 26, 2012
New Delhi: Bee stung lips " not a pout; a refreshing unique face " not quintessentially pretty but armed with an acting prowess that has made Bollywood sit up and pay attention to That Girl in the Yellow Boots. Born in 1983, Kalki turns 29 on January 9th and with quite a few critically acclaimed performances under her belt " this stunner has just begun her long walk in Bollywood....
05:54 PM, Jan 08, 2012
Mumbai: Satyadev Dubey faced indescribably hard times in his later days, actor Rajit Kapoor has revealed, adding that the late theatre veteran used to ask: "I need money. Why doesn't anyone give me work to do?" "I was his greatest admirer and to see him this way was unbearable for me. Satyadevji had no money in his last days. When I met him recently, he told me. He asked: 'Why...
06:17 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Chennai: Somdev Devvarman has struggled at the Chennai Open after his breakthrough year in 2009, but the Indian tennis ace is determined to improve his record at his home event though he admitted that the road ahead would not be smooth. Somdev had reached the final in 2009, losing the title match to Marin Cilic and then failed to move beyond the second and first rounds the following years respectively....
06:55 PM, Dec 26, 2011
New Delhi: Bollywood celebrities tweeted Sunday, remembering renowned theatre personality Satyadev Dubey as an 'icon' and termed his death a 'huge loss' to the theatre fraternity. Shabana Azmi: "Theatre stalwart Satyadev Dubey passed away. Its been a terrible year for artists. He was a giant of theatre." Mahesh Bhatt: "Satyadev Dubey, the icon of the theatre world has passed away! Fond memories of our days of wandering invade me. Alvida...
01:50 PM, Dec 25, 2011
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