Washington: Time magazine has included Raj Kapoor's 1951 classic 'Awaara' among 20 new entries added to its All-Time 100 list of the greatest films made since 1923, the beginning of the prestigious US periodical. Rethinking the movie masterpieces, Time critic Richard Corliss describes Raj Kapoor as 'the great star-auteur of India's postcolonial golden age of movies - Cary Grant and Cecil B. DeMille in one handsome package.' "The '50s films...
07:09 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: If you recall the sheer opulence of Baz Luhrmann's musical Moulin Rouge, complimenting Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries's music, you will find it easier to justify Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Devdas' place in the '10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium' list compiled by the Time magazine. A decade after it was released in seven languages, the grandeur of Devdas continues to enamour an audience in the...
05:24 PM, May 24, 2012
Washington: Time magazine has ranked Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2002 film 'Devdas' eighth among the ten greatest movies of the millennium with 'WALL.E' at the top and 'The Artist' in the tenth spot. It described Shah Rukh Khan as an 'all-world charismatist' and Madhuri Dixit 'a hot number who danced flamencos on men's libidos'. "A year after 'Moulin Rouge!' had its world premiere at Cannes, another visually intoxicating musical...
05:23 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Aishwarya Rai, currently on a sabbatical after being in the industry for over a decade, says she was happy to have worked with different directors. "I am glad to have worked with different directors on different roles. I had always been greedy to work with different directors on different characters," Aishwarya said on the television show India's Glam Diva. "I enjoy music and dance, a fact that you...
05:30 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Born on March 12, 1984, Shreya Ghoshal is one of the best known voices behind the Bollywood songs. The lady entered the limelight after winning the singing contest on Zee TV - 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' in 2000. Not many people remember that she had already won the children's version of the same contest earlier in her life. Shreya Ghoshal's singing career kicked off with Sanjay Leela...
07:24 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Mumbai: Dismissing the rumors of ill-health, Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar today said he is well. "I am well and on top of the world, enjoying every moment of every day of the life gifted to me by the Almighty," the 89-year-old actor wrote on twitter. Earlier this week, actor Shahrukh Khan had informed at the launch of the book 'The Dialogue of Devdas' that Dilip Kumar could not attend the...
07:25 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Shah Rukh Khan, who still not gotten over his Don hangover, has recently made an appearance to give prizes to the winners. ...
07:32 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan, who was appreciated for the role of a doomed lover in 2002 remake of 'Devdas', earlier played by Dilip Kumar in the 1955 film of the same name, feels nobody can imitate the thespian. "You can't imitate Mr Dilip Kumar. Whoever copies Dilip Kumar, they are idiots like me," said Shah Rukh at the launch of Nasreen Munni Kabir's book 'The Dialogue of Devdas', which has...
04:13 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Diva Madhuri Dixit gets candid about her top three roles including the ones in 'Khalnayak', 'Hum Apke Hain Kaun' and 'Devdas'. ...
06:26 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Mumbai: Actress Madhuri Dixit, who has moved here from the US to play a new innings in Bollywood, is working on her official website and plans to launch it soon. "Here is first reward... Official Madhuri Dixit website teaser! you can connect now. Looking forward to hearing from you," the 44-year-old posted on her micro-blogging site Twitter. "Official teaser site is madhuridixit-nene.com! Planning a media rich experience with exclusive content...
02:36 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Kolkata: Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju on Tuesday strongly advocated awarding 'Bharat Ratna' to late Bengali novelist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, describing him as one of the greatest writers of the world. "I would appeal to (West Bengal Chief Minister) Mamata Banerjee to take up with the President of India for awarding Bharat Ratna to Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay,'' he told newsmen on the sidelines of an interaction with members...
04:40 PM, Dec 06, 2011
New Delhi: Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali wants to bring his style of lavish filmmaking to the small screen, albeit as a producer. "TV is the most powerful medium today, and it will grow even more powerful tomorrow. So I feel it is important for my work to reach out to the homes of the people, rather than people coming to the theatres to watch my work," Bhansali, who has hosted...
06:59 PM, Nov 14, 2011
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