Friday Releases

1920 Evil Returns: The scariest film ever?

New Delhi: Bollywood's dimple-cheeked guy, who made many women skip a heart beat with his chocolate boy looks in 'Mast' almost a decade back, is set to return to the silver screen with a horror film '1920: Evil Returns'. Aftab Shivdasani might not have tasted success as many would have anticipated but the actor is happy to get back in front of the camera after a gap of two years. And, a sort of a comeback in the films with a horror flick is what the actor desired for.

"I always wanted to do a horror film and when Vikram Bhatt approached me for '1920: Evil Returns', I jumped at the opportunity. The film has been a successful franchise in 2008, so people have a certain expectation from this film. It is a beautifully written script. It is a period film which I always wanted to do. So, everything looked just perfect to me to be a part of it."

But, the journey for Aftab, who has been missing from the limelight since past two years, has not been easy. However, he calls the break unpredictable yet fruitful. "In a span of ten years, I have 40 films to my credit. But later, I was not excited with the kind of offers I was getting. I didn’t want to work in films that I was not satisfied about. However, it became an unpredictable but a fruitful break for me. It gave me sometime to introspect. God gave

04:37 PM, Nov 02, 2012

Anna stir takes shine off packed movie weekend?

by Rituparna Chatterjee,ibnlive.com

New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption protests at New Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, that has galvanized civil society, may have taken the shine off an otherwise packed weekend with multiple big-budget international releases hitting the cinema theatres on Friday. While filming for his 'Not A Love Story', director Ram Gopal Varma blogged about his fascination with a 2008 incident that shook up an entire nation. The controversial thriller 'Not A...

07:16 PM, Aug 19, 2011

Aarakshan, Cap'n America: A big weekend

by ibnlive.com

New Delhi: All eyes this weekend are on Prakash Jha's film Aarakshan that has stirred up the hornet's nest in three states with various caste-based groups demanding that film be banned for its alleged anti-reservation stance. The week's two other Bollywood releases, Phirr and Will to Live are snowed under the publicity hailstorm that the controversy surrounding Aarakshan has created. The film, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpayee,...

06:36 PM, Aug 12, 2011

Diwali releases: Comedies rule the roost

by CNN-IBN

New Delhi: This Diwali will see Ajay Devgan and Kareena Kapoor starrer Golmaal 3 pitted against Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar starring Action Replayy. After the success of Golmaal and Golmaal Returns, director Rohit Shetty is back this Diwali with the third instalment of the hit series. Golmaal 3 stars Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Arshad Warsi, Tushar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade and Kunal Khemu -- and like the previous...

08:18 PM, Nov 04, 2010