New Delhi: At 62, Mithun Chakraborty, who is enjoying the work he is getting as an actor, feels nowadays it is easier to make films than to release them in theatres.
"Aajkal picture banana aasaan ho gaya hai aur release karna mushkil (Today it's easy to make a film, but difficult to release it). That's unfortunate. If you have money, then you can do anything, but if you don't, you have to suffer," Mithun told IANS in an interview.
"I really can't say anything else on this," he added.
The actor is glad that the Indian film industry is churning out films at par with Hollywood, but rues that it is losing touch with its roots....more
New Delhi: After starring in films like 'Golmaal 3' and 'Blood Money', actor Kunal Khemu is turning to action now with a new film to be directed by Vikram Bhatt. The 29-year-old, who will be playing the lead in the yet untitled action thriller to be produced by T series, said the film has a unique plot which drew him to it. "The film is a thriller but very heavy...
New Delhi: He is one of the few directors with two back-to-back hits, which made it to Bollywood's Rs 100 crore club. His latest hit 'Bol Bachchan' is also on the road to touch the milestone, and Rohit Shetty admits this success is increasing the pressure on him to give his best. Before 'Bol Bachchan', his comedy film 'Golmaal 3' and action movie 'Singham' minted moolah at the box office....
It is said that it's better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. Obviously not everyone from Bollywood agrees. It's an industry that produces over 150 mainline movies year after year, and going by current standards, more than 70 percent of those ideas come from another person's story palette. Remaking classics It's clearly the riskiest proposition to adapt when you're pressed for an original idea. Remaking a classic...
(1)Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:
Ans: Agar Tum Mil Jao, Zeher
(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?
Ans: Avatar
(3) In 'Golmaal 3', Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade convince Mukesh Tiwari's character Vasooli to invest in their jet-ski business. When that business fails, what do they ask him to invest in next?
Ans: A fireworks business
(4) In 'As Good As It Gets', Helen Hunt stars as a single-mom and waitress named Carol. What is the name of the cafe where she works?
Mumbai: Hindi entertainment channel Colors and MTV India have been launched in Singapore to cater to the south-east Asian diaspora familiar with Bollywood entertainment. Colors, known for popular fiction series "Balika Vadhu" and "Uttaran", reality shows like "Chak Dhoom Dhoom" and for showcasing latest Bollywood films, will be available on both networks - StarHub as well as SingTel's Mio TV platform. But MTV, which has just started its eighth season...
What is a steadicam? It is a stabilizing mount for a motion picture camera, which mechanically isolates the operator's movement from the camera, allowing a very smooth shot even when the operator is moving quickly over an uneven surface. Sujit explains, “When a character is moving from the bedroom to his hall and into the kitchen, the camera follows his movement. It is a camera that floats in the air....
Kunal Khemu is one happy actor now as his acting has been appreciated in 'Golmaal 3. He says, “I generally don’t select films keeping the business aspect of it in mind. I do not think whether the film will do well or not at the box-office. If I like my role and the script of a film, I take it up.” He confesses, “I had kind of been away from...
New Delhi: With Golmaal 3, director Rohit Shetty completed a successful rib-tickling trilogy, striking the right chord with the audiences and giving tough competition to Vipul Shah's romantic Action Replayy at the box office. Both the biggies were scheduled for a Diwali release and hit the screens on Friday. "The content of Golmaal 3 is very good. People are enjoying it a lot and it has been housefull so far....
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemu, Mithun Chakraborty, Ratna Pathak-Shah Director: Rohit Shetty Well into the second half of Golmaal 3, there’s a scene in which two sets of step-brothers sitting across from each other, play a game of miming what they’d like to shove into each others’ backsides. From candles and fruits to big lamps and potted plants, this gag goes on...
Clad in traditional outfit, the bollywood loving janta came out in large numbers to watch the Diwali week’s bollywood releases – Golmaal 3 and Action Replayy. And Golmaal 3 emerged as the winner. Filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s film had the audiences have a good laugh throughout the movie. Mithun Chakraborty (Pappu) and Ratna Pathak Shah (Guddi) were in love with each other when they were young but couldn’t get married. They...
New Delhi: After the success of Golmaal and Golmaal Returns, director Rohit Shetty is back with yet another mindless comedy Golmaal 3, which releases this Friday. The director has not only repeated the same cast that consists of Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade, he has also retained the main elements of the previous installments. After Golmaal, Golmaal Returns and All The Best: Fun Begins,...
The actor lists his pick of flicks.... It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World: Stanley Kramer’s movie is about a dying thief who spills the beans about a treasure trove that sets a group of people on a crazy race to unearth it. I cracked up while viewing this movie. It’s slapstick comedy with all the characters running behind money. How many times I have watched this during my younger...
Mumbai: Bollywood star Ajay Devgn may have appeared in Kaun Banega Crorepati to promote his forthcoming comedy Golmaal 3, but he actually opposes the new marketing gimmick of using TV shows to market movies. "I am always under the producer's pressure to do such things to promote films. If one is doing it, then another has to do it as well because it becomes a habit for the audience to...
Take a close, careful, long look at the new Golmaal 3 poster and you will notice that Arshad Warsi’s legs vie for attention with Kareena Kapoor’s! The otherwise hirsute actor has waxed his legs. Considering that the rest of the male actors (Ajay Devgn, Kunal Khemu, Shreyas Talpade and Tusshar Kapoor) don’t display silky smooth legs, wonder what made Arshad go hair- free legs? Maybe we will see him endorsing...