
From Ram to Rajamouli are yet to test the waters. Sirish is set to debut in Kollywoood. As of Mahesh, he had a dubbed release of 'Businessman' in Jan which eventually went unnoticed. At a time when Telugu film heroes are following the steps of their Kollywood counterparts, Pawan Kalyan is silently making a grand debut in Kollywood, albeit through a dubbed film. 'Kuri', the dubbed version of 'Panjaa' is...

10:42 AM, May 31, 2012

New Delhi: Much awaited Kannada film 'Anna Bond' hits the screens today. The film stars Puneeth Rajkumar and Priyamani in the lead roles. Directed by Duniya Soori, the film has a budget of Rs 12 crore. The film also features Jackie Shroff in a pivotal role. Puneeth and Duniya Soori are familiar with each other's working style as they have earlier worked on 'Jackie' (2010). The film was a commercial...

02:56 PM, May 01, 2012

New Delhi: J P Dutta's blockbuster of 1997 completes 15 years and thus IBNLive features 'Border' in 'Retro Review' section. Cast: Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Raakhee, Jackie Shroff, Pooja Bhatt, Sudesh Berry. Director: J.P. Dutta. A soldier has to fight two battles; one on the war front and the other at the personal level. 'Border' primarily ventures into the real battleground with occasionally drifting into the uglier side...

01:53 PM, Apr 25, 2012

Kolkata: For Jackie Shroff, enacting the character of great Mughal musician Mia Tansen on the silver screen is a dream. The 55-year-old actor said that the film has to be made by a director like Sanjay Leela Bhansali. "If you ever ask me what my all-time dream character is, my answer will be Mia Tansen, the great composer-musician in Hindustani classical music," Shroff told PTI. "And ideally the film should...

04:58 PM, Apr 19, 2012

Dadasaheb Phalke's silent Marathi feature film Raja Harishchandra premiered in May, 1913. The countdown to 100 years of Indian cinema begins this year. As part of our celebrations, we start with a series of retro reviews of some of the timeless classics. How would you rate films such as Saheb Biwi Aur Ghulam, Pakeezah or Sholay if you saw them today? We hope to revive the familiar nostalgia and fondness...

12:55 PM, Apr 10, 2012

Mumbai: Kamal Haasan will be pulling a Tarantino in his next film. His upcoming bilingual Tamil and Hindi spy thriller has turned out to be so long that the veteran actor is planning to release it in two parts. Buzz is that he will exclude lots of portions from what he has shot when the movie releases. What remains will go in the sequel. Wise move rather than waste all...

12:41 PM, Apr 06, 2012

Mumbai, Mar 30 (PTI) Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff will be seen in south superstar Rajinikanth-starrer Tamil film 'Kochadaiyaan'. 'Kochadaiyaan', a period film, is directed by Rajini's daughter Soundarya. "I am doing Rajinikanth's film 'Kochadaiyaan'. I play the role of a Raja (king), beyond this I cannot talk much as I am not allowed to do so," Jackie told reporters here last night at the festival of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's films....

04:34 PM, Mar 30, 2012

Mumbai: Dismissing reports of his son's debut with 'Aashiqui 2', actor Jackie Shroff today said Tiger is still 'too young' to enter the industry. Rumours had it that Tiger Shroff would be acting in 'Aashiqui 2', sequel to Mahesh Bhatt's 1990 hit starring Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal. "He is not doing 'Aashiqui 2', he was not approached for it. He had met Bhatt saab, but it was for something...

06:56 PM, Mar 26, 2012

Cast: Archana Joglekar, Chetan Pandit, Jackie Shroff, Raghubir Yadav, Ashok Samarth, Akhilendra Mishra Director: Dilip Shankar When you enter a cinema hall for a film titled 'Married 2 America', you expect an American slice of life film but the story starts with a dam devastated in floods n an unknown land. Then suddenly the action shifts to America where an idealistic NRI engineer Ravi Malhotra (Chetan Pandit) is busy in...

11:08 PM, Feb 15, 2012

Mumbai: Anything for Rajinikanth, says Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff, who has made a cameo appearance in the legendary Tamil actor's new film 'Kochadaiyyan'. "Rajiniji's daughter Soundarya is directing the film with her dad in the lead. So sweet! She asked me to make a cameo appearance in the film with her father. I immediately flew down to Chennai. When it comes to anything to do with Rajinikanth, one doesn't ask...

07:13 PM, Feb 03, 2012

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Sarah Jane Dias, Anjali Lavania, Jackie Shroff, Adivi Sesh, Thanikella Bharani, Brahmanandam Director: Vishnuvardhan Pawan Kalyan always tries to be different. At the beginning of his career, he was seen as style icon, but later he moved away from formula films and started focusing on out-of-the-box ideas. His huge fan following may not like him to experiment, but Pawan Kalyan is what he is. His films carry...

04:36 PM, Dec 11, 2011