New Delhi: The Punjabi film 'Jatt & Juliet', the romantic story of a warring couple, has fared better than most Hindi films in the international markets, film trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted. The story of Jatt, a mischievous guy and Juliet, a typical Punjabi girl, unfolds in Canada. Sparks fly when their paths cross due to their different outlook on life. Their differences are slowly ironed out and the hatred...
10:20 AM, Jul 10, 2012
Answers must be written in Punjabi - Gurumukhi Script Paper I Section A Origin of Punjabi language: different stages of development and recent development in Punjabi language; characteristics of Punjabi phonology and the study of its tones; classification of vowels and consonants. Punjabi morphology: the number-gender system (animate and inanimate), prefixes, affixes and different categories of Post positions; Punjabi word formation- Tatsam, Tad Bhav, forms; Sentence structure, the notion of...
05:14 PM, Jul 04, 2012
At 11 p.m. on November 11, 2007, Mecartin experienced an uneasiness within himself. He felt cold and began shivering. Mecartin was at Ottapallam for the shooting of the film, 'Romeo'. "I had a sixth sense that something was wrong," says Mecartin. "I feared that I would slide into unconsciousness." He called many people but all were sleeping. Finally, he got Rafi who quickly came to his room. Thereafter, Mecartin was...
01:28 PM, Jun 09, 2012
New Delhi: I spent the greater part of my life in Delhi, making Punjabi friends, eating thick butter chicken gravy and adjusting to foul-mouthed but good-natured ribbing that is the way of life in this city. So I was highly amused when I saw 'Vicky Donor' Ayushmann Khurana make sense of Yami Gautam's Bengali idiosyncrasies in the film. Here's my take on the whole Bengali-Punjabi culture clash. "Ghosh? Accha, Bengali?"...
01:14 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: 'Kolaveri' has just won the YouTube Gold award, which is presented to viral videos from across the world. Here is a 'national intregration map' of the hit song, featuring various versions of the song sung by artists in different states of India. Following the footsteps of Bollywood actors Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt, Dhanush has lent his voice to this catchy number. Interestingly, he has...
06:34 PM, Dec 15, 2011
Mumbai: Filmmaker-turned-actor Farhan Akhtar is playing the title role in Rakesh Omprakash Mehra's 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', for which he needs to speak chaste Punjabi. To master the language, he is taking lessons from lyricist Gulzar. The film is based on legendary athlete Milkha Singh's life and according to a source, the script demands Farhan's character to speak with an authentic Punjabi accent. "In the film, Farhan needs to have the...
07:54 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: Punjabi Cinema has always been associated with a fixed pattern or style of film making in the past decades which included movies made on folk tales, devotional subjects, family rivalry, foreign migration, etc. But the latest addition to this list can be rated as the most unexplainable and strange one, wherein now movies are being planned featuring the famous singers of Punjabi music industry as their leading heroes....
07:26 PM, Oct 15, 2011
New Delhi: The tag line of 'Mummy Punjabi' says " 'Superman Ki Bhi Maa!'; be sufficiently warned " the movie is a dud of superhero caliber. The movie stars " Kirron Kher, Jackie Shroff, Divya Dutta and Kanwaljeet Singh (among the people you might know) " the rest are almost unknown faces. The movie also has Satish Kaushik, Gurdas Mann and Rohit Roy making guest appearances and except Roy's role...
12:17 AM, Sep 02, 2011
Mumbai: Journalist-turned-filmmaker Pammi Somal is not worried about the fact that her directorial debut "Mummy Punjabi-Superman Ki Bhi Maa" will clash with Salman Khan-starrer "Bodyguard" at the box office - both the films are releasing August 31. "I really wanted it to release with a big film and not along with 10 small films. I told the distributors that I would take the risk. 'Bodyguard' is a big film and...
01:25 PM, Aug 27, 2011
In an exclusive interview with Apache Indian on his upcoming album, his previous hits and a lesson on Punjabi rap. ...
09:02 PM, Apr 06, 2011
It makes you dance, it makes you sing, and it makes a great business idea in Bollywood. Punjabi music has taken the Hindi film industry by storm and is a sure-shot way to recover costs, say industry experts. Punjabi numbers like Sadi galli, Rola pe gaya, Laung da lashkara and Ainvayi Ainvayi are sitting pretty on Bollywood music charts and are also a rage at weddings and discotheques. "The craze...
11:35 AM, Mar 09, 2011
New Delhi: Actor Kushal Punjabi, seen on the small screen as well as in bit roles in films like "Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal" and "Salaam-E-Ishq", won Imagine TV's reality show "Zor Ka Jhatka", hosted by Shah Rukh Khan, in the grand finale Friday. Kushal walked away with a grand sum of Rs.5 million, as the show came to an end after four weeks of providing light entertainment through unusual water-based...
01:21 PM, Feb 26, 2011
New Delhi: Punjabi pop singer Harbhajan Mann believes Bollywood and piracy are the reasons behind Punjabi pop music taking a backseat. He says he is not interested in singing for the Hindi film industry as he is happy with his individual identity. "Six-seven years ago Punjabi music was popular at the national level, people used to love to listen to it. But now due to piracy, the sales of the...
11:49 AM, Sep 29, 2010
Bollywood may be the buzz word for the Indian film industry, but bolder themes and corporate funding are signalling a rebirth for regional cinema in the country. The Mumbai film industry, home to Bollywood, had been the face of commercial Indian cinema for several decades, relegating non-Hindi films to the sidelines. Not any more. Films made in Marathi, Punjabi and Bengali languages are increasingly wooing mainstream audiences, aided by funding...
06:51 PM, Apr 29, 2010
As the big day draws closer- the Punjabi community in London has taken the pind battle from Punjab to UK. ...
02:44 PM, Apr 28, 2010
Seven people died when militants ambushed Sri Lankan team bus. ...
07:13 PM, Jun 17, 2009
Mumbai: As Supreme Court rejected Lalit Modi's plea, seeking reconstitution of BCCI-appointed panel probing allegations of financial irregularities against him, Mehmood Abdi, the lawyer of the former IPL Chairman, said they will wait for the order copy before deciding their future course of action. With all humility and respect we accept the judgement of the Hon. Supreme Court. Detailed copy of the order is awaited and upon availability of the...
01:45 AM, Mar 04, 2008
